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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1945
Page
5
Jak Pitts reports on servicemen abroad including Jeroren Brownwald, Emmet Overenee Jr, and others praised for building and maintaining an air base in the Pacific. The piece notes prior posts, training, and family ties, with details on hometowns New Mexico and Chicago.
Work has started on a 165000 dollar maintenance building for Southwest Greyhound Lines Inc under WPB authority. The 125 by 200 foot brick and steel structure on Washington Street between Third and Fourth Avenues will house a large machine shop and parts stock. Arch Munn of Dallas has the contract with Macon O Carder of Amarillo as architect. Similar facilities exist in Dallas Kansas City and Denver. The Amarillo plant will serve a large area and support bus operations.
Private Wesley T Shapley 101 Bowyer is recovering in an English hospital after being wounded in the Huertgen Forest during an attack to capture a group. A German artillery volley wounded him in the left thigh as shrapnel struck nearby trees. He is married to Mrs Geraldine Shapley of Bowyer Street and they have a son Terry Warne. Before joining the Army in October 1943 he worked for American Smelting and Refining Corp.
Lt. Donald N. Stephenson of the First Marine Air Wing flies a Navy SBD on near daily raids against Japanese targets from Luzon. Four days before his 23rd birthday he attacked Gusing Norte Lingayen Gulf scoring direct hits on the ammunition dump and blasting 78 buildings and 10 huts filled with supplies and troops.
Lt. James G. Parks son of Mr and Mrs Jack L Parks 903 Louisiana receives the Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal He is a navigator with the Eighth Air Force based in England He joined the air corps in March 1943 and worked in a local clothing store prior to service He earned navigator wings in August 1944 at Hondo Texas
Lt Bruce R Miner son of Mrs M C Miner of Amarillo Hotel has landed at a redistribution station in Miami Beach for about two weeks of reassignment. He served as a pilot and operations officer in the China Burma India theater and is married to Martha who resides at 2107 Monroe.
Potter County announces 20 boys will compete in the 1945 Sears-Roebuck Foundation 4-H Victory Garden Activity led by county agent Art Brasley. Since Pearl Harbor the national contest has produced 400000 acres of produce from 1650000 4-H Victory gardeners.
Public health advisory urges prompt treatment of bronchitis and emphasizes avoiding weak medicines. It promotes Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the bronchial mucous membranes to loosen phlegm and soothe the chest. Patent claim promises money back if it does not relieve coughing and aid rest.
A large force of skilled Nav j February workers and Amarillo High School seniors heard plans for a new Southwest Greyhound Bus Terminal to be located at Ninth and Taylor behind the Paramount Theater.
The J Edward Pietzsch Chapter of Disabled American Veterans passed a resolution praising the U S Veterans Hospital for its service to veterans at its regular meeting last night.
Commander Jimmy Moore said the March Cosmopolitan article attacked veterans facilities nationwide though no Texas hospitals were named. The resolution rebutting the piece will be released to the press when the final draft is done.
Seaman First Class Robert E. Glasgow is spending a 10 day leave with his parents Mrs and Mrs J E Glasgow at 1021 Bellaire. He will depart Monday to report back to Hunters Point Cal a submarine radio training base near San Francisco where he has been stationed for several months and expects a re assignment.
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