Letter from Edwin Badgett in North Africa cheered by family
In a week’s correspondence from Edwin Badgett Pvt. Edwin Badgett writes from North Africa to Morton and Maggie Badgett describing letters received back home, humorous hunting stories of housecats, and a few adventures. Local service members are noted visiting relatives, transfers, and promotions, including Billy Harris hospitalizations in the Southwest Pacific, and Whitewright men entering or awaiting induction at Camp Wolters and Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badgett
Pfe
Edwin Badgett
North Africa
Morton
Maggie
Africa
Hades
Love
Edwin
Coy Harris
Navy Department
Billy Coy Harris
Southwest Pacific
Grace Harris
Billy Coy
Seaman Harris
Navy
Whitewright
Camp Wolters
Mineral Wells
Jack Thrasher
Dallas
Thrasher
Claude Pritchett
Robert
Whitewright Red Cross Quota Set At 500 For Area
The 1943 Grayson County Red Cross drive aims for a 25000 county quota and 500 for Whitewright. Miss Inez Ray chairs the drive with workers canvassing. Judge Tom Suggs urges prompt support, noting the need as military operations expand and casualties rise.
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American Red Cross
Grayson County
Whitewright
Inez Ray
Red Cross
Tom Suggs
More Names Added To Sun Honor Roll
The Sun welcomes new subscribers to its honor roll this week. Names include Clarence Burden J M Franklin Joe B Norman Mrs J M Sturdivant W T Nicholson D H Thrasher Cull Reeves J W Bookins Lucian Sloan Mrs Emma McCarty Lonnie Darwin A W Alverson J H Miller Mrs H J Ford Jack Lackey Mrs T W Ayres Jim Hall Mrs Byron Sears Mrs S G Wilson Mrs Jetta B Caraway B C Pearce Robert Chumbley Miles Chumbley Pascal Farley D C Hassler Floyd Harris T B Blanton D R Badgett Virgil Ballard Charles Ayres Rev J D Fleming Mrs C B Locke Tom Blakey E M Taylor J A Worsham Roy Neathery Mrs R L Giles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Burden
J. M. Franklin
Joe B. Norman
J. M. Sturdivant
W. T. Nicholson
D. H. Thrasher
Cull Reeves
J. W. Bookins
Lucian Sloan
Emma McCarty
Lonnie Darwin
A. W. Alverson
J. H. Miller
H. J. Ford
Jack Lackey
T. W. Ayres
Jim Hall
Byron Sears
S. G. Wilson
Jetta B. Caraway
B. C. Pearce
Robert Chumbley
Miles Chumbley
Pascal Farley
D. C. Hassler
Floyd Harris
T. B. Blanton
D. R. Badgett
Virgil Ballard
Charles Ayres
J. D. Fleming
C. B. Locke
Tom Blakey
Unlucky Private Brooks Faces Reversals in Army Odds
Cheyenne Wyoming Private Robert M Brooks of Fort Warren endures a string of misfortunes from dental extractions to physicals ending in odd revocation cycles. He experiences renewed hope for officers school only to have revocations rescinded repeatedly. Meanwhile four motor bombers roll off the assembly line early.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Army
Brooks
Robert M. Brooks
Fort Warren
FDR Reaches Tenth Year as President in War Era
Washington reports President Franklin D Roosevelt closes his tenth year in office amid plans to guide the United States through wartime milestones. He faces manpower and inflation challenges at home as the war effort accelerates toward full mobilization.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Herbert Hoover
1992 War Ration Books Issued in Whitewright
In Whitewright 1992 residents received War Ration Book No. 2 at the Grammar School building. Supt. E C Butler reports 1992 registrants declared 260 cans in excess of the five per person limit, with one family declaring 40 excess cans.
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Whitewright
Grammar School
E. C. Butler
Butler
the Sun
Ruml pay as you go plan gains sponsor backing
Washington reports Rep Frank Carlson Kansas amended the Ruml pay as you go plan introducing a source collection mechanism with weekly or monthly wage withholdings starting July 1. The substitute includes exemptions and shows withholding examples for single and married workers, aiming to cover income and victory taxes. Supporters see potential passage.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
Carlton
U S Government Buys 244000 Desks
In the last 15 months the Treasury Procurement Division ordered 244 000 desks and agencies continue to place requisitions, Director Clifton E Mack reported in Washington.
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Washington
Treasury Procurement Division
Clifton E. Mack
Severe March Cold Hammers Victory Gardens and Texas Fruit
A deep cold wave sent temperatures down to seven degrees at dawn Wednesday, a March record low in half a century. Blizzard winds and light snowfall damaged Victory Gardens and fruit trees across Texas, with replanting needed to recover kIlled crops. An American Legion Auxiliary tournament was postponed due to the cold, now to be held Friday night at the light office.
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Texas
Victory Gardens
American Legion Auxiliary
Whitewright
the Sun
Knox asserts Japan fleet will be destroyed
Secretary of the Navy Knox told a Senate committee and reporters that the United States will utterly destroy the Japanese fleet and impose a condition that Japan will never have another fleet. He also discussed Allied bombing of German U-boat bases and the count of submarines Germany has available.
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Washington
Knox
Senate
Atlantic
France
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Germany
Red tape and comedy in a South Carolina marriage license case
In Darlington Miss Mil dred Kinsley asked an 80 year old applicant for a marriage license the bride-elect’s name. He replied he did not know and would have to find out. He returned with the name of his 62 year old fiancée. Texas population density in 1940 stood at 24.4 per square mile and urban share rose from 24.1 percent in 1910 to 45.4 percent in 1940.
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Darlington
S. C
Mildred Kinsley
Texas
United States
Church Observing Dedication Week Observances Noted
Dedication week programs include Rev. Jack C. Oglesby speaking Friday at 8 p m at the Methodist Church In Denison. Sermons were given by Rev. Fred Adams of Leonard Dr Neal D Cannon of Sherman and Rev W Harrison Baker. Dr Cannon spoke after the church supper Monday night. High School Choral Club sang Wednesday night under Mrs Sarah Kilgree. A special young peoples choir led by La Verne Kilgree will sing Sunday at 11 o clock.
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Jack C. Oglesby
Waples Memorial Methodist Church
Denison
Fred Adams
Leonard
Neal D. Cannon
Sherman
W. Harrison Baker
Cannon
High School
Sarah Kilgree
la Verne Kilgree
Train strike at Katy crossing underlines signaling need
A southbound passenger train demolished a trailer truck at the Main street Katy Railroad crossing. Driver Jack Farley escaped before impact as the stranded vehicle blocked the line. Mayor Echols urged Katy to install safety signaling, citing obstructed eastbound views from depot and warehouse.
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Main Street
Katy
Jack Farley
Farley
F. M. Echols
The
Sun
Investigation Ordered on Pension Bill at Texas Senate Hearing
The Texas Senate civil jurisprudence committee sent the Ennis Favors House bill to a sub committee for investigation into the exact financial needs of old age pensions. A large crowd attended the hearing as supporters urged relief for the elderly and discussed funding from the general revenue.
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Austin
Senate Civil Jurisprudence Committee
Ennis
House
Texas
Clarence Farmer
Fort Worth
C. L. Somervell
Dallas
Edmund Heinsohn
Rudolph Weinert
J. S. Murchison
New York Store Bets $5000 Clothes Won’t Be Rationed
Lord & Taylor wagers five thousand dollars that clothing will not be rationed this year, citing Washington sources. If wrong, proceeds go to Red Cross USO and the Greater New York Fund. Also notes Texas land area at 167 934 720 acres.
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New York
Washington
Lord & Taylor
Red Cross
USO
Greater New York Fund
Texas
Allied planes destroy Japanese convoy in major New Guinea victory
Allied forces reported a decisive battle at Bismarck Sea where ten Japanese warships and twelve transports were sunk or sinking. MacArthur announced 15,000 troops aboard those ships drowned or killed and 55 enemy planes shot down.
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Australia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
United Nations
MacArthur
New Britain Island
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Lae
Game Regulation In Denison Dam Area Proposed
A Texas Oklahoma meeting is set for March 13 to discuss a two state compact regulating hunting and fishing in the Denison Dam reservoir area. Grayson County representatives M B Morgan and Roger Q Evans met Red River Lake Development Association officials to plan the session. Governors from both states and regional lawmakers will be invited. Parallel bills would authorize the Texas and Oklahoma game departments to enter into a compact and set regulations for the reservoir.
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Denison
Denison Dam
Oklahoma
Grayson County
M. B. Morgan
Roger Q. Evans
Red River Lake Development Association
Texas
Game Department
Association
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Billie Roberts
Camp Howze
Rendell Freeman
Miami Beach, Fla
Jack Meador
Chanute Field, Ill
C. J. Meador
John Alton May
Army Air Forces Transition Flying School
del Rio
Wm. H. Cato
Gowen Field
Idaho
Corporal Cato
Pilot Grove
Archie Burden
Jefferson Barracks
J. P. Thornhill
Burden
Whitewright Red Cross
Fdr
U. S
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