Cpl Elmer Key Dies in China After Double Wounds
War Department confirms Cpl Elmer Joe Key died September 27 in China. Born 1924 in Trenton, Key served over two years overseas with Burma combat, twice wounded, awarded Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation Set. Survived by parents, two brothers, a sister, and grandparents. receives formal commendation from Lt Col Pratt.
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George Key
War Department
Cpl
Elmer Joe Key
China
Corporal Key
Trenton
Burma
Lester Martin
W. J. Martin
Key
W. B. Key
Whitewright
Pfc
George Key Jr
Sheppard Field
Betty Lou Key
B. L. Sanderson
Route One
Claron A. Pratt
1328Th Aaf
India-China
Air Transport Command
Cpl. Key
Elmer J. Key
1328Th Army Air Forces
Austrian Winter Peas and Rye Grass Aid Grayson County Farmers
The AAA ships Austrian Winter Peas and rye grass to Grayson County farmers for soil building and conservation. Peas cost $6.05 per hundred pounds with soil-building credit in 1946 if growth is adequate. rye grass costs $9.75 per hundred but the government pays $7.75, leaving the producer $2.00 per hundred. Rye grass must be painted on cropland to apply. Peas prevent erosion, build soil, and provide pasture. plant early to reach eight to ten inches before winter. Farmers should visit the Sherman AAA office to obtain seed orders.
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AAA
Grayson County
Sherman
War Fund Drive Gets Slow Start in Whitewright
War fund drive co chairmen B W Newman F G Hoover Marshall Hasty and Roy Blanton report lists assigned to committees but little progress by Thursday. Whitewright quota is 1825 with only 121 03 raised from Whitewright schools. Teachers and students aim to boost contributions before the drive closes October 29.
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B. W. Newman
F. G. Hoover
Marshall Hasty
Roy Blanton
Cochairmen
War Fund
Whitewright
Byrnes proposes Allied advisory panel on Japan
Secretary of State James Byrnes announced an Allied commission to advise on Japanese control policies. The United States will keep a dominant role and US policy prevails if allied leaders disagree. Nine nations were invited to attend the first session in Washington on October 23.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
United States
Douglas Macmander
Japan
Byrnes
Russia
Tokyo
Truman
Army
Navy
Advisory Commission
Conscientious Objector Earns Highest Honor
Washington reports the first Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to a conscientious objector. Private first class Desmond T. Doss, 26, of Lynchburg Virginia, from the 307th Infantry Medical Detachment First Battalion 77th Division, is honored for bravery aiding wounded comrades on Okinawa. He will receive the award from President Truman on October 12.
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Washington
War Department
Pfc
Desmond T. Doss
Lynchburg
307Th Infantry
77Th Division
Okinawa
Doss
Truman
Newspapers Praised For Their Role In Financing Victory
Washington. Frank Tripp says the American press gave invaluable service to the war effort beyond those who fought. Gannett manager notes newspapers funded war bond advertising exceeding 50 million dollars and led local quota campaigns in every parish, town, and community.
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Washington
Frank Tripp
Allied Newspaper
Counil
Gannett Newspapers
Ballyhoo
Whch
U S Army to Move 135000 Troops Into Europe This Month
United States Army Headquarters announced that 135,000 troops currently in the United States will move to the European theatre this month to relieve occupation veterans. The planned occupation force totals about 370,000, including 39,000 officers.
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Paris
United States Army
United States
Military discharge and homecomings fill Whitewright
The community notes numerous service members returning home or moving to new posts. Discharges from the Army and Navy, furloughs ending at Fort Ord and McChord Field, and transfers to courts and universities appear alongside new births and family visits. Notables include Sgt Teeman L. Sanders, Cpl Lucian Vestal, Col Ralph Ownby, and Pfc Adrian D. Gentry among others.
U. S. May Not Establish New Controls on Cotton Production
An official forecast shows the 1945 cotton crop at 9,779,000 bales the smallest since 1934 raising the possibility of another year without government controls. Decisions must be made by Nov. 15 whether to invoke 1946 controls with a grower referendum likely to follow. Rainfall in Whitewright accumulates 6.92 inches since Sept. 25 hampering harvests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Anderson
Whitewright
Dallas Weather Bureau
Small Van Alstyne Boy Killed By Car
Kenneth Carl Stewart aged 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Stewart, was killed instantly late Monday afternoon when struck by an automobile in Van Alstyne while playing with two other boys. He dodged a pickup crossing the highway and ran into the path of an approaching car. Eyewitnesses said the accident was unavoidable.
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Kenneth Carl Stewart
Elbert Stewart
van Alstyne
Sherman B team to face Whitewright Tigers at Bryant Field
The Sherman High School B team meets the Whitewright Tigers on Bryant Field tonight at 7 30 in the second game for the Tigers. The teams are evenly matched and the game is not a conference contest. The Tigers open conference play at Rockwall Friday night October 19.
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Sherman High School
Whitewright Tigers
Bryant Field
Tigers
Rockwall
Open Door To Russia Proposed
Washington reports that a House committee after a European tour urged the United States to withhold loans to Russia and Britain until policies change They urged Russia adopt an open door to American tech and press Britain remove hurdles to American trade and Germany be rebuilt without armaments to feed itself and later aid US trade The one hundred six members returned aboard the Queen Elizabeth and Chairman William Colmer said Stalin and Attlee were asked how Russia would repay a six billion loan but gave only tepid responses
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Washington
House
Europe
United States
Russia
Britain
Colmer
Germany
Eliabeth
England
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Persia
Egypt
Greece
Italy
William Colmer
Dem
Mississippi
Marshal Joseph Stalin
Clement Attlee
Texas Quota Set for Victory Loan Drive
Dallas. Nathan Adams, chair man of the Texas war finance committee, announced a statewide quota of 297 million dollars for the Victory Loan drive running October 29 through December 8. Of this, 90 million is earmarked for series E bonds as the national E bond quota stands at 2 billion. Adams framed the drive as a final, pivotal effort reflecting postwar gratitude and duty to veterans.
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Dallas
Nathan Adams
War Finance Committee of Texas
Texas
Adams
Enlistees In Army Get Aid For The Dependents
Brig Gen Leonard H Sims announces family allowances for dependents of all new Army enlistees and inductees. The War Department Office of Dependency Benefits oversees these allotments from soldiers pay. Class A and Class E dependents include wives children and certain relatives under specified support conditions.
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Army
Leonard H. Sims
USA
War Department
Office
Headquarters
Army Service Forces
Newark
New Jersey
General Sims
ODB
Whitewright Listed for $85,000 Postoffice Building
Whitewright is named in a Congress bill for an $85,000 post office building as part of a nationwide $774.795 million program totaling 4020 projects. Only about a quarter of towns receive immediate construction, with Whitewright needing to meet receipts of $10,000 or more and urging local effort to ensure priority.
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Whitewright
Congress
United States
Public Administration
Public
Texas
One Year Enlistments Open for Young Men in Army
Dallas report says men with six months service may enlist for one year while ages 17 to 34 may choose eighteen months two years or three years enlistments. Col. Robert L Ba con, Eighth Service Command director, notes mustering out pay and a $50 reenlistment bonus per year. A furlough travel allowance of 5c a mile is provided to return home and back to first station, with furloughs up to ninety days(30 per year).
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Dallas
Robert L. Bacon
Eighth Service Command
Republicans Demand Gut in Spending
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee say the United States cannot continue to fund other nations while solvent. In their supplemental views on a 5.3 billion peacetime tax cut bill they blame debt on wasteful spending and urge further tax cuts only if waste is cut. They note Britain and others seek loans and call for a Treasury asset and liability inventory.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Britain
Federal Treasury
47 Years in Army Wasn't Enough
Santa Ana California Master Sgt John Westervelt aged 77 after 47 years of service awaits discharge due to a leg injury from an auto accident He is reportedly the oldest man in the Army He told reporters he wished he had started his Army career earlier He is attached to the Air Forces and lives with his wife in Long Beach with two children.
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Santa Ana
Calif
John Westervelt
Air Forces
Westervelt
Long Beach
Refrigerator cars in service on American railroads
A cited figure notes more than 150 000 Reefer cars are in active service on U S railroads highlighting throughput capacity and logistic scale across the national freight network.
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Amercan
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AGN Farm News
Diogenes
Alexander
Colton
Crash
U.S
John Cleveland
Route Two
George W. McCurdy
Route Four
Obe A. Hefner Jr
Pvt
Irvin Taylor
Camp Hood
Fort Ord
Teeman L. Sanders
H. L. Sanders
McChord Field
H. R. Johnson
Corporal Johnson
F. M. Williams
F. C. Williams
Chicago
Lt. Williams
Geo. K. Stephens
Gomer May
Captain Stephens
Fresno
Morris F. Gillett
R. A. Gillett
Lucian Vestal
Marines
University of Pittsburgh
University
Vestal
Guam
Saipan
R. C. Vestal
Lloyd Mitchell
Merchant Marine
New Orleans
Will Mitchell
Hoffman Island
N. Y
Dick Barbee
W. J. Barbee
Mr. Barbee
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Riley Beazley
Quartermaster Corps of the Army
M. T. Beazley
Sgt. Beazley
Wallace Reeves
Coast Guard
Carl Reeves
Joe Billy Dillon
Guy Dillon
Durant
Oklo
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Navy Department
Lewis Vestal
Iwo Jima
Coke Stevenson
Secretary of the Navy
Young Vestal
Harle Leo Howell
Harlie Howell
Route Three
Yokohama
Batangas Bay
Luzon
Ralph Ownby
Okla
Ownby
W. D. Ownby
Kumming
Roy Gentry
Randolph
Adrian D. Gentry
Bataan
Philippines
Gentry
Arthur Neal
Herman Neal
Robbie Mae Brown
Co. B
407Th Inf. Regt
U. S
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