Army Bombers Lead Midway Counterattack Story Told
General Hale describes land based air forces at Midway on June 3 to 4 facing two Japanese fleets. Army Flying Fortresses hit carriers and cruisers with high altitude bombs while Marine fliers and Navy planes attacked, with Sweeney’s squadron praising the B 17s and crews noting strong cooperation among army navy and marine forces amid the battle’s critical phase.
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Clark Lee
Emmons
Territory of Hawaii
Midway
Yamamoto
Hawaiian Islands
Willis H. Hale
Colorado Springs
Marine
Navy
Beta Sand Island
Eastern Island
Army
Walter C. Sweeney, Jr
San Francisco
Sweeney
Pacific
Bill Adams
San Bernardino
Calif
Adams
Paul Payne
Des Moines
Brook Allen
Allen
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Courthouse Records Warranty Deeds and Marriages
Courthouse Records list several warranty deeds dated May to June 1942 with buyers and amounts, including T A Cheal to J W Garcia for 250 dollars and Charles Pearson to Jack Phillips for 10 dollars. Also recorded are transfers to W B Howerton and to Eli Sanders, plus a deed by Nannie D Shannon Est to S H Shannon for 750 dollars and others. Marriage licenses listed include Willard Meeks with Mandy Cheek, Erwin Everett with Olive Morehouse, Frank Alien with Margaret Thomas, Harry Gerdes with Grace Cannon, Arthur Tucker with Drucilla Anderson.
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Leonard A. Tate
James O Connell
Charles Pearson
Jack Phillips
Paul E. Wilson
W. B Howerton
Nannie D. Shannon
S H. Shannon
Armstrong Dies in California
Clarence O Armstrong longtime Amarillo resident died in Los Angeles Wednesday night at his son C O Jr home after months of ill health He recently left Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home insurance department to seek health in California He was active in San Jacinto Methodist Church Men s Class choir Survived by wife four sons four brothers Funeral services and burial planned in Los Angeles Friday
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Clarence O. Armstrong
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Insurance Department
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
California
San Jacinto
BE. H
Lubbock
Cathedral Feast Day at Amarillo Cathedral
The Sacred Heart of Jesus feast will be observed at Amarillo Cathedral with a High Mass at 6 30 am led by Very Rev Thomas J Drury. Benediction and the Act of Reparation follow at 7 30 pm after the Sorrowful Mother Novena as clergy attend a diocese retreat at Price College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Thomas J Drury
Diocese of
Price College
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a laxative that relieves constipation and boosts bile flow. It claims improved mood and energy the next morning and notes the pills are sold by druggists for 10 and 25 cents.
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Carter
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Hale
Marines
Courthouse Records
T. A. Cheal
J. W. Garcia
Armstrong
Sentort Distthlung
Peoma, LL
Eocene
Warris
Iren
Levine
Levine's
Levine’s Are
Dickie
UNION
Boss Walloper
Dad
Big Brother
Tom and Jerry
Texas
America
Shulton
U.S. Pat
Shulton, Inc
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Ave
New York
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