Fort Worth's Boydston at Farebersville defense in France
Lt. Col. William J. Boydston of Fort Worth led a counterattack at Farebersville near St Avold France as tanks and infantry overwhelmed German forces. He regrouped 200 men and four tanks from Seinghousse to reclaim the town, fighting house to house and maintaining a church fortress before withdrawing to positions near the river. Prisoners described strong German resistance and a Seventeenth SS unit holding the line along the Saar region.
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William J. Boydston
Fort Worth
Jack Guthrie
Polk
St. Avold
France
Third Army
Pfarrebersweiler
Farebersviller
Rossel
Saar
Seinghousse
United States
317Th Infantry Regiment
Farebersville
Boydston
Seventeenth SS
Saarquemines
St. Avold Forest
Here
Patton
Jaycees View Texas Ramblers Game Highlights
Amarillo Jaycees and guests watched moving pictures of the Randolph Field Texas University football game last night after a gathering. The event showcased film of the Ramblers in action and drew local interest among attendees.
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Jersey Lily
Texas University
Jaycees
Texas Ramblers
Amarillo Jaycees
Randolph Field
Annual Christmas Party for 4-H Girls Tomorrow
The Potter County 4-H Club Girls annual Christmas party is scheduled for tomorrow at 2 PM. It will be held in the office of Miss Pauline Lakey on the first floor of the courthouse and will feature music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Pauline Lakey
Banana party planned by girls with home demonstration agent
Exchange of gifts and refreshments is arranged by the girls with the home demonstration agent and sponsors of the clubs. Banana uses noted include jam from blossoms in the West Indies and vinegar-dipped fruit in China. Hawaiian banana flour blends are used with white flour for bread. Some tropical moths reach nearly a foot in wingspan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Navy plane saved by breakfast juice transfusion
Lt. Marion A. Mason reported a Japanese fighter damaged a Navy plane over the Kuriles last July by severing a hydraulic line. With insufficient fluid to lower flaps, crew fed the system coffee and orange juice, a diner-style transfusion proposed by Aviation Machinist’s Mate Charles W. Scott, and the hydraulics regained function.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Marion A. Mason
Kuriles
Aviation
Charles W. Scott
Optima, Oklo
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Howson
Glenmore Distilleries Company Incorporated
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BIG Smith Brand
Pater
Folger's
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Scott County
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Whiteway Department Store
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Monarch
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Wheaties
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Aney Reds
Jar
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Whiteway
N. Buchanan
S. Fillmore Twhiteway
American Tropics
Boxwell
Amarillo
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Spearman
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