Military families in Whitewright and beyond in service updates
Pvt Rendell Freeman returns to Spokane after a 12 day furlough with parents near Randolph. Many relatives and service members listed with transfers, promotions, trainings and forthcoming marriages including Carl Caraway overseas and William Stockton marrying Katherine Mooneyham in Whitewright.
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Pvt
Rendell Freeman
Spokane
Washington
John Freeman
Randolph
Pfc
James D. Freeman
Carlonia Beach
Double Cause Noted In Unusual Memphis Package
A stocky mail package in Memphis was turned over to postal inspectors who found a gallon of syrup wrapped in currency bills totaling nearly $1,000. Inspector J. N. Phillips said the package, sent by a St. Louis truck driver to his sister, appeared regular except for the insured value of syrup at 4.10 dollars.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. N. Phillips
St. Louis
1804 Bales of Cotton Ginned Here
White Wright reports 1804 bales of cotton ginned up to Wednesday night surpassing 638 bales by the same date last season. About two thirds of the crop is picked with early stalk cutting noted. Prices hold at 19.50 for cotton and 55 per ton for seed with a projected shorter cotton crop than last year.
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Whitewright
New Names Added To Sun Honor Roll
The Sun honor roll expands with new names this week including Pvt. John C. Owens W D Powell Lora Mac Cooper Lieut Guy Hamilton Jr Sgt Arthur W Neal Lawrence Burden S Sgt L E Garner Jr Addison A Vestal Mrs D H Thrasher T A Gray Dr B Wrenn Webb W H Stedham Mrs C T Ferguson Mrs T F Coffman Mrs Emory Christian S B Vaughan Mrs J C Parsons Alton McDowell J E Everheart Mrs Ruth Neal J W Jenkins Mrs J W Henry Pfc Glen Fleming T E Blakey J G Graves Betty Lou Reeves. More names expected in October December as subscriptions rise.
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Sun
John C. Owens
W. D. Powell
Lora Mac Cooper
Guy Hamilton Jr
Arthur W. Neal
Lawrence Burden
S/Sgat
L. E. Garner Jr
Addison A. Vestal
D. H. Thrasher
T. A. Gray
B. Wrenn Webb
W. H. Stedham
C. T. Ferguson
T. F. Coffman
Emory Christian
S. B. Vaughan
J. C. Parsons
Alton McDowell
J. E. Everheart
Ruth Neal
J. W. Jenkins
J. W. Henry
Pfc
Glen Fleming
T. E. Blakey
J. G. Graves
Betty Lou Reeves
Memphis Milk Subsidy Reported in Capitol Hill Talks
Washington officials disclosed the first dairy subsidy as Vinson, economic stabilization director, assumes arbitration of the milk price dispute. Senator McKeller said Memphis producers would receive about 50 cents per hundredweight, while Eastland warned the exact amount was not yet fixed.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol Hill
Fred M. Vinson
Kenneth McKeller
Tennessee
Vinson
Memphis
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Hero's Medal Won By Son of Famed Tokyo Raid Leader
First Lieutenant James N. Doolittle Jr. son of Major General James H. Doolittle received the Air Medal after fourteen months of combat in the Pacific. A Kelly Field graduate born at Fort Sam Houston, he flew missions over Japanese-held positions in Guadalcanal, New Zealand, and New Caledonia as a bomber pilot and lists San Antonio as his home.
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San Antonio
James N. Doolittle Jr
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Elva Savage
Young Doolittle
Kelly Field
Fort Sam Houston
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Whitewright Awaits Bond Drive Rally to Meet Quota
Local effort aims to reach a $118 900 Third War Bond quota with $70 921 75 already sold. Whitewright residents are urged to buy bonds at banks or post offices and attend a Bond Rally Tuesday night at the Palace Theatre featuring student performances under Mrs Sarah Kilgree.
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Whitewright
B. W. Newman
Palace Theatre
Sarah Kilgree
Vaccination Urged For School Pupils
The State Health Department urged immunization of school children against smallpox and diphtheria in its morbidity report. It noted no state law requires vaccination but that independent boards may mandate it for entry. The bulletin warned diphtheria rises toward Thanksgiving and urged cooperation among health officers physicians and school officials and parental support with a program to aid school disease control.
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Austin
State Health Department
Patman Defends OPA Amid Price Control Criticism
Representative Wright Patman of Texarkana, a framers of the emergency price control act, defends the Office of Price Administration in the House. He concedes errors and heavy rules but argues the agency is essential to curb inflation and prevent price spirals while noting ongoing improvements in enforcement.
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Washington
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Office of Price Administration
Patman
OPA
House to Consider Raise in Dependents Pay for Soldiers
House Speaker Sam Rayburn said the chamber will consider a Senate approved bill raising allowances to servicemen dependents by about 15 percent. He预计 to discuss with Military Affairs chair Andrew J. May. Republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. called for a broader 20 percent increase in independency allotments amid the likely pre Pearl Harbor draft of fathers.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Military Affairs Committee
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Louisiana landlord hid gasoline before rationing in effect
A Louisiana landlord stored 10 gallons of gasoline in a can and ordered a Black servant to bury it in a cornfield. After an hour the servant returned with the empty can asking what to do next, reporting the burial as directed.
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Louisiana
Ration Book Four Ready in October
The Office of Price Administration announced ration book four will be distributed in U S schools late in October and cover all foods now rationed. The 384 stamps include red blue green and black with green stamps first usable in November and red blue stamps for canned goods meats fats and dairy. Black stamps divide into sugar coffee and spare stamps and spares may cover additional currency needs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Churchill Warns Allies Plan Second Front at Right Time
Winston Churchill told Parliament that a mass Allied attack will open a second front in France and the Low Countries when judged right by Britain and the United States. He praised the Italian campaign, predicted a Stalin-Roosevelt-Churchill meeting, and noted American troops in Sardinia. He warned the bloodiest war phase lies ahead for Britain and the U S.
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London
Winston Churchill
France
Low Countries
Commons
Churchill
Sardina
Benito Mussolini
Gran Sasso
Great Britain
United States
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Youngster Explores War Bond Use at Kellogg Field
Battle Creek 14 year old Nick Glanis Jr visits Kellogg Field to see how his $100 war bond money will be used. An MP and a colonel lead him through a B 25 while he asks where to buy the bond, concluding at the Kellogg post office. For Victory and for our boys, buy more War Bonds now.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Nick Glanis Jr
Kellogg Field
Nick
Kellogg Post Office
Fight Looms On Raising Income Taxes
Congress voices swift opposition to an eight billion dollar income tax rise paired with a 30 percent withholding increase. The plan would boost the first bracket surtax to 13 percent, with refunds after the war, and face pushback from lawmakers worried about white collar workers and inflation.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Treasury
A. Willis Robertson
Dem
Virginia
Harold Knutson
Rep
Minnesota
FBI Chief Urges Crusade Against Crime
J Edgar Hoover urged stronger community crime prevention as juvenile delinquency rises. He cited a 1943 half year review showing female arrests up 18.4 percent and girls under 21 up 64.7 percent, with aggravated assaults described as wartime crimes amid social disruption.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Pioneer Resident of Savoy Buried Monday Afternoon
Sam S. Baker, 82, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home Saturday evening after years of ill health. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev. W.H. Vail of Van Alstyne and Rev. Roy Bagley. Cordite, a strong propellant, is used by the British to fire large guns.
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Savoy
Sam S. Baker
Methodist Church
W.H. Vail
van Alstyne
Roy Bagley
Allied Armies Close On Naples and Corsica Advances
Allied forces press toward Naples as American Fifth Army secures Montecorvino Ravella Cipriano and Campagna and British Eighth Army seizes Potenza. Rangers join French in Corsica while Germans evacuate, leaving Corsica and Sardinia under Allied control amid reports of repression and terror.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Potenza
Italy
Corsica
Sardinia
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Montecorvino Ravella
Cipriano
Campagna
Isle of Capri
Warsaw
Seine and
Boniface Porto Vecchio
Oil Well Drilling To Start Soon In Whitewright Area
The derrick is up near the Mrs. Q. M. McCullough block three miles southeast of Whitewright as lines are laid for gas and water. Drilling will soon go deeper in search of oil though it may be weeks before any production. Some believe a large oil pool lies beneath the site awaiting deeper drilling.
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Q. M. McCullough
Old Mother Earth
Whitewright
Chips the war dog cited for Distinguished Service Cross
Gail Wren and Nancy Wren of Pleasantville New York learn their German shepherd Chips is recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for actions in Sicily. Chips helped Pvt John R Rowell of Arkansas by clearing a pillbox and aiding in the capture of Italian soldiers. The War Department allows no medals for animals.
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Pleasantville
N. Y
Gail Wren
Nancy
Chips
Dogs For Defense, Inc
John R. Rowell
Arkansas
Rowell
War Department
UAW Chief Plans Texas Trip to Test Union Law
R J Thomas president of the CIO United Auto Workers heads to Goose Creek Texas to be arrested and challenge a new Texas statute that criminalizes soliciting union membership without a license. Ernest Goodman UAW attorney warns the appeal may violate the law.
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CIO
Texas
Detroit
Mich
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Ernest Goodman
UAW
Thomas
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Midland Army Air Field
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Fort Lewis
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Marshall Hasty
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Georgia
James B. Phillips
Sheppard Field
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Clyde Saddler
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Army Air Force Technical Training School
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
N. C
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A. L. Scott
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N. T. Auten
J. W. Simpson
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Linet
Kynard R. Auten
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Kansas
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Herman Bedford
James Talley
Dallas
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Young Talley
J. W. McMurry
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Delmer Spencer
George Surrell
H. H. Spencer
Africa
Matthew Hamilton
John Leslie Boyd
Clark Leon Spratt
Selective Service Board No. 2
Sherman
Spratt
Hamilton
Boyd
Army
Carl D. Caraway
Myrtle Caraway
John Ellis
W. E. Ellis
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William Stockton
Alaska
Stockton
Katherine Mooneyham
Mooneyham
Denison
D. M. Mooneyham
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