Some Germans Going Home
Sick and wounded German prisoners of war unable to work are collected at three camps in the Eighth Service Command for processing before shipment overseas. They are screened as non-Nazis while other POWs continue agricultural and labor duties. Camps are Mc Alester Oklahoma Dermott Arkansas and Camp Livingston Louisiana.
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Dallas
Ekighth
McAlester
Okio
Dermott
Ark
Camp Livingston
Livingston
Robert Patterson
War Department plan to repatriate prisoners as soon as possible
The report states that prisoners in the country are to be sent back to Europe at the earliest opportunity, reflecting the War Department's intention to hasten repatriation.
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War Department
Europe
Acting Social Security Manager Leaves Saturday
Malcolm George who has served as acting manager of the Social Security Board here for two weeks will leave Saturday for Abilene to take over that office for two weeks. He then goes to the regional office in San Antonio for several days before returning to Washington D C. He is a liaison officer of the central Social Security office. George came to Amarillo to relieve James L. Farmer, local manager, for a two week vacation. Farmer will return Monday from Novice.
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Malcolm George
Social Security Board
Abilene
San Antonio
Washington, D. C
Central Social Security Office
George
Amarillo
James L. Farmer
Farmer
Return from Dimmiett visit to Dinreit family
Mrs. R. A. Gatewood Mrs. F E D E Brooks Carroll and Lynn Jones of 1108 West Sixteenth and Mrs. Curtis Owens of Fort Worth returned from Dinreit where they visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Birchfield.
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R. A. Gatewood
D. E. D. Brooks
Carroll and
Lynn Jones
West Sixteenth
Curtis Owens
Fort Worth
Dinreitt
J. W. Birchfield
Whooping It Up in Gotham
New Yorkers celebrators flooded Times Square in victory revelry, with about 1.2 million in the area and a peak of 2 million on Tuesday night. Sanitation crews cleared streets on Wednesday, removing paper streamers bottles and ticker tape, with an estimated 5 000 tons of paper discarded.
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New York
New
Barbed Wire Invention Attributed To Glidden In 1867
The article credits Joseph Glidden with inventing barbed wire in 1867, highlighting its significance in frontier fencing and agricultural development.
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Joseph Glidden
Marshall Chiefs Responsibility For Atomic Bomb Policy
Washington dispatch argues Gen George C. Marshall bore principal responsibility for the vast atomic program spending and that Truman’s political exposure rises with postwar probes. The piece predicts heightened domestic political clashes through the 1948 campaign and notes potential investigations into Pearl Harbor. It cautions about party shifts affecting the White House’s fate.
Funeral services for Phil Pelkey in El Paso
Funeral services for Phil Pelkey a World War I veteran of El Paso who died in a local hospital yesterday morning were set for 2 o'clock this afternoon at Griggs Chapel with Rev. Sam Thomas of San Jacinto Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pelkey 47 a plasterer is survived by his wife Mrs Juanita Pelkey. He had been in the hospital for 19 days.
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Phil Pelkey
el Paso
Griggs Chapel
Sam Thomas
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Pelkey
Juanita Pelkey
Third Army Man Fred C Williams Discharged After Five Years
Private Fred C Williams son of Mrs Viola Williams 825 A Florida was discharged after five years service and homecoming with honors. He served 33 months overseas earning the Purple Heart for wounds in Sicily six battle stars the Combat Infantry Badge and a presidential citation with General Patton's Third Army. He entered service in September 1940 after attending Hereford schools and trained at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
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Fred C. Williams
Williams
Viola Williams
Florida
Sicily
Patton
Third Army
Hereford
Fort Braggs
N. C
Three Year Old Cigar Becomes Victory Smoke
Roger Harris, owner of a Amarillo hardware and furniture store, kept a 25 cent Victory cigar given in January 1942 by Thad Ansley as a good luck token. After Japan's surrender was announced, Harris finally smoked it, declaring C Day official as his store closed.
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Roger Harris
Harris
Thad Ansley
Amarillo Tire Exchange
Sweden Donates 250 Prefab Houses to Bornholm
Sweden has donated 250 prefabricated timber houses to Denmark to be erected in war damaged towns on Bornholm. The gift includes all materials for the erection of the houses except foundation material.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Bornholm
Son of Slaves Honored in Jackson Mississippi
Dr. D. S Redmond a Jackson Negro whose parents were slaves has earned six degrees including BA MA LLB and MD and twice has been awarded LL.D degrees. The report notes nine to twelve pounds of raw material are needed to produce one pound of aluminum.
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Jackson
Miss. UP
D. S Redmond
Dr. Redmond
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Girl Scouting
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Kiwanis
Girl Scouts
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Dimmiett
Gotham
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
E Hush
E. Kimmel
Army
Navy
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Armed Services
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Mr. Truman
Congress
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House
Senate
White House
Fred CC. Williams
Third Army Man
Ava Rae Best
U. S
U.S
Ees
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Monterrey
Carloon Bartlet
California
Eatmore Kraut, OF
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Zigler
Skinner
Percy
del Monte
Sack
Mary Lee Taylor
Clorox
Phase Oei Co
Chuck
Deal Food
N. Fillmore
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