March From Lorraine to Munich by the 45th Division
Cpl. Orthel C. Sumner details the 45th Thunderbird Division’s march from Lorraine France through the Siegfried Line to the Rhine crossing and on to Munich. He recalls marching at dawn, handling a 50 pound radio pack, and observing prisoners as the unit advances through Hamm and Zweibrücken toward the Rhine. He describes crossing the Rhine aboard a small motor boat with seven in the crew and keeping radio contact during the risky crossing.
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Lorraine
France
Siegfreid
Rhine
Nurnberg
Dachau
Munich
Cpl
Orthel C. Sumner
45Th
Thunderbird
Seventh Army
Siegfried Line
Germany
Jerry
Zweibrucken
Homberg
Hamm
Munich Falls and Soldiers Celebrate Liberation Parade
Corporal Sumner recalls the fall of Munich as thousands of liberated prisoners from Allied nations cheered the advance. He reports B Company freed American GIs and former battalion members were found. he sent the final orders to the CO. Sumner now works in Munich, with wife Margaret and son Dwight.
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Munich
B” Company
C. O
Corporal Sumner
Citation Department of Regimental
Exell
Margaret McClendon Sumner
Dwight Meredith
Belleview
W. T. Sumner
Amarillo
Sulfa-Danco Promises Quick Relief for Itching Skin
A new preparation labeled Sulfas combined with a penetrating soothing liquid claims powerful germ killing action. The product, Sulfa-Danco, offers relief from itchy scaly danopuff after the very first application.
Combat Chronicle of Allied Advance To Dachau
A veteran recounts the push west of the Rhine advancing from Arrefenstadt to Aschaffenberg and Mainz crossing, with heavy artillery and snipers in burning Aschaffenberg. The 45th Division then moved through Burguss Helen Friesenhausen Sandberg Eichstadt Lauf Diepsdorf to Nurnberg on April 17 and beyond to Dachau, noting footage of freight cars at Dachau.
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Rhine
Arrefenstadt
Aschaffenberg
Mainz
Sumner
Burguss
Helen
Friesenhausen
Sandberg
Eichstadt
Lauf
Diepsdorf
Nurnberg
Dachau
Germany
Two Good Reasons To Keep Peace Charter
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the peace charter will only work if enough people commit to making it work. He notes past failures of the League due to selfish use and suggests two strong reasons for protracted peace: global exhaustion requiring rehabilitation and the chance to defeat aggressor powers and ensure long term stability.
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United States
United Nations
League of Nations
Hamburgers For Picnic In San Jacinto
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club plans a Fourth of July picnic in San Jacinto Park with prewar style fat hamburgers and John S nider barbecue from 5 to 8 pm. Rides amusements bands square dancing baby show and fiddlers contest accompany drinks and entertainment. Park on West Third Avenue three miles west of Polk Street with bus service and ample parking.
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Amarillo
Max Bulloch
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Park
West Third Avenue
Polk Street
Kiwanis Club
Two Boys Wounded After Stoning Dog
Hobbs New Mexico July 3 Two teenagers were in critical condition with shotgun wounds after an oil company employee shot at them when they stoned his pet German police dog and his house. Charles Vaughn 16 suffered facial and chest wounds and Robert Langford 16 had a severe injury to his only good eye. The suspect fled and was jailed awaiting charges.
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Hobbs
N. M
U.P
Hobbs Oil Company
Lubbock
Charles Vaughn
Robert Langford
Horace Owens
Langford
Local Legion Auxiliary to elect new officers at meeting
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 8 o clock tonight in Legion Home for a nominating committee report. The group plans to elect new officers at the next meeting and invites readers to place Want Ads early.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Red Flags Mark Danube Valley Journey Reports
A 10 day, 900 mile jeep trip traces the Danube capitals Prague Brunn Bratislava Budapest and Vienna with Red flags on display. Russians occupy under armistice terms. pay heed to local time and food requisitions while locals question American aid and discuss postwar roles. John and Mrs John Smith of Ponca City Oklahoma visit on business.
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A. I. Goldberg
Vienna
Danube Valley
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Stalin
Eduard Benes
Jan Masaryk
Budapest
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Coconut Grows in Panhandle Home Without Planting
Mrs. Lavelle Raleigh of 1703 Buchanan reports a six inch coconut from her Sea Bees husband in New Guinea. From that fruit two five inch green forked stems sprouted on top of the child's cabinet, growing without any farming effort.
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Panhandle
Lavelle Raleigh
Buchanan
Seabees
New Guinea
Joan
Substitutes For Meat Described In Home Demonstration
Miss Pauline Lokey explains meat substitutes rising as meat supplies fall. Use oats cornmeal and wheat flour to create meat flavored dishes with few red points. Try panhas a cornmeal mush with meat stock and pork or liver, fried or pan fried, served hot with eggs.
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Pauline Lokey
Miss Lokey
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Obergailbach
Frank Bowlby
Amarillo Army Air Field
MA Frazier
Madison
Cretney
Marie Tomlin
KGNC
Dewitt MacKenzie
Tommy Gilbert
West
Whis Lokey
Globe News
Mauldin
Prague
Brunn
Bratislava
John Smiths
John Smith
Ponca City
Bennett's Shoe Shop
N. Fillmore
Mary L. Spem
Texas
Plainview Texas
Ie Meris
Optometrist
Polk St
le Sk
Polk
Tri-State Fair
Maddox
Maddox Western Leather Craft
Maddox Western Leather Craft Company of
Howdy
Bull Dogger
W. A. Maddox
George Pulley
Saicene Warris
Saratoga Cafe
Schenley Reserve
Schenley
Schenley Distillers Corp
Schenle
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