Marine Enlistments Fall Short of Overseas Quota in District
Captain Aubrey Edmonds in charge of the Santa Fe district says enlistments rise but do not meet the overseas replacement quota. Reenlistments are open to married ex Marines, previously barred for corporal and sergeant ranks, with other ranks eligible regardless of marriage. Vet eran Marines must reenlist within 90 days to keep their ranks. Staff Sgt Aubrey Dean and Sgt Thornton W Myers serve at the Amarillo Marine Recruiting Substation in the post office basement.
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Aubrey Edmonds
Santa Fe
Marine Corps
Edmonds
Aubrey Dean
Thornton W. Myers
Marine Recruiting
Amarillo
Geologists Refine Earth's Age Using Helium Leakage
Geologists examine helium leakage from rock to tighten dating estimates. Many now place Earth's age around 3 billion years, reflecting updates in radiometric and geochemical methods.
Aide to Adm Halsey Speaks at Amarillo Clubs
Capt L J Dow aide to Adm Bull Halsey and captain of the Dallas Naval Air Station will address two civic clubs in Amarillo. He will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel and at the American Business Club luncheon in the Capitol. Dow will be accompanied by Comdr Barry Holton Comdr Bill Nettle and Lt Comdr Charlie Haun from Dallas NAS. Dow spent five years in the Pacific beginning before Pearl Harbor and returned to the United States last year after Halsey transfer.
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L. J. Dow
Bull” Halsey
Pacific
Dallas Naval Air Station
Amarillo
Captain Dow
Rotary Club
Amarillo Hotel
American Business Club
Capitol
Barry Holton
Bill Nettle
Charlie Haun
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Halsey
Woman's Intuition Leads Policemen To Missing Boy
In San Diego on February 6, Patrolmen Athos Sada and Howard Holway relied on standard methods after a failed search for a missing boy. Aahas aunt directed a search to an address from a Ouija board, which proved incorrect until the boy reappeared as she insisted the address was right.
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San Diego
Cal
Athos Sada
Howard Holway
Box Supper at VEW Building Saturday in Amarillo
The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary hosts a box supper at Odd Fellows Hall 312 East Fifth in Amarillo at 8 p.m. Saturday. County candidates may speak, a cake walk and dance follow, and fried chicken boxes will be auctioned by Leonard Ralston. Proceeds fund the VFW building.
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Amarillo
John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Odd Fellows Hall
East Fifth
Beulah Fay West
Mable Smith
Zella Bruce
Alma Vogel
Lurline Butler
Leonard Ralston
VFW Building Fund
Convicted pair sentenced for Canyon armed robbery
Paul Griffin and Russell Knapp received 25 year terms in El Paso district court after pleading guilty to armed robbery of Manuel Varela at the El Paso National Bank. Nearly $6,000 stolen. two cars stopped by Amarillo area state troopers near Canyon. weapons recovered. Knapp’s wife Myrtle charged with robbery and concealing stolen money. bond set at $2,000.
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Paul Griffin
Russell Knapp
Canyon
Amarillo
el Paso
W.W. D. Howe
Manuel Varela
Mexico Money Exchange
el Paso National Bank
Knapp
Myrtle Knapp
San Francisco
el Pso
Oklahoma City
U. S
Luckiest Army passenger honors aboard Hermitage
Dale Suereth of York Pennsylvania became the 10 000th man to ship out of Nagoya Japan aboard the transport Hermitage docking at Seattle. He was relieved of K P duty and all other duties aboard the ship.
Officials Arrive Tomorrow To Complete USO Merger
Regional officers of member agencies descend on Amarillo to finalize the merger of the Downtown USO Club at Sixth and Taylor with the Auditorium USO at 501 Buchanan. The Downtown club has been closed since January 17. Expected attendees include Charles Juliana of Wichita Falls as associate regional supervisor for the National Catholic Community Service, Donald Hogan of El Paso as associate regional executive for the United Service Organizations, and Hazel Rogers of San Antonio representing the Young Women's Christian Association.
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Amarillo
USO Club
Sixth and
Taylor
USO
Buchanan
Charles Juliana
Wichita Falls
National Catholic Community Service
Donald Hogan
el Paso
United Service Organizations
Hazel Rogers
San Antonio
Young Women's Christian Association
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Bayer Aspirin
By Angelo
ABC
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Adm
Halsey
Shamrock
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VEW
Aia
Want
Fee Shields
Roper Gas Range
Tyler
West Sixth St
le Peed
Blackburn—Shaur Funeral Directors
Pierce
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Morton Downey
Lincoln St
Coke
Coca-Cola
Atchison
Topeka
Judy Garland
MGM
Fred Harvey
Harvey Houses
Fred Harvey Company
Harvey
Harvey Girls
Santa FE System
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