Pfc D H Ponder Feted With Home Party After Overseas Duty
Mrs. Geraldine Ponder hosted a home party at 4247 West Beventh for her husband Pfc D H Ponder on his furlough from overseas service. Attendees included family members Pearl Easterling C C Easterling Mary Sue Easterling Isabell Caudill Suzann Billie Jo Malone Jodie Sandra Ann Joe Brooks and C Corbon. Out of town guest Dorothy Clarendon grandmother and cousin joined.
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Geraldine Ponder
West Beventh
Pte
D. H. Ponder
Pearl @asterling
C. C. Easterling
Mary Sue Easterling
Isabell Caudill
Suzann
Billie Jo Malone
Jodie
Mission completed Luzon victory praised by 32nd Division
Haskell Allard reports the 32nd Division has fulfilled its Luzon mission defeating a fanatical enemy and securing the Villa Verde Trail. The unit earned praise for teamwork and a 90 percent target hit rate as Lt. Col. Curtis LeMay leads the air offensive. Allard, son of Mrs. Pearl Allard, is cited for his role.
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Haskell Allard
Luzon
Villa Verde
Cagayan Valley
Allard
Pearl Allard
Madison
Soldier Returns After 40 Months Overseas
Sgt. Joseph C. Rice arrived at Brooke Convalescent Hospital Fort Sam Houston San Antonio on July 3 after 40 months overseas with a tank battalion in the Asiatic Pacific Theater.
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TULIA
Joseph C. Rice
Brooke Convalescent Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Defenders Continued from Page 4 Burma Hero Details
The article notes a defender who has served 83 months in the Army and four in India Burma. He is married to Mrs. Eldra with the last name listed as ith, residing at 2616 Brooks.
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Burma
India-Burma
Eldraith
Brooks
Allied soldier Case freed after stint in Rennes and Normandy
Lieutenant Case, a rig builder from Temple, was held by Germans briefly in Rennes France before Allied forces captured the town and liberated him. A German doctor removed a bullet from his head costing him his left eye. He served since August 1941 sailing December 4 1943 and first saw action July 4 in Normandy. He was wounded eight days later and returned home last October.
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Eral
Temple
Case
Rennes
France
Normandy
States
Navy flier J P Tomberlin Jr completes preflight course
Navy flier J P Tomberlin Jr housed at 1611 Taylor has completed the preflight course at Iowa City Iowa and has been sent to Norman Oklahoma for further flight instruction.
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J. P. Tomberlin, Jr
Taylor
Navy
Iowa City
Norman
Okla
Combat Infantryman’s Badge Awarded to Whitaker Jr.
Less Whitaker Jr. receives the Combat Infantryman’s badge for his first combat assignment in Okinawa as a rifleman with the 307th Infantry Regiment.
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Less Whitaker, Jr
Okinawa
307Th Infantry Regiment
Shamrock Soldier Harris Sent to Luzon with 114th Engineers
Pfc. Wayne D. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Allen, has been serving on Luzon since February with Company C, 114th Engineer Battalion. His wife and four year old daughter live in Shamrock.
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Shamrock
Wayne D. Harris
L. R. Allen
Luzon
114Th Engineer Battalion
Redeployment Work Tulian Lt Col Wilson Assigned
Lt Col James M. Wilson son of Mr and Mrs A M Wilson Tulsa is now working with the Air Technical Service Command redeploying Air Force personnel and materials to the Pacific He has been stationed at St Germain en Laye near Paris
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Tulia
James M. Wilson
A. M. Wilson
Tulsa
Air Technical Service Command
Air Force
Pacific
St. Germain-en-Leye
Elliott Improving After Parachute Escape Ordeal
Staff Lt Robert C Elliott, visiting Dalhart, is improving slowly from partial paralysis caused when German farmers attacked him attempting to beat him to death after his parachute drop over Germany.
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Robert C. Elliott
Dalhart
Germany
Marines Private Wyrick on 30 day furlough at Tulia
Pvt. Pred Wyrick of the Marines is on a 30 day furlough visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wyrick of Tulia. He spent eight months in the Pacific with the Fifth Marine Division, last serving on Iwo Jima.
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Tulia
Pred Wyrick
Marines
Charlie Wyrick
Pacific
Fifth Marine Division
Iwo Jima
Nationwide War Casualties Report From Osaka
Between midnight and dawn a million Osakans were casualties, homeless or suffocated. The Japs lost a power plant the gas works steel iron. The figures speak to the devastation in Osaka during a wartime bombardment.
Garden Gossip continues on page seven advice on thinning and feeding
Garden Gossip notes that when lettuce thinnings are large enough to use, extra fertilizer helps plants finish their course in top form. The column encourages timely feeding to ensure strong growth and productive harvests.
Half as much plant food guidance for garden rows
The guidance recommends halving the usual amounts for applications. Use Side Crossing positions two to three inches from each row and spread on surface bands in well watered gardens. When roots near the surface are undisturbed, shallow trenches may be used and fertilizer covered.
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Pfc
Amarillo
Curtis le May
Ohio State University
McCloskey
Albert N. Case
R. L. Case
M. Killion
Firm Foundation
Chris Kobe
Ser Jolore
Wac
Women’s Army Corps
U.S. Army
Federal Building
Oklahoma City
Post Office
Amerillo
Texas
Taylor Street
Elliott
Amarillo Beauty Supply
West Sixth Ave
Cps Eee Om
Bbiiluiy
Fire King Glass
Ladies
Dickeys
ECIPE
Benty
A Polk
Mary Adell Miner
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