Must Maintain Trucks Buses To Keep Nation Moving
Amarillo district manager N F Nelson warns 1944 truck and bus production will be limited due to War Production Board needs. Few new vehicles will be built this year, so owners should focus on maintaining and repairing existing stock to avoid transport disruption. Parts supply improves, enabling regular overhauls of essential trucks despite tight supplies.
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N. F. Nelson
Amarillo
ODT
Nelson
War Production Board
Army
Mayor Corning to Join Army After Sponsoring Draft Meetings
Mayor Erastus Corning II attended the final pre induction meeting as a sponsor but will leave next week for military service. The article notes his role in organizing the series to ease draftees transition from civilian to military life. Vic Corn remark appears as a non sequitur in the text.
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Albany
N. Y
Erastus Corning II
Army
Pantex Assembly Lines Run Full Blast in Amarillo Boxes
Two Amarillo factories, the Amarillo Box Factory and The Star Lumber Company's plant at the Tri-State Fairgrounds, operate full scale to produce containers for ammunition for Pantex. The article notes plans to convert plants after the war and highlights modern machinery and hopeful early成果.
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Amarillo
Scouts Must Be Clever as Daniel Boone
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's scouts act as Army eyes, keeping constant contact with the enemy to reveal intentions and avert surprises. Members include Sgt. Paul G. Rudy of the Bronx and Lt. Harold N. Lambers of Cincinnati among others in a rugged, frontier‑style unit.
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Daniel Boone
Davey Crockett
Clark
Italy
Mark W. Clark
Paul G. Rudy
The
Bronx
Harold N. Lambers
Cincinnati
de Grandon
Austin
Tex
Richard Harwood
Gulfport
Miss
Howard E. Lee
Forest Hills
N. Y
Soldier Lambers Wins Medal for Daring Reconnaissance
Sgt. Lambers, a noted scout and crack shot, led a flank during a hill reconnaissance under German fire. He moved De Grandon and two others to cover, bypassed a dugout, and killed a German in a concealed position. The German had a large alarm clock in his dugout, which amused and unsettled the observer.
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Lambers
Rudy
de Grandon
Presbyterians Plan Candle Light Communion Friday
First Presbyterian Church hosts a Candle Light Communion Service on Good Friday at 8 p.m. The service welcomes church members, officers and service personnel from Am arillo Field and all others. The church nursery will be open to care for small children.
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Amarillo Field
Hen’s egg hints at Patton war end date prank
Fort Worth witnesses a claim by General Patton that a hen laid an egg with an inscription reading War ends 11 15 44. Critics doubt the stunt while supporters deem it a genuine omen from the roostered fowl.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Elton G. Patton
Patton
Thomases
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