Around Town Highlights of Holiday Visits
Mr and Mrs Ralph Reser of San Jose Costa Rica and Mrs Morton Gause Ware along with Mary Jane Ware are guests of Mrs J O Gulerie at 1607 Harrison Fort Worth and Mr Ware will join soon Reser works with Pan American Airlines in Costa Rica Mrs Sticksel of 2006 Washington returned from Dallas after two weeks with her parents C F Wilson and relatives Dr Sticksel joined for Christmas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Reser
San Jose
Costa Rica
Morton Gause Ware
Mary Jane
Fort Worth
J. O. Gulerie
Harrison
Ware
Reser
Pan American Air Lines
John F. Stick
Hugh Sticksel
Washington
Dallas
Mrs. C. F. Wilson
Dr. Sticksel
Pure St Joseph Aspirin Ad Promotes Health Choice
An older newspaper page features an advertising push for St Joseph Aspirin claiming purity and top-seller status with prices for a 100 tablet bottle at 35c. The page also includes social notes on births hospital news and local notices.
Bronze Star Honors Lt. Herman L. Holcomb
Lt. Herman Lee Holcomb of 802 Adams is awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement and extraordinary attention to duty. He has served three years in the anti aircraft division of General Patton's Third Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lee Holcomb
Lee Holcomb
Adams
Holcomb
General Patton
Third Army
Pvt Joe W Daniel records over two and half years of foreign service
Pvt Joe W Daniel of 1416 Hughes serves in the 135th Infantry Regiment under Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s Fifth Army. The 135th, part of the 34th Division, fought through Algiers Hill 609 Volturno Rapido Cassino Anzio Rome Pisa and the Gothic Line. Only about 600 of the 3000 Minnesota Guardsmen remain. 135th has suffered about 1000 killed and thousands wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Joe W. Daniel
Hughes
Daniel
135Th Infantry Regiment
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Algiers
Hill 609
Volturno
Rapido
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
Pisa
Gothic Line
135Th
Minnesota National Guardsmen
135Th Regiment
Pilot Daugherty Completes RAF Transition Course
Lt. Evan D. Daugherty Jr son of Mr and Mrs Evan D. Daugherty 1005 Sunset Terrace completed the RAF pilot transition course at Hobbs Army Air Field Hobbs NM The course trained for four engine planes and qualifies him as a Flying Fortress commander He was commissioned as a first lieutenant and received his pilot wings at Roswell NM on April 13 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan D. Daugherty, Jr
Evan D. Daugherty
Sunset Terrace
Hobbs Army Air Field
Hobbs
N. M
Daugherty
Roswell, N. M
Local Army Flight Cadet Heads to Advanced Training
An Andrew S. Dehner, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Dehner of 3102 Polk, Merced Army Air Field, Cal., begins advanced training toward silver pilot wings. Corporal Arthur E. Nizzi, after 28 months overseas, arrived in Miami Beach for reassignment. he served in a communications unit across the Middle East and other theaters and was a music instructor in civilian life. Corporal Nuzzi’s parents reside in Walsenburg, Colorado. Promoted technician fifth grade Fred E. Murdock, son of Mrs. Emma M. Murdock of 306 Louisiana, is now with Belgium’s 66th Medical Depot Company. Lawrence J. Silvey, technical sergeant and husband of Mrs. L. J. Silvey of 909 Louisiana, has returned from overseas furlough. a former B-17 engineer with the Eighth Air Force, he logged 32 missions and 250 combat hours in six months in Europe and was a California rancher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced Army Air Field
Cal
Andrew S. Dehner
A. S. Dehner
Polk
Cpl
Arthur E. Nizzi
A. E. Nizzi
Alabama
Miami Beach
Corporal Nizzi
Middle East
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
India
Burma
Tolzien
Michale Nazzi
Walsenburg
Colo
Fred E. Murdock
Emma M. Murdock
Louisiana
Murdock
Burlington Railroad
Belgium
66Th Medical Depot Company
Lawrence J. Silvey
L. J. Silvey
Silvey
Eighth Air Force
California
Award of Combat Infantryman Badge to Marion Guana
Private First Class Marion Guana receives the Combat Infantryman Badge for superior performance in combat on the front lines in France and Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Perfecto Guana of 1306 Cleveland and has served four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Guana
Perfecto Guana
Cleveland
France
Germany
Guana
Hobgood Explains Basis For Rent Increases
Frank F. Hobgood director of the Amarillo Defense Rental Area explains rent boosts follow substantial improvements in services furnishings or equipment. He notes more increases have been granted under this provision than other adjustment rules and warns landlords to obtain OPA approval before raising rents to avoid penalties. The office pledges to process petitions quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Defense Rental Area
Frank FE. Hobgood
OPA
Hobgood
Mrs. Maggie M. Clifton Dies at Home in Town
Maggie M. Clifton aged 73 died at her home 615 A East Twelfth yesterday afternoon after moving here about nine months ago from Wellington. She leaves brother Tom Vaughn Tipton Okla and two sisters Lettie Darnell Amarillo and Beulah Justice Glenrose plus two grandchildren. Funeral services were set to be held in Wellington this afternoon under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie M. Clifton
East Twelfth
Wellington
Tom Vaughn
Tipton
Okla
Lettie Darnell
Amarillo
Beulah Justice
Glenrose
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Officers Chase Stolen 1939 Oldsmobile to Arlington
Capt. Tommy Thomas of the Amarillo Police Department and Dick Vaughn deputy sheriff went to Arlington to recover a 1939 gray Oldsmobile sedan taken from an Amarillo filling station Wednesday night. Five boys are being held there in connection with the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Thomas
Amarillo
Dick Vaughn
Potter County
Arlington
Slayer Executed on Train Murder in Salem
Robert E. Lee Folkes, 23, a black man, was executed in the lethal chamber in Salem for killing a naval officer’s bride aboard a Southern Pacific train. He died at 11:13 A.M. Central War Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
U.P
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Southern Pacific
Bomb Figures Announced For 1944 Air Campaign
Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz reports Allied air forces dropped 1 546 000 tons of explosives on European targets in 1944. American planes contributed 958 000 tons and the U K RAF 588 000 tons. The U S Eighth Air Force led with 450 000 tons and American sorties totaled 1 045 72 with 15 318 enemy aircraft destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jan
Europe
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S Strategic Air Force
RAF
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Britain
Mediterranean
U. S
Spaatz
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
James Deager Visits Former Amarillo Resident in Austin
James Deager, a business visitor, met with James Reager in Austin. Reager is a former Amarillo resident now living in the capital, and the pair discussed local business interests during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reager
Amarillo
Austin
Record Kit Drive Reaches Seven Donated Kits
Hansen Post 54 of the American Legion reports donations have funded seven complete phonograph record kits for wounded servicemen in hospitals at home and abroad. The committee aims for 30 kits in three months with support from Amarillo hardware, Pyramid Sales, Panhandle Laundry, Couche and Company, Diamond Shop, Fox Drug, Plains Chevrolet and Ben Lips of Zales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen Post 54
American Legion
Sal Levine
Amon
Amarillo Hardware Company
Pyramid Sales Company
Panhandle Laundry
Couche and Company
Diamond Shop
Fox Drug
Plains Chevrolet
Ben Lips
Zale's
Chamber of Commerce Managers Meeting Set for June
E Holiday president of the Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association announced the group will meet in Fort Worth on June 7 8 and 9 Fred H Husbands of Waco will chair the convention program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
E . Holliday
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Fort Worth
Fred H. Husbands
Waco
New Back Pain Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A drugstore advertises Citros as a remedy for back pain and urinary discomfort. It claims to ease soreness by restoring fluid balance and offers the product for $1.00 at local druggists.
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Sel
Clarence M. Eakle
Tyler
Kan
Dinan
W. H. Gordon
John and
Mary Alice
Forest
Lubbock
Mr. Gordon
Hammond
Lahm
Carl Hutton
Vern J. Smith
Warren Freeman, Jr
Elizabeth Adell Crumley
J. Ray Eugene Blasdel
Annette Green
Nicky Oliver
Guy A. Saunders
Carrie Trollinger
John Kayser
Edwin A. Shauffer
Gene Hill
W. A. Hopkins, Jr
Winifred Ehbrlick Grogan
Jack Burgess
Ralph Yankee
Michael
Kansas City
Yankee
Otho Thompson
Herring Hotel
John F. Moyer
Arch Terrace
J. A. Land
Booker
Joe Ray Land
Lois Land
el Monte
Calif
Dorothy Land
Norfolk
W. L. Palmer
Wichita Falls
Mr. Palmer
Palmer Dental Supply Company
Hayden
Maxor Drug
John Wiley
J. M. Wiley
Jackson
J. W. Farley
Wiley
Virginia
G. M. James
A. M. Crain
Goodnight
J. M. Hood, Jr
Marrs
St. Anthony’s Hospital
J. C. Elrod
Northwest Texas Hospital
L. J. Thomas
Claude
Jenkins Gifts
Milo Feterabend
Chicago
Jane
Feierabend
Navy
S. R. Carter
Denver
Ann
Mercy Hospital
Lottie Hutchins
George L. Dotson
North Taylor
C. F. Milnar
Walter Hart
A Lipscomb
Pearl Peacock Mathers
Ong
New York City
Luzier’s Cosmetics
American Medical Assa
Annalee Dyke
A. L. Swearingen
Erman Tennant
Monroe
Albert Parker
Georgia
Lawton
ST. Anthony's Hospital
E. L. Butler
North East
William R. Glenn
Canyon
Tony Shapley
Grover
Jim C. Grayson
North Tyler
LL. Brown
Portales
Belia Thomas
Garfield
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
Mary Adell Miner
A Polk
Genga OO
Longchamp
New Orleans
Maine
Longchamp Cafe
A N. Fillmore
Sabe
Dagwood
Mou
Kohobe
Col. Brill
The
Marianas
Gee-Ee
Okax
Kad Tapperey
Kaoe
Art E. Nizzi
United States
Bill Rutherford
Moore County
Dumas
Vicks VA
Sbrandy
Park City
James Deager
Marie Earle
Herbert
C. M. Williams & CO
Taylor
Red Cross
Toy
Vins
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
St. Lowis, Mo
Ol' Vernon Ser
Mth and
Buchanan
Oriental Cleaners
Capitol Food
Mexico
API Toh
Piere
George L. Grogan
Leslie Rhea
Harold B. Behe
George L. Grogan & Company
Oliver-Earle Building
Texas
Ada
Globe-Ne
Sion, Ora
Company
Three's
James Craig
John Hodiak
Frances Gifford
Lana Turner
Cy. Sagan
Thel Reno
Lelliott
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