Men in Uniform Return and Service Notes From Las Vegas Area
Cpl David Cox returns to Las Vegas New Mexico after visiting relatives. James Clifton Page on a fifteen day furlough visiting his wife and children. Staff Sgt Paul Simmons transferred from LeMoore Field to Minter Field. Sgt Jack Thrasher en route to New Orleans visits parents. Staff Sgt Jones Alexander transferred from Seymour Johnson Field to an RAF Base Unit in Greensboro. Memorial service for Pfc Paul Manning Jr held at Leonard Baptist Church. Manning killed in Italy on April 17. Private Manning was a Leonard High School graduate and former Texas A&M student. Staff Sgt Wandell Riddle in England asks for five year subscription. Sun declines. Miss Lucille Sanders receives Japanese invasion note from brother Sgt Findley Haile. Chesser family dinner honors Pvt Jakie L Z Chesser with relatives from Bailey Van Alstyne Sherman Dallas. Mr and Mrs M M Warren telegram from son Joe E Warren stating arrival in San Francisco after 22 months service with 16 overseas. He visits brother Robert Warren in San Francisco.
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Pfc
Paul Manning Jr
Paul Manning
Leonard
C. J. Meador
Whitewright
Leonard Baptist Church
Manning
Italy
Leonard High School
Texas A. & M. College
Lucille Sanders
Findley Haile
Pacific
Only Neurotic Cats Like Liquor
Philadelphia report from the American Psychiatric Association describes experiments by Jules H. Masserman and colleagues at the University of Chicago. Neurotic cats showed a preference for alcohol under stress, while healthy cats refused. after recovery they stayed sober.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Psychiatric Association
Jules H. Masserman
University of Chicago
Soldier nurse nuptials rise to four per day
Washington report from Lt. Col. Jane Clement, director of 3,000 Army nurses in the Southwest Pacific, says an average of four nurses a day are marrying fighting men in that theater. She is on temporary duty in the United States before returning to the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Jane Clement
Southwest Pacific
Clement
Carbondale
Ill
United States
Ration Board Appeals for Help with Sugar Applications
Denison ration board asks local housewives to help process up to 1500 applications for an extra 10 pounds of canning sugar by Aug 1. Misuse of stamps continues with No 37 instead of No 37 spare. each extra 10 pounds requires an additional stamp per person in the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Breeze
Senate group approves simple tax plan
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved the House passed tax simplification measure aimed at relieving about 60 percent of individual income taxpayers from filing returns. Chairman Walter F. George said he hoped to bring the bill to the Senate Friday with technical changes not affecting withholding rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George
Dem
Senate
Finance Committee
House
George
Fifty Percent Cut In Fannin Expenses Ordered By Court
Bonham Texas county officials faced a 50 percent cut in expenses after the commissioners court ordered restraint on deputy replacements. The measure directs predemined spending limits and allows vacancies to remain unfilled. Sheriff Talmadge Moore sought a part time deputy and the office may sell a 1941 Ford as part of cost saving. Bids due May 31 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmadge Moore
Roy Doyal
FBI Solves Draft Case by Matching Names to Suspect
The FBI used Frank Stanton as undercover aid to locate Frank Busch in a draft charge case. Investigators determined Busch and Stanton were identical, revealing the suspect’s real name Fahlbusch. He was held on $1,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Frank Stanton
Frank Busch
Busch
Stanton
Fahlbusch
Style Show at Whitewright High Tonight
Home making class members at Whitewright High present a style show in the high school auditorium at 8 15 tonight with dresses made in class. The High School Choral Club will perform several numbers in connection with the show. Public invited with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
High School
Canning Clinic Held Here Saturday
The Grayson County war food committee sponsored a Saturday canning clinic at the Grammar School. Two sessions tested thirty two pressure cookers and four sealers. Demonstrations covered spoilage sealers and canning vegetables plus drying and cooking after drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Committee
Grayson County
Eunice King
Zelma Moore
Marie Hendrix
FSA
Rex Cruse
Senate OKs Agriculture Dept appropriation with politics ban fight
The Senate approved a 524,806,718 dollar Agriculture Department bill after defeating a House amendment that would bar political lobbying by department staff and AAA committee members. Danagher led the GOP push to expand the ban, while Nye and Langer opposed it. The final bill trims 10,487,474 dollars from the House version and includes 50,000,000 for school lunches and 124,710,000 for Farm Security Administration funding, both previously rejected by the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Agriculture Department
John A. Danagher
Rep
Nebraska
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Department
AAA
Danagher
House
Nye
Langer
North Dakota
Farm Security Administration
Fannin County Clerk Resigns After 1943 Start
Virgil Wilson resigned as Fannin County Clerk effective June 1 1944 after a special meeting of the county commissioners court accepted the move. He had planned to seek a second term but will return to work with Wise Funeral Home. The court planned to name a successor within two weeks. Also the U S Geological Survey completed photogrammetric mapping of 11 states.
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Wilson
Wise Funeral Home
Roosevelt Sees Large Delegate Lead For Nomination
New Jersey and California Democrats add eighty six delegates to Roosevelt's tally, boosting his pledged and claimed total to 677 with 589 needed for nomination. Delaware and Montana boosts bring eight and ten more to his count as Dewey firms up in New Jersey and California with fifty pledged delegates.
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New Jersey
California
Roosevelt
Delaware
Montana
James M. Tunnell
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
Belgium Holland Norway Sign Allied Rulership Treaties
London and Washington announced agreements with exiled governments of Belgium the Netherlands and Norway for administration of liberated lands. The Netherlands Belgium agreements were signed by the United States and Britain with Russia approving but not joining. Norway's deal was signed by Russia and the Western Allies.
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Washington
Europe
London
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
United States
Britain
Russia
Finland
Hitler
British Isles
Training Pays Off For This Marine
A former Marine, L. L. Brown, trapped by three men seeking his $1,000 yard job savings, leapt 30 feet into Buffalo Bayou from a railroad bridge. He used his training to escape, hid underwater until pursuers left, and later said his Marine training helped him survive the dive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Buffalo Bayou
L. L. Brown
Brown
Marine Corps
Roosevelts New War Budget Cuts Hit Services
President Roosevelt announced a revised war budget for the coming fiscal year totaling 85.7 billion dollars, down from January estimates by 4.8 billion, with Army Navy and War Shipping Administration reductions totaling 8.4 billion offset by 3.5 billion for lend lease and 100 million for other war activities. The Navy, Army and War Shipping Administration saw a combined cut of 4.4, 3.0 and 1.0 billion respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
War Shipping Administration
Navy and
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Baptists Reelect Neff For Third Term
The Southern Baptist Convention unanimously reelected Pat M. Neff president for a third year. Dr. Louie D. Newton was elected vice president. Officials criticized the Roman Catholic Church’s interference in Protestant missions in South America. They approved establishing a Southern Baptist Foundation and set up agency reserves instead of a large postwar fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
Texas
Louie D. Newton
Druid Hills
South America
Southern Baptist Foundation
Tennessee
Convention
Texas Sets 464 Million War Loan Quota For Fifth Drive
State War Finance chief Nathan Adams announces a 464 million dollar Texas quota for the Fifth War Loan covering June 12 to July 8. Texans must contribute 236 million individually, including 125 million in Series E Bonds, as Adams warns of a big and tough campaign but insists it can be done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Adams
War Finance Committee of Texas
Texas
Adams
Victory
Eisenhower Poised to Crack West Wall With 50 Divisions
London dispatch reports Allied planners mapped the German west wall in detail and count fifty Allied divisions plus 80 000 parachute troops in Southern England. The plan foresees an invasion sooner than expected with targets deep behind the coast, many buried and camouflaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
West Wall
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Paquis
England
Channel
Mrs George German Honored With Life Membership in PTA
Mrs George German a Bonham native and longtime PTA leader received a life membership in the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers. The Bonham High School PTA presented the honor, recognizing her since 1937 service as Bonham PTA president and extensive work with Bailey Inglish City Council and Fannin County PTA councils.
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Bonham Herald
George German
Bonhi P.T. A
Bonhi
W. S. Kuykendall
German
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bonham
Fannin County
Bailey Inglish
Clemson Seeks 200 Names Starting With QQ For Herd
Clemson College in S C issues an SOS for 200 cow names starting with QQ due to a 1928 naming system by Prof J P LeMaster. The herd grows with about 200 calves born each year forcing a continuation of the alphabetic scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson
S. C
Clemson College
J. P. LeMaster
Flying fighter is safe only in danger zone
Dr John H Frederick meets a former University of Texas student who served six months bomber duty in the South Pacific and was shot down yet returned with no injuries. Asked why his arm was in a sling he replies in humor that he slipped in the shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
John H. Frederick
University of Texas
South Pacific
Keepers at Paris Zoo Sentenced for Lion's Share Theft
Three keepers of the lion house in the Paris zoo have been sentenced to prison. They were convicted of stealing part of the meat destined for the lions, giving rise to the expression taking the lion's share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Paris
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Cpl
David Cox
Las Vegas
New Mexico
James Clifton Page
Mare Island
Calif
Paul Simmons
LeMoore Field
le Moore
Minter Field
Bakersfield
Sgt
Jack Thrasher
New Orleans
Mrs
Hobart Thrasher
Jones Alexander
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
RAF
BTC No
Greensboro
Wandell Riddle
The
Sun
Pvt
Jakie L. Z. Chesser
Bennie Chesser
Calvin Chesser
Bailey
E. Holmes
L. A. Ford
van Alstyne
Walter Morgan
Sherman
Billy Ray Chesser
Dallas
Ration Board
U. S. Geological Survey
Pastors’ Association of
Methodist
Holland
Baptists
Neff
the Sun
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