Amarillo Lieutenant Geer Survives Bomber With One Engine Damaged
First Lt. Raymond E. Geer of Amarillo flies a Mitchell bomber in New Guinea armed reconnaissance. A Japanese 20 mm gun cripples the right engine, but Geer and co pilot Lt. Hobart Rankin keep control. The plane dives through trees, but the crew clears a ridge and reaches an allied airfield 120 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Geer
Asahel Bush
New Guinea
Raymond E. Geer
Fairmont Street
New Britain
Jacquinot Bay
Gasinata
Rabaul
Hobart R. Rankin
Springfield
Ohio
Rankin
Ben W. Steifle
Bradley
8. C
Atrocities Report From Pacific Prison Camps Continues
Details from Lt. Col. William E. Dyess and other captives recount brutal mistreatment by Japanese guards in the Philippines. Accounts describe extortion, beatings, forced labor, and executions, with escape stories and the fate of prisoners in Davao and Thailand raising international alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davao
Red Cross
Japan
Dyess
Army
Navy
Philippines
Michiel Dobervitch
Ironton
Minn
Austin C. Shofner
Shelbyville
Tenn
Jack Hawkins
Roxton
Tex
Cpl
Reid Carlos Chamberlain
Fl Cajone
Cal
U. S
Col. Dyess
Masquers Club
Decline in quality of captured German materiel
The American Machinist notes through U P dispatches that U S Ordnance Department study finds German equipment now inferior to six months earlier. Deterioration due to ersatz materials, poor workmanship, and older designs. Japanese weapons also show dated gear and weak armor, with a Kiska tank example cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
U. S. Ordnance Department
John Haydock
Haydock
Kiska
War Vets Combine Jobs With Therapy
Disabled sailors at Brooklyn Naval Hospital and St. Albans Naval Hospital are training in industrial work as therapy and producing war products under a program described in Modern Industry. Arma Corp. backs the plan, arguing two to three veterans per plant could aid postwar manpower. One legless veteran trains in blueprint reading and lathe operation while still in hospital. City of Amarillo notice seeks banking depository applications under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Long Island
Arma Corp
Naval Ordnance
Robert F. Nelson
Arma Company
U.S
Nelson
State of Texas
City of
Amarillo
Texas
When Election Days Come Around This Year
Be sure you are qualified to vote and pay your poll tax now. Veterans can work while patients at hospitals. The Arma company, with the Navy Department, pays sailors on its products at regular piece-work wage scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arma Company
Navy Department
Weekend weather outlook shows little change expected
The bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies with minimal temperature variation this weekend. Highs around 50 degrees yesterday and a 30 degree low this morning.
Penetro Cold Remedy Promises Grandma Secret Relief
An old fashioned cure advertises Penetro ointment for colds coughing and aches. It markets mutton suet as the base with modern medicines and offers 25c single and 35c double supply.
Banquet Plans Form at Chamber Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors met at the Amarillo Hotel at noon to discuss four annual events led by the upcoming banquet on April 10. The annual membership meeting is set for March 10 with elections on March 18 and installation of new officers on April 15. Wade Brymer, highway committee chair, was to report on the Panhandle Delegation's Austin trip planned for next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Wade Brymer
Highway Committee
Panhandle
Austin
Pineapple Crochet Butterfly Chair Cover Pattern 771
Crochet pattern 771 offers a pineapple design with butterfly wings for chair backs and arm rests. Includes pattern, stitch illustration, and material list. Send eleven cents to Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept for pattern and eleven cents more for the 32 page Needlecraft Catalog with 113 illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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McCoy
Melviik
London
Anthony Eden
Eden
U. S. Army-Navy
Ais
Lisbon
U. 8
Tokyo
United States
Army-Navy
John Steinbeck
Philadelphia
Thelma Mellnick
War Department
Stephen M. Mellnick
Frankford High School
H. V. Robertson & CO
Olver-Eakle Bidg
Automobile
Motor Investment Co
Elaine Cleland
Johnnie B. Grate
U. S. Merchant Ship Construction
Office OF War Information
Raphic
By Laura Wheeler
ALL Sporting Goods
C.M. Williams & Co
Taylor
The
Golden Gloves
Champs
Mann's
Amarillo Hardware CO
Polk
van Buren
Haley Furniture Company
USC
Fort Worth
Toby Waggoner
E. W. Cain
J. W. ‘Jinks’ Mode
Otis Williams
Garford Wilkinson
Stina Cain
C. E. ‘Dan’ McGrew
Amarillo Printing CO
N. Fillmore
Mississippi
Eagle Suits
C. L. Duniven Grocery and Market
Wheaties
Jewel Food Distributors
N. Osage
A-B Liquor Store
C.F. Moore
G. C. Moore
Harold Kilman
Shamrock
Wade Stracener
Lefors
Robert Callan
Dave Yauck
Follett
Tommie Parks
Stinnett
Ken Glasgow
Murdock Snelling
Jack London
Pampa
Ed Gill
Georgie Stevens
Albuquerque
Donnie Sharp
Leon Palacio
Bob Tout
Jack Morgan
Borger
Skeet White
Eugene Cooper
Marvin Walker
Amarillo Army Air Field
George Cox
Dalhart Army Air Field
Bob Smith
Cliff Leonard
Albert Bodish
Howard Porter
Robert Sheridan
Jack Osteen
Furr Food Stores
Paramount
Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Ridg
Capitol Liquor Store
Nona Forister
Mar
Polk St
St. J. Amato, Mer
Clarence Willmering
Sam Fenberg
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