Bethel Community Honors Service Men
Bethel Sunday school and church members held a picnic to honor three home on furlough soldiers. Sgt. Eugene Smith and his family, Lt. Billie Joe Trice, and Sgt. Jack Trice share 60 day or 21 day furloughs after wartime service and captivity experiences. The event included stories, questions, a sing song, and ice cream, with 75 attendees and a cake reading Bethel is glad you are back boys.
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Bethel Sunday School
Eugene Smith
L. C. Smith
Eugene
Billie Joe Trice
Jack Trice
Dowell Powell
Lieutenant Trice
Air Corps
Italy
Patton
Billie Joe
New York Harbor
Florida
el Centro
Calif
Marine Corps
Billie
Martha Joe Burchfield
Bethel
Shortage of Steel May Delay Civilian Output
In Cleveland, auto makers may source enough excess steel in gauges and finishes for third quarter 1945, but overall supplies may not meet quotas for refrigerators, washing machines, and electric stoves. Steel warns of congestion of orders even where priorities exist, with limited tonnage available for automobiles. National steelmaking rose to 90 percent capacity as strikes eased.
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Cleveland
Steel
Denison Sets OPA Tire Dealer Registration
Denison rationing board requires all tire dealers to register with OPA on form R-17 by July 10. Registration forms will be mailed by the OPA district office. dealers missing forms by July 2 should contact the Dallas district office. Non registration will halt tire sales. Sun Advertising is Economical.
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Denison Rationing Board
OPA
Dallas
Notice on Newspapers to Service Men
The Sun will not accept new or renewal subscriptions for Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel with fleet post office numbers unless a written request is provided. Renewals should be made before July 1. The Post Office Department requires publishers to compile paid subscriptions and report expirations monthly. Mailings to service members end when subscriptions expire. No mailings to these personnel 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
Americans Saved Britain in 1941, Montgomery Says
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery told American officers and enlisted men in Wiesbaden that Britain was finished in 1941 and could not have survived without American aid. He praised their help as decisive and cited Axis errors against Russia and America as costly for the war.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Bernard Montgomery
Britain
Montgomery
Russia
America
Uncle Sam Spending Records Reach New Highs
The government closes a fiscal year with spending near 97.8 billion and receipts about 44.9 billion, setting two world records. Public debt has risen to 255.69 billion with one week remaining before the new fiscal year begins.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Teddlie Resigns as Grayson County Farm Agent
After eight years as Grayson County farm agent W O Teddlie announced his resignation effective Sept 1 He declined a transfer offered by A and M Extension Service district agent W I Glass and said he would remain in Sherman as an individual able to assist local farmers The county commissioners were told the college extension service must handle any dismissal or transfer and a successor will be named within 30 days Previously Teddlie served in Franklin and Van Zandt counties with a program centered on 4 H soil conservation hybrid corn and other farm aids.
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Loy
Teddlie
Extension Service
Grayson County
Franklin County
van Zandt County
Sherman
Three Cent Stamp Given Life Again
Congress approved a two year extension of the three cent postage on first class mail. Without action the rate would revert to two cents automatically on June 30. The measure passed the House and was approved by the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
War veterans, families and updates from Whitewright area
A long list of servicemen and veterans from Whitewright and nearby areas returns home or reports new assignments. The items include furloughs to Boca Raton and Roswell, Navy and Army updates, promotions to electrician's mate and corporal, basic training at Keesler Field, overseas postings, and letters from deployed relatives, with notes on POW releases and a veteran's tribute from a former crew member.
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Pvt. T. Monty Atkinson
Thurston Montgomery
Keesler Field
Miss
Army Air Force
Texas
Sheppard Field
Lyons
N. Y
Bard Predicts Japan May Go Hermit Again
Undersecretary Ralph A. Bard told Webb Institute graduates that Japan's historical hermit phase suggests the war may end sooner than pessimists expect. He urged maintaining strong sea and air power to deter attacks on the United States and keep future conflict far from the homeland.
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Japan
New York
Ralph A. Bard
Bard
Commodore Perry
United States
U. S. Navy
Army
Astrologer Used as Secret War Weapon in Britain
The London Daily Herald claims Britain employed a Hungarian astrologer in the army to read Hitler’s horoscope daily. It reports Hitler’s decisions were guided by the stars, and British authorities learned from astrological methods when offensives might be launched.
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London
Britain
Hitler
London Daily Herald
Herald
Proposed Descent of Presidency Hits Party Snag
President Truman proposed moving the line of succession to place the Speaker of the House ahead of the Secretary of State if both the President and Vice President are eliminated. He argued the successor should reflect the people’s immediate political preferences, citing historical shifts in party control of the House and resulting presidents from Lincoln to Harding.
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Washington
Truman
House of Representatives
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester A. Arthur
James A. Garfield
House
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Texas Farmers Income in May 1945 Reaches 91 Million
Agricultural cash income in Texas totaled 91 million dollars in May, up ten percent from May 1944. Cattle accounted for most gains, with smaller boosts from sheep and calves. For the first five months, income reached 381 million, up from 328 million year over year, but projections for the year depend on sustaining price margins.
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Texas
Austin
F. A. Buechel
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Buechel
Morgenthau Reports Seventh War Loan Exceeds $20 Billion
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. announced that total Seventh War Loan sales reached $20.25 billion, surpassing $20 billion and marking a new high for individual investor purchases. The overall goal was $14 billion, but the drive set records in both total sales and per-person contributions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Morgenthau
All Able Bodied POWs Returned
Paris report states all former American prisoners of war in Germany except those hospitalized have been sent home. The provost marshal's office reports 83 600 POWs recovered and returned to the United States with 3 400 still in hospitals.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Truman Shifts Stettinius to UN Security Council Role
President Truman accepted Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius's resignation and named him U S representative to the United Nations Security Council. The move, announced at the summer White House in Independence Missouri, follows Stettinius's role as head of the American delegation at San Francisco. James F Byrnes is expected as potential successor, with the vacancy effective immediately.
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Independence
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius
United States
United Nations Security Organization
White House
Kansas City
Kan
Fairfax
Stettinius
Washington
Memorial Hall
Ballyhoo Fails To Help Soldiers Who Lost Limbs
Washington report critiques Army publicity as exaggerating recovery prospects for amputees. It notes delays in producing new lightweight limbs and the learning curve for using them, with some veterans buying alternatives after discharge. Army defends provision of tailored devices and training, but acknowledges psychological hurdles.
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Washington
Sam
Army
Army lists its total losses
The War Department announced that total losses from Dec 7, 1941 to March 31 this year reached 1,861,000 officers and enlisted men. The tally includes 219,000 deaths, honorable discharges 1,412,000, prisoners of war 132,000, and other separations 98,000.
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Washington
War Department
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Boca Raton, Fla
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Russell] Ray Summers
Navy
R. R. Summers
USS Arkansas
Iwo Jima
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Bussy) Thornhill
J. P. Thornhill
George C. Kenny
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Ernest D. Sanders
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Ellis Island
James L. German
George German
Bonham
Whitewright
Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
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O. L. Jones
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San Pedro
Pvt
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Lola Tracy
Shimbu Line
Manila
152Nd Infantry
Billy Roberts
86Th Division
Roberts
Pacific
U. S
Homer Lee Sears
the Sun
Sears
Okinawa
Robert Emerson Sears
Bob Sears
Naval Academy Preparatory School
Robert Emerson
Navy Pier
Chicago
Tom Eanes
Lexington
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Camp Maxey
Joe L. Pritchett
Walter Pritchett
Europe
Pritchett
Pfe
J. Frank Wilson
Lee Wilson
Pearl Harbor
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Lon Smith
Sergeant Smith
36Th Division
Smith
Jesse M. DeBerry
H. M. DeBerry
Neil Brittan
Stillwater
Okla
Emmet Penn
Red Cross
Robert Neil Brittan
China
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National Guard
Brittans
Nelson
Lamoine
George Hicks
Ray Lunn
Lowell
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