Soldiers and relatives from Whitewright area listed
The column lists Pvt J B Thornhill stationed at Amarillo visiting relatives, S/Sgt Charles L Harrison tied to Clo vis N M transferred from California to Camp Butner, and many other service members. It notes Lt T W Binion graduating at Fort Slocum, Pfc George W Ford returns to Fort McClellan, and Ray Farrow visiting from the Navy with future San Francisco assignment. Also Capt W L White travels from Wilmington and Sgt Thomas E Sanderson earns the Air Medal in England. The report includes funeral and prisoner of war notes and promotions among local families with several service members tied to Whitewright.
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Charles L. Harrison
Clovis, N. M
Whitewright
California
Camp Butner, N. C
Ray Farrow
U. S. Navy
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco
W. L. White
Wilmington
Delaware
Captain White
England
Thomas E. Sanderson
Europe
Elmer Sanderson
Sanderson
War Bond Meeting Set Friday at Whitewright Legion Hall
A public meeting at 8 30 p m Friday at the American Legion Hall will organize Whitewright’s Fifth War Bond campaign. A bond chair and vice chair will be chosen to direct sales through committees. Whitewright’s quota is 100 000, two thousand more than last time, covering surrounding rural areas. Roy Blanton is handling literature until a chair is selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
Whitewright
Roy Blanton
Sun
Community Public Service Company
First National Bank
Palace Marshall Hasty
Palace Theatre
Paris
Hasty
United States
Yelling Yanks Describe D Day Beach Assault
An Acme News photographer recalls the initial American assault on the French beaches on D Day. He cites heavy German cross fire from 88 mm guns and machine guns, with many casualties among the first troops as landing craft doors opened. He notes later waves established a foothold despite the losses.
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London
Bert Brandt
Acme
Anzio
Brandt
Justice in Dress Sparks Cooling Comment in Pana
Justice of Peace Will F. Jordan, famed for strolling downtown in a woman's dress, explained he wore a dress "to keep cool on hot days" after 36 years of service in the township during which he jailed people for less.
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Pana
Ill
Justice of Peace
Will F. Jordan
Prisoners and Veterans Ties Highlight Local News
The article notes prisoners of war from the Philippines and several local relatives of Whitewright residents. It mentions Robert Emerson Sears a Navy radio technician completing training in Houston and awaiting six months of advanced instruction in Chicago. Pvt Archie Burden, recently back from 13 months in the South Pacific, visits family while recovering from illness and reflects on limited combat on the island.
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Robert Emerson Sears
Navy
Bob Sears
University of Houston
Robert Emerson
Navy Pier
Chicago
Pvt
Archie Burden
United States
New Hebrides Islands
South Pacific
Edna Burden
Private Burden
States
San Francisco
Kennedy General Hospital
Memphis
Invasion is on rallying call for home front effort
A wartime appeal urges every American to redouble efforts on war programs. Push for buying Extra Bonds, saving waste paper and kitchen fats, increasing Red Cross donations, and avoiding grandstanding as all citizens join the line to victory.
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Red Cross
God
Rain Halts Grain Harvest in Whitewright Area
Rainfall of 1.18 inches Monday afternoon halted grain harvest just as it was gaining speed in Whitewright. Farmers say little damage was done if no further rain interrupts harvest. Corn and cotton look good though a week of sun is needed. Last year also saw late May rains with similar totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
House Appropriations Panel Approves $49.11 Billion Army Fund
The House appropriations committee backed a $49,109,002,795 Army budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney testified that replacement needs will be large as the war effort continues. The fund rises the totalCongress wartime outlays since July 1, 1940 to about $390 billion, with the Air Forces receiving $12.61 billion.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Germany
Congress
Joseph T. McNarney
Army
Army Air Forces
Japan
Maine town cools on fierce party divide
In Naples Maine politics are serious yet evolving. Historically Democrats and Republicans used separate entrances to public buildings and even divided children by their parents political leanings in schools.
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Naples
Maine
Allied Air Forces Dominate Skies Over Invasion Area
Allied air forces outnumber the Luftwaffe 200 to 1 and maintain a continuous 2,000-strong fighter cover over invasion troops between Cherbourg and Le Havre. By midweek they logged about 10,000 daylight sorties with totals potentially reaching 44,000 by Thursday.
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London
Luftwaffe
United States
Ninth Air Force
Cherbourg
LeHavre
Wiligant
New Shoe Shop Opens for Business Here
J. M. Wilson, formerly operator of a Denison shoe repair shop, opens a new shop in the Ray building next to Barbee Bassett. He has 15 years in the trade, three of them in Denison, where he sold his shop. He will move his wife and 12 year old son to Whitewright once living quarters are found.
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J. M. Wilson
Denison
Ray
Barbee & Bassett
Wilson
Whitewright
Whitewright Reacts With Mixed Emotions To D-Day Arrival
Whitewright residents, many with loved ones in the armed forces, received news of the invasion of Hitler's Europe with tempered sorrow and scarce elation. Radios spread the word around 3:30 a.m. and again at normal wake times. Churches opened for D-Day prayers, with a union service at the Methodist Church at 8:30 p.m.
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Whitewright
Europe
Methodist
Roosevelt longs for further victory over Nazis after Rome capture
President Roosevelt in a national radio address said victory over Nazi Germany remains distant and costly. He hailed Rome’s fall, urged continued pressure to deny Germany the chance to reconquer, and called for allied and Italian cooperation toward a lasting peace. He noted Russian aid and warned of a long campaign into Western Europe.
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Washington
Rome
Roosevelt
Germany
Pius XII
Vatican City
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Naples
Europe
Italy
Cairo
Libya
Tunisia
Sicily
Benito Mussolini
Bayeux Falls to Allies in First French City Capture
Allied headquarters announced the capture of Bayeux, a Nazi fortified town five miles inland from the invasion coast, as Caen faced a German counterattack but was driven back. Beachheads were cleared and linked, with heavy fighting continuing around Caen and Bayeux.
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Bayeux
Normandy
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Pas de Calais
Dover Strait
Nantes
Brittany
Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
Sixth Parachute Division
Orne River
Calais
Britain
Lorient
St. Brieuc
Falaise
Argentan
Nelson
United States
Only 11 Die in Flight Among 1943 Army Air Force Transport
The U S Army Air Forces Medical Services reports 11 deaths in flight among 173 527 sick wounded and injured Americans transported worldwide in 1943. Delaware became the first state to ratify the U S Constitution.
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Army Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces Medical Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B
Bussy) Thornhill
Amarillo
Tech
Lester M. Martin
W. J. Martin
Hensley Field
Dallas
Normyle
San Antonio
T. W. Binion
Thirteenth Transportation Corps
Atlantic Coast Transportation Corps Officer Training School
Fort Slocum, N. Y
George W. Ford
Co. C
1St Regiment
IRTC
Fort McClellan
Alabama
P. J. Pierce
Fred Cook
Little Rock
Ark
Sgt
Carl Holder
R. B. Holder
Pierce
Johnny L. James
Johnny James
Trenton
H. A. James
James Talley
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mrs
Roy Talley
George W. Scott
Independence
G. E. Scott
Pilot Grove
Grover Brown
Roscoe Brown
Pfe
Troy P. Owen
P. L. Owen
Hawaii
Clyde R. Owen
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Horace C
John) Sadler
Monticello
The
Sadler
Glenn Hicks
San Diego
Calif
Carl Hicks
Mrs. Hicks
Reginald
Charles Homer Carter
R. G. Carter
Orangeville
Sherman
Vancouver
Wash
C. G Carter
Carter
Nichols Field
Philippine Islands
Legion Hall
Philippines
George Sullivan
Walter Jenkins of
Allied Air Force
Hitler
France
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