Strong Nazi Tank Units Rout Slavs
A World War II era report notes German armored divisions achieving a decisive advance against Slavic forces. The dispatch highlights effective tank units and tactical momentum in a broad battlefield operation.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1944
Page
7
A World War II era report notes German armored divisions achieving a decisive advance against Slavic forces. The dispatch highlights effective tank units and tactical momentum in a broad battlefield operation.
Flight Officer Burl L. Bean son of Mrs Jewell Bean Amarillo is promoted to second lieutenant. He has served two years in the Army Air Forces and six months with a troop carrier squadron of the Tenth U S Air Force in India. He has logged over 350 combat hours and received the air medal for meritorious flight over enemy territory.
Watson son of Mr and Mrs Max K Watson 2206 Hayden Street is enrolled in the Navy V-12 unit at the University of Colorado Boulder studying chemical engineering. He is a Amartillo High School graduate formerly employed by the Texas Company.
Randall Jones of Perryton has been promoted from ensign to lieutenant junior grade in the Navy. Jones is a graduate of Amarillo College. Henville arrives overseas Mr and Mrs O F Henville 1913 Jackson Street have been notified their son Pharmacist’s Mate Otho Henville has arrived in the South Pacific area.
Royal Montgomery Williams of 924 Travis Street is promoted to captain in the signal corps, the War Department announced yesterday.
Navy signalman second class McManus attends a fleet sound school in Key West Florida after enlisting in 1942 and sea duty in 1943. He recently visited his wife at 1006 West Twentieth Avenue and his parents at 608 Lincoln Street. Lt. Robert N. Eubank, Marine Air Corps pilot, earned his wings in October and is now stationed at Cherry Point North Carolina, son of John J. Eubank and grandson of Ida M. Eubank.
London reports show a shift in British attitudes during wartime as Dr. Margaret Mead notes that Britons now see the United States as a source for educational insight rather than just glamour. She observes Americans hosting Europe's top artists and a transformed public interest in learning and culture.
Miss Mead notes English readers lack American background and suggest British interest in Bret Harte and Steinbeck. She cites differences in home life terms, child labor, and domestic conveniences, adding that films distort American life as fairy tales.
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