Midshipmen Buddy Blythe and John Reynolds Return for Christmas
Midshipmen Buddy Blythe and John Reynolds of the Naval Academy are coming home from Annapolis for Christmas. They are expected to arrive in Amarillo on Saturday and will spend about six days with their parents, the Blythes and the Reynoldses. Both are first string junior varsity soccer players in their second year and recently played Johns Hopkins College in Baltimore. Buddy and John are Amarillo High School graduates from 1942.
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Buddy Blythe
John Reynolds
Annapolis
Amarillo
Naval Academy
J. K. Blythe
Fannin
H. L. Reynolds
A Polk
Johns- Hopkins College
Baltimore
Buddy
John
Amarillo High School
Amatillo College
Blythe Family Ties Highlight Army Navy Ball and Service
The article notes John Blythe’s rise to cadet lieutenant colonel at AHS and an ROTC path via competitive exam. It mentions Midshipman Blythe dating a Purdue twirler photographed in Life Magazine during football season. Sergeant Joe K. Blythe Jr. plans another missed Christmas in England after two prior overseas tours, having been a firearms instructor in the States before deployment.
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Annapolis
John
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
AHS
Navy Grid
Purdue
Blythe
Navy
Life Magazine
Buddy
Joe K. Blythe, Jr
Sergeant Blythe
England
States
Leyte Drome Sets Record On Takeoffs
At Leyte airbase in the Philippines pilots and crews report record traffic as the single strip handles a daily 600 to 700 daylight takeoffs. The peak came on December 7 with 894 movements, signaling for takeoffs, landings, and emergency clearances amid bombings and a tower fire. Lt. Col. James Pettus, the acting airdrome commander from St. Louis, notes the busy wartime operations and the brave tower crew enduring attacks.
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Leyte
Philippines
Pacific
James Pettus
St. Louis
Arizonian Finds Amarillo Warmer Than Phoenix
An astonished Arizonian says Amarillo is warmer than Phoenix. Mrs. Charles Carlson visited Mrs. L. D. Carlyle at 720 North Grant over the weekend and made her first snowball in a decade before leaving.
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Amarillo
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Carlson
L. D. Carlyle
North Grant
Dog Returns to Owners After 30 Mile Trek
In Denver on December 21, Tracy Flemings who moved from Conifer Colorado last October found their stray dog Whiskers at the new home. The animal had been fed for a month prior and had never been in Denver before. They are puzzled how he found their address.
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Denver
Tracy Flemings
Conifer
Colo
Fleming
Sailors Secure City Monkey Mascot From Albuquerque
Merchant seamen Bill Murphy of Los Angeles and Harold Smith of Albuquerque asked Mayor Clyde Tingley for Jocko, a city zoo monkey, to replace their torpedoed mascot. The mayor agreed with the condition that the monkey be returned alive or stuffed after the war.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bill Murphy
Los Angeles
Harold Smith
Clyde Tingley
Jocko
Mrs. Felicita McEnteggart Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Felicita McEnteggart of Amarillo left the Security Benefit Association Hospital in Topeka Kansas and is back at home today.
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Felicita McEnteggart
Amarillo
Security Benefit Association
Topeka
Kan
Christmas Party for Horses by the S P C A Auxiliary
Fifty horses attended a Christmas party in Philadelphia hosted by the S P C A Women's Auxiliary. Gifts included blankets chest protectors and bags of oats. A festive snack of crushed corn and apples was served along with limited quantities of sugar lumps.
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Philadelphia
S.P.C.A
Family provider fails in important duty satire
Smithville, Mo. December 21 Charley Chinn in the Smithville Democrat-Herald quipped that the man who marries often keeps few promises especially the promise to bring home the bacon.
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Smithville, Mo
Charley Chinn
Smithville
Democrat-Herald
Nazi Communications Hit By Planes In Italy Sector
U S 15th Air Force heavy bombers struck Rosenheim near Munich and Bologna Brenner Pass cutting feeder lines to Verona. Wing commanded by Brig Gen Hugo P Rush from New Providence Pennsylvania pressed seven straight days of raids to disrupt enemy troop and supply movements toward Italian and Hungarian fronts. Weather hampered west operations again yesterday.
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London
15Th Air Force
Rosenheim
Munich
Hugo P. Rush
New Providence
Thunderbolts
Bologna
Brenner Pass
Brenner
Verona
Farmhand says he knew of war but not draft rules
Louisville. A 24 year old farmhand Albert Joseph House told prosecutor John Dougherty he knew there was a war but was perplexed by the draft system. He said he had no draft card because he worked on a farm near Nicholasville and had been out of touch with things.
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Louisville
Albert Joseph House
John Dougherty
Dougherty
House
Nicholasville
City Manager Hancock Returns After Two Week Texas Vacation
City Manager A. P. Hancock resumes duties today after a two week trip through Central Texas including Kerrville and Uvalde. City employees will forfeit one half day of vacation this Christmas since Christmas Eve falls on Sunday and the Dec 24 afternoon closure adds no extra holiday time.
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A. P. Hancock
Texas
Kerrville- Uvalde Country
U S Cruiser Damaged Off Leyte Tokyo Claims
Tokyo claims an enemy warship possibly a cruiser was damaged by Japanese planes in Philippine waters west of Leyte Island. The assertion came from an unconfirmed Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by the FCC.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Philippine
Leyte Island
Federal Communications Commission
39-Pound Turkey for Children's Home Christmas Dinner
S B Robbins purchased a turkey weighing more than 39 pounds for the Children's Home Christmas dinner. Grocers say it is likely the largest turkey in town at this time.
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S. B. Robbins
Virginia
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