Patch Named To 4th Army
Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch Jr. was assigned to command the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston Texas. He led the Seventh Army through southern France into Germany and will train thousands of troops for Pacific duty. The Fourth Army previously served as a European war training organization.
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Washington
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
Seventh Army
France
Germany
Fourth Army
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
War Department
Patch
Charce
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Taking Vacation for Two Weeks
Mrs Roy Danial of 818 Lamar left yesterday for a two weeks vacation in Dallas and Shreveport La.
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Roy Danial
Lamar
Dallas
Shreveport
Hamblen Brother Wounded Six Times in War Front
Lloyd T. Hamblen a technical sergeant with the 36th Division since 1936 is a leading Amarillo candidate for a war bond prize for the first local man to land in Europe. He and his brother Cpl Clay Hamblen were in Company F and led the Salerno landing. Lloyd endured a shell burst in the boat killed a buddy and wounded two. He was wounded six times from Salerno to the Vosges Alsace and knocked out by a German railway gun. He wears the Purple Heart with two clusters and may receive Bronze Star with two clusters. He expects months in Fort Sam Houston convalescence and plans for rest after wounds.
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Lloyd T. Hamblen
News-Globe
Amarillo
Europe
Cpl
Clay Hamblen
Old Canyon
Lloyd
WC. Hamblen
East Twelfth
Salerno
Vosges Forest
Alsace
von Rundstedt
Hamblen
Joe Gill
Pastium
Italy
Casino
Monastery Hill
Velletri
Rome
6960Th
36Th
France
Germany
Vosges Mountains
142Nd Infantry
36Th Division
National Guard
Texas National Guard
Captain Bechtel Killed in Luzon Plane Crash
Captain David T. Bechtel, 29, died in a Luzon plane crash on June 28. His wife Mrs Chrystine Bechtel and his parents in Amarillo and Lubbock were notified. He served since 1942 with action in New Guinea Halmahera Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines. He leaves a daughter Davieann seven and six siblings.
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David T. Bechtel
Luzon
Chrystine G. Bechtel
Bechtel
J. B. Bechtel
Lubbock
Amarillo
Roy A. Bechtel
Pagan Island
la Junta
Colo
Columbia
Greenville
S. C
New Guinea
Halmahera
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Davieann
Cc. B. Garner
W. Y. Norman
Sister contests Lupe Velez will amid fraud claims
Lupe Velez sister Mrs Josephine Anderson files a will contest in Los Angeles accusing housekeeper secretary Beulah Kinder and seven others of conspiring to poison Lupe's mind against the sister and disinheriting the contestant. alleges fraud and false accusations by the defendants who served the decedent with trust.
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Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
Josephine Anderson
Beulah Kinder
Lupe
Beulah B. Kinder
Anderson
Churchill on vacation in Hendaye area France
Prime Minister Churchill has left London for a short vacation in the Hendaye region near the Spanish frontier, announced from No 10 Downing Street. The move follows official schedules and offsets recent wartime duties.
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London
U.P
Churchill
Hendaye
France
No. 10
Downing Street
Oklahoma Blood Test Law Goes Into Effect
Oklahoma marriage license clerks are ordered to enforce the new law requiring syphilis blood tests for marriage applicants starting July 26. Atty. Gen. Randell S. Cobb certified the 20th Session statute as valid in an opinion to the state examiner and inspector.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Randell S. Cobb
Free for Asthma During Summer Free for Asthma During Summer
Sufferers of heat driven asthma urged to request a free trial of a remarkable method from Frontier Asthma Co. No charge. address 955-A Frontier Blog, 462 Niagara St. Buffalo 1, New York.
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Frontier Asthma Co
Frontier
Niagara St
Buffalo
N. Y
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