Around Town Notes Highlight Visits Births And Family Movements
The column lists guests and trips for multiple Amarillo households including Roy and J. Speck, R. Boger, J. C. Wyatt, and the Kuykendalls. It notes births at St. Anthony's and Northwest Texas Hospital, plus travel to Colorado, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. Medical and hospital updates for many residents are included along with several moves and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Black
Hayden
St. Anthony's Hospital
J. L. Minter
River Drive
Destroyer Hobson Shot Down Suicide Planes Near Okinawa
The destroyer minesweeper Hobson battled four Japanese suicide planes for 67 minutes and a bomb from one aircraft hit its engine room, killing four and wounding six. The attack occurred 75 miles northwest of Okinawa on April 16 before repairs at Kerama Retto and a 12,000 mile voyage to Norfolk, with disclosure approved by the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Okinawa
Kerama Retto
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy
Admiral Lee Dies Suddenly on Launch
Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr USN veteran of Pacific actions died of heart disease aboard a launch en route to the battleship Wyoming in Casco Bay. A holder of the Navy Cross Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Service Medal for Pacific service, he was here on a secret tactical assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Willis A. Lee, Jr
USN
Wyoming
Casco Bay
Admiral Lee
NBC correspondent Merrill Mueller covers Japan surrender at MacArthur HQ
Merrill Mueller, NBC veteran war correspondent, has been relocated to General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters to report on Japan's surrender negotiations for NBC stations via KGNC Amarillo. He previously escaped Singapore, served in the Mediterranean and European theaters, and earned the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur
Program Department
KGNC
Amarillo
Merrill Mueller
Orient
Singapore
Australia
Mediterranean
European
MacArthur
Japan
Pre War Job Harder Than Vet Remembers
A discharged serviceman in Lawton Oklahoma after World War II used the G I Bill promise to reclaim his pre war job. On the second day he did not return to work and told the employer he no longer wanted the position saying it was harder than he remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
G. I. Bill
Texas A. and M. Club meeting announced
Members of the Former Students of Texas A. and M. Club will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in the Capitol Hotel. President Charles Smith said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M. Club
Students of
Capitol Hotel
Charles Smith
Hay fever sufferers offer plan for relief
A Denver Colorado reader describes a non medical plan that relieved hay fever after ten days and invites others to try it and report back the relief they feel. The message seeks testimonials and offers the plan to interested readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Berry
Denver
Colorado
Rationing Calendar Details for Fats Meats and Sugar
The Associated Press notes continuing rationing for fats and meats with Book Four stamps Q2 to Y2 valid through Aug 31 and Li to Q1 from Sept 1 to Dec 31. Sugar stamps 36 through Aug 31 for five pounds and 38 from Sept 1 to Dec 31 cover five pounds. Shoes Book Three airplane stamps 1 to 4 remain valid indefinitely. no cancellations planned by the OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
OPA
Blonde Hairs Outdated for Weather Signals Says Commerce Dept
The commerce department announced that blonde hairs are no longer used to transmit weather signals. It states that modern electrical gauges and fine wired devices replaced hairs for detecting humidity changes, noting hairs were once valued for upper air transmissions. A New Guinea spider is mentioned for its exceptionally strong webs used in fishing nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Science Hs
New Guinea
Advice to Mothers of Frettful Babies
Advice to Mothers of Frettful Babies urges relief for baby discomfort from diaper rash with Mexsana medicated powder. Claims 40 year family favorite for itchy skin as weather warms and promotes sending some overseas demand for Mexsana.
Wanted to Buy items in THE NEWS GLOBE Want Ads
To locate cash buyers for no longer used articles check the Wanted to Buy section in THE NEWS GLOBE want ads for buyers seeking secondhand goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
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Thither
Roy Cullum
Polk
Cullum
J. H. Speck
Jim Ann
R. G. Boger
Harrison
Thomas D. Campbell
Longview
John C. Wyatt, Jr
San Francisco
Mgr
John Kuykendall
Florida
Sue Kuykendall
Mexico City
University of Mexico
Sue
Southern Methodist University At
Dallas
L. W. Hough
van Buren
Los Angeles
R. D. Hough
P. W. Collins
Jacqueline
West Fifteenth
Columbia, Mo
Collins
J. Crouch
E. Fish
Frank Fidler
Vada Cook
Zada Cook
F. Palmer
Dumas
Northwest Texas Hospital
Dan Souis
J. C. Allen
Mississippi
Eva Yarbrough
West Sixth
Creede
Grace Truman Larsh
D. H. Cureton
Pierce
Warren Earl Davis
Ann Sherrill
Ralph Kenniston
West Eleventh
Colorado Springs
Lula King
Louisiana
Riverside
Cal
Cpl
Ted King
Long Beach
Glen R. Harris
Chicago
Harris
The
Santa Fe
Parker
G. L. Brown
Silverton
West
Eleventh
Raymond Andrews of
Clovis
P. Vineyard
Vineyard Manor
G. H. Lovejoy
Nancy
Ponca City
William B. Whitehead
Maryland
al M. Jenkins
Pat Willson
A. L. Willson
Austin
University of Texas
I. F. Barton
Imogene
Palo Duro
Wauwatosa
Wis
Barton
William Kennedy
Bryce Kellen
Wormsbaker
Pantex Village
Bryce
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Orley Miller
Madison
Lubbock
A. R. Renfro
David Lawrence
William I. Sade
Hobbs
NEWS
J. W. Emery
Groom
Iris May Benson
Panhandle
Billie Blazier
Sanford
Billy Neal
Fairmont
Mateo Flores, Jr
F. F. Canada
Canyon
J. C. Janack
Pioneer Hotel
Annette Mosley
Priday
Chillicothe
J. Flint
Donald Holman
Donna Jean
Billy Jr
North Houston
Colo
Hammond
Ralph Andis
Taylor
Ft. Leonard Wood
Bill
E. W. Fields
Houston
Darrel Johnson
Tucumcari
N. M
Dean Calhoun
Olive
Thomas Walsh
Adams
Floyd Hershinger
Lula B. Powell
Donald Wheir Hershing
H. A. Herter
Hughes
Joe Long
Bowie
A. Robinson
Vega
Elden West
Earl Volberding
Gary
Miami
Fla
Jessie May Atkinson
Atkinson
Northwest Texas Hospital News
Marie Stedge
Texhoma
Phillips Miller
Bonham
Claude R. Johnson
Tyler
Bernard Schwochert
Viola Mata
North Cleveland
J. L. Sammann
Rule
Jack Albert Gholson
Margaret Helen Cross
Wayne E. Lambert
Borger
W. C. LeBow
North Taylor
Dan Branham
Sunray
W. B. Perry
Bryan
H. E. Phillips
Route 3
Ilo C. Campbell
J. H. Callaway
Claude
Lela Fox
Albert Lilly
Alabama
C. J. Green
West Eighth
Walter Dean Washalike
East Fourteenth
James Allen
Freeman
Bexhoma
Boxwell Brothers
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perryton
Spearman
HEATH
Blondie
Jane Arden
Jubal
Fujiwara
Tina
Wanda
Boots
Hobson
National
Atkinson Drug CO
Amarillo Printing Company
Amarillo Printing
Mueller
Park City Liquor Store
ST. Telephone
Jayne
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Lockhart Cleaners
A. J. Kelly
Ecan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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