Whitewright Men in Uniform in Navy and Army Training Notes
Davis Parrish and Emerson Sears apprentice seamen in the V-12 program at Rice Institute Houston spent the weekend at home. Pfc Marl C. Ryan now at Camp Gruber Oklahoma after El Paso training. Clarence Bonds seaman second class visiting parents near town. stationed Camp Peary Virginia. M F Brother Gillett RT le on U S S Badger visiting parents. radio technician with Atlantic trips. Tech Sgt W B Bixler Dallas man in Ashburn Hospital McKinney scheduled for major operation. injured in Louisiana maneuvers. Betty to Morrow transferred to Godman Field Fort Knox as duty sergeant and secretary to CO. Ensign Homer Lee Sears to report September 15 to University of Arizona Tucson for training. son of H H Sears and grandson of J E Everheart. Bryant Jr son of G F Bryant, Denton, to report to Tucson for training as well.
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Davis Parrish
Emerson Sears
Rice Institute
Houston
M. F
Gillett
RT/le
U. S. S. Badger
R. A. Gillett
Atlantic
Betty To Morrow
Daytona Beach
Fla
Godman Field
Fort Knox
W. E. Pennell
Whitewright
Homer Lee Sears
Navy
University of Arizona At
Tucson
H. H. Sears
Canaan
J. E. Everheart
Ensign Sears
Texas A. & M. College
South America
U. S
Guatemala
United States
G. F. Bryant Jr
G. F. Bryant
Denton
Cotton Outlook Drops Sharply
The Agriculture Department cut its 1943 cotton crop forecast to 11,679,000 bales on Sept 1 conditions, down 879,000 bales or seven percent. Texas leads declines, with Arkansas Oklahoma Mississippi and Tennessee also reduced. Louisiana escapes major damage. Ginnings reach 1,784,629 running bales by Sept 1, while yields per acre fall from 279.4 to 258.7 pounds, amid hot dry western weather. Miss Marguerite Smith of Dallas visited family near town. navy neckerchief origins noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
U. S. Casualty Totals Grow Across Forces
Washington reports total U S casualties since Pearl Harbor at 105 446. Army losses include 9 201 killed 20 159 wounded 21 764 missing and 19 740 prisoners of war. Navy 7 840 dead 2 553 wounded 8 917 missing 2 246 P oWs. Marines 2 005 dead 2 501 wounded 663 missing 1 925 P oWs. Coast Guard 182 dead 22 wounded 158 missing 1 P oW. Merchant Marine 627 dead 4 124 missing.
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Washington
United States
Merchant Marine
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Marines
Baptists to Meet at Whitesboro for 44th Annual Session
The Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association will convene at 8 p m Thursday Sept 16 in the First Baptist Church of Whitesboro for its 44th annual meeting. J D Buster of Sherman will call the convention in the absence of Rev L R Lamb of Denison who resigned his county pastorate.
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Grayson County Missionary Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
Whitesboro
J. D. Buster
Sherman
L. R. Lamb
Denison
J. A. Ellis
T. M. Tolbert
M. B. Hutchison
Buster
Winter Egg Profits Urged By Local Ag Teacher
Rex B Cruse, a high school agriculture teacher, urges poultry owners to cull and worm flocks in the next thirty days to boost winter laying. He notes fall flocks in good condition lay more eggs, warns slow developers should be culled, but warns against reducing flock sizes too much due to egg prices and demand. He highlights strong September feeding and use of capsule worm treatments from local drug stores to improve winter profits.
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Rex B. Cruse
Nicholson Writes From England Letter from CPL Nicholson
The Sun prints a letter from Corporal N B Nicholson stationed in England. He asks for The Whitewright Sun to be sent to his new address and notes travel experiences in the U.S. and England. He comments on politics, mentions O Daniel, and requests news updates, sending regards to Jim and friends.
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the Sun
Cpl. N. B. Nicholson
England
Jim
Whitewright
U.S. A
O’daniel
N. B
Home Front Volunteers Start Today For Third War Loan Drive
Washington reports 2,000,000 volunteers join the Third War Loan push with mass home front support and cheers from soldiers abroad. Morgenthau urges Americans to back the attack by buying at least a $100 extra War Bond as the $15 billion campaign expands with Series E F G bonds and new securities.
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Home Front
Washington, D. C
America
Germany
Ration Book 4 Distribution Planned For October
A Washington Office of Price Administration official said Book 4 will likely be distributed in October with early use in November. It will replace Book 2 as the latter is exhausted by year end and may be issued via personal registration to save time.
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Washington
Texas Funds Show Net Balance After Warrants Paid
The state’s 116 funds held 64.45 million dollars in cash on Aug 31 with warrants totaling 27.73 million, leaving net 36.72 million. The general fund deficit stood 22.18 million, reduced to 20.67 million after paying 2.39 million in warrants to Dec 30, 1942. A year earlier the deficit was 29.34 million. A sentence notes a Hindu chess precedent from 500 years ago.
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Austin
Jesse James
Italians Celebrate Surrender News With Joy Across Cities
Madrid dispatches report immense rejoicing in Rome and Naples after Italy withdraws from the war. Crowds fill St Peter's Square to cheer Pope Pius while Germans hold positions in Northern Italy. Enthusiasm spreads to major cities as word reaches the Franco-Italian front.
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Madrid
Spain
Rome
Naples
Italy
St Peter’s Square
Pope Pius
1352 Bales of Cotton Ginned at White Wright Gins
Up to Wednesday night the White Wright gins had received 1352 bales of cotton with 548 new since last Wednesday. Dry weather sped opening and favorable picking forecasts suggest most cotton will be harvested within four weeks despite few pickers. Last year saw 3.71 inches of rain then. Prices: buyers 20 cents per bale and seed at gins $55 per ton.
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Whitewright
Roosevelt Urges Third War Bond Drive to Defeat Nazis
President Roosevelt spoke on radio launching a fifteen billion dollar war bond drive. He urged Americans to push Germans from Italy France and other captive countries and to strike on their soil from all directions while keeping focus on Berlin and Tokyo. He warned against celebration and emphasized sustained effort amid ongoing Allied plans and military advances.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
United Nations
France
Berlin
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Britain
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Sicily
Mr. Roosevelt
Italy Surrenders as New Allied Landings Reported
Within hours of Marshal Badoglio’s government surrender President Roosevelt announced Allied landings on new Italian invasion coasts and fliers diving on targets rooftops. Reports tied to Genoa Naples Civita Vecchio Pisa Gaeta Sardinia with possible German counter moves and a coming battle as Italy faces civil war or continued fighting with Germany.
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Pietro Badoglio
Roosevelt
United Nations
Sardinia
Italy
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio Group
Germany
Genoa
Naples
Civita Vecchio
Pisa
Gaeta
Spezia
Sicily
Corsica
Milan
London
Axis
Britain
Channel
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Whitewright
Eisenhower
Europe
Ross couple marks 70 years in Hill County
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ross of Hill County celebrate seventy years of marriage and long residence since 1877. The couple seeks to contact all couples with similar length of marriage or county ties, while Whitewright merchants advertise value offers.
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Hillsboro
Thomas E. Ross
Hill County
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Marl C. Ryan
Camp Gruber
Okla
el Paso
Clarence Bonds
Seaman
Wilbur Taylor
Seaman Bonds
Camp Peary
Marguerite Smith
Dallas
Lon Smith
Admiral Nelson
United States Savings
Treasury Savings Notes
Treasury
Hindustan
Secretary OF the Treasury
the Sun Whitewright, Texas
H. Morgenthau, Jr
Spurgeon
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