DSC Awarded To Lt. French DSC Awarded To Lt. French
First Lt. DeWitt French Jr. was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at Fort Sam Houston for heroism in October. He led his platoon against a strongpoint, killed two gunners, destroyed two machine guns, discarded grenades to wound and capture enemies, and drove retreating Germans from a hill. He later earned a battlefield commission in Rome and holds the Silver Star and Purple Heart with three clusters. his wife and two children live in San Antonio.
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DeWitt
French, Jr
D. H. French
Panitex Village
Army Ground Forces
Fort Sam Houston
French
Camp Shelby
Miss
85Th Infantry
Camp Claiborne
34Th
Red Bull
Cassino
Italy
Rome
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army
San Antonio
Nation observes Farm Safety Week with themed days
President Truman and Texas Governor Coke Stevenson declare National and State Farm Safety Week. The week assigns daily safety themes including Home Safety Day Livestock Day Falls Day Traffic Safety Day Machinery Safety Day and Farm Safety Review Day.
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Truman
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Aggie Club Seeks First Monthly Gathering at Capitol Hotel
Former Texas A and M students plan a 7 pm meeting at the Capitol Hotel this evening. It marks the club’s first gathering this month, whereas it typically meets weekly.
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Texas A. & M
Capitol Hotel
Aggie Club
Production Credit Seeks Local Ownership in Panhandle
Representatives from five Production Credit Associations in Lubbock Plainview Memphis Canadian and Amarillo met at the Herring Hotel to decide on complete local ownership. Sid Powers manager of the Amarillo association spoke about the move and urged action by the group.
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Panhandle
Lubbock
Plainview
Memphis
Canadian
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Sid Powers
New Ballet Britches Win Style Prize
Claire McCardell debuts Ballet Britches a black jersey slacks set with a matching sweater and yellow wool apron as a versatile season favorite. Frontier Pants in corduroy or flannel with peg-top pockets echo Buffalo Bill while Rehearsal Pants offer knee length striped shorts with a scarlet smock. McCardell emphasizes functional wearable designs, muted earthy tones, double stitching, and a Bloomer Girl ensemble featuring red calico blouse jacket and ruffled bloomers.
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New York
Claire McCardell
McCardell
Frontier
Miss McCardell
Sergeant Garrett Assigned To Drew Field Tampa
Sgt. James K. Garrett and his wife reside at 1216 Bonham. He has been assigned to Drew Field in Tampa Florida from the reassignment center in San Antonio. He returned to the United States last month after nearly two years in England with the Eighth Air Force.
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Garrett
James K. Garrett
Bonham
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
San Antonio
England
Eighth Air Force
198 June Babies Set Record for Amarillo
Amarillo recorded 198 births in June, the highest monthly total this year and above last year’s August figure of 188. June saw 31 more births than May, which had 167 births and 43 deaths. June had 55 deaths.
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Amarillo
Y Ettes Meet For Picnic Supper At Sanborn Park
Business girls of the Y Ettes Club will gather at 6 30 tonight in Sanborn Park for a picnic supper and recreation hour. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Globe News
Y-Ettes Club
Sanborn Park
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Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
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17Th Street
Denver, Colorado
Chas. F. Smith Roofing Co
McCormick Tea
Ata
Dom
Mauldin
Asaya
Ort
Willie
Bruner
Friend
Manhattan
Miles
Norito
New Ballet Britches
Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
By Laura Wheeler
Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
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N. Y
Khoury Bros
National Distillers Products Corp
N.Y
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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