Weekend visits from service members across area towns
Numerous servicemen and their relatives are mentioned visiting home or returning to bases. Names include J B Smith, R T Head, Zac C Jones, D W Smith, Tom Whitworth, Lester Martin, Cecil Watson, Davis Parrish, Albert L Reeves, Ray Schlosser, Billy B Pritchett, James D Freeman, and Donald P Hudgins. Places cited include Fort Sam Houston, Majors Field Greenville, Rice Institute Houston, Camp Breckenridge, Hattiesburg, Camp Claiborne, Ardmore, and Guadalcanal. Remittances reference furloughs, overseas service, and official postings.
Sub Lost in Pacific Officials Confirm Grayback Sunk
The Navy reports the 1475 ton submarine Grayback is lost with about 65 crew and its skipper Comdr. John A. Moore of Brownwood Texas missing. The Grayback, 299 feet long and 27 foot beam, was the first U.S. submarine announced lost in three months amid heavy Japanese shipping losses in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
U. S
Pacific
John A. Moore
Brownwood
Texas
U.S
New Act Seeks Equal Pay for Women
Rep Winifred C Stanley introduced a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act making pay discrimination by sex an unfair labor practice. She urged party conventions to endorse equal pay for women. The speech stresses fairness and American values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winifred C. Stanley
Republican
N. Y
National Labor Relations Act
House
Miss Stanley
Grayson County Dems Set Ballot Fees for July Primary
Grayson County Democrats set ballot locations and filing fees for the July 22 primary. Judge R M Carter noted election judges may ask voters about party membership as Texas Supreme Court rules limit party membership. Fees range from 7.50 to 225 dollars with absentee voting July 1 to 17 and reporting deadlines through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Grayson County
Democratic Committee
R. M. Carter
Carter
Supreme Court
Texas
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
G. C. Morris
Greenville
George T. Balch
Commerce
Fifteenth District Court
R. C. Slagle Jr
Fifty-ninth District Court
W. C. Dowdy
McKinney
James T. Sparks
George Shields
Denison
LeRoy Anderson
M. B. Morgan
Roger Q. Evans
Joe McCullough
W. R. Henderson
Jake J. Loy
Olan R. van Zandt
Tioga
J. S. Kane
S. V. Ernest
E. C. Looney
Pottsboro
J. H. White
J. C. Buchanan
G. P. Gafford
George Schumacher
E. P. Jackson
D. C. Wallace
Gunter
S. R. Stiles
Whitesboro
Tom Spalading
Sadler
H. G. Hall
E. W. McAden
Gordonville
Dallas Williams
C. W. Stamps
Jess Wall
M. M. Scholl
E. A. Wright
E. B. Martin
George A. Campbell
Ira Jesse
H. B. Everheart
Whitewright
J. A. Everheart
Walter Self
Finis Alverson
The Stop Sign Difference Between Modern Gal and Traffic Cop
A witty remark contrasts a modern woman with a traffic officer who means Stop when he calls it. The line plays on authority and clear intent in public life.
Whitewright Postoffice Advances to Second Class
The Whitewright postoffice will become a second class office on July 1 after annual net receipts exceeded 8000 dollars for over a year. Postmaster T J Lilley notes a $100 salary rise for the postmaster and increased pay for assistant Royce Jones and a new clerk Russell Summers will start July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
T. J. Lilley
Postoffice Department
Royce Jones
Lilley
Russell Summers
Army 10 Ship Many in 1940 Says McNarney
Lt Gen Joseph T McNarney testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the War Department budget for the coming fiscal year. He said overseas forces will total about 5,000,000 by year end and that the army is the largest ever mobilized, well trained and deployed worldwide. He noted current overseas strength and the goal to minimize casualties and duration of the war. He also discussed policies limiting 18 year olds in infantry units and a 19 year old overseas rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph T. McNarney
MacNarney
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Europe
Pacific
United States
McNarney
Army
Gurney
South Dakota
Italy
Few GIs Discharged Are Mentally Sick
Fort Worth psychiatrist Dr Luther E Woodward said only five to ten percent of servicemen discharged for psychiatric reasons are truly mentally ill. He told the Council of Social Agencies that neuroses are not equivalent to insanity and urged public understanding and praise for service personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Luther E. Woodward
Nazi Committee For Mental Hygiene
Hogg Foundation
Council of Social Agencies
Hotel Texas
Mercury Climbs To 102 Degrees As Summer Begins
Summer arrived with a heat wave sending thermometers to 102 degrees on Tuesday. A brisk south breeze tempered the heat on Tuesday, while Lubbock, Texas reached 106 degrees, as cotton across the state thrived under the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lubbock
Deadline set for spare sugar 15 additions in Denison
Denison officials announced that no applications for the extra 10 pounds of sugar for canning on spare stamp 37 will be accepted after July 15. Applicants with unprocessed filings by that date will complete processing, while new requests are returned. An additional 10 pounds will be available August 1 with no stamp required.
Sun Honor Roll Adds Names for Subscriptions
The Sun lists new honorees who joined since the last report. Names include Weldon Ingram Buck Taylor L E Cato Tom Blakey Eugene P McIver A N McCoy W M Samples Mrs H O Leuschner F C Rutledge Mrs R E Simpson Sgt Geo W Scott Sgt O A Hefner Mrs J A Yeager J A Stuteville Jr Lt David Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Weldon Ingram
Buck Taylor
L. E. Cato
Tom Blakey
Eugene P. Mclver
A. N. McCoy
W. M. Samples
H. O. Leuschner
F. C. Rutledge
R. E. Simpson
Geo. W. Scott
O. A. Hefner
J. A. Yeager
J. A. Stuteville Jr
David Smith
Low Cost Clothings Set By OPA For July to September
The Office of Price Administration announced dollar prices for low priced men and women clothing to be produced by a War Production Board program in July August and September. Cotton house dresses will sell for 1.49 while extra sizes go to 1.69. women's slips 65c and extra sizes 75c. men's shirts 1.39 and shorts 39c. Earliest purchases expected in August. WPB allocated about 17 million yards of cotton for 2,142,852 shirts 5,000,004 shorts 1,596,000 house dresses and 1,021,272 slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Special War Production Board
Chester Bowles
WPB
Hitler Says Normandy Troops Are Only Good Allied Army
Madrid dispatch reports Adolf Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter quotes Hitler claiming the troops fighting in Normandy are the only good Allied soldiers. He adds that destroying that army would mean victory in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Normandy
Bond Drive Needs More Bond Buyers in Whitewright
Whitewright and section report $36,500 raised with $63,500 still needed to reach quota in the Fifth War Bond drive. With half the campaign gone, leaders urge immediate personal purchases at post offices or banks to meet a $3,000 daily average and support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Section
House to Reconsider Crop Insurance Plan
The Rules Committee backs a bill by Chairman Fulmer reviving federal crop insurance for wheat cotton and flax planted for 1945 harvest. Farmers receive up to 75 percent of appraised yield for killed crops, coverage capped at crop investment, and policies run three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Rules Committee
Fulmer
South Carolina
Agriculture Committee
Sailors Take Lone Leave and Fire at Land Front
Two sailors from the Navy Robert Gaston 19 Reading PA and Harold Simpson 18 Billerica MA while on leave found used Army rifles at a salvage dump. They hitchhiked to the front north of Grosseto joined doughboys and fired at ferries before returning to port and reporting ready for duty again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Grosseto
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Robert Gaston
Reading
Harold Simpson
Billerica
Mass
British radio reporter George Hicks sleeps through burials
Soldiers on the beachhead recount how George Hicks of Blue Network radio returned exhausted and lay down by the road. A truck to collect the dead arrived and soldiers prepared to load him, but Lt. Sam Byrd intervened and Hicks slept through the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hicks
Blue Network Radio
Sam Byrd
Byrd
Hicks
Strickland Predicts End of War by Armistice Day
Brig. Gen. Ruby C. Strickland, former head of the Middle East Fighter Command and Military Governor of Pantelleria, returned to Los Angeles from England and predicted the war with Germany would end by Armistice Day, November. He said he would “stick my neck out on that” and await reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ruby C. Strickland
Germany
Army Airman
Middle East
Pantelerria
England
Farmers Busy Harvesting Grain and Onions in Dry Weather
Farmers report a strong grain crop with wheat 20 to 35 bushels per acre and oats 30 to 60. Onion yields run 100 to 125 bushels per acre with yellow onions at 1.00 and white from 1.10 to 1.75 per bushel. Pascal Farley and son grow over 200 acres of onions, projecting over $20,000 gross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascal Farley and Son
Jack Farley
Whitewright
Katy
Texas and New York Lead in Roads Bill
The revised 1.5 billion highway bill would award New York about 30.2 million dollars yearly and Texas about 29.5 million under a funding formula based on population area and post road mileage. The plan shifts Federal shares to 50 percent after a 40 percent state match in year one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Texas
House Roads Committee
Robinson
Utah
Empire State
Army mess hall sign quips about eggs and restraint
Capt Earl Gaylord in charge of a South Pacific camp mess hall posted a sign at the chow line urging generosity. The sign read Take what you want want what you take and, after a morning of eggs for each man, he added But only want one egg to curb excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Earl Gaylord
Gaylord
Liquor Board Reports May Elections On Beverage Prohibition
The Texas State Liquor Board's May survey shows Archer County voting 1098 to 867 to prohibit beer sales. Dallam County voted 593 to 422 against prohibiting all alcohol. Atascosa County Precinct 6 totaled 417 to 218 to prohibit all alcohol. Sun advertising results.
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Austin
State Liquor Board
Archer County
Dallam County
Atascosa County
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Smith
Priice
J. B. Hall
Cpl. R.T. Head
Ft. Sam Houston
Mrs. O. E. Head
Pvt
Zac C. Jones
Majors Field
Mrs
M. Z. Jones
D. W. Smith
Kingman, Ariz
Mrs. B. Hall
Mae Hall
Tom Whitworth
Fort Sam Houston
T. B. Whitworth
Sgt
Lester Martin
Kelley Field
San Antonio
W. J. Martin
Cecil Watson
Ardmore, Okla
Watson
Ardmore
Davis Parrish
U/S Navy
Rice Institute
Houston
Ross R. May
Cpl
Albert L. Reeves
Camp Claiborne, la
Joe Reeves
Ray Schlosser
Barbara Jean Gordon
Hattiesburg, Miss
Camp Breckenridge
Billy B. Pritchett
Bascom Pritchett
Sergeant Pritchett
Porto Rico
James D. Freeman
John Freeman
R. C. Reese
R. E. Reese
W. H. Stedham
Reese
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
A. A. Hudgins
Tech
Donald P. Hudgins
Sicily
Hudgins
Ralph B. Kaiser
Ralph Kaiser
San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
Jimmy Kaiser
Alameda
Calif
Ralph B
China
M’narney
OPA
Hitler
Strickland
Liquor Board
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