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The Sunday Record
ESTABLISHED IN 1929 AS THE WOOD COUNTY RECORD
Sixteenth Year—Number 16
Mineola, Texas, Sunday, July 15, 1945
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General “Ike” Eisenhower,
conqueror of the Nazis, brought
back to America the thanks of
all service men for the service
l„ they, -receive from the National
War Fund, as a result of pub-
lic gifts.
In one of his first public ap-
pearances the Allied comman-
der declared:
“But this connection of yours
with the battle line is no im-
personal thing. Your quotas on
the battle line prevent any
such idea creeping into our
thinking. And you can do more
than merely your share in pro-
ducing the arms and equipment
to save American lives. There
is a spiritual side to the sol-
dier’s life that is often starved.
I mean his opportunities for
recreation, for feeling close to
his home folks. One of the ways
that that can be helped is
through the entertainment spon
sored by the USO. It is some-
thing that deserves your sup-
port just exactly as does the
Red Cross. They have done a
magnificent work -and sent
great artists to the field that
haye made the soldier feel he
was back on Broadway almost.
With’ your energy sustained
the full, our soldiers fight-
ing in the Pacific, and by sol-
diers I mean all fighting ser-
vices, not merely land armies,
the victory in Japan is certain.
USO and other National War
Fund agencies are supported
entirely through contributions
to local and county and com-
munity war chest organizations
throunghout the nation. And
now, General Eisenhower, him-
self, the generous donors who
help make up Texas annual
contribution of almost $5,000,000
have proof that the funds they
provide are definitely helping
win the war.
Senate Committee OK’s Peace Charter
T. &P. Line Places Orders tor
New Streamlined Equipment
List of Petit Jurors
Named for 3rd Week
District Clerk H. H. McAllis-
ter has released the following
list of men who are to report
for petit juror service Monday
morning for the third week of
the present term of District
Court:
J C Wheeler, J,D Fowler,
Frank Dickson, C W Cumbie.
J G Cole, T A Browning, H
jy, L M Shamburger, I R
Burnett, B M Robertson, Thom-
as Pegues, Oscar Sims, Wilson
Aaron, R L Bridges, Alonzo
Williamson, Paul Anderson, L
F Long, Tee Lechner, H E God-
win, J J Westmoreland, J J
Mills, H V Henry, J R Shaw.
O W Brown, H G Barnett, Har-
ry Gordon, T J Bailey, P G
Shuford, R T Pool, C B Tem-
pleton, Ralph Robinson, J M.
Weems, Clint Miller, Howard
Romine, R D Taylor, E M Pitt-
man, W T Holley, C W Carnes.
Harvey Waggoner, Joe D Crad-
dock, LeRoy Yates, J L Mulli-
nax, V S Padgett, R J Sham-
burger, Virgil Talley, J F Dial,
James Wright, L A Luman,
Barney Johnson.
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MOVE TO MINEOLA
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Skelton
have purchased the B. H. Dav-
idson home on West Kilpatrick
and moved here from Quitman
this week.
THE WEATHER
U. S; Weather Station
Mineola, Texas
SUNDAY: Considerable cloud-
iness, showers, temperature in
upper 80’s.
Temperature at 1 p.m. Sat-
urdey, 88;; minimum Saturday
morning 74; maximum Friday,
88. Sabine River was falling
Saturday afternoon after reach-
ing 16.20 feet.
Travel Luxury for
Future Travelers
Assured by Step
Seven Deisels,
100 New Cars
To Be Built
Travel luxury of the first or-
der loomed for railroad riders
of Texas, Louisiana and the
Southwest as W. G. Vollmer.
President of The Texas and
Pacific railway announced Sat-
urday that a contract has been
let for construction of equip-
ment for the new streamlined
passenger trains that Company
will operate daily between New
Orleans, Dallas, Fort Worth and
El Paso, and, in cooperation
with the Missouri Pacific lines,
between Fort Worth, Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, Memphis
and St. Louis.
He said the order was placed
this week when Texas and Pa-
cific and Missouri Pacific of-
ficials met in St. Louis and let
contracts for building 100 pas-
senger cars to operate on these
trains over the two railroads.
He said 44 of these will be pur-
chased by his line, and 56 by
the Missouri Pacific.
The two railroads also placed
an order for four 4,000 horse
power and three 2,000 horse
power Diesel-Electric locomo-
tives for use with these trains.
Cne of the locomotives will
contain two A units of 2,000
horse power each, enabling it
to operate in either direction
without the necessity of turn-
ing.
Mr. Vollmer said the manu-
facturers believed that govern-
ment restrictions on men and
materials would allow delivery
of this new equipment by the
second half of 1946.
Announcement that these new
trains would be put in service
as soon as new equipment could
be obtained after the war was
made last February by J. L.
Lancaster, Chairman of the
Board of The Texas and Pacific
They will provide overnight ser-
vice each way between Fort
Worth, Dallas, Mineola and St.
Louis, and substantially short-
en the travel time between
New Orleans, Dallas, Fort
Worth, El Paso and California
points.
Twenty-nine of the new cars
will be used between New Or-
leans and El Paso. They are
three mail and baggage, three
bagsage and express, nine
chair, three diner lounge and
11 sleeping cars.
The 15 which will be used on
the Sunshine Special between
Fort Worth and St. Louis,
See T. & P. on page 4
Sgt. Lamar Holley
Arrives In States
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SGT. LAMAR HOLLEY
Sgt. Lamar Holley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer H. Holley of
Mineola, arrived in New York
City on Wednesday and called
home from there to tell his
parents he was enroute to San
Antonio and expected to be
home in a few days. Holley has
been overseas more than a
year and a half, and has served
in England, France, Belgium
and Germany.
A display of war trophies and
souvenirs gathered by him in
his journeys are on display in
a large case in front of the
Holley Service Station. The pub-
lic is invited to look it over.
A German radio, fur flying
jackets, guns, knives, bayonets,
insignia and other trophies
make it most interesting.
Rehabilitation
Clinic to Be
Held In Longview
A free Rehabilitation Clinic,
sponsored by the State Voca-
tional Rehabilitation Service. U.
5. Employment Service (War
Manpower Commission). Long-
view Chamber of Commerce, U.
S. Civil Service Commission, will
be held at the Longview Senior
High School building on Wed-
nesday, July 18 from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., it was announced this
week by H. C. Braly of Quit-
man, Supervisor for Wood Coun-
ty of the Crippled Children’s
Division of the State Depart-
ment of Health.
Purpose of the clinic is for
the placing of handicapped in-
dividuals in gainful employ-
ment or increasing their pres-
ent productivity and earning
ability.
Any physically handicapped
person is urged to attend the
Free Clinic.
See CLINIC on Page 4
Strangling Jap Supply Lines
Major W. F. Pickett
Visits Friend Here
Major W F. Pickett, an army
doctor who just recently re-
turned from the Philippines to
Dallas, was here during the
weekend to visit his friend, Mrs.
Louise Wells.
Major Pickett and other army
doctors established the 29th
Evacuation Hospital while Ma-
nila blazed and exploded, ac-
cording to a story in the Times
Herald, which carried his pic-
ture. This hospital was later
used to treat internees from
Santo Tomas and March of
Death survivors.
Major Pickett . tells of the
nick-of-time rescue of a family
cat by the storming of Santo
Tomas. It^/ owners shook the
doctor’s hand, said they had
decided sadly that they would
it the following day.
Funeral Rites for
Former Mineolan
To Be Monday
Funeral and burial rites will
be held here Monday morning
at 10 o’clock at the Central
Christian Church for O. A. Tun-
ncll Er., brother-in-law cf Mrs.
E. A. Tharp. Mr. Tunnell re-
sided in Oklahoma City, but re-
sided here for many years be-
fore leaving about 15 years ago.
At that time he was connected
with the First National Bank
of Mineola.
Interment will be in City
Cemetery under the direction
of English Funeral Home.
Mr. Tunnell was born and
reared at Garden Valley, and
has a number of relatives in
that section, at Van and has a
brother in Tyler and a sister
at Grand Saline. He passed
away in Polyclinic Hospital at
5 p.m. Friday.
Besides the above mentioned
relatives he is survived by his
widow, one son, O. A. Tunnell,
Jr. of Corpus Christi, two
daughters, Mrs. A. L. Clough of
Ardmore, Oklahoma and Mrs.
Bob Blank of Galveston.
First National Bank
Continues to Gain
The First National Bank con-
tinues to gain in deposits and
resources, according to the lat-
est report issued on June 30.
Deposits are now well over the
$3 million dollar mark, and
show a gain over the last re-
port.
New employees at the Bank
include Speights Patillo, who
was formerly employed there
about 12 year ago, and R. B.
Hagood.
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Home From Overseas
E. J. Mitcham, AMM 1-c is
home on a 30-day leave visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
Mitcham. He has been in over-
sea service for the past 18
months.
(Unitod Nation• Photo
A JAP SUPPLY SHIP blaze* after attack* by British bomber* in the Gulf ol
Siam, over which the R.A.F. is now winging from newly-won bases in liberated
Burma. This ship sank in four minutes and the R A.F. plane* *t the sair e tim*
also sank a 2.700-ton Japanese submarine depot ship. Thus American anJ B >mh
air force* are tightening their stranglehold from both east and watt on th< lew
supply lines left to the Ians in their ill-gotten conquest* » South fc«»i
Governor Signs Bill
For Jim Hogg Park
“Revenoor ’ In Town
Checking Car Stamps
Representatives of the United
States Department of Internal
Revenue were in Mineola Sat-
urday checking cars for the
new 1945 Auto Use Stamp. A
large number of cars, trucks,
etc., were found here parked
on the streets. Tickets were is-
sued and in most instances
folks proved that they had the
stamps in the car or on their
person but hadn"t stuck them
on the windshield.
Among the first culprits to
answer the summons was
George Dewey Minick, City At-
torney of Mineola, who had
the stamp, but it wasn’t on the
windshield.
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Quitman Citizen
Represents Countv
On USO BOARD'
Wood county, which con-
tributes generously to the Nat-
ional War Fund each year, is
represented in the official fam-
ily of the United War Chest of
Texas, which directs the annual
campaigns “for our own and
for our allies.”
The local civic leader who
serves on the board of directors
of the state war chest and helps
set policies governing the war
program in Texas is: H. V.
Puckett, Quitman,
Board members who meet an-
nually In Austin, are the guid-
ing directors of all phases of
the Texas drive. The board,
composed of members repre-
senting every county and every
strata of Texas citizenship, es-
tablishes general policies, acts
on acceptance of the state’s
war fund quota and goal, sets
the sum to be budgeted for ex-
penses of the campaign, em-
ploys the general manager of
the state war chest, passes up-
on all financial matters and,
through the executive • com-
mittee and several specialized
committees, assigns local quo-
tas and directs all other phases
of the vast program.
Thus this county, as all other
Texas counties, has a definie
and emphatic voice in the op-
eration of the war chest pro-
gram, through its local leaders
who are members of the beard
or of the various -lmnnrtftnh
Reunion Grounds
In Quitman May
Be Acquired
State to Spend
$4,000 In All
On Project
Quitman citizens interested
in creation of the proposed
Jim Hogg Memorial Park in
the county seat have been in-
formed that Gov. Coke R. Stev-
enson has signed the Chadick
bill to make it a law.
The bill was introduced in
the Senate by State Senator T.
C. Chadick and it has taken
about four years to get it pass-
ed. The bill calls for an ap-
propriation for $2,000 per year
for the next two years to be
spent for improvements and
parties interested believe that
once the park is established
permanent improvements will
be made and the legislature
will pay for that.
It is understood that efforts
will be made to secure the Old
Setlers Reunion Ground for the
establishment of a permanent
state park. It wouldn’t in-
terfere with the Reunions
which will be resumed after
the war.
Efforts will also be made to smau arils fire to secure a firm
Bruce Kelly’s
Marine Division
Is Commended
The 22nd Marines, of which
Bruce Kelly, PhM 1-c was at-
tached until recently, has been
highly commended for out-
standing heroism by the Sec-
retary of Navy, James Forres-
tal.
The citation is reprinted:
“The Secretary of the Navy
takes pleasure in commending
the First Provisional Marine
Brigade, comprised of Head-
quarters Company; Brigade Sig-
nal Company; Brigade Military
Police Company; 4th Marines,
Reinforced; 22nd Marines. Re-
inforced; Naval Construction
Battalion Maintenance Unit
515, and 4th Platoon, 2nd Mar-
ine Ammunition Company ,for
service as follows:
“For outstanding heroism m
action against enemy Japanese
forces during the invasion of
Guam, Marianas Islands, from
July 21 to August 10, 1944.
Functioning as a combat unit
for the first time, the First
Provisional Marine Brigade for-
ced a landing against strong
hostile defense and well cam-
ouflaged positions, steadily ad-
vancing inland under the re-
lentless fury of the enemy’s
heavy artillery, mortar and
Vote Unanimous
To Place U. S.
With Peace Plan-
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To Begin Debate
In the Senate
Within Few Days
WASHINGTON — The Unit
Nations charter designed to pi
serve peace won approval fr
the senate foreign relatk
committee today, without a dis-
senting vote, without reset
tion and without amendment.
The committee wound up fH
days of public hearings at
o.m., deliberated a half hoi
and voted 20 to 0 to recommei
ratification. .
The treaty will be forme
reported to the Senate n«
Monday just as it was sig
by 50 nations at San Franc
Debate on the senate
starts Monday, July 23, may
two wteks or more.
Three of the 23 commit
members were absent when
vote was taken—Senators Jc
son (R.,Cal.) 1919 foe of
League of Nations, Shlj
(R., Min.) and Murray'
Mont).
They will have a chance to
recorded In the voting If
desire, Chairman Connally <1
Tex.) said.
The week’s layover, Cor
said, probably will save
in the long run, because it
give the senators “a chance
examine the hearings and
prepare their remarks.
A poll of the senate
shown that ratification by
necessary two thirds majorlt
is assured. Barkley and Majc
ity Whip Hill of Alabama ei
hope for a unanimous approt
Committee action followed
last day of hearings in whi
ratification was recommendc
by a group of public figures wl
frequently disagree on other |
issues.
Winding up a week of testi-
mony by 75 witnesses, the sen-1
ate foreign relations committee!
heard approval of the treaty.
William Green, AFL president;]
Phillip Murray, CIO head; John]
Foster Dulles, adviser to Gov. I
Thomas E. Dewey in his 1944
campaign; and Norman Thomas j
Socialist party leader.
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Pfc. Charles McRae
Wounded On Louzon
Pfc. Charles R. McRae vat
slightly wounded i n action |
against remaining Japanese;
forces on Luzon on June 30«
according to a message receiv-
ed by his mother, Mrs. Ethel
M. McRae of near Mineola,
Friday. No details were given.
secure the old Jim Hogg home
in Quitman, now owned by J.
B. Goldsmith estate and move
it to the new park.
The park would be a tribute
to one of Texas’ most famous
governors and one of the coun-
ty’s most outstanding citizens of
all times. Gov. Hogg once had
his law office in Mineola and
a bronze tablet marks the spot
adjacent to the Henry Hotel.
Hogg was at one time Justice
of the Peace in Quitman.
County Attorney, District At-
torney, was elected Attorney
General of Texas and from
there went to the Governor’s
chair at Austin.
Pfc. Franklin Willis
Wounded On Okinawa
Mrs. Alice Willis of Mineola,
Route 1, has been notified by
the War Department that- her
son, ‘Pfc. . Franklin .Willis, -wasj-^
slightly wounded in action - on
Okinawa on June 9., No -other
information’ was given, except
td ‘ Write hini gt the same ad-
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beachhead by nightfall. Execut-
ing a difficult turning move-
ment to the north this daring
and courageous unit fought its
way ahead yard by yard
through mangrove swamps,
dense jungles and over cliffs
and although terrifically re-
duced in strength under the
enemy’s fanatical counterat-
tacks, hunted the Japanese in
caves, pillboxes and foxholes
and exterminated them. By their
individual acts of gallantry and
their indomitable fighting team-
work throughout this bitter and
costly struggle, the men of the
First Provisional Marine Brig-
ade aided immeasurably In res-
toration of Guam to our sover-
eignty.’’’ '■: t, .. ,.....
“All per&nnel .serving-, in =the
First Ptovifcibriai;.jBrigade -during
the above jpeptionad period are
hereby authorized •‘to wear the
Navy .Unit .Commendation Rib-
' l,n
■'i Secretary 5 of the. Navy
. JAMifij^; 'l^pRRESTAL,
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Couple Married Here'
Wednesday Evening
Miss Vera Belle Wells, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wells
and Pvt. Engene M. Bolin, son
of Mrs. Ora Dell Benson of
Houston, united in marriage in
a ceremony performed at the
altar of the First Baptist
Church here Wednesday after-
noon at 4 o’clock. Rev. R. Et
Streetman read the ring cere-
mony.
A small group of relatives
and friends were present.
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iTwo Friends Meet
In Philippines
Mrs. A. W. McKinney has jj
received a letter from her sonT
Chesley McKinney, Seaman
first class, in which he stated
that he had recently met
old friend, Pfc. Calvin D;
(Snooks) Zoblosky somewhere in
the Philippines on June 30.
They spent five hours ioget
and' enjoyed the vary
occasion immei
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