Uniformed Men Visit and Deployments Across Local Families
A flood of Army and Navy personnel visit Bonham area relatives and depart for new posts. Cpl George Hansard Jr leaves for Fort Jackson after furlough. Pvt Robert Young arrives on 14 day leave from Charleston. Lt J W Lay treks to San Diego after internship. others relocate to ports and training sites including Bermuda and Portsmouth. Deadpan notes on promotions, transfers, and family ties fill a long column.
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Pvt
Robert L. Young
Charleston
S. C
Bill Young
J. W. Lay
U.S. Navy
Royce Lay
Lay
San Diego
Calif
New York City
May rainfall totals in Whitewright reach 7.22 inches
Official recorder C. C. Cates notes Whitewright's May rainfall reached 7.22 inches, the second highest in years, with 11 rainy days, nine in the month's second half. Last year May totaled 8.41 inches on 11 days, and city records prior to 1936 were destroyed.
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Whitewright
C. C. Cates
Judge Tom Suggs Resigns Judgeship
Judge Tom Suggs of the 59th district court for Grayson and Collin Counties resigns effective June 1 to join Texas & Pacific Railroad as vice-president and general counsel. He was appointed in 1938, succeeding F. E Wilcox, then elected for one term. Dowdy W C Dowdy of McKinney is named by Gov. Stevenson to succeed him.
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Tom Suggs
59Th District Court
Grayson
Collin Counties
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Suggs
59Th
F. E Wilcox
McKinney
Dowdy
W. C. Dowdy
Monday
59Th Judicial District
Coke Stevenson
OWI Advises Spelling Full Names for Smiths in Mail
The OWI reports 16 000 sailors named Smith with 300 sharing the same first name and middle initial. It urges spelling full middle names when addressing letters to Navy men to reduce misdirection. An estimated 15 percent of overseas mail is inadequately addressed, causing delays for service members.
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Washington
Smith
OWI
United States
Austin College Names President
Dr. W. B. Guerrant aged 52 a Presbyterian minister and educator has been named president of Austin College by the board of trustees He has served as acting president since February 11 1943 He joined Austin College as Bible professor in 1939 from Bachman Memorial School Farner Tenn and has been moderator of the Dallas Presbytery since moving to Texas He is a native of Danville Kentucky.
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Sherman
W. B. Guerrant
Austin College
Bachman Memorial School
Farner, Tenn
Texas
Dallas
Danville
Woman Candidate Criticises Stevenson
Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham, candidate for governor, criticized Gov. Coke R. Stevenson for not taking part in one of Texas Democratic conventions in Austin. She said pro Roosevelt delegates would be seated at the National Democratic Convention if a contest arises and called the pro-Roosevelts the only real Democrats at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Coke R. Stevenson
Austin
Texas
Cunningham
Chicago
Mrs. Cunningham
Royal Arch Masons Meet in Whitewright
A bi district meeting of Royal Arch Masons convened Friday evening at the Whitewright Masonic Lodge with local hosts. Dallas official E F James spoke on Capitular Masonry and Texas membership is expected to rise by about 2000 by June 23. Emory Christian received a certificate to represent Alabama at Texas grand convocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch Masons
Whitewright
Masonic Lodge
E. F. James
Dallas
Grand Royal Arch Chapter
Texas
B. W. Newman
W. W. Freeman
Commerce
J. J. Gallaher
Waco
Emory Christian
Gallaher
Grand Royal Arch Masons of Texas
Grand Lodge of Texas, A. F. & A. M
Joe W. Pender Sr
Denton
James
Alabama
Grand Royal Arch
Christian
E. Couch
Veterans Compensation Increases Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed two bills raising benefits for veterans of World War I and II or their dependents. Service connected disability compensation rises 15 percent. Non service connected permanent and total disability goes from 40 to 50 dollars monthly, with 60 dollars for those retired 10 years or more or over 65.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tire quotas set for June to 1.6 million new passenger tires
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey announced 1,600,000 new passenger tires will be allocated to civilians in June, up 200,000 from May. Production of synthetic tires for passenger cars is expected to reach 2,000,000 per month in the last three months of the year. OPA says motorists will get tires once output hits that level, with June allocation still short of demand for B and C drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bradley Dewey
Charles F. Phillips
OPA
Shark Sense advice for aviators in ocean rescue
The Navy booklet Shark Sense instructs downed aviators to swim clear of sharks and grab a pectoral fin to ride a shark briefly. It notes breath duration may outlast the shark's aggression, hoping the animal calms as the rescuer finishes exiting the water.
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New York
Navy
Navy chaplain says limited real religion in Navy
Frederick Volbeda, a Navy chaplain and Pearl Harbor veteran, told a Southern Presbyterian assembly that his commanding officer once rejected hell-fire preaching aboard ship. He argued there is little real religion in the Navy and warned that Satan is at work.
Allied Drives Press Alban Hills Against German Lines
Allied columns moved around the Alban hills as the Hermann Goering Division fought stubbornly near Genzano about fifteen miles from Rome. British and American forces advanced toward Rome along the Via Casilina while French Moroccan troops pushed eighteen miles southeast, bypassing Frosinone and cutting escape routes.
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Naples
Alban Hills
Hermann Goering
Rome
Velletri
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Casilina
Carpineto
Frosinone
Eighth Army
Subiaco
Friosinone
Lanuvia
Genzano
Villa Corcetta
Farmers Given Until Aug. 15 to Redeem Cotton Held By Loans
The Commodity Credit Corporation announced farmers may repay outstanding CCC loans and redeem pledged cotton by August 15. Any unredeemed cotton will go into a pool and be sold by the CCC, with net proceeds distributed to producers proportional to their interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Bonham Legislator Resigns to Join Army
State representative Choice Moore of the Thirty-Eighth District consisting of Fannin and Lamar Counties resigned. He volunteered for the Army in 1942 and was discharged for a disability. He reentered service in March and is training at Fort Custer Michigan.
Illicit Whisky Stills Confiscated Across Texas Counties
Fourteen illicit whisky stills with a capacity of 740 gallons were captured in eight Texas counties during April by the State Liquor Control Board. Inspectors seized 1205 gallons of mash and about seven gallons of liquor. stills were found in Harrison Bowie Morris Bosque Leon Wood Titus and Nacogdoches Counties.
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Austin
Texas
State Liquor Control Board
Harrison County
Bowie
Morris
Bosque, Leon, Wood, Titus
Nacogdoches
Dimple tax bill signed by president
The new 1944 income tax system ends the wartime victory tax and reshapes normal and surtax rates. It shifts withholding to match actual liability, with 30 million workers under new rules and a simplified calculation for a single rate normal tax plus progressive surtaxes. Married couples without children face higher taxes. large families may benefit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Uncle Sam
Desperate Matrimonial Rush in Occupied Italy
A Swiss newspaper report relayed by OWI says Nazi recruitment of unmarried women aged 18 to 30 in occupied Italy has spurred a frantic marriage boom. False certificates abound and many women are married by proxy to satisfy recruitment needs.
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Italy
OWI
Closing Exercises For Whitewright Schools Joint Graduation
Whitewright schools hold joint graduation at 8 30 p m Friday in the High School gymnasium. 27 in the High School class and 16 in Grade School join for the event with a full program including processional invocation and diplomas. Mary Frances Stephens is valedictorian with 95 83 four year average. Betty Marie Allen is salutatorian with 91 6. Merle Scoggins tops the boys with 90 6. Honors and program details listed.
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Whitewright
Katie Kincaid
Clarence Wootten
M. H. Gentry
Roy G. Robinson
Little Grey
West
American Legion
B. W. Newman
B. R. Caraway
C. J. Meador
Board of Education
Dorthia Mitchell
Jackie Nossaman
Betty Bryant
Mary Frances Stephens
Betty Marie Allen
Merle Scoggins
Farm Shop Hours Expanded to Wednesdays and Thursdays
Rex Cruse, vocational agriculture teacher at the high school, announced the campus farm shop will be open all day on Wednesdays and Thursdays through the summer. Those needing to work in the shop are urged to arrive early.
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Rex Cruse
Denison Dam to be dedicated on July 1
Major E J Wanless announces formal dedication of the 50 million dollar Denison Dam. The event will occur Saturday July 1 with a morning program at the dam’s south end. A platform and facilities will be provided for speakers and guests, with dignitaries expected.
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Denison
E. J. Wanless
Denison District Army
Belgian Ford Works Target of RAF Raid
The former Ford Motor Works in Antwerp Belgium was targeted by the RAF on May 24. The plant which had escaped heavy bombing before is valued by the Germans as one of the few European sites using American mass production methods. The Air Ministry said it produced about 400 trucks a month for the enemy in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Works
Antwerp
Belgium
Ford Works
British
Air Ministry
F D R Seeks More OPA Funds to Boost Enforcement
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the Office of Price Administration budget by 12 million dollars for the next fiscal year to expand enforcement staff. The administration recommended a total OPA appropriation of 182,252,000 dollars for the coming year, up from 169,500,000 dollars this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chance Mary and the Tongue Gag Laugh Moment
Mary recalls she had to keep silent for an hour while Jane teased. Sarah quips about a tired tongue. Mary explains it rested instead of tiring, turning a tense moment into a playful exchange.
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Mary — “Jane
Sarah
Mary
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George W. Hansard Jr
Fort Jackson
N. C
George Hansard Sr
Clarence Ashlock
U. S. Navy
Ashlock
Jacksonville
Fla
E. E. Benson
Jack Lackey
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mrs
Ott Lackey
Lester Simpson Jr
Pensacola, Fla
Lillian Simpson
Lewis Poole
Poole
W. M. Cox
Corporal Poole
England
Cpl. R. T. Head
Bermuda Islands
San Antonio
C. E. Rice
Trenton
Jesse M. DeBerry
H. M. DeBerry
Camp Endicott
R. I
Port Hueneme
Evelyn DeBerry
C. W. Wilson
Maxine
C. A. Wilson
Hospital Corps School
Portsmouth
James H. Claborn
Hobbs Field
New Mexico
van Claborn
Clabhorn
Bonham
Brown
W. H. Craig
Sun
General Delivery
Columbus, Ga
Craig
Infantry
Royce Rice
Rice
Kennard R. Auten
N. T. Auten
Fort Riley
Kansas
Lloyd J. Badgett
Ft. Meade, Md
Badgett
J. W. Cantrell
Ninth Air Force Service Command
C. A. McLean
F. P. Cantrell
Jack Thrasher
New Orleans
Hobart Thrasher
Sergeant Thrasher
Camp Stonemen
Charles Badgett Truett
Charles R. Truett
Corpus Christi
J. L. Truett
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
U.S. S. Alabama
Stevenson
Alban Hill
Denison Dam
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