Railroads News From Waynoka Amarillo Hometown Notices
Rail workers and families around Waynoka and Amarillo are cited with visits, vacations, employment changes, and recent life events. Names include Elsie Vanderslice, Clyde S. Adams, J. D. Hinds, Jean Bechtel, L. Gibbs, and B. Davis. Several engineers and machinists receive calls, transfers, or plan vacations and pensions, with mentions of University of Michigan studies and Carlsbad Caverns trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde S. Adams
Clyde
Clovis Hospital
Clinton Hinds
Navy
J. D. Hinds
Jean Bechtel
R. B. Bechtel
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Side Glances from the Texas Rail Lines
Side Glances notes vacation trips and shift changes among Amarillo Dalhart and nearby railroad personnel. Conductor J D Burk and others manage extra boards while colleagues rest or travel. Several engineers, brakemen, and clerical staff are listed with location spreads from Dallas to Liberal, Shreveport, and Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Burk
T. L. Rhodes
Asa Wilcox
Buffalo
Dusty
Elmer
Possum Playing GI Fools Nazis: Rivers Story From Texas
Pfc. William W. Rivers of Celina and Dallas, Texas, recalls playing dead to escape German troops near a hedge as his unit moved from the Roer to the Rhine. He laid still for two and a half hours while enemy fire struck around him. Rivers was later wounded and treated at McCloskey General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roer
Rhine
Germany
Rivers
McCloskey General Hospital
Texas prison inflow and releases in 1944
The 1944 Texas prison system received 1,611 new inmates including 44 women. The average daily count was 3,461, with about 66 percent released on parole or discharge. The state discharged 673 more inmates than it received that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas
J. C. Roberts
Bureau of Records and Identification
Meet in Germany and Return to Rhode Island Officers Visit
Lt John R Vinyard met his brother in Gotha Germany with Sgt Glynn Franks and Mrs Franks at 206 Georgia Lt Vinyard overseas nine months Franks twenty one months Return to Rhode Island Lt and Mrs Eddie Ziombo return to Province Rhode Island after visiting mother Estelle Clayton 41412 West Tenth and Mrs Carl Martin 3408 Polk for two weeks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John R. Vinyard
Sgt
Glynn Franks
Gotha
Rhode Island
Eddie Ziombo
Province
R. I
Estelle Clayton
West Tenth
Carl Martin
Polk
Mrs Ballew Visits in Amarillo After Arrival
Mrs. Ballew of Clarendon visits Amarillo to see her sons Earl and Wilson at their addresses 510 North East Fifth and 1405 Fillmore. She arrived yesterday and will stay until Sunday. Mrs Lynn hosts guests Mrs Hearld Jones and daughters Betty and Patsy of Bakersville California at 412 East Eleventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
M. I. Lynn
East Eleventh
Hearld Jones
Betty
Patsy
Bakersville
Cal
Jim Godwin Visit to Lub bock Hosts
Mr and Mrs Jim Godwin of Lub bock visit Mr and Mrs E A Wossum at 712 West Eighth Judge E C Nelson III is in the Veteran s Hospital at 2025 Ong
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Godwins
Jim Godwin
Lubbock
E. A. Wossum
West Eighth
Nelson III
E. C. Nelson
Veteran's Hospital
Let News-Globe Want Ads Help You Find Lost Articles
A brief notice advertises the News-Globe want ads service to assist readers in locating missing items. It promotes filing notices and checking listings for recovery or replacement options.
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News-Globe
Burma Elephant Corps in Burma War Lifts Logistics
In Burma during World War II a unique unit of over 200 elephants and handlers led by Lt. Col. J M Williams, known as Elephant Bill, built roads and bridges, evacuated the sick, and moved supplies. Elephants carried three men 12 miles daily on impassable jungle roads, cranked trucks, sprayed tar, and housed detailed records of each animal. Bandoola the elephant stands out for lifting five tons with precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Burma
Bill” Williams
Liams
Devon Regiment
Egypt
Mesoptamia
India
Bombay-India Burma Trading Corporation
Miss Barton Leaves for Youngstown Home
Miss Betty Barton of 506 West Tenth will leave next Wednesday for Youngstown Ohio where she will make her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barton
Betty Barton
West Tenth
Youngstown, O
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Wavnoka
Elsie Vanderslice
John Lesperance
Clovis
Amarillo
E. C. Bender
F. H. Lloyd
Smelter
Bert Gadberry
Waynoka
L. C. Bixler
H. P. Herrera
A. H. Escalante
D. Tijerina
R. C. Page
B. T. Davis
Joe McAdams
P. A. Masterson
L. L. Gibbs
Carlsbad Caverns
Juarez
Mexico
Rock Island
J. J. Jones
Carman
St. Anthony’s
Will Ezell
Engineers
M. M. Martin
B. A. Leonard
B. E. Sherrill
Ben
W. D. Westbay
Ed Boynton
C. Madison
B. D. McGuire
Olin Boynton
F. B. Gibbs
Dalhart
W. M. Conway
TFA
Memphis
William Howes
W. A. Burrows
Harry Millholland
Ada
Okla
I. D. Grider
J. O. Vinson
Buffalo Lake
Lloyd Simp
Andy Throckmorton
E. R. Doose
Doose
O. D. Smith
Tom Early
Baggeman
Dallas
Bill Baucum
J. C. Jordan
ACR
W. D. Robertson
C. C. Elder
Washington
Jerry Carroll
Richard Spann
R. D. Spann
Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Smith
O. S. Wedgworth
Shreveport
Walter A. Dale
H. E. Jones
J. B. Burks
B. T. Mosley
I. P. Sullivan
Shamrock
C. F. Staples
R. E. Johnson
Liberal
H. J. Crowley
Chickasha
J. C. Cissel
DPA
W. M. Clark
W. R. West
Herman W. Clutter
CPA
Des Moines
M. E. Christman
J. E. Riggle
Chicago
NEA Service, Inc
TM. Reg
U.S. Pat
N. Fillmore
the Sofshin Company
Findlay, Ohio
Galbraith
Possum
Dr.w.0
Allison Chiropractor
Monroe
THE
SAN Jacinto Bus Company
Treasury
Treasury Apartmnt
Clairol
Santa Fe el
Rey Sales
Elephant Corps
Japan
By Henry B. Jameson
Boss Man
Lt. Col
J. M. Wil
eIn
Bandoola
Williams
Vaughn Plumbing Company
Pierce
CIA
Chas. F. Smith Roofing Co
House of Seagram
Seagram-Distillers Corporation
Chrysler Bldg
New York
America
the House OF Seagram
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