Around Town Notes and Birth Announcements in Amarillo
Community briefs from Amarillo mention Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolflin visiting Houston to see Bob Mathews released from a German prison camp. Births, hospital updates, and local visits include multiple families at Northwest Texas Hospital and notes on residents visiting relatives across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thither
Charles Wolflin
Gretchen
Fain
Houston
Wolflin
Bob Mathews
Bob
Amarillo
Winston Daniel
Jo Win
Tim
Roswell
Guard S&s. Marvin
Mt. Vernon
Joseph A. Noble
Harrison
Jane Marvin
Oklahoma City
Non Fraternization Rule Triggers GI Contempt in Germany
Ellen Smith of Texhoma Oklahoma is listed as a medical patient while Martha Haynie of Fort Worth Texas and Mary Grace Puleo of Amarillo Texas are noted as surgical patients.
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Germany
Ellen Smith
Texhoma
Okla
Martha Haynie
Fort Worth
Mary Grace Puleo
Amarillo
Paris
U.P
GI Joe
Dies in Action On Okinawa
Mr and Mrs R S Bailey of 519 South Cleveland have learned their son Corporal Francis L Bailey was killed in action on Okinawa May 22 He served in the Fifth Marines First Division two years two years overseas and enlisted in 1943 He was 22 and a Amarillo native with prior work on Porter Garrison ranch He leaves parents a brother Travis and two sisters in Texas plus a brother at sea and other relatives.
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R.S. Bailey
South
Cleveland
Cpl
Francis L. Bailey
Okinawa
Corporal Bailey
Fifth Marines
San Diego
Cal
Pacific
Palau
Amarillo
Porter Garrison
Lonnie 5
Bailey
R. S. Bailey
Travis
C. R Duncan
Lubbock
Myrtle Killen
Bradley to Head Veterans Administration in Truman Move
President Truman named Omar N. Bradley to lead the Veterans Administration replacing Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines. Bradley, 52, commanded the 12th Army Group in Europe and will modernize the agency to serve all veterans, with Hines retiring to another post. The move follows calls for reform amid ongoing hospital investigations.
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Washington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Veterans Administration
12Th
Bradley
Normandy
Reich
Rankin
Mississippi
House
Santa Fe System Auditors Meet in Amarillo
Auditors from the Santa Fe system gather in Amarillo for a two day conference on accounting problems. W. F E. Davis of Chicago chairs the session with presenters A. E. Meyer and C. A. Casler, joined by Wilbur G. Hunt Sherman V. Reeves C. O. Clark and J. F. Lovely from various Santa Fe rail lines.
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Amarillo
W. F E. Davis
Chicago
A. E. Meyer
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway
C. A. Casler
Meyer
Los Angeles
Wilbur G. Hunt
Sherman V. Reeves
C. O. Clark
Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Raiilway
J. F. Lovely
Galveston, Gulf Coast & Santa Fe Railway
First Broadcast of Music by Dr Frank Conrad in 1919
The debut broadcast occurred on October 17 1919 when Dr Frank Conrad set his improvised microphone before a phonograph marking an early milestone in radio history.
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Frank Conrad
Stars by Day Reported in Eastern Sky
Detroit visitor Mrs. Ladd J. Orr told Globe-News staff she saw a star in the east while Amarillo basked in sun. Weather officials doubted the sighting noting daytime stars occur only under eclipse conditions or unusual reflections.
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Texas
Detroit
Mich
Ladd J. Orr
Amarillo
Globe-News
East
Globe News
U. S. Weather Bureau
Merchant to Visit Fremont for Pantex Business
Ira C. Merchant of 1915 Jackson will depart Sunday for Freemont Nebraska on business for Pantex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira C. Merchant
Jackson
Freemont
Neb
Pantex
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Wildorado
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Fillmore
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Florida
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Arleson
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S Polk
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West Tenth
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North Cleveland
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Wayne R. Elliston
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Heath Praiture Company
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Tennyson
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Weisbaden
M. P
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J. M. McMahen, Jr
Honolulu
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Pearl Harbor
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Guy Owens
Boulder
State of
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State of Texas
Omar Bradley
Santa Fe System
Purina
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Gouldy Bros
Nebraska
Ua Sy
DR. Kilmer
Department D
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Bam
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
Ol’ Vernon Sez
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Vernon Hancock
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
ORT
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