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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1945
Page
4
The San Jacinto Methodist Church hosts an annual father son banquet Friday night at 7 39 in the fellowship hall. Dr Jen Wese ay will speak. musical numbers are planned. Tickets are 75 cents and available at the church office. Reservations encouraged.
Taxpayers seeking help with 1944 income tax returns fill the Amarillo field office as the March 14 filing deadline nears. Eight deputies are on duty to assist, per Ralph Kenniston, chief of the office.
A collection of brief notes lists Amarillo area servicemen and relatives. Corporal Fox and Lt. Charles D. Bayne are cited with enlistment dates and overseas service. The Goodmans reveal multiple family members serving in Army Navy WAVES and naval aviation, with addresses on West Fifth and North Pierce. Enlistee Bonita Woods is set for Navy enlistment and the Woods family details are noted.
Co. Ewell A. Fox of Amarillo is praised by General Douglass for his role with a heavy bomber base group in the Marianas. The Seventh Air Force commander issued the commendation as the group marks its fifth year of operations in the Pacific theater. The unit has taken part in nearly every major move in the campaign.
Pvt. Harold A. McNamara 1942 Price College graduate reported killed in action in France on December 6. News sent to his mother Mrs. Blanche T. McNamara of Rosemead California on February 12. He trained at Camp Roberts and Fort Meade and shipped overseas last October. Born April 6, 1924, he lived in Sunray with his family during his Price College years.
G G Laing of 2119 Washington could not reenter his car after buying 1946 license plates. Parked beside a second car, he crawled through via the back window after a bystander slid the door enough for him to reach in and roll it down. He then clambered to the front seat and drove away.
Vero Beach Chamber officials promoting the area as the tropics begin learned that luggage labeled Zero Fla. arrived there and was promptly claimed by its owner suggesting a mix up in travel items rather than a local mystery.
Seaman Bob Bowlin has completed boot camp at the Naval Training Center in San Diego and visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bowlin at 3610 Van Buren. His grandfather I. F. Smith of Snyder departed after a short stay. Bowlin will leave Friday.
In Oklahoma City a man fled as police were alerted after a theft of an acetylene gas tank a tank of oxygen a cutting torch and other accessories from a packing company.
A report notes a suspect prepared to employ stolen items to access a safe. The passage outlines intent and potential method without graphic detail, highlighting criminal plan and targeted security access.
Mr and Mrs Fred Segel and daughter Gwen are spending three weeks in Long Beach California They reside at 1314 Rosemont
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