Navy air crewmen Rudy Bauman and Billy Hughes pass tests
Rudy Bauman and Billy Murray Hughes have passed the naval air crewman examination and depart for Dallas for physicals. Bauman, son of Mr and Mrs Rudy Bauman of 2400 Washington, is noted for multiple all state football selections and hopes to become a rancher after the war. Hughes, son of Mr and Mrs W M Hughes of 908 Milam, is a Sandie reserve who played wing back and blocking back.
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Rudy Bauman
Billy Murray Hughes
Dallas
Washington
Rudy
Billy Murray
W. M. Hughes
Milam
Sandie
Amarillo Sets Record In 1944 Fire Prevention Week Ranking
Amarillo earned its best Fire Prevention Week record ever for 1944 observed Oct 8 to 14, ranking 31st among 2,121 towns and cities across the United States Canada Alaska and Hawaii. The city also earned special merit for an 89 percent standing, ahead of Dallas and with Corpus Christi and El Paso. Fire Chief Earl Curry notes the record on the panel’s report as unusually high. Charles A. Quails headed Amarillo’s Fire Prevention Week campaign. An international committee led by T Alfred Fleming reviewed submissions for the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the National Fire Protection Association. Committee decisions were announced in Amarillo yesterday.
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Amarillo
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Dallas
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Earl Curry
Charles A. Quails
T. Alfred Fleming
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Fire Protection Association
Russian Missionary Society Secretary To Speak Tonight
Col. F. J. Miles international secretary of the Russian Missionary Society speaks at 7:45 PM at the Church of the Open Bible on How God Makes the Wrath of Man To Praise Him in Russian Events. Miles has served as military chaplain missionary and preacher and will remain in Amarillo the rest of the week.
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F. J. Miles
Russian Missionary Society
Church of the Open Bible
Reds Face Vengeance Across Allied War Crimes Plans
DeWitt MacKenzie argues that despite questions over a formal war crimes trial, the Allies and Russia signal imminent punishment for German war criminals. He cites Pravda’s Ilya Ehrenburg and Moscow broadcasts asserting self directed justice alongside broader Allied moves against Nazi militarism.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
Reich
United Nations
London
Allied War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Moscow
Pravda
Ilya Ehrenburg
Lady Baffle Thrower Evens Score in Dallas Tavern
In a downtown Dallas tavern a woman attacked a man with a soda bottle after he set her hair on fire with a match. Police say the incident evened the score.
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Dallas
U.P
Alfalfa Bill Murray Returns to Capitol as Book Seller
Oklahoma's former governor Alfalfa Bill Murray arrived at the state capitol as a traveling bookseller. He carried a large stack of brochures promoting his forthcoming three volume work titled True History of Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Alfalfa
Bill Murray
German Army Rescued Him During War Experience
Sgt. Bob Elliott, repatriated from a German POW camp, recalls his capture after parachuting from a Fortress bomber. He describes 5 000 Allied prisoners in Krems Austria, harsh treatment, Red Cross aid, and German camp life including sawdust bread and occasional American kindness. He later traveled through Berlin and Sweden, hearing The Star Spangled Banner again.
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Bob Elliott
Berlin
Austria
Germany
Sweden
Sergeant Elliott
J. H. Thomas
Ben Richards
Dalhart
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Elliott
Krem
Ranube
Vienna
Red Cross
Jim
Europe
White Men Supply Feathers to Indians
Denver January 17. A Colorado turkey raiser, P. M. Pierce of Sullivan, provides the Sioux in western Nebraska and the Navajos of New Mexico with white turkey feathers for war bonnets. They have a standing order at four dollars a pound.
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Denver
Sullivan
Colo
P. M. Pierce
Nebraska
New Mexico
Caddis Worms Use Net Barriers to Trap Tiny Prey
Caddis worms feed by building underwater nets that snag small organisms. The protective nets enable efficient capture as currents carry potential prey into their sticky meshes.
Shoes Come in Handy Especially White Ones in Court
Miss Sofie Graf, 27, testified in Pittsburgh court that she wrote a license number in a white shoe after a July hit and run. She said she had no paper at the time.
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Pittsburgh
Sofie Graf
Dream Comes True For Montrose Pupils
Fifty four Riverside School pupils near Montrose receive a two week vacation after their schoolhouse burns down.
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Montrose
Colo
Riverside School
Baked Elephant Foot Touted Among African Bushmen Delicacies
A food note highlights the baked elephant foot as one of the greatest delicacies in the African bush, reflecting traditional tastes and hunting culture.
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Billy Hughes
Marie Earle
Herbert
Dr. WO. Allison ‘Chiropractor
Monroe
Globe-News
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Texhoma, Oklahoma
Texhoma
J. C. Bell
Otten, Auctioneer
Jack Funderburg, Ringman
Reds
Russia
Charles Rarey
John Chatham
Phil Thompson
Chatham
Harriet Kelleam
Diana Ruth
F. Q. Kelleam
Rarey
Thompson
California
Italy
M. Chatham
Plainview
Capitol
Philadelphia
L.N. Pittman
Park St
Tel Quetaling Corforation
Tie F
Helen Burgess
Vv. B. West & Company
Amarillo Bldg. Ph
Optometrist
Adit
Ae Ued
McCormick-Deering
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