Legion To Install 1946 Preston Everhart Commander
Roy G. Blanton will be installed as 1946 commander of Preston Everhart Post No. 225 American Legion at the post meeting at 7 30 p m Saturday in the Legion Hall. R D Maddux will become vice commander Percy Darwin adjutant W O Houston service officer and Ronald Vestal sergeant at arms Also invited are all ex service men of World War I and II and those now in service. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Blanton
Preston Everheart
American Legion
Legion Hall
R. D. Maddux
Percy Darwin
W. O. Houston
Ronald Vestal
Legion
Gunter Tigers Set for Friday Night clash at Bryant Field
Whitewright High School Tigers host Gunter High School Friday night at Bryant Field. The game, postponed from last Friday due to rain, aims to attract a large crowd. Whitewright has won its sole game this season so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright High School
Tigers
Gunter High School
Bryant Field
Soviet Union calls for four-power council to govern Japan
Radio Moscow reported that Soviet Russia demanded Gen. Douglas MacArthur be replaced as Japan’s ruler by an Allied control council of the four major Pacific powers. Moscow cited Japan’s disarmament as reducing MacArthur’s need in the role and cited a Molotov letter to James Byrnes asserting the shift.
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London
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
Radio
Moscow
MacArthur
V. M. Molotov
United States
James F. Byrnes
Nimitz Urges Strong Navy After Pacific Victory
Admiral Nimitz returned as top Pacific commander and received San Francisco’s symbolic key. He urged maintaining naval strength, saying new weapons may alter warfare but sea control must remain, asserting the Navy already holds power and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nimitz
Yamamoto
Oakland
Hawaii
Newly Freed Papers Attack Jap Regime Over Food Failure
Tokyo reports say the Japanese press, buoyed by American freedom, demanded cabinet overhauls for failing to resolve a food crisis. General MacArthur pressed for a full report on arms production from 1941 to August this year as demobilization proceeds and air forces come under Allied control.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Orient
MacArthur
Japan
Hirohito
Imperial General Air Force
Honey Bees Expected to Yield 50 Pounds Per Colony
A report states honey-bees are projected to produce about 50 pounds of honey per colony on average. The estimate reflects typical colony output under current conditions and may vary with hive health and weather.
White House orders seizure of oil refineries
The White House announced seizure orders for oil refineries in fifteen states after failed industry labor talks over a 30 percent wage demand. The CIO Oil Workers Union accepted. six companies opposed arbitration. Strikes raise 450,000 production-line workers, with Texas refineries idling and power restored after continued picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Lewis Schwellenbach
CIO Oil Workers Union
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Schnellenbach
Sinclair
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Automobile
William Green
AFL
New York Harbor
OPA Caps Prices on New Washing Machines and Ironers
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set ceiling prices for new washing machines and ironers. Prices range from 29.95 to 199.95 depending on quality and regional sale area including Texas in zone three with fixed retail levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
Texas
Philippines Independence Pushed To July Fourth 1946
President Truman said Washington will not proclaim Philippine independence before the statutory date of July 4 1946. He tied the timing to ensuring rehabilitation measures for the islands are in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Cpl
Albert L. Reeves
Batangas
Luzon
Philippines
Marseille
France
North
Africa
Rock of Gibraltar
Spain
Panama
Panama Canal
New Guinea
United States
Leyte Island
Corporal Reeves
Veterans Return Home From War In Whitewright Records
Local men including Sgt. Robert Layman and Sgt. Joseph Jenkins have been discharged after nearly four years of service. Pvt. H. A. Schubert and Pfe. William B. Martin also returned, with family updates from Arizona to McKinney. Lt. Comdr. J. W. McMurry Jr. expects home soon after Pacific duty.
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Joseph Jenkins
John Jenkins
Army
Pacific
J. W. McMurry
J. W. McMurry Jr
Comdr. McMurry
McKinney High School
McKinney
World Faces Food Shortages for Next Year
Washington reports a global food shortage in the coming 12 months. The Agriculture Department says continental Europe must import 36 billion pounds of food as production falls 25 percent below prewar levels. European hunger drives need for 4.5 million tons of food in U S British and French zones to curb disease and unrest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
U. S
Germany
Transition from crimson to royal purple color term
Historical note explains that today’s royal purple originated from a deep crimson dye. It traces the term’s usage and color development, highlighting how dye sources and naming influenced early fashion and symbolism.
Sugar and rubber hoarded in Java found after surrender
Secretary Anderson reported 1 600 000 tons of sugar discovered in Java ports since Japan’s surrender and 35 000 tons of crude rubber found there. The sugar will join the UN pool and begin moving to the United States within two weeks, easing wartime rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Java
Anderson
E. C. Zimmerman
Netherlands East Indies
Borneo
East Indies
United Nations
Will Be 103 Years Old Next December
Mrs. Mary Holcomb of Tyler will celebrate her 103rd birthday on December 26. Her son T. A. Holcomb and daughter Mrs. J. D. Lawson are among the relatives noting her good health and full faculties except eyesight. Born in Skipper County Alabama, she moved to Kentuckytown area in Texas long ago. Her husband died 17 years ago at 88. She has a sister who lived to 99 and a brother 90. Mother of nine children, three survive: Mrs. J. D. Lawson Bonham, Mrs. A. L. Carr Tyler who hosts her, and T. A. Holcomb.
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Mary Holcomb
Tyler
T. A. Holcomb
Kentuckytown
Holcomb
Strikers Replaced by Veterans Guard LCRA Lines
The Lower Colorado River Authority began replacing 90 discharged operating department strikers with war veterans as armed guards patrolled transmission lines in Central Texas. Gov Stevenson pledged state armed guards to protect property as service was restored to most towns within 30 hours after a strike halted electricity to over 100 000 people. In Kerrville area 40 citizens were deputized and guarded lines and switches while Camp Swift near Bastrop and its 26000 troops received constant military guard.
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Austin
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Texas
Power Agency
Coke Stevenson
Max Starcke
LCRA
Kerrville
Camp Swift
Bastrop
Armored Division Donates 30000 to Hospital Memorial
The officers and men of the 3d Armored Division presented a 30000 check to the General Rose Memorial Hospital Association. The money will fund a 1000000 hospital in Denver in memory of Major Gen Maurice Rose, commander of the 3d Armored Division First Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
3D Armored Division
General Rose Memorial Hospital Association
Denver
Maurice Rose
First Army
London Dining Returns to Evening Dress Demand
London restaurants post notices requiring evening dress after the war. Headwaiters in West End venues urge patrons to wear formal attire for dinner orders, with warnings that full dress may be needed at Christmas. Gentlemen may be asked to wear uniforms or dinner jackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West End
Whitewright War Chest Campaign Sets 1825 Quota
Whitewright and surrounding communities face a 1825 quota for the final War Chest drive. Roy Blanton and others head the effort, with campaigns running until October 19. USO gets 53.9 percent, European relief 13 agencies share 21 percent, United China Relief 10.5 percent, War Prisoners' Aid 2.5 percent, and reserves for administration 1.1 percent and emergency funds 4.9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitewright
Roy Blanton
Marshall Hasty
F. G. Hoover
B. W. Newman
National War Fund
United Service Organizations
Newman
Philippine War Relief
United China Relief
American Denmark Relief
British War Relief Association
Russian War Relief
Greek War Relief Association
Refugee Relief Trustees
USO
United Seamen's’ Service
War Prisoners’ Aid, Inc
American Field Service
Admiral Nimitz in Dallas for October 12 celebration
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will visit Dallas on October 12 with a large air show planned during a downtown parade. Governor Coke R. Stevenson will welcome him as the Navy chief tours the city before a second celebration in Austin. Homecoming events will follow in Fredericksburg and Kerrville with naval personnel and military bands participating.
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Dallas
Chester W. Nimitz
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Pearl Harbor
Austin
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Lamar
Elm
Burial urn found bearing report of Christ's death
Jerusalem archaeologists report a burial urn with a Greek inscription near the Jerusalem Bethlehem road. They say it was written by an eyewitness to the crucifixion and calls Christ’s death the oldest archaeological record of Christianity.
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Christ
Jerusalem
Palestine
Hebrew University
Jerusalem-Bethlehem Road
Sistie Boettiger Enrolls at Reed College Portland
Eleanor Dahl Boettiger granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt enters Reed College as a freshman in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Sistie
White House
Eleanor Dahl Boettiger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reed College
Coal heat value equates to sixty five bushels of corn
A historical note states that the heat value of one ton of coal is about equal to the energy in nearly 65 bushels of corn, illustrating a rough energy comparison between coal and corn in that era.
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Texas Pipeline Company
Corpus Christi
Houston
Ingleside
Humble Company
Fort Worth
Sinclair Refining Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Lake Austin
Mansfield Dam
Roy Inks Dam
Buchanan Dam
Austin Dam
Prvate
OPA
Robert Layman
India
C. R. Layman
Pvt
H. A. Schubert
W.M. Pierson
Schubert
Pfe
William B. Martin
Harve Martin
Arizona
W. J. Martin
Leland May
Coolidge, Ariz
Bennie P. Thornhill
J. P. Thornhill
Eto
Bennie
83Rd Reconnaisance
Third Armored Division
Pennsylvania
23Rd Fighter Group
Liuchow
China
Lester M. Martin
Fourteenth Air Force
23Rd
Martin
Flying Tigers
Kunming
Flying Tiger
Hengyang
25Th Infantry
New Caledonia
Sanders
25Th Division
Central Plains
Caraballo
Island
S Sgt. Sanders
A.D. Russell
J. D. Russell
Aubrey Page
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Earl Phillips
Horace F. Burchfield
Kentucky
Thomas E. Sanderson
Florida
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Elmer Sanderson
The
Sun
Joe C. Smith
Smith
Yokohama
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Talladega
Alabama
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Navy
Third Armored
Whitewright War Chest
Admiral Nimitz
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