Legion of Merit Presented to Lt Gen Harmon Staff
Lt Gen Millard Harmon grants the Legion of Merit to a veteran crew chief Cecil H. Oglesby noted for Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for Sicily and Italy invasions with the Ninth Air Force. Oglesby’s plane dropped paratroopers into enemy defenses during a risky mission despite heavy anti aircraft fire. all crew uninjured. Also details Amarillo cadets at San Antonio center and Pvt Billy J Sherrill assigned to Camp Plauché for basic training with wife listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H. Ogiesby
Normandy
Ninth Air Force
Oglesby
Sicily
Italy
Diploma Awarded to Cadet at Santa Ana Army Air Base
Aviation Cadet Norman L Broome son of Mrs Fr M Broome received his high school diploma while a convalescent patient at the Santa Ana Army Air Base regional hospital. In a ceremony akin to civilian graduations twenty patients at the hospital also received diplomas marking the first year of the new convalescent program. A note mentions that sixty five percent of the nation’s electricity comes from bituminous coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman L Broome
M. Broome
Santa Ana Army Air Base Regional Hospital
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Two Army officers honored for overseas service and rank
Southwest Pacific citations praise Lt McGhee for extraord inary achievement during aerial flights from Sept 13 to Dec 30 1943. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred McGhee of Amarillo and has been on 19 months overseas leave to visit his parents. Captain Neubauer promoted by Ninth Air Force command in the European Theater of Operations. He is a father of a four year old son and resides with wife at 2108 Ong Street. Neubauer played football at Taylor High School and attended Texas A&M College graduating in 1928. Before military service he worked as an economist for the U S Department of Agriculture. He served at Sheppard and Tinker Field before serving overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. McGhee
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
McGhee
Fred EB. McGhee
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Theodore A. Neubauer
Ninth Air Force
Neubauer
Air Service Command
Ong Street
Taylor High School
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Armed Forces
United States Department of Agriculture
Sheppard Field
Tinker Field
Okla
Oversea
Private Claude P. Clark Transferred From Antiaircraft to Infantry
Pvt Claude P Clark has been transferred from the Antiaircraft Artillery unit at Fort Bliss to the Infantry. He has served at Fort Lewis Fort Richardson Nome Dutch Harbor and Fort Bliss since Oct 16 1939 and earned the Asiatic Pacific Service Ribbon American Defense Service Ribbon with bronze star and is an expert rifleman. He formerly lived at Apt 253 Pantex Village.
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Claude P. Clark
Fort Bliss
Clark
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fort Richardson
Alaska
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Apt. 253
Pantex Village
Lawsuit For Title To Amarillo Property
The state issues a civil citation to T M Gullick J O Hart J F Glidden H B Sanborn Dodd Mead Co Funk Wagnall Co and others all heirs and successors to appear in Potter County District Court Amarillo Texas by August 7 1944 to answer J A Hedgecoke plaintiff case 18257 for title and possession of the N 20 feet of Lot 14 and all of Lot 15 in Block 65 Glidden Sanborn Addition Amarillo. Case cites trespass to try title with Statute of Limitations claims and seeks quiet title together with encumbrance defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Texas
T. M. Gullick
J. O. Hart
J. F. Glidden
H. B. Sanborn
Dodd Mead & Co., Inc
Funk & Wagnall Co
Funk & Wagnall & Co
Funk & Wagnalls Co
108Th District Court
Potter County
Amarillo
J. A. Hedgecoke
Glidden & Sanborn
Ben Smith
Cleark
District Court
Potter Co
Clawson Selected for Artillery Communications Course
Pvt. William D. Clawson has been selected to attend the Enlisted Communications course at the Field Artillery School Fort Sill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clawson of Sudan and attended Hedley High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Clawson
Field Artillery School
Fort Sill
Clawson
J. H. Clawson
Sudan
Hedley High School
Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Receives Legion of Merit
Lt. Col. Richard H. Curtis of the South Pacific Army Forces has been awarded the Legion of Merit for his service. The ceremony recognized his leadership and contributions in the Pacific theater during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Richard H. Curtis
South Pacific Army Forces
Cunningham Receives Good Conduct Medal at Camp Bowie
John A. Cunningham son of Mr and Mrs John N Cunningham of 2106 Jackson Street has been awarded a Good Conduct medal. He has served in the Army since March 1943 and is stationed at Camp Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cunningham
John N. Cunningham
Jackson Street
Camp Bowie
New Corporal John Z Mitchell Promoted at Sedalia Field
John Z Mitchell formerly of Amarillo has been promoted to corporal at Sedalia Army Air Field Warrensburg Missouri. A Pampa High School graduate he worked as an Interior Department Bureau of Mines accountant before enlisting in April 1943. He arrived at Sedalia in January 1944 and serves as an aerial radio operator and mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Z. Mitchell
Amarillo
Sedalia Army Air Field
Warrensburg
Army Air Forces Troop Carrier Command
Pampa High School
Mitchell
Department of Interior
Bureau of Mines
Army
Corporal Mitchell
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Gentle Constipation Relief
An unsolicited letter extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle regulating food for constipation caused by dietary deficiency. It claims All-Bran supports colonic flora and offers relief without acting as a purgative while advising regular consumption and water intake.
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Iran
Englewood Ave
Buffalo
Kellogg’s All-Ban
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
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Legion of Merit
Lt. Gen
Millard
Harmon
H. J. Oglesby
Route 1
Box 406
Elia M. Oglesby
Prospect Street
San Antonio
William Brice Batson
James Warren Bissantz
Care Southwestern Public Service Company
Herbert A Lovett
Georgia Street
Neal A. Mager
Harrison Street
Robert Jimmie Munn
Washington Street
South Pacific
Curtis
Polk Street
Plauche
Billy J. Sherrill
Lincoln Street
Army Service Forces Training Center
Camp Plauché
New Orleans
Anna E. Sherrill
Sherrill
Santa Fe Railway
Ams
Aa Ste
America
Cecil H. Oglesby
John D. McBride
Zale
Eeeee
Bull Tire CO
Tyler
TP Ceat
United States
Merritt Lynch
Pierce, Penner & Beane
Ache
Hitler
Dixie Dream Donut Shop
Amarillo Greenhouse
Nig Pool
Kellogg’s
HILEX
Us Cas
Taylor
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Punte
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