Whitewright Youth in German Prison Writes Red Cross Appeal
A wartime letter from Staff Sgt James E Hughes to his parents describes his POW status at Stalag Luft III after a Sept 12 1944 crash. He praises Red Cross aid, notes books and records supplied to prisoners, and urges support for the Red Cross war fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E
Buck) Hughes
E H
Red) Hughes
Red Cross War Fund
O. K
Red Cross
Stalag-Luft No. 3
Texas Adopts Fresh Water Fishing Law
Texas enacts a comprehensive fresh water fishing law effective immediately. It removes closed seasons, sets minimum sizes for bass species, imposes daily and possession limits, and establishes fines from five to fifty dollars. Lake Texoma regulations remain in place under chapter 213, house bill 654.
Airtight Draft Deferment For Farmers Voted In
The House passed by voice vote a bill tightening the Tydings amendment to the Selective Service Act. It requires draft boards to classify registrants by essentiality to farm work and replacement prospects, prohibiting farmer versus nonfarm worker comparisons. Critics call it class legislation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tydings
Sam M. Russell
Dem
Texas
Marines Press Forward On Iwo Jima
American forces advance several hundred yards on Iwo Jima seizing Motoyama Village and most of the central plateau near the airfield. Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine notes the plateau gives a downhill route to the north as Japanese casualties rise.
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Iwo Jima
Motoyama
Graves B. Erskine
Iwo
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Turkey Egypt Join United Nations Ahead of San Francisco Meeting
Turkey and Egypt became UN members on Wednesday boosting expected attendees for the San Francisco conference on world security organization. Orhan H Erol and Hahmoud Hassan signed for their governments, nearing completion of eligible nations after declaring war on the Axis powers.
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Washington, D. C
Turkey
Egypt
United Nations
San Francisco
Texas Texoma bass rules exempted by emergency act
Water fishes are desirable creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity, which requires suspension of the three day reading rule. The act, in effect from passage, exempts Lake Texoma with existing size and take limits. It remains unlawful to take bass under 10 inches or more than 10 per day from Texoma.
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Lake Texoma
Lake
Texoma
Whitewright
Texas
F. M. Echols
Sherman
Denison
Trenton
Leonard
Farmersville
Denison Herald
Paris
U. S
Perrin Field
WAC
Sherman Democrat
KRRV
the Sun
Soldiers and families report from Whitewright area
Pvt J D Hughes Jr visits Fort Sill and returns to his parents. S Sgt Kenneth R Taylor arrives in France. Mrs Atlas Hendrix returns from Randolph Field after her husband Pfc Hendrix suffers a head injury but improves. A/S Elmo Vestal heads to Tulane ROTC. Cpl Joe Tate Jones abroad in the Philippines. Local draftees inducted Feb 20 from Whitewright and Bells areas. Pfc J B Thornhill writes from the Philippine Islands praising soldiers and Philippine people.
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Atlas Hendrix
Randolph Field
Pfc. Hendrix
Cpl
Joe Tate Jones
Philippine Islands
M. B. Hasty
Philippines
Joe Tate
Air Corps
Infantry and Engineers
Pfc
J. B
Bussy) Thornhill
Jake Thornhill
the Sun
Whitewright
America
New Guinea
A. P. O. 925
San Francisco
Young Men of 18 Go To Front With Little Training
War Department details show nearly all 18 year olds inducted into the Army are trained and sent overseas for combat in well under a year. Senator Taft cited Pvt. Robert R. Pogue of Cincinnati who reportedly died about seven months after induction with only 17 weeks of training.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Republican
Robert R. Pogue
Cincinnati
Western Front
Taft
Coal Strike Looms As Lewis Operators Seek New Contract
Bituminous coal operators urged John L. Lewis to set aside disputes and negotiate a new wage agreement. Wage conferences start Thursday before the March 31 contract expiry. Operators, representing 90 percent of contracts, express confidence in reaching a settlement despite Lewis asserting a possible dispute.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Waitress Knows Butter Request Beyond Customer Bluff
A stout lady at a corner restaurant notes how a waitress seems to read subtle signals about their food, specifically their non butter preference. The remark captures a quiet humor of dining etiquette and observation in a social setting.
Overseas Deployment Timing for Newly Inducted Soldiers
The article notes personnel are sent overseas within a year of their induction, outlining the rapid deployment policy for new recruits. It emphasizes the military's aim to integrate fresh inductees into overseas assignments promptly.
Red Cross Drive Under Way In Whitewright Area
Miss Inez Ray chairs Red Cross war fund canvass across Whitewright and nearby communities Pilot Grove Bethel and Kentuckytown. Committees aim to meet local quotas with minimal calls, urging ready funds at once to speed the campaign and avoid second visits.
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Inez Ray
Red Cross War Fund
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Bethel
Kentuckytown
Red Cross
Yanks breach Cologne defenses in bold advance near Modrath
Allied reports say Lt. Gen. Hodges First Army crossed the Erft near Modrath and punched toward Cologne. American and Canadian units press attacks along the Rhine front while German armor counters with King Tiger tanks.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cologne
United States First Army
Erft
Modrath
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
Muenchen-Gladbach
Simpson
Karl von Rundstedt
Duesseldorf
Bitburg
Pellingen
Trier
6Th Armored
Pruem
Roer
Ninth
Hodges
First
Modarth
Colorne
Dueren
Truck Load Limit Bill Killed in Texas House
Texas House defeats a bill to raise truck load limits from 38 000 to 56 000 pounds after an unfavored committee report. Representative Jack Love sought a minority print. compromise to 48 000 pounds was rejected. The article notes Murad the 16th Century ruler had 103 children.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Jack Love
Fort Worth
Murad
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Tokyo
Nippon
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Fom United Nations
Pvt
J. D. Hughes Jr
Fort Sill,a
Sunny
S Ae Montgomery Jr
Topeka, Kansas
W. D. Taylor
S. Sgt
Kenneth R. Taylor
France
Elmo F. Vestal
A/S
Selective Service Board No. 2
Carlisle Bryant Ball
Charlie W. Burchfield
William Augustus Gladen
James
Dwin Langford
Raymond William Davis
Bells
J. T. Thomas Jr
Alvis Hoyt Brannum
Roscoe Dugan Stillwell
Harry Joe Everheart
Preston Parnell
The
Sun
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
Maine
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