Texans Shine With Medal of Honor Valor In War Fronts
The report highlights Sgt. Jimmy Logan of Luling earning the Medal of Honor after a daring Italy action, plus Texan bravery from Colin Ray Sutton of Taylor to Capt. Edwin Carymple of Llano. It notes Maj. Tom Gaines of New Braunfels at Saipan, comrades from Denison and Bonham in France, and eighteen Texans in Navy Air Group 5 destroying 428 Japanese planes.
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Jimmy Logan
Italy
Logan
Jimmy
Superman
Luling
Colin Ray Sutton
Taylor
Taylor Hi
Edwin Carymple
Llano
Pantelleria
USC
National War Fund
Texas
Saipan
Tom Gaines
New Braunfels
E. E. Stebbins
Dallas
M. H. Tylor
Sulphur Springs
B. L. Taylor
Aviation servicemen listed from multiple Texas cities
A list of aviation personnel with ranks and hometowns spans Fort Worth Gainesville Breckenridge Sherman Commerce Perryton El Paso Wichita Falls Houston San Angelo, and Orange. Names include Lt. Jack Hestilow Lt. Lester Rector Ens L E Benson Ens Hamilton D Hearne Ens L H Cauble Ens T R Rochester C F Laws William E Corbin Jr Louis L Fenton and James D Harvey.
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Fort Worth
Jack Hestilow
Gainesville
Lester Rector
Breckenridge
S. O. Johnson
Sherman
Ens
L. E. Benson
Commerce
Hamilton D. Hearne
Perryton
L. H. Cauble
el Paso
T. R. Royster
Wichita Falls
C. F. Laws
Aviation Machinists
Houston
William E. Corbin Jr
Aviation Radioman
San Angelo
Louis L. Fenton
Aviation
James D. Harvey
Orange
Social Security Field Office Offers Help Local residents urged to file timely
The Social Security Board urges widows, aged parents and orphans to claim benefits promptly. The Dallas field office at Room 506 Terminal Annex Building serves the area, with itinerant offices at Denton Sherman Denison Gainesville McKinney Waco and Terrell. Hours are posted in post offices.
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Social Security Board
Dallas Social Security Board
Terminal Annex
Dallas
Denton
Sherman
Denison
Gainesville
McKinney
Waxahachie
Ennis
Terrell
ROAD TO BERLIN Mileages on Allied routes
The latest distances to Berlin on the Russian Italian and Normandy fronts are listed. Russian Front 435 miles from a point near Grodno. Italian Front about 607 miles from Ancona on the Adriatic coast. Normandy Front 635 miles from Caen. Gibson asks if bankruptcy was due to lack of brains. Davis replies yes a lack and a lass.
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Berlin
Grodno
Ancona
Adriatic
Normandy
Caen
Gibson
Davis
Divorce Petition Command for Howard E Smith in Grayson County
Citation directs Howard Ernest Smith to appear by 10 AM on the first Monday after 42 days from issuance for a divorce petition filed April 17 1944. Plaintiff Ima Marie Smith seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. Court clerk S V Earnest with deputy Inez Steed notes dated June 29 1944 and July 26 publication.
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State OF Texas
Howard Ernest Smith
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Ima Marie Smith
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Remembering Texas youth and wartime warnings from a past era
A reminiscence recalls early 1900s Texas life with posters, sign painters, games, a detective visitor, new clothes, and prized dollar watches. The author contrasts simple pleasures with changing times and cautions that wartime prosperity may fade after the war, urging saving war bonds.
Sentimental note on old red-back speller from boyhood
The writer reflects on summers and winters ahead and recalls a blue-back speller used years ago. Editors and correspondents note the comparison to the red-back speller from the speaker's boyhood, suggesting a shared nostalgia for a bygone classroom device.
Stubborn Man and the Legacy of Adam
Poem reflects on human stubbornness and seven deadly flaws. It contrasts man's complex desires with animals, arguing passions and greed persist despite education and faith. The piece attributes faults to Adam and laments inherent selfishness in society.
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Adam
Edgar A. Guest
Old Scottish granny jokes about Venus de Milo
An elderly Scottish woman wanders a museum with her grandson. They stop at the Venus de Milo statue, noting one arm missing and the other cut away. She scolds her grandson, saying that is what happens when you bite your nails.
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Venus de Milo
Vacation time rises with typhoid danger in summer
Dr. Geo W Cox state health officer warns vacation season brings peak typhoid fever risk due to swimming camping and picnics. Immunization advised for all ages with three injections a week apart and booster every three years. vaccination since 1941 recommended.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Grab a man while you can poem lesson
A wartime era classroom discussion prompts a student to summarize the poem “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.” A southern belle student responds with the line Grab a man while you can reflecting gender roles shaped by men being drafted.
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Herrick
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