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VOLUME XXXVII
CpI. Buddy Johnson
Declared Dead by
War Department
Cpl. Martin L. (Buddy) Johnson,
son of Mrs. E. C. Abernathy of Mc-
Crury, who was among the Ameri-
can prisoners who lost their lives
aboard a Japanese transport ship on
Dec. 15, has been officially reported
killed, according to a letter from the
War Department to his mother last
week.
Cpl. Johnson was born in Okla-
homa in July, 1913, and came to
Texas with his parents at the age
of two and grew to young manhood
in the McCrury community. He en-
listed in the service several years
ago and was taken prisoner when
Corregidor fell early in the war.
Mrs. Abernathy received a letter
from his command officer on July
27 telling of the disaster in which
her son lost his life, there being 700
Americans picked up and recaptur-
ed by the Jauanese, two that appar-
ently escaped and sixty who lost
their lives, when the ship was sunk
by he Allies.
S irvivors include his mother, and
two sisters, Mrs. Solon Follis of Com-
merce and Mrs. Elbert Stogner of
McCrury; five brothers, Bep Johnson
of McCrury, Arthur Johnson, Okla-
homa; Charlie Johnson, Houston; 1st
Sgt. Vernon R. Johnson in Germany;
T|Sgt. H. H. Johnson, in France, and
his grandmother, Mrs. Belle Allen
of McCrury.
Enemy-Owned
Properties In
Texas For Sale
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1945
NUMBER 26
Food Shortage Will
Exist for Year, Says
Agricultural Dept.
WASHINGTON. — The Bureau of
Agricultural Economics advises civ-
ilians to expect no significant relief
from food shortages within the next
12 months.
In a report on the national food
situation, the bureau—which is the
Agriculture Department’s statistical
agency—said such foods as meats,
fats and vegetable oils, sugar, cheese,
condensed vegetables will continue
short in relation to demands.
In addition, rice, dry beans, ap-
ples, and processed foods using large
amounts of sugar and fats and oils
may become short, it said.
On the c .her hand, civilian sup-
plies of fluid milk, skim milk pro-
ducts, canned fruit juices, many
fresh vegetables and fruits, fresh
fish, and most grain products are
expected by the bureau to be fairly
plentiful.
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NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Pfc. Billie Wright, stationed in a
hospital at Okmulgee, Ok., spent a
week end pass with his father, Hen-
ry Wright and other relatives.
Washington. — Over $106,000
worth of real estate, mostly in small
tracts, scattered over Texas, which
was seized by the alien property cus-
todian from enemy aliens, is cur-
rently being sold. The property is
located mainly in Houston, Galves-
ton and San Antonio.
Among the lands listed is a total
of 1,476 acres of timberland in Titus
county near Mt. Pleasant, 5-14ths
owned by Ida Ring and others, Ger-
mans, being part of the estate of F.
B. Heunsch. Property is valued at
approximately $14,000 and is subject
to taxes and to an oil lease of $1,637
annual rental .
THEY CAN’T CRY
INTO IT, EITHER
OKINAWA. — Everyone on Okin-
awa was fighting mad Monday over
the latest Japanese “atrocity.”
A single Jap bomber, which man-
aged to break through the island’s
fighter screen, dropped a bomb
squarely into the hold of a beached
freighter.
Damage to the ship was negligi-
ble.
But in that hold, awaiting trans-
fer to shore, were thousands of cases
of beer.
BOSS GRAYS VISIT MRS. SMITH
GRAY AND WAYLEN GRAY
Mr. and Mrs. Boss Gray of Mil-
ton, returned Tuesday from Wichita
Falls and Abilene. In Wichita Falls
they visited their son, Waylen Gray
and. Mrs. Gray and daughter, Betty
Ann. Waylen is in the hospital at
Sheppard Field. In Abilene they
visited Mrs. Smith Gray, mother of
Boss Gray, who was in a hospital.
They are both reported improved.
Former Deport Man
At Brooke Hospital
Pfc. William L. Coble, son of Mrs.
Etta Coble of Estelline, formerly of
Deport, was among returnees arriv-
ing at Brooke Convalescent Hospi-
tal, Ft. Sam Houston, during the
early part of July.
Coble served overseas ten months
as a mortarman with Headquarters
Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Para-
chute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Air
borne Division, in the European
Theatre of Operations. He saw com-
bat in Belgium, and in Germany.
After being injured in France he
was returned to the United States
in May for further hospitalization
and medical treatment. Coble wears
the Combat Infantry Badge, Para-
chutists badge, Good Conduct Me-
dal and ETO ribbon.
Subsequent to entering the army,
he took his basic training at Ft. Sill,
Ok. He has one brother in the ser-
vice, Haxel E. Coble, MM3c.
After processing in the Receiving
Company of Brooke Convalescent
Hospital, patients are assigned to
various companies, depending upon
their illness, where a company medi-
cal'- officer personally supervises
their return to full health.
ATTEND DINNER AT HOME OF
MR. AND MRS. J. V. GRANT
Mrs. J. H. Moore, Miss Nita Grant
and Walter Grant attended a din-
ner Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Grant at Frogville, Ok.,
honoring Miss Fern Grant of Berke-
ley, Calif., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. V. Grant, who is supervisor of
education at Berkeley, and Jett
Wayne Grant, Sic, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. E. Grant, who was home on
leave from the Pacific. Others at
tending were Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Grant, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Grant, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Nobles and daugh-
ter, Miss Regina, and James W.
Grant, all of Frogville, Mrs. N. D.
Webb and granddaughter, Nancy, of
Dallas, and the honorees.
Will someone please furnish The
Times with the correct address of
the following servicemen: John B.
Whitney, Sic; J. H. Read, SKlc?
Cpl. Alvis Crosson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Crosson, who recently
spent a 30-day furlough with his
parents, has been re-assigned to the
Army Air Field at Sioux Falls, S. D.
SjSgt. Steve Koch arrived Friday
from the European theatre of oper-
ations to spend a 30-day furlough
with his wife and son, Terry Lee, in
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. V. A. Hulett. At the end of his
furlough Sgt. Koch will report to
Camp Campbell, Ky.
More Clothing and
Higher Prices, Says Building for Farm
Will Construct New
W.P. Board
Pvt. Horace Nations has returned
to Camp Hood after spending a 15-
day furlough with his wife and son,
Eddie in the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Nations of Blos-
som.
A son, Harry Wayne Jr., was born
| July 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wayne
Barham. The father is with the
Navy in the South Pacific and Mrs.
Barham lives with, her parents, in
Dallas. Harry Wayne is the son of
j Mr. and Mrs. Claude Barham of Dal
las, formerly of Deport.
A|C Delbert E. Haskins of Iowa
City, Iowa, has returned to Chicago,
111., for re-assignment, after a 10-
day leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Haskins, and other rela-
tives at Minter.
FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY
DIES AT PAMPA
John F. Sturgeon, 47, died Mon-
day afternoon at his home at Pampa.
Funeral service and burial were held
there Wednesday. Surviving are
his wife, a daughter and two bro-
thers. Mr. Sturgeon was elected
County Attorney for Lamar in 1922
and served two terms.
W. O. WESTBROOKS HAVE
WEEK END VISITORS
Guests over the week end in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. West-
brook were her sisters, Mmes. Claud
Barham, Henry Reece and daughter-
in-law, Mrs. Walter Reece of Dal-
las and Mrs. Jess Murrell of Kemp.
Sunday guests included her nephews,
Oscar Walter and Wayne Evans
Martin and Ponice McLemore of
Dallas.
THIRTY GALLONS OF GAS
DUE DISCHARGED GIs
James Foster who has been in the
Pacific, and in a hospital after be-
ing wounded, is now at Camp Haas,
Calif., and wires his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Opal Foster, that he expects to
be home soon.
Cpl. Ross Skaggs, who has been in
the ETO for a year, is spending a
30-day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Skaggs. He
will return to Ft. Sam Houston, San
Antonio, for re-assignment.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McHam have
received word that their son, James
Earl McHam, Sic, has landed in the
States and was O. K., but unable to j at Treasure Island, Calif., since that
come home. He is a gunner on the time. He volunteered his service
S. S. Agigail S. Duniway. two and a half years ago.
Sgt. Russell Rakes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Rakes of Bogata, who has
been overseas for three months and
who has been in a hospital in Oahu
Island, has been returned to the
States for medical treatment, accord
ing to word received by his parents.
He is a brother of Mrs. Bill Philley
of Deport.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Burchinal re
ceived a letter Tuesday from their
s»n, William L. Burchinal, Sic, say-
ing he was well, but was not getting
mail from home. He told of places
where he had been which were not
now censored—Pearl Harbor, Hono-
lulu, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
Guam, Marshall Islands, and had
crossed the equator to Tulogi.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hignight have
received word from their son, O.
E! (Nig) Hignight that he had been
promoted from Coxswain to Boat-
swainsmate 2c. He was detached
from an aircraft carrier in the Eu-
ropean theatre in March and has
been stationed at the repair docks
T-5th Grade Melvin Jackson, who
spent a 30-day furlough with his
wife and children, Billie Gunn and
Gary and his mother, Mrs. Albert
Jackson, left Tuesday for Ft. Sam
Houston for re-assignment.
Wilburn Kilgore, who is in the
Army Reserve, left Tuesday for
Camp Chaffee, Ark., for active duty.
His wife and son, Allen will con-
tinue to make their home with his
mother, Mrs. Jesse Kilgore.
Emory Howe, Sic, who has been
in the Pacific for a year, arrived
Thursday night for a thirty-day visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Howe, north of Deport. He has
been in the service for three years.
Travis W. Grant, Sic, son of Mrs.
Osie Grant, has been transferred
from Armed Guard to the fleet and
will have a few months shore duty,
being stationed at present at Mon-
terey, Calif. Another son, Sgt. Wil-
liam E. Grant, is with the air forces
in Chaban, India. Sgt. Grant writes
his mother he is doing fine and to
tell all his friends in Deport he will
see them when all the Japs are
killed.
Jas. L. Murphy, BKR3c, who has
been in a Naval hospital at Bremer
ton, Wash., has been released and
asigned to shore duty, being sent
from Bremerton to Boston, Mass.
He is the son of Mrs. Bertha Mur-
phy.
Pfc. I. M. Anderson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Anderson of Glen-
dale, has arrived home from over-
seas. He wears the ETO ribbon with
three Bronze Stars, Infantryman
badge, Presidential Citation and
Good Conduct ribbon.
CHILD DIES OF POLIO
NEAR MT. VERNON
Death Thursday of Allen Seay, 2,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Seay of
Rock Hill community, in South
franklin county, was attributed to
infantile paralysis. He was carried
to a Mt Vernon hospital Wednesday
noon, and died about 34 hours later.
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\ Oliver Kimbrought of Clovis,
was a guest Friday nlgfatepft
Melvin Jackson.
Capt. Byron Holt who is spend-
ing a 30-day leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holt at Milton,
was in Deport Tuesday visiting
friends. Capt. Holt has been in the
European theatre of operations and
will report to Camp Swift at the end
of his leave.
The Times editor hap received a
nice letter from Pvt. Marvin Lee,
in which he expresses appreciation
for home town news. He and his
brother, J. B., are in the same com
pany with the Eighth Army on Lu-
zon. They visited their uncle, Pfc.
Richard Lewis, a baker with the
11th Airborne Division, and he bak-
ed some of those good Texas bis-
cuits and they had a real meal. Mar-
vin said he had not killed a Jap yet,
but he was in a place where they
were plenty of them, and one could
never tell when it would happen.
After Aug. 3, enlisted men will be
allowed thirty gallons of gasoline at
the time of their discharge, Senator
Hugh B. Mitchell (Dem.) of Wash-
ington, said Monday.
He said he had learned that OPA
will issue such an order Friday.
REV. WAYNE SMITH OCCUPIES
BAPTIST PULPIT SUNDAY
Sam Hunter Grant, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Grant, who recently re-
turned after 16 months spent in the
European theatre of operations, has
received a discharge on the point
system and has joined his wife in
Los Angeles, Calif., where they will
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Whitney of
Minter, have received word from
their son, John B. Whitney, Sic, that
he had arrived in the Aleutian Is-
lands. Seaman Whitney entered the
service in June, 1944. He received
his boot training at the Naval Train-
ing Center at San Diego, Calif. He
was transferred to the Ordnance
Division of the Naval Air Corps and
was stationed at a naval air base
near San Diego until the first of
July. He was sent to Seattle, Wash.,
where he remained a short time be-
fore leaving the States July 11.
Increased output of top coats, over-
coats, dresses and worsted suits is
predicted by the War Production
Board as the agency lifted controls
on woolen and worsted fabrics.
Supply improvement by next fall
and winter was forecast.
This will result, the agency said,
from elimination of an order which
had required manufacturers to set
aside 65 per cent of worsted top pro-
duction for military requirements.
The basic conservation order for
the wool industry also has been re
voked.
WPB said the blanket military set
aside no longer is necessary, since
requirements are being met by in
dividual manufacturers. The basic-
order can be lifted, the agency ex
plained, because of a surplus of
more than 500,000,000 pounds of raw
wool for 1945 production.
Raw wool has not been a factor
recently in the clothing shortage.
The pinch has been due rather to
declining production of fabrics as
the result Qf a manpower shortage
at the mills.
While production controls are be
ing eliminated, eventual better sup-
ply may be accompanned by higher
prices for woolen and worsted gar-
ments. The OPA this week granted
fabric producers higher prices which
l;tier on may be reflected at retail.
Physically Fit Men
Will Fight War
In the Pacific
Men 38 and under with insufficient
points are not being considered for
Army discharge and every physically
fit soldier in the United States who
has not seen combat will be shipped
to the Pacific theater.
Qualified War Department spokes-
men, in Dallas Tuesday for frank
discussion of war problems in a press
conference, revealed that:
1. Only men 40 and over—some
100.000 of them—are eligible for dis-
charge under present regulations. No
change is contemplated at this time.
2. The Army of slightly less than
7,000,000 needed for the Japanese
conquest will include every physi-
cally able soldier in the United
States who has not seen combat.
3. Nearly 400,000 soldiers may be
furloughed to the railroads to meet
critical transportation and redeploy
ment demands.
4. Soon, 2,000 Superforts carrying
20.000 tons of bombs will lash Japan-
ese installations daily. Base, supply
and high octane gasoline transpor-
tation problems are being overcome
to make this destruction possible.
5. Approximately 1,000,000 Japan-
ese soldiers are virtually trapped—
supplies and communications shear-
ed—in spots the Americans by-pass-
ed in their dash to the Nippon heart.
6. Two million men will be mus-
tered out of the Army by mid-1946
a million and a half on points, 300,-
000 by medical discharge, 100,000 as
over-age and 100,000 through mis-
cellaneous channels.
Class Work Room
Plans are in the formative stage
for construction of a vocational agri-
culture class room and work shop-
on the Deport school campus, just
west of the Home Economics build-
ing. The building will be 28x70 feet
and will be constructed of white as-
bestos siding, composition shingle
roof and concrete floors.
Inside of the class room will be
finished in celotex. Contract is ex-
pected to be let by the School Board
for the building on Wednesday night.
“Bond money will not be used to
pay for this building,” said Vocation-
al Instructor J. C. Miller, “but good
management of finances on the part
of Supt. W. T. Hughes and his bud-
get plan.”
For three years the vocational ag-
riculture farm class and work shop
has been located in the Kelsey
building in East Deport, several
blocks from the school campus, and
construction of the new building will
be more convenient for all concern-
ed.
Reports of Dead
Women on Highways
Are Untrue
Reports of dead women on High-
ways 271 and 37 where they cross
Sulphur river have been giving offi-
cers at Bogata, Mt. Vernon and Tal-
co some concern and created inter-
est among the people, but it devel-
oped they were asleep, “dead to the
world,” rather than that their spirits
had departed.
The first report was at 2 o’clock
Wednesday morning and the second
two hours later, and it could have
been the same woman. Officers said
she was from Hugo, and that in both
instances a truck picked her up and
carried her to Paris. Soldiers are
said to have first reported the wo-«
man or women.
People Appreciate
DDT Spraying
An example of how much people
appreciate DDT that is being spray-
ed in the homes of Red River coun-
ty, ridding them of flies, mosquitoes
and other insects, is the report of a
man who was preparing to repaper
his house.
He had old wallpaper torn off
when the spraying crew came to his
home. “Guess we will have to spray
your home when we return in three-
months,” said the DDT man when
he saw all the wallpaper removed.
‘Go ahead with your spraying,*
replied the householder. “We will
leave the wall paper off for three
months.”
Singing Convention
To Meet at Bogata
Rev. Wayne Smith of Paris, occu-
pied the pulpit of the Baptist church
Sunday morning during the absence
of the pastor, the Rev. Harry A. Fisk,
who was conducting a revival meet-
ing at FattonviUe.
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John H. Body, Sic, is' with the
Combat Air Service and is stationed
on Palawan Island. He entered the
Navy in June, 1944, and has been
overseas for eleven months. His
wife and daughter, Adelia Jane, have
received bracelets from him made
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After 18 months tour of Pacific
duty Harvey R. Nicholson, Sic,
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Nicholson, Howland, is a patient at
the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego,
Calif. Seaman Nicholson, a former
student and football player at De-
port High School, sustained a broken
leg in a truck accident on Espiritu
Santo Island in the New Hebrides,
where he had been stationed for four
months. Seaman Nicholson was em-
ployed by an oil company in Fort
Worth before enlisting in the Navy
in January, 1943. His wife, Millie,
lives on Paris R2. A brother, Lewis
Nicholson, is serving with the U. S.
1 ‘Xuzon.
Mr .and Mrs. J. R. Legate, Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Legate and Mrs. Billie
Williams, all of Littlefield, came
Thursday for several days visit in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kin-
sey and with other relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Luther Wright of Dallas,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell and
other relatives. She has just return-
ed from Seattle, Wash., where she
visited her husband, Luther Wright,
Cox. He has returned to the States
for a short while after being on duty
in the Pacific since October, 1944.
He is entitled to wear four service
stars, representing active duty in
four invasions. They are Luzon,
Southern Samhale, Okinawa and Ie
Shiema. Wright is assigned to the
USS Saratogo and it was his ship
that carried Ernie Pyle to Okinawa.
W. _B. Ward of Dallas, friend of
Wright was driving the landing
barge that carried Pyle on the
beach. Cox. Wright has been in the
Navy since May 1944. He received
his training in San Diego, Calif. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Red River County Singing Con-
vention will hold its annual meeting
Bogata on Saturday night and
Sunday. Several good quartets are
expected to be present and the pub-
lic is invited to attend.
Sessions will be held at the school
gymnasium. Officers are Fred.
Swint, president; W. J. Corbell,
vice-president.
VISIT PFC. LARRY PHILLEY
at McKinney hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Philley were in
Dallas Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Elvin Rakes and Mr. and Mrs. Noel
Philley. Their daughter, Elaine, re-
turned home with them after a visit
in the Rakes home and with her sis-
ter, Mrs. Jack Griffin and T|Sgt.
Griffin at Ft. Worth. They also vis-
ited Pfc. Larry Philley, who is a
patient at Ashburn General hospital
at McKinney.
BOGATA MAN SUFFERS
SKULL, ARM FRACTURES
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Ralph Bryant of Bogata, sustanied
fracture
and lacerations of the head SatuTr ,
day morning when he fell from tjba
Paris and Mt. Pleasant railroad!
bridge across White Oak creek wfcdfr
at work.
He was taken to a Paris J
where he remained
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