Service Families Hear From Soldiers At Home For Holidays
A long list of notices shows Lt Truman Rice in Alaska expects home by next summer and Sgt Jones Alexander on furlough with family in North Carolina. Other letters confirm promotions, overseas assignments, and recent awards for men from Whitewright and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rice
Truman Rice
Alaska
Jones Alexander
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
O. G. Alexander
Sgt
Elbert Bennett
Camp Claiborne, la
Mrs
G. D. Bennett
Pfe
John R. Bow
Robert Lee
Private Bow
Ben Bow
Whitewright
New Automatic Interlocker Now In Operation Here
The automatic interlocker at the railroad switch tower began operation Tuesday, replacing two telegraph operators. Telegrams will be handled only during specified hours by C. I. Witt of Katy, with Bells offering 24 hour service for off hours. Displaced staffers switch to new posts in Celeste and Gainesville. The interlocking plant has cut staff over the years from three to two, then to one operator plus the Katy agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
I. Witt
Katy
Bells
C. C. Barnes
Celeste
J. T. Follis
Gainesville
Gifts for Men in Hospitals Campaign at Camp Howze Perrin Field
The Red Cross camp hospital committee urges Christmas gift donations for soldiers in hospitals at Camp Howze and Perrin Field. Contributions may be left with Miss Inez Ray or Mrs. C. P. Johnson. The district needs 1,750 gifts, each wrapped and under 50 cents. Homemade candy and cakes are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hospital Committee
The
Red Cross
Camp Howze
Perrin Field
Inez Ray
C. P. Johnson
Miss Ray
Delayed train forces last minute wedding postponement
A professor overslept on his wedding day and missed his train. He hurried to the telegraph office and sent a message to his fiancée stating Delayed. Don't marry til I arrive. The chaotic scene reflects a last minute scramble to alter plans.
Sun Honor Roll: Subscriptions Expiring Dates Noted
Readers are reminded to check the margin on the first page or wrapper for paid-to dates. Expirations shown as 12-1-43 or 1-1-44 prompt renewal subscriptions in December as the Sun lacks mailed statements this fall due to paper shortages. Names listed include Cecil Head, F. G. Hoover, C. R. Gibson, Sgt. Robert Chumbley, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
the Sun
Cecil Head
F. G. Hoover
C. R. Gibson
Robert Chumbley
Lillian Baxter
E. P. Wootten
J. A. Titus
Mary Hollingsworth
Kate Fulton
C. A. Medearis
Robert W. Martin
Roy E. Martin
C. M. Howard
O. G. Bow
P. L. Owen
Lawrence Owen
Clovis C. Childress
G. E. Scott
George W. Scott
O. A. Hefner Jr
S. T. Montgomery Jr
J. M. Simmons
Cliff Emerson
Jack Barbee
35 000 Invasion Craft Ordered For War on Japanese
Washington reports the Navy plans 80 000 landing craft of all types with about 25 000 completed and 65 000 more to build, costing several billion dollars. Admiral Cochrane notes Alligator amphibious craft aid Tarawa and Guadalcanal, with 20 000 already produced and 25 000 more on order, plus potential 20 000 additional craft under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Edward L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Japan
War Production Board
Cochrane
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Congress
Eagle on Shoulder Roams Billings Tavern
A man walked into a Billings Montana tavern with a live eagle on his shoulder. The bird attacked bottles glasses and the backbar mirror as the man claimed the eagle suddenly swooped down after he was walking quietly down the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Allied Armies Push In Italy Amid Slow Advance
Allied forces in Italy beat back Germans on Mount Camino and across the upper Garigliano valley capturing Camino Acquapendola and Cocuruzza southwest of Mignano. British units neared the Garigliano while Montgomery's Eighth Army made limited progress near the Moro River amid continued heavy rain and stiff resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Mount Camino
Garigliano
Camino
Acquapendola
Cocuruzza
Mignano
Mark W. Clark
Monastery
Cassino
Rome
Mount Maggiore
Clark
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Moro
Adriatic
Orsogna
Rural Aid Denied For Transfers
The Texas Attorney General advised the State Board of Education that rural aid funds cannot cover tuition for transferred elementary students. The Rural Aid program funds extra aid for high school transfers, not elementary, and the board's audit recommended paying $87,000 to several schools for 1942-43 elementary pupils, a point under court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gerald C. Mann
Royall R. Watkins
State Board of Education
W. B. King
Byrnes Calls For Unity Against Inflation In War Time
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes urged Roosevelt foes to abandon politics and support subsidies to curb inflation. He warned that failure to hold the anti inflation line could unleash flood gates and warned against measures he called reckless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
1943 Potato Crop Sets Record National Harvest
CHICAGO The 1943 potato crop is the largest in U S history and will yield the highest farm income, says E O Pollock Midwest regional director of the food distribution administration. The crop totals over 470 million bushels, 53 million more than the 1928 record, with an estimated value around 495 million dollars versus 223 million in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
E. O. Pollock
Midwest
The
Food Distribution Administration
Pollock
Mighty Pacific Raid Sinks Japanese Ships at Marshalls
Pearl Harbor task force planes sank two Japanese light cruisers and four other ships during a bold Marshalls strike. Seventy-two enemy planes were shot down. one carrier force suffered minor damage while destroying two oilers and three cargo transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands Atoll
United States
Marshalls
Gilberts Chain
Nimitz
Cotton Crop Estimate Drops
Washington says the Agriculture Department projects this year's cotton crop at 11,478,000 bales, about 1,340,000 bales less than last year and 996,000 bales below the 1932-41 average. The season should cover domestic needs by over 500,000 bales, with a carryover over 10,000,000 bales from prior years. The estimate is 36,000 bales higher than last month but 1,100,000 bales below the Aug 1 forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Model T styled airplane to lead postwar air age
Wayne W. Parrish reported at a National Aviation Training Association convention that America will adopt a civilian air age with a rugged mass market plane like an old Model T. The craft will fly at about thirty miles per hour, be stall and spin resistant, and suitable for fields and cow pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
America
National Aviation Training Association
Wayne W. Parrish
Washington
House Ways and Means kills war bond ad bill
The House Ways and Means Committee in executive session voted 11 to 10 to table legislation authorizing paid newspaper advertising by the government to promote war bond sales. Chairman Doughton announced the action, effectively killing the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
Pacific Wounded Arrive at Ashburn General Hospital
About 250 injured soldiers from the Pacific fighting forces arrived by special train in McKinney for treatment at Ashburn General Hospital. The men saw action in the Pacific theatre and are now under care there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mckinney
Pacific Coast
Ashburn General Hospital
Canaan to vote on consolidation with Whitewright
Grayson County vote set for Tuesday December 28 in Whitewright ISD and Canaan Common School District to decide consolidation for school purposes and a tax increase from 50 to 65 cents. Whitewright voters focus on consolidation while Canaan polls cover both consolidation and tax raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson County
Whitewright Independent
Canaan Common
Canaan
B. D. McBroom
H. H. Sears
Whitewright
City Hall
W. H. Horton
Turks Join Allied Camp in Cairo Conference
A Cairo meeting linked Turkey more with the Allies while keeping neutrality. President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Ismet Inonu discussed shared interests and friendship under the Anglo Turkish alliance. Possible non combat moves could shift Turkey toward the Allies in the Black Sea region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Turkey
Teheran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
United States
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
Britain
Germany
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Army physicians say arthritis is psychogenic rheumatism
Two Army physicians who studied 450 soldiers with arthritis found about one third of cases were due to unconscious mental and emotional issues. They described psychogenic rheumatism as pain stiffness swelling and limited motion intensified by mental influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Deer Hunter Bags Buck From Porch Near Home
Curtis Geiger, 16, from Speeceville, while hunting Potter County woods far from home, returned empty handed and spotted a six point buck on his mountainside porch. He shot and killed the deer with his rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Curtis Geiger
Speeceville
Potter County
Capitol Dome Blackout Ended by State Board of Control
The State Board of Control announced the end of the Capitol dome blackout, choosing Tuesday the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Floodlights will illuminate the dome at night during the week before Christmas, ending a war time precaution begun a month after the nation entered the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Board of Control
Pearl Harbor
State Capitol Dome
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H. L. Sanders
Sam Rayburn
Teeman L. Sanders
Pfc
Clyde M. Russell
WAC
Newport, Ark
Otto Russell
Cpl
Willie B. Smith
Moses Lake
W. L. Smith
Corporal Smith
Whitewright High School
Air Corps
Lester Martin
Hensley Field
Dallas
Mrs. W. J. Martin
Pvt
W. J. Martin
Martin
Preston Hefner
Camp Maxey
Paris
L. E. Garner
Jack Meador
James Wharton
San Antonio
C. J. Meador
Wichita Falls
Bussy Thornhill
Amarillo
Virgil H. Craig
Camp Stewart
Camp Davis
W. W. Adcock
North Ricketts
Sherman
Fame
Adcock
Whitewright Methodist Church
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
James Bryant
Trenton
N. J
A. M. Bryant
Ensign Bryant
Robert A. Benson
England
Buster Smith
Armored Division
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Lon Smith
Lawrence R. Owen
Panama Canal Zone
Ely
Brownsville
Panama
Topeka
Kansas
S. T. Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
U. S. Navy
Washburn University
Whitewright Tigers
Eugene Smith
Albert L. Reeves
Allen T. Short
Hazel DeVaugh
W. 14Th Street
Wichita
Claudine Glidewell
Mark Clark
Salerno
Glidewell
Hazel Benedict
Harvey Benedict
Whitewrighter
Idaho
Raymond Smith
Harvey Lee Smith
Philippine Military Prison Camp No. 1
Harvey Lee
Mr. Smith
Philippines
American Red Cross
Houston Darwin, Sr c
U. S. Coast Guard
Delaware
Lonnie Darwin
W. W. McFarland
Wilton McFarland
South Pacific
Byrnes
HOUSE
War Bond
Pacific
Ashburn
Capitol
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