Compulsory Peacetime Service Bill Moves To Forefront Of Congress
Washington report outlines a proposed national compulsory peacetime service for all American youth age 17 to 25. It would involve about 1,000,000 young men annually, cost billions, disrupt education, and face strong debate. Three options are military training alone, mixed training with civics and work, or nonmilitary studies and outdoor activity. The main clash centers on a purely military program backed by Army and Navy leaders.
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James Marlow Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Sergeant William H. Holmes Receives Fifth Oak Leaf Cluster
Sgt. William H. Holmes, 22, of Floydada and Amarillo origins, earns a fifth Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for meritorious achievement on over 20 combat missions in Europe as top turret gunner of a B 17 with the 351st Bombardment Group. The award cites courage and skill reflecting credit on himself and the United States Armed Forces. He enlisted April 26, 1943 after graduating Floydada High School in 1940. In peacetime about seven hundred acres in southern France are planted with jasmine for perfume.
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William H. Holmes
Buchanan
Schweinfurt
Anklam
Nienburg
Leipzig
Ludwigshaven
Gaggenau
Kassel
Soest
Cologne
Nurnburg
Politz
Stargard
Mannheim
Hamburg
Bielefield
United States
Floydada High School
Holmes
Amarillo
Army
It Was Quite Some Sunday Tea Party
In Germany, Lt. Tom Kibler led a tank platoon and infantry in Strab to repel German forces. His crew destroyed an 88 gun and enemy positions, ending the engagement after a decisive tea party of shellfire costing about $5,112 in materiel.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Tom Kibler
Chattanooga
Tenn
Kibler
Strab
Gey
Strath
Military polls shape long term defense plans
The Army cites field troop polls as part of shaping the nation’s defense doctrine as leaders decide how to balance military recommendations with congressional oversight. Public debate centers on the role of civilian government in military policy.
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Gene Jordans
Gene Jordan
M. E. Jordan
Monroe
Jordan
U. S. Navy Air Base
Corpus Christi
W. B. West & Company
Amarillo Bldg. Ph
Jane
Pool Drug
France
Howell & Sons
West
Roper
DMSON
King Insurance Service
The
First National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Robert Dickman
Phoenix City
William
Frenchy) Cambre
Reserve
Salome Hugo
Childress
Jerry Autry
Jackson Street
Norwich
Benson & Benson
Doctors OF Optometry
Oliver Eakle
6Th & Polk
Coats
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