Amarillo 36th Veteran Is Home After Five Years of Warfare
Sgt. Joe Chambers, 19, of Amarillo, returns home after almost five years with the 36th Texas Division. He earned five battle stars and a Bronze Star with 135 demobilization points, serving in Europe with Battery B, 1311st Field Artillery. He recalls Cassino and notes shells he fired bore Amarillo stamps from Pantex. He plans to resume school or pursue a trade, with family connections in Amarillo and Perryton.
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Amarillo
Joe Chambers
36Th
Texas
Chambers
National Guard
Guard
Europe
Pacific
Java
Cassino
Italy
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Grant Chambers
South
Houston
Adrian Thomas
Perryton
Homecoming Vets Senses Change in Hometown Polk
A returning veteran notes Polk’s streets feel unfamiliar as most familiar faces have left for war or relocated. He spots Maj. Vincent Lockhart, a Globe News alum, who likely remains with his division in the Army of Occupation.
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Polk
Chambers
Maj
Vincent Lockhart
Globe News
Lockhart
Division
Army of Occupation
Sludge and carbon are better for compression chances
The fragment suggests sludge and carbon offer better outcomes with reduced compression risk though details are unclear in the text.
Mobile Unit Delivers Personal Equipment Training at Amarillo Field
A three hour course on oxygen equipment and emergency survival gear is conducted for pilots, engineers, and instructors at Amarillo Army Air Field. Lt. J R D Hecht and Warrant Officer Irving Cass coordinate with Western Technical Training Command and Gen. A L Sneed spearheads the program originated in Santa Monica with aims to improve personal equipment instruction and displays.
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Western Technical Training Command
Denver
Amarillo Army Air Field
J. R. D. Hecht
Amarillo Field
Irving Cass
MTU
Amarillo
A. L. Sneed
Sneed
Rose
Santa Monica
Cal
Poland coalition accused as Communist dominated by London
London says the Warsaw coalition is Communist controlled and would nullify Poland's independence. The United States and Britain near withdrawal of recognition, while Moscow sources express confidence in the new provisional Polish government of national unity.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
United States
Britain
Moscow
National Unity
Adam Pragier
Generals Return Home to Giant Pittsburgh Celebration
Pittsburgh prepares to welcome 64 heroes who helped crush Nazi rule in Europe. Gen. Jacob L. Devers Gen. Joseph C. McNarney Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson and 35 officers with 26 enlisted men arrive after Paris to tour a 23 mile parade route with artillery salutes.
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Pittsburgh
Europe
Jacob L. Devers
Joseph C. McNarney
William H. Simpson
New York
Paris
Devers
Sixth Army Group
Mediterranean Theater
McNarney
Mediterranean
Simpson
Weatherford
Tex
Ninth Army
Hitler
Germany
Weary Officer Awaits 30 Day Leave
Lt. Wilson L. Ballew son of Mr and Mrs Wilson W Ballew 1405 Fillmore is ready to start a 30 day leave after long hospital stays in Spokane Denver and at Amarillo Army Air Field He has been back in Amarillo a week and will report after his leave ends.
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Spokane
Wash
Amarillo Army Air Field
Denver
Wilson L. Ballew
Wilson W. Ballew
Fillmore
Amarillo
Fort Worth Visitor Calls on Mrs R L Borge
Fort Worth visitor Mrs. Carl Forsell is visiting Mrs. R. L. Borge at 1602 West Nineteenth.
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Fort Worth
Carl Forsell
R. L. Borge
West
Childers Visits Aunt in Dallas
Howard Childers of 1620 Van Buren visits his aunt Miss Amanda Mims in Dallas.
Miss Plunkett Leaves Betty Maid Sheps Supervisor
Velda B. Plunkett, supervisor for Betty Maid Sheps, has departed and moved to Tulsa after a visit in Amarillo.
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Miss Plunkett
Velda B. Plunkett
Betty Maid Sheps
Tulsa
Amarillo
Amarillo Man Promoted to First Lieutenant in Army Air Forces
Santa Monica bound officer receives an advance in rank while recovering in Denver. Promoted to first lieutenant on May 20, he began as a corporal and was commissioned in Australia in January 1944. He served 34 months overseas in New Guinea and the Netherlands East Indies with the Fifth Air Force. Married with one daughter Sylynn, his wife Sadie Mae Clifton is from Amarillo. Sister-in-law Mrs. E C Penry resides in Amarillo.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Denver
Ballew
Australia
Fifth Air Force
Amarillo
Carl W. Connell
Amarillo Army Air Field
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Sylynn
Spector Couple Vacating in California
Mr and Mrs T Spector of 2423 Ong are vacating their California home. The move appears planned with no further details on destination or reasons.
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California
Mrs. T. Spector
Business Censorship Reduced Says Wartime Official
Washington today the censorship director said business communications are mostly freed with only essential wartime controls remaining. The statement marks a narrowing of government restrictions amid wartime measures.
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Washington
Byron Price
Miss Berg Attends University of Colorado at Boulder
Miss Timmye Berg leaves for the University of Colorado at Boulder this morning. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Berg of 1166 West Thirteenth and a graduate of Amarillo High School and Amarillo College.
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Timmye Berg
University of Colorado At Boulder
Miss Berg
A. F. Berg
West Thirteenth
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Amarillo Move Ties Raleigh Couple to 906 Madison
New Amarillo resident Mrs. Richard Shaw moves from Raleigh North Carolina to be with her husband Cadet Richard Shaw at Amarillo Field. They reside at 906 Madison.
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Amarillo
Richard Shaw
Raleigh
N. C
Cadet Richard Shaw
Amarillo Field
Madison
Guests in Tulia
Mrs. E. R. Bales and her son Barney of 1923 Pierce were weekend guests of her sister Mrs. Tommy Daniels in Tulia.
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Tulia
E. R. Bales
Barney
Pierce
Tommy Daniels
McLean Visit Noted With Ninth Birthday Celebration
Mrs Earl Stubblefield and children Gail June Bob and Jerry of McLean visit Mr and Mrs C T Cline at 3610 Harrison. June celebrates her ninth birthday during the visit.
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Stubblefield
Earl Stubblefiell
Gail
June
Bob and
Jerry
McLean
C. T. Cline
Harrison
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Drs
Hendrick, Lemmon, Payne and Dine
Association of
W. A. Potter
M. D
Fisk Building
Champlin
Hi-V
Champlin Refining CO
Enid, Oklahoma
Armed Services
Amarillo Territory
AIR Speed Oil Company
Russia
Ross
Kendall
Chance
Olges Eakle
Be Insurance CO
W. C. McCord
Home Office
Dallas
Norito
Sadie Mae Clifton
J. F. Clifton
Jackson
E. C. Penry
Lipscomb
Withers Plumbing Company
van Buren
Bull Tire CO
Tyler St
Ua Ia
America
Urobue
Lee
Aude
Amarillo Printing
Thomson-King CO
Insurance Service
Southern Comfort Corp
ST. Louis
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Atkinson Drug Store
Polk St
Beery
Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk Street
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
Herbert Drug Store
Herring Hotel
Herring Hote
Hollingsw
Orth Pharmacy
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Morris Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drug Store
Prescription Laboratory
Wilson DR
East 10Th Street
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