Even Victors Lost Heavily
A National Education Association report received by Amarillo officials says U S war losses are deepest among those with highest physical and mental skills. Willard E. Givens urges education to replace talent losses and promote continued commercial and technological progress through peacetime training and improved health and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenge
United States
National Education Association of the
Amarillo
Willard E. Givens
Association
America
Colorado Peaches Coming on Market
G R Roberts of the Amarillo food advisory committee notes a record peach crop this year and high local consumption. Housewives boosted the national canning effort as trade groups and the Agriculture Department push to market the largest peach crop in history to prevent waste.
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Colorado
G. R. Roberts
Amarillo
Service Men In the News: Dowd Promoted to Major
Ralph Edgar Dowd of Amarillo has been promoted to major in the Air Corps. Francis E. Reynolds, son of Mr and Mrs M B Reynolds, entered B 29 transition school at Roswell Army Air Field to become a flight engineer. Thomas W Austin Jr entered Field Artillery officer candidate school at Fort Sill Okla. Cpl Willard Maley of 2508 Arthur is with the 1056th Engineer Port Construction and Repair Group praised for Cherbourg port work and Rhine bridge efforts. Pfc Joe A Wafford of 1108 East Fourth is being processed to return to the United States with the 122nd Chemical Processing Company.]
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Ralph Edgar Dowd
Amarillo
Air Corps
Francis E. Reynolds
M. B. Reynolds
Kentucky
Roswell Army Air Field
Thomas W. Austin, Jr
Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
Fort Sill
Oklo
T. W. Austin
Lincoln
West Texas State College
Cpl
Willard Maley
Arthur
Europe
Cherbourg
Albert Canal
Rhine
Joe A. Wafford
East Fourth
United States
122Nd Chemical Processing Company
Robertson Promoted at Camp Hood Training Center
Herman C. Robertson of 402 North Lincoln is promoted to technician fifth grade at the tank destroyer replacement training center at Camp Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Robertson
North Lincoln
Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center
Camp Hood
Texas reports 55 infantile paralysis cases in week
Austin reports fifty five new cases of infantile paralysis in Texas for the week ended August eighteen, raising the year total to six hundred seven, according to Dr. George W. Cox state health officer.
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Austin
Texas
George W. Cox
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