Service members update from Whitewright area
Cpl Stanly R Thornhill visits parents Harold and Mrs Thornhill. Pvt Preston E Hefner reports landing safely in England with a hospital unit and hopes to return home soon. Lt W L White Jr promoted to captain in ferrying service stationed at Wilmington DE. Lt Walter H Bogle promoted to captain with transfer from New Orleans to Washington DC. Sgt Findley Haile writes from a South Pacific base after equator crossing. Lt James Roscoe Brown, POW in Germany, asks for letters. Aviation student James B Phillips stops in Denison en route to San Antonio for brief family visit. Lt Billie G Earnheart transferred from Fort Bliss to Fort Belvoir, visiting family briefly. Pfc Horace G Sadler promoted at a POW camp in Monticello AR. Pvt J B Thornhill visiting Amarillo AAF. BM2 William Janway of the US Navy hopes for furlough. Pvt Jerry Hasting writes from Southwest Pacific and notes Christmas parcels and newspapers. Emerson Sears, Navy, in training at Houston University, weekends with parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
James B. Phillips
Denison
Clyde Sadler
Whitewright
Americans Help Nazis Remove Dead During Truce
During a five hour ceasefire near Cassino the German and American lines silenced to allow removal of over 200 German corpses from a one kilometer sector in the mountains. Germans requested three hours but the period extended as work continued with American aid.
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FIFTH
Cassino
Dallas Draft Boards Boost Calls and Extend Preinduction Exams
Dallas draft boards implement new orders raising March calls by up to 50 percent and ordering preinduction physicals for all eligible men up to 38 in March and April. The plan targets heavy calls on fathers and those previously deferred, with strict quotas and exclusions for essential work and certain records. Some boards report a shift toward enforcing quotas amid shrinking eligible pools and broader eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Income Tax Due In Lump Sum Warned Public Informed
DALLAS. Many filers believe they can pay by quarterly installments, but the pay as you go system applies. Taxpayers must settle all 1943 taxes by March 15 and pay one half of any 1942 tax still owed. Heads of families incorrectly claim twice the $624 victory tax exemption. only married individuals may claim it.
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Dallas
Sam
S. L. Mayo
Internal Revenue
Mayo
Loy Declines District Judge Candidacy Amid Military Service Factor
Judge Jake J. Loy declares he will not run for the 15th District Court while Judge Slagle seeks reelection and serves in the Marines. Loy states support from friends and his belief that able-bodied men should be in military service or essential war work during the period.
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15Th District Court
Slagle
Marines
Jake J. Loy
Wallace Announces Candidacy for Precinct 3 Commissioner
D C Wallace of Gunter a gin and grain man announced his candidacy for commissioner of precinct 3 in the Democratic primaries. The seat is held by J J Darby. Wallace has chaired the county school trustees for 11 years and has 20 years in local business. He was born near Pilot Grove and was a farmer before his current business career.
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Gunter
D. C. Wallace
J. J. Darby
Wallace
Pilot Grove
Synthetic tires delayed by cotton rayon shortages
Washington reports that a rayon and cotton fabric bottleneck and labor shortages at tire factories slow synthetic rubber tires. Stanley Crossland of the Rubber Reserve Co. testified that despite $750 million invested, plants will reach 850000 tons capacity by end of 1944, with butadiene and production facilities still in short supply.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Stanley T. Crossland
Rubber Reserve Company
RFC
Crossland
Jones urges 3 million cattle cut to balance supply
Washington. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones called on farmers to reduce cattle by 3,000,000 head this year to align livestock with diminished feed. The plan seeks 3,000,000 more slaughtered than calves produced to ensure a per capita civilian beef supply of sixty three pounds while favoring normal quality cattle over prime stock.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Jones
WFA
Methodist Crusade for a New World Order Reaches Texas
The Methodist Church campaign to promote a postwar world order travels to Texas lawmakers with letters from pastors and members. About 150 letters reached one Texas senator, urging Congress to back international cooperation to prevent future wars.
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Washington
Methodist Church
Texas
Texas Methodists
Coe
Congress
U. S
Distant Cousins Clash in Court Over Kinship
An accused criminal tries flattery with Lord Bacon during a trial claiming kinship to earn release. Bacon, chancellor, responds with dry humor and rejects mercy, declaring justice will prevail and that he will not be freed until hanged.
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Lord Bacon
Hogg
Bacon
Allied Drive On Rome From Anzio Front Reported
Allied headquarters in Naples say American and British troops push toward Rome in the second phase of the Anzio operation. Artillery and air actions hit Rome's railway yards while Mount Cassino ruins are bombed. Bari radio urges Italian patriots to sabotage Nazi supply lines and bridges along routes to Anzio and Gari Gliano. General Alexander dismisses pessimism, insisting no Dunkerque delay and Rome could fall quickly if conditions hold.
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Naples
Rome
Bari
Harold Alexander
Italy
Anzio
Cassino
Denison Man Announces Candidacy for County Clerk
J. H. Hub White of Denison Route 3 declares for the Grayson County county clerk post in the Democratic primary. He cites years in post office work and nine years as Loy Park keeper. White grew up near Collinsville and Whitesboro, lived in Sherman sixteen years, and plans to meet voters before the July primary. His formal announcement will appear later in The Sun.
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J. H
Hub) White
Denison
The
Sun
Grayson County
White
Loy Park
Collinsville
Whitesboro
Sherman
the Sun
Texan Invents Tree Chopping Machine
Kirk Knight Jr of Bartlett Texas invented a tree chopping device touted to boost newsprint output by reducing the need for foresters. Patented in 1940, mass production halted by war, but publishers and pulp producers seek War Production Board support for broader use amid a paper shortage.
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New York
Kirk Knight Jr
Bartlett
Texas
Knight
War Production Board
Navy Physician Predicts Three More Years of War
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire, surgeon general of the Navy, told an AMA meeting in Chicago that the war could last three years with all inductees in full-time combat. He said releasing two-thirds of in-service physicians soon after is unlikely if peace must be kept and troops and occupied populations require support. The note mentions former President Johnson as a tailor by profession.
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Chicago
Ross T. McIntire
Navy
McIntire
American Medical Association
Retired Admiral Calls Pacific War Still Open
Rear Adm. Yates Stirling Jr. says the Pacific war is still unsettled and the Allies must muster all naval strength. He argues air power cannot win on land or sea and that mass invasions require sea power for victory. He warns Germany may build battleships prompting potential U S eastern coast bombardment or sea battles.
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New York
Yates Stirling Jr
United States Fleet
Pacific
America
Europe
Far East
Germany
Japan
Stirling
House Votes Big Sum For Made Fuels
The House approved a 30 million dollar program to develop synthetic fuels from coal and other materials, sending the bill to the Senate. The Truman committee urged expanding foreign oil interests and allocating world reserves, while noting limited domestic petroleum supplies.
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House
Big
Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
Jennings Randolph
Dem
West Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Congress
Truman Group
Truman Committee
Britain
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Names For Subscription Honor
The Sun announces new names added to its honor roll including Capt. W. L. White and H. M. DeBerry among others. Readers are urged to check margins or wrappers for subscription paid-through dates, with corrections requested if credits are inaccurate.
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Sun
W. L. White
H. M. DeBerry
Carl Hicks
W. M. Cox
J. J. Sloan
A. L. Scott
J. Williams
R. H. May
Bruce Pember
Pfc
Franklin Harris
Winnell Stapleton
Co. C. Miller
E. H. Hughes
J. A. Blanton
Whitewright Surpasses War Loan Quota in Fourth Drive
Whitewright exceeded its Fourth War Loan Bond quota of 98 000 dollars by over 6 500 dollars totaling 104 554 75 with a strong team led by Marshall Hasty Rev E P Wootten and R P Childress countywide support. The town had three drives in 1943 1944 totaling over 300 000 dollars with many buyers holding bonds for a future rainy day.
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Whitewright
Marshall Hasty
Rev
E. P. Wootten
R. P. Childress
Whitewright and
Section
Nice
Britain Rejects Joy Over Mass Bombing of Reich
London outlets report no evidence of jubilant reaction to Allied bombing of Germany. Church leaders and critics urge limits on RAF actions while Britain expresses regret over civilian toll yet supports continued bombing to deny Nazi war capability. Government cites necessity for future peace and to confront wartime consequences.
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Britain
London
Germany
Chichester
Lord Lang
Canterbury
RAF
Lord Cranbourne
Daily Telegram
Wife of Army Hero Resides at Bonham
Private Jesse McKnight, praised in dispatches for a raid that left 25 Germans killed, is married to Mrs. Jesse McKnight of 111 South Fourth Street Bonham. He enlisted four years ago in Sherman after paratroop training, went overseas in 1943, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. McKnight of Ector. He has two brothers in the Navy and Army and a small daughter.
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O. T. McKnight
Ector
Dale McKnight
Olin McKnight
Navy
Army
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Stanly R. Thornhill
Harold Thornhill
Corporal Thornhill
Childress, Texas
Preston E. Hefner
England
Hefner
W. L. White Jr
Wilmington
Delaware
Walter H. Bogle
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Captain Bogle
New Orleans
Washington, D. C
Lester Haile
Sgt
Findley Haile
South Pacific
Sergeant Haile
Equator
Grover C. Brown
James Roscoe Brown
Brown
James R. Brown
M-Stammlager Luft
Billie G. Earnheart
Fort Bliss
Fort Belvoir
Glen Earnheart
Horace G. Sadler
Monticello, Ark
Pvt
J. B
Bussy) Thornhill
Army Air Field
Amarillo
Mrs
J. P. Thornhill
William Janway
U. S. Navy
Jerry Hasting
Southwest Pacific
Mattie Hasting
Emerson Sears
Houston University
Robert Sears
Lou
Methodists
New World Order
Alexander
TEXAN
Johnson
Army Hero
Bonham
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