Soldiers and families hear from war service members
The Sun lists career moves and travel notes from soldiers and sailors, including Sgt. Eugene P. McMillin arriving in India, Griffin Dollarhide promoted to storekeeper second class and squadron supply officer for a Florida blimp base, Delmer L. Spencer promoted at Fort Benning, and Pvt. Joe Key visiting from Sheppard Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene P. McMillin
India
Lou McMillin
Griffin Dollarhide
A. M. Bryant
Navy
Florida
Delmer L. Spencer
Fort Benning, Ga
Co. A
24Th General Hospital
Home of Rubber Trees
The article notes that most of the world's rubber trees producing latex commercially are in a narrow belt circling the globe around the equator, extending about 700 miles north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
Roosevelt asks Congress for 109 billion war budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve 109 billion dollars in total outlays for the coming fiscal year. He outlined 97 billion for war, three billion for government corporations, two for other corporations, and three for interest on the national debt, with nonwar spending at four billion. He stressed pay-as-you-go taxes and wartime sacrifices while promising the debt is solvable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Old-Age and Blind Aid Rolls Rise in January
The State Department of Public Welfare reports January increases in old-age assistance and blind aid rolls. Old-age rolls total 183,292 with an average monthly check of 20.31, up 25 cents from December but $1 below certified needs. Blind aid averages 23.30 for 4,106 recipients, a rise from December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Department of Public Welfare
Stevenson Urges War Focus and Liquor Curbs in Address
Governor Coke Stevenson asked Texas lawmakers to keep government efficient for wartime needs and postwar planning. He urged curbs on intoxicating beverage sales including Sunday sales, no new taxes, redistricting, tighter campaign-finance rules, and a postwar highway program while maintaining existing tax levies to offset gasoline tax losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Morehead
Dallas News
Austin
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
House
Texas
Vernon Lemens
Waxahachie
Senate
Red Cross Needs More Knitters in Whitewright
Grayson County Red Cross chapter assigns sweaters helmets and scarfs to be knitted for servicemen and shipments are already sent. Women in Whitewright or nearby areas are urged to assist and call Miss Inez Ray or Mrs Glen Earnheart to be assigned work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Grayson County
Red Cross
Inez Ray
Glen Earnheart
Ray
Ceiling Set on Corn Prices by OPA
The Office of Price Administration froze maximum corn prices across exchanges and in cash and local markets to maintain favorable ratios with livestock poultry and eggs. The temporary ceiling takes effect Wednesday and aims to halt further price advances pending permanent regulation. Maximum prices are those prevailing on Monday.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
influenza lesson from army doctor cautions crowding
Army medical guidance urges isolation for influenza cases and separation of new recruits from veterans. No specific drug exists. steam inhalations and high fluid intake with a soft diet are advised. Patients should stay in bed 24 hours after fever ends and return to duty gradually to avoid pneumonia or tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Medical Commission
Nutrition Class To Meet At Grade School Evenings
Miss Eva Williams announces a ten two-hour series on food conservation and preparation from 7 to 9 pm at the Grammar School starting next Tuesday. Due to a victory program, next Thursday's class moves to Friday. Open to all women to learn about the 1943 food outlook rationing, adequate diets, and family food needs with demonstrations on eggs cottage cheese and storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Williams
Grammar School
OPA Extends Tire Inspection Deadlines With Staggered Schedule
The Office of Price Administration and Office of Defense Transportation issued new tire inspection rules. Basic A book holders have until end of March for the first inspection and then every six months. B and C book holders until end of February for the first inspection then every four and three months respectively. Commercial vehicles extend the first inspection to Feb 28 and then inspections every 60 days or 5,000 miles, whichever comes first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Subscribers Names
The Sun publishes this week’s honor roll listing readers who renewed or subscribed anew. Names include Mrs. R. O. Pietzsch Paul Caylor Mrs. W. C. Musser Mrs. Bonnie Gentry Sgt. Robert Chumbley S. O. Thomson Mrs. Curlee Cummings R. G. Pennington and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
The
R. O. Pietzsch
Paul Caylor
W. C. Musser
Bonnie Gentry
Sgt
Robert Chumbley
S. O. Thomson
Curlee Cummings
R. G. Pennington
Floyd Everheart
H. D. McFarland
R. B. Matthews
J. M. Wright
C. E. Glass
Lucian Andrews
H. E. Hall
J. Frank Wilson
W. A. Kirkpatrick
W. T. Ross
J. W. McMurry
W. H. McBroom
Pfe
William E. Badgett
H. M. Hamilton
S. S. Griffin
C. J. Davenport
A. B. Jones
J. H. Adams
L. L. Windle
Mamie Rhudy
Small Number of Conscientious Objectors Sent to Camps
Selective Service Headquarters announced the latest tally showing 5,194 men out of millions classified under the draft act sent to camps for conscientious objectors. An additional 1,083 were ordered to report, with 250 transferring to the Army, totaling 6,277 classified as conscientious objectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Army
Victory Program at High School Jan 21
The third Victory program will be staged in the High School auditorium on January 21. Two one act plays and an operetta will be presented under the direction of Mrs Kath ryn Roddy and Mrs Sarah Kilgree. Admission is by War Bonds or Stamps. Previous programs raised 1935 dollars in War Bonds and Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Roddy
Sarah Kilgree
First National Bank Adds Two Directors
At the annual shareholders meeting two new directors were added to the First National Bank board Glen Earnheart and Gomer May both Whitewright businessmen. Old directors were re-elected and the nine member board announced officers including C B Bryant Jr as president Emmet Penn as vice president and A M Bryant as vice president. The bank reported a good year and excellent overall condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Glen Earnheart
Gomer May
Whitewright
Section
Emmet Penn
Kay Kimbell
C. B Bryant Jr
R. T. Pennington
A. M Bryant
Bryant King
J. H. Waggoner
C. B. Bryant Jr
R. A. Gillett
W. T. Simmons
Pernie Badgett
Johnnie Robbins
Army Cuts Down On Package Mail For Men Overseas
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced strict new Army postal rules for overseas troops. From Jan. 15 no package may be sent unless it contains an item requested by the soldier and approved by the commanding officer. Packages are limited to five pounds and fifteen inches long. magazines and newspapers may be mailed only by publishers to subscribers. V mail remains allowed but ordinary letters with air stamps treated as regular mail.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Army
Post Office
Five Sullivan Brothers Missing After Juneau Sinking
Waterloo Iowa reports five Sullivan brothers George T 29 Francis H 26 Joseph E 23 Madison A 22 and Albert Lee 20 enlisted in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and served aboard the cruiser Juneau. A Navy communique says the ship was sunk in the Solomon Islands in November and the brothers are missing in action.
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Waterloo
Sullivan Brothers
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Juneau
Solomon Islands
George T
Francis H
Joseph E
Madison A
Albert Lee
Bombs That Demolish Rare in Europe Today
Demolition bombs weighing 4 000 and 8 000 pounds are rarely used in Europe since the 2 000 pounder suffices for nearly any job. A bomb released from a plane at 300 miles per hour from 20 000 feet generates force to lift one ton six miles high.
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Europe
Whitewright Natives Heroic Guadalcanal Action Credited
Corporal Calhoun H. Vestal of Whitewright Texas is credited by an Associated Press dispatch with killing six Japanese soldiers on Guadalcanal using his tommy gun amid a Marine patrol that surged to 110 enemy killed with nine American dead and 17 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Hamilton Vestal
R. C. Vestal
Whitewright
Associated Press
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
U. S
Vestal
Calhoun H. Vestal
Texas
U. S. Marines
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
United
Burn Everheart Named Grayson County Constable
H. B. Burn Everheart appointed by Grayson County Commissioners Court as constable of the Whitewright precinct. He succeeds K. B. Simmons who resigned after reelection and qualified for the new term, with Everheart serving the unexpired term. Simmons is employed at the Texarkana ordnance plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. (Burn) Everheart
Grayson County Commissioners Court
Whitewright
K. B. Simmons
Everheart
Simmons
Texarkana Ordnance Plant
Whitewright Drug Stores Close Sundays for Church Attendance
Whitewright drug stores announced they will close from 10 a m to 2 p m each Sunday starting Jan 17 to allow employees and owners to attend Sunday school and church. Public cooperation is urged and shoppers are asked to buy before 10 a m or after 2 p m unless it is an emergency.
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Whitewright Drug Stores
Draft age for British women lowered to 19
King George signed a proclamation lowering the age of liable service for women from 20 to 19. Single women born July 1, 1922, to December 31, 1923, may choose between war industry work and the armed services or volunteer for nursing before being drafted. The act also extends to men aged 18 to 45.
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London
King George
Juy
Uniformed Services
May revise draft for farm workers
Rep Mahon of Texas urges quick change in selective service rules to defer some short staple cotton producers, arguing the Army and Navy demand cotton goods from shorter fibers. He complains to the Agriculture Department and selective service officials that current policy favors longer fibers and harms producers.
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Washington
Selective Service
Mahon
D.-Tex
Agriculture Department
Army
Navy
Call to Sacrifice: Return Scrap Metal for the War Effort
A wartime appeal urges citizens to surrender scrap metal to the Army to bolster munitions. It emphasizes duty and national victory, urging immediate action and highlighting the role of every household in supporting the war economy.
Message to Germany Boosts War Effort and Scrap Metal Drive
A wartime exhortation urges support for Allied victory by aiding the Army. Citizens are urged to contribute scrap metal which will be melted down for weapons and equipment, reinforcing the push to "blast it off the map."
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Germany
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Pvt
Joe Key
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
C. M
Buck) Howard
Majors Field
Greenville
Mrs. C. M. Howard
Morris Fogle Gillett
U. S. Navy
Camp Crowder
Nashville, Tenn
Lee Wilson
Hawaii
Edgar W
Pete) Nicely
Camp Hood
Orval L. Nicely
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Ed Nicely
Nicely
Orval
Jimmie Stuteville
Grady Stuteville
Naval Training Station
Rhode Island
Grover C. Stateville
Fort Ord
Calif
Robert Doss
Oklahoma City Air Depot
T. G. Doss
Robert
Thomas J
Toby) Garnett
Dallas
Selective Service Board
Sherman
Toby
Camp Wolters
Alfred Schwiening Jr
Sonora
S. J. Janway
William Janway
Janway
William Edwin Badgett
North
Africa
A. J. Badgett Sr
A. A. Hudgins
Donald Paul Hudgins
North Africa
Stars and Stripes
H. A. James
Joe Alexander
el Paso
Joe
Ellis Alexander
James
Hamilton Vestal
Burn Everheart
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