Death Claims Will's Widow
Betty Blake Rogers, 65, widow of Will Rogers, died at the Rogers ranch in Santa Monica Canyon after weeks of illness and a recent influenza attack in Washington. She married Rogers in Rogers, Arkansas on November 25, 1908, and is to be buried beside him at Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma. Three children survive: Will Rogers Jr., James Rogers, and Mary Rogers.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
Betty Blake Rogers
Rogers Ranch
Santa Monica Canyon
Washington, D. C
Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Claremore
Okla
James Rogers
The
Beverly Hills
Jobs Open at Mare Island With New Homes for Workers
Civil service representative William McLeod announces Mare Island Navy Yards offer federal employment to non essential war industry workers with 4000 new homes nearby. Rentals cover gas electricity water with only a small portion of Navy pay deducted.
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Mare Island
William ©. McLeod
East Tenth Avenue
Civil Service
Mare Island Navy Yards
Navy Yards
Navy
Colonel Simpson Named To War Chest Office
Col. E. A. Simpson has been named a state director and regional vice president for the Panhandle of the United War Chest organizations of Texas. He takes the post vacated by Lawrence Hagy who went into the Army last month. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Turner at 805 Taylor Street have returned from a two weeks vacation in Gatesville and Waco.
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Col. E. A. Simpson
Panhandle
United War Chest Organizations of
Texas
Lawrence Hagy
O. A. Turner
Taylor Street
Gatesville
Waco
Missing Air Officer Bob Izzard Over France
Word reached last night that Flight Officer Bob Izzard is missing in action over France since June 8, two days after the invasion opened. He piloted a Thunderbolt from a Ninth Air Force base in England and had been overseas under two months. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Izzard. his wife and daughter Marilyn were visiting relatives in Champaign, Illinois, when the news came.
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Bob Izzard
France
Ninth Air Force
England
Pilot Izzard
Wes Izzard
Amarillo Girls To Attend Summer School in Mexico
Three Amarillo girls enroll in the Texas State College for Women Summer School of Spanish at Saltillo Mexico. The six week session begins July 20 in its fourth annual year. Students include Miss Josepha Mary Birge Miss Jean Blank and Miss Pat Frice.
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Amarillo
Texas State College For Women
Saltillo
Mexico
Josepha Mary Birge
West Twelfth Avenue
Jean Blank
Jefferson Street
Pat Frice
Mississippi Street
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Ion
Canada
Will
Simpson
War Chest
Parkinson
James B. Parkinson
Fort Smith, Ark
Mr. Parkinson
W. W. Parkinson
van Buren Street
Lee Jinkins
Pvt
Lee S. Jinkins
Lowry Field
Denver
Mrs. L. S. Jinkins
Carolina Street
Ins
Washington
WUP
Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology
DuPont Company
Hunsley's House OF Color
E. 6Th Ph
Drs. Benson and Benson
Optometrists
R. J. Benson
Frances Benson
Oliver Eakle
6Th & Polk
Levine's
Eile
Wanted
Fabrica
POLO
Marian Martin
Amarillo Globe
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
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