Army Finance Corps Colonel Davie Dispatched to France
Lt. Col. Robert Davie son of Mr and Mrs C S Davie of 1207 West Thirteenth Avenue serves with the Army Finance Corps in France. His unit carried $250000 in English money ashore in hard-won fashion. Davie recommended a medal for a finisher weighed down by a heavy sack. Overseas since June 1943, he has 12 years service and prior Hawaii duty. He arrived in France around June 15 and received lieutenant colonelcy. A graduate of Oklahoma A and M, he studied in Washington DC. His wife lives in Seattle.
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Robert Davie
Davie
West Thirteenth Avenue
Army Finance Corps
France
Hawaii
Oklahoma A. & M
Washington, D. C
Seattle
Wash
Enters Navy Reserve and Navy Family Notices
Melvin Eugene Taylor 17 begins boat training at San Diego Naval Base after leaving Amarillo for service. Joseph Hardie Park seaman first class serves in the Pacific aboard the U S S Jamestown after six weeks in the Navy. Kenneth W Patterson staff sergeant wounded in action in the Mediterranean Theater of War.
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Melvin Eugene Taylor
R. B. Taylor
North Tyler
Naval Base
San Diego
Navy
Taylor
Post Office
News Globe
Amarillo
Joseph Hardie Park
Pacific
The
Seaman Park
Jamestown
Irwin Jackson Park
Naval Air Corps
War Department
Kenneth W. Patterson
Arthur F. Patterson
Mediterranean
Brothers in Service Honor for Gauna Brothers and More in Wartime
Pvt Marian Gauna earned the Bronze Star for gallantry in action with the Second Division in the Gerisy Foust Sector. His brother Pvt Laucho Gauna was injured in Italy and is recuperating in the United States after a furlough. Also noted are Staff Sgt Nolan Pierson on furlough visiting family, and brothers Pvt Fleetwood and Pvt Woodrow Pierson at Camp Barkeley. The War Department released 869 missing in action names including Staff Sgt William R Denmead. Milton E Oliver, a seaman second class, recently visited his family.
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Army
Marian Gauna
Supreme Headquarters
Gauna
Laudho Gauna
Italy
United States
Nolan Pierson
Infantry
Clarkesville
Gwendolyn Pierson
Dalhart
Cora Sellars
Belleview Street
J. P. Pierson
North West
Fifteenth Avenue
U. S. Army
Pvt
Fleetwood
Woodrow Pierson
Camp Barkeley
Tex
War Department
U. S
William R. Denmead
Marguerite W. Denmead
Western Avenue
Mediterranean
Milton E. Oliver
Glass Insulation Reduces Cold and Noise in Planes
U. S. warplanes are insulated with thin glass fibers bound by resin to combat extreme stratosphere cold and cut fatigue from cabin noise. The half inch sheets weigh four hundredths of a pound per square foot, are durable, moisture resistant, and are among the lightest inorganic sound proofing materials available.
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New York
U.P
U. S
Bureau of Industrial Service
War Department
Pvt Kenneth Boykin Reported Killed After Missing
Pvt Kenneth E Boykin son of Mrs Seletha C Boykin 802 Johnson Street had been listed missing in the Mediterranean by the War Department and is now reported killed Mrs Billy Handley and daughter Nancy Carol 202 North Kentucky Street return from a two week visit Mr and Mrs Norman Avery of Denver Colo arrive in Amarillo to visit friends and relatives for a week Verna Maples 1206 Lincoln Street plans a trip leaving August 1 for Red River
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Kenneth E. Boykin
Seletha C. Boykin
Johnson Street
War Department
Mediterranean
Billy Handley
Nancy Carol
North
Kentucky Street
Avery
Norman Avery
Denver
Colo
Amarillo
Temperature and humidity reach extreme levels
The report notes conditions climbing to 125 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity at 90 percent, signaling severe heat and moisture stress.
TO GO TO COLORADO
Miss Jamie Reagen of 206 N Florida Street will leave in August to visit friends and relatives in Trinidad Colorado. Mrs Lilly Tallant of 413 A Seventeenth Avenue hosts Sgt Wesley Latimer and his wife of Louisiana until August 3.
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Colorado
Jamie Reagen
Florida Street
Trinidad
Tallant
Lilly Tallant
Seventeenth Avenue
Wesley Latimer
Louisiana
Constable Receives Bee Moving Advice in Missouri
Constable Louis Silverman of St. Joseph was advised to replevin six swarms of bees and told to be careful when moving them. Howard Mullen, the owner, adds the caution as the case unfolds. Miss Beverley Hibbets returns home to her grandparents near Abilene.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
U.P
Louis Silverman
St. Joseph
Howard Mullen
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Coca Cola Bottling Company
San Pedro
Virginia Park
Monroe Street
Park
Laucho Gauna
Joseph Park
Miltone, Oliver
Perfecto Gauna
Cleveland Street
Amarillo Ice Co
Monroe
Walker
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Ile
Jimmy Wallington
Hinds
Aree
Miss Hibbets
Beverley Hibbets
J. E. Hibbets
Buchanan Street
Abilene
Globe News
W.o.allison
Goop
Brae
She Uriloor
Pers
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