The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1942 Page: 4 of 4
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SAT., AUGUST 15th, 1942
DEATH ROLL
Marines’ Chief
Mary Fay Davis Describes Allied
To Become Army Assault On Isles
Radio Operator
Miss )Mary Fay Davis is the
first Denison woman to receive
an
class of
JOHN C. BUSH.
Funeral services for John
Bush, 09, 420 W. Monterey, a re-
tired Katy stores department em-
' ployed and a. resident of Denison
24 years, who died1 early Friday
j at a local hospital, were held this
afternoon at 2:30 from Short-
Murray chapel, Rev. Fullerton,
pastor of the Sherman Church of
WASHINGTON, Aug. IE
Fleet guns and bombing planes Christ, officiating,
pinned the enemy to the ground Interment was at Gober, Texas,
and the (Marines poured ashore- Pallbearers here were Creed John-
That’s the way Lieutenant Gen- son, C. 0. Corthron, J. D. Harris,
. I eral Thomas Holcomb, Marine H. D. Lindsey, H. B.
appointment as member o ^orpS commandant, described the C. I. O’Dell,
s of women to take special in-, . . , on th golo_---v_
In War Picture
Heart-Warming Story Of Average
English Woman At Rialto Tonite
0
Heart ligld
Jan Struther’s best-seller, "(Mrs.
(Miniver,” heart-warmning story
of an aveage English woman has
been brought to the screen as a
timely and significant motion pic-
ture, dealing as it does with the
heroic courage of the British
middle classes on the home
structors’ training in operating, mQn Islands Holcomb said in
military sending and receiving ra-j broadcast that the (Marines
i* . _ a. hi 111 InniTo in "
re-
Dad And Lad’s
Bldg, To Be
Occupied, Coles
dio sets. Miss Davis will leave in bearsed the same maneuver in the
a few days for Scott Field, 111., chegapeake . Bay area only a few
army air corps base. I months ago.
Daughter of ,Mr. and Mrs. John: Here-g the way the command-
Davis, U19 West Crawford, she! ant gaid |t was worked: j
"Ships arrived off-shore. Ma- The building formerly occupied
) rines shoved off in fast landing by the Dvd and Lad’s store at
boats, and at the pre-arranged 313 W. Main street, has been ren-
time sped shoreward. During the ted by the Cole Department
run to the beach, and throughout store head and will be occupied
the attack, guns of the fleet, and about the first of September, it
planes, pinned the enemy to the was learned here today,
ground with their shells and The Cole store is the successor
bombs.” ' to the Robinson Department store,
When the first wave of (Marines which has been operating at 400-
reacbed the beach, reported Hoi- 402 W. Main street, for several
comb, they b^gan cutting through months. , i
wire barricades and infiltrating It is not known who will occu-
enemy lines. Then the other Lea- Py the building at 400
had been teaching at Matoy, Okla.
At college she majored in mathe-
matics and science, and it was the
degrees in these that recommend-
ed her for the military appoint-
ment
This will be the lirst group of
women to be trained for the work
the classes to last three months,
followed by assignment to posi-
tions.
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Arnold and[ Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon front during the present war. It
in a scene from 'Mrs. Minerva," J comes as a preview tonight, then
preview tonight, then Sunday and' on Sunday and jMonday at the Ri-
Monday at the Rialto theatre. It'alto theatre.
is unique in that it is a war pic. |------
ture, yet shows no battle scenes.^Rs. |M^M^f|NANY BREAKS
It reveres the usual war film by|WRl|TS |N <FALL (FRIDAY
recording, jnstead, the courage
and bravery of the civilians, car-
rying on despite air raids.
BRIEF
Patrolman Fred Prestage at-
tended the rodeo at Ada, Okla.,
last night.
Police Desk Sergeant and Mrs.
Leland Miller have returned from
a two-weeks vacation in Los An-
geles.
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MARKETS
(Continued from Page 1)
Fryers, under 3 lbs. ...... 18c
Fryers, over 3 lbs................ 15,
Hens, lighs .......... 1'c
Hens, heavy ..................-18c
Old roosters ........................... 8c
Turkeys, No. 1 hens ......... 15c
Turkeys, No. 1 toms ............ 13c
Turkeys, No. 2 hens . 10c
Turkeys aid hens .................... 16r
Turkeys, old toms.................11c
Turkeys, No. 2 toms ................ 9c
Guineas, each ................ • 25c
Eggs, mixed 28c
Butter, best grades ............ 30e
Cotton
Middling .............. 18.3'iC
Gram
Corn> yellow ...........-............... 76c
Corn, white (red cob) ...... 75i.
The story, simply, honestly and
graphically told at is might be in
a dispatch from a bombed Eng-
lish village, is woven around the
Minervers and their family. Greer
Garson as (Mrs, Miniver and
Walter Pidgeon as her husband,
Clem, are starred in the Metro-
GoldwynyMayer picture. The film
happily reunites them as the pub-
lic demanded, after their out-
standing performances in "Blos-
soms in the Dust.”
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Phantom Barber’
Believed Caught
thernecks poured in behind them, but it is
___ —. .___grocery
I’ASCAOOUjLA, Aug. 15
_The police of Pascagoula today
think that they’ve caught the
“Phantom Barber.”
They said he is William A.
Dolan, 67, a German-educated
W. Main,] chemist. Dolan who has been in
Mrs. C. L. M^Mennamy, 69, suf-
fered two broken wrists yester-
day just before noon when she fell
in a downtown department store.
A.ShorMMurray ambulance took
the elderly lady to the ,Long-Sneed
hospital where she received treat-
ment. Her home Is at 726 W
(Munson.
Three New Tribes
Added To Scouts
understood a
concern has been
ested in the location for
time.
chain
inter-
some
Scout Executive George A. Hol-
land today announced that as a
result of an expansion program
being lanched by the, Durant dis-
trict this week, the Red River Val-
ley Scout Council has gained
three new tribes with an approx-
imate membership of 75 boys.
The tribes represent Cobb, Mead
and Blue, Okla-, and will be offici-
ally registered into the council
during the first week of Septem-
ber.
A second troop by the Durant
First Baptist church has been or-
ganized and 38 merit badge coun-
cilors received training at Durant
lari week with Claud Hurt, coun-
cil training chairman incharge.
CONTRACT LET FOR AIR
RIALTO
LAST TIMES TODAY
RIP-ROARING
65VILS of
THE AIR!
fAGLf
SQUADRON1
V ■ '1^'
A dime out of every
dollar we earn
1
IS OUR QUOTA
for VICTORY with
U.S. WAR BONOS
'FIELD ADM IN ISTR AT ON BLPG
The Denison district army en-
gineer office today announced a
contract has been let for the
construction of an administration (
building at Perrin field.
The contract, in an amount less
than $50,000 was awarded to
(Lawton Wilson of Trenton, Texas.
Date the contract was issued was
not revealed. i
v .%/JS*'
Rok*f,swa<
Diana BARRYMOM
jail for three weeks, is charged
with attempted murder in connec-
tion with an assault on Terrell
Heidelberg and his wife. The
Phantom Barber was so named f0rd B.
because he slipped
: Rtmtmber Bataan
Invest
A Dime Out of
Every Dollar in
^U.S.Wor Bonds
Goforth, of Denison, ac
into homeS| cepted employment in the engin-
and cut the hair of sleeping per-' eering department as junior en-
sons. Police charge his motive gineering aide.
Boys Wanted
The Denison Press has a place
for boys who are industious and
who want to make some spending
money for school days. Work is
light and will require only a short
time each afternoon. Apply at 9
a. m. any morning.
LISTEN IN!
LeRoy M Anderson
Each Night 9:00
Over K. R. R. V.
All Next Week
was to hurt the morale of war
workers.
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TWIJ4 SIXERS PASS
TEST ALMOST IDENTICALLY
# £2*
Things come in doubles fori
some folks. Trula D. and Lula '
T. McMennamy of route 2, Kok-,
chito, Okla., twin sisters, passed
a typing test at the engineers of-
fice yesterday, making grades of
86 and 87 with speed of 67 and
69 words, respectively; were as-
signed to the same section for j
employment, in the same office'
with the same boss. They will
work for Ross Wilson m the ma-
terials section.
Without so much fanfare, San-
SUNDAY-At Carl’
Routt or Fried Chicken 60c
From cocktail to dessert
Special Lunch 25c and 35c
Special Evening
Dinnert ........ 60c, 75c, )1
Carl’s Grill
105 S. Burnett
m,
Prevue Sat. Night
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S,if MAKfS £VfN
AIR-RAID
SHELTERS "HOMFV"
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Our fighting men are doing ]
their share. Here at homo
the least we can do is put 10% j
of our income in War Bonds j
for our share in America. i
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Our Pledge
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"We hereby pledge ourtelvet to
support the candidate whom we
believe posesses the highett type
of integrity, the greateit degree
of efficiency, executive ability
and courage, and who it much
lets retiring and more aggrettive
in action,”, tay the popular and
teriout-minded women of Gray-
ton |County. . . ’ ” We want a
man in the legislature whom we
have a right to believe will serve
the best interests of the common
people”
That Man Is
SUPERIOR
QUALITY
LeRoy M. Anderson
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR
mgr
Prevue Sat. Nite
".dero Shanyri-Lo
.. : i life is like a song
ikui never ends)
p/mam. TRACY
PLACE 1, GRAYSON COUNTY
#4LA MARR ^GARFIELD
VOTE
. . . for honesty and efficiency in
State Government. Vote for the
man who consistently has fought
for a greater Denison and Gray-
son through all the years he has
been a publisher.
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1942, newspaper, August 15, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527933/m1/4/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.