Whitewright Paratrooper Missing in Action in Europe
Pfc William J Billner son of Mr and Mrs Oscar L Billner has been missing in action since September 13 in France. The Adjutant General telegram notes families will be notified if further information arrives. Billner trained as a paratrooper at Fort Benning and served in Italy and Southern France with Hodges army.
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Pfc
W. J
Dub) Billner
Oscar L. Billner
Secretary of War
William J. Billner
France
J. A. Ulso
Billner
Whitewright High School
Fort Benning
Italy
Whitewright
Mediterranean
Hodges
Sherman
Hardwicke-Etter Company
Young Billner
Roscoe Brown
Thomas E. Sanderson
James E
Buck) Hughes
Germany
Brown
Sanderson
Grayson County Tax Office Finishes 1944 Statements
The Grayson County tax office mailed 1944 state and county tax statements totaling 385 615 03. State taxes 160 826 90. county 224 788 13. Rates are 55 cents per 100. county rolls total 40 828 280. Taxes due Jan 31 1945 with split payments due Nov 30 and June 30 1945. Discounts apply for earlier payments.
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Sherman
Grayson County
L. C. Jackson
North Cleveland
Collier M. Yeary
Howe
Texas Cotton Crop Far Short Of U S Figures
A B Cox of the University of Texas challenged federal estimates for the 1944 45 Texas cotton crop predicting 1 605 000 bales versus 2 450 000 bales forecast by the U S Department of Agriculture He projected the season could yield about 245 000 000 in farm cash income from lint and possibly 25 000 000 from seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
A. B. Cox
University of Texas
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Coffee rationing not required says Byrnes
War Mobilization Director Byrnes announced there is no need to ration coffee now. He noted ample replacement stocks for retailers from wholesalers and roasters and addressed reports of imminent coffee rationing causing grocery store runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes
Grandpop’s 80 Years in Ozark Hills Highlight Daily Struggles
A vignette recalls an elderly man living in the Ozark Hills with his daughter, lamenting age and poverty as he notes his vittles and clothes no longer fit him. He reflects on a lifetime of labor for sustenance and attire now failing to suit him.
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Grandpop
Ozark Hills
Davis Parrish Named to West Point Cadet Prospect
Davis Pendleton Parrish, foster son of Dr. and Mrs. Ross R May, is named by Congressman Sam Rayburn as principal candidate for West Point Military Academy. He will take entrance examinations March 6 1945 and report for duty July 2 1945. Parrish is a junior at Rice Institute Houston and in Navy V 12 training. He graduated Whitewright High School in 1942 and attended Texas A M College a year before Rice. He letters on the Rice football team last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Pendleton Parrish
Ross R. May
Sam Rayburn
West Point Military Academy
Davis
Rice Institute
Houston
Navy
Whitewright High School
Texas A. & M. College
Rice
NAM ASKS WAGES PRICES NOT BE CHANGED
Washington. Robert M. Gaylord, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, urged the War Labor Board to uphold the Little Steel wage formula and oppose general wage or price increases. He said delaying a decision makes the issue a political football and harms wartime fairness to workers and producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nam
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
WLB
Robert M. Gaylord
Artillery Fire Clears Path For Infantry In France
2nd Lt. John W. Smith of Bonham serving as an advanced artillery observer with the 36th Division in France reports that artillery fire carved a lane through German tank fire to reach the objective. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bland Smith.
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Bonham
John W. Smith
France
Bland Smith
Baptist Workers Conference Held Here Tuesday
The Gray county Baptist Workers Conference met at the First Baptist Church with about 50 out of town and 25 local workers attending. A resolution urging fair penalties under liquor laws was adopted, citing 1943 to 1944 arrest analyses and calling for more just sentences to curb bootlegging and protect society.
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Grayson County Baptist Workers Conference
First Baptist Church
J. D. Buster
Sherman
E. P. Wootten
Whitewright
Grayson County
Andrew Jackson as the first Democrat U S president
The article notes Andrew Jackson as the first Democrat to serve as United States president, marking a historic party milestone in American politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
United States
War overseas updates and local service members
The Sun reports on relatives visiting, training and postings of soldiers and sailors. Capt. Guy Hamilton and family in Baltimore visit his parents. Cpl. Boyd Newman moves to Camp Kearns. Cpl. Jarvis Maddux earns marksman with carbine. Pvt. Joe McCarty wounded in France and now back with unit. Edith Layman enters Hunter College for Waves training. Pfe. B. J. Brock seriously wounded on Guam. Tech. Sgt. Donald Hudgins requests no packages for furlough. Pvt. James Talley on furlough with transfer to Camp Swift and earns marksman medal. Flying Fortress Miss Ponca City shot down over Ruhland with missing crew. Staff Sgt. James Hughes reported missing in action. Pfc. Homer Cato to visit from Fort Benning. Sgt. L. E. Garner Jr. serves in England. Capt. Jack Spindle to practice dentistry in San Angelo after discharge. Staff Sgt. Thomas Anderson returns to duty. fifth army Italy notes Pfe.
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Associated Press
Denison Herald
Eighth Air Force
England
Miss Ponca
Elmer Sanderson
War Department
Thomas E. Sanderson
Thomas
Germany
San Origine
Sanderson
CCC to Handle Government Purchase of 1944 Cotton
Washington reports details of a government cotton purchase plan under War Food Administrator Marvin Jones. The CCC will buy 1944 crop cotton from farmers at parity prices and resell government held cotton higher. Prices by month at Memphis basis 15/16 inch cotton range from 21.90 to 22.25 cents per pound with zone and freight differentials.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
Memphis
Tenn
Carolinas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
CCC
Jones
Sun Honor Roll Subscriptions Include Dozens of Readers
The Sun lists subscribers and renewals for the week, naming J. F. Roberts J. A. Harper Mrs. Dorothy Torrance W. T. Nicholson Pvt. Joe McCarty Louis May O. A. Bennett A. L. Biggerstaff Alton McDowell L. A. Watkins Frank Smith M. E. Winburn H. P. Donigan W. L. Jenkins C. H. Taylor W. C. Brown Ralph B. Kaiser Ralph Kaiser Jimmy Kaiser W. M. Pierson Mrs. J. S. McIver John Reeves Glen C. Cole Ford Moore Jack Barbee Julian Montgomery Fred Davidson A G Mullinix M Belew Ralph B Kent J P Jared F B Rascoe and a note about long distance voice service.
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The
Sun
J. F. Roberts
J. A. Harper
Dorothy Torrance
W. T. Nicholson
Joe McCarty
Louis May
O. A. Bennett
A. L. Biggerstaff
Alton McDowell
L. A. Watkins
Frank Smith
M. E. Winburn
H. P. Donigan
W. L. Jenkins
C. H. Taylor
W. C. Brown
Ralph B. Kaiser
Ralph Kaiser
Jimmy Kaiser
W. M. Pierson
J. S. McIver
John Reeves
Glen C. Cole
Ford Moore
Jack Barbee
Julian Montgomery
Fred Davidson
A. G. Mullinix
M. Belew
Ralph B. Kent
J. P. Jared
F. B. Rascoe
Whitewright Soldier Recognized with Combat Infantryman Badge
R. D. Moore of route 4 Whitewright is cited by the 88th Infantry Division for combat on the Fifth Army front in Italy and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. He lived with his parents, Mr and Mrs R D Moore Sr, route four, at enlistment. the family later moved to Brashear near Sulphur Springs.
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R. D. Moore
Whitewright
88Th Infantry Division
Italy
Moore
R. D. Moore Sr
Route Four
Brashear
Sulphur Springs
Whitewright Tigers to clash with Leonard Friday night
Whitewright High School hosts Leonard High School at Bryant Field Friday at 8 p m for the Tigers first conference game. Coaches Dr R E Lingenfelter and F G Hoover volunteer. Whitewright aims to boost support as the pep squad plans a city building rally before traveling to Trenton and Leonard to promote the game.
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Tigers
Whitewright
Leonard High School
Bryant Field
R. E. Lingenfelter
F. G. Hoover
Tom Bean
Tom Bean High School
Whitewright High
Trenton
Leonard
1.76 Inches Rain Stops Cotton Picking in Whitewright Area
A 1.76 inch Tuesday night rain halted cotton harvesting in Whitewright amid picker shortages. Open cotton in the fields will be damaged, and much corn remains unharvested due to lack of help. Tuesday's rain covered the area and parts of Texas, with September totals and year-to-date rainfall noted.
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Whitewright
Texas
South Plains
Willkie Advisor Switches to Roosevelt in 1941 Vote
Bartley Crum, a Willkie adviser in 1940 and head of the National Lawyers Guild, says he will vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. He warns that a Dewey win would make the president a captive to isolationist and nationalist Republican forces and vows not to leave the GOP.
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San Francisco
Bartley Crum
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Crum
National Lawyers’ Guild
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republican Party
Four Sons Killed, Couple Seeks Fifth Son's Discharge
In Tremonton Utah Mr and Mrs Alven Borgstrom mourn four sons killed in the war and seek honorable discharge or furlough for their fifth son Boyd Borgstrom 23 who has served 18 months in the South Seas. Le Roy was killed in Italy May 1944 Clyde died at Guadalcanal March 1944 Rolon 19 was killed in the invasion of France last month Rolon’s twin brother reported missing in France.
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Tremonton
Utah
Alven Borgstrom
Elbert D. Thomas
War Department
Boyd Borgstrom
South Seas
Women workers try pipe smoking in Portland
Four women war workers in Portland try pipe smoking after failing to find cigarets. They report coughing mildly but say it does not make them sick and urge other women to follow suit on their third day of the experiment.
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Portland
Orc
Alma Hunt
Siegfried Line Cracked By Yank Tanks After Two-Day Battle
American tanks broke through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen after a two day battle. Hodges push into Germany follows three enemy counterattacks as Patton’s Third Army fights for Metz fortress and Fort Driant defenses.
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Siegfried Line
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Rhine
West
Germany
Rhineland
Hodges
France
George S. Patton
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Moselle
Patton
Saar
Texas to Vote in Large Absentee Ballot Wave This Fall
Secretary of State Latham estimates 70 000 to 80 000 Texas service members will vote in the November 7 election. He notes 70 000 plus absentee ballot applications filed and forwarded to county clerks, with many more sent directly. Under state law poll tax rules may limit eligibility, but federal law allows a soldier who applied for a state ballot by October 1 and did not receive it to vote by federal ballot if not legally eligible for the state ballot.
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Austin
Texas
Latham
Clerks
Representative
Army to Release Wasps in December
General H H Arnold announced the Army Air Forces will inactivate the Women Air Force Service Pilots on December 20 unless there are higher combat losses. The decision rests on anticipated male pilot availability to fill all flying assignments both in the U S and overseas. Wasps have mainly ferried aircraft.
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Washington
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Womens Air Force Service
WASP
Germany
Ex Football Coach Fined in Tire Case
J. C. Mose Simms former football coach at St. Marys University San Antonio was fined 100 in federal district court after pleading guilty to violating OPA regulations He allegedly used two Grade 3 tire certificates to obtain two Grade 1 tires
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Abilene
J. C
Mose) Simms
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Simms
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U. S
Davis Parrish
West Point
Baptist Workers Conference
Guy Hamilton Jr
Mrs
Guy Hamilton
Captain Hamilton
Baltimore, Md
Cpl
Boyd Newman
B. W. Newman
Perrin Field
Camp Kearns
Jarvis D. Maddux
R. D. Maddux
Epirates
Wash
Army Rifir
Corporal Maddux
Emma McCarty
Pvt
McCarty
Edith Layman
C. R. Layman
Waves
New York City
Hunter College
Miss Layman
J. D. Russell
Pfe. B. J. Brock
Ben J. Brock
Roseville
Calif
Guam Island
Brock
U.S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
A. A. Hudgins
Tech
Donald Paul Hudgins
James Talley
Roy Talley
Talley
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Camp Swift
E. H. Hughes
West Pecan, Sherman
Homer Earl Cato
R. E. L. Binion
Cato
Aleutians Islands
U.S
Jack Spindle
J. F. Spindle
San Angelo
Spindle
Army Air Corps
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Rusk
the Sun
Fifth Army
Pfe
Willkie
Japan
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