Soldiers and families share news from the Whitewright area
Furloughs and visits from Pvt C W Phillips Jr to Macon and others in Whitewright mark military family life. Seaman first lass James Stuteville from Los Angeles visits parents, while Lloyds and Kaiser family members travel between Alameda San Francisco and England battle zones. The Frederick Leader reports Lt Merriwell Vineyard and the Navy squadron Rippers credited with downing 187 planes in Saipan operations.
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James Stuteville
Seaman First Lass
Los Angeles
G. C. Stateville
Frederick
Okla
Rippers
Merriwell W. Vineyard of
Whitewright
M. W. Vineyard
W. R. Vineyard
E. Aster Street
Saipan
Bonins
Tokyo
Fortune Poll Boosts Roosevelt Lead Over Dewey
Fortune Magazine reports 52.5 to 43.9 percent in favor of Roosevelt for re election, an 8.6 percent lead. It shows 72.4 percent expect Roosevelt to win in November, with 19.4 percent predicting Dewey and 8.2 percent unsure.
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Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Fortune Magazine
Fortune
Dewey
Grayson College Ex Students Set Reunion Sunday
Grayson College Ex-Students Association plans the sixth annual reunion at the high school on Sunday August 20. Attendees bring basket lunches for a 10 30 am start after registration with a program featuring songs devotionals, addresses, and an awards moment. The event recalls Grayson College history from 1886 through fire in 1904 and transfer to Carlisle Military Academy before Whitewright repurposing.
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Grayson College Ex-Students Association
America
E. L. Silliman
Sherman
Janis Jane Horton
Gladys Ray
H. A. Cunningham
Bonham
Wilbur Carter
Roy Robinson
Trenton
Morris A. Lively
U. S. Army Chaplain Corps
Fort Sill
Oklo
George German
Pearl Truett Johnson
Dallas
Grayson College
Southwest
Carlisle Military Academy
City of
Whitewright
War Veterans Benefits Info Center Opens in Dallas
The War Veterans Relief Association announces an information center in Dallas for World War I and II veterans in Texas. Benefits include monthly compensation and disability pay, free hospital care when beds are available, burial and tombstone costs, free flag, education or training support, and loans up to $2,000 for home farm or business. Write to 912% Main Street, Veterans Hall, Dallas, Texas for details.
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the Sun
The
War Veterans Relief Association
Dallas
Veterans of Texas
Main Street
Veterans Hall
Texas
Letters From Lt. Joe Meador From France Tank Front
Mr and Mrs C J Meador report two letters from their son Lt Joe T Meador of a tank force in France. He describes D Day entry, heavy shelling, numerous enemy vehicles scorched, captures of four Germans, and life under bombardment while recounting the 3000 plane bombing and a Nazi flag he captured. He notes letters delay, French hospitality, and fatigue as he moves with a spearhead.
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C. J. Meador
Joe T. Meador
France
Meador
Jerry
England
Luftwaff
O. K
Joe
17000 North American workers to be laid off
Dallas report says 17000 more Lib erator bomber plant workers will lose jobs by mid November as Lib erator production is curtailed. J H Kindelberger cites final bomber deliveries in November and continued Mustang and AT-6 Texan production on adjusted schedules through year end with a projected 60 percent pace after January.
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Dallas
North American Aviation
J. H. Kindleberger
Kindelberger
Senate loosens ban on books for soldiers amid outcry
Senate amends the political propaganda ban allowing soldiers to choose newspapers magazines and books generally circulated with delivery. It also eases rules for films and radio programs guiding impartial selections for military personnel. A previous Army Navy interpretation had barred materials aimed at influencing the November vote.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Navy fleet twice as large as all world navies
Joseph H. Liston, special assistant to War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson, said the United States Navy has 14 000 ships, more than double the size of all other navies. He argued the force must not be dispensed with after the war.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Liston
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
United States Navy
Bob Hope Troupe Survives Catalina Crash Landing
Comedian Bob Hope and his troupe of soldier entertainers escaped injury when their Catalina flying boat developed engine trouble and crash landed near Lauriston in New South Wales Australia. Frances Langford was aboard the plane returning from Guadalcanal.
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Sydney
Australia
Bob Hope
Lauriston
New South Wales
Frances Langford
Guadalcanal
Two Bales of Cotton Received Tuesday in Whitewright
Whitewright reports two bales of cotton for the 1944 season, delivered Tuesday by O. S. Bass of the Ely community and O. J. Mears of the Desert. Bass’s bale weighed 525 pounds after ginning from 1430 pounds of seed cotton, sold for 21 cents per pound with a $33 cash premium and a free Sun subscription. Mears’s bale weighed 558 pounds from 1550 pounds seed cotton, sold for 21 cents per pound with seed valued at $57 per ton.
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Whitewright
O. S. Bass
Ely
O. J. Mears
Desert
Mr. Mears
Trenton
Sun
The
Bass
Donigan
Mears
SONY
72 Mile Beachhead Secured By Allies In Southern France
Allied troops driving from Cannes toward Toulon have carved a seventy two mile beachhead and freed over 500 square miles in less than two days. Berlin cited a 120 mile front from Toulon to San Remo as the advance continued with naval bombardment and air cover.
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France
Rome
St. Tropez
Cannes
Alexander M. Patch Jr
United States Seventh Army
Sicily
Anzio
Toulon
Berlin
French
Italian Riviera
San Remo
Genoa
Nice
Nazi propaganda warns of world war if no peace
The German Foreign Office NPD Agency aired a broadcast cited by the OWI saying Allied victory is possible and a third world war is likely unless defeated nations gain concessions in a genuine compromise. Berlin-Rome-Tokyo described a peace based on interests with vanquished Germany and Japan.
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NPD
OWI
United Press
Berlin
Germany
Japan
Gas Renewal Forms Not Received Here
Gas renewal forms for gasoline ration books had not been received at local filling stations. The Sherman ration board said the forms were in the hands of filling station owners and should be available in a few days. The form requires applicant name and address, vehicle description, and signature, with the old A book cover or current license receipt attached. New books become valid Sept. 22.
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Sherman Ration Board
Many Soldiers Request Ballots By Mail For Absentee Voting
Sherman reports a surge of absentee voting requests from service members for the November election. About 360 post cards from around the world were sent to County Clerk H. G. Thompson after state secretary of state processing. Ballots will be mailed by air with return air envelopes. some requests are too old or lack poll tax payment, limiting votes to president, vice president, and Congress in those cases.
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Sherman
H. G. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Secretary of State
Texas
Thompson
Congress
LaGuardia criticizes censoring of short-wave remark
Mayor LaGuardia protested a censorship of his short-wave description of the emperor of Japan. He said the phrase was appropriate and questioned whether the emperor is the son of heaven. An OWI State Department censor said expletives are not hurled at enemies.
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New York
LaGuardia
Japan
The
OWL
OWI
State Department
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Pvt. C. W. Phillips Jr
Macon, Ga
Billy Glen Earnheart
Camp Pickett, Va
Mrs
Glen Earnheart
Clyde Whitworth
Fort Sam Houston
T. B. Whitworth
Jimmie Kaiser
Alameda
Calif
Ralph Kaiser
Ralph B. Kaiser
San Francisco
L. C. Cambron
Southwest Pacific
Cambrons
Carlis Ray Neal
Kentuckytown
Selective Service Board of Sherman
Jack Morton
Army Ferrying Command
Morton
India
Iran
E. E. Tomlinson
William Dean Tomlinson
Earl Shollenberger
Boston
Mass
Drew Field
Fla
Shollenberger
Sherry Kay
C. C. Melugin
James E
Buck) Hughes
Air Service Command
E. H. Hughes
O. M. Brown
Route 4
Raymond I. .Brown
Clyde Brown
Italy
Clyde
North Africa
Raymond I. Brown
F. R
Battlefront
B. R. Caraway
Whitewright Public Schools
Grayson
Fannin
Collin Counties
Grayson County
Fannin County
Collin County
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Richland
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Antisatintierd VF Clin
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Randolph
Ancien Elie Uri U
PNG
Crise
Seemsassians
Blanks
Kiaeren
Sun Office
U.S. Navy
Troupe
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