East Texas Student Recalls Time in Japan After War
Robert Edward Deaton Jr., a junior at East Texas State Teachers College, recounts his year with the 11th Airborne Division in Honshu and Hokkaido, noting rapid reconstruction, Tokyo's recovery, and Japanese resilience. He landed near Tokyo after V J Day and returned to the United States in September 1945 as a master sergeant.
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Japan
Robert Edward Deaton Jr
R. E. Deaton Sr
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
11Th Airborne Division
Honshu
Hokkaido
Deaton
Atsugi Airfield
Tokyo
Ykohama
Yokohama
Manila
11Th Airborne
Philippines
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
Kyushu
Hirohito
States
Seven Confess They Made Human Sausage Budapest
Police said seven people are under arrest and have confessed to making sausage from human bodies. They admitted killing two Hungarian policemen and chopping the bodies for sausages sent to Austria. No trial date set. General MacArthur grants amnesty to nearly a million Japanese political prisoners. New Zealand frees conscientious objectors from WWII prison terms.
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Budapest
Austria
MacArthur
Japan
Divorce suit notice in Grayson County Texas 1947
Citation to Ella Jimmie Scruggs for divorce filed by Walter Scruggs in Grayson County District Court. Notice sets appearance by 10:00 A.M. Monday January 20, 1947, on Cited terms. petition filed October 10, 1946. Case No 55086. Issued December 7, 1946 by Clerk S. V. Earnest.
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State of Texas
Ella Jimmie Scruggs
A. D
15Th Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Walter Scruggs
S. V. Earnest
Husbands Get Only Tenth of Wives Gifts in Survey
New York report from the Jewelry Industry Council based on an Elmo Roper survey finds husbands buy most gifts for their wives but receive only about one in ten gifts. Jewelry store merchandise tops both gift and recipient lists with clothing and accessories close behind.
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New York
Jewelry Industry Council
Elmo Roper Research Organization
Films Pull Out Winter Pictures In Hollywood
Film patrons can expect longer pictures this winter as prestige films arrive. Producers favor lengthy formats with titles such as Yearlin at 135 minutes, Duel at 140, Till the Clouds at 137, Razor at 145, Wonderful Life at 125, and Best Years at 170 minutes, signaling a trend toward epic runs for Academy audiences.
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Hollywood
Yearlin
Picket Gets Sub After 6 Years In San Pedro
Picketing of Van de Kamp's Bakery reaches six years in San Pedro California. Bob Viberg recently from Chicago marched as a stand in for his uncle Bob Riggs who was absent because Mrs. Riggs had a baby.
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San Pedro
Calif
van de Kamp
Bob Viberg
Chicago
Bob Riggs
Sheriff’s Sale No 55047 Grayson County Texas
A 1946 Grayson County tax sale notice lists The State of Texas as plaintiff and several defendants. The sale, ordered by the 15th District Court, targets about three acres near the Texas and Pacific Railroad east of Sherman. It sets January 7 1947 as the sale date at the Grayson County Courthouse with two year redemption rights and tax implications.
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State of Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
T. M. Lawson
John Durham
Keith Durham
Robert Walker
Fannie E. Walker
Fan
Court House
Sherman
Towit
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Fannie E
Fannie FE
Fannie
G. P. Gafford
M .G. Dicken
Letter to Santa from Ronnie England of Tom Bean
A three year old boy writes to Santa asking for a big all metal wagon houseshoes fruits nuts and candy. He mentions living with his mother grandmother and granddad and asks Santa to remember his relatives and friends.
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Santa Claus
Ronnie England
Tom Bean
Tax suit in Grayson County details November 19 1946
In suit No 54981 The State of Texas Grayson County plaintiffs and City of Van Alstyne intervener seek judgment for 83.93 dollars covering taxes interest penalty and costs with interest at six percent per year from the judgment date. defendants include Jim Anderson and unknown heirs or representatives of deceased in interest.
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Grayson County
Texas
Abod Adds Rooms and Barns At Sherman Property
Abodh Abed Abad lists a property with three large barns and deep water priced to sell by Tom Barbee. Includes an automobile loan ad from F W Creager manager at 12114 So Travis Sherman. Card of thanks from Hall family thanks friends for care during illness and after death of husband and father.
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Tom Barbee
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
T. C. L. Hall
Mahala McBroom
Elizabeth Beam
Jim Hall
Arvil Hall
Tommie
Property sale notice in Grayson County Texas 1946
A notice of property sale issued by M G Dicken in Grayson County Texas cites a judgment from the 15th District Court on October 26, 1946. It describes Lots Two and Three in Block 3 of Carter's Addition to Van Alstyne, the right of redemption within two years, and instructions for the sale to satisfy the judgment with proceeds, penalties, and costs.
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Grayson
Texas
Carter
van Alstyne
Sherman
G. P. Gafford
Grayson County
M. G. Dicken
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Pickett
Santa
Sheriff's Base
State of
Abed Abad
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
Whitewright
L. C. Hampton
Ray Huff
Route Three
Chevrolet Block
Simpson & Spinks Garage
G. W. Ford
J. C. Parsons
East Grand Avenue
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Spivy Paint Store
Home of Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
Bob Sears
D. S. Carr
East Whitewright
Rhom Carr
Gainesville
Orangeville
J. G. Muirhead
Fannin County
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T. W. Ayres & Son
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