Service Members Reach and Update in Local Area
James Bryant of the U S Navy visits his parents in town. S Sgt Elbert Bennett from Camp Howze spends the weekend with family. Sgt H M Moats returns to Port Aransas after visiting his mother. Marines recruit Lucian Vestal leaves for San Diego training. Mrs J D Russell has many relatives in the service. Leon Spindle CM 1/c changes to overseas address. Wallace Reeves to receive The Sun courtesy of his aunt. Pvt Raymond Brown on furlough from Paine Field. Pvt Jack Skipworth on 30 day furlough after Purple Heart in North Africa. Pvt Alfred D Hill stationed in Alaska keeps up with home news. Billy Smith earns second lieutenant commission at Yale command. Pvt Jerry Hastings receives eight medals in gunnery. Frank Hollingsworth promoted to master sergeant in Mojave. Local families visit Geraldine Dixon and grandchildren in town.
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Pvt
Jack H. Skpiworth
Moultrieville
S. C
J. L. Skipworth
Route 4
Skipworth
North Africa
Pfc
Alfred D. Hill
Alaska
Sun
Hill
Whitewright
Billy Smith
John E. Smith
Canaan
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Yale University
New Haven Conn
Smith
Newright
Army
Jerry C. Hastings
Mattie Hastings
Pittsburgh
Calif
Staggering Loss in Invasion Warned by Connally
Senator Tom Connally warned that America must be ready for a staggering loss of manpower when Allies invade Europe. He called for a fierce barrage on Japan and said Russia will play a key role in shaping the postwar peace with Stalin earning a place at the peace table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
America
Europe
Tom Connally
Japan
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Germany
Stalin
He Ought to Realize Dimes Make Dollars He Ought to Realize
San Francisco police report a hotel night clerk Walter Wilson confronted a hold up man claiming to have a key for the till but not for the safe. The bandit mocked the clerk and left with the till money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Walter Wilson
Grayson College Ex Students Meet with Sam Rayburn Guest
Honorable Sam Rayburn spoke at Grayson College Ex-Students Association meet held at the local high school. He praised postwar education and the ballot as citizens’ weapon while urging vocational training and fair postwar conditions for returning soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rayburn
National House of Representatives
Grayson College
Ex-Students’ Association
Rayburn
Cal Freeman
W. W. Alverson
Menard
Freeman
S. F. Leslie
Bonham
Mr. Rayburn
Association
J. P. Luton
Ravenna
J. L. Truett
Exteadher
Janis Jayne Horton
Graysons
Emma Gibson Reeves
McAlester
Oklo
O. L. Jones
R. W. Grant
Southmayor
Wilbur Carter
Sherman
Joe Hamilton
Whitewright
Vera K. Hickman
Ada Truett Gillespie
Waxahachie
War Dept Contracts Ten Times Volume at End of Last War
A War Department report shows March 1943 outstanding contracts reached about 240,000 with a dollar value near 75 billion, ten times the World War I total of 24,000 contracts worth 7.5 billion. Prepared by Lt. Col. Harold Shepherd the study outlines terminations and notes 189 of roughly 148,000 Ordnance contracts ended or terminated by last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Ordnance Department
Congress
Third War Loan Drive Starts September 9
Whitewright and Grayson County prepare for the third War Loan drive with a county quota of 3,497,200 dollars for Grayson and a higher local target for Whitewright yet to be assigned. B W Newman is named chairman with Clay Horton and Roy Blanton as assistants. C B Bryant Jr assists with pledge cards and other tasks. Campaign begins September 9 and calls for full public support to back soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Grayson County
B. W. Newman
Clay Horton
Roy Blanton
C. B. Bryant Jr
Denison Dam Officially Named Denison Dam
The $50 million dam across the Red River four miles northwest of Denison will be named Denison Dam. Craftsmen from the C. F. Lytle Company shape wooden forms to imprint the name on the powerhouse wall with Denison in letters 1 foot 9 inches high and Dam in 1 foot 6 inches high. The U S Engineers castle insignia and completion date 1943 will appear beneath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Red River
Here
C. F. Lytle Company
Denison Dam
United States Engineers
Draft Dodger Didn't Want to Be Shot At
JOLIET Ill It was not that he had scruples against war he just didn't like the idea of being shot at Fred J Bender explained Monday after his arrest as a draft evader Police Sgt Maurice Herbert who arrested Bender on the request of Spencer Drayton head of the FBI in Chicago quoted him as saying I know my draft board in Ashland Pa classed me as a delinquent last year I was just afraid of being killed so I decided to stay delinquent
For Want of a Shoe Bresler Loses 1170 Dollars
Henry Bresler reported to police that a woman snatched $1,170 he planned to stash in a shoe after sitting on a San Francisco street corner. He had one shoe off when the theft occurred and could not catch her. The item ends with a note that about 5,000 bison remain in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Henry Bresler
Bresler
Reunion gathering features Bettye Nell Yeager and Margaret Hanna
A reunion program included a special vocal number by Bettye Nell Yeager with Margaret Hanna as accompanist. The meeting closed at 3 30 with reminiscences from former members and a note that next year will mark the fourth Sunday in August. Attendance from out-of-town was reduced by war travel difficulties, with visitors listed from Dallas Fort Worth Waco Paris Bonham Sherman and several other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Montgomery
Dallas
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
Lula B. Holland
Percy Truett
Waco
W. W. Alverson
Menard
Annie V
Wright
Paris
George German
H. A. Cunningham
S. F. Leslie
Lily Lane
S. F. Bartley
R. W. Grant
Bonham
Alice Langford
Ida Parker
Piner
Wilbur Carter
Sherman
C. T. Freeman
R. L. McMillan
Southmayd
Guy Dillon
Durant
Okla
Josephine Payne
Oklahoma City
H. D. Neff
Shawnee
Pearl Carter
Baltimore, Md
Carl Gillespie
Waxahachie
Hugh Leslie
Bailey
G. F. Bryant
Denton
Sewell McKinney
van Alstyne
Elliott Thomas
Tom Bean
Rural aid advisory committee named by Speaker Price Daniel
The Texas House and Senate appoint a rural aid advisory committee of ten with an office of legislative accountant to oversee $9,830,990 in rural aid over two fiscal years starting Sept 1. The panel, including five House members and five senators, will audit and approve or reject state aid applications after review by the State Department of Education. Allocations cover teacher salaries, high school tuition, transportation, and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Daniel
House
Rural Aid Advisory Committee
Office of Legislative Accountant
H. S. Fitzgerald
Stamford
Rushing Manning
Center
RK. L. Proffer
Denton
Claud Calloway
Crowell
N. W. McCann
Ennis
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Karl Lovelady
Meridian
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
Pat Bullock
Snyder
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Lovelady
Bullock
State Department of Education
Meador Delivers Rotary Club Financial Report
Claud Meador treasurer of the Rotary Club presented an eighteen month financial report at a Friday luncheon. He noted the club has little money left and that he has canceled checks, inviting audits. He served as program chairman with an improvised talk on the club’s finances. A round-table local interest discussion followed and B. W. Newman will lead the next program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Meador
Rotary Club
Rotary
Meador
B. W. Newman
War captives new to U. S. says Waco officer
Lieut. Col. D. R. Griggs told Waco Rotarians prisoner care at North Camp Hood is a new experience for the United States as about 2,000 German POWs are housed there. He said Geneva convention and Red Cross rules are followed and cautioned against mistakes that could invite retaliation against allied prisoners. He described efforts to deter escapes and noted some prisoners still doubt Hitler’s defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
United States
D. R. Griggs
North Camp Hood
Camp Hood
Hitler
New York
Consolidation vote fails by six in surrounding district
In District 42 a consolidation with Whitewright ISD failed 27 to 21 while Whitewright voted 77 to 2 in favor. A parallel 65 cent maintenance tax increase passed 25 to 23 to fund tuition for transferring District 42 students. Whitewright surrounds District 42, bottling growth and delaying further territory absorption. The Sun urges informed voter action to resolve the impasse.
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Whitewright Independent
Whitewright
Whitewright Independent School
Whitewright Independent School District
Texas
Mittens Mufflers to Lose Frills For Duration of War
Washington reports War Production Board orders standardization of knitted outerwear for the war. bans double breasted sweaters embroidery and flashy sleeves. requires plain gloves mittens and 52 inch mufflers. Women’s sweaters limited to seven basic styles with six color schemes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
446000 Dads May Get Call
Draft Director Hershey announced that about 446,000 pre Pearl Harbor fathers aged 18 to 37 in nonagricultural work could face induction by year end to meet drafting quotas. He noted 6,559,000 such fathers exist and roughly seven percent may be drafted before year’s end, with about 21 percent reaching induction stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hershey
Pearl Harbor
Palace Theatre Reopens In Whitewright After Fire
The Palace Theatre in Whitewright reopens Friday after more than four months closed due to an early April fire. The first film is The Ox Bow Incident with Henry Fonda, a new release shown only once in Texas. The rebuilt venue features modern machines, sound, cooling, and increased seating capacity, with local supporters praising the upgrade.
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Palace Theatre
Henry Fonda
Texas
Hasty
Palace
Whitewright
Missing pilot's wife receives daily flowers and notes
In Springfield Illinois Mrs Louise Cole of Athens welcomed a daughter ten days earlier after her husband Maj Clifford Elbert Cole failed to return from a bombing mission over Wessling Germany on August 12. The War Department notified her of the fate while a friend, Alvin Davis, mailed daily cards hidden in flowers sent to Mrs Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Louise Cole
Athens
St. Joseph Hospital
Germany
Clifford Elbert Cole
Wessling
War Department
Major Cole
Alvin Davis
Davis
Cole
Angry husband shoots soldier in Greek Orthodox church
In San Antonio a pistol short after Father Lokis sermon at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation killed Pvt. Edward P. Daphne 27. Witness Peter Raftopoulos 52 fled after firing then confessed to Patrolman Gartler that he killed because his home was broken. Daphne died en route to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Father Lokis
Edward P. Daphne
Peter Raftopoulos
Hall of Justice
Harry Gartler
Daphne
A Secret Weapon Revealed by Goebbels
In a Das Reich article titled The Realities of War Goebbels predicts a new secret weapon to shield Germany from Allied air raids. He claims engineers work day and night on its completion as propaganda broadcast details reach audiences via German radio and AP reporting.
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London
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Das Reich
Associated Press
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The
U. S. Navy
His
Mrs
A. M. Bryant
Elbert Bennett
Camp Howze
Sgt
H. M. Moats
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi
W. H. Moats
Lucian Vestal
Marines
San Diego
R. C. Vestal
J. D. Russell
Air Force
Leon
Davisville
R. I
Wallace Reeves
U. S. Co
Ponce de Leon Hotel
St. Augustine
Fla
Blannie Reeves
Raymond Brown
Paine Field
O. M. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Clyde Brown
Frank Hollingsworth
Mojave
Sergeant Hollingsworth
J. W. Hollingsworth
S. A. Williams
Charles
Pauline Dixon
B. T. Dixon
Gloria Ann Dixon of
G. B. Dixon
U. S
Goebbels
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