Men in Uniform Return Home and News of War
Ft Lewis Pfc Clarence O Burchfield visits his parents. Navy man Weldon Wilson transfers to Seattle. Edward Montgomery finishes Great Lakes boat training and takes furlough with his father. Aubrey Hansard of Camp Maxey visits his parents. S Sgt O A Hefner Jr returns to Fort Dix after furlough. Cpl Albert L Reeves changes address to New York aboard AP O 5568. Staff Sgt A D Tillery awarded Bronze Star for gallantry in France. Lt James C Jernigan, former Whitewright principal, assigned to a combat unit in France. Cpl James D Freeman seriously wounded in France. two other brothers also in service. Sgt Mark Montgomery Jr wounded in France in an Army hospital in England hopes to return to combat. Pvt Billie Hatfield WAC member assigned as driver at Second Air Force training school in Abilene. Lt Billie Joe Trice prisoner of war in Germany. wife informed. Major Walker A Brents notes coincidence of three Whitewright veterans at Fort Sill. Mr and Mrs A A Hudgins’ son Anther A Hudgins Jr reports Normandy possession. bath in pond amid Normandy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Jernigan
Whitewright High School
France
Frances Williams Jernigan
Dallas
Inf. Regt
New York
Billie Hatfield
Women’s Army Corps
Army Air Forces
Fighter Pilot Training School
Second Air Force
Abilene
Harry Weddington
Hatfield
W. L. Hatfield
Whitewright
261St Army Air Force Base
Whole Hitler structure may be collapsing
London reports a Bucharest peace terms alert on the same day Paris was freed, signaling a possible rapid dissolution of Hitler's European order. Bratislava announced Slovakia’s urgent decisions under German protection, while Romania capitulated and Bulgaria delays. Hungary faces pressure amid potential internal upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bucharest
Romania
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Bratislava
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Tiso
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Hungary
Hitler
Gas ration book applications begin at ration board
Denison news notes that applications for gasoline ration books started Monday. About 20 percent of forms will be rejected for errors as the new form R-534 requires legible owner name, full address, vehicle details and signature. Applications must use the new form and be mailed with the current ration book back cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Dallas Ration Board
Ration Board
Weather note on fruit, fog, and dry spell
A brief survey describes ripe green apples causing stomach discomfort. The speaker notes a milder climate than a previous location, with sun most days and morning fog. A persistent light haze lingers overhead, and there has been no meaningful rain for over a week, which is welcomed by all.
Paris Liberated by Parisian Uprising and US Strategy
Paris rose in four day boulevard fighting to overwhelm the German garrison and free the city. Major Gen. Joseph Koenig announced Paris was cleared at 8 p.m. Tuesday as 50,000 patriots patrolled the capital. The uprising teamed with a US Third Army maneuver trapped the remaining troops, while radio and bells proclaimed liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Interior
France
Algiers
Radio France
Liberty
Republic
United States Third Army
United States
National Resistance Council
Paris Committee of Liberation
Koening
War Spending Reaches Year’s Low in July
Washington War outlays for July fell to 7.355 billion dollars, a 7.6 percent drop from June and the lowest monthly total of 1944. Since July 1, 1940 through July 31, 1944, defense spending reached 207.2 billion, with an average daily outlay of 282.9 million for the 26 Treasury check days in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Production Board
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cotton Picking Season Opens as Gins Expect Busy Week
White Wright reports 47 bales received this week with four remaining. Gins will stay busy as farmers begin picking next week. Current lint price 21 cents per pound and seed at $57 a ton, higher than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Wheat goal announced for Texas 1945 crop
The War Food Administration sets Texas wheat goal at 4,600,000 acres for 1945, slightly below 1944’s 4,628,000. Texas A and M Extension Service urges farmers to plant wheat and other small grains for fall and winter pasture and to meet next year’s grain goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
War Food Administration
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
Annual Grayson College Exes Reunion Held Sunday
The sixth annual exes reunion at Whitewright High School drew local attendees though fewer visitors came from afar due to fuel shortages. Major Morris A. Lively gave the principal address, with remarks from local officials, a memorial, musical solos, and a noon lunch for about 200. Over 100 local ex-students registered as the August 4 reunion plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College
Whitewright
Morris Lively
Fort Sill
Okla
Bonham
Roy Robinson
Trenton
Pearl Truett Johnson
Dallas
Wilbur Carter
Sherman
Vera Hickman
J. B. Hamilton
W. B. Duncan
Austin
Hugh Leslie
Bailey
George German
H. A. Cunningham
S. F. Leslie
B. B. Dobbs
W. W. Alverson
Cooper
Sam J. Williams
Clarksville
W. C. Johnson
Annette Lemmon Davis
Marcella Lively Hainer
J. P. Hayden
Guy Dillon
Durant
Charles O. Covington
Frisco
J. P. Luton
John H. Woodard
Ladonia
Homer Caston
Leonard
Marvin Bryant
Madill
Josie Medlin Payne
Oklahoma City
Albert Patterson
Kay Kimbell
Mary King Johnson
Fort Worth
Edgar Wright
J. W. Goree
E. L. Ellis
Paris
D. Leon Harp
San Antonio
R. L. McMillin
Sallie Austin
Southmayd
Ida Parker
J. N. Fain
Don Fuller
E. L. Silliman
Clarence Woosley
Sewell McKinney
van Alstyne
A. N. Wheeler
Windom
Una Sears
Wichita Falls
E. O. Thomas
Tom Bean
J. P. McAlister
Westminster
Lee Wilborn
Walter Huff
J. E. Kirkendall
Romania switches sides joins Allies after armistice
Romania announced its withdrawal from the Axis and alignment with the United Kingdom United States and Soviet Union. King Michael proclaimed immediate ceasefire with Britain and the United States and hostilities against Soviet forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Romania
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Michael
Bucharest
United Nations
Vilna
Transylvania
Grayson County Democrats Hold Saturday Runoff Primary Ballot
Voters will choose two state office nominees two county offices and in three precincts a commissioner at regular polling places from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The ballot lists Attorney General candidates Jesse E. Martin and Grover Sellers Associate Justice Gordon Simpson Richard Critz Legislature Place 1 LeRoy Anderson James T. Sparks County Clerk nominees J. H. Mub White J.C. Buchanan and Commissioners Precincts 1 2 3 with listed pairs D R Vaughan R H Bowen Edger Jackson Ben Vaughan S R Stiles H G Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Jesse E. Martin
Tarrant County
Grover Sellers
Hopkins County
Supreme Court
Gordon Simpson
Smith County
Richard Critz
Williamson County
LeRoy Anderson
James T. Sparks
J. H
Retired Army Master Sergeant Cantrell of Whitewright
Master Sergeant Thomas Cantrell son of Mr and Mrs J L Cantrell Whitewright Texas retires after 30 years of service at Fort Sill Oklahoma He served in World War I and took part in three major 1918 French engagements He held nearly every enlisted grade and was once a buck sergeant He spent time outside the continental US including Hawaii Philippines China and Siberia He and his wife Edith live at 1107 Maple Lawton His stepson serves as B 24 navigator in England awaiting reassignment Also noted are an Army chair order saving steel and a nod to Boston Latin School 1635
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker A. Brents
Fort Sill
Okla
Sun
Thomas Steel Cantrell
Brents
Whitewright
Morris A. Lively
Steel Cantrell
Ordnance
J. L. Cantrell
Cantrell
Field Artillery School
18Th Field Artillery
Texas
Cook
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
China
Siberia
Sgt
Edith
Maple, Lawton
England
Marseille and Grenoble Fall After Eight Days
American forces push 140 miles inland from the Mediterranean and seize Grenoble within 240 miles of Eisenhower’s lines. Paris hanging near, Marseille falls after eight days of southern France landings as Poilus rout pockets of last Nazi resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Marseille
France
Mediterranean
Grenoble
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Alexander M. Patch
Grayson youth Paratrooper writes of D-Day mission
Cpl. Quinn Martin of Whitewright route 2 writes his parents from England about landing with five stowaway paratroopers on D-Day. He recalls the jump at 1 43 and harrowing hours in France near Angonville and Housville, enduring cold hunger and sniper danger while urging wider awareness of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Quinn Martin
Frank Martin
Whitewright
England
France
Angonville
Carehtan
Housville
States
Brothers Die of Heart Attack on Same Night
In Logansport Indiana two brothers Jerome Bopp 56 and Walter 28 died from heart attacks on the same night. Jerome was found by his sister Emma Grelle and Walter was discovered camping east of Logansport. A separate note reports a record U S potato crop of 89 million bushels more than 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Jerome Bopp
Emma Grelle
Eugene Kennedy
Walter
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pfc
Clarence O. Burchfield
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Mrs
J. H. Burchfield
Weldon Wilson
Prim
Navy
Coroona
Calif
Seattle
Washington
Edward Montgomery
Great Lakes Naval Station
Illinois
Crawford Montgomery
Pvt
Aubrey Hansard
Camp Maxey
Hansard
Grand Prairie
Elbert Hansard
O. A. Hefner Jr
Fort Dix
N. J
Pilot Grove
Albert L. Reeves
The
Engr
Base Equip. Co
Corporal Reeves
Camp Claiborne
A. D. Tillery
Walter M. Robertson
War Department
Sergeant Tillery
Erman Johnson
Route 1
John Freeman
Near
Randolph
James D. Freeman
Mark Montgomery Jr
A. A. Hudgins
Anther A. Hudgins Jr
Normandy
Major Lively
Memory Lane
Elizabeth Akers
Aladdin
Army
America
Boston Latin School
Grayson Youth
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