Cash Awards For Air Field Tips Go To Amarillo Residents
Four Amarillo residents received cash awards for winning suggestions to improve working conditions at Amarillo Army Air Field. Prizes ranged from 5 to 30 dollars. Joe Duck earned 30 for a Fosdick high speed drill modification. Jerry Adams received 10 for a stamping process change. Charles Percifield got 5 for better information on awards. Glyndon Riley also got 5 for improved job classification instruction. The board included Major Theiss and Capt. Walter among others. A household hint explains how to judge egg freshness by float and tilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Joe Duckworth
Harrison Street
Fosdick
Jerry Adams
Bonham Street
Charles Percifield
Jackson Street
Post Engineers
Glyndon Riley
North Arthur Street
Arthur L. Theiss
Leo. M. Walter
Ogle H. McCoy
Fay C. Fenoglio
Rugh Murden
Two Amarillo WWII Heroes Return and Loss Told
Dick Goforth, 20, son of E R and family, killed in action over Austria on June 16 after 26 missions as a radio technician. Richard D. Goforth, born in Wellington, survived by parents and two brothers, a high school and Amarillo College alum, worked with his contractor father. Lt. Ray Moser, 51 missions in two months, back in Amarillo after a Pantex foreman post, recipient of a Presidential Citation and Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters for a Winerst edt Austria raid. he expects reassignment in California. The two brothers, Rice Institute stars, spoke of combat, aircraft, and life after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Goforth
E. R. Goforth
Sunset Terrace
Austria
International Red Cross
War Department
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Young People’s Department
Polk Street Methodist Church
Richard D. Goforth
Wellington
Don
Elmer E
South Gate
Cal
Ray Moser
Pantex
Moser
Winermestedt
Fifteenth Bombardment Force
Italy
Munich
Germany
Japan
Europe
Ray
Sgt
Willard Moser
Army Nurses Baptized By Fire Near Chartres
Five American nurses and a Red Cross worker saw combat exposure as their hospital near Chartres was established close to the front. They helped set up the camp in a wheatfield within sight of Chartres Cathedral, becoming the most advanced medical unit in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Red Cross
Chartres
Why Waste Butter On mince Kitchen Burns
Unclear modern ad style claims a quick antiseptic solution OIL-O-SOL for minor kitchen injuries. Promotes cleansing wounds and preventing infection with a well established product used in homes and industrial first aid stations. Includes price and a money back offer with a marketing tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosso
Industrialization of China Won't Hurt American Business
H. T. Liu, delegate to the International Labor Conference, said in Dallas that China’s postwar industrial reconstruction will not threaten U S industry. He added China aims to stabilize the Pacific and spoke to Dallas labor groups under War Chest auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United States
China
H. T. Liu
Liu
International Labor Conference
War Chest
Pacific
Nurses Hold Ground Under German Shelling in France
Female Army nurses serving in France endured intense shelling as they sheltered in ditches. Head Nurse Lt. Helen King from South Hill Virginia ordered the nurses to lie low and returned to treat casualties once the barrage eased. The first patient, shot in the shoulder within 300 yards of the hospital, underscored the fluidity of frontline fighting and the nurses’ fearless conduct. Lt. Col. Herbert Kerr praised their performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Helen King
South Hill
Col
Herbert Kerr
Phil
Snow Crystals Form Directly in Free Air
The crystals that compose snowflakes form in the upper atmosphere without passing through a liquid state, arising directly from water vapor in the cold, dry air at high altitudes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dixie Dream Donut Shop
Ana
Sunray Cleaners and Tailors
West Sixth Avenue
Jack Phillips
Howard Young
Mgr
Dixie Delight
Capitol Liquor Store
Polk
A Polk
Goforth
Willard W. Moser
Glenrie
N. M
H. A. Bragg
Monroe Street
California
Willard
Ray and
Rice Institute
Houston
Hitler
Ploesti
O Ze
Hal Boyle
Marlin Firearms Co
Marlin
Waal
Mrs. Johnson
Sweetbriar
Graham-Hoeme Mfg. Co
Amarillo, Texas
Tod
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!