Aviation Machinist's Mate Rejoins Amarillo Home
Sylvan A. Hurd, aviation machinist's mate first class, returns to Amarillo after duty in the Pacific with Air Group 20 on an aircraft carrier. Son of Elmer and the late Mrs. Hurd, he served since 1942 as a key maintainer of armed, battle-ready planes. Carrier strikes targeted Bougainville Palau Formosa the Philippines and French Indochina in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea.
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Pacific
Air Group 20
Sylvan A. Hurd
Has Re
Amarillo
Elmer D. Hurd
Taylor
Hurd
Bonins
Palau
Formosa
Philippines
French Indo-China
Philippine Sea
Two Navy Women Serve in Hawaii Air Station
Bettye Parsons and Dorothy Mae Babb hold second class ratings as parachute rigger and aviation machinist mate and work in the assembly and repair department at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Hawaii. Parsons, daughter of Mrs S C Parsons of Lincoln 1711 and Muleshoe Texas graduate, was at Pensacola before moving to Hawaii. Babb, daughter of Mrs S C Carson of Canyon and Amarillo resident, graduates of Grant High School, was stationed at Milton Florida prior to transfer to Hawaii.
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Bettye Parsons
Dorothy Mae Babb
U.S. Naval Air Station
Keneohe
Hawaii
Miss Parsons
S. C. Parsons
Lincoln
Muleshoe
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
Miss Babb
S. C. Carson
Canyon
East Sixth
Amarillo
Grant High School
Milton, Fla
Lt Everett Reynolds Selected for Four Engine Bomber Training
Lt Everett E. Reynolds 1804 Pierce, son of Mrs Mary G Reynolds, has been chosen for four engine bomber pilot training at Liberal Army Air Field. He will undergo fifteen weeks of intensive training to earn the rating of airplane commander after graduation. A former Amarillo Junior College student, he worked as a hardware salesman before enlisting. He received his wings and commission at Roswell New Mexico on August 27 1942.
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Liberal Army Air Field
Everett E. Reynolds
Pierce
Mary G. Reynolds
Reynolds
Amarillo Junior College
Roswell
N. M
Bruce D Andrews Promoted to First Lieutenant
Headquarters Ninth Air Force announces Bruce D Andrews promoted from second to first lieutenant. He is a B 26 Marauder pilot in the Ninth Air Force tactical offensive against German transport and a member of the 323rd bombardment group.
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Ninth Air Force
Bruce D. Andrews
R. W. Andrews
Alabama
Andrews
323Rd
Soldier's Medal for Roy E Hall Morotai heroism 1944
Pfc Roy E Hall husband of Hazel Hall KGNC awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism at Morotai Island Netherlands East Indies on Oct 10 1944. After a P 47 plane crashed offshore he swam to aid the pilot despite burning gasoline and risks, helping bring him ashore to save his life. Hall belongs to an antiaircraft artillery unit.
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Morotai Island
Netherlands East Indies
Roy E. Hall
Hazel Hall
KGNC
Hall
Seaman Ruffin Home on Leave from Navy Posts
Marvin L Ruffin seaman first class son of Mr and Mrs M L Ruffin 2813 Rule has been home on leave He has served 16 months in the Navy and is stationed at Corando California in the amphibious post office He is a Texhoma High School graduate and worked in an oil wholesale business before service His wife and son live at 2813 Rule Paul N Jones son of Mr and Mrs Ben R Jones 1322 Taylor has been promoted to first lieutenant with the Twelfth Air Force He has also earned the Air Medal and wears the ETO ribbon and Distinguished Unit Badge He previously worked for Phelps Dodge Mining Corp Terome Arizona and earned his wings and commission at Childress Texas
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Marvin L. Ruffin
M. L. Ruffin
Seaman Ruffin
Navy
Corando
Cal
Texhoma High School
Rule
Paul N. Jones
Ben R. Jones
Taylor
Twelfth Air Force
Jones
Phelps Dodge Mining Corp
Terome
Ariz
Childress
Tex
The Twelfth Man On Leave From Overseas Duty
Robert R. Anderson of Wichita Falls is an aviation radioman first class in the Navy. After 30 months abroad he is on leave from a Pacific aircraft carrier where he operated the ships sending set and batteries. Four engagement stars mark Guadalcanal Tarawa the Marianas and Leyte. He hopes to work in radio serving a large station or a national network after discharge.
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Robert R. Anderson
Navy
Wichita Falls
San Diego
Anderson
Pacific
Australia
New Guinea
Hardin Junior College
University of Chicago
NBC
Chicago
German Prisoners Endure Bread and Water Diet at Camp
Two hundred forty eight German naval POWs at Lindhurst branch camp near Waynesboro refuse food, forcing a bread and water diet as punishment. In a separate note from Java the belief links a knife ritual to childbirth relief.
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Picket
Lindhurst Branch
Waynesboro
Marine Pfc Tommy Utz Discharged After 23 Months Overseas
Marine Pfc. Tommy H. Utz of 703 Jefferson has been discharged after 23 months abroad. He and his family will return to live here. A Gavutu Tanambogo Tulagi Guadalcanal and Tarawa veteran, he earned the Purple Heart for Tarawa wounds and wears the Presidential Unit Citation with cluster.
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Pfc
Tommy H. Utz
Jefferson
Utz
Gavutu
Tanambogo
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Top Nazi Saboteur Nabbed in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro April 11 authorities said a Nazi sabotage ring in South America may be smashed with the arrest of German engineer Georg Konrad Friedrich Blass 53 described as its chief. Brazilian court also jailed Wilhelm Kopff 25 years for Axis espionage and Blass linked to arrests in Chile with units in Venezuela Colombia and Peru aligned with agencies in Argentina and Uruguay. Blass arrived from Rome aboard an Italian liner in 1940 and allegedly operated with full Nazi authority to carry out sabotage assignments.
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Rio DE Janeiro
South America
Georg Konrad Friedrich Blass
Wilhelm Heinrich Kopff
Brazil
Blass
Chile
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Argentina
Uruguay
Rome
Churchill Promises No War Criminal Haven in Eire
In the Commons, Prime Minister Churchill stated that no war criminals would find sanctuary in neutral Eire. His written reply to Dr. James Little affirmed, Yes sir, steps would be taken to prevent sanctuary in any country within the British Commonwealth.
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London
Churchill
Neutral
Eire
James Little
Belfast
Bushmen of Central Australia Seek Immortality by Kangaroo Fat
In Central Australia some bush men claim that anointing themselves with kangaroo fat can help preserve life. The belief centers on using animal fat as a protective or life extending practice amid harsh environment.
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Central
Australia
Deluge of Shirts Embarrasses Mahon
Rep. Mahon of Texas laments a cotton shirt shortage as he finds none in Washington stores. After reporting surplus in warehouses, a Good Samaritan sent three shirts from Louisiana, plus others from Virginia and Texas. He vows to be the best dressed man in town.
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Washington
Mahon
Democrat
Texas
Women of Heidelberg Make Play for Sympathy
April 11 reports Lt. Col. W. E. Eckles of Victoria Texas transmitting an unusual message about sympathy efforts involving the U S Tenth Armored Division in Germany.
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Heidelberg
U. S. Tenth Armored Division
Germany
W. E. Eckles
Victoria
Tex
Heidelberg message to Eisenhower on Bismark statue
A note signed the women of Heidelberg was affixed to the Bismark statue in Heidelberg addressed to General Eisenhower. It urged resurrection of common sense and decency and peace based on wisdom, expressing admiration if fulfilled. Eckles and associates questioned its sincerity or Nazi manipulation.
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Heidelberg
Eisenhower
Eckles
Liberty Torch To Burn Brighter On V E Day
The Statue of Liberty torch will glow brighter on V E Day with six 400-watt high intensity mercury lamps added to the existing thirteen 1,000-watt and one 250-watt incandescent lamps. Two living flame like lamps will enhance the torchlight.
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Liberty
New York
Wood Fueled Majority Till 1880 Home Heating
As late as 1880 two thirds of American homes relied on wood for heat. This historical note highlights the prevalence of wood fuel before widespread adoption of coal and other energy sources.
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America
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