Government will lease cabin sites on Lake Texoma
The Denison District U S Engineer Office will lease cabin and summer home sites at nominal rentals on Lake Texoma. More than a thousand applications are on file. Leases will be zoned to keep water edge rights public and fishing available from shore. The program aims to lower private land prices and offer affordable cabins while preserving public access.
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Lake
Texoma
Denison Herald
Denison
U. S
Agairv
the Herald
Nine Young Men Pay Fines in County and Justice Courts
Nine young men paid fines in the county court and the justice court of Whitewright for disturbing the peace in Tom Bean on a Saturday night. Four fines were in county court and five in the Justice of the Peace court. A juvenile court in Sherman lectured nine others under seventeen and released them. About eighteen youths traveled in two cars and a truck from Whitewright to Tom Bean, making noises after midnight, drawing complaints from Tom Bean residents. Local deputies and officers investigated, urging restraint to prevent trouble from this friendly rivalry between Whitewright and Tom Bean youths.
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Justice Court of
Whitewright
Court of Justice of the Peace
Ed Martin
Tom Bean
Sherman
J. J. Loy
F. O. Mangrum
John Bass
Burn Everheart
Thousands of Yale Parcels Unclaimed at Pacific Bases
Representative Fulton reports millions of unclaimed Christmas packages for armed forces members stored at Pacific bases. He proposes turning them over to the American Red Cross for distribution or to other troops in the theater. Some bags hold perishable foods and delicacies. senders would be notified if possible.
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Washington, D. C
Fulton
Pennsylvania
Pacific
Congress
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Rain Delays Farm Work as Wet Winter Lingers
A persistent rain over Sundays and Mondays extends a 32 day wet spell in Whitewright. Fields remain waterlogged, earlier drained land stays soggy, and no farm work has occurred since February 11. The mild winter and forecasts of more rain dampen planting plans with cotton expected amid labor shortages.
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Whitewright
Service members and families linked by wartime moves
Sgt Orville E Woodson leaves for Millville N J after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs C A Woodson Pvt Carlisle Ball visits his parents over the weekend Pvt Fred Starr Jr departs for Camp Robinson Ark after illness ends front line service Pvt Sam C Skaggs now at Camp Roberts Calif after Fort Sam Houston assignment Tech Sgt Donald P Hudgins arrives at Arkansas City Kan with overseas time 30 months Pfc Anther A Hudgins Jr shown at a German generator in a War Department photo Yeoman Ralph B Kaiser discharged from the Navy to return home next week Private Charlie Burchfield injures foot with a .22 rifle in Sherman region Lt Merriwell Vineyard and wife now reside in De Land Fla after aerial training and service in multiple services Pvt Woodrow W Lorance promoted with the 36th Division in Europe and notable Normandy and Riviera landings 1st Sgt James B Phillips announces birth of daughter Sheryn Dianna at Great Falls Mt while stationed in Oahu Hawaii Sgt Lloyd E Beheler wounded in Manila and previously in Admiralty Islands J B Smith pharmacist’s mate first class in the Philippines recovering in San Francisco Navy hospital son of Dallas natives Miss Mae Hall notes J B Smith’s heroism and service with the 27th Marines
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James B. Phillips
Sheryn Dianna
Sergeant Phillips
Clyde Sadler
Whitewright
Phillips
Margaret Evenson
Great Falls
Montana
Sergant Phillips
Oahu
Hawaii
Mae Hall
J. B. Smith
U. S. Fleet Hospital No
Fleet P. O
J. B
Grover B. Smith Sr
Dallas
Sun Honor Roll Readers Grow With The Sun
The Sun reports continued subscriber growth with renewals and new joins, noting about two hundred men in service receive the paper weekly in distant stations across India, the Southwest Pacific, and Europe. New names on the honor roll include U S Call, Mrs Cordin G Benham, J A Blanton, Henrietta Jackson, Gus Burchfield, S Sgt Riley Beazley, and others.
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India
Southwest
Pacific
Europe
U. S. Call
Cordin G. Benham
J. A. Blanton
Henrietta Jackson
Gus Burchfield
Riley Beazley
Robert Warren
Raymond Phillips
Joe C. Smith
S. K. WG
J. M. Ashinhurst
Thomas W. Brown
Flag Raised on Iwo Jima as Philippines Campaign Advances
United States forces raise the flag on Little Iwo Jima signaling conquest of the island. Nimitz reports Japanese casualties nearing 20,000 through March 14 with American losses at 5,372 in three days. MacArthur notes Romblon and Simara captured, securing the Manila shipping lane as Marines push the final phase amid Japanese jitteriness.
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Philippines
Iwo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Iwo
Navy
James Forrestal
Keller E. Rockey
Douglas MacArthur
Romblon
Simara
Sibuyan Sea
Manila
Pacific-Asiatic
Errors In Canning Sugar Applications Reported By Board
Denison rationing board chief clerk Mrs. G. P. Brous says most applications for canning sugar are returned for incomplete information and proper form filling. The five pound per person limit and 160 pound per family unit cap, a 20 percent cut, require precise estimates and clear full addresses to speed mail processing.
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OPA
Bill Would Limit State Back Tax Claims on Real Property
The Senate with unanimous consent allowed introduction of bills including one by J Alton York to set a ten year statute of limitations on state and subdivisions tax claims on real property. Exempts probate and ongoing lawsuits. Rationale cites tax delinquencies exceeding property values and hindering sale. committee on state affairs favors passage.
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Austin
Senate
J. Alton York
Committee On State Affairs
No Yank Dead to Be Buried in Reich Soil
Henri Chapelle Belgium reports an American war cemetery near Aachen housing graves of several thousand U S troops. The site includes 138 Allied dead of other nationalities and 8 883 German graves as the Army clarifies no American burial will take place in German soil.
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Reich
Henri Chapelle
Belgium
Aachen
War veteran takes action after 4-F slur incident
In Dallas a civilian beat a soldier who intruded on his date and was called 4-F. A corporation court judge dismissed charges after learning the assailant was a 501st Parachute Regiment veteran who had served in Africa, the South Pacific, and France on D-Day.
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Dallas
Dallas Corporation
501St
Parachute Regiment
Africa
South Pacific
France
Whitewright Boy Scouts Call for Waste Paper Drive
The Whitewright Boy Scouts urge residents to join a Saturday morning waste paper and magazine collection starting at 9 o clock. Bundle magazines separately and in small, scout manageable sizes and place bundles where scouts can see them. The troop, recently reorganized, aims to achieve strong future efforts.
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Whitewright Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
Whitewright
Hodges First Army Widens Rhine Bridgehead On Front Near Remagen
United States First Army infantry and armor expand the Remagen Erpel bridgehead pushing a mile into the scenic hills east of the Rhine. The bridgehead grows to ten and a half miles long and five and a half miles deep as Hodges’ forces push north south and east. Reinforcements and supplies stream into the bridge area as engineers repair the Remagen rail bridge and keep the crossing secure.
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Paris
United States
First Army
Remagen-Erpel
Frankfurt-Cologne
Courtney H. Hodges
Doughboys
Rhine
Ludendorff
SHAEF
Twelfth Army Group
Duisburg
Leverkusen
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Seventh Army
Germany
Remagen
Cologne
Woman with nine marriages faces federal charge in San Francisco
Mrs. Virginia Jorgensen, who married nine men since 1931 and had four tailors among them, is charged in a federal complaint with fraudulent obtaining of servicemen's allowance checks. FBI agent Nat Pieper cites her last four husbands were Navy enlisted men and notes she last sought a divorce after her fourth marriage in 1940. The penalty may reach a $2,000 fine or up to one year in jail, or both.
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San Francisco
Virginia Jorgensen
Nat Pieper
FBI
Jorgensen
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