Dickerson Commissioned Second Lieutenant in India
Dickerson E is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Adjutant General's Department. He is the son of Mrs Mae Dickerson of 1600 Buchanan. He received the in the field appointment July 12 and is serving in India. He has been overseas since January and handles vital War Department information using electrical accounting machines. He enlisted in May 1942 and has held most enlisted grades up to master sergeant, skipping private first class. He attended Amarillo High School and worked in accounting before joining the Army. His wife is Mrs Euna Faye Dickerson of Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wminger E. Dickerson
Adjutant General's Department
Mae Dickerson
Buchanan
Dickerson
India
War Department
Army
Amarillo High School
Consolidated Aircraft Company
California
Euna Faye Dickerson Ves
Dallas
To Award Certificates In 18 Swimming Classes
A parents night at Gem Lake Pool Tuesday at 7 p m honors students from 18 classes who passed Red Cross swimming tests. Students will demonstrate skills to parents before receiving certificates. Final tests are ongoing this week to determine who earns certificates.
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Gem Lake Pool
Red Cross
Redeployed Troops Move Through Panhandle Rails Promptly
Panhandle rail centers Amarillo and surrounding towns report no major delays in redeploying troops while a manpower shortage persists. Gov. Stevenson proclaims 4200 more railroad workers needed in the Southwest, with 65,000 skilled positions overall, as veterans aid recruitment from Temples McCloskey Hospital.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Southwest
Robert F. Bradley
Army
Coke Stevenson
Claude E. Belk
War Manpower Commission
Stevenson
Mississippi
Fred Wells
Fugitive Is Wanted Here
Four men who escaped Greenville jail Monday night remain at large as a Southwest-wide manhunt targets them. Orthur Fugett, 27, 6 ft, 195 lb, brown hair and eyes, tattooed heart and dagger on his forearm, is wanted for forgery here. Harold Beck, 30, 5 ft 10½ in, 145 lb, blue eyes, brown hair, with scars, is wanted in Plainview for motor company burglary and kidnapping after officers found $1,005 on arrest.
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Greenville
Potter County
Plainview
Orthur Fugett
Harold Beck
Beck
Burglaries Linked to Four Men in Police Brief
Police describe a group of four suspects including Guy Long, 25, 5 ft 9 in, 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes. Floyd Johnson, 42, 6 ft 1 in, 130 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair, has the riddle and ring fingers on his right hand amputated at the first joint. The report notes burglaries in other places and identifies the fourth man without further details.
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Guy Long
Floyd Johnson
Amarillo Police Department Pictures Displayed in City
Three photographs by C. B. Moore for the Sheriffs' Association magazine show portions of the Amarillo department. The traffic division is featured in top and bottom images, with a center group of 35 including Chief Sid Harper. Capt. Tommy Thomas Sgt. C. C. Price Homer Rountree L. W. Owens Curtis Montgomery and Roy Graham are named in the traffic shot.
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Amarillo
Homer Rountree
L. W. Owens
Curtis Montgomery
Roy Graham
Timetable of Redeployment From Le Havre to United States
The main bodies of the 20th Armored and 28th Infantry divisions embarked today at Le Havre for shipment to the United States. Advance units sailed July 14 with army units arriving in the U S today in Boston. The notices list numerous detachments and battalions including artillery groups, ordnance units, engineer battalions, armored and tank groups, MP and aviation companies, supply groups, and support squadrons as part of the redeployment process-a detailed roll of units moving back to U S ports and bases.
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Associated Press
20Th Armored
28Th Infantry
le Havre
United States
Boston
550Th
97Th Field Artillery
162Nd Ordnance Battalion
562Nd Ordnance
Ordnance
72Nd
6Th Army Group
93Rd Cavalry
135Th Armored Ordnance
13Th Armored Division
2Nd Air Depot Group
477Th Air Service Group
358Th
9Th Army
Suomi Is Native Name for Finland
The term Suomi is the native name used for Finland. The word appears in historical references noting the country’s own language name.
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Finland
Two Escape From Jail Through Ceiling Light
Evansville Indiana sheriff reports two inmates escaped Vanderburgh County Jail by removing a ceiling light, crawling into the attic, ripping roof boards, and leaping 25 feet to the ground. Authorities removed all light fixtures and sealed escape holes. pair at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Arval Barr
Vanderburgh County
Army Medical Department 170th Birthday Observed
The Army Medical Department marks 170 years since its 1775 establishment at Washington's urging. During wartime it reports high survival and evacuation rates, with 97 percent of hospital patients saved, 70 percent of wounded returned to duty, and 30 000 to 56 000 wounded evacuated monthly overseas. It oversees Army hospitals and inspects large meat and dairy shipments daily.
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Army Medical Department
George Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
First Need Of Veterans Is Housing
Amarillo chamber of commerce calls for local housing facilities to aid veterans returning from war. Two to three room homes meet emergency needs as GI Bill building is hindered by lumber shortages. Aimed at helping families, the drive seeks local contact through the chamber housing bureau.
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Guadalcanal
Pacific
Europe
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
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Roger E. Dickerson
Cretney
PRI
TIN
Amarillo Printing Company
Raymond C. Stone
Eighth Service Command
Bradley
Pvt
Henry Pribyla
Okinawa
Cpl
Jose Aguirre
Anzio
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Railroad Retirement Board
United States Employment Service
Bai Va
Police Department
Globe-News
Southern Comfort
Burton Gin
Glenmore
Tom Hardy
Hiram Walker
Park & Tilford Reserve
E. 7Th Sr
N. E. 8Th Sr
N. Fillmore
Vernon
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Lightcrust Doughboys
Zale
Avalon
WAC
Lady’s Banner
Polk
The
Railways and Associated Air Companies of
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Continent
Waterfill & Frazier
Liquor Mart
Grone
Zale’s
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