Russian spearheads batter Germans near Budapest in decisive push
Soviet forces thrust into the southern Balaton gap 40 miles from Austria as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky mass to encircle Budapest. Moscow said Danube flank advances reach Racalmaz 14 miles north of the capital, with push toward Szekesfehvar and Lake Balaton as Germans pour in reserves to defend Hungary’s capital.
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London
U.P
Balaton Gap
Austria
Berlin
Budapest
Hungary
Balaton
New
Ganger Zone
Feo
Dor I
Tolbukhin
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Moscow
Danube
Raczalmas
Third
Lake Balaton
Szekesfehvar
Nurse to Aid Polio Patients After Harvard Training
Aimee Richard Thomas Jr., a registered nurse from Amarillo, returns December 16 after completing a course at Harvard Medical School on the Sister Kenny method for infantile paralysis. She will serve as resident nurse for polio treatment in the area, per Percy Blackburn of the San Jacinto Kiwanis infantile paralysis committee. The club raised 3600 last December to fund sending a nurse to Harvard.
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Richard Thomas, Jr
Amarillo
Harvard Medical School
Sister Kenny
Thomas
Percy Blackburn
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Harvard
Blackburn
Will Initiate Nine Girls Into Sorority At Amarillo Junior College
Nine girls will be initiated into Gamma Theta Chi in a formal ceremony at the Capitol Hotel with Margaret Winniford presiding. Pledges include Donna Roth Thelma McClendon Irene Nix Kathryn Walker Claudia Brummett Nelda Jean Fotheringham Doris Cobb and Billye Diggs.
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Capitol Hotel
Gamma Theta Chi
Amarillo Junior College
Donna Roth
Thelma McClendon
Irene Nix
Kathryn Walker
Claudia Brummett
Nelda Jean Fotheringham
Doris Cobb
Billye Diggs
Margaret Winniford
Rosemary Ascoe
Phyllis Foreman
Hughes Montgomery
Timmye Berg
Marie Bennett
Marshall Shaw
Sigma Iota Chi
Jean Josey
Margaret Barker
Jean Bechtel
Kathryn Bonar
Betty Bowman
Jane Ann Hodges
Bobby
Fifteen Concession Bid Forms Issued for Tule Creek
15 blank concession operation bid forms were sent to as many applicants by the Soil Conservation Service before the morning deadline. Amario Caserta, head of the Amarillo office, said two weeks are needed to review bids and return decisions. The Buffalo Lake concession bids deadline is 11 o clock on December 18.
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Tule Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Jimmy Caserta
Amarillo Conservation Service
Buffalo Lake
Willard Gordon Robinson Killed in Action on Leyte
War Department notifies Mr and Mrs Thomas C Robinson of the death of their son Staff Sgt Willard Gordon Robinson age 21 in action on Leyte November 3 He was born in New Orleans and moved to Amarillo at age seven a graduate of Amarillo High School and affiliated with Sigma Alpha Delta at Amarillo College He served with the Corps of Engineers and had been overseas since November 1943 Surviving are his parents a sister Mary of El Paso a sister Sallie of Amarillo two brothers Thomas C Robinson Jr of Houston and James A Robinson of the First Cavalry Division and a nephew Barry Robinson of Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Robinson
River Road
War Department
Willard Gordon
Delta
Corps of Engineers
Army
Sergeant Robinson
Mary
el Paso
Sallie
Amarillo
Thomas C. Robinson, Jr
Houston
James A. Robinson
First Cavalry Division
Barry Robinson
Harold Bugbee Paintings Shown at Amarillo USO Club
Four paintings by Harold Bugbee of Clarendon are loaned to the Downtown USO in Amarillo for display. The western scenes include a chuck wagon driven across the range and a branding corral.
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Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
USO Club
Amarillo
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Aimee A
RED Cross
Johnson & Johnson
Black
Sybil Hat Shop
East Sixt
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First National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Ae Wal
POLK
Sears
Zelan
Santa Claus
TOY Department
Flannelette
Sears Toy Department
Rayon
Burgundy
Rose
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