Veterans News and Service Members Visit Home Front
A parade of armed forces personnel visits home over the weekend including Pfc Preston Hefner, Sgt J W Jones Jr, Major James Badgett, Lt Byron Teague, and several others. Updates cover transfers to university programs, field postings, letters from the Southwest Pacific, and local family reunions.
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Pfc
Preston Hefner
Camp Maxey
Sgt
J. W. Jones Jr
Kelley Field
J. W. Jones
Americans Smash Marcus Island in Pacific Raid
Washington reports a carrier task force raid bombed and shelled Marcus Island, 900 miles northwest of Wake, as a bold strike against the Tokyo approaches. Navy officials say the operation began September 1 with planes and naval gunfire, aiming to deter Japanese defenses and control sea lanes.
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Washington
United States Navy
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Japan
Marcus
Minamitori Shima
Navy
Wake Island
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Pacific
Pilot dies in training crash after seeing newborn son
Flight Officer George E. Larsen, who had just seen his son Dennis Dean born in a San Angelo hospital, was killed in a training plane crash at San Angelo Army Airfield. Larsen's residence is Columbus, Ohio, and his wife is Dorothy Marie Roach of Chicago.
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San Angelo
George E. Larsen
San Angelo Army Airfield
Dennis Dean
Larsen
Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy Marie Roach
Chicago
Woman Admits She Wed Seven Soldiers in Ohio
Vivian Eggers a 34 year old mother from Cincinnati pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner to feloniously obtaining a soldier 50 allowance check and admitted she was married to seven soldiers without divorcing any. She awaits extradition to Arizona and is held in Columbus Ohio city jail.
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Cincinnati
Arizona
FBI
Alan H. Belmont
Vivian Eggers
Columbus
Ohio
U. S
Robert Newton
Dallas Sergeant Alexander Earns Meritorious Combat Award
Native of Whitewright, Sergeant Alexander lived at 2700 Throckmorton Street in Dallas with his wife Zona B. E. R. Alexander before enlisting March 14, 1942. His mother, Mrs. E. R. Alexander, resided at 1517 North Peak Street, Dallas. The citation honors exceptionally meritorious achievement on bomber missions over enemy occupied Europe.
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England
Europe
United States
Whitewright
Alexander
Throckmorton Street
Dallas
Zona B. E. R. Alexander
E. R. Alexander
N. Peak Street
County Tax Set At 55 Cents For 1943 44
Grayson County commissioners set a 55 cent tax rate for 1943 and approved a 1944 budget of 596 775 80. Judge Jake J. Loy, back after a heart attack, noted the budget and valuation remain steady with funds allocated to general, jury, road and sinking funds. Salary raise requests were deferred until September 13.
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Jury
Sheriff's Department
Loy
Kharkov Typhus Epidemic Claims 3550 Lives
Tass reported at least 3550 people died in Kharkov from typhus and dysentery as epidemics raged from March to June while the city was under German control. morgue admissions reached 20 to 25 daily with many victims buried in the streets. Germans destroyed bath houses polyclinics hospitals and looted medicines, cutting off medical aid.
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New York
Tass
Kharkov
Four Local Girls Enroll at TSCW
Four Whitewright residents will join Texas State College for Women as the campus opens for the new term. Registration starts September 20 at 1 p.m., classes begin September 23 at 7:15 a.m., and dormitories open September 19. The college expects about 2,400 students first term with 60 course groups across 13 departments. Freshmen Anna Ruth Johnson Dorothy Gene Keener and Ann LaRoe, with Mary Dale King as a junior, are named.
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Denton
Texas State College For Women
Southwest
Whitewright
TSCW
Anna Ruth Johnson
Dorothy Gene Keener
Ann LaRoe
Mary Dale King
Wedding Ring Supply Threatened by Trend
New York report says double-ring weddings rise as war demand pushes more gold into military jewelry. W Waters Schwab of the War Production Board advisory group notes 1941 weddings at 1.5 million with 15 percent double rings and 1943 outlook near 2 million with 70 percent double rings, while WPB limits gold supply.
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New York
W. Waters Schwab
Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee
War Production Board
WPB
Roosevelt labels Pearson a liar over anti-Russian charges
President Roosevelt denounces Drew Pearson as a chronic liar over claims that Cordell Hull and State Department officials were anti Russian. He says such accusations harm U S foreign policy and unity of the Allies. Pearson responds he welcomes scrutiny as the administration seeks to clarify deeds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Drew Pearson
Cordell Hull
State Department
Pearson
United States
United Nations
Hull
Department
Soviet Union
Sumner Welles
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Litvinov
Breckenridge Long
Cotton Ginned and Market Prices Reportedly Up
By Wednesday night the White Wright gins had received 804 bales of cotton, vs 71 bales at the same date last year. Buyers paid 20.25 for cotton and 55.00 a ton for cotton seed, compared with 18 cents and 47.00 a ton previously.
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Whitewright
Ickes Fires Back at Smith Over Gas Ration Cut
Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes rebuked Texas Lt. Gov. John Lee Smith for calling the one gallon gas ration cut a political move. Ickes warned Smith that military demands rise and warned of crude oil shortages while urging consultation with Texas oil industry reps to inform him on the oil situation.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
John Lee Smith
Texas
Southwest
Smith
Ickes
Postwar Need To Feed Europe Will Be Heavy
New York reports a forecast of Europe needing 4.5 to 10 million tons of food annually after the war as occupation ends. Estimates show low caloric intake in occupied regions, with Germans around 2,700 daily and Poles near 800.Experts stress a gradual program and note seed and food must go together to prevent famine.
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Europe
New York
L. V. Burton
Food Industries
Burton
Trusts and Estates
Forum
Howard Cottam
Department of Agriculture
Texas to receive 3052 new passenger cars in September
Texas will receive 3 052 new passenger automobiles for distribution to eligible buyers in September. An additional 397 cars will be held in reserve to meet potential excess demand.
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Washington
Texas
Beta Now Than Late Like President Sed
A note folded with a returned marriage license reached the Dallas marriage bureau clerk. The message read It am sorrow. She chang hit mine. The item, presented as a Want Ad, reflects the era’s economical notices.
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Beta
Sed
Dallas
Marriage Bureau
Leon Bennett Wounded in Action in Pacific
Telegram to Mr and Mrs George Bennett from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs says their son Murrell Leon Bennett seaman first class U S Naval Reserve was wounded in action while performing his duties and is expected to return to duty in three weeks. Leon wrote Aug 19 he was okay and asked not to worry. The ship's location in the Southwest Pacific is not specified.
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George Bennett
Randall Jacobs
Chief of Naval Personnel
Navy Department
Murrell Leon Bennett
U. S. Naval Reserve
Southwest Pacific
First Call for Santa Claus Seeks Overseas Mail Gifts
The postmaster urges mailing Christmas gifts to Army and Navy personnel overseas between Sept 15 and Oct 15 to avoid disappointment. Parcels must be under five pounds and within size limits, marked Christmas parcel, with clear addresses including rank, unit, and post office. One parcel per week per recipient. no food or clothing items advised.
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T. J. Lilley
Lilley
Army
Navy
Fleet
Citizens' Army Better Educated
Navy liaison officer Lieut. H C Benedict told a University of Texas teachers conference that today’s fighters include 25 percent high school graduates, up from four percent in World War I. He cited education’s role in reconstructions and civilian defense, and praised schooling for producing America’s finest youth.
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Citizens’ Army
Navy
University of Texas
J. G
H. C. Benedict
Texas Selective Service Headquarters
Benedict
America
Tin Can Scrap Matches Tank Steel Production
A total of 11,000 average tin cans yields scrap steel sufficient to produce the steel for one medium tank or two light tanks, illustrating the conversion between scrap metal and armored vehicle manufacturing.
If you want to sell it advertise it
A concise call to action urging readers to use advertising toSell items.
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S. J. Janway
William Janway
L. C. Watson
Lubbock
W. T. Simmons
Private Watson
del Rio
James G. Badgett
William Fry
Patterson Field
Major Badgett
D. R. Badgett
Charles M. Howard Jr
Stillwater
Oklo
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Byron Teague
Bristol, Tenn
George Teague
Route Four
Lieutenant Teague
States
Cpl
Weldon O. Jones
Glendale
Calif
Paine Field
Billy Smith
Yale University
New Haven, Conn
John E. Smith
Canaan
Willie B. Smith
Moses Air Base
W. L. Smith
Corporal Smith
Lieut
Lela Chester
Tarrant Field
Fort Forth
J. H. Waggoner
Lois Chester
Mamie Pepper
New Orleans
Morris J. Brown
Gulfport Field
Miss
the Sun
Sun
N. C. Brown
Franklin Harris
Tomah
Wis
Floyd Harris
Corporal Harris
Otto Russell Jr
Otto Russell Sr
Russell
Atlanta
Chenango
Georgia
Troy Owen
Pp. L. Owen
Engineering Corps
Camp Wolters
Camp Claiborne
Troy
Whitewright High School
Owen
Lawrence Owen
Balboa
Canal Zone
Davis Parrish
Rice Institute
Houston
Rice Owls
Indications
Whitewright Tiger
Davis
Paul M. Vestal
Bombardier School
KGKL
North American Aviation, Inc
Vestal
National Air Forces
R A. Vestal
W. A. Kirkpatrick
Lester J. Alexander
Crash
Pilot
Froude
Leon Bennett
Santa Claus
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