Change Rules On Enlistment In The Regular Army
The Regular Army will offer initial enlistments for two to five years with July 1 effective date excluding the Army Air Forces. Re enlists are limited to three four or five years and benefits like enlistment travel and re enlistment leave apply to three year contracts. Enlistees joining since July 1 are ineligible for post discharge muster-out pay. Previously the maximum enlistment was three years.
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Regular Army
Eugene Safford
Army
Army Air Forces
Aliea
Kittens Available for Giveaway in Reader’s Note
A reader advertises free kittens, inviting interested parties to call 2-9513 to inquire. The note specifies the kittens are for give away and is signed by a reader identified as Tack.
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Tack
Widow Seeks Work To Support Children
Widow Mrs Sylva Bennett of 1525 East Twelfth asks for employment any shift including child care or lighthouse work. She provides phone contact 4463 for replies.
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Sylva Bennett
Reward for Missing Dog Jerry in Wellington Tex
A seven year old girl seeks the return of her 15 month old Cocker Spaniel dog Jerry who escaped from a crate on a United Panhandle Transfer truck. A reward of 65 is offered for his recovery. Jackie Sue Stores Box 184 Wellington Tex.
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Tack
Jerry
United Panhandle
Jackie Sue
Wellington
Tex
Reader seeks piano storage in tuneable condition
A reader offers to store a piano and expects it to be kept in tune. The note favors a smaller instrument but will consider any piano that can stay in tune. Interested parties should call 2 3409.
Ironing in Home Training Inquiry in Virginia Contact
A 17 year old seeks to start training at home at 815 North Manhattan Virginia Baird provides phone contact 2-0667 for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
North Manhattan
Virginia
Baird
Elderly lady seeks hosting children amid Yokohama voyage plan
An elderly woman at 1206 North Harrison offers to shelter one or two children and seeks Army wives in Amarillo area who plan to depart for Yokahama around mid or late July. Contact Mrs. Burge or Mrs. Robert C. Williamson at 1616 Polk Street or phone number 518.
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Tack
Yokahama
Amarillo
Robert C. Williamson
Polk &T
Wallet found bearing name Beulah Jenson at The Trading Post
A wallet with the name Beulah Jenson has been found. Claimants may identify and present proof of ownership at The Trading Post on Polk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Jenson
Polk
Old Friend Seeks Ola Hardeman Now in Amarillo
A visitor asks for help locating Ola Hardeman who married and moved to Amarillo. Anyone with knowledge should call Gladys at 242 from 7:30 to 3:30 and 27729 evenings.
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Tack T
Amarillo
Ola Hardeman
Gladys
Ex Navy Man Seeks Lost ACC Billfold with Papers
Former naval service member reports losing a brown billfold engraved ACC containing papers of personal importance. No money inside. A small reward offered for return. Call -2889 and ask for Charles.
Missing Boston bulldog reported in Amarillo area
Two high school girls seek babysitting work while a lost wallet case prompts a reward offer. A gentle dog named Trish is available for a home, and a missing bulldog contact is 912 West Sixth Amarillo or 817 Borger for a $5 reward.
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Boston
West Sixth
Amarillo
Borger
Tack
Rosalie Funk
Coat Misdirected at Lady Faire Beauty Salon
Mrs Claude Bittick reports a black geabardine coat left at Lady Faire Beauty Salon and asks the rightful owner to contact her at 2602 Houston or by phone 2-5347 to arrange return and exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faror Dear Tack
Claude Bittick
Houston
Youth view lenient parents harming discipline at delinquency conference
Chicago youths from ages 15 to 18 say parental leniency breeds trouble. Alice Loeb 16 and Bruce Drake 17 report lack of discipline and affection leads to disrespect and delinquency while older parents resist changing with the times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Loeb
Chicago
Alice
Bruce Drake
Berwyn
Til
Bruce
Carol Lipsey
Jasper Roy
Glenn Walthausen
Barrington
Shirley Nelson
Flying Horse Spooks Indiana Couple on Highway
Clark and his wife were traveling on an Indiana road when a horse leaped from a passing truck and landed on their car. Clark suffered cuts to his face and hands while his wife escaped without injury. He claimed to have proof of the flying horse tale.
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Indiana
Anderson
Ind
Clark
Early Hearing Loss Prevented by Childhood Treatment
Dr. A Spencer Kaufman of Jefferson Hospital reports that most adult hearing loss could be prevented if ear disorders in children were treated early. He told the Philadelphia County Medical Society that nearly 3,000,000 U.S. children have impaired hearing and many more risk later from nose and throat ailments. Delays in removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids may cause irreparable damage to hearing organs.
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Philadelphia
A. Spencer Kaufman
Jefferson Hospital
Kaufman
Philadelphia County Medical Society
United States
Punishment Fits Crime In Snake Hex Case
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Frank Bangert will have her lawn mowed by a reluctant 13 year old. A 17 inch garter snake entered her home through the front door mail slot with help from the boy who was refused the toy telephone line. Juvenile court heard the case and the parties agreed the punishment was just.
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Columbus. O
Frank Bangert
Posse Invades Club Meeting In Amarillo
A group of the Exchange Club posse invaded the Amarillo Optimist Club noon meeting to seize two optimists Roger Teas and Don Donathan and escort them to Judge Roy Beancourt. Donathan returned wearing a barrel instead of pants, and entertainment came from the Regents Trio and a talk on Alcoholics Anonymous by Clyde Holtz claw. Harrol Brooks led the program. guests included Bruce Autry Dr. Mike Montgomery and H. C. Winburn. C. A. Eichelberger was initiated as a new member.
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Exchange Club
Amarillo
Roger Teas
Don Donathan
Roy Beancourt
Donathan
Regents Trio
Alcoholics Anonymous
Clyde Holtzclaw
Harrol Brooks
Bruce Autry
Mike Montgomery
H. C. Winburn
C. A. Eichelberger
Tyler Woman Charged With Poisoning Husband
Mrs. Lara McLane faces murder by poisoning charges after her husband J Bonner McLane died April 21 following a downtown anniversary dinner. The body was exhumed and Austin reports strychnine found in viscera. She posted a $3,000 bond.
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Tyler
J. Bonner McLane
Lara McLane
McLane
640 Colonels Are Reduced To Lieutenant Colonel Rank
The War Department notified 640 full colonels to drop back to lieutenant colonel. The Army now has 5,628 colonels in a fighting force under one million men, well below wartime peaks. The force struggles to reach 1,070,000, but has no trouble promoting colonels and generals.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Blind man becomes lawyer after studying by ear
Melvin Martin, 28, of Saltsburg Pennsylvania, was admitted to the Indiana County bar after eight years of college work learned without sight. He studied by having professors and peers read text aloud, memorizing passages to master the law.
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Saltsburg
Melvin Martin
Indiana County Bar
Martin
Universities Stock Up On War Surplus
The War Assets Administration reports midwestern universities bought 11.5 million dollars of army surplus structures and equipment. A major sale involved the University of Illinois acquiring the Mayo General Hospital at Galesburg, converted into a university branch. Cafeteria gear lathes and lab equipment were also sold.
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Chicago
War Assets Administration
University of Illinois
Mayo General Hospital
Galesburg
Victim of Amnesia Escapes Trial on Criminal Charges
Herbert Hollander, 42, freed after a federal judge ruled he would not be held liable for crimes committed during amnesia. Psychiatrists testified a bicycle accident at 13 turned him into a train robber. a prison fall erased the criminal impulses. Hollander, jailed for a $12,500 train robbery, faces a new six month probation beginning January 1. A report on his progress will be heard then.
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Pittsburgh
Herbert Hollander
Hollander
Western Penitentiary
James Duff
Wallace Gourley
Gourley
William Boydstun Dies at Northwest Texas Hospital
Panhandle farmer William Shirley Boydstun, 81, died at 3 o'clock this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital. He lived near Groom for about 50 years after moving from Tarrant County in 1898 and had been staying with his Amarillo son W S Boydston Jr. Funeral arrangements by N S Griggs & Sons. Survivors include widow Georgia Boydstun. He was a Christian Church member.
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William Shirley Boydstun
Panhandle
Northwest Texas
Boydstun
Groom
Tarrant County
Amarillo
W. S. Boydston, Jr
Christian Church
Georgia Boydstun
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Chowning Enlists in Naval Reserve
Henry N. Chowning Jr. of 604 North Lincoln, president of the YMCA VWCA Co-Ed Club, has enlisted in the Civilian Naval Reserve for four...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chowning
Naval Reserve
Henry N. Chowning, Jr
North Lincoln
Ymcavwca
Civilian
Navy Reserve Officer Honors Veteran Radio Gunner
Lt Comdr John J Vandale notes years of service from Chowning a veteran of 2's years in the Army Air Force He served as a radio gunner responding rating and pay grade in the Naval Reserve.
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John J. Vandale
Naval Reserve
Chowning
Army Air Force
Truman Deliberates on Postwar Cooperation to Avoid Nationalism
The article notes President Truman contending that a true business partnership must avoid interference in private affairs and rejects extreme nationalism. He argues that after two world wars nations should cooperate on economic planning for peaceful reconstruction despite existing tensions in U.S.-foreign relations.
Truman Delivers Peace Sermon in Virginia Visit
President Truman rode to Colle estate in Virginia with aides for a three day stay ending Sunday. On the 171st anniversary of the Declaration he urged international understanding and interdependence, stressing the goal of peace for all time and warning against national isolation.
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Soviet Union
Truman
Kremlin
Virginia
Colle
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Protocol
Washington
Lt Governor Loses Fight To Abolish Own Office
Nebraska's Lt. Gov. Robert Crosby failed in a bid to abolish the lieutenant governor post. Crosby argued the job is part time and could be handled by the speaker. Senators opposed the measure and killed the bill.
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Lincoln
Neb
U?s
Nebraska
Robert Crosby
Crosby
South Pacific Naval Area
Frozen Food Idea Says It Is Over a Century Old
Boston reports that the concept of freezing foods dates back over 100 years. R C Poole a research and development engineer told food technologists that in 1842 H Benjamin received a British patent for freezing foods by immersion in a refrigerant.
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Boston
R. C Poole
Poole
H. Benjamin
Jimmy Opens Bronx Zoo New Small Mammal House
The Bronx Zoo officially opened its new small mammal house with a Kinkatou named Jimmy chewing a chocolate cookie tied to a white ribbon across the entrance. A Diamond Match Co. rainproof match developed for the War Department now lights after four hours underwater.
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Jimmy
New York
Bronx Zoo
War Department
Diamond Match Co
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