Green Pilots at Haifa Prepare for Mediterranean Mission
In August 1942 at a small brick base near Haifa the 98th Bombardment Group with B-24 Liberators briefed for a Crete listed raid. Col Hugo P. Rush led the briefing as pilots prepared to strike Rommel’s supply routes in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
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Haifa
Mediterranean
States
Beirne Lay, Jr
Arabian
Hugo P. Rush
Rush
Syria
Acre
Acre Sea
Mt. Carmel
Elijah
Baal
Rommel
North Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Holy Land
Palestine
Crete
Lt Norris Brady Returns to United States After POW Release
Navy pilot Lt Edwin Norris Brady, B-24 crewed, arrives from captivity in Germany after 15 months as a POW. Letter from sister Mrs Gladys Westbrook reports landing in the States, 60 day leave in Victoria, Texas, with a stop at Cameron and possible reunion with brother Brooks Brady. Brady was shot down over Southern Italy and earned the Air Medal in 1944. He was interned at Stalag Luft I Barth, received fresh meat after liberation by the Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Brady
States
Gladys Westbrook
15Th Airforce
Italy
Brady
Stalag Luft I
Barth
Pomerania
Baltic
Brooks Brady
Merchant Marine
California
Cameron
Chicken Supper Planned by Marak Church
On Sunday July 1 from 5 to 8 p m the ladies of SS Cyril and Methodius church Marak host a chicken supper. Father Ben Holub invites friends and residents to attend for 50 cents per plate with additional attractions to follow. Many from the community and surrounding areas plan to attend amid meat shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS. Cyril and Methodius
Marak
Ben Holub
Hal R. McDonald Assigned to Casablanca Air Base
Sgt. Hal R. McDonald son of Mr and Mrs Henry R McDonald Box 81 Ben Arnold has been assigned to Casablanca with the Air Transport Command North African Division under Brigadier General James S Stowell. Casablanca will move about 40 000 troops monthly with a C 54 every 15 minutes.
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Casablanca
Hal R. McDonald
Henry R. McDonald
Ben Arnold
Air Transport Command
James S. Stowell
Casabalanca
ATC
Mullen High School
Sgt
McDonald
Armed Forces
England
Pauline Cidbury McDonald
Ben. Arnold
Paula Raye McDonald
Dairy Feed Payment Rates Announced for April June
War Food Administration released new dairy feed payment rates. April butterfat 17c and whole milk 70c, May June butterfat 10c and milk 35c. Payments for April to June will begin July 1. Filing deadline is Aug 31, 1945 per Alva E Saunders Milam County A CAP. Pfc John Davis, wounded overseas, returned to the U S on furlough and is home with his wife at Mrs India Stidham’s house after hospital stay and prior work at Citizens National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Alva E. Sanders
Milam County
John Davis
India Stidham
Citizens National Bank
Staff Sgt Julian W Arnold: Hero of 573 Days in Italian Campaign
Staff Sgt Julian W Arnold, 30, returns from Italy to civilian life with honors after 573 days of frontline combat. He served as gun section chief for the 633rd Field Artillery and fought from Salerno to the Gothic Line, taking part in the Rome capture and earning the Purple Heart.
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Julian W. Arnold
Italy
Rome
Set
Arnold
633Rd Field Artillery
Salerno
Texas
North Africa
U. S. Army
George Patton
Sicily
633Rd
Gothic Line
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
6338Rd
Combat veteran recalls Salerno to Casino battle and bombing of monastery
In a wartime account, Sgt Arnold recounts three months in a fierce Cassino campaign after Salerno, describing a key position 3000 yards from Casino and the Monastery of St Benedictine where Germans held out, and recalling observed Allied aerial bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salerno
Casino
Arnold
St. Benedictine
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Foster Produce Co lauded by Chamber Industries Committee
The Industries Committee of the Cameron Chamber of Commerce praises Foster Produce Company for creating a farmers market and invigorating local business. Chairman O B Horstmann and members applaud the fast growing county serving firm led by Mr. and Mrs. James L. Foster and urge more such industries to boost Central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Produce Company
Cameron
Industries Committee
Chamber of Commerce
O. B. Horstmann
Committee On Industries
The
James L. Foster
Texas
M. R. W. Hester
J. C. Andres
F. G. Blake
J. C. Markham
Production Payments Now Available to Feeders of Cattle
Milam County feeders may apply to the County AAA for beef cattle production payments under a new government program. Payments are 50 cents per hundredweight on Good or Choice cattle 800 pounds or more selling at or above $13.60 in Milam County, similar to the dairy payment program. The scheme aims to curb inflation by stabilizing meat prices and preventing wage spikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
AAA
County Aaa
H. L. Atkinson
Family reunion visits in Arkansas town
Mrs. Jerusha Faulkner of Clarksville Arkansas visits her old home and stays with her niece Miss Jerusha Rogers near Cameron. Her brother Will Rogers, formerly of Cameron, is also a guest and will spend time there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusha Faulkner
Clarksville, Ark
Jerusha Rogers
Cameron
Will Rogers
Death of Roy Eichenhorst in Austin Hospital at 17
Roy Eichenhorst 17 died at 11 45 p m June 20 1945 in an Austin hospital two weeks after illness. He was born and raised in Cameron a Yee High School student and football team member. Survived by father W B Eichenhorst and brother Robert in U S Navy now in the Pacific. Funeral plans were to be announced with body returning to Cameron. Doctors initially suspected infantile paralysis but later diagnosed infective neuritis with paralysis. Galveston specialists call it a unique case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Eichenhorst
Austin
Cameron
Marek-Burns
Breckenridge Hospital
Clifford G. Swift
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Yee High School
W. B. Fkichenhorst
Robert Eichenhorst
United States Navy
Pacific
Foster Produce Co Opens Corn Market
Foster Produce Company opened a green corn market here on Wednesday. L. A. Hoage of Po teet assists in moving the crop from the packing shed. Milam county roasting ears are known across many states. The corn crop is reported excellent and sales are large. Mrs. H L Green and Marshall Green return from Hampton Virginia with Mrs. Frank Perrin and children to be with husband Lt. Perrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Produce Company
Foster
L. A. Hoage
Poteet
Milam County
H. L. Green
Marshall Green
Hampton, Va
Frank Perrin
Geo A James Died in Temple After Illness
George A James a 61 year old prominent farmer and stockman died Tuesday June 26 1945 in Temple Hospital after a period of illness. He was a native of Austin County and longtime Ad Hall resident member of Church of Christ. Funeral at Church of Christ Rogers June 27 1945 at 4 40 pm interment Rogers Cemetery Green Funeral Home Cameron in charge. Surviving widow of Ad Hall and children Thelton James Ellora James Cora Bell Kamenicky Elvie James Joe Claud James Homer James Maxine James, mother Mrs Isabelle James, four sisters, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Austin James
Ad Hall
Temple Hospital
James
Austin County
Church of Christ
Church of Christ In
Rogers
Rogers Cemetery
Green Funeral Home of
Cameron
Thelton James
Merced
Calif
Ellora James
Temple
Cora Bell Kamenicky
Buckholts
Elvie James
Joe Claud James
France
Homer James
Maxine James
Isabelle James
Rockdale
Floyd M. Johnson
San Angelo
Vernie Lee
Waco
A. C. Odom
A. J. Graebner
Cameron Soldier Wounded on Okinawa Returns to El Paso Hospital
Pvt John H Davis of Cameron is hospitalized at William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso after being wounded by a Jap sniper on Okinawa May 15. A rifleman with the 7th Infantry Division he arrived June 16 for convalescence. His wife Grace Markham and four year old son are in El Paso. his parents live in Cameron. he was a bank teller before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Cameron Herald
John H. Davis
Cameron
William Beaumont General Hospital
Okinawa
Davis
Tith Infantry Division
William Beaumont
Grace Markham
Pvt. Davis
Judd G. Davis
Citizens National Bank
Baptist Encampment Set for Cameron July 1 2
Young Baptist leaders from Milam county convene at Wilson Ledbetter Park Cameron for a two day encampment starting Monday July 1 Rev Dwight L Baker of Mt Zion named camp pastor The event will hear returned missionaries from overseas and close with Rev Kirby McQuire of North Waco Baptist Church delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Wilson-Ledbetter Park
Cameron
Dwight L. Baker
Mt. Zion
Kirby McQuire
North Waco
Car of Grady Allen Stolen After Knights Meeting
A 1933 Ford coupe owned by Grady Allen district clerk was stolen from his residence Monday night after he attended a Knights of Pythias meeting. Local officers and State Police were notified by radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Allen
Allen
Knights of Pythias
Raido Broacast
Car Burns on Bridge Here Wednesday Night
A Hanover farmer, Joe Kirk, saw his pickup loaded with tomatoes burn near Little River bridge around 10 p m Wednesday while en route to the city. Firefighters from the central station, led by Frank Richter, saved part of the truck, with damage totaling about 200 dollars. Mr and Mrs L C Boyd were in Cameron Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kirk
Hanover
Little River Bridge
Kirk
Central Fire Station
Frank Richter
New Minister Opens Pastorate at Cameron Church of Christ
North Central Church of Christ in Cameron welcomes Jack Southern the new minister who has moved from San Angelo to begin his first pastorate. A revival meeting starts June 27 led by F. F. Conley, a returning Cameron revivalist, as members plan an evangelical campaign beginning next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Southern
North Central Church of Christ
Cameron
F. F. Conley
Church of Christ
Mr. Southern
San Angelo
Chevrolet promises early production of cars and trucks
Chevrolet division of General Motors plans early production of passenger cars and large volume production of commercial units. Houston dealer R G Grabein attended a Rice Hotel luncheon with Chevrolet executives highlighting the push. Wm E Holler, General Sales Manager, spoke about the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet Division
General Motors
R. G. Grabein
Chevrolet
Houston
Rice Hotel
Wm. E. Holler
Killed in Action Sgt Bill Worcester of Cameron
Sgt Bill Worcester of Company M 411th Infantry is reported killed in action in Germany. He had been listed missing since April 1945 with a June 11 1945 Austrian letter confirming his death. His platoon leader's letter praises his service, selflessness, and recommends a citation.
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Bill Worcester
M 411Th Infantry
Germany
Herald
Worcester
Ulio
Washington
Austria
Sgt. Worester
Chas. Worcester
Cameron
War Department
J. W. Walker
Bill
States
Europe
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Foster Produce CO
Geo. A. James
el Paso Hospital
Mrs. L. C. Boyd
Minister
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