Jap Admiral Tarawa Victim
United Press reports a Japanese admiral was killed in action during operations around Tarawa. The casualty highlights ongoing naval engagements in the Pacific theater.
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Tarawa
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1943
Page
2
Tarawa commander reported killed in battle last month
Tokyo radio claims Rear Admiral Kenji Shibazaki who led Tarawa garrison and most of his troops died during the battle last month. The New York monitored broadcast offered a dramatic account of his last stand and sword charge, while noting communications with Tarawa were cut long before the final assault.
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Tokyo
Kenji Shibazaki
Tarawa Island
mid-Pacific
New York
U. S
Island
Ena
Tarawa
Service Members in the News From Our Defenders
Aviation Cadet William A. Day, a former Amarillian, begins primary flight training at Thunderbird Field II in Paradise Valley Phoenix Arizona. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Day of Los Angeles and grandson of Mr and Mrs John Arnot. Cadet Day is a Amarillo High School graduate and ex Douglas Aircraft employee. Harold O Pats Jr enrolls in a month long radio refresher course at the Pre Radio Naval Training School in Michigan City Indiana. after completion he proceeds to an advanced radio school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Day
Amarillian
Thunderbird Field II
Paradise Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
Cadet Day
Frank Day
Los Angeles
Calif
John Arnot
Lincoln Street
Amarillo High School
Texas Christian University
Douglas Aircraft
Kearns Base
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Monne
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Alif
Harold O. Pitts, Jr
U. S. Naval Armory
Michigan City
Ind
Pitts
Nannie C
McGee Promoted to Warrant Officer on Panama Isthmus
Jake D. McGee, son of Mrs. Etta McGee of 720 North Hayes Street, is promoted to warrant officer, junior grade, in a signal aircraft Warning regiment on the Isthmus of Panama. He becomes technical officer after serving as radio technician and master sergeant prior to commissioning. He has been in the Army since 1933 and overseas since May 1940.
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Jake D. McGee
Panama
McGee
Etta McGee
North Hayes Street
Camp graduates as airplane mechanic at Sheppard Field
Gaston G. Camp Jr. completed the airplane mechanics course at Sheppard Field Wichita Falls after basic training there. He is the son of Mrs. Lucy Camp of 305 North Fillmore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston G. Camp, Jr
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Camp
Lucy Camp
North Fillmore Street
Adams Receives Promotion at Camp Wolters
James W. Adams Jr. formerly with International Harvester in Mineral Wells is promoted to first lieutenant at the infantry replacement training center Camp Wolters. In service since 1940 and commissioned 1942 he previously served at Camp Bowie Camp Blanding and Camp Edwards. Chief Warrant Officer William F. Crow son of Mrs Aliie Crow now at Camp Stewart after eight years in Army service including seven overseas.
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James W. Adams, Jr
International Harvester Company
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Camp Wolters
Adams
Camp Bowie
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Edwards
Mass
William F. Crow
Aliie Crow
Buchanan Street
Mr. Crow
Camp Stewart
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Holbrook Promoted to First Lieutenant in Marines
Raymond Holbrook former state editor of The Amarillo Globe News has been promoted to first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He serves as an operations officer in the Southwest Pacific. Cables reached him on Thanksgiving Day to announce the birth of his daughter to Mrs. Holbrook the former Dorothy Hopper.
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Raymond Holbrook
Amarillo Globe News
Southwest Pacific
Holbrook
About Your Baby by Lerrice Street in a chair safety tale
A baby sits in a fragile chair that tips and falls before a safer high chair is chosen. The story notes parental conflict, chair features, and safety guidance for infants with a feeding schedule leaflet offered by the author.
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Lerrice Street
Johnson's Red Cross Plaster Aids Back Aches and Pains
Johnson's Red Cross Plaster provides relief for backaches and muscle pains. It claims quick, targeted comfort through a adhesive plaster that soothes inflammation and soreness with warming menthol and medicinal paste.
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Johnson’s Red Cross
Roosevelt backs clear policy on soldier voting
President Roosevelt stated a simple policy granting every soldier the right to vote unless combat conditions prevent it. He spoke at a press-radio conference amid a soldier vote bill in Congress. The note mentions Winfield Holbrook of Plainview as the son of Capt and Mrs. Holbrook. The text also notes the origin of the Hohenzollern name from a hill near Stuttgart.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capt
Winfield Holbrook
Plainview
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Bryson
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Houston
Crow
William Arnot Day
Bobby Brown
Bobby
Merry Christmas
Credit Managers Association
Germany
Zollern
Stuttgart
Bud
Tenth Street Shoe Shop
Bud" Harbin
Mgr
CW Package Store
Amato
A Polk
Capitol Liquor Store
Polk
Nona Forister, Mer
Pantex
U. S. Employment Service
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain-Teed Products Corporation
United States War Bonds
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