Willkie Plans Five Day Texas Campaign Tour
Wendell Willkie, 1940 Republican presidential candidate, will spend five days in Texas visiting Houston San Antonio Fort Worth and ending with a statewide rally in Dallas on November 26 He will have breakfasts luncheons dinners receptions and meetings with party leaders and women’s clubs with a major public address at Fair Park Auditorium in Dallas and a Fort Worth football game engagement.
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Wendell Willkie
Texas
Willkie
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Dallas County Republican Women’s Club
Fair Park
TCU Smu
Armadillo Fat Salvage Drives War Effort
Negro extension workers and Boy Scouts met in the District Court room to plan salvaging armadillo fat for the war. Victory Hunting Squads were formed in several communities with the first hunt set for Friday at Branchville led by James E. Booker. C L Redus urged that hundreds of pounds could be saved in the next two months, with oppossums to be hunted after December.
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S. E. Braedon
Arm Charles Hicks
Branchville
James E. Booker
C. L. Redus
Mrs Lena Gore Dies at Minerva Saturday
Mrs Lena Alice Gore 66 died at 10 a m Saturday November 20 1943 at her Minerva home after years of poor health She was born September 11 1877 married to John Gore January 9 1898 He preceded her in death Surviving children include Virgil Gore La Charles Gore Palestine Ray Gore Freer Larry Gore Minerva Mimi Gore Washington DC and Mrs George Goddardt Washington DC Funeral services will be from the Methodist church Minerva Green Funeral Home Cameron directing with time to be announced.
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Lena Alice Gore
Minerva
Gore
Wallace Moody
John Gore
Methodist
Green Funeral Home
Cameron
Virgil Gore
Lak
Charles
Palestine
Ray Gore
Freer
Larry Gore
George Goddardt
Washington, D. C
Walter Henderson
Colorado City
Mimi Gore
Anniversary services at First Spiritualist Church Cameron
The public is invited to the First Spiritualist Church of Cameron anniversary on Sunday November 21 with morning afternoon and evening services. Lunch will be served at noon.
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Spiritualist Church of
Cameron
Taylor Ducks Triumph 27-0 Over Killeen Kangaroos
Taylor Ducks overpower Killeen Kangaroos 27 to 0 to clinch district title as Toliver injures knee early. Frankie Struska shines with a 25 yard TD run and key interceptions. Edwin Teichelman adds a second score with a reception and later returns. Shinn finishes TD-taking drive. Killeen’s lineup features Hickman Locklear Arnold and Earl Baker.
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Killeen
Killeen Kangaroos
Gayle Toliver
Taylor Ducks
Toliver
Ducks
Frankie Struska
Struska
Edwin Teichelman
Teichelman
Killen
Shinn
Taylor
Hickman
Locklear
Arnold
Earl Baker
Taylors
Miller
Guzan
C. Jirasek
Eugene Knipp Dies from Combat Wounds in North Africa
Corp. Clifton Eugene Knipp aged 59 died in North Africa from injuries received on combat assignment. He served from 1942 with the signal corps in England and North Africa and took part in the first invasion of North Africa. Survived by his wife Lucille, a Houston area family and siblings. the Kamenicky family connection noted in Merced and Glendale.
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North Africa
Knipp
Anne Richardson
Corpus Christi
Scott Roberson
Roy Zobel
William L. Knipp
Wallace F. Knipp
Houston
Julius G. Kamenicky
Merced
Thelton James
Glendale
Calif
Kamenicky
T Sgt
Ora Belle James
Ad Hall
G. A. James
T Sgt. Kamenicky
Rud Kamenicky
Cameron
Funeral services for Vincient Horelica held in Cameron
Funeral services for Vincient Horelica aged 69 were held at 9 a m Monday November 22 1943 at St Monica s Catholic Church in Cameron with Rev George J Duda officiating. Interment followed at St Monica s Cemetery. Marek Burns Funeral Home directed arrangements.
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Vincient Horelica
St. Monica's Church
Cameron
Horelica
Milam County
Buckholts
St. Monica’s
George J. Duda
Marek-Burns
Appeal Papers Filed In Dr. Newton Case
Transcript of record from the Olton jury trial on the May 1942 shooting of Dr. Roy Hunt near Littlefield has been filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Authorities note distance inconsistencies and prior venue changes, with 16 witnesses placing Dr. Newton hundreds of miles away at the time. The appeal challenges trial rulings and missing witnesses. case argued after year’s start.
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W. R. Newton, Jr
Olton
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Dr. Newton
Dr. Hunt
Newton
Russell
Plainview
Hunt
Lubbock
Caldwell
Houston
Cameron
Mrs. Hunt
Orton
Camp
Cameron Shops Bright as Christmas Season Nears
Retailers in Cameron report a bright pre holiday outlook despite wartime shortages. Toy aisles show wood and overstocked dolls while candy and nuts remain scarce and prices rise. Officials warn that merchandise for the new year will be harder to obtain, urging shoppers to buy early and mail gifts promptly.
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Cameron
Santa
Beginning of the Year Dates Adopted in England
The text notes that many countries used different new year dates, but America followed the English custom. England and colonies adopted January 1 as the start of the calendar year with the Gregorian reform in 1752.
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America
England
Shrubs for McClosky To be Collected by 4 H Club Girls
Milam County 4 H Club sponsors and presidents met in Cameron on November 13 1943 to organize shrub collection for McClosky General Hospital due by December 15. Members from Curry North Elm Yarrollton Tracy Ada Henderson Lee 2 Yoe High Hayte clubs attended along with visitors from Tracy Hoyte and Houston. The group pledged full cooperation for the drive and planned a celebration for top performers with honor awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
Cameron
Court House
Marvin Charles
C. H. Massey
Curry
North Elm
Yarrellton
Tracy
Ada Henderson
Lee
Yoe High
Hayte
Mabel McDavid
Lora Peed
Hoyte
Ed. Jones
Houston
McClosky General Hospital
Lucille Cook
H. D
Virginia Bell Charles
St Nicholas Arrives in Holland Fulfilling Wooden Shoe Gift Fun
In Holland Saint Nicholas arrives on a white horse not a reindeer. He goes from place to place filling wooden shoes with gifts instead of stockings, a festive twist on the familiar Santa tradition.
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St. Nicholas
Holland
Pvt Willie Kohutek Joins Army Overseas in British Isles
Pvt Willie C Kohutek of Buckholts is serving overseas with the American army in the British Isles. He left the United States late this year after enlisting in December 1942 and receiving training at Fort Sam Houston and Camp McCoy Wisconsin.
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Pvt
Willie C. Kohutek
British Isles
United States
Kohutek
Anton Kohutek
Buckholts
Fort Sam Houston
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Poultry and Swine Show Set for Cameron
Negro 4 H Girls and Boys will exhibit chickens and pigs in Cameron on Nov. 27 at the vacant Hefley Stedman lot. Sixteen pens of White Plymouth Rock birds shown by eight of ten girls. over 50 pigs shown by county 4 H boys. Prizes funded by Sear Roebuck Texas Extension Service with five gifts for essay winners and a male pig for a sixth. Some pigs may be sold at the show. Eggs demonstrated and 500 chicks donated by local business and civic groups support 4 H projects and county contests.
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Cameron
Hefley-Stedman Motor Company
Sear Roebuck
Texas Extension Service
Milam County
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
Thanksgiving Day publication and plant closure notice
No Daily Midget will be published Thanksgiving Day. The Herald plant will be closed all day as in years past. The plant resumes Friday, November 26 for business as usual. The city is generally expected to be closed on Thanksgiving Day for many years.
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Herald
Union Thanksgiving Service at Christian Church Wednesday Night
The annual Union Thanksgiving service will be held Wednesday night at 7 43 at the Christian Church. Rev K RB Isbel pastor Methodist Church will deliver the address. Music will be given by choirs from the several churches in Cameron. Attendees from Cameron churches are urged to attend.
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The
Christian Church
K. RB. Isbel
Methodist Church
Cameron
Broom Corn Grown On Sharp Farm
The Herald displays broom corn grown at Sharp on Fritz Pfannsteil’s farm. He planted one tenth of an acre and produced about 40 pounds of dry straw. The largest broom corn growth seen here suggests broom corn or straw can be grown successfully in the county.
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the Herald
Sharp
Fritz Pfannsteil
Pfannsteil
Henry Hailes 84 Buried At Corinth
Henry J. Hailes 84 a longtime Milam County resident died November 20 1943 at Cameron Hospital He was born near Corinth Mississippi in 1859 came to Texas in 1866 and lived in Corinth community He leaves relatives in several cities and was interred in Corinth Cemetery with services conducted by Rev C W Sanders at First Baptist Cameron Coleman Funeral Home directing
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Henry J. Hailes
Milam County
Cameron Hospital
Mr. Hailes
Corinth
Miss
Texas
Michael Rogers
Petite Springs
Buckholts
Bryant Station
Major Bryant
Sam Houston
Santa Fe Railway
Galveston
Hades
Mississippi
Hailes
W. J. Hailes
Cleveland
Ohio
Lettie Hailes
Santa Monica
Calif
Nora Hailes
W. P. Moss
Pampa
Houston
C. W. Sanders
First Baptist Church
Cameron
Coleman Funeral Hame
Corinth Cemetery
Frank H. Kuhn Dies in Marlin Hospital at 54
Frank H. Kuhn, 54, Milam county resident and Rosebud merchant, died Friday November 19 1948 in Marlin Hospital after a brief illness. He was a grocery merchant and landowner active since 1919, brother to Joe Kuhn Cameron and Mrs Owen Weems Cameron, survived by his widow two daughters Mrs Weldon Walker Los Angeles and Miss Rosalie Kuhn Rosebud. Funeral services were held November 21 at St Ann's Rosebud with Rev Reagan. interment Woodlawn Cemetery Rosebud. pallbearers named Otto Preusse Vernon Nicholson A J Brod Ed Schiller Frank Schiller Fred Kassouse Walter Rinn John Schigat.
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Frank H. Kuhn
Milam County
Rosebud
Marlin
Kuhn
Joe Kuhn
Cameron
Owen Weems
Catholict Church
Herman Lodge
St. Ann’s Church
Q Reagan
Woodlawn
Weldon Walker
Los Agneses
Rosalie Kuhn
Adolph Kuhn
Buckholts
Will Kuhn
Burlington
Henry Kuhn
Ed Kuhn
Yorktown
Rudolph Kuhn
Norfolk, Va
B. Vogelsang
Otto Preusse
Vernon Nicholson
A. J. Brod
Ed Schiller
Frank Schiller
Fred Kassouse
Walter Rinn
John Schigat
W D Bigbee Returns After 16 Months in Porto Rico
W D Bigbee returns to Cameron after sixteen months with an engineering firm for the United States navy in Porto Rico. He cites military secrecy for the project details and reports a pleasant climate and good conditions. He plans home time before possibly another overseas assignment. John Green of Rosebud visited Cameron last week.
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Bigbee
Camtron
Porto Rico
United States Navy
United States
Central Americas
John Green
Rosebud
Cameron
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Lena Gore
Spiritualist Church
Eugene Knipp
Vincent Horelica
Newton Case
Lamb County
Buel Holts
McClosky
Willie
Koeter
Union
Sharp Farm
Henry Hailes
Marlin Hospital
W. DD. Bigbee
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