Red Cross War Fund Drives in Jeff Davis County
The Red Cross War Fund drive in Jeff Davis County shows a raised quota of 2300 with receipts totaling 2611 and more pledges expected. Local committee chair L E Wood urges continued contributions as funds are needed to aid service members, with Miss Pearl Williams credited for the Valentine drive that netted about 700. Volunteers at Red Cross quarters in the Baptist church parlor continue sewing surgical bandages, seeking help 2 to 6 pm Mon Tue Wed and 7 to 10 pm Tue, with new worker G W Davis joining the effort.
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Davis County
War Fund Committee
L. E. Wood
Amd Friends
Jeff Davis County
J. K. Vy
Pearl Williams
Valentine
Miss Williams
Red Cross Trend
Mes G. W. Davis
Baptist
Dr Lockhart Ordered to Report for Duty at Camp Polk
Dr W B Lockhart who received his commission as captain in the Medical Corps last October has been ordered to report for active duty and will leave Monday for his station at Camp Polk La He and family have lived in Alpine since fall 1986 His father Capt W B Lockhart Sr died last August at Fort Sill Okla where he served in World War I and long headed the business admin department at West Texas State College Canyon He also has a brother and two brothers in law serving in the armed forces.
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W. B. Lockhart
Medical Corps
Camp Polk
Lockhart
Alpine
Capt
W. B Lockhart Sr
Fort Sill
Oklo
West Texas State College
Canyon
T. R. Gathright
First Baptist Church
Deer Park
Texas
Fort Davis
Wife of Local AFS Man Joins WAAC and Says It's Wonderful
Col Stella E Golden of Eugene Oregon wife of Pvt First Class Corrie H Golden of the 964th Twin Engine Flying Training squadron joined the WAAC on the same day last year in Eugene to do her part in the war effort. She trained in Des Moines Iowa then Jacksonville Florida where she serves as a switchboard operator for the Aircraft Warning service. She lives in a city district apartment near her post and enjoys swimming bowling and skating with WAAC companions. Pvt Golden is proud of his wife’s role and says she is happy in her work.
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WAAC
Stella E. Golden
Eugene
Oregon
Corrie H. Golden
964Th
Rafafs
Women’s Army Auxiliary
Cpl
Goldsen
Des Moines
Iowa
Jacksonville
Fla
Aircraft Warning Service
Eugene Aws
Golden
USC
St. Augustine
Irks
Cand of Thanks for Aunt Metta Harms
The family thanks all who expressed sympathy and helped during their bereavement. Gratitude goes to the Presbyterian church and choir for kindness and to those who sent flowers. The family of Aunt Metta Harms. Keep them rolling. Your scrap metal is needed now.
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Presbyterian Church
Metta Harms
Expression of gratitude for kindness after bereavement
The family of Mrs. Lee H. Reid thanks friends for sympathy and flowers. The note encourages wartime scrap metal drives with the call to Junk the Japs and recycle all scrap metal now.
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Lee H. Reid
Missing Abilene Girl Found Dead in Brewster County Cave
Sheriff and deputies led a search aided by the Texas Defense Guard for a Fort Davis area girl missing since late February. The body was found southeast of town near Alpine in a cave like opening. Suspect Lolo Quiroz, 30, employed where the girl worked, confessed to the slaying during custody and is jailed in Alpine awaiting court. The motive appeared to be robbery and death by strangulation.
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Ody
J. C. Walker
Preston Johnson
Bean
Real
Texas Defense Guard Company
T. S. Redford
R. K. Merrill
Leo Bishop
Dad” Parker
Alpine
Alfonso Bencomo
Texas Defense Guard
Fort Davis
Lolo Quiroz
Quirer
Brewster County
Jett Davis County
Quiroz
Park Land Titles Await Federal Acceptance
Park officials in Chicago oversee the work on Big Bend park land titles. It may take three to four weeks before official acceptance by Ickes. Representative Ewing Thomason of El Paso, a lead sponsor, received a letter from Newton B. Drury of the National Park Service noting Texas will furnish title certificates instead of abstracts, simplifying the process.
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Chicago
Ickes
Ewing Thomason
el Paso
Big Bend Park Project
Newton B. Drury
National Park Service
Ate
Texas
Cadet Hallin and Lt Yeager Highlight Air Corps Cadet News
Cadet Hallin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Hallin of Eugene Oregon, trained at Mather Field and Oregon State College before enlisting in the Air Corps on October 28 1940. Lt Yeager, a former Little All American at Santa Barbara and ex New York Giants end, earned wings March 9 1942 in Roswell New Mexico after professional football and PE coaching. He is stationed at the field and resides there.
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Hallin
Oregon State College
Air Corps
Pendleton
Ore
Army Air Base
Minter Field
Cal
Hugo Hallin
Eugene
Mae Morris
Portland
Lt. Yeager
Muir Tech High School
Pasadena
Santa Barbara State College
Claremont College
California
Santa Barbara
Roswell
N. M
Yeager
Mather Field
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