Service Men From Whitewright Area
The Sun lists more than eighty area service men and women whose photos appear in Devonport store windows. Names with units and bases include David W. Smith U S M T 5S, Gov Island Almeda Calif and Billy Smith Army Air Corps Sheppard Field Texas. The gallery covers ships, airports, forts, hospitals, and training centers across the United States and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thruston
Devonport
Mr. Thruston
David W. Smith
U S.M, T. 5S
Govt. Island
Almeda
Calif
Joe T. Meador
Officers Training Corps No. 20
Fort Sill
Oklo
Harvey Lee Smith
Philippine Islands
Willie D. Ross
U. S. Marines
Iceland
Brazwell Alexander
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Billy Smith
Army Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Texas
W. E. Badgett
12Th
Scott Field
Lloyd Badgett
Fort Haw
James B. Phillips
Luke Field
Phoenix
Ariz
J. B. Smith
Navy
San Diego
Thomas E. Sanderson
ADG
Herbert Smart
Macon
Billy Coy Harris
Crescent City
c/o
San Francisco
Ralph B. Kaiser
USS
Pelias
Lloyd Morgan
PSNY
Bremerton
Wash
James E. Norris
339Th
Sch. Sydn
Mather Field
Rudolph Taylor
Fort Sam Houston
Clifton Cambron
8Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Jones Alexander
567Th
Tech
Sch
Jefferson Barracks
Jack E. Wallace
ATC
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Leon Bennett
U. S. Mobile Hospital Base No. 2
Henry M. Norrell
Co. A
APO
Camp Shelby
Miss
N. Y
Clovis C. Childress
Naval Hospital
Cortona
Hamilton Vestal
Marine Corps Base
William D. Taylor
Edwin H. Merritt
132Nd FA
Bat
Camp Blanding
Fla
Bennie Thornhill
RCN
Camp Polk
J. B. Thornhill
TSS
R. T. Head
Bermuda Islands
Jack Meador
Perrin Field
Billy E. Montgomery
USS Hopkins
Jack Lewis Yeager
Phelps
J. W. Jones Jr
Duncan Field
Weldon Trotter
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Joe T. May
Royal Air Force
Bombay
India
J. B. Cates
Frank Hollingsworth
VMJ
MAW
c/o Fleet
Lyndal Bush
50Th Pursuit Group
Orlando Air Base
Army Air Base
LeMoore
Weldon O. Jones
Bks
Dick Barbee
Naval Air Stn
N. B. Nicholson
301St Air Base
Kern County
Bakersfield
Buford W. Simmons
Arlie J. Durham
Co. I
Edman Reeves
Morris F. Gillett
U. S. Navy
Treasure Island
Merriwell W. Vineyard
RAF
Hafar
Malta
Pvt
Noble Page
Wm. D. Tomlinson
301St Air Base Group
Selfridge Field
Mich
Charlie W. Adams
Camp Barkley
James Edward Ownby
Eight Ounce Sugar Quota Stands Amid Shipping Shortfall
The Office of Price Administration said the current eight ounce sugar ration will not rise until shipping improves. Priority is given to moving war materials to allies and U S troops, with limited boat space available for sugar from offshore areas. The notice lists numerous service members stationed across the U S and abroad, some wounded or missing, and recipients of the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Russia
Britain
China
America
Prolonged Rains Slow Farm Work Across Area
Continued rainfall this week halts farm labor after over two inches fell Sunday and Monday. Cotton planting progress is mixed with some stands good and others delayed. Onion crop suffers from excessive wet and dry spells across January to May. May total 4.12 inches, April 11.13 inches, year to date 17.33 inches, vs 16.52 last year. If June mirrors last year, moisture could reach 8.74 inches.
Pearl Harbor survivor recalls attack as sickening sight
Bright Bay staff sergeant Frank S. Hollingsworth of the Second Marine Wing spent a ten day furlough with his parents in Whitewright. He describes the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor raid as a sickening sight and recounts dive bombing, the fire truck damaged with 57 holes, and Marines taking quick decisive action. He left the islands February 23 aboard a fifteen ship convoy and arrived San Francisco March 9, Hawaii remains under martial rule. He plans to return to San Diego Naval Air Station and recalls meeting Whitewright friends Dick Barbee and Jack Lew is Yeager. He spoke at the Whitewright Methodist Church on Pearl Harbor experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright Bay
Frank S. Hollingsworth
Second Marine Wing
Air Corps
U. S. Marines
J. W. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Pearl Harbor
Whitewright
Admiral Nimitz
Mander
Hawaii
Texas
Islands
San Francisco
Hollinsworth
San Diego Naval Air Station
Dick Barbee
Navy
San Diego
Jack Lewis Yeager
John Hollingsworth
Missing Marine Corporal Billy W. Allen Reported
Mr and Mrs G C Allen of near Whitewright learn from the U S Marines that their son Corporal Billy W Allen was on duty in the Manila Bay area when the Philippines fell to Japan and is listed as missing in action he may be a prisoner no death report has been received several months expected. He was wounded in action late March and is among 15 Texans cited for the Purple Heart for gallantry in the Philippines battle he has served in the Marine Corps since September 7 1939 and is nephew of Mrs Frank Phillips and Mrs D M Mooneyham of Whitewright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Allen
Cannon
Whitewright
U. S. Marines
Billy W. Allen
Manila Bay
Philippines
Corporal Allen
Battle of the Philippines
Marine Corps
Frank Phillips
D. M Mooneyham
North Texas Onion Crop Hurt By Rains
Denison reports the North Texas blackland belt has suffered heavy rains over two months harming a several hundred acre onion crop. The Katy estimated 244 car loads would be harvested, but wet weather reduced the outlook. Harvest begins late May with shipments from Whitewright Leonard Trenton Greenville Farmersville McKinney and other towns. Texas remains a fertile area for agricultural potential.
Four Infantry Divisions to Be Organized This Summer
Secretary of War Stimson announced the Army will form four more infantry divisions and stage large scale field maneuvers this summer with an emphasis on offensives. The four units join 32 new divisions planned this year and will be organized in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Southwest Desert Training Center
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Camp Forrest
Tenn
USO Drive Nearing Completion in Whitewright Area
C B Bryant Jr, local campaign chair, reported progress as Whitewright area reaches a $375 quota with many donations already made and more names to be added before week’s end. The Sun will publish the full contributor list next week. The USO provides clubs and entertainment for service members in US camps and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Bryant Jr
Whitewright
Section
Sun
USO
United States
War's Largest AEF Convoy Reaches Northern Ireland
Thousands of U S troops with tanks and heavy arms land in Northern Ireland aboard the war’s largest convoy, escorted by American and British ships. The deployment, described as uneventful, moves quickly to invasion training as Gen. Marshall promises a steady flow of men and supplies for near-term action. The arrival includes troops from the Dakotas New York and Kentucky, with armored units and mobile antitank guns speeding ashore for immediate drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEF
Northern Ireland
United States
Atlantic
Dakotas
New York
Kentucky
North Ireland
Ulster
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Britain
Marshall
Congressmen discuss liquor sale ban for armed forces
Thirty members of Congress met in Washington to consider restricting liquor sales to men in the armed forces. Representative Joseph H. Bryson named a steering committee of five senators and seven representatives and said he favors an outright ban, though the group has not fixed its scope yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Joseph H. Bryson
South Carolina
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Bryson
Rate Reduction Announced for Whitewright Gas
Community Natural Gas Company announces a flat 10 cent per thousand cubic feet rate cut for residential and commercial customers effective May 15. Lone Star Gas System supported the move to help the war effort, projecting about 2 million dollars annual savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Community Natural Gas Company
Lone Star Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
Lone Star Gas System
Chester L. May
Texas Railroad Commission
D. A. Haley
Lone Star
Gas Rationing For ALU S Expected By First of July
The United States contemplates nationwide gasoline rationing by July 1 to curb tire wear. President Roosevelt signaled consideration and WPB directed planning with Ickes Henderson and Eastman to draft a program. If adopted, July 1 would launch a permanent wartime rationing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alu. S
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Harold Ickes
Price
Leon Henderson
WPB
Out of This World Old Lady Cartoon Pun
A comic caption sequence shows an elderly woman scolding a boy smoking a cigarette and predicting he will not become president. The boy replies he is a Republican. A separate gag notes a churchgirl drifting to sleep as a hymn number is called and she mutters about “iring them again.”
Also Mentioned on This Page
North America
Oscar Young
QM Reg
Pine Camp
Riley Mac Beazley
QMC
Tacoma
James C. Bryant
Aerog
Weather Office
USNAB
Moffett Field
Sunnyvale
Elbert P. Bennett
Sta. Hospital
USA
Camp Wolters
J. W. Stogsdell
Tennessee
Lewis O. Stapleton
USN
Net
Tiburon
Edgar W. Nicely
Camp Roberts
Robert L. Layman
3Rd Air Depot Group
3Rd Depot Repair Sydn
New York City
James W. Chaney
Donald P. Hudgins
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
O. A. Hefner
Robert W. Martin
31St ET Bn
Fort Leonard Wood
Lester M. Martin
ASAC
Hensley Field
Grand Prairie
Clarence O Burchfield
Tommy C. Allen
le Robert O. Phillips
48Th FA
APO 7
San Luis Obispo
Paul Phillips
24Th Pursuit Sqdn
Albrook Field
Canal Zone
S. D. Phillips
Service Bat
48Th
FA. Br
Order of the Purple Heart
Walter Clark
Obsc
Sydn
Camp Cook
Bay Meadows
San Mento
W. B. Bixler
Ren
Tex Riddle
Chanute Field
Ill
Roscoe Brown
John M. Ashinhurst
5Th Signal Co
Kynard R. Auten
77Th
Fort Jackson
S, C
Leatherneck
U.S. O
War
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