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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1944
Page
11
This brief column gathers local happenings from Amarillo and nearby towns. It lists visiting relatives, new arrivals, birthdays, births at St Anthony's Hospital, hospital notes, travel to San Diego and Suttillo, and ongoing social ads including taxi services and porch mats for sale. It also mentions hospital patients and medical updates for residents in the area.
The report lists Amarillo area servicemen and families: G A Tomlinson Jr in V-12 training in Pittsburg Kansas. Andrew B Dehner Jr completing pre flight at Santa Ana and heading to Tulare for primary training. George C Wood Coxswain aboard USS Salt Lake City returning to sea after shore leave and overseas service. Frank Henry Forbes commissioned ensign in Naval Reserve. Staff Sgt Everett Sims awarded the Air Medal for 17 missions with the Eighth Air Force in England. all recounting local ties and training locations as the military expands during wartime.
Lt. Donald H. Rose son of Mr and Mrs Roy M Rose Route 3 Amarillo has been selected for the Officers Survey Course at the Field Artillery School Fort Sill Okla He is a Texas A and M College graduate and previously worked for the Texas State Highway Department in Amarillo He reported to Fort Sill from Camp Pickett Va
Troy D Blassingame will complete training at the combat crew school in Sioux City Iowa and soon be ready to go overseas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W J Blassingame Route 3 and entered service January 27 1943 after working as an electrician helper for Estes Electric Company.
Thomas A. Dunn Jr aged 18 reported for Naval Induction at Lubbock on July 19 after graduating Amarillo High School and working as a mechanic's helper at Lone Star Motor Company. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Dunn of 1223 Polk Street. Staff Set J Leo Harlow, husband of Odella Harlow of 419 Houston Street, has been presented the.
John P McBride seeks the Justice of the Peace post in Precinct 1 Place 2. A WWI veteran and longtime American Legion member he emphasizes honesty efficiency and his business background. He notes his son Buck is in the Navy Air Forces in the Pacific and signs as Mac to voters. Paid political advertisement.
Purple Heart awarded for wounds in action on May 12 to Sergeant Harlow in Italy with an infantry division. Overseas since December 18, 1943, he serves in a machine gun section and trained at Camp Selby Mississippi after enlisting May 12, 1942. Also listed: Aviation Cadet T. W. Stanford Jr in the Independence Army Air Field cadet class in Kan. training progress noted. Tech Sergeant Donald B Balen, 22, son of Mrs. Edna Balen of Marion Indiana, credited with downing a German Messerschmitt over Imotski Yugoslavia. He is cited by Maj. Gen. Nathan Twining and has 27 missions in three overseas months, awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Continued on page 15.
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