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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1945
Page
7
A letter from James Forrestal dated December 10 informs Lt. John Middleton Jr. USNR listed missing since October 25 1944 is now presumed killed in action. The parents Mr and Mrs John Middleton of 302 North Buchanan received the notice regarding their son.
Letter reports Lieutenant Middleton of Amarillo, a Torpedo Squadron 19 pilot, missing in action after his plane from the USS Lexington was hit by anti aircraft fire during a strike on a Japanese carrier north east of Luzon. He previously earned the Air Medal and Gold Star for sinking Japanese cargo ships near the Bonin Islands on June 15, 1944, and near the Philippines on September 2, 1944.
Amarillo residents face a long wait for electric tree lights as local dealers report no stock. Thomsen Home Supply owner R F Thomsen says none available and other stores likely share the shortage amid a high demand spike of calls and a pause in peacetime decor sales since 1940.
In Lusk Wyoming a gardener named Frosty Vaughan from Lance Creek displays a crop of large ripe tomatoes 67 days after setting out the plants. He says the plants have heard the inside story about the high speed production program.
Fifty three Amarillo High School students will join the Ken Klub scholarship society for high averages. Inductees include Kenneth Beck Gilbert Beistle Clifford Bradley and many others. Roland Young serves as president with Monte Craig as vice president and faculty sponsors Miss Jane Luther and Miss Jewel Brock guiding the ceremony.
Police track a tangle of trails after a 1935 Ford was stolen from W. W. Tomlinson at 1901 Jackson in Amarillo. Investigators work to untangle the confusing maze of leads and cross trails as the case develops.
Abandoned 1940 Buick found near a vacant Jackson block after thieves stole a 1942 Buick from 2601 Van Buren belonging to J. & Pointer. Two men in a separate car drove to the vacant lot on Jackson and left the 1940 Buick there before fleeing in another vehicle. Police could not locate the owner of the abandoned car with a local registration tag.
Former Amarillo newsman Jerry Malin now serves in government duties in Singapore. The report notes his career shift and contrasts tribal stereotypes by stating the Flathead or Salish Indians of Montana were not flatheaded.
The American Legion launches a drive in Amarillo with red brick chimney boxes in 20 stores to collect gifts for servicemen and women at the Amarillo Field Hospital and Veterans Hospital. Local committee members Sterling Kinney, Joe Rogers, and Dave Britton coordinate the effort insisting any suitable gift will be welcomed on Christmas Day.
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