Tunisia Ends as Axis Quits Victory Captures Von Arnim
Allied headquarters announced the Tunisia battle ended with organized Axis resistance broken. About 150,000 German and Italian troops were captured along with Col Gen Jurgen von Arnim and several other generals, signaling a decisive Allied triumph after six months of campaigning.
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Tunisia
Axis
von Arnim
North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Mediterranean
European
Tunis
Bizerte
Cap Bon
Erwin Rommel
Graf von Sponeck
Proich
Yelich
Pfeiffer
Dunkerque
First Army
Hammamet
Royal Navy
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Africa
Erwin Mommel
Africka Korps
Alexandria
el Alamein
Afrika Korps
Weekend Floods Drench Area With 4.42 Inches Rainfall
Rain gauges at the city water plant recorded 4.42 inches over Sunday and Monday. Bois d Arc Creek ran high washing over Oak Hill Cemetery road, with Kentuckytown road likewise underwater. Floyd Badgett jumped into flood water to help Dr Lingenfelter, was rescued, and the drought area suffered crop and cattle losses as washouts closed Katy Railroad service.
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Bois d’Arc
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kentuckytown
Kentuckytown Road
Floyd (Jug) Badgett
Dr. Lingenfelter
Floyd
Texas
Oklahoma
Katy
Whitewright
Denison
Pascal Farley
Third War Loan Drive Is Postponed
The Treasury postponed the third war loan drive until September due to the second drive’s record success. Undersecretary Daniel Bell said subscriptions exceeded goals by 5.5 billion, totaling 18.533 billion in securities. Dallas led in local subscriptions at 199 percent of its personal-accounts goal.
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Washington
the Treasury
Daniel Bell
The
Treasury
Bell
Dallas
Texas
Highway 69 Repair Bids Sought for 10 Miles in Fannin County
The Texas highway department issued bids for asphalt topping on about 10 miles of state highways in Fannin County. Work covers 2.7 miles into Honey Grove on highway 34 and about eight miles on highway 69 from Trenton to the Grayson County line at Whitewright.
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Texas Highway Department
Fannin County
Honey Grove
Trenton
Grayson County
Whitewright
Aerial Toothache Baffles Dentists in War Time
In New Orleans Dr J B Robinson president of the American Dental Association says aerial toothache is a wartime dental problem from high speed combat flights. Research is under way to find why healthy teeth may loosen or detach after dogfights.
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New Orleans
America
J. B. Robinson
American Dental Association
Savoy Sugar Deal Prompted OPA Clamp Down
The Dallas OPA stopped a Savoy canning sugar certificate issuer after a Whitewright rush who provided 25 pounds per person to many residents. About 200 Whitewrighters were served before controls, with 25 pound allotments issued without proper form. Now locals must file blanks to Denison boards and volunteers assist in completing forms.
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Whitewright
Savoy
Dallas Opa
Grayson County
Fannin County
Denison
Tornado Rips Kilgore Area Killing Four and Injuring Many
A massive tornado plowed through East Texas wiping out Leverett's Chapel and areas around Kilgore and Laird Hill. It killed four people and injured many as fifty oil derricks toppled, wells spurted, and property damage neared a million dollars.
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Kilgore
East Texas
New London
Laird Hill
Wright City
Leverett
Chapel
Overton
Sun Honor Roll Adds Local Servicemen This Week
The Sun lists new honorees this week: Cpl. Bryan S. Jared, J. A. Stateville, J. L. Pointer, Cpl. N. B. Nicholson, Cpl. Charlie W. Adams, and Lt. Albert L. Jackson. Their inclusion marks recognition of service and patriotism.
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Sun
Cpl
Bryan S. Jared
J. A. Stateville
J. L. Pointer
N. B. Nicholson
Charlie W. Adams
Albert L. Jackson
Elliott Roosevelt Awarded Air Medal in North Africa
Col Elliott Roosevelt son of President Roosevelt receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during five operational sorties against the enemy in North Africa.
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Allied
North Africa
Elliott Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Air Medal
Service members visit Whitewright area during leave
Fort Sill and Camp Howze soldiers spent weekends with relatives here. Ensign Merriwell Vineyard tours home from Naval Air Force training in Jacksonville. Several others received promotions or transfers, including Jack Spindle to captain at Alliance Nebraska and Roy E. Martin to sergeant at Hunter Field.
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Ensign Merriwell Vineyard
U. S. Naval Air Force
W. R. Vineyard
Jacksonville, Fla
J. F. Spindle
Jack Spindle
Army Dental Corps
Army Air Base
Alliance, Neb
Horace F. Burchfield
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
A. W. Burchfield
Burchfield
Lee Norris Buys Garage Building
Lee Norris purchased the 75 foot front building on Grand avenue and Bond street from E. E. Levening of Nevada Missouri. The structure, built for a garage and filling station by W. C. Huffines, had housed J. A. Yeager. Norris moved his stock and equipment Tuesday from lower Main Street and plans quicker better service after 13 years in the business.
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Lee Norris
E. E. Levening
Nevada
Grand Avenue
Bond Street
Formrely
J. A. Yeager
W. C. Huffines
Lubbock
Mr. Norris
Lower Main Street
Roy Blanton Added to Price Control Panel
Roy Blanton of Whitewright was appointed a member of the price control panel of the Denison War Price and Rationing Board. Other panel members are C. W. Pierpont and L. M. Newsom of Denison. The Sherman panel includes F. W. Peveto H. G. Tuck and Prince Kinsey.
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Roy Blanton
Whitewright
Denison War Price and Rationing Board
C. W. Pierpont
L. M. Newsom
Denison
Sherman
F. W. Peveto
H. G. Tuck
Prince Kinsey
Parent-Teacher Association Elects Officers
The PTA held its final meeting of the year with 25 members present. Officers elected include Second vice president Elmo Wallace and third vice president Alonzo Harper. recording secretary F D Layman and corresponding secretary Kelous Watson. The nominating committee will continue its work. Fourth grade won the room count and will be entertained by the PTA.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Herman Bedford
C. I. Witt
Elmo Wallace
Alonzo Harper
F. D. Layman
Kelous Watson
P.T. A
Clyde Hansard
Fair Fields
O. L. Jones
Liquor Prices to Be Fixed by Office of Price Administration
Washington reports a substantial roll back in retail and wholesale prices of whisky gin and other liquors. Ceilings will be set for each type based on March 1942 prices plus adjustments for costs and new federal taxes. Officials say violations show widespread disregard for ceilings.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Whitewright School Board to Consider Election Petition
Whitewright Board of Education plans to meet to decide on a petition with about 200 names seeking an election to allow residents to decide whether to dissolve the municipal district and form an independent school district. The move would affect state salary aid and local governance.
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Whitewright
City Commission
New Ration Book III Distribution by Mail Planned
Postcard applications for Ration Book III will be mailed to about 9.8 million people in the Dallas OPA district between May 20 and June 5. The program, designed by Prentiss Brown and Frank Walker, uses a three-part card system to speed distribution and reduce need for volunteers.
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Dallas
OPA
Denison Ration Board
Prentiss M. Brown
Frank C. Walker
Brown
Soldiers Reunite With Whitewright Men During Army Training
Buck, back at Harlingen Army Gunnery School in Texas for aerial gunner training, recalls seeing Willie B. Smith and Russell Hicks after serving in Texas Utah Nebraska and Michigan. Warrant Officer Joe Billy Dillon of the Army Air Corps in Kansas City visited his grandmother over the weekend and was promoted from technical sergeant.
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Frank Hollingsworth
J. W. Hollingsworth
U. S. Marine Corps
Mojave
Calif
Cpl
Bryan S. Jared
Portland
Oregon
Jared
Whitewright
Albert L. Jackson
A. L. Jackson
Dalhart
Jackson
Army Air Base
Yale University
New Haven
Joe Billy Dillon
Army Air Corps
Kansas City
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Colonel Thinks U. S. Will Be Bombed
In Chicago at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting William C. Bentley a World War II paratrooper leader offered 2 to 1 that either coast of the United States would be bombed before September He reasoned that German and Japanese carriers could strike and stood ready to place the bet as a prediction rather than a formal claim
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Chicago
William C. Bentley
North Africa
United States
National Association of Broadcasters
If you want to sell it advertise it
Real estate and merchandise buyers respond to clear ads. The message invites sellers to advertise to reach a wide audience and move goods quickly.
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the Sun
Pvt
Raymond E. Kerby
Fort Sill
Cecil D. Adams
Jesse Franks
Camp Howze
Sat
J. B. Cates
Scott Field, Ill
Jefferson Barracks
C. C. Cates
Joe Thomas Meador
Camp Polk, la
C. J. Meador
Fort Knox, Ky
Fort Knox
Roy E. Martin
W. J. Martin
Hunter Field
Savannah Army Air Base
Sgt. Martin
Camp Barkeley
Corporal Adams
P. L. Owen
Lawrence R. Owen
Navy
Lawrence
Canal Zone
Virgil Ford
George W. Ford
Hawaii
Glen Stapleton
G. W
R. L. Benish
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Ens
Benish
Anacostia Naval School
Washington, D. C
U.S
James E
Buck
Parent
U. S
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