Men in Uniform Bring News From War Fronts and Training
Pfc Cr B Norris reports arrival in New Guinea while Pfc J P Freeman serves overseas with the Army at APO 15294 San Francisco. Franklin Harris ships word of arrival in England dated May 18. Virgil Creecy Seaman second class on 30 day furlough from Cuba. Weldon Ingram now in San Diego training listed by grandfather. Edward Montgomery enlisted in Navy and will report to Dallas station after high school graduation. Major Harvey-Brooks on sick leave recovering from injuries from a plane crash in the Southwest Pacific. Morris Wright medical discharge after an injury at Perrin Field with plans for possible foot surgery. Granvolee Hansard enters aviation cadet training at Yale for second lieutenant. Woodrow Adcock chaplain writes from Fort Bragg praising service and missing home, wife, and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Montgomery
Crawford Montgomery
Navy
Dallas
Edward
Whitewright High School
AEF
France
Alan Harvey-Brooks
Morris Wright
Frank Wright
Morris
Perrin Field
Granvolee Hansard
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Yale University
Air Forces
E. G. Hansard
Whitewright
Oscar Bilmner
Woodrow W. Adcock
U. S. Army
the Sun
Fort Bragg
N. C
Armed Service
Fayetteville
Adcock
Field Artillery
First Methodist Church
War Costs From Rome to Tokyo Highlight Fifth War Loan
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. opened the Fifth War Loan drive in Texarkana warning the war could cost an additional 95 billion dollars by year end 1944. He cited Naples to Rome costing 6.7 billion and Marshall Islands campaign at 6 billion as context for the 16 billion bond goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Rome
Marshalls Islands
Naples
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
Berlin
Morgenthau
Tokyo
OPA Price Charge Brings $25,000 Fine
Houston clothing firm Gerson and Kaplan paid 25000 to the U S Treasury to settle a triple damages action under the OPA. Robert Kaplan and Louis Kaplan admitted selling women’s outer garments to retailers above the manufacturers’ maximum prices under direction of U S Circuit Judge J C Hutcheson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.S. Treasury
OPA
Robert Kaplan
Louis Kaplan
Gerson
Dems Lose Majority in Lower House After Illinois Result
The House stands 216 Democrats 212 Republicans with 4 minor members and 3 vacancies after Rolla C. McMillen’s Illinois district win. Republican Leader Martin signals no immediate reorganization though the trend favors GOP. potential speakership for Martin if Republicans gain full control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
House
Martin
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rolla C. McMillen
Decatur
Ill
William H. Wheat
Funeral Held Here For R. P. Gordon
Funeral services for Robert P. Gordon of Austin were held at his parents home with Rev. W A Casseday and Rev. E P Wootten presiding. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery. Gordon, born February 5 1885 near Whitewright, worked as rural mail carrier and later with Kimbell Milling Company and as manager of the Kimbell wholesale house in Austin. Survivors include wife Sophia Pope Gordon two daughters two grandchildren and several siblings. An estimated 2 500 000 U S families have no plan to salvage waste paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Gordon
Austin
R. B. Gordon
W. A. Casseday
First Presbyterian Church
E. P. Wootten
First Baptist Church
Kay Kimbell
Fort Worth
Jim Thompson
Sherman
Don Fuller
J. T. McMullins
R. H. May
Horace Gordon
Kimbell Milling Company
Kimbell Wholesale House
Presbyterian Church
Gordon
John Livingston
Whitewright
Sherman Hospital
Sophia Pope Gordon
J. M. Carlisle
H. O. Johnson
Memphis
Dallas
C. W. Pope
A. T. Short
Livingston
Edgar Womack
Bland Smith
Sid Smith
Hassell
Bonham
George Gordon Pope
W. L. Gordon
J. P. Livingston
R. H. Jay
Allies Hold Line as Germans Press In Normandy Battles
In Normandy, ferocious fighting raged along the Allied front with German counterattacks aimed at breaking American and British Canadian lines. Montebourg fell to German forces on the Cherbourg peninsula while Carentan remained a key contested hub. Allied advances persisted southward as air power intensified with over 1,500 bombers and tens of thousands of sorties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Tillycaen
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Carentan
Troarn
Caen
Tilly sur-Seulles
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
DNB
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Cherbourg Peninsula
Vire
Omar N. Bradley
France
Boy Scouts Camp At Lake Murray Near Ardmore Okla
Marshall Hasty scoutmaster leads fourteen members of the Whitewright troop at Lake Murray for a week long encampment near Ardmore Oklahoma. Total attendance in the event reaches ninety two with scouts from nearby towns. A general program runs under trained scout executives and outdoor sports are planned for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Hasty
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Oklo
Whitewright
Britain’s War Cost to Date Reaches 76 Billion
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison said in Norwich that Britain’s war cost to date is about 76 billion dollars, more than 20 times the last prewar year’s spending, and higher than the 32 billion dollars spent in the last war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Herbert Morrison
Norwich
Britain
Probe Asked of O'Daniel Newspaper
Senate committee to inquire how much Senator O'Daniel has raised for a planned newspaper and how he plans to spend the funds. The inquiry aims to assess the campaign expenditures related to establishing the paper and attracting $5 a year subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’daniel Newspaper
Washington
Green
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
O’daniel
D.-Tex
Bill of Rights Goes to F D R for Signature
Congress sends the GI bill of rights to the White House for President Roosevelt to sign. The measure, costing between 3 and 6.5 billion, includes unemployment pay of 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, education assistance up to 500 dollars tuition plus monthly subsistence, and government guarantees of 50 percent private loans up to 4000 dollars for veterans to start businesses or buy homes or farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
G. I
White House
Roosevelt
House
Senate
United States Employment Service
Texas Highway Heads to Inspect Grayson Roads
Grady Gentry with Reuben Williams and Fred Knetch will inspect Grayson County post war road plan on June 27. The plan covers about 215 miles of primary and secondary routes to be taken over as state roads, with school bus routes and connections to adjoining counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Sherman and
Denison Chambers of Commerce
Commissioners Court
Sorensen Joins Willys Overland To Push Light Car
Toledo reports Willys Overland will push low cost cars with Charles E Sorensen as chief executive officer Sorensen long served Ford as executive vice president and general manager and is credited as the originator of the automobile assembly line He helped Ford reach more than 8000 units daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Willys- Overland
Charles E. Sorensen
Sorensen
Ford Motor Company
Ford
O Daniel says F D R group won’t gain ground in Texas
Senator O Daniel of Texas told a reporter that the pro Roosevelt faction cannot place its electors on the Texas Democratic primary ballot. He said they would have to take the issue to the Supreme Court of the United States and that there is no law or custom to support them in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Supreme Court
O’daniel
Supreme Court of the United States
War Bond Campaign Grows as Whitewright Aims High
Citizens meet at the American Legion Hall to organize the 5th War Bond drive led by Glen Earnheart with Rex Cruse and F M Echols as co chairs. A large thermometer will track progress as the town races toward a $100000 quota with $22550 already raised, about 22 percent, by Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
First National Bank
Post Office
Glen Earnheart
Rex Cruse
F. M. Echols
B. W. Newman
C. J. Meador
Gladys Ray
R. A. Gillett
C. B. Bryant Jr
W. O. Houston
T. J. Lilley
R. E. Lingenfelter
Grover C. Stateville
R. L. Sears
Roy Blanton
R. P. Childress
Byron Caraway
M. V. Williams
Bethel
Earnheart
Whitewright
Section
French Women Still Talking of First AEF
The U S War Department released a thirty six page booklet for troops in Normandy advising men to help with housework and avoid flirtation. It cautions keeping hands to themselves and not bragging to prevent trouble with French women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Aef
London
United States War Department
France
Normandy
Roosevelt Health Declared Excellent by Doctor
Vice Admiral McIntire said Thursday President Roosevelt’s health is excellent in all respects after a recent physical at the naval medical center. The physician noted a weight around 180 pounds and that Roosevelt is in better condition than the average man of his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McIntire
Roosevelt
Naval Medical Center
Postmasters to Get Paid for Saturday Overtime
Washington President Roosevelt signed legislation granting pay increases to postmasters and postoffice supervisory employees for Saturday overtime work. The bill corrects inequalities caused by blanket raises that exempted postmasters and supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House Postoffice Committee
War Dept Reports Thos E Sanderson Missing in Action
Staff Sgt Thomas E Sanderson, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Sanderson of Whitewright, reported missing in action over Germany since May 29. He was a radio technician on a B 17 based in England and had recently earned the air medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Sanderson
Elmer Sanderson
Whitewright
Germany
War Department
Sanderson
England
Europe
Army
Keesler Field
Miss
Robin Field
Sioux Falls
S. D
Avon Park
Tampa
Fla
Wandabell Sanderson
Sergeant Sanderson
Roscoe Brown
Grover Brown
Rainfall Damps Farm Harvest Across June
1.61 inches fell Sunday and Sunday night with 1.22 inches and 0.39 inches Monday totaling 2.79 inches for June. Fields were drying from 1.18 inches on June 5 when rain halted harvest of grain onions and other farm work.
Seven Million Pairs Shoes Stamp Free
The OPA announced 7,000,000 pairs of odd lot shoes will become ration free at specified price reductions between July 10 and July 29. Men’s and women’s shoes of all sizes and youth’s and boys’ shoes sizes one to six will be available for purchase without stamps to help dealers dispose of broken sizes and styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
F F Trimm Seeks Grayson County Commissioner Seat
F F Trimm announces candidacy for county commissioner Precinct 2 Grayson County. He moved to Texas in 1890, farmed in the area, works at Henningsen-Denison egg plant, and pledges to serve Lake Denison area needs amid war rationing. Primary date July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
E. H. Trimm
Denison
Cherry Mound
Bessie Carter
Dallas
South America
Henningsen-Denison, Inc
Lake Denison
F. F. Trimm
Grayson County
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John Norris
Pfc
Cr. B. Norris
New Guinea
J. P. Freman
The
Sun
APO
San Francisco
Pfe
Franklin Harris
Floyd Harris
Virgil Creecy
J. A. Creecy
Cuba
Weldon Ingram
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
W. M. Ingram
DEMS
R. P. Gordon
United States
African Methodist Episcopal Church
BOY Scouts
Bill OF Rights
Texas Highway
Grayson Roads
Willys-Overland
War Dept
Thos. E. Sanderson
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