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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
6
Personal announcements include the arrival of two Cameron area grandchildren to the Wilkinsons and Lambs of Moreni. Many visits are noted including Cabron of Burlington, Gunness of Hanover, Gunnels families of Freeport and Cameron, Nabours siblings at Camp Hood, and Camp and Beard family travels.
LeRoy Ward of Yarrellton visited Cameron on Thursday. Mrs. William S. Brown formerly Ruth Kemp has relocated to Mrs. Spencer Lane's home in Waller Street Williamsburg while husband William Brown trains for war service. Harry Hughes, son of Mr and Mrs W H Hughes, visits Cameron. he works for North American Aviation in Dallas.
E A Camp of Rockdale visited Cameron on Thursday. Bill Locklin of Thorndale came to Cameron Friday. Mrs Phedora Bain of Taylor visited the W H Triggs home. Mrs C N Green who broke her hip Christmas Eve returned home after weeks in Cameron Hospital with rapid improvement. Mrs Mildred Johnson of Houston visited Cameron Monday. C F Angell of Splawn visited Cameron Monday. Postcard greetings from Bill Burns in the navy say Ward Island Corpus Christi. Mrs Vernon McIntyre of Alpine recently guest of Miss Aetna Smith, will stay in Marlin at Falls Hotel. Miss Smith accompanied her for a day’s visit. Miss Janette McIntyre, daughter of Mrs Vernon McIntyre, student at State University, was weekend guest of her aunt. Miss Smith returned to Austin Sunday. Mrs Fannie Tuttle, seriously ill at Cameron Hospital, is much improved. Mr and Mrs John Sapp of San Antonio returned home after visiting Miss Jerusha Rogers near Salem. W E Thomas Justice of the Peace of Milano was here Monday.
Miss LaNell Kuehl hosted a farewell party Monday evening March 8 1943 at her home honoring Mary Beth Pool who leaves Cameron with Rev and Mrs Bob Pool for Arkansas Ten guests attended and gifts were exchanged after a movie at the Palace of Sweets Refreshments followed at the Palace of Sweets Attending were Mary Beth Pool Jane Henderson Doris June Cluck Margareth Ann Nobles Susan Rossan Barbra Ann Jenness Billy Batte Donald Shipp Eugene Dusek John Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Johnson celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary with a midday dinner at 621 West Main Street on Sunday February 28. Out of town guests included C. E. Lamb and C. L. Johnson of Dallas and Cameron, Sam McDermott Sr. and Rube Johnson families. Friends extended best wishes and gifts to the couple.
The family of F. W. Tiams expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during illness and death. They thank those who sent flowers and the luncheon, and extend blessings to others facing sorrow. Signed by Mrs. Kell liams and family members.
United States bombers report sinking five Japanese ships from a Japanese convoy off the Indian coast. The action marks the first sinking in this theatre. Allied and Axis fronts shift with Montgomery’s Eighth Army driving Rommel toward the hills while the Red Army advances. German bombers over London incur light damage with three shot down.
A military communique from General Douglas MacArthur details a decisive Bismarck Sea clash in which 82 Japanese aircraft were shot down and the 22 ship convoy was sunk, with two American destroyers lost the next day. MacArthur pledges to return to the Philippines as Allied forces push in Tunisia.
The Soviet forces report capture of numerous towns as they push toward Orel, signaling an expanding advance on the German front. The movement follows rapid gains in multiple cities and reinforces the drive to break through in the eastern theater.
Reported uprisings in Paris and other parts of France claim about 200 Nazi deaths in 48 hours as Germans retreat at Mareth and in Tunisia. London editors press for invasion of the continent while Roosevelt and Stalin had promises for 1943 and 1942 respectively.
Allied forces report engaging about 50 German planes in the Mediterranean. RAF and American aircraft conducted wide area bombing over occupied France and Germany, with a claim of air superiority and no fortress losses.
Lt. Walter Higgins United States Army Air Corps pilot first spotted a Japanese convoy of 22 ships sunk in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea off New Britain Island. Reports reached his Arkansas-based family and his sister Mrs Harold White in this city.
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