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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1945
Page
7
Around Town notes arrivals from Staunton and Dallas for military and civilian posts. New home addresses include 2223 Hughes and 1007 Carolina. Several births announced at Northwest Texas Hospital with multiple families listed along with local visits and hospital news.
Saturday at the Stull home Lieutenant A C Holcomb stationed at Blacksville Ark and WAVES recruiter Mrs Holcomb at Patuxent River Md visited with Mrs H H Stull. Other guests include Flying Officer Lou Gidas of Clovis Army Air Base and various local residents under medical care or treatment.
Western Union announces a training program at the Amarillo school to supply telegraph workers for cities nationwide. The six to 12 week course pays 40 cents hourly during training, with travel and living expenses covered, and graduates are placed in jobs in New York Washington Chicago or Los Angeles.
A wartime report recounts how sailors and aircrew endured a year aboard a ship before witnessing a landing, then improved together to complete the voyage without casualties. It highlights ball and roller bearings, noting the Flying Fortress uses 3 141 bearings and the P 38 Lightning uses 2 138 bearings to reduce friction in Army Air Forces planes.
Edgar Daugherity Bigelow navigator for the 447th Group of the Eighth Air Force in England earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross, five medals, and a promotion to major. Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Bigelow of Los Angeles previously Amarillo residents, he enlisted December 31 1941 and served on many fields before overseas. He is married to Joanna Jo Wigham Panhandle. they have 11 month old Jimmy Karl who was born overseas. Major Bigelow was promoted March 1 this year. His two brothers K K Bigelow in the Marines and Berle Bigelow in the Palau group also serve.
The Fifth Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Leroy S. Irwin opened a Rhine bridgehead between Mainz and Worms for the U S Third Army. First across were the 11th Regiments K and I companies commanded by Lt Irwin R Jacobs and Capt John Link.
The United States Government has issued war damage insurance covering about 116 million dollars of property inside the United States and territories under U S governance.
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