Army air forces graduate joins German theater service
Mr and Mrs D H Lohoefer of 815 Bryan report their son Corporal Lohoefer has completed an orientation course bridging US training and combat duties in Germany. A graduate of Amarillo High School, he attended Amarillo College before entering the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Lohoefer
Bryan
States
Germany
Corporal Lohoefer
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Army Air Forces
Webb Marine Reservist Returns From Overseas
Mr and Mrs D G Webb of 504 North Grant report their son Horace J Webb has returned from 28 months overseas with the Marines and will be home on leave. He served over four years including Iceland and Pacific duty with actions in Guam and the Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Webb
North Grant
Horace J. Webb
Marines
Webb
Iceland
Pacific
Guam
Marshall Islands
Batson Completes Primary Training At Curtis Field
Aviation Cadet William B. Batson son of Mr and Mrs W S Batson 900 Taylor has completed the Primary Training course at Curtis Field Brady and is sent to Waco for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Batson
W. S. Batson
Taylor
Curtis Field
Brady
Waco
Naval boot training recruits into great lakes
Arthur G. Allison age eighteen begins his recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois and will receive leave upon completion. Jesse M Dwight Jr leaves after a three week visit with his parents and reports to Houston for foreign sea duty with the Merchant Marine Stated plans include three months at sea followed by upgrading school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Allison
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
A. Allison
Rio Grande
Allison
Jesse M. Dwight, Jr
J. M. Dwight
Buchanan
Dwight
Stewards Department
The
Merchant Marine
Houston
Navy Seaman Charles Adams Returns From Leave
Charles Adams seaman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Adams of Amarillo, arrived home on indefinite leave. He serves in the Navy hospital corps school at San Diego, has been in the Navy since June 27, and is a graduate of Amarillo High School. Also noted is Sgt. Howard W. Cogdell, 24, training as an engineer on a B 24 Liberator at Walla Walla Army Air Field, son of Mr. and Mrs. B I Cogdill, Route 3, and Mrs. Bertha Wynn, 1105 Lincoln Street. He previously worked as a clerk and served 17 months in the Aleutians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adams
W. M. Adams
West Eighteenth
Adams
Hospital Corps School of the Navy
San Diego
Navy
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Howard W. Cogdell
Walla Walla Army Air Field
Wash
Fourth Air Force
B. I. Cogdill
Bertha Wynn
Lincoln Street
Army Air Forces
Aleutian Islands
Army
Sergeant Manzer Returns Home From Overseas
Mrs. Martin Manzer of 202 Mississippi reports that her husband Sergeant Martin Manzer has arrived in the United States after about six months overseas with the Combat Engineers. He is hospitalized at Temple with exposure and had three years in the Army plus a year in Africa. He previously worked for International Harvester. Mrs. Manzer plans to join him soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Manzer
Mississippi
Sgt
United States
France
Sergeant Manzer
Combat Engineers
Temple
Manzer
Africa
International Harvester Company
Captain A. W. Stewart on 60 day leave visit notes
Capt. A. W. Stewart, wounded in France, returns to the States for a 60 day leave. He visits grandparents at 1410 Lincoln and aunts at 1408 Lincoln and 1304 Lincoln, then reports to Brooks General Hospital in San Antonio for treatment after eight months overseas with the infantry. He left the army from Commerce and now visits his father in Bryans Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Stewart
J. A. Caple
Lincoln
Joe Meacham
Lewis Broome
France
Stewart
Brooks General Hospital
San Antonio
Infantry
Bryans Mill
Lt Zeeck in Iowa stationed at Naval Training School Cedar Falls
Lt Alane Zeeck formerly of Amarillo and Pampa now with the WAVES reports her assignment as officer in charge of WAVE recruiting. She previously directed Naval Officer Procurement recruiting in Oklahoma City before her Cedar Falls posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeeck
Iowa
Alane Zeeck
Amarillo
Pampa
the Waves
Naval Training School
Cedar Falls
WAVE
Naval Officer Procurement Headquarters
Oklahoma City
Uncle Sam Toting Too Big a Load
War column argues there is no military injustice in the allied burden sharing in Europe and the Orient. The author notes all Allies contribute to their full resources, cites historical strains in Britain and Russia, and emphasizes balancing military effort over political issues. Also brief local society notes on shoppers and a Borger visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Western
Europe
Orient
Munich
Stimson
John Bull
France
Hitler
Bare
Russia
Britain
America
Vistula
Miss Yvonne Rice Returns Home from Texas Visit
Miss Yvonne Rice of Corpus Christi returns home after visiting her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Witt Springer at 1913 Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Rice
Corpus Christi
Mrs. Witt Springer
Madison
Britton Named Commander of AAF Base at Aiken South Carolina
Major Bill Britton of Amarillo takes command of the Air Forces base at Aiken South Carolina upon returning to duty from leave. A former Globe News sports writer he served after Pearl Harbor in the Aleutians earning the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross for raids on Kiska and Japanese ships. He is a bomber pilot and was raised in Earth Texas near Pampa and Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Britton
Amarillo
Air Forces
Aiken
8. C
Britton
Earth
Pampa
W. K. Britton
The
Globe News
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Kiska
Panhandle Plains
West Texas State College
Guests from Memphis Stay Weekend with Cautherns
Mr and Mrs N W Durham and children Don and Joan of Memphis were guests over the weekend at 312 A Prospect with Mr and Mrs Sam Cauthern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
N. W. Durham
Don
Joan
Sam Cauthern
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cpl
Conrad L. Lohoefer
Nature
Carter
Ted Malone
KFDA
Sam
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Globe-News
Earl Ferris
Ferris
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
Borger
Vera Burk
J. T. Dodson
Mary Adell
A Polk
Montgomery Ward
Vessee
Polk Street
Montgom
AAF Command
Ruthkows
WA Fonicomery Ward
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