Whitewright Social Notes Reports Local Visits and Events
Local people visit Dallas Sherman Tulsa and Norman. students attend summer schools. engagements announced. church and club activities planned. lightning strikes home. Buck Taylor runs for Congress. rape case reset in Sherman court. Includes numerous visits by W. H. King W. M. Cox C. P. McGinnis J. Hune and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Welch
Sherman
Whitewright
Fifteenth District Court
Jesse F. Holt
Sherman Rotary hears Evans on Honesty theme
Rotary Club luncheon guest speaker Will H. Evans of Sherman delivered a talk titled Honesty. Marshall Hasty introduced him, with Rev. L. L. McCutcheon of Sherman attending as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will H. Evans
Sherman
Rotary Club
Evans
Marshall Hasty
Rev
L. L. McCutcheon
White Harper announces marriage of Ethel Fay Harper
Ethel Fay Harper wed Capt. W L White on June six at 5 pm in Dallas First Presbyterian Church. Both are Whitewright natives and graduates. he served in the Canadian Air Force, then the U S air ferrying group, now stationed in Wilmington Delaware. Mrs White has worked in Dallas and plans to join him soon in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascal Harper
Whitewright
Ethel Fay
W. L. White
Canaan
White
First Presbyterian Church
Dallas
G. C. Brown
Whitewright High School
England
Germany
Captain White
Canada
Canadian Air Force
United States
States
Wilmington
Delaware
Missionary study session closes for Methodist W S C
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist Church held the third lesson in the missionary study Christian Ventures in Learning and Living. The concluding lesson is set for Monday June 19 at 3 pm with a special business session led by Mrs. W N Stone and reports from all secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
The
Methodist Church
R. E. Lingenfelter
W. N. Stone
Ross May
Spiritual Life Committee
J. H. Waggone
Son of French War Bride Joins U S Army in France
Sgt. John J. Peterman 23 of Dayton Ohio is the son of Madeleine Veran of Arles the first French bride of an American WWI soldier. He has returned to France with the U S Army and carries his mother’s blue and white scarf for luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
John J. Peterman
Dayton
Ohio
Madeleine Veran
Arles
Warley
Peterman
200 German Women Taken Prisoners
Correspondent Dudley Ann Harmon reports German women have been manning coastal defense guns in France and will join 250 others in a prisoner of war enclosure. She describes transport of male prisoners, grim attitudes of officers, and mixed emotions of captured soldiers aboard a hospital train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Ann Harmon
France
Germany
Maj
Thomas Purser
McComb
Helen Bryant
New York City
Red Cross
America
Louis Levin
Brooklyn
New York
Levin
Hitler
Europe
Clark Gable Returns To Civilian Clothes After Army Air Forces Service
Hollywood star Clark Gable, 43, appears in civilian attire for the first time since joining the Army Air Forces twenty two months ago. The studio says he will not resume acting immediately, remaining busy through mid July with an air training film. He served as gunner and combat photographer, leaving a salary of 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Army
Europe
Gable
Air Forces
Record Coldest Natural Temperature in Northeast Siberia
The article notes a historical extreme cold event with a temperature of 90 degrees below Fahrenheit recorded in Northeast Siberia, highlighting it as the coldest natural temperature on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Texas Third in Free Maternity Care for Soldiers' Wives
Texas ranks third nationwide in April aid for service members wives under a federal state program. Since December the total aided reaches 12 941. Program covers medical hospital and nursing care during pregnancy birth and six weeks after with infant care in the first year. Applicants obtain blanks from physician Red Cross or State Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
New York
California
Texas
George W. Cox
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Rattler Season Opens as Snakebite Advice Issued
The Game Fish and Oyster Commission published safety guidance by wild life biologist A. S. Jackson on rattlesnake country. He urges caution outdoors but says the season need not spoil enjoyment, notes rattles without rattles occur, and recommends high tops, avoiding ground contact, and vigilance during cool hunting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
A. S. Jackson
Jackson
First Aid Advice Warns Against Harmful Snakebite Remedies
The article cautions against tying a rubber band or scarf above a snakebite or cutting the skin and applying suction. It urges sterilizing the wound with iodine or alcohol if possible and seeking medical help promptly. It notes that giving liquor or stimulants worsens outcomes.
Eisenhower Warns of Global Allied Strike on German Fronts
General Eisenhower told President Roosevelt that Allied forces planned strikes on Germany along a perimeter of fronts. Stalin praised the operation linked to French landings, and Eisenhower credited unity of air, land, and sea. He noted cross channel risks and a broader assault by Russian armies from the east and Allied forces from the Mediterranean. The Nazis face a relentless, dwindling resistance until overwhelmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Germany
Stalin
Russia
Harriman
Moscow
Napoleon
Mediterranean
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OCALS
Mrs. W. H. King
Mrs
Eugene McElvaney
Walter C. Bailey
Barbara
Charleston, S. C
W. M. Cox
Bertha Norris
Tulsa
Okla
J. H. Hune
E. J. Cowart
San Angelo
C. H. Skaggs
Jane Meador
Waco
Jack Meador
Margaret Hanna
Texas State College For Women At
Denton
Ann LaRoe
Austin College
Tommie Chenoweth
E. P. Wootten
Penn
Marie Jenkins
Russell McGinnis
C. P. McGinnis
Ann Harper
San Antonio
W. H. Stedham
A. N. McCoy
D. E. McCoy
H. H. Spencer
Delmer Spencer
Charlotte Ray
Mrs. Mayfair Macaulay
Mrs. J. L. Boone
Miss Bell Huddleston
Old Savoy College
Savoy
C. A. Vestal
Caddo
F. O. Neece
J. H. Hane
Albert Blanton
Oklahoma City
B. F. Blanton
Lester Haile
H. A. James
James
Bethel Baptist Church
Palace Theatre
Paris
Lem Tittsworth
Bonham
Gwendolyn Pietzsch of
Tyler
H. C. Willis
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Mollie Kennard
Floydada
Haile
Ben Ball
Myrtle
May Badgett
Jayne Payne
J. D. Hoard
Mexico City
Lee Strickland
Miss Bobbie
Sgt. Truett B. Eubanks
Ivanhoe
Eubanks
Fidelis
Baptist Sunday School
Cecil Doss
G. L. Baugher
Newell Skaggs
Carl Holland
C. W. Chesser
Ed Holmes
L. A. Ford
van Alstyne
Leo W. Ford
Camp Fannin
Billie Ray Chesser
Exstudents
Lee Hampton
J. D. Russell
Otto Russell
J. W. McMurry
Olivia Whedbee
O. L. Jones
Allen T. Short
J. R. Oliver
Miss Pearl Oliver
Buck Taylor
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson City
Taylor
Old Grayson College
White-Harper
Methodist
W.S. C
Sun
T. W. Ayres & Son
Cole & Davis Company
Whitewright Variety Store
J. L. Devenport & Company
U. S. Senate
Men’s Sox
Cole & Davis Co
Whitewright Pharmacies
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