With the Men in Uniform From Whitewright Area War News
Robert Layman promotes to corporal in Army Air Forces stationed in India. Willie Smith in Oahu Hawaii reports good health and new assignment. Joe Meador arrives in England. J W Sanderson maneuvers in Louisiana en route to Camp Livingston. David Roddy goes overseas. Navy updates: Dick Barbee returns to duty aboard Atlantic ship. Merriwell Vineyard promoted to lieutenant junior grade in Pacific service. Wallace Reeves serves on Coast Guard destroyer escort after Christmas in Casablanca. Snider family updates on transfers and furloughs. Betty Nash enlists in Naval Reserve to report February 10 to Hunter College. Dollarhide on first furlough from Miami. Sgt. Chumbley injured in Italy, back on duty. Private Page marries Florence Carpenter in Sherman and returns from Italy. Thomas McCarley drowned in California. funeral in Dallas. Signal unit from Texas builds long line on Fifth Army front in Italy despite heavy fire.
Begin Now To Plan Your Spring Garden
Plan your spring garden and seed purchases now with recommended varieties for tomatoes beans peas beets carrots squash cucumbers and more. Plan multiple plantings every two weeks for continuous harvests while noting rotentone cube dust control for garden insects and cattle grub management to avoid price penalties at Fort Worth markets.
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Early Fortune
Florida
Bloomsdale
Collards
Georgia
Jersey Wakefield
Simpson
New York
Fort Worth
Paper Shredder Fails In Coupon Ripoff Scandal
Washington salvage firm under OPA investigation admitted shredding and circulating ration coupons valued at millions of gallons of fuel and gasoline. Four in custody, others sought, with the shredding linked to waste paper destruction from federal offices.
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Washington
OPA
President Roosevelts Soldier Voting Plan Sparks Clash
President Roosevelt urged a federal ballot for the armed forces. Senator Taft accused the administration of aiming to mobilize ten million soldiers for a fourth term. Senator Lucas countered that soldiers and their families deserve full voting access and fewer obstacles. The Senate debated a federal ballot bill as a substitute for the state plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Scott Lucas
Dem
Illinois
Taft
Senate
Sun Honor Roll Adds Renewals and Corrections
The Sun lists over 100 renewed subscriptions and several new names on the honor roll with address corrections. Readers asked to verify credits on the first page margin and wrapper date, noting subscriptions expired if marked 1-1-44, and praising renewed support as more names are added this week: H. M. Gentry, Donald P. Hudgins, Mrs. J. D. Lane, M. R. Smith, J. A. Wortham, A. W. Alverson, Mrs. Cora Simmons, Lynn Ward, H. Benedict, Mrs. Lela Ownby, J. H. Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
the Sun
H. M. Gentry
Donald P. Hudgins
J. D. Lane
M. R. Smith
J. A. Wortham
A. W. Alverson
Cora Simmons
Lynn Ward
H. Benedict
Lela Ownby
J. H. Hayes
Baptist Hour Radio Programs Announced
The Baptist Hour announces February lectures by Dr. John L. Slaughter Chester E. Swor Dr. J. D. Grey and Dr. Perry F. Webb. Slaughter will speak February 6 on Sharing Christ with Our World as part of the Religious Foundations for Tomorrow's World series.
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Baptist Hour
John L. Slaughter
Birmingham
Ala
The
Southern Baptist Convention
S. F. Lowe
Atlanta
Chester E. Swor
Clinton
Miss
J. D. Grey
New Orleans
Perry F
New Methodist pastor arrives in Sulphur Springs
Rev and Mrs Duke R Barron move into the Methodist parsonage from Caddo Mills where he served sixteen months as pastor. A Grayson County native born near Van Alstyne, he holds a BA from Edmond and a BD from SMU. He previously led the Hove church and is brother to Rev J Daniel Barron of Sulphur Springs First Methodist. He will preach Sunday morning and evening.
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Duke R. Barron
Methodist Parsonage
Caddo Mills
Methodist Church
Barron
Grayson County
van Alstyne
Flora Meeker
Enid
Okla
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Hove
J. Daniel Barron
First Methodist Church
Sulphur Springs
WFA Plans Farm Output Subsidies for 1944 Program
The War Food Administration announced a 1944 price support program for cotton wheat rice corn and tobacco with loans to farmers secured by collateral. Additional supports include direct payments and purchases for military lend-lease and other uses for many commodities including hogs soybeans and dairy products. Loans and parity-based prices will run through specified dates with future program details pending Congress action.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Congress
WFA
Louisiana
Amarillo
Texas
House Committee On Agriculture
War Food Administration
Jones
Chicago
Edison Inventor Joke Sparks Nighttime Firelight Laughs
A teacher asks who was the smartest inventor and a pupil replies Thomas A. Edison. He invented the phonograph and radio so people would stay up all night and use his electric light bulbs.
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Thomas A. Edison
Regular Meeting Days For Selective Service Board
Grayson County Selective Service Board two regular meetings monthly on the first and third Tuesdays at 9 a m. These sessions invite registrants and the public to meet with the board to discuss any matters of interest. H G Tuck elected chairman. other members are Forrest Peveto and J H Waggoner. Office on third floor of the Federal building in Sherman.
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Grayson County Selective Service Board
H. G. Tuck
Sherman
Will Leslie
Forrest Peveto
J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright
Federal Building
War casualty totals for Army and Navy reach 142 289
Washington reports total American war casualties at 142 289 with 32 662 killed in action. Navy losses through January 22 total 35 572 with 15 520 dead 7 206 wounded 8 562 missing and 4 284 captured. Army casualties through December 31 total 106 717 with 17 142 killed 39 917 wounded 24 137 missing and 25 521 prisoners of war.
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Washington
OWI
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Eleven Charged in Draft Violations by Dallas Grand Jury
A Dallas federal grand jury returned eleven indictments for selective service violations. Names include Haskell Evans charged with false dependent information to dodge the draft, Seamon Parks for failing to notify address changes and missing exams, Delford Siegner with a misnamed draft card, and others facing failure to report for examinations or inductions across boards in Henrietta Brownwood Haskell Eastland Vernon Mertzon and nearby counties.
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Dallas
Federal Grand Jury
Haskell Evans
Draft Board 9
Seamon Parks
Draft Board 5
Delford Siegner
Ronald James Clark
Selective Service
Heber James van Houten
Henrietta
Clay County
Lowell Edward McCurdy
Brownwood
Garnice Lindsey Harcrow
Haskell
Haskell County
Carl Monroe Fletcher Jr
Elman Dove Pool
Vernon, Wilbarger
Leah Louie Phillips
Eastland
Roy Calvin Carlson
Mertzon
Irion County
David Carlson
Twins Cost Grandpa A Lot Before He Cares
In Phoenix, Clay Sparks promises his twin grandsons each $10 per Japanese soldier killed. A Marine letter reveals Pvt Sparks Wilson and Pvt Ray Wilson saying they each killed two enemies and would owe their grandfather $20, noting if he gave them a machine gun he’d owe $220.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Clay Sparks
Phoenix
Pvt. Sparks Wilson
Pfe. Ray Wilson
Marine Corps
Sparks
Bud Ray
War bond auction at Palace Theatre raises funds
At a war bond sale in Whitewright, a 10 lb bag of sugar sold for 5000 dollars and a 5 lb bag for 2000. A sack of flour brought 2000 and a gallon of paint 500. The auction, led by Col. Meador and Col. Hubble, drew modest attendance but strong bidding. Total bonds sold by Wednesday night reached 36410 with 61000 still needed to reach the 98000 quota.
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Palace Theatre
Marshall Hasty
Col. C. J. Meador
E. T. Hubble
First National Bank
Whitewright
Loy seeks 15th District Court judgeship in Democratic primary
Grayson County judge Jake J. Loy, a well known Texas official, has authorized The Sun to place his name in the political announcement column as a candidate for judge of the 15th District Court subject to the July Democratic primary. Formal announcement to follow.
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Jake J. Loy
Grayson County
Texas
the Sun
15Th District Court
Judge Loy
The
Sun
Stimson Urges National Service Law as Remedy for Strikes
War Secretary Stimson urges adoption of national service legislation in a radio address. He cites 22 strikes in war plants last week causing about 135000 man days of lost production and argues a service law would address underlying irresponsibility, binding duty to nation with equal weight to military service.
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Washington
Stimson
Oil Well Near Whitewright Reaches Critical Stage
A local citizen reports the oil test two miles east of Whitewright has entered a critical stage. The drill is below 3,000 feet in hard formation and a gusher may come at any minute. No information from drillers is available and visitors are barred. a fence around the derrick is planned to keep spectators away.
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Whitewright
Savoy College Ex-Students Plan June 11 Reunion
Sunday, June 11, was set for the Savoy College ex-students reunion at a meeting of the board of managers held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stinnett in Van Alstyne. A full program will be announced later. Attending were E. A. McMahon of Dallas, president. Mrs. J. B. May of Savoy, secretary. Gus W. Thomasson of Dallas. Mrs. J. A. Stinnett and John Umphress of Van Alstyne. and J. B. May of Savoy.
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SAVOY
Savoy College
J. A. Stinnett
van Alstyne
E. A. McMahon
Dallas
J. B. May
Gus W. Thomasson
John Umphress
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Robert Layman
C. R. Layman
Army Air Forces
India
Cpl
Willie B. Smith
W. L. Smith
Oahu
Hawaii
C. J. Meador
Joe T. Meador
England
Pvt
J. W. Sanderson
Homer Sanderson
Sanderson
Camp Livingston
Alexandria
Kathryn Roddy
Lieut
David Roddy
Dick Barbee
U. S. Navy
W. J. Barbee
Atlantic
Merriwell Vineyard
W. R. Vineyard
Frederick
Oklo
Vineyard
Curl Reeves
Wallace Reeves
Casablanca
French Morocco
Wallace
United States
V. E. Snider
Snider
California
Tennessee
Betty Virginia Nash
Women’s Reserve
U.S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Naval Training School
Hunter College
Bronx
Nash
Denison
Griffin Dollarhide
Miami
Fla
Robert Chumbley
Italy
Clyde Gibson
Chumbley
Pfe
Noble Page
Florence Carpenter
Charlie Carpenter
Bertha Page
Page
States
Army General Hospital
Atlantic City
Thomas Paul McCarley
W C. Brown
G. W. McCarley
Navy
Reed-Cain Construction Company
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
George E. McCarley
McKinney Avenue Methodist Church
36Th “Té
Fifth Army
Cecil Spindle
Joseph Price
Eugene Goff
William J. Lamoreaux
Pedro Gonzales
Brownsville
John Wilhem
Marshall
By Rex B. Cruse
East
Sergeant Spindle
J. F. Spindle
Myrtle
Mae Badgett
Selective Service Board
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