Local Servicemen Notes and Overseas News
Pvt Robert A Benson stationed at Fort Belvoir Va transferred to Mississippi Southern College Hattiesburg Miss J D Bush Whitewright entered service sent to Engineer Replacement Training Center Camp Abbot Oregon for combat engineer training Mrs Eula Andrew son William Guy Andrew Arctic Circle daylight nearly 22 hours daily with Army Air Corps ferrying squadron Staff Sgt Donald Paul Hudgins Army Air Corps North Africa reports heat and flies harsh conditions Jimmie C Stateville seaman first class left for Pearl Harbor after furlough and enlisting Navy Nov 27 1942 at 17 Sgt Grover C Stuteville Australia another son in service Pvt George Hampton Humphrey 1930 Whitewright HS graduate overseas with airborne infantry Private Lindsey in North Africa under artillery fire and desert minefield encounters William Janway Navy Pacific no longer on submarine chaser but new assignment being kept private Sgt Tommie Thornhill Indiantown Gap Pa visiting parents Pvt W J Billner paratrooper wings at Fort Benning Ga Pfc Thomas E Sanderson Army radio school Sioux Falls S D returning home on furlough Ensign Homer Lee Sears commissioned Naval Reserve June 23 Whitewright HS Texas A M College graduate to deck officer training in Dallas previously in South America
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie C. Stateville
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Grady Stateville
Jimmie
Navy
Atlantic
Stuteville
Grover C. Stuteville
Australia
Sun
Homer Lee Sears
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Reserve
Dallas
Whitewright High School
Texas A, & M
Ensign Sears
South America
Service Members and Veterans News From Whitewright and Garland
The report covers various service members including Pfc Robert L Layman son of Mr and Mrs C R Layman serving in India and Lt Commander David Ray Womack promoted at Pensacola Navy Base. It notes multiple others in the Army Air Corps Marines and Navy with postings from Guatamala to the Southwest Pacific. A letter from Sgt Mark Montgomery Jr. details battles in North Africa and a wound yet continued service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Layman
C. R. Layman
Sam
India
Robert
David Ray Womack
Navy
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Womack
Inez
Gladys Ray
Whitewright
Sherman High School
Tulane University
New Orleans
R. M. Womack
Sulphur Springs
Edna Ray Womack
Pods of carob trees mistaken for grasshoppers
The article notes that the “grasshopper pods” eaten by John the Baptist were not insects but carob tree pods. These pods have 30 percent protein and sugar, grow blossoms through the bark, and appear on subtropical trees that tolerate less cold than oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John the Baptist
River Jordan
Invasion of Italy Seen as Path to Berlin After Sicily
Washington reports anticipate 120 days of strategic shifts if Sicily landings succeed. A mainland Italian invasion could follow, opening the Adriatic to Yugoslav contacts and potentially collapsing Axis power through Balkan operations and Turkish entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Sicily
Berlin
Balkans
Washington
Draga Mihalovich
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Europe
Roosevelt
Pius XII
Rome
Vatican City
Papal
Holy See
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Vatican
United Nations
Hitler
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Bulgaria
Balkan
Crete
Dodecanese
Greece
Balkan Peninsula
Mediterranean
Aegean
Turkey
Texas share of National War Fund 5 Million Dollars
Texas organizes the first state wide war appeals drive led by George A. Butler to raise about 5 million dollars as Texas share in the National War Fund. Governor Coke Stevenson is honorary chairman with Roy Farrar as treasurer and Wayland D. Towner as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
United War Chest of Texas
Texas
George A. Butler
National War Fund
Dallas
Butler
Campainn
State War Chest
Coke Stevenson
Roy Farrar
Wayland D. Towner
San Antonio
Roosevelt
War Relief Control Board
USO
United Service Organization
United Seamen’s Service
War Prisoners Aid
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
French Relief
Greek War Relief Association
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
United China Relief
United Czechoslovak Relief Fund
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
Refugee Relief
United States Committee For the Care
History of Romania Begins with Roman Conquest in 101 A D
The history notes the Roman colonization of the Dacian kingdom started in 101 A D marking the origin of Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romania
Markers Approved For Graves of Two Confederate Vets
R. E. Sparkman of Italy approved government Confederate markers for E. E. Wallace who died in 1917 buried in City Cemetery and Samuel A. Wallace who died in 1922 buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Both served in Company G, 16th Texas Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Sparkman
Italy
Gladys Ray
Whitewright
E. E
Samuel A. Wallace
E. E. Wallace
City
Oak Hill
16Th Texas Cavalry
Miss Ray
Horace F. Thompson
Claude Thompson
Jesse Wallace
Sparkman
Grayson County
Congress
Texas
Airlifted Gunner Takes Photo Before Deathly Wound
An American B 26 Marauder over Sicily is hit by a Messerschmitt 109. A gunner is severely wounded but stays at his post and shoots down the attacker. He photographs the burning plane before being evacuated, saying he thought it might be interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sicily
Special Program By Youth Caravan To End Activities
Rev. W. W. Adcock reports strong response to the Youth Caravan at the Methodist Church this week. Average attendance nightly for youth activities is forty and Bible School mornings average thirty five, totaling seventy five participants daily. The caravan closes in Whitewright with a public worship Friday night and moves to Clarksville for church activities next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Adcock
Methodist Church
Bible School
Whitewright
Clarksville
Allies Capture Over Twelve Thousand Axis Prisoners in Sicily
Allied forces report more than 12 000 German and Italian prisoners taken in Sicily with the American Seventh Army leading at over 8 000. The British Eighth Army, including Canadians, took the rest as they advance along the eastern coast. Civilians aid dock work and population friendliness is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sicily
Seventh Army
Eighth Army
Sicilian
Irving Smith
First Complete U S Army Fights Axis in North Africa
The United States Seventh Army under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. fights Axis forces in Sicily reaching a bridgehead within 48 hours of invasion. The force includes seasoned Second Corps units plus paratroop and glider units, streamlined for modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Germany
Italy
United States
Seventh Army
George S. Patton Jr
Sicilian
U. S. Second Corps
Patton
Rommel
Tunisia
Morocco
Mediterranean
America
Heredity Jokes Ignite Class With Wisecrack
A light exchange in a classroom features a sophomore asking What is heredity The professor replies in few words that it is something every man believes in until his son behaves foolishly.
Allied Push Across Sicily Gains Ground Ahead of Schedule
Allied forces drive toward Catania and Caltagirone as Eighth Army breaches eastern Sicily. More than 12 000 prisoners taken, with Canadians and Americans advancing from Augusta and Ragusa. Patton’s troops strike inland toward Niscemi and Pinpointed air bases fall to Allied control. Ships and air power dominate the coast to seal the eastern flank toward Messina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Britain
Eighth
Catania
Sicilian
Messina
Italy
Caltagirone
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Fallen Augusta
Reuters
Sicily
Cap Bon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seventh
George S. Patton Jr
Comiso
Ragusa
Ponte Olivo
Gela
Leiata
Palma
Naro
Agigento
Porto Empedocle
Patton
Hermann Goering
Niscemi
Licata
Bagworm Control Tips From Rex Cruse
Rex Cruse, vocational agriculture teacher, reports many inquiries about a bagworm spray. He offers a mixture of arsenate of lead one heaping tablespoon, lime one heaping tablespoon, and water one gallon. He notes the simplest remedy is to pick the worms and burn them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Cruse
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Pvt
Robert A. Benson
Fort Belvoir, Va
Mississippi Southern College
Hattiesburg, Miss
J. D. Bush
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Camp Abbot
Oregon
Eula Andrew
Cpl
William Guy Andrew
Arctic Circle
Army Air Corps
Donald Paul Hudgins
North
Africa
A. A. Hudgins
Donald
George Hampton Humphrey
Clarence Perguson
Coolidge
Aziz
Perguson
Humphrey
the Sun
J. M. Lindsey
Lindsey
S. J. Janway
William Janway
Pacific
Tommie Thornhill
Indiantown Gap
H. ¢. Thornhill
Sergeant Thornhill
W. J. Billner
Oscar Billner
Fort Benning
Dub
Whitewrigth High School
Sherman
Elmer Sanderson
Pfc
Thomas E. Sanderson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Army Radio School
15Th Replacement Control
Augusta
United Fruit Company
Bananera
Guatemala
U. S
H. H. Sears
Canaan
James Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Riley Smith
Sgt
Lon Bradley
Independence
Kansas
Mrs. L. A. Bradley
Tom Bean
Doyle Alexander
Perrin Field
Eagle Lake
Fort Worth
J. B. Cates
Jefferson Barracks
C. C. Cates
Cates
Scott Field
Illinois
Lucian Vestal
R. C. Vestal
U. S. Marine Corps
Garland News
Garland
Casablanca
Oran
Algiers
el Guattar
8Th Army
First Army
Bizerte
G Company
John
William Philip Simms
Tropics
The
U. S. Army
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