Jaycees Hear W. W. Rusk About GI Benefits Center
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce hears W. W. Rusk describe the veterans information center work. He notes 500 World War II veterans returned to the area among 17 500 in the armed forces and outlines GI Bill loans for homes farms and businesses and retraining programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Arilla Council of Veterans
Nm Sone
Amarila
Selig Camel
Tom Nelson
Re-Employment Administration
Kr. Amarillo
Col. O. E. Herndon
S. B. Whittenburg
Otto Landis
Ira Tomkinson
Bill Utterback
Jaycees
Infantryman Tim Kegans Jr Dies in Action Overseas
Pfc. Tim Kegans Jr., 21, of Amarillo area dies January 13 in France while serving in an infantry division. Son of Tim and Mrs. Kegans foreman of Alabates ranches, he attended Amarillo and Hartley High Schools, was ROTC lieutenant in Company F, previously in the air forces, and had one sister Carol. Notice of the death reached the area recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Kegans
France
Alabates
Amarillo
Julian Bivins
Amarillo High School
Hartley High
Kegans
Miracle Man of the Mind to Speak in Amarillo
Dr Franz J. Polgar, famed telepathist memory expert and hypnotist, will headline the Knife and Fork Club meeting Tuesday night in Amarillo. The program titled Miracles of Mind offers a live demonstration of mental powers and thought transference for which Polgar has earned international repute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Knife and Fork Club
Franz J. Py
Dr. Polgar
Now She Shops Cash and Carry
An ad-like fragment touts Doan's Pills for tired kidneys and backache. It promotes Doan's as a quick relief for kidney-related symptoms and urges readers to ask their druggist about the product. The copy stresses painless relief and mentions circulating testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Doan
Psychologist Dr Polgar's career spans Europe and United States
The text outlines Dr Polgar's training under Freud in Budapest with Sandor Ferenczi, work in a Budapest hospital and with the Hungarian secret service, and his US visits to many universities where he gave exhibitions faculty scientists could not explain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polgar
Freud
University of
Budapest
Sandor Ferenczi
Secret Service
United States
Pat Snow Named Editor Of The Sandstorm
Amarillo High School senior Pat Snow has been named editor of The Sandstorm. She is daughter of Lt. Col. Clif ford M. Snow and Mrs Snow of 910 Fannin and has two years in AHS. Associate editor is Johnnie Fay Cresens. Patsy Northcutt and Jimmy Slade named assistant editors. Glenn Williams serves as sports editor. Alyce Joyce Holley is business manager for both the paper and La Airosa. Fay Ringdon assists with the annual. Dorinda Bond is faculty sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Snow
Amarillo
the Sandstorm
Clifford M. Snow
Fannin
Pat
A.H S
National Honor Society
Ken Klub
Quill and Scroll
Los Viasleros
Johnnie Fay Cresens
Patsy Northcutt
Jimmy Slade
Glenn Williams
Alyce Joyce Holley
la Airosa
Fay Ringdon
Dorinda Bond
Lieutenant Harold Dennis Returns on Leave After European Service
Fort Bliss will host Lt. Harold Dennis on temporary leave after eight months in the European theater. The Bombardier on a B-24 completed 25 missions with the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, and his wife resides on Route 3 in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dennis
Amarillo
Fort Bliss
Dennis
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Pilot Lt Sissons Returns From China Burma India Tour
Lt. Bob H. Sissons 29 returned from a China Burma India tour aboard a B 24. His wife Ann Nell lives at 3100 Polk. He is at the Army Air Forces redistribution station in Miami Florida. He is the son of J D Sissons of Foydada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob H. Sissons
Ann Nell
Polk
Sisson
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
Miami
Fla
J. D. Sissons
Foydada
Ensign Joe B McClure Commissioned in Naval Reserve
Joe B. McClure Jr. son of Mrs J B McClure of 1201 Bowie has been commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve on graduating from the midshipmen school at Northwestern University. He will serve as a deck officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe B. McClure, Jr
J. B. McClure
Bowie
Naval Reserve
Midshipman’s School
Northwestern University
McClure
Sailor 1c Duck Receives Navy Commendation for Normandy Action
Admiral Stark commends Vester L. Duck son of Mrs Annie Duck for efficiency and professional skill during the Normandy invasion. While fire control man first class on USS Harding, Duck obtained range on enemy batteries and positions under fire enabling effective counter fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Stark
U. S. Naval
Europe
Vester L. Duck
Annie Duck
West Seventh
Normandy
Duck
Harding
Air Medal Awarded to Lt. Marshall P. Dorman
Lt. Marshall P. Dorman of 1808 Pierce received the Air Medal from the commanding general of the India China division Air Transport Command after completing 150 hours of operational flight over dangerous air routes in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall P. Dorman
Pierce
India-China
Air Transport Command
Dorman
Bomber Pilot Listed Missing Over Italy
Mrs. Weldon F. Swinney of Amarillo learns her husband, heavy bomber pilot Lt. Swinney, is missing over Italy since December 22. He served with the 12th Air Force in Corsica after 32 combat missions and Air Medal. His unit earned the Croix de Guerre with Palm and two Presidential Citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon F. Swinney
Louisiana
Italy
12Th Air Force
Corsica
Swinney
Connie Adams
Ralls
Amarillo National Bank
Monroe Swinney
Abilene
Charles de Gaulle
OPA Official Seeks Price Control Talks in Amarillo
Mrs. Manon Seawell of the OPA regional office in Dallas will visit Amarillo for price control discussions with consumers. She speaks at Lions Club lunch Tuesday and Junior Chamber of Commerce lunch Wednesday and hosts a public meeting at Municipal Auditorium. She also speaks at Amarillo College Tuesday morning and West Texas State College in Canyon on Monday.
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Manon Seawell
OPA
Dallas
Amarillo
Lions Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Federated Club Rooms
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W. W. Rusk
Tim Kegans, JR
Bob H. Sisson
Franz J. Polgar
Allison Chiropractor
Monroe
Benson & Benson
Doctors OF Optometry
Oliver Eakle
6Th & Polk
Cretney
Liquor Mart
Iene
Ensign Joe B. McClure
W. F. Swinney
Globe News
Seersuckers
Chambrays
K. P
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