Uncle's Boys Homecomings and War News Flight
Furloughed soldiers visit relatives in Weimar and Modesto en route home from Fort Ord and Camp Chaffee. Gene Paschal returns from 15 months overseas to Bremington. West Columbia’s Clarence Struska shifts from jungle to open terrain near Manila with the First Cavalry. German escort of 32 planes fails to halt 12 P-47s returning from attacks near Offenburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh L. Shirley
Modesto
Calif
Camp Chaffee
Ark
H. D. Swearingen
Anna Lee Swearingen
Arkansas
California
Dan Gibson
Gene A. Paschal
S. A C
Bremington Washington
Garwood
First Cavalry Division
Luzon
Clarence Struska
West Columbia
Texas
First Cavalry
Manilla
Struska
Corporal Struska
William S. Struska
Fort Riley
Kansas
Orange Tail
Offenburg
Rotary Club meeting notes announce new member Frnka and speakers
Rotary visitors include W H Gemmer Houston Adolph Vacek and Ensign Fred Frnka with Capt Roy Gaskill. Chas McLellan spoke on the Colorado District Levee Law and other matters. Attendance contest results name Eagles and Sleepers with Sleepers winning by two marks. Beauford Jester to speak at Ladies Night. L D Roberts visit Dayton. a student joke about report cards ends the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Gemmer
Houston
Adolph Vacek
Columbus
Fred R. Frnka
William Thomas
So. M. 3-c
Roy Gaskill
W. M. Thomas
Fred G. Frnka
Chas. McLellan
Colorado
Helmer Seaholm
Eaters
Qhis Boothe
Sleepers
Beauford Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
L. D. Roberts
Sam Carter
Dayton
Stars and Stripes Clip Details Escort Group
The clipping notes Flight Officer Jerrald Everitt’s unit in a ferry escort operation. They played follow the leader and broke into the escort, shooting down five Messer schmitts without loss. The report highlights the group with which Everitt is serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Stripes
Jerrald Everitt
Dvorak Memorial Concert Fragment in Spiltville Iowa
Fragmentary notes recall Antonin Dvorak memorial pieces by an unnamed composer in Spiltville Iowa. References mention Opus 96, a string quartet in major, and a violin arrangement by Vie linist vitz Kreféler amid a lament for freedom and enduring spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonin Dvorak
Srldice
Spiltville
Iowa
Unter Dvorak
Vielinist
Vitz Kreféler
Finn
J. S
Keeps Both Ends Down In Battle Safety
Pfc Keith Stair of the Third Marines says in a letter to his parents that keeping in one piece comes from zigging at the right moment and zagging at the right moment while keeping both ends down in a foxhole. He notes he has zigged and zagged and kept soul and body together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla
Keith Stair
Third Marines
Commerce predicts little change in building volumes next year
The department of commerce forecasts only minor overall changes in construction volume for the coming year. Public building work is expected to ease while private activity grows. If material and labor costs do not rise, total expenditures should run between 4 billion and 4.3 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Blood to Save Leyte Yanks Flown Swiftly
Pearl Harbor reports rapid blood supply delivery to Leyte battlefronts. Whole blood shipped from Pacific coast cities arrives at an army hospital behind the Oz line, aiding wounded servicemen amid ongoing Pacific campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Pearl Harbor
Pacife
Pacific Coast
Aris
Ozmoe
Garwood Items Open House and Visits in Local News
Local social notes report Melvin Wilson’s eighth birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs John Littleton with relatives from Galveston Houston and EL Campo. Several families visited, including Kalina and family illness updates, and visits by Mrs Priesmeyer’s relatives and others. N C Ney returned home Wednesday, and B H Toliver spent time in Temple’s Santa Fe Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Littleton
Melvin Wilson
Melvin
Flo Ella Wilson
Galveston
Peggy Stewart
Houston
Alex Orsak
Childrren
Billie Hope Friika
Glenna Hunt
Dorothy Treybig
Nelta Shilling
Clark
Campo
Dorothy
B. E. Waggener
San Anno
W. E. Welford
N. C. Ney
B. H. Toliver
Santa Fe Hospital
Temple
Schmitt Family and Friends Visit Across Texas
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Schmitt and children are joined by Cpl Hugo H Richter of Fort Ord and by Miss Alena Schmitt and Cpl Mingo Richter as they visit relatives in Calhoun and Kilgore. Other local guests include Mrs T C Jones and several friends during a busy social stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Schmitt
Johnnie Jr
George Schmitt
Alen
Willis
Hugo H. Richter
Fort Ord
Calif
Henry Schmitt
Calhoun
Alena Schmitt
Cpl
Mingo Richter
David Zahradnick
H. J. Hutson
R. R. Barr
Kilgore
Barr
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OLE '¢ Theatres
Pam
Jean Arthur
Lee Bowman
Charles Coburn
Jane, Dar
San Antonio
Wild Bill Elliott
Bobby Blake
Cary Grant
Ethel Barrymore
Barry Fitzgerald
Jane Wyatt
Kansas City Kitty
Joan Davis
Bob Crosby
Jane Frazee
John Garfield
Eleanor Parker
Paul Henreid
Sydney Greenstreet
Weimar
Hnoto
Com
Troy New Meese Institute
Camp Shanks
N.Y
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Southbridge
Mass
American Optical Company
Conrad Noelle
Reuel W. Bennett
Fritz Jordon
Righard J. Jackson
Rotary News
U.S. Treasury
America
Elliott Roosevelt
Hollywood
Seaman
Leon LeRoy
Frankin Cathe
Ream Hat
Wetkaw
Acam Hata
New York City
Woske Fame Wee Caet Waite
Janie Paige
Warner Brothers
Vquat Corps
W. H. Higgins, Jr
Merchant Marine
Higgins
Naples
U.S. Treasury Department
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Susie
Lady Godiva
Fey
Valencia
RED & White
Lockwood Bros
Zellld
Vacau
S. Navy
Eagle Lake
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Elsie
Jim
Tessie
T. C. Jones
W. L. Ludwig
B. D. Foss
E. E. Poskey
Harbert
Cotimlves Taek
Nussbaum Building
First National Bank
Eagle Lake Furniture Company
Eagle Lake, Texas
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