Married Men Get Temporary Draft Delay in Texas Order
Texas selective service boards received telegrams directing them to defer all men married before December 8 1941 who have a bona fide family relationship at home. The move aims to align with pending legislation and could shorten calls as boards reassess inductions and quotas for single registrants.
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Texas Selective Service Boards
Adj
J. Watt
Selective Service
Austin
Associated Press
Adam R. Johnson
Travis County Selective Service Board No. 1
Washington
Secrets of Navy Would Cheer U. S.
The Senate naval affairs committee approved a House bill to add 1 900 000 tons of combat ships to the Navy at an estimated cost of 8 500 000 000 dollars. Chairman Walsh said a secret discussion with Vice Admiral Horne accompanied the action and public testimony could boost public optimism. The bill raises authorized Navy tonnage to 5 649 480 tons, surpassing all rivals, though funding remains to be provided separately.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
House
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Frederick J. Horne
Naval Operations
Horne
USDA Allots Wheat Acreage For 1943 Crop
The USDA sets 1943 wheat acreage at 55,000,000 acres, unchanged from 1942 under the crop control law. Texas receives 3,727,966 acres, mirroring last year. An appeal to growers with lands suited to other crops is issued to support the food-for-defense effort, urging full quotas where wheat yields more feed grain, with 40,000,000 acres enough for domestic needs next year.
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Washington
USDA
Texas
Girl Enters 150th Week of Sleep Death in Albany
Seven year old Doreen Shook remains in a prolonged sleep with no sign of awakening from an unknown encephalitis diagnosed Aug. 14 1989. Doctors say the illness has destroyed brain cells and view no hope of recovery.
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Albany
N. Y
Doreen Shook
Service Men's Pay Allotment Bill Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the service men pay allotment and allowance bill paving the way for aid to dependents of fighting men and reclassification of married men for the draft. Provisions apply to Army up to line sergeant and Navy up to third class petty officer with two dependent groups Class A and B.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Grayson College Ex Returns From Jap Internment
Mr and Mrs Frank P Lockhart of Pittsburg Texas were among American diplomats released by the Japanese to return home in exchange for their nationals interned in the United States. Lockhart, consul general at Shanghai, is a Grayson College ex student who lost a hand in an accidental gunshot wound while a student there. J B Hamilton, who attended Grayson College with Lockhart, said he sat up with him the night of the amputation.
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Frank P. Lockhart
Pittsburg
Texas
United States
Lockhart
Shanghai
Grayson College
J. B. Hamilton
Reynolds May
Lone Star Farmer Billy Kincaid Honored in 1942 FFA
Billy Kincaid, Whitewright FFA, 1942 graduate, earned Lone Star Farmer after passing state requirements. He placed second in Area V cotton improvement, reported $702.73 from three years of projects, and lists assets including cash, life policy, war bond, and livestock. He plans to attend National FFA convention in Kansas City and enter college in September.
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Billy Kincaid
Whitewright Ffa
Whitewright High School
Future Farmer
New Braunfels
R. B. Cruse
Lone Star Farmer
Billy
FFA
Kansas City
Star Lone Star Committee
Lone Star Farmer Committee
Kincaid
Jersey
Hampshire
Soldier Lost in Red River Plunge Near Denison Bridge
Denison firemen aided by soldiers hunted Tuesday night for Arthur K. Stehn of New York a member of the 86th Battalion United States Engineers who fell into Red River at 5 p.m. while guiding driftwood from the ponton bridge built to aid Denison Dam construction. His unit is based at Camp Robinson Arkansas. The Texan mountains west of the Pecos are described as large as West Virginia.
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Denison
Arthur K. Stehn
New York
86Th Battalion
United States Engineers
Red River
Ponton Bridge
Denison Dam
Camp Robinson
Ark
Local servicemen updates from Whitewright area WW II era
A roundup of boys and men from Whitewright and area serving in the Army Air Corps Navy and other branches. Updates cover illnesses promotions to sergeant staff sergeant and lieutenant, training in San Antonio Fort Sam Houston Duncan Field Randolph Field and Duncan Field, letters from India, a 19 year old first sergeant from Williams Field, and Aubrey L. Lane Jr awarded a Pearl Harbor bravery citation for aiding wounded aboard the USS Arizona.
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Donald C. Humphrey
Williams Field
Ariz
Whitewrightees
Williams Field News
A. E. Humphrey
Donald
Fort Bliss
Tex
Lake Field
Helen Burns
Coolidge
Humphrey
Ernest Mayo
Whitewright
Methodist Women Buy Organ For Church Auditorium
The Methodist missionary society purchased a new Hammond organ for the church auditorium. The gothic style console and tone cabinet include rotor tremulant and reverberation controls. The organ cost over 1700 dollars, funded by a 1000 dollar bequest from the late Mrs. C. B. Bryant Sr. and savings from the society. The gift enabled cash payment for an instrument all members can enjoy.
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The
Methodist Missionary Society
C. B. Bryant Sr
Savoy College Exes to Meet Next Sunday
Ex-Students Association of Savoy Male and Female College plans its annual reunion at Savoy on Sunday. Activities begin with a 9 30 a m devotional, include a Gay Nineties revue, reading of the college history, and singing and speaking. Noted speakers include J J Gallaher Waco John C F Hyger Houston Will I Hunt Breckenridge L J Reynolds Arlington and Miss Lily Love Bonham. The group organized in 1938 with officers led by E A McMahon Dallas president.
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Ex-Students Association of
Savoy
Savoy College
J. J. Gallaher
Waco
Whitewright
John C
Three Precinct Candidates Exit County Race
Only three of 65 candidates for district, county and precinct offices withdrew by the Saturday deadline, Judge R. M. Carter said. Whitesboro residents Charles C. Shannon and S. R. Stiles left precinct 3 commissioner races and Collinsville’s S. F. Bowling exited from precinct 5 justice of the peace. This leaves incumbents J. J. Darby and J. B. Westbrook as the remaining candidates for their offices. Ballot printing will be delayed awaiting final settlement of the state railroad commission ballot.
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J. B. Westbrook
Whitesboro
State Railroad Commission
Carter
Left a Message Mistress at Mrs Jones Home
Bridget reports a caller saying the resident is not in and the message conveys Mrs Jones was glad to hear it. The exchange echoes a domestic routine scene with Mrs Jones identified in dialogue.
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Bridget
New Time Schedule for All Katy Trains Announced
Katy passenger trains operate under a new schedule effective Sunday with nine trains listed from Blue Bonnet to Katy Limited. Several trains handle mail and passengers while others do not, but overall service remains delayed and rural Whitewright mail routes face ongoing unsatisfactory timing.
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KATY
Texas
Waco
Whitewright
War spending bill would fund 4.5 million troops and 23 550 planes
The House approved a record 42.82 billion war measure to pay and equip an expanded 4.5 million man army by July 1 1943. The bill funds 23 550 new Army aircraft, signaling a shift to offensive action and unprecedented military spending.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Senate
Congress
United Nations
Army
Appropriations Committee
United States
Navy
Marine Corps
War Department
Roosevelt
Saboteurs Halt Posnan Cement Works Drive Belts
Saboteurs slashed all driving belts at the Posnan cement works in Nazi occupied Poland causing a complete standstill as new belts remain unobtainable.
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Posnan
Poland
18 and 19 Year Olds to Register Tuesday for Service
Registration for 18 and 19 year olds will occur nationwide Tuesday, June 30, under selective service. They will not be called until age 20 unless law changes. Those born 1922-1924 and certain post 1941 20-year-olds must register. Whitewright area posts at city hall with chief registrar W. E. LaRoe.
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Selective Service Act
Selective Service Boards
Congress
Whitewright
W. E. LaRoe
Scholastic Count Declines in Several Grayson Districts
In Grayson County during 1942-43, six independent school districts show a scholastic drop while three districts rise. Whitewright loses 43 students from 326 to 283 and District 42 falls from 74 to 62. Overall county scholastics total 14,953, down from 15,387. 31 of 90 common districts gain.
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Grayson County
Whitewright
Sherman
Denison
Collinsville
van Alstyne
Whitesboro
Bs Paleinserae
Navy declares total casualties exceed ten thousand in war
Washington reports casualty list No 5 pushes Navy totals past 10 000 dead wounded and missing for the period May 11 June 6 Including 98 dead 8 wounded and 2 101 missing among Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel Many missing believed prisoners of war from Manila Bay era due to capitulation context
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Manila Bay
Heroes Blow Themselves To Bits Near Tobruk Front
British forces recount two anonymous heroes who boarded the Park Town mine sweeper after escaping Tobruk. They blew five tons of explosives under the docks, sacrificing themselves to deny the enemy supplies as a blinding eruption rocked the harbor.
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Tobruk
Parktown
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West Virginia
Jack Spindle
Sheppard Field
J. F Spindle
Findley Haile
Lester Haile
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San Antonio
John W
Boots) Jones
J W. Jones
Duncan Field
J. A. Bixler
W. B. Bixler
Fort Sam’ Houston
Pfe Buford Simmons
Perrin Field
K. B. Simmons
Randolph Field
Air Corps School
Robert L. Doss
Camp Wolters
U. S. Department of Labor
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Houston
Billie White
Army Ferry Command
Hensley Field
Dallas
Seattle
Wash
Bill
Charley Layman
Robert Layman
India
Robert
Hhe
Aubrey L. Lane Jr
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Lane
A. L. Lane
Bonham
Route 1
Texas A. & M College
U. S. Fleet
U.S. S
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Chungking
Lungling
Yunnan
U.S. C.war Fund
U. S. O.war Fund
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Bee Will Mitchell
Joe Coggins
S. H. Murphy
Walter Jenkins
W. L. Whedbee
N. B. Patton
A. A. Hudgins
Joe Tate Jones
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