Ina Capprell Joins War Effort In Amarillo Shell Plant
Ina Capprell, the twelfth passer at Sixth and Polk, lives in Amarillo for now and works on a shell loading line. She weighs heavy cases over 20 pounds and endures midnight to eight am shifts. A Floydada native, she trained at Wayland College but sought teaching before the war redirected her path. She plans to return home after the armistice, if contentment awaits Floydada.
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Sue Wise
Polk
Ina Capprell
East Fifth
Miss Capprell
Amarillo
Floydada
Wayland College
Plainview
Eyes on German Mine Field Costs Sergeant Two Months Mustache
Sergeant Abner Spruell of Waco Texas survived a back wound from a mine and a piece of shrapnel that chewed through his two month old mustache. He credited his quick jump from a shell hole to avoiding worse injuries while serving with an ack ack battery. A French woman friend with four cows keeps grass away from mines, complicating pasture plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
Sarreguemines
U.P
Abner Spruell
Waco
Tex
Spruell
Army sign painter in France paints 35 000 signs
Liberto Vilarino of Los Angeles, former architect, has painted 35 000 signs in France since arriving with Allied forces. His best selling image is a shapely female figure captioned Slow Curves, while his most common warnings cover mines routes booby traps and cleared areas.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Liberto Vilarino
Los Angeles
Cal
France
Vilarino
Normandy
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