New Post Office Rules Limit Overseas Newspaper Mail
Post Office Department orders new rules effective July 1 1945 to require written service member requests for subscriptions to Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel overseas. Publishers must verify requests with copies bearing the certificate Mailed in conformity with P.O. D. order No 27851. Lt James Roscoe Brown home after 19 months as POW in German camps details experiences and reunion with family in Whitewright Texas.
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Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Post Office Department
The
Sun
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Fleet
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
P.O. D
18 Year Old Rule Will Be Retained at UT Interscholastic League
The UT Interscholastic League keeps the 18 year old eligibility rule with May 1 as the cutoff. Roy Bedishek announced after a members ballot the rule remains in effect. The vote totals show strong support to keep the rule. Conferences A and B also allow part time coaches in basketball and football.
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Austin
University of Texas Interscholastic League
Roy Bedishek
Ration calendar details stamps and validity dates
The notice lists and dates for ration book four red and blue stamps covering meat fats processed foods sugar and shoes, with stamp ranges and expiry dates through late summer, next stamps validity, gasoline coupons schedule, and announcement that boards accept applications for increased B rationes.
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OPA
Trenton Man Sentenced Five Years for Rape
William Dodson 18 of Trenton was found guilty of rape in Fifty Ninth District Court and received a minimum five year penitentiary sentence after a 15 minute jury deliberation. He was accused of criminal assault on a 15 year old Trenton girl on the night of April 17 north of Denison.
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Sherman
William Dodson
Trenton
Fifty-Ninth District Court
W. C. Dowdy
Dodson
Denison
War Secret Recalls Will Rogers Story
A London naval officer complained to Will Rogers about Allied efforts against U-boats. Rogers quipped that Britain could fire the English Channel to burn them out, then reminded the officer he had given the idea and it was up to them to work out the details.
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English
Britain
Will Rogers
Rogers
Births and military notes span reporters in wartime Abilene
Families announce births and progress of service members from Abilene and surrounding towns. Names include Sgt Charles Harrison stationed in Germany, Pfc Pete Ford of Whitewright awarded Purple Heart in Luzon, and Lt James Bryant visiting his mother in Corpus Christi. Multiple Thornhill brothers and other relatives serve abroad with news of returns, injuries, and homecomings. The piece also notes new mailing rules for newspapers to service members effective July 1.
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Pete Ford
J. R. Ford
Whitewright
Alacan
Luzon
Young Ford
63Rd Infantry
6Th Infantry Division
Pacific
James Bryant
Corpus Christi
A. M. Bryant
Joe Pritchett
New York
Walter Pritchett
Pritchett
Germany
WFA Seeks Fixed Sugar Quotas for Government Use
The War Food Administration ordered fixed sugar quotas for government agencies including the Army and Navy. The move aims to spread limited sugar to civilians, with allocations set to prevent coupons from losing value and to regulate all primary distributors under the shortage. Army buys for Navy noted. Clinton P. Anderson urged the plan to President Truman.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Clinton P. Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
WFA
Navy
Anderson
Army
Japan Radio Declares Inflexible Endurance Wins War
Tokyo Radio broadcast, recorded by the FCC, argues both sides will fight to the limit and the side that holds out longest will win the war in the Pacific. The statement reflects a stark, survivalist view of the conflict as reported from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Rotary Club Fishfry Beckons Rotary Enthusiasts
The annual Rotary fishfry on the High School campus drew large crowds of Rotarians and guests who enjoyed fried fish, friendly chatter, and a pie and potato salad spread. Chair Clay Horton led the planning with Joe Johnson Dr. R. E. Lingenfelter H. G. Hoover and B. R. Caraway all praised for a successful event. Ed LaRoe Gomer May Glen Earnheart and Dr. Ross R. May dominated eating honors while Rotaryanns contest for top consumer honors saw Mrs. C. J. Meador outperform Mrs. Joe Johnson.
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Rotary
Rotarians
Rotaryaans
Clay Horton
Ed LaRoe
Gomer May
Glen Earnheart
Ross R. May
Rotaryanns
C. J. Meador
Joe Johnson
Horton
R. E. Lingenfelter
H. G. Hoover
B. R. Caraway
Hooks Eyes Zippers Snaps Buckles Ready for Return
The War Production Board announced a metal exchange program to swap steel and aluminum for copper base alloys in hooks eyes zippers snaps and buckles. Manufacturers can trade steel at a one to one rate and aluminum at three to one for the copper alloy.
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Washington
War Production Board
Pearl Harbor
Whitewright Reels Under 4.47 Inches of Rain and Flooding
The Whitewright area received 4.47 inches of rain from Monday into Monday night causing crop, road, and bridge damage. Highway 69 between Bells and Denison was blocked by high water and other highways were inundated. Train service halted by washouts, while Corn, uncut wheat, and oats suffered damage from wind and rain.
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Bells
Denison
Bells-Sherman
Whitewright
Katy
Oklahoma
Texas
Cotton Belt
Abilene
South Plains
Russell R. Hicks Reported Missing Was Killed in Action
War Department message confirms Staff Sgt. Russell R. Hicks was killed in action in Italy on February 28 after being reported missing on that date. An aviation mechanic and B 24 Liberator gunner with the 15th Air Force, Hicks earned the Air Medal and his unit received a presidential citation. He entered service January 13, 1940, trained in seven camps, spent 29 months in the Canal Zone, and was a Whitewright, Texas native. He is survived by his parents, a brother in the Pacific, and a sister in Whitewright.
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Russell R. Hicks
Italy
War Department
George Hicks
Hicks
15Th Air Force
Canal Zone
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Florida
South Carolina
Harlingen
Russell
Baptist Church
Whitewright
Pfc
Joe D. Hicks
Pacific
H. G. Stepp
Seventh War Loan Bond Drive Over Top In Whitewright
Whitewright and surrounding communities met the 7th War Loan quota and became the first Grayson County town to report reaching it. The drive required no soliciting committees, as citizens pledged bonds, with a June 30 close date. Several supporters urged surpassing the quota by at least ten thousand dollars and noted ongoing bond sales will count toward the total.
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Whitewright
Grayson County
Sun
Europe
Pacific
Churchill Wept When France Quit Fighting
Former French Premier Edouard Herriot described Winston Churchill breaking down and weeping in June 1940 when France refused to continue the war against Germany. Herriot spoke in Lyons honoring soldiers killed by Germans, saying Churchill and Roosevelt kept faith with France amid bitterness and peril.
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Lyons
France
Edouard Herriot
Winston Churchill
Germany
Herriot
Great Britain
United States
Churchill
Tours
Roosevelt
Truman Orders German and Japanese Assets Seized
Washington reports the U S government will seize liquid assets of German and Japanese nationals frozen since Pearl Harbor. Proceeds, about 200 million dollars, will be turned into the Treasury under an executive order by President Truman, executed by Alien Property Custodian James E Markham.
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Washington
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
U. S
James E. Markham
Truman
Veterans Hospitals Under Scrutiny After Abuse Claims
The House Veterans Affairs Committee subpoenaed Col. Louis Verdel of Northport New York and John H Ale of Dayton Ohio amid abuse neglect and inefficiency charges at VA hospitals. Texas facilities in Dallas and Waco received relatively clean health bills from VFW surveys amid broader findings of overcrowding nurse shortages and physician gaps nationwide.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Col
Louis Verdel
Northport
N. Y
John H. Ale
Dayton
Ohio) Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration
Texas
Dallas
Legion
Waco
VFW
Fraulein Will Obey MP Next Time
In Munich a young fraulein on a bicycle ignores an MP calling her to show her pass. The tire is cut by the MP after a second call, illustrating German rules and American patrols. Mt Whitney height noted as 14 496 feet, 386 feet higher than Pike's Peak.
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Munich
Mt. Whitney
Continental
United States
Pike’s Peak
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J. R. Brown
James Roscoe Brown
G. C. Brown
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Brown
Berlin
14Th Armored Division
Patton
Third Army
Moosburg
Inlaw
Randell L. Bradley
Miami
Fla
Will Roger
Charles L. Harrison
Sergeant Harrison
First Army
R. A. Scott
Tampa
A. L. Scott
Freeport
Jack Thompson
Claud Thompson
Young Thompson
Aleutian Islands
Joe Thomas Thornhill
New Guinea
H. C. Thornhill
Thornhill
Pvt
W. J
Dub) Billner
Young Bilmer
Oscar Bilmner
Paul M. Vestal
San Angelo
Elgin Field
Sergeant Vestal
W. R. Vestal
Route Three
W. B. Bixler
J. A. Bixler
Ashburn General Hospital
McKinney
8Th Service Command
Clovis Childress
Prim
U. S. Navy
Roby Childress
Clovis
C. C. Childress
Ector
Seattle
Harbor
Aubry Page
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Page
Okinawa
Guam
Honolulu
Japan Radio
Rotary Club
Fishfry
Fraulein
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