Forty-Eight Potter County Men Chosen for Service
Local Board No 1 announces selection of 48 Potter County men for service this month. Inductees include Robert Roberson Jr and Aaron Willis Avery with others listed as reporting for duty soon. Volunteers for U S Marines include Ross Stedham Hazlett and Joel Ely, while Navy picks include Hershel Wilkerson and Loyd Bresler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Selective Service
Oyrtle Cooper
Tony
Army
Robert Robertson, Jr
Aaron Willis Avery
Elmer Josef Drabik
Johnny Elisha Willangham
Elvin Ross Allard
Rge Russell Smith
Henry Krisher
Gerald Joseph Stump
Enoch T. Darby
Irvin Wall
Roy Jones
Rex Donald Donahan
John Carl Hamilton
Harold Frank Garrett
John Wesley Gambill
Nolan Lewis Miller
Randall Shirley McGinley
Royce Denmore Kempton
Bob Wayne Walsh
William Turner McKinney
Raymond Renford West
Paul Aaron Henderson
Joe Clint Rogers
John Patrick Carroll
Harold Lester Goreham
Philip Stanley Ross
Noel Freeman Jones
Sol Olfe Silverman
St. Elmo Powell
Acob Berry Patterson
Stamatis Spiro Catechis
Milton Harold Meyer
John Allison Stevens
Chester Jonas Spitler
K. E Myers, Jr
Judson’ Roy Williams
William McKinley Lawson
S. B. Perry
Lowell Eugene Sinks
U. S
Ross Stedham Hazlett
Joel Richard Ely
James William Lyon
Joseph R. T. Bassett
Navy
Hershel Vann Wilkerson
Wilkes Morgan Ward
Loyd Thomas Bresler
David Oscar Brown
Henry B. Shipman
Reader Classifieds Wants Lost Purse and Pets
A reader reports a lost black leather purse with papers and bonds at 2200 Wilson Street and seeks its return by calling 6001. Also listings seek a small dog and tomato plants, with contact notes for West 7th Ave and 2-4808 after 6:30 PM. Additional notices request home laundry work at 412 Rusk Street and child care connections.
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Wilson Street Call
West 7Th Ave
Bombers Attack Burma Road Town Yunnanyi
Eighteen Burma based Japanese bombers escorted by nine Zero fighters attacked Yunnanyi, a Burma Road town in Western China, on Monday. Most bombs reportedly fell in forests with little damage.
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Chungking
Burma Road
Yunnanyi
China
Central
Miss Phelps Begins WAAC Training
Elizabeth Imogene Phelps from Amarillo begins four weeks of detailed training at Branch B of the Fifth WAAC Training Center at Camp Monticello Arkansas. The Army announced she will prepare to replace a man in a non combatant Army job.
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Elizabeth Imogene Phelps
Amarilloan
Fifth
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center
Camp Monticello
Arkansas
U S Bombing Raid Damages Renault Works, Paris Area
London reports Dingle M. Foot says U S Flying Fortresses raid Renault Works near Paris on April 4 damaged over 40 shops and deprived Germany of at least 1 000 trucks and war material. Foot urged factory workers to buy war bonds to support the effort.
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London
Dingle M. Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
U. S
Renault
Paris
Germany
Lieut Flint Ordered To Shun Fish For Amphibian Jeep Ride
Lieut Joseph Flint travels from Lubbock to Arlington to retrieve the Amphibian Jeep for Buffalo Lake Army maneuvers set for Saturday and Sunday. His orders stress no detours near lakes or fishing spots as troops stage water and land drills with a war bonds promotion planned for duck jeep rides during the event.
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Joseph Flint
West Texas
Lubbock
Arlington
Buffalo Lake
M. B. Durrette
Lieut
Flint
America
Army Air Corps
Russian-born man seeks court name change to Vasili S. Drake
A San Diego resident asks the Superior Court to grant a legal name change from Vasili Stephan Viadimortzeff to Vasili S. Drake claiming the current name is hard to spell and pronounce. The petition outlines the desire to adopt a simpler, more Westernized surname.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Superior Court
Vasili S. Drake
vVasili Stephan Viadimortzeff
Maryland Casualty Company Authorized to Do Business in Texas
In Austin on April 7, 1943 Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore Maryland complied with Texas laws and received a Certificate of Authority to do business in Texas for the year ending February 29 1944 signed by Co P Lockhart Chairman of the Board.
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Texas
Austin
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Maryland
Co. P. Lockhart
Board of Insurance Commissioners
State of Texas
Fidelity- Phenix Fire Insurance Company
New York
O. P. Lockhart
Crowell Finishes Navy Electrical School At Minnesota
Winfred D. Crowell 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs W C Crowell 816 Lamar St has graduated from the Navy school for electricians at the University of Minnesota with the rating of fireman first class He awaits assignment to fleet duty and is eligible for advancement to petty officer Crowell was selected for the school after a high score on aptitude tests and received 16 weeks of specialized training in operation and repairs of motors searchlights and other ship electrical equipment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred D. Crowell
W. C. Crowell
Lamar St
Navy
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Crowell
Amarilloan
Amarillo Ordinance Allows Knob and Tube Wiring during War
City commission introduces and passes an emergency ordinance in 1943 amending Ordinance 991 to permit knob and tube wiring outside fire limits during wartime material shortages and War Production Board orders while enforcing National Electric Code standards and declaring urgency. The measure, introduced April 27, was signed by Mayor Jenkins with Katherine Burwell as City Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
War Production Board
Electrical Inspection Department
B&s
City of
A. D
Joe, A. Jenkins
Katherine Burwell
E. Byron Singleton
Purse Lost on Industrial Bus After 11:30 AM
Letter from a resident asks finder of a large dark brown purse left on the Industrial bus behind the driver. It was found by a little girl near Fifth and Grand streets east of the fairgrounds. Contents included about $1.55, gloves, handkerchiefs, rosaries, a door key, and more. A reward is offered.
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Tack
Fifth
Grand Streets
Fairgrounds
Lost and found notices clutter neighborhood ads
A jumble of notices seeks homes for a dog with a brown face a collie pup a fox terrier named Queenie and assistance with garden work. Readers are urged to call several numbers for rewards and placements at addresses including 1010 Carolina practical nurse 4-Tam 16 years old and LaSalle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinder
Lot
Carolina
Paula Jean Hays
Tam
Newt Burkes
How Well Am I Serving My Country War Time Pledge
A patriotic checklist urges citizens to buy War Stamps and Bonds, limit expenses, observe rationing rules, budget ration points, work reliably, stay healthy, avoid accidents, share car use, conserve tires and gas, carry own bundles, and contribute to Red Cross and war relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
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Rusk Street
Miss Phelps
WAAC
Morocco
S.S.8
Board OF Insurance Commissioners An We
PURSE
East Thirteenth Avenue
SS Drugs Soda
N. Fillmore
Collie
J. R. Carroll
LaSalle Street
Queenie
Fine Diamonds
J. T. Russell Jeweler
Amasilio
Globe-News
Honest John
Halley
John Halley
Camilla Graham
Ada Halley
Melva
Jo Conklin
Verna West
Oliver-Eakle
Star Lumber Co
F. M. Lefforge
Jackson
Ing
National Distillers
Pearl Harbor
Mount Vernon
Old Grand-Dad
Old Taylor
Old Crow
Kentucky
Bourbon
Brand Sartlard
Gene Klein
F.B.I
Gopyrian
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