Whitewright Chooses Thanksgiving Date Amid County Confusion
Whitewright observed Thanksgiving on November 23 while schools and some businesses planned closures for November 30 due to a football game. Texas towns faced a split as Congress set the fourth Thursday, Governor Stevenson backed November 30, and other cities followed the national date.
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van Alstyne
Texas
Sherman
Denison
the Sun
Union Thanksgiving Service Wednesday at First Baptist Church
The annual union Thanksgiving service for Whitewright churches begins at 7 30 p m this Wednesday at the First Baptist Church. Rev W A Casseday of the Presbyterian Church will preside and Rev Duke R Barron of the Methodist Church will deliver the sermon. Music by church choirs directed by Mrs Vera Hickman Mrs Sarah Kilgree and Mrs O L Jones. The public is invited.
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Presbyterian Church
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O. L. Jones
Duke R. Barron
Methodist Church
Patton to receive $1000 bill in Europe
Star-Telegram readers donate funds to send a ceremonial $1000 bill to Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in Europe. The paper obtained Treasury permission for delivery as readers recall his denial of waving a $1000 bill at Normandy and betting others to Paris.
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Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
George S. Patton Jr
Europe
Normandy
Paris
Patton
Berlin
Treasury Department
Government Sends Over Six Billion To Fighters' Families
The War Department reports that the United States has dispensed 6.5 billion dollars to dependents of Army personnel in just over two years. The Office of Dependency Benefits accounts cover more than 14 million people, about a tenth of the population, with 7,000,000 accounts opened.
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Office of
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Butane Explosions Kill Six in Denison Collision
Twin butane gas explosions followed a collision between a gas tank and a truck on the northwest edge of Denison. Six people died and at least thirty were burned, nine severely, as flames engulfed nearby homes and a grocery warehouse was destroyed. Firefighters treated multiple victims in nearby houses and hospitals listed gravely burned patients including residents from Denison Sherman and Dallas.
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Denison
the Herald
Austin Jordan
John Marshall
Sherman
Lonnie J. Kerr
R. B. Marshall
Dallas
al H. Ahlers
H. F. Allen
Lonnie Joe Hammons
Ed Kilgree
C. A. Bass
Sun Honor Roll Grows With New Subscriptions
The Sun adds names to its weekly honor roll as new and renewing subscribers arrive daily. Readers expressing thanks for the paper are appreciated by the publishers. The following names were added this week: J. H. Norris, Miss Lillian Neathery, Sherman Chamber of Commerce, Cpl. Marl C. Ryan, Dr. John A. Ray, J. L. Reeves, H. B. Smith, Mrs. Holmes Connelly, Mrs. C. J. Pace, R. B. Matthews, Grover Gillett, W. E. LaRoe, Mrs. Jack Nossaman, Mrs. Roscoe Pace, Co. D. Hogg, Sgt. Jack Braden, Hugh Hunter, Pascal Connelly, S. M/3c. E. B. Webster, Clarence Woosley, Rev. E. P. Wootten, S. T. Montgomery Jr., Mrs. I. L. Neathery, Mrs. Clyde Sadler, Mrs. R. E. Sandlin, Miss Margaret Boone, dr. Care, Mrs. Maggie L. Teague, G. C. Brown, A. S. L. E. Alexander, Mrs. W. A. Cannon.
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John A. Ray
J. L. Reeves
H. B. Smith
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Grover Gillett
W. E. LaRoe
Jack Nossaman
Roscoe Pace
D. Hogg
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Hugh Hunter
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S. T. Montgomery Jr
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R. E. Sandlin
Margaret Boone
Care
Maggie L. Teague
G. C. Brown
Sleepy Baby Spoils Dad's Telephone Call
Lt. Eugene C. Davies in the South Pacific saved for weeks to call home and hear his newborn son cry. Two weeks after birth he phoned Independence, Missouri, but baby John slept through the scheduled meal and no sound came from him despite efforts to wake him.
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Eugene C. Davies
Pacific
Davies
South Pacific
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Rickenbacker Foresees Prolonged War if Nazis Fail
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker said in New York that Nazi defeat may only come by a 50-50 chance by next spring. He warned another 18 months to three years of war would follow against Japan.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Japan
War News From Whitewright and Surrounding Areas
Notes from the town recount soldiers and family updates. Pvt Claud Henson, killed in action in Italy on October 20, is remembered by his uncle in the service. Kenneth D. Myrick, of Sherman, promoted to captain in England, pilots a B 17. Others include Anna E. Lewis training at Temple and Whitewright connections to hospitals and bases at Fort Oglethorpe, Love Field, and San Diego. A local boy injured in Sherman. details await.
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Route Four
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Claud Henson
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Henson
Fayetteville
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Bells
Kenneth D. Myrick
Walter Myrick
Sherman
Whitewright
England
Anna E. Lewis
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Whitewright High School
Arthur Lewis
Route 1
Eisenhower Vows Final Battle to Trap and Crush Nazis
Paris report says General Eisenhower, addressing about 200 correspondents, urged a knockout blow against Germany and signaled that Allied forces will trap the bulk of German troops west of the Rhine in the final European war push. He stressed total effort at home and abroad and warned against complacency as victory nears.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Europe
Rhine
Eisenhower
Book Review On Green Dolphin Street At Presbyterian Parlor
Mrs John H Madonne reviewed Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge for a large audience at the Church parlors on Tuesday afternoon. The novel follows two sisters in love with one man with action set in the Channel Islands and New Zealand between 1830 and 1880. The Ladies Aid sponsored the event with 125 attendees including guests from Bonham Leonard Van Alstyne Sherman Tom Bean and Denison.
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Byron Caraway
H. J. Bradshaw
Whitewright oversubscribes war bond quota on opening day
Whitewright reports an oversubscription of its $86 000 sixth war bond quota on opening day with bonds totaling $87 462 50 purchased by locals. Dr R E Lingenfelter announced the achievement and urged continued buying as the drive proceeds.
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Whitewright
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Lingenfelter
the Sun
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Buxtra
Pan-American Day Observed by Local Federated Club
Mrs. J. H. Waggoner and Mrs. C. P. Johnson led a Latin American program at Friday Literary Club in homes of Mrs. R. E. Lingenfelter and Mrs. J. H. Madonne. Federation Day themes highlighted women’s achievements in Cuba Mexico and Central America with Good Neighbor Policy noted. Refreshments served. Renewal effort plans to beautify McClosky Hospital grounds at Temple.
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C. P. Johnson
Friday
R. E. Lingenfelter
J. H. Madonne
GFWC
John N. Whitehurst
Washington
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Central America
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Americas
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Pan America
Joe Hamilton
C. S. Witt
Joe Taylor
McClosky Hospital
Temple
Roosevelt urges passage of year of national service for youths
President Roosevelt said at a news conference he hopes a bill mandating one year of government service for the nation's youths will pass this winter. He did not say if the program should include girls, noting the plan targets the nation's boys to give one year of service to their country.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Motorist Learns 40 Mills Not 40 Miles
Seattle patrolman stops a driver who claims the 25 mile speed limit was abolished by a recent 40 mile law vote. The cop explains that voters approved a 40 mile tax limit, not a 40 mile per hour speed limit, and takes the motorist to the station for clarification.
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R. A. Schaefer
Allies Press On as Nazis Retreat toward Rhine
French and American troops of the Sixth Army Group pushed into Mulhouse and advanced beyond Sarrebourg to within 27 miles of the Rhine. French First Army armored units moved from near the Swiss border toward Colmar, while U S Seventh Army men drove through the Vosges, taking Sarrebourg and Mittelbronn as the Saverne Gap looms to the Rhine plain. The 44th Division led the rapid southern thrust, creating a fluid front.
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Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma community property tax rule
The high court held Oklahoma's 1939 community property law does not allow fifty fifty income tax filing by spouses. The decision limits the right to divide income for tax purposes to the eight community property states, preventing extension to other states. Justice Roberts delivered the opinion in Harmon v. Oklahoma.
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