War Casualty and Funeral Plans Mentioned in Local Notices
A local notice recalls Lieut Barnard who died and planned memorials at Central Baptist Church while family details list his parents and two brothers in Seattle and Fort Knox. Separately Amarillo health efforts urge cleaning vacant lots to curb flies and mosquitoes amid a polio outbreak and a tenth death being treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Chicago
West Coast
Central Baptist Church
Lieut. Barnard
Pat Barnard
Seattle
Wash
Pfc
Ovale Barnard
Fort Knox
Amarillo
State Health Department
Globe News
German Leaders Weigh Defense Priority Over Offensive Plans
United Press War Analyst reports German leaders focus on defending core Germany amid a gravest Russian front. Army may control strategy, not Hitler, as Norway Finland Italy and the Balkans are deemed too weak to hold far-extended conquests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Reich
Norway
Finland
Italy
Balkans
Amarillo Mayor Warns Vacant Lots Spark Fire, Paralysis Fight
In Amarillo Mayor Jenkins warns two unsanitary vacant lots could become fire hazards as weeds die and ignite nearby property. He links cleanup to preventing infantile paralysis before schools reopen, calling it lifesaving for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Jenkins
Blindness in Humans and Eye Movements Described
A fragment notes how some people raise the upper eyelid to shield or conceal while others lower the upper eyelid as a blink mechanism.
Crash Kills Lt. Barnard
Second Lt. Paul Ross Barnard of the U S Marine Corps Reserve is missing and presumed dead after a plane crash off the Florida coast near Miami Beach. He was 22, born in Ovalo, and had moved to the area four years ago with his family.
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Naval Air Station
Miami Beach
Fla
J. W. Barnard
Broadmoor Street
Paul Ross Barnard
Florida
Ocean
Barnard
Ovalo
Amarillo High School
Amarillo Junior
Navy
Texas Plainsmen
University of Georgia At
Athens
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Naval Air Training Center
United States Marine Corps Reserve
War era laundry plant appeals for patience and support
The Reiser and Hargett leadership at the plant describe daily bulk receipts and extended shifts to handle laundry and dry cleaning for military personnel, defense plants, hospitals, and hotels amid heightened wartime demand. They thank the community for past patronage and affirm commitment to prompt service despite delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reiser
O. H. Hargett
V. P
Raymond Egleson
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Mea Ots Rma
Ww. C.M
Ichie Castleberry
Oliver Eakle
Home Office
Aeas
Amarillo Printing CO
Globe-News
Wos
Randolph Scott
Glenn Ford
Claire Trevor Evelyn Keyes
Edgar Buchanan
Popular Science NO
Texas
Roy Rogers
Black Dragon
United States War
Nhandle
Aundry
Day Cleaning Co
Aria
de Pema
Whiey
Toy
She
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