Eden Polished Up For Churchill Job
Associate Press report discusses Anthony Eden resigning as foreign secretary to focus on Commons leadership as a potential successor to Churchill. Observers note Eden, aged 46, could usher in the Young Conservatives and face a tough test in domestic leadership amid postwar reconstruction. The piece mentions possible successor Lord Cranborne and cites upcoming council meetings in Amarillo and Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Churchill
Eden
England
London
Lord Cranborne
Dominion Affairs
Cranborne
Commons
Traveling Men Elect A R Young Amarillo U C T Leader
Andrew R. Young was elected senior counsellor of Amarillo Council No. 225 United Commercial Travelers of America. The Amarillo U C T year closed with strong membership gains and a slate of officers including Sam G. Marshall as junior counsellor Emil M. Benesch past counsellor M K Young secretary treasurer J Wesley Thomas conductor C W Manly page Don H. Reid sentinel Walter B. Allen chaplain. On the executive committee are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew R. Young
Amarillo
United Commercial Travelers of America
Sam G. Marshall
Emil M. Benesch
M. K. Young
J. Wesley Thomas
C. W. Manly
Don H. Reid
Sentinel
Walter B. Allen
Bank of England Governor to Resign After 24 Years
London April 6 Sir Montagu Collet Norman governor of the Bank of England for 24 years will resign at the end of his current term this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
London
U.P
Montagu Collet Norman
690 French Prisoners of War Headed Home
The German controlled Vichy radio said 690 French prisoners would arrive in Compiegne today on their way home from Germany. It marks the first mention of repatriation steps by French or German sources in some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London
Vichy Radio
Compiegne
Amarillo Servicemen Named in Air Forces Graduations
Cadets Bruce D. Andrews and Stanley D. Foreman of Amarillo were graduated March 13 from the Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command in Texas and commissioned as second lieutenants. Andrews graduated from Altus Field Oklahoma and Foreman from Lubbock Army Air Field. Lt. W. A. Hansard Jr. of Amarillo completed pilot transition at Hobbs Army Air Field and is a Flying Fortress commander. Seaman Gardner, a former Sweetwater resident, earned third class petty officer rating after boat training in San Diego. Corporal Joe V. Hales of Route 1, a Canyon High School and Amarillo native, was promoted at the 469th Combat Crew Training School. Seabee Charles T. Ledbetter, husband of Mrs. Emogene Ledbetter, is training as a machinist mate at Camp Peary Williamsburg VA. Two Amarillo men, Cadets Jack R. Koesjan and Harry K. Smith Jr., reported to Maxwell Field for pre flight training.
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Bruce D. Andrews
Stanley D. Foreman
Amarillo
Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command
Texas
Andrews
Alabama Street
Altus Field
Altus
Okla
Foreman
East Thirteenth Avenue
Lubbock Army Air Field
W. A. Hansard, Jr
Hobbs Army Air Field
Hansard
Stockton Field
Calif
Australia
U. S. Navy
Seaman Gardner
Sweetwater
San Diego
Joe V. Hales
469Th Combat Crew Training School
Alexandria
Canyon
Corporal Hales
Texas A. & M
Aggies
Seabee
Charles T. Ledbetter
Emogene Ledbetter
Western
Williamsburg
Camp Peary
Seabees
Amarillo High School
Seaman Ledbetter
Maxwell Field
Ala
Jack R. Koesjan
North
Garfield Street
Harry K. Smith, Jr
H. K. Smith
Maryland Street
Koesjan
Dora L. Koesjan
Overseas post office clerk serves with Fleet Post Office
Cecil O. Gardner, previously a clerk at the Amarillo post office, is now serving with the Fleet Post Office in a new assignment. The change marks a transfer within military postal services and places Gardner in a role supporting naval mail operations aboard ships and stations.
Wife Obtains Divorce Over Husband Gun Hobby
Mrs Pearl Venard testified before Superior Court Judge Joseph Sabath that her husband spent all his time cleaning rifles pistols and shotguns, making marital life dangerous and uninteresting as she sought a divorce in Chicago on April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pearl J. Venard
Graduation honors for William H. Hove at Fort Belvoir
William H. Hove, son of Mrs. A. M. Hove of 405 Johnson Street, graduated March 22 from the Engineer Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir Virginia and becomes a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. A former New Mexico Military Institute student in Roswell, he and his wife Ruby Lea Heath lived in Little Rock before his Army entry on October 23 1940 at Fort Bliss. Before service he worked as a commercial photographer.
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William H. Hove
A. M. Hove
Johnson Street
Fort Belvoir
Corps of Engineers
Hove
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
N. M
Ruby Lea Heath
Little Rock
Ark
Army
Fort Bliss
Aviation Cadet Honea Reports for Advanced Navigation Training
Aviation Cadet James C. Honea, 21, son of Mrs. Mamie C. Honea of 806 Madison Street, has reported to Honda Army Air Field for 18 weeks of advanced instruction in aerial navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Honea
Mamie C. Honea
Madison Street
Honda Army Air Field
Local Servicemen Promoted To Ranks In World War II Pages
Alfie F. Smith of 504 East Fourth Avenue is promoted to corporal at a Peninsular Base Section in Italy after 16 months service and operating a former Amarillo to Los Angeles truck company. Seaman L. B. King Jr. of 1318 East Sixth Avenue completes training at Farragut Idaho and awaits overseas duty, stationed in San Bruno California. former Amarillo High School student and former post office employee. Albert F. Bardwell of 703 Mirror Street is promoted to technician fifth grade in Australia, serving with the Fifth Air Force Service Command. he works as a carpenter in an ordnance warehouse supporting aircraft for Southwest Pacific missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfie F. Smith
East Fourth Avenue
Italy
A. A. Smith
Shamrock
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Seaman L. B. King, Jr
L. B. King
East Sixth Avenue
Farragut Ida
San Bruno
Calif
Seaman King
Amarillo High School
Navy
Lavelle King
Albert F. Bardwell
N. M. Young
Mirror Street
Fifth Air Force Service Command
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Cadet Bryan Completes Training and Transfers
Cadet Rhea Bryan Jr son of Mr and Mrs S R Bryan 1326 Bellaire Street finishes basic flying at Courtland Alabama and moves to an advanced flying school The notice credits the date and location and notes the transfer to further flight training in the US Navy program The item also mentions British wartime ship naming practices referencing SA Mannan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea Bryan, Jr
S. R. Bryan
Bellaire Street
Courtland, Alay
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W. D. DeGrassi
C. B. Williams
W B. Allen
F. C. Quarles
Amarillo Hotel
Beaumont
Santa FE
Hannah Sue Hathorn
B. G. Products CO
P. O
Benjamin Moore
Earl L. Shelton
910 Polk
UNION
Raleigh
Raleighs
A. R. Young
Gardner
Panhandle
New Mexico
Polk Street
Bank and County Supplies
Overseas Post Office Clerk
Cecil O. Gardner
Fleet Post Office
ZEM Oo
Alaska
Peacock Beauty Shop
Chester Martin
Globe-News
Dunninger
Miracle Mentalist
Blue Network
Sherwin-Williams
Rexpar
Uncle Sam
South Portland
Ministry of War Shipping
United States
SA Mannan
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