Harold Bell Wright Dies Noted Novelist in California
Hollywood writer Harold Bell Wright, famed preacher and author of twenty best selling novels, died at a La Jolla hospital from bronchial pneumonia at 72. He built a vast Ozark country following with titles like The Shepherd of the Hills and The Mine With the Iron Door, then turned to painting and iron work on a California ranch where he spent his last years. He is survived by his wife and two sons Norman and Gilbert.
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Hollywood
Calif
Harold Bell Wright
la Jolla
Wright
Gene Stratton Porter
John Fox Jr
Ozark Mountain Country
America
Rome
N. Y
Hiram College
Ohio
Ozarks
Pierce City
Pittsburgh
Kan
Dan Matthews
Barbara Worth
Helen
God
California
San Diego
Norman
Gilbert
Surprise in Every Package At Lowell Hosiery Mills
Gas mask containers returned from overseas for reconditioning are repurposed as packages in the Hub Hosiery Mills plant in Lowell. Girls sort through them during lunch and find blue ribbon love letters, making for curious reading amid the work.
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Boston
Lowell
Hub Hosiery Mills
Senate Shelves Promotion of Gen Patton
The Senate military affairs committee indefinitely blocked Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. from becoming a permanent Major General. Opponents cited the Sicilian hospital incident and a London speech urging allied world leadership as reasons for delaying his advancement while promotions for other generals proceed.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George S. Patton Jr
Senate
Patton
London
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Munn Family Enlists for Air WAC Training
Phoenix family of six joins the U S effort with Leah Munn and Dorothy Munn heading to Des Moines Iowa for basic training as air WACs. Father and son have served months already while the household prepares for deployment and wartime duties.
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Leah Munn
Dorothy Munn
Des Moines
Iowa
Air Wacs
Negro Files Suit Against Officer For 20000 Dollars
Bud Ellis a Sherman Black man fined in Jess Walls court for gaming has filed a damage suit in fifteenth district court against George Campbell Vic Smith and the National Surety Company claiming unlawful arrest and imprisonment. He seeks 10000 actual damages 10000 exemplary damages and 5 dollars restitution paid when released. Ellis is among five Negroes charged in the same Jess Walls case. After jury trials three others were found guilty and appealed to Grayson County court.
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Sherman
Bud Ellis
Jess Wall
Justice Court
Fifteenth District Court
George Campbell
Vic Smith
National Surety Company
Campbell
Ellis
Grayson County Court
Eight Enjoined in Texas Corn Sales
Judge William H Atwell granted permanent injunctions against eight men in Hunt County prohibiting violations of corn price ceilings set by the Office of Price Administration. OPA attorney W J Holt said overcharges may total about 150000 dollars with truckers and wholesalers showing the largest margins.
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Dallas
William H. Atwell
Hunt County
Office of Price Administration
W. J. Holt
OPA
Holt
Japan's Proposed Terms Include Seizure of U.S. Navy
A Berlin broadcast cites Meiho magazine reporting Japanese peace terms for the United States. Key demands include confiscation of the entire American Navy and compensation for expenses tied to Japan taking over American ships, with further conditions outlined for large merchant vessels.
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London
United States
Meiho
Berlin
Japan
Navy to Turn Over Fleet for Japan Destruction Pact
The text states that the fleet will be placed at Japan’s disposal and all naval installations including dockyards arsenals colleges and naval schools are to be destroyed. It also notes a clause requiring payment to the Japanese government ten times the value for each scuttled ship.
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Japan
Will Rogers Reburied in Oklahoma at Claremore
Will Rogers is laid to rest beside the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore Oklahoma. The ceremony was small with fewer than 100 attendees after his body was moved from California. Rogers and Wiley Post died in an Alaska plane crash nine years ago.
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Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
California
Boy Clings To Life As Rattlesnake Threatens Swing
In Frederickstown a 6-year-old boy Arkay Juenke dangled on a rope swing when a large adder moved beneath. The snake reared toward him as the swing continued, frightening the rancher father Hilmar Juenke who reported the perilous moment from Wolf Creek community.
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Fredericksburg
Hilmar Juenke
Wolf Creek
Arkay
Divorce Petition in Grayson County Texas Citation
Citation directs Isom Smith to appear and answer the petition by July 10 1944 in Sherman Texas in case No 49949 filed September 11 1943. Plaintiff Rebecca Smith seeks divorce on cruel treatment. issued May 23 1944 by Clerk S V Earnest with deputy Inez Steed.
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State OF
Texas
Isom Smith
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Rebecca Smith
Isam Smith
S. V. Earnest
Inez Steed
Mother rescues child as snake strikes in yard
A mother rushed to her child when a snake lunged as the boy struggled. She describe[d] the snake lifting its head and following the swaying motion, and she managed to kill the serpent to stop the danger.
Debt negotiation note sparks witty reply
A company letter says the customer owes a year old bill and offers to forgive half the amount. The debtor returns the note joking that he will meet halfway and forget the other half, adding a crisp counteroffer to forgive half.
Grayson County Sheriff Sale Of Amelia Lindsey Clements Plot
The State of Texas Grayson County sheriff sale proceeds on a 13 acre tract described as part of the NW quarter section 4 University lands in Grayson County to satisfy a 1944 judgment of 56 37 100 dollars plus interest and costs. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in June 1944 at the Grayson County Courthouse Sherman between 2 and 4 pm.
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State OF Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Texas
A. D
Byron B. Black
Court House
Sherman
N. W
University
Amelia Lindsey Clements
University School
G. P. Gafford
M. G. Dicken
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Sis
Phoenix
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Munns
Palace Theatre
Pascal Farley
Whitewright
Desert
Sid Martin
Allen T. Short
Hannah
Tom Barbee
Will Brooks
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Company Sherman
Lamar Street
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
U.S. Navy
Gomer May
Madden
Whitewright High School
Godspeed
Madden’s
Parfait
Roger & Gallet
Yankee Clover
Manhattan
Denison
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