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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1945
Page
20
A tractor used to haul three large baskets of laundry to the Maytag Laundry at 40 North Fillmore on Friday afternoon. The wagon carried washing from two families, intermittent customers, with Friday the first time a tractor delivered clothes. Overheating causes include grease on the cylinder block carbon in cylinders and dirt in the cooling system.
Dr. Floyd C. Shoemaker of Missouri will tour the Panhandle oil field and manufacturing region with banker Dave Warren and Panhandle Plains Historical Society officials. On Thursday July 19 in Amarillo Rotary, and Friday July 20 he meets Panhandle writers for a conference on historical material.
Charles Jenkins of Amarillo writes his parents from wartime duty about Holland Bastogne and Wesel drops. He describes towing gliders and dropping munitions, rations, and medical supplies to support the 101st and 17th Airborne units, and notes the Ninth Air Force hauled 1,300,000 pounds in a single day.
President F D Golden of Eastern New Mexico College announces three new faculty members. Mrs Lorene Pope replaces Miss Carol Thomas as assistant librarian bringing English and library science credentials from North Texas State Teachers College. Miss Frances W Bigelow becomes dean of women with an M A from Columbia. Marie M Feldhusen from Boise Idaho joins home economics and arts after a Columbia M A and work at Center College.
Sgt. Tom J. Finley of Amarillo was honorably discharged to serve overseas as director of an assembly center for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Effective June 21, his assignment follows two years at Amarillo Field and service with the Farm Security Administration before enlisting in 1942.
Mrs E C Singleton, president, invites past matrons and current officers of Bonita Chapter Order of the Eastern Star to the first meeting of the year at 8 p m Thursday in the home of Mrs Ruby Mae Bush 3906 Harrison. Co hostesses are Mrs Lorraine Stone and Mrs Helen McCuan.
Zeppelin made his first balloon flight during the Civil War era while serving as an observer with the United States Army in St Paul Minnesota.
Seaman Louis V. Cook, radar man on a minesweeper, visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cook of 2412 Brooks. A Amarillo High School graduate in 1944 and former Santa Fe employee, he entered the service in December 1944, trained at Great Lakes and Fort Lauderdale, and is stationed near Norfolk, Virginia. He will leave July 12 to report to Little Creek, Virginia.
Washington unit of the 230th Quartermaster Salvage Collecting Company delivered 38 113 pounds of soap to ration dumps in Italy. The soap was manufactured locally from meat fats and grease drippings.
Paul Ord and J. C. Mahan report the Quitaque water project is a definite possibility. The plan, pending Bureau of Reclamation review, would irrigate about six thousand acres around Turkey and supply Childress with water pending tests of spring and flood water combination.
A new device emits a series of radio signals that are intercepted by the tail end of a shell and reflected back to a receiver. It provides ordnance experts with insight into the shell’s flight, range, and accuracy in hitting targets.
A memorial plaque for naval personnel is placed at Dunkeswell Parish Church Devon England by Fleet Air Wing Seven officers and enlisted men. Herbert Carr Tiny Crow of Tulsa is named on the plaque along with other missing crew. Crow was declared dead February 28 after his plane disappeared on a mission.
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