Patton Temper Like TNT Dares Not Fumble at Staff Briefings
Capt. Tom Kritser recalls General Patton’s direct, brusque leadership at Third Army staff briefings. Patton demanded attention, answered questions bluntly, and rode with military showmanship, accompanied by his dog Willie Patton and armed escorts.
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Patton
Brownwood Emerson
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Tom M. Kritser
Kritser
D. S. Kritser
van Buren
United States
Elephant Herd Size of Pea Brought Home
Walter Reams of 1603 Buchanan returned from India with ivory elephants so small a herd of 100 fits in a container the size of a pea. He served in the 236th Combat Engineers building the Ledo Road and was wounded by a hand grenade. Reams, a former cafe operator, plans to resume schooling after V J Day. The note also mentions Vatican City’s railroad.
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India
Walter Reams
Buchanan
236Th
Combat Engineers
Ledo Road
Reams
Borger
Hod Carriers’ Union
Mr. Reams
Killian Family Holding Reunion Across Generations
County Commissioner George Killian and his kin gather for a rare reunion after four years. George B. Killian, once a prisoner with the Lost Battalion in Java, has been on 90 day leave and plans to report to Fort Bliss on January 18 likely leading to discharge. R. H. Killian serves in the Navy at Fleet Post Office Oakland and recently returned for the holidays before resuming duties. Mrs. Jack Story of Wichita Falls visits Mrs. Ann McCaslin in the Lucerne Apartments.
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George Killian
George B. Killian
Java
Fort Bliss
el Paso
R. H. Killian
Navy
Fleet Post Office
Oakland
Cal
McCaslin
Jack Story of
Wichita Falls
Ann McCaslin
Lucerne Apartments
Japan Surrenders 324 Tons of Silver to Allies in 1944
The Japanese government sold 324 tons of silver to fund munition needs in late 1944, but used only 21 tons before the war ended. The value is about 4 million dollars, to be credited toward Japan's reparations bill as the metal passes into Allied hands. Flight Officer Bob Gross will visit Hondo. Dick Sikes, ROTC student at the University of Texas, visits his parents in town.
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Tokyo
Japan
Bob Gross
Hondo
Bernice Hills
Lincoln
Dick Sikes
University of Texas
Walter Sikes
Wentworth Cadet Visit Noted In Sam Fenberg Ad
David Finkelstein, a Wentworth Military Academy student in Lexington Missouri, is visiting under the Sam Fenberg name at 2109 Hughes as a substitute.
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Finkelstein
David Finklestein
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Sam Fenberg
Hughes
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Kruser
General Patton
Green Hornet
Willie Patton
Willie
Panhandle
Vatican City
Killian Family Holding Reunion
Nippon
Skinner
Ote
W. 6Th St
Crisco
Coffee Sons
Oranges Savers
Pinkney
Neney
Lemnaent
Eee
Oxydol
Faviva Vy Eer
Lsx Whiteway Stores
van Camp
Brown
Brer Rabbit
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Ase
LON C
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Eueivee Sl
Whiteway
Sauer Kraut
Nner
Franks
Pinkney’s Brick Ib
Luc
U. S
Clorox
Ivory
LUX
Duz
Pearl
Washington D
E. 10Th
N. Buchanan
S. Fillmore
N. E
Taylor
Whiteway Savings
California
Texas Marsh
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