Two Atom Bombs Kill 120000 in Japan
Dr George W Leroy told the AMA convention that 120000 people died from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts. He cited 80000 dead and 40000 injured in Hiroshima with 85000 needing immediate care, and 40000 killed 25000 injured and 50000 needing urgent care in Nagasaki.
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San Francisco
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
American Medical Association
George W. Leroy
Chicago
Joint Commission For
AMA
Hospitals and casualty types in wartime medical estimates
Leroy argued that western hospitals with ample plasma blood and penicillin could achieve lower mortality than observed in Japan. He described injuries from a powerful missile including wounds at 170 percent, burns 65 to 85 percent, and radiation injury over 30 percent.
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Leroy
Japan
Leedey Farmer George Moxon Dies at Veterans Hospital
George W. Moxon of Leedey Oklahoma a World War II veteran and overseas service with the 330th Engineers died last night at 6 o clock in the Veterans Hospital after about three months there He was 33 and survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Moxon of Leedey The body will be sent to Leedey by N S Griges Sons on the Rock Island Rocket this afternoon
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George W. Moxon
Leedey
Okla
Veterans Hospital
330Th Engineers
Walter Moxon
N.S. Griges & Sons
Rock Island
WACs Placed on Voluntary Basis
The War Department announced that the Women's Army Corps will operate on an all volunteer basis after October 1. Enlisted WAC personnel will be reported for separation or reassignment by October 31. Those who volunteered through June 30, 1947, or for the emergency plus six months are exempt. About 18,000 WACs remain in uniform.
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Washington
War Department
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
United States
Visiting Beadles from Weatherford
Mrs. B Beadle Mrs. Jesse Byrd and Barney Beadle of Weatherford visit Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beadle and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beadle at 1300 Western for a family gathering.
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B. Beadle
Jesse Byrd
Barney Beadle
Weatherford
Carl Beadle
Joe Beadle
1300 Western
Spring Cable-Stitch Jerkin Pattern 7219 Offered
Readers can obtain pattern 7219 for sizes 10-12 and 14-16 to knit a cable-stitch jerkin with waist-band. Send fifteen cents to The Amarillo News Household Arts Dept. New York 11, NY, and order the 1946 Needlework Book for fifteen cents more including 104 illustrations and a free pot holder pattern.
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Amarillo News
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Youths Kill Snake While Mowing Lawn
Ben Cormack and friends Bob and Jerry Cockrell completed a dull lawn job after a two foot snake appeared from grass. They tracked it down and killed it in a flower bed before finishing the yard quickly.
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Ben Cormack
Fairmont
Ben
Bob and
Jerry Cockrell
Tennessee
Morris Infant Son Dies in Northwest Texas Hospital
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morris of 2903 Fillmore died last night at 9:30 at Northwest Texas Hospital. Graveside services are set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Llano Cemetery, with burial under N. S. Griggs and Sons.
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J. D. Morris
Fillmore
Northwest Texas Hospital
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Two Amarilloans Discharged From U S Navy
Naval Personnel Separation Center Terminal Island Cal announces the discharge of two Amarillo men. Seaman First Class Herman K Krizan Route 3 and Seaman Second Class Ed Lane Billington 2000 Houston both served in the Asiatic Pacific campaign.
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Naval Personnel Separation Center
Terminal Island
Cal
Herman K. Krizan
Ed Lane Billington
Houston
Amarillo City Directory Listing Fragment
Readable fragment shows a street address 1500 W. 6th St in Amarillo with day and night phone numbers 4524 and 4341. Further context not available in the fragment.
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St. Amarillo
Government Continues Wheat Availability to Mills
The Agriculture Department keeps for now its program to make government owned wheat available to mills for domestic grind. Wheat from the new crop must be returned when available. after price controls ended the lending halted but could resume at the June 30 OPA ceiling or with replacement at the same price. The stockpile is from foreign relief.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
CPA
Pflugers Gather In Huge Reunion At Pfluger Farm
Pfluger family members in Pflugerville Travis County gather by the hundreds for Independence Day reunion at noon on the F. H. Pfluger farm with a barbecue program and memorial service. Officials expect a record crowd possibly over 1,000. Jobs aplenty in the Want Ads.
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Pflugerville
Travis County
Pfluger
F. H. Pfluger
Golden Wedding Observed Here
Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Carroll of 316 Virginia celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary yesterday. Present were six children, 17 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. The Carrolls came to Amarillo from Washington Indiana in 1926. Mrs. Carroll is 69 and Mr. Carroll 74.
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I. O. Carroll
Virginia
Carrolls
Amarillo
Washington
Ind
Carroll
Mr. Carroll
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NTN Roebuck and CO
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10Th & Polk
Gossuonay Sacks
U. S. Navy
Link Tschudy Company
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