Texans Must Have Texoma Fishing License by July 1
Texans fishing on Lake Texoma must obtain a $1.10 special lake license by July 1, with no need for an artificial lake license if held. Non residents face $2.50 licenses, Oklahoma residents pay $1.10 on the south side. Special licenses expire Sept 1 1946 while other state licenses end Sept 1 1945. Limits include bass 10 with 10 inch minimum and crappie 15 with 6 inch minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison Herald
Texoma
F. M. Consort
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Texas
Oklahoma
Denison Hardware and Sporting Goods
Big Lake
Lake
Cowsert
Clarence Jones
New Cleaning and Pressing Plant Opening Monday
Ralph Kaiser announces a cleaning and pressing plant will open Monday in the east side of the old Planters National Bank building. Kaiser will run the business with the help of his brother who will assist next week. Kaiser brings years of tailoring cleaning and pressing experience, including a prior operation in Trenton before relocating to Whitewright.
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Ralph Kaiser
Planters National Bank
Mr. Kaiser
Trenton
Whitewright
Returned Service Men Rotary Guests
Three soldiers recently returned from Europe were guests of Marshall Hasty at the Rotary Club luncheon. Lt Roscoe Brown Pfc W J Billner and Staff Sgt C J Watson spoke on experiences as prisoners of war and military service. Brown and Billner described capture and camp life. Watson offered little new. Attendance was 100 percent.
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Europe
Marshall Hasty
Rotary Club
Roscoe Brown
Pfc
W. J
Dub) Bilmner
C. J. Watson
England
8Th Air Force
Watson
Cecil Watson
Brown
Billner
Berlin
France
Young Bilmer
Bilmner
Grover Brown
Oscar Billner
Sherman
W. J. Billner
Whitewright
Lee Simmons
Kirk May
Service Newsnote from Whitewright and Nearby GIs
Local families welcome returning soldiers and sailors from World War II. Lt. Jack Meador and Sgt. Edwin Badgett are among service members visiting relatives in Texas and awaiting mail, while others from Grayson County report induction, overseas service, and homecomings. Details cover a mix of a prisoner of war return, naval assignments, and family travel.
Reporting Insured Cotton Losses Urged by ACA Official
Grayson County ACA secretary W. W. Gunn warns every insured cotton producer to report potential losses from heavy rains floods or hail. He notes some small acreages washed out may not be reported but must be to avoid undetectable damage after the growing season ends, making adjuster assessment difficult.
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AAA
W. W. Gunn
Grayson County
ACA
Gosnells Lose First Game To Perrin Field Team
The Gosnells softball team coached by Sonny Gosnell lost their early season opener 7 to 6 at Bryant field. It was a close, well fought contest with the outcome in doubt until the final out.
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Gosnells
Perrin
Sonny Gosnell
Bryant Field
Yank Occupation Divisions Named
Wiesbaden Germany eight American divisions were announced as assigned to permanent duty in the American Zone of Occupation in Germany. They are the 82d Airborne, the 1st and 4th Armored and 1st 3d 9th 29th and 36th Infantry.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
82D Airborne
Armored
President Truman Urges Succession Change in Line
President Truman urged Congress to place the Speaker of the House first in the line of succession after the President and Vice President. Senator Styles Bridges introduced a bill echoing the proposal, with Rayburn noted as next in line if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Senate
Treasury
War
Navy
Interior
Sam Rayburn
Dem
Texas
Judiciary Committee
Olympia
Wash
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Ickes to Lose Job Says Paper
St Louis Post Dispatch reports Harold L. Ickes will leave as Secretary of the Interior within weeks. The paper says the resignation may come with a White House cabinet shift, replacing Ickes with James F. Byrnes as Secretary of State to succeed Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Notice on Newspaper Subscriptions for Service Personnel
Effective July 1 The Sun will not accept new or renewed subscriptions for Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel with fleet post office numbers unless a written request accompanies the newspaper. Renew existing subs before July 1. a list of paid up subscriptions will be compiled and monthly expiry reports filed. Mailings to these service members end when subscriptions expire. Publishers must comply. no mail to service men except by publishers.
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The
Sun
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Fleet Post Office
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
Post Office Department
Navy Department
Women Learn Electronics and Radio at University of Texas
Young women study electronics radio and radar at the University of Texas to prepare for U S Army employment. A comparison of insect wing strokes shows a fly 330 per second, bee 240, wasp 110, dragonfly 28, butterfly eight.
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University of Texas
U. S. Army
Whitewright Reaches Bond Quota Ahead of War Drive
Whitewright, under local chairman J. H. Waggoner, has met its Seventh War Bond quota of 107000 in E Bonds and remaining bonds, with Wednesday sales totaling 109700 and a target to surpass by 10000 more by July 1. The town led Grayson County and did so without canvassing committees.
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J. H. Waggoner
Whitewright
Grayson County
Okinawa Campaign Nears Collapse As Japanese Defenses Evaporate
Japanese remnants on Okinawa are confined to three pockets along the southern coast as U S forces press inland. Navy and Marine units report heavy Japanese casualties with 87 343 dead and 2 565 prisoners through June 19 Okinawa time. Brig Gen Claudius M Easley and Lt Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. have been killed in action. Radio Tokyo claims Allied task forces move near Miyako Island and Kerama Islands with over 100 transports in the area.
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Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Washington
War Department
Navy
Pacific
Nippon Radio
Borneo
Philippines
China
Claudius M. Easley
96Th Infantry
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Tenth Army
Radio Tokyo
Miyaka Island
Softball clash in Whitewright ends 42 to 3 in favor of whites
On Wednesday night June 20 1945 a Whitewright softball game pitted white women against Negro women ending 42 to 3 for the white team. The piece notes women’s evolving acceptance in sports and recalls early women’s baseball in New York City the Bloomers. It then mentions Texas rail history with the Buffalo Bayou and Colorado line chartered February 11 1850.
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New York City
Bloomers
Arm Mangling Accident at Cleaning Plant injures Dan Norwood
Dan Norwood, eight, son of Mrs. Bessie Norwood, suffered a severe arm injury when his right arm was caught in a drying machine at Cull Reeves cleaning and pressing plant. Surgeons at Wilson N. Jones hospital in Sherman held some hope of saving the limb. the incident occurred around 4 p.m. while the machine operated at high speed.
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Dan Norwood
Bessie Norwood
Cull Reeves Cleaning and Pressing Plant
Dan
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Miss Sue Stephens Retired Teacher Dies at Northwest Whitewright
Miss Sue Stephens longtime Whitewright educator died Saturday night after heart attack. She taught 11 years at Grayson College primary and 32 years in Whitewright high and was a Grayson County exam board member. Funeral at Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Duke R. Barron with interment in Pilot Grove cemetery.
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Sue Stephens
Duke R. Barron
Pilot Gore
Earnheart
R. A. Gillett
Jim Williams
M. Belew
R. D. Maddux
Roby Childress
B. W. Newman
Sue
Northwest
Whitewright
Methodist
Farmersville
F. M. Dyer
Grayson College
Kentuckytown
Grayson County
Bells
King
Gillespie
Texas
Pilot Grove
Paul Hancock
Paris
Kate Smith
Commerce
S. J. Oliver
Lubbock
Carl Smith
Enid
Okla
Paul Smith
Fort Worth
G. F. Bryant
J. L. Hendley
Denton
C. C. Stratton
A. L. Carpenter
Eldridge H. Pendleton
Jack Hickman
Elsie Connner
Ona Belle Hampton
Annie Laura Connelly
C. I. Maris
O. C. Smith
Dallas
W. H. Maris
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Jack Meador of
Childress
Mrs
C. J. Meador
Sgt
Edwin Badgett
Hoyle Riddle
Seabees
W. R. Riddle
Emerson Sears
Bob Sears
Washington, D. C
Great Lakes
Floyd Everheart Jr
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Lyndal Bush
Kissimmee, Fla
R. J. Bush
Mrs. Bush
W. L. White Jr
W. L. White
Pascal Harper
Captain White
Wilmington
Delaware
Mrs. White
Houston Young
E. O. Young
15Th Air Force
Italy
United States
Pfe
J. Frank Wilson
Lee Wilson
Hawaiian Islands
Frank Anderson
Whitewright Route Three
Battle of the Ruhr Pocket
Cherbourg
Co. G
303Rd
97Th Infantry Division
Freddie Ray Garner
Jesse William Rowland
Freddie Garner
Whitewright High School
Billy J. Trice
W. D. Powell
Trice
New York
Air Corps
Cpl
Morris J. Brown
Metra
van Nuys
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Hollywood
Corporal Brown
Hollywood Studios
Andy Devine
Corpor Brown
James E
Buck) Hughes
E. H. Hughes
Buck
M. H. Alexander
O. B. Alexander
Horace Binney
London
California
Pacific Theatre
Ben Savage
Grady Stepp
Cambridge
Guy
Hanover
Warenhauft
Frankfurt
Muenster
Kniefield
Padlerboro
Lippstead
Gunterslosh
Luxembourg
Belgium
James Alexander
O. G. Alexander
Army Air Transport Command
India
Babu
Alexander
Ickes
Buffalo, Bayou, Brazos & Colorado
Roy
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