Family and new arrivals fill Amarillo notices
Walter Stirling Patton returns from Colorado with stories of visits to Capt. and Mrs. Bennett A. Simms in Buena Vista. Local households report home leaves for Harry and Marion Ott, a newborn daughter to Lt. Willis E. Johnson Jr. in Tampa, and multiple hospitalizations and surgeries among town residents. Wayne DeGrassi and Marcella Rogers greet birthday wishes. Newcomers include B D Harris from Hereford and Wesley Nelson from Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Stirling Patton
Hughes Street
Colorado Springs
Buena Vista
Colo
Walter
Bennett A. Simms
Sally
Jackson Street
Harry Ott
Pierce Street
Harry
Marion
Coast Guard
New York City
Athens
New York
Willis E. Johnson, Jr
Tampa
Fla
Johnson
Mildred Virginia Locter
C. F. Locter
B. D. Harris
Hereford
Harris
Santa Fe Railway
North Tennessee Street
Washington, D. C
Wesley R. Nelson
Nelson
Bureau of Reclamation
Hayden Street
Month of Weather Extremes Ends With Blazing Finish
July brought the year's highest temperature to 104 degrees with a 49 degree swing from cool to hot. The mean for July was 84.2, rainfall totaled 5.06 inches, and forecaster H. C. Winburn noted more hot days are likely, with clouds capping highs near 101. Local patients and medical cases appear in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Winburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Winburn
Tank Rescue After Night in Normandy Hedgerows
Ernie Pyle recounts helping pull a stricken German tank from a ditch near Normandy. Mechanics freed the jammed gear with improvised tools as shells spattered overhead and a sentry warned against leaving the tank overnight. Finally back at the hedgerows, coffee waited and a sleeping bag lay ready at 3 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Visitors rise at Palo Duro despite war conditions
Frank Miller reports 18 385 visitors at Palo Duro State Park during April to July this year versus 16 763 in 1943 with 3 275 Texas license cars and 1 003 out of state vehicles. Civilian visits total 13 639 up from 11 874, while soldiers decline to 4 746 from 4 889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Duro State Park
Frank Miller
Grand Canyon
Texas
Miller
State Park Commission
Palo Duro
Alcohol for Gin Whisky Holiday Opens for Distillers
Washington reports a 31 day working holiday for U S distillers who plan to produce about 40 million gallons of gin and whisky by month end. Plants run round the clock with war expansions enabling three to four times prior output. After the period they return to war high proof alcohol and civilian products, with most domestic gin and whisky expected to be blended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pallet Shipping Speeds Small-Arms Ammunition Handling
Raritan Arsenal officials announce pallet loads of 3,500 pounds replace 75 to 100 pound boxes for small-arms ammunition. The shift cuts handling time and shipping space while maintaining bulk, with tests showing fewer bombs per can and a 50 percent labor and damage save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metuchen
N. J. WP
Raritan
Need 50 000 More Workers for War Production
Washington reports the War Manpower Commission aims to add 50 000 workers by year end for ammunition plants. McNutt notes most jobs require no special skills and women fill many roles at Lone Star, Pantex, Bluebonnet, Baytown, Cactus and Longhorn Ordnances. Some plants show small current hires but plan expansions could add hundreds more. A separate note from Lynn, Massachusetts says 10-year-old Colette Ducette becomes the youngest naturalized citizen after adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Paul V. McNutts
Army
McNutt
Lynn
Mass. U.P
United States
Colette, HL Ducette
St. Raphael, Que
Colette
Alfred W. Ducette
Fighter Plane Models Have Own Assembly Line
In Downey California Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. builds tiny replicas of its fighting planes on a miniature line, six to seven workers craft models from waste materials for demonstration training and test work. The August Click magazine notes the unusual production method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Downey
Cal
Click Magazine
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Ott
Dollie Jones
Sanger, Tex
Ivan Boxwell
Wayne DeGrassi
Marcella Rogers
Joe J. Mickle, Jr
Westfield
N. J
W. A. Russell
Carolina Street
J. W. McKee
Pleasant Valley
E. B. Johnson
University of Oklahoma
Ceta Canyon
Martha Munday
Ruth Ewing
Carolyn Kelley
Cecia Hainze
Sara Wescoat
Margaret Hainze
Betty Burkhalter
Georgia Ann Estridge
Hylasne Yeager
Dean Caton
West
Seventeenth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
J. H. Farmer
North Buchanan Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
T. W. Butler
East Fourth Avenue
Cee
T. L. Whitaker
T. Finnisa
Taylor Street
G. L. Noland
T. M
Jenkins
Ong
A. G. Bachman
Austin Street
Albuquerque
N. M
Bachman
Nancy Gay
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Leander Campbell
Wynell
Shirley Lee
Carmel Fay Fields
Lamesa
Hattie Knight
Lincoln Street
Kathryn Webb
Joyce Inman
Washington Street
NEWS
E. M. Thornton
Childress
S. W. Harcrow
Capitan
Ernest Denney
Arthur Street
C. H. Bills
West Sixteenth Avenue
Canyon
Raymond York
Dumas
D. M. Pumphrey
Borger
J. F. Roach
Phillips
D. C. Kinsey
Lewis Merritt
East Tenth Avenue
John Harbolt
Altus
Okla
Ol' Vernon Sez
Buchanan
Oriental Cleaners
Mary Montgomery
Boxwell Brothers
Acer
Perryton
Spearman
Hugh Striver
Blondie
Wss Graf
Shorty George
Jane Arden
the and Tribune Syndic
Mushiro
Thrace Ordnance
Mark Ley
Raftac’ Air Board
Easy
Pon fIee
PACIF
Amy
New Guinea
Swanson
Will
Wiley
Will Xov
Miguel
Giont
Lioletta
K. E. Frieze
June Jennings
Jerry Dane
East Eleventh Avenue
Larry Joe Motly
Hollis
Naida Lakey
North Taylor Street
Russell Pomtree
East Twelfth Avenue
Lena Mae Carroll
Ernie Pyle
Chicago
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack James
Ooak Park
Victory Garden
Jack
Vaughn Plumbing
Lone Star Ordnance
Texarkend
Pantex Ordnance
Bluebonnet Ordnance
McGregor
Waco
Baytown Ordnance
Baytown
Houston
Cactus Ordnance
Etter
Longhorn Ordnance
Pantex
Howard Philbrook
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Bull Tire CO
Tyler
Crowe-Guide Cement Co
N. Tyler
Nea Servion
Tric
U.S. Pat
Miller Printing Company
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore St
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