Metz Falls to Patton Army Second Time in 1500 Years
Gen George Patton of the American 8th Army reduced the fortress city of Metz as the First French army closed a pincer around Straensberg east of the Third army zone. Metz, famed as impregnable for 1500 years, had earlier fallen in 1870 to Germany after the Franco Prussian War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Patton
Metz
Straensberg
Germany
Loraine
General Patton
General Pershing
Patten
7Th Army
Italy
Reich
Philippines
Veteran Lt Robert H Dyer of Cameron serves in Italy
Lt Robert H Dyer, 22, veteran of 56 combat missions with the Army Air Corps in Italy, is based overseas as a flight leader. He has Air Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Presidential Citation and four Oak Leaf Clusters. He trained at Brooks Field and Yuma, joined May 1944, and was an instructor before overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Dyer
Cameron
Yee High School
Army Air Corps
Italy
Dyer
Air Corps
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Yuma
Arizona
J. E. Noffs
Galveston
Set
Clyde N. Dyer
France
Lt Marcellus Dragoo Awarded Purple Heart
Lt. Marcellus Dragoo wounded on the Western Front receives the Purple Heart. He reports his injuries are not serious and he will rejoin his unit soon. Dragoo, a Yee High School graduate, was a close friend of Maj. William Gillis killed near Metz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellus Dragoo
Metz
Moselle
France
Dragoo
Major Gillis
Gillis
Hughes Reported Missing in France Now Prisoner of War
Gilbert Lee Hughes of Cameron, missing in action in France, has been identified as a prisoner of war. He served with the 60th Infantry and is son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes of San Antonio, formerly Cameron. brother Harry Hughes serves in the Army Air Corps. In Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hollowell announce the birth of Caroline Louise on November 17, 1944 at Newton Memorial Hospital, weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Lee Hughes
Cameron
France
Set
Hughes
60Th Infantry
Bill Hughes
San Antonio
Harry Hughes
Sgt. Hughes
Army Air Corps
Ray Hollowell
Dallas
Newton Memorial Hospital
Caroline Louise
Herman McKinney Accepts Post With Carmichael Company
Herman McKinney has accepted a new position with J. B. Carmichael, bringing experience to the firm. The move signals a staffing shift as the organization expands its operations and leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman McKinney
J. B. Carmichael
J L Barron Dies in Austin at 66
John Lee Barron a lifelong Milam county resident died in Austin Sunday November 19 1944 after six years of ill health. Funeral services scheduled for 3 p m Monday November 20 1944 at Green Funeral Home Cameron with burial in Oak Hill. Surviving four sons Douglas Raymond Noah Earl and Curtie Barron. four sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee Barron
Milam County
Austin
Barron
Green Funeral Home
Cameron
Oak Hill Cemetery
C. W. Sanders
First Baptist Church
The
Leo Laake
Carl Black
Giles McDermott
John Hobson
Hugh Powell
Henry McLane
Douglas Barron
Raymond Barron
Corpus Christi
Noah Earl Barron
Townsville
Australia
Curtie Barron
San Angelo
Veteran Persky marks 100th birthday in Milam County
William Persky aged 100, last Confederate Veteran in Milam county, celebrated at his Norman Valley home. He is inactive, bed-bound, and receives visitors as one of 42 Confederate Veterans remaining in Texas. His son John Persky lives nearby as veterans dwindle. The grey line from Appomattox grows thinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Persky
Milam County
Norman Valley
Mr. Persky
John Persky
Texas
Appomatox
Mrs Horstmann to Lead Cookie Jar Effort at McCloskey
August Horstmann accepted the chairmanship of the cookie baking committee for the cake jars at McCloskey hospital. She volunteered to place the first 500 cookies and will recruit helpers. Mrs Fahrendorf said Milam county expects at least 2000 cookies weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Horstmann
McCloskey Hospital
F. C. Fahrendorf
Horstmann
Fahrendorf
Milam County
Leaders Meet in Cairo War Conference
Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek began a five day war conference in Cairo Egypt on November 22 1943 to plan military actions against Japan. Leaders discussed Allied strategy and coordinated efforts for the Pacific theater during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army of Occupation
Rhine
Rhemish
Prussia
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Ki-sheck
Cairo
Egypt
Bertha Kamenicky Dies at Ad Hall Home
Bertha Kamenicky 44 native of Milam county died at home near Ad Hall Sunday November 19 1944 at 430 pm after months of illness. Survived by husband John Kamenicky three sons Albert Marvin and Johnnie, mother Cecilia Kubish three brothers and four sisters. Funeral Tuesday November 21 1944 at 200 pm Marek Burns Funeral Home Caldwell pastor Rev Beseda officiating interment Corinth Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Kamenicky
Milam County
Ad Hall
Cameron
John Kamenicky
Albert Kamenicky
United States Navy
U. S. S. Phoenix
Marvin Kamenicky
Johnnie Kamenicky
Cecilia Kubish
Marek-Burns Feneral
Beseda of
Caldwell
Corinth Cemetery
R M Gejedde and Mrs Gejedde Visit Cameron and Minerva
Seaman First Class R M Gejedde and his wife Mrs Bonnell Gejedde of Corpus Christi are visiting relatives in Cameron and Minerva. He served as civil service in England with the army air corps and saw air action against Germany. He returned home and enlisted in February 1944, stationed at a mechanical school in Oklahoma and later at Corpus Christi naval base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Gjedde
Gjedde
Corpus Christi
Cameron
Minerva
Navy
Civil Service
Army Air Corps
England
Bonnell Hubert
Hom
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi Naval Base
W. S. Gjedde
Sophia Winfield
Austin
Frank
Major Gillis Buried in France After Action on Front
Maj. William G. Gillis, killed October 1 1944 while leading his battalion on the front near the German border, was buried October 2 in France according to a letter from Gen. Paul W. Baade to Mrs. Gillis. Baade noted Gillis would have been promoted to lieutenant colonel and praised him as one of the finest officers in the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Gillis
Third Army
France
Paul W. Baade
Gillis
Cameron
Baade
Major Gillis
Graham Gillis
20Th Judicial District
Lula Chambers Gillis
Schreiner Institute
Schreiner
Junction
Coke R. Stevenson
Percy G. Hall
XII Corps
Gen. Baade
Mayor Smith Urges Bond Rally Support in Cameron
Cameron Mayor Chas C. Smith asks all businesses to close from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday November 24 1944 to attend a countywide Sixth War Bond rally on the Court House Lawn. Nationally known entertainers will be sent to the city by the War Department to aid the drive. The mayor urges full cooperation to ensure a swift victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. C. Smith
City of
Cameron
Court House
War Department
Streetman Visits Cameron Brother During Oklahoma Stop
Osage county treasurer W G Streetman returned home Friday after visiting his brother Emmett Streetman in Cameron. Streetman, a former Cameron and Calvert resident, is a Democrat and has been re-elected for another two years. Osage county is noted as the largest in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Streetman
Osage County
Oklahoma
Emmett Streetman
Streetman
Cameron
Calvert
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Delivered in 1863
On November 19 1863 President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address commemorating fallen Union soldiers at the dedication ceremony in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The speech affirmed national unity and democratic ideals shaping American memory of the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
James W. Dicus Dies in Houston on Sunday
James W Dicus died Sunday November 19 1944 in the Houston home of his daughter Mrs Marguerite Smith at 2 45 p m Funeral services were held at 3 30 p m from Green Funeral Home He was a longtime Milam county and Cameron resident Surviving are his widow a daughter a grandson Cecil House a granddaughter Mrs Sidney Thompson two brothers and a sister He was a member of the Church of Christ Rev F F Conally of Houston conducted the services Green Funeral Home directed arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W Dieus
Margunerite Smith
Houston
Green
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dicus
Milam County
Cameron
James Dicus
Marguerite Smith
Cecil House
Sidney Thompson
R. L. Dicus
John Dicus
Bob Dicus
Freeport
Church of Christ
F. F. Conally
The
Green Funeral Home
Naval Recruiting Unit In City Pre-Inductees Interviewed
Chief Powell Navy Recruiter visits Cameron to interview young men 17 and pre-inductees seeking naval service. He remains in the city until late Wednesday and can be reached around the court house square. Several locals have talked with him about navy opportunities amid frequent visits in recent months. Mrs William Henderson of Waco has returned home after visiting Cameron friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Powell
Navy
Cameron
Powell
Court House Square
William Henderson
Waco
C. W. Bradbury
Henderson
GI Jamboree To Boost War Loan At Chanaute Field
Pvt. Howard Wardlaw of Cameron is in the Army Air Corps at Chanaute Field Illinois a major training center He enlisted February 25 1944 trained at Truax Field Madison Wisconsin graduated radio school in October and studied electronics at Chanaute Field Aged 18 he is a Yee High School June 1943 graduate and writes of good progress in his scientific important coursework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Howard
Sleepy) Wardlaw
Army Air Corps
Chanaute Field
Ill
Wardlaw
Tom Wardlaw
Cameron
Central Freight Lines
Traux Field
Madison
Wisconsin
Yee High School
War Heroes Lead Cameron Bond Rally With G I Jamboree
A Cameron bond rally Friday November 24 features a G I Jamboree unit of returned war heroes and a UL Military show from Camp Hood. Master of ceremonies Jack Mitchell and Crawford Eagle will introduce two Pacific Theatre veterans Corporal Gibson and Private Lowe, with Dan Tyton coordinating Milam county arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Camp Hood
Lone Star State
Phil Isley
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Jack Mitchell
Majestic Theatre
San Antonio
Crawford Eagle
Dal-Lee
Dallas
Corporal Gibson
Lowe
Asheville
North Carolina
Papanuan Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Pine
Gibson
Ashburn General Hospital
Combat Engineers
Hawaii
Saipan
Palie Island
Dan Tyton
Milam County
November twelfth state NC joins the Union and more events
On November 21 the North Carolina is admitted as the twelfth state. On November 21 1922 Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes first woman senator. On November 21 1943 U S Marines capture Tarawa after stiff battle. Brenda Kirk is a patient in Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Rebecca Felton
Georgia
U. S
Tarawa
Brenda Kirk
Newton Memorial Hospital
Johnnie Slavik Radioman Fights at Sea Sees World Aboard Ship
Johnnie Slavik Radioman First Class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos Slavik Sr of Marak, after 18 weeks of Navy training and volunteering since May 1943, finished at home on brief visit. He served on merchant marine ships across New Guinea Australia Indian Ocean and Mediterranean theaters including South Africa Arabia Cairo and Rome with a two week stay in Rome after Germans were driven out. His ship witnessed dangerous naval and air actions and port visits such as Bizerta North Africa during the Tunisia reconquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Slavik
Johnnie
Colorado University
Jos. Slavik
Marak
Navy
New Guiana
Australia
Indian Ocean
Calcutta
South Africa
Portugees
Arabia
Cairo
Barrie
Italy
Bizerte
North Africa
Tunesia
Rome
Slavik Returns to Norfolk After Worldly Shore Leave
Slavik sailed the world on four continents and has now returned to Norfolk, Virginia after a short port visit in New Orleans. His brother Frank Slavik, 1st Cook in the Merchant Marine, was also in New Orleans recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slavik
Norfolk, Vas
New Orleans
Frank Slavik
Cook
Merchant Marine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rae
Patton
Marcellus Dragog
J. L. Barron
Mrs. Horstmann
McCloskey
R. M. Gejedde
Maj
Smith
Lampassas Temple
Taylor Padesennese
W.G. Streetman
James W. Dicus
Naval
City
Howard Wardlaw
Pfc
Martin Albrecht, Jr
San Francisco
Calif
Martin Albrecht
Texas City
Louise Lorenz
Johnnie Slavier
United States Merchant Marine
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