Liberated Allied Prisoners Speak Of Omori Wake Island Camps
Sailors and Marines describing the Omori and Tokyo Bay camps report extreme malnutrition and forced bows to guards. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen and Cmdr. Roger Simpson led rescue ships to the shores while Maj. Gregory Boyington and Cmdr. Arthur Maher were among those aboard the hospital ship Benevolence. The push includes details on the Tang sinking and claims of relief as prisoners recount experiences from Omori Shinagawa and Kawasaki camps near Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omori
Shinagawa
Kawasaki
Tokyo
Don Petit
Burlington
Wake Island
James P. S. Devereux
Wake
Devereux
Pacific
Hamilton Faron
Allied
Reeves
Tang
Formosa
Cmdr
Richard H. O'Kane
Durham
N. H
O'Kane
Omoro
Stassen
Roger Simpson
Sions
Tokyo Bay
America
Maj
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Oklanagan
Wash
Arthur L. Maher
Chicag
Houston
Boyington
Rae Baul
Shower Honors Miss Wyrick Bride-Elect Betty Wyrick feted
Mrs. Iona Pry hosted a KGNC employees shower for Betty Wyrick bride-elect of Sgt. Bill Prine at 104 Harrison. Guests included Lorraine Persons Betty Scott Marion Durkee Pauline Smith Irene Dale Wanda Scribens Virginia Vaughn Christine Traup Eleanor Daugherty and dames Ken Bishop Lahoma Baumel Pry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Pry
Harrison
KGNC
Betty Wyrick
Bill Prine
Miss Wyrick
Misses Wyrick
Lorraine Persons
Betty Scott
Marion Durkee
Pauline Smith
Irene Dale
Wanda Scribens
Virginia Vaughn
Christine Traup
Eleanor Daugherty
Mesdames
Ken Bishop
Lahoma Baumel
Pry
Eva Lewis
Beth Meisse
Betty Lou Hilburn
Mary Ingham
Bravery Rallying on Bowers After Okinawa Attack
Ensign William G. Word of Amarillo served as one of six officers to steer the destroyer escort Bowers to a home port after a Japanese Val dive bomber struck off Okinawa. The blast killed or wounded most aboard. Word described the assault and the lone survivor standing amid the chaos.
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Bowers
Ens
William G. Ward
Amarillian
Word
Okinawa
Ensign Word
W. G. Word
J A Ranch
Clarendon
C. T. Word
Western
Silver City
N. M
Amarillo Hardware Co
Amarillo
Washington, D
Philadelphia
Panhandle
Navy
Allies release list of additional liberated POWs
A United States Third Fleet rescue mission freed more Allied prisoners of war. The release list includes Nathan C. Nalis Jr, Frank Fujita Jr, Lawrence Weisorfer, Keyton Roberts, Golden White Jr, Robert Martindale, Willis Graves, Isaac Williams Jr, Bert Kinister, Walter Hess, Jimmy Martinez, Donald Smith, Carl Harris, Raymond Martinez, William Barber, Chariton Wimner, John Nicholson, Joseph Gutierrez, Joseph Trejo, Jack Wisener and others. Most are from Oklahoma New Mexico Texas and Kansas with multiple ranks listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokosuka
U. S
Nathan C. Nalis
Kaufman
Frank Fujita
Abilene
Lawrence A. Weisorfer
Roy
N. M
Keyton F. Roberts
Livington
Golden G. White, Jr
Konawa
Okla
Robert
Laredo
William Barber
Buda
Chariton J. Wimner
San Antonio
John P. Nicholson
Bartlesville
Joseph B. Gutierey
Deming
Joseph L. Trejo
Jack K. Wisener
Wells
Youths Identified in Lubbock Robberies
Oklahoma City dispatch reports two teenage boys and a 19 year old girl admitted robbing the One-O-One liquor store in Fillmore and eight filling stations in central Oklahoma since Aug. 18. Sheriff officers took the owners to Lubbock and the suspects, held there, fired at the owner during the Tuesday night robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Sheriff's Office
United Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Fillmore
Jess Wilmering
Quisling Trial Continues in Norway Invasion Accusation
Oslo report says Vidkun Quisling was accused of guiding Germans to the defense ministry as Norway was invaded and ordering ceasefire telephones to commanders. Prosecutor Schojoedt argued Quisling caused the German army and navy to enter Norway, making him responsible for the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Defense Ministry
Quisling
Annaeus Schojoedt
Tortures in War Atrocities Report Prompts Outrage
The eyewitness account describes rescue teams amid bombardment and bleeding prisoners. Soldiers comfort the wounded as cries of pain echo on the shore. Complaints mount over prisoner treatment and widespread reports of beatings.
PIANOS Mary L Spe Amarillo Texas 1026 With
Mary L Spe of Amarillo Texas is selling pianos listed under 1026 With. Local notices item details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L
Amarillo
Texas
Rescue craft guided by Navy planes to Omori
Hundreds of Navy torpedo bombers and fighter planes swept overhead guiding the lending craft to Omori amid the rescue operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omori
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Episcopal Guild
St. Andrew's Episcopal Guild
Maverick Club
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Col
Richard Carmichael
Austin
Army
Richard King
Georgetown
S. C
Mack L. Gottlieb
New York City
Guam
Gottlieb
Joel Boone
William F. Halsey
Stassen and Simpson
San Juan
Landsdowne
Reeves and
Gosselin
Wyrick
Nally Rai
Buchanan Street Methodist Ladies
Robert Morris
San Jacinto Park
W. Co. A
Lincoln
Amarillo Public Library
USC
Y. WC. A
Pampa
Bette Scott
Lipscomb
Buchanan St. Baptist Church
16Th and
Buchanan
B. K. Terter and
J. S. Terter
A. Edwin Wilson
Stryisin
Susal
Teen Shop
White
Radio
Miracle Market
Sunkist
Jemima
Parkay
Lge
Armour
Chuck
Hamburger
Neta Cee
Eea
Mediterranean
Ward
Russia
Scotland
Ensign Ward
Clarendon High School
Naval Reserve
San Diego
South Pacific
William G. Word
Ambulance Service
Amarilo—Dumas Perryton
Spearman
Khoury Bros
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Jayne
Mee
Plainview
Londonderry Rand
West Amarillo
Tennessee
Nazareth
John W. Darby
Charles
the Ritz
Blackburn ‘Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc
Hills Bros. Coffee
Yeat
Escus
REO
Pamsienne
Bonmee
Tametua
Avore
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