Service members on leave and training reports
Edward B. Montgomery trains at U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. Jones Alexander on 15 day furlough from Greensboro NC visits his father O G Alexander. Pfc Noel H Waldrop back in the U S after overseas with military police. Joe Magers radio technician from Ft Sill visits his parents. Cecil also in service at Scott Field Illinois. Lloyd Fitch and wife announce birth of a son on July 4. Fitch’s wife Sopha Nell Smith daughter of John Smith Whitewright. Caton Hargett on furlough from Syracuse NY visiting wife and parents W J Hargett. Lt Jack Meador and wife visiting Meador's parents. wings earned at Blackland Army Air Field Waco. to report to San Antonio after furlough. Elmer Joe Key remains in hospital in Southwest Pacific Theater with action in India Burma China. several battle stars. L V England of Brooks Field on furlough visiting father J F England. Co B Bryant III left for Notre Dame after short furlough with parents C B Bryant Jr. to receive Navy commission after training. S/Sgt Billy B Pritchett on 15 day furlough from Porto Rico, to Lincoln Nebraska for new assignment.
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Joe Magers
Ft. Sill
Okla
L. M. Magers
Jack Meador
C. J Meador
Meador
Black Land Army Air Field
Waco
San Antonio
Cpl
Elmer Joe Key
George Key
Southwest Pacific
India
Burma
China
Co. B. Bryant III
Notre Dame University
C. B. Bryant Jr
Young Bryant
Notre Dame
Navy
Billy B. Pritchett
Lincoln
Neb
Bascom Pritchett
Sergeant Pritchett
Porto Rico
Per Capita Fund Increase Moves Texas Schools
The State Board of Education voted a $25 per pupil school apportionment for the next fiscal year, to be supplemented by a $4 per capita payment from a school fund surplus pending attorney general approval. The board urged using the extra funds to raise teachers salaries and appropriated $1,100,000 for textbooks.
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Austin
State Board of Education
Texas
Priority discharge rule explained after war ends
Columbus Ohio. Lt Gen B Somervell announces a postwar demobilization plan based on length of service and combat exposure. Soldiers overseas longest and who bore the brunt will receive priority, with discharge flowing from units to induction stations similar to the induction process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Services and Supply
Somervell
Polish general predicts war may end in 1944
Gen Kazimierz Sosnowski, Polish commander in chief, returning from the Norman front, said the war may end this year. He noted the last phase will be hardest, but enemy resistance is already smashed in many sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kazimierz Sosnowski
Normandy
Senator Murray urges wider social security expansion
Montana Senator James E. Murray told a Madison Square Garden audience that expanding social security is essential for peace security and abundance. He argued democracy requires economic freedom and called for medical and hospitalization insurance along with full employment and public services as basics of modern economic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James E. Murray
Montana
International Workers Order, Inc
Madison Square Garden
Murray
GOP Race Planks Seen As Move To Embarrass Dems
Prominent Democratic senators say the Republican platform adds racial equality planks to embarrass Democrats and may fuel strife at the Democratic convention. Sen. Dennis Chavez plans to push FEPC language into the Democratic platform.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Senate
FEPC
Chavez
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Texas
South Carolina
Mississippi
New Wage Orders Take Effect July 7 in Fort Worth
Fort Worth announces new wage orders covering finance insurance real estate motion picture and miscellaneous industries and communication utilities and miscellaneous transportation. Dinsmore W. Hume, senior inspector, says employers must pay at least 40 cents an hour plus overtime time and one half. Official posters are available at 308 A United States Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Dinsmore W. Hume
Department of Labor
Hume
308-A
United States
Peacetime Draft Backed by Vast Public Support
Fortune magazine reports about 69 percent of Americans favor a peacetime draft to sustain the armed forces. The poll shows 46.9 percent want one year of training, 12.3 percent more than two years, and 43.8 percent say training should start at age 18.
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New York
New Fortune Magazine
U. S
Fortune
Price increases on cotton textiles under Bowles order
Washington officials announce that Price Administrator Bowles lifted ceiling limits on clothing retail and raised prices on about one third of cotton textile items. The move, tied to the Bankhead Amendment, could raise consumer costs for cotton shirts underwear sheeting and work clothes while potentially easing clothing supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bowles
Bankhead
Congress
OPA
Roosevelt
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Servicemen and Civilians
The Sun lists new honorees for the past week including Pfe Jarvis D Maddux Walter Lee Martin SK 3c R G Pennington Mrs Oscar Bilmner Pvt Doyle Alexander W D Williams Lena Mae Gowdy R H Thornhill T Sgt Lester M Martin Clan Justice Jesse Wallace Lt Thomas E Sears.
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Sun
Pfe
Jarvis D. Maddux
Walter Lee Martin SK
R. G. Pennington
Oscar Bilmner
Doyle Alexander
W. D. Williams
Lena Mae Gowdy
R. H. Thornhill
Lester M. Martin
Jesse Wallace
Thomas E. Sears
Limited New Cars Left In United States
The Office of Price Administration disclosed that only 30,000 new cars remain to meet all requirements until automobile production resumes. In normal times this stock would cover about three days of buyer demand.
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United States
Washington
OPA
Harvard MBA Graduate Among Japanese Prisoners
A Japanese pilot who parachuted from a disabled plane during the Sai pan air attack is identified as a Harvard University School of Business Administration graduate. None of the six Marines who captured him had a college education, per Marine Corps war reporting.
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Saipan
Marianas Island
John B. T. Campbell Jr
Marine Corps
School of Business Administration
Harvard University
Nimitz Admits Saipan Costly Battle
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told a press conference that conquering Saipan proved tougher than expected with heavy American casualties. He said the United States would maintain relentless pressure and press westward, learning lessons to apply to future assaults on Japanese positions.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Pacific
Rayburn Visits Whitewright Home District Address
Hon. Sam Rayburn speaker of the National House of Representatives and Whitewright congressman spent Monday afternoon in Whitewright. He spoke to a gathered group, praised military buildup, urged victory in World War II and warned of postwar challenges and depression risks. He noted strong local support and expressed hope for a good vote in the upcoming election.
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Sam Rayburn
National House of Representatives
Congress
Whitewright
Rayburn
Washington
House
Willkie Laughs at Unsent Dewey Telegram Incident
New York report details wartime rules stopping Willkie from sending a congratulatory telegram to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey after his nomination. Dewey, in Albany, sent a grateful reply by telegram, noting thanks and appreciation while officials explained Order 25 did not apply to thank you messages. Willkie offered no further comment.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie
Chicago
Dewey
Western Union
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Willkie
Russians Advance as Hitler Orders All Reserves Used
London reports Hitler ordered all Nazi reserves deployed to halt the Soviet eastward push. Moscow tallies show heavy Red Army gains near Wilno and Kowal, with Minsk fallen and German defenses collapsing. The move signals a shift of war center to the east and raises fears of a German breakdown.
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London
Baltics
East Prussia
Moscow
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Kurt Zeitzler
Ernst von Busch
Zeitzler
Wilno
Wilna
Poland
Minsk
Kowel
Pripyat
Berlin
von Busch
Council of War
Reich
White
Russia
Warsaw
No More Sugar for Canning After July Fifteenth
The ration board warns no further requests for spare stamp No 37 sugar will be accepted after July 15. Existing applications filed by July 15 will be processed, with an additional ten pounds available after August 1. Second ten pounds attach to first without a stamp, with a signed statement that sugar is used only for canning.
Two Days Left to Meet Whitewright Bond Quota
Whitewright and surrounding communities have raised 68 268 75 of a 100 000 quota for the Fifth War Loan. Two days remain to sell 31 731 25 in war bonds as residents rally support with an auction tonight at the Palace Theatre featuring Perrin Field speakers.
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright
Palace Theatre
Perrin Field
Cadet Draft Rules Put Men Over Thirty Largely Safe
Dallas officials report most men over 30 are unlikely to be drafted under new rules effective July 1. Four classes divide registrants by age with deferral options. under 26 mostly taken, 26 to 30 deferrable only if essential, 30 to 38 linked to war production or public health. Draft calls dropping. Lubbock station closes July 31 as processing shifts to others.
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Dallas
Selective Service
Eighth Service Command
Lubbock
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Oklahoma City
Tyler
Lafayette
Tulsa
Little Rock
Shreveport
Goering’s Division Claims 130 Mile Retreat
Rome reports a captured order from Hermann Goering urging his paratroop panzer division to fight to the end. Allied HQ notes the unit has held the line while retreating 130 miles since the order was issued, defying expectations.
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Rome
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goering
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Edward B. Montgomery
Crawford Montgomery
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Ill
Set. Jones Alexander
Greensboro
N. C
O. G. Alexander
Pfc
Noel H. Waldrop
Clyde Waldrop
Lloyd Fitch
Caton Hargett
W. J. Hargett
Sergeant Hargett
Syracuse
George Field
Lawrenceville
L. V. England
Brooks Field
J. F. England
Harvard Bba
Marine
Nimitz
Speaker Rayburn
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