Natives may never return to Tarawa palmless island
A British colonial officer in ABEMAMA warns Tarawa may become a shrine after World War II as palm trees are wiped out. He notes the battle’s bloodiness, the 20 year palm growth, and native land ownership across Gilbert Islands. He says Britain will compensate for damaged trees and land, not America.
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Abemama
Gilbert Islands
Betio Island
Little Isle
Tarawa Atoll
Marine Corps
Gilberts
F. G. L. Holland
Tarawa
Americca
Britain
America
Notice to Subscribers to Men in Service
This newspaper mails many copies weekly to service members. If you paid for a subscription that may have expired please come in to check and renew if you want it continued. Prompt notice of address changes is requested and news about servicemen is welcome.
Texas Almanac Notes and Country Sights
The piece recalls a political clash over a special legislative session for the state deficit and notes a large recovery in the general fund. It also describes a bus trip through hill country with blooming wildflowers and goats. A humorous Irish clock-buying anecdote closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Falls
Burnet
Wanted the Best Rastus in a Comic Exchange
A comic exchange shows Rastus asking for the biggest toothbrush. The clerk asks for a size and Rastus replies with a humorous line about needing the largest one in his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
Dynamite Meteors Are Simple Nazi Weapon
The German dynamite meteors hurled into Southern England are a cheap mass produced rocket bomb with wings and a heavy explosive payload. Uncontrolled in flight the devices, fired from Pas de Calais, have limited accuracy and supply impact, and are aimed at morale rather than military targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Pas de Calais
Channel
Normandy
Weighty Quandary at the Entrance Exam
A humorous exchange features a doctor asking an inductee for his average weight and his extreme weights. The inductee mentions a peak of 100 pounds 80 ounces and a low of seven pounds nine ounces, prompting continued banter.
Notice to creditors of Hardy S Morris estate
Letters testamentary issued May 30 1944 Grayson County Court to Dorothy Barrett Morris Independent Executrix of Hardy S Morris deceased All persons with claims against the estate must present them by law at 321 W Mc Gee Street Sherman Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy S. Morris
Grayson County
W. McGee Street
Sherman
Texas
Dorothy Barrett Morris
Halsey Given His Own Fleet for Pacific War Command
Adm. William E. Halsey Jr was named commander of the Third Fleet as his own fighting force in the war against Japan. The 61 year old veteran who drove the Japanese from the South Pacific and pushed them from the Solomon Islands now leads a fleet intended to hammer the enemy with aggressive operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William E. Halsey Jr
Battler
South Pacific
Third Fleet
Bill” Halsey
Halsey
Solomon Islands
She Couldn't Be False To Teeth Risks Her Neck
Miss Gladys Johnson raced into the Philadelphia station as her train pulled away and rode a door to Phoenixville to keep a dentist appointment. She offered to pay her fare. The note mentions the earth diameter as 7,902 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royedsford
Gladys Johnson
Phoenixville
Citation in Grayson County orderly 1944
Court citation directs George H Perkins and wife and J E Williams and wife to answer by July 10 1944 in the County Court of Grayson at Sherman Texas. Plaintiffs petition filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
George H. Perkins
Perkins
J. E. Williams
Williams
A. D
Grayson County
City of
Sherman
Condemnation Suit Against Perkins and Williams in Grayson County
Grayson County Texas court issues condemnation order in suit No 13018 filed May 27 1944 by The State of Texas against George H Perkins and wife and J E Williams and wife. Property described as 0.73 acres in J E Streeper Survey Northwest corner with right of way adjustments noted. Court clerk H Grady Thompson signs. deputy O L Jones. 4T-Ju.29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
George H. Perkins
Perkins
J. E. Williams
Williams
Grayson County
Texas
J. E. Streeper
University School
M. E. Munson
W. B. Munson
University
D. B. Cleghorn
Sta. 24
City of
Sherman
A. D
H. Grady Thompson
O. L. Jones
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