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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
6
Bombings defined the war fronts with Attu Island actions as American forces closed in on the remaining Japanese pocket. Roosevelt and Churchill concluded talks in Washington as Eden warned no let up in bombing Germany and Italy.
Representative A. N. Green announced the bill to validate the last check issued to a deceased aged recipient is now law. Checks to be cashed must be presented to the county judge. Previously, undelivered checks were mailed back to the department.
Mr and Mrs L R Ward and children of Buckhoils were visitors in the Walter Senkel home of Jones Prairie Thursday.
The War Department announces a new method substituting steel for brass in caliber .45 ammunition. Developed by Evansville Ordnance plant with Frankford arsenal, the changeover saves brass and allows continued production, with eight plants adopting steel cartridges.
Coldframes start or harden young plants while weather is cold, lengthening the season by a month to six weeks. They shield crops from frost and wind, trap sun heat, and are used for spinach lettuce and tomatoes, with transplantation to permanent beds when conditions allow.
Seed corn maggots attack bean seeds as they sprout and destroy the first two leaves. The pests breed in spring with two or more generations, making a safe planting window narrow. The second week in June is typical, but local testing is needed to time planting accurately.
The first year of our participation in the last war saw about 1 725 000 tons of army freight shipped overseas, versus 10 474 923 tons in the same period of the current war. The peak month in the first war was 470 446 tons, while a 1942 month reached 1 554 127 tons. These figures cover U S army freight only and exclude Allied military supplies.
The Walnut Vogue Restoration spans 1660 to 1688 beginning after Cromwell and ending with the Bloodless Revolution. It marks a shift away from Puritan ideas and a rise in walnut furniture with softened lines and ornate carving, stretchers, and scrolls influenced by French and Flemish styles.
Jane Austen, born in Hampshire in 1775 as the youngest of seven in a clergyman's family, led a life noted for domestic focus and never marrying. Her best known novels include Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma and Northanger Abbey.
Unofficial reports say the Milam county scrap metal drive ended May 29 with 1,101,000 pounds collected. Milam leads the 8th Corps Area, while Lampasas Bell and Falls counties report substantial totals in two weeks. A day by day scale shows fluctuating results as Chas. M. Hicks submitted the figures to The Herald.
Lt Sam Oliver an Army Air Corps instructor at San Angelo was in Cameron Sunday returning to the air field. He attended a birthday celebration for his father in Buckholts with other family members from Houston.
Mrs Kathryn O'Leary underwent an appendectomy Monday at Newton Memorial Hospital and is reported to be doing splendidly. She is the former Miss Mary Kathryn Lawrence and recently married in Tyler to Mr. O'Leary, a Washington newspaperman.
Pfc. Carlton Burnett of Camn Odair Oregon returns after visiting Jones Prairie with family and is transferred to Washington State military post.
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