Women in Service at Avenger Field Amarillo Graduates
Two Amarillo girls, Dorothy Hawkins and Annelie Henderson, are among recent WASP graduates at Avenger Field Sweetwater. Hawkins studied at Texas Tech 1940-42 and logged 50 hours flight time after working at Pantex. Henderson, 23, previously managed advertising in Lake Charles and is James Henderson’s daughter. Seaman Bell and Corporal Bennett are named as service members with spouses in the U S Army and WAC respectively.
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Avenger Field
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Dorothy Hawkins
Garrett Hawkins
Texas Tech Lubbock
Pantex Ordnance Plant
WASPS
Annelie M. Henderson
James Lester Henderson
Lake Charles
Miss Henderson
Charles High School
Mulier Company
James D. Henderson
U. S. Navy
Seaman Winnie Bell Graduates Naval Yeoman School
Seaman Winnie Lindsey Bell of Ben F. Lindsey 404 Street has completed the Naval Training School for yeoman at Stillwater, Ohio. She earned the rating of seaman second class and has been assigned to duties.
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Winnie Lindsey Bell
Ben F
Public honor list at TSCW for scholastic achievement
Texas State College for Women will publicly recognize 203 students on April 4 for making the Dean's Honor Roll. Among them are Kathryn Mae Vogel and Betty Jean Wheat of Amarillo. Vogel, a senior in institution management, earned all A's. Wheat majors in speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State College For Women
Kathryn Mae Vogel
Betty Jean Wheat
Amarillo
Miss Vogel
Ammidown Advances in Rating at Great Lakes Navy Base
Ethelyn Q Ammidown 21 wife of Air Cadet R L Ammidown Pensacola formerly Amarillo advanced to yeoman second class. The seaman assigned to Public Works Main Garage Office at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Helen P May serves with the WACs. Perryton girl from Amarillo is private first class in an important clerical role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelyn Q. Ammidown
R. L. Ammidown
Pensacola
Fla
Amarillo
Public Works
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Helen P. May
Wacs
Perryton
Amarillo Doctor Captures Escape After 11 Days Under Fire
Capt Weldon Murphy a medical flight officer with the First Air Commando Force in India was missing for 11 days and endured continual sniper fire before reuniting with his unit. In a March 25 letter he said he could not reveal details of his activities or whereabouts and confirmed his safety to wife Virginia Murphy of Amarillo.
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Weldon
Murphy
Amarillo
First Air Commando Force
India
Virginia Murphy
Parker Street
Bombay
Armed Forces
A. J. Streit
Medical School of Aviation
Randolph Field
Calcutta
City Managers Hold Texas Convention in Dallas
Texas City Managers Association meets in Dallas April 1 18 with Amarillo city manager presiding and Adolphus Hotel as hosts. Officers include Morgan Works Longview H A Thomason Livingston W C Thompson Weslaco and E E McAdams secretary. Round table talks cover gas tax benefits right of way purchases and bond refunds for cities.
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Texas
Dallas
A. P. Hancock
Amarillo
State Association
Adolphus Hotel
Mr. Hancock
Texas City Managers Association
Morgan Works
Longview
H. A. Thomason
Livingston
W. C. Thompson
Weslaco
E. E. McAdams
League of Municipalities
SPRED Soybean Paint Campaign By Glidden
The Glidden Company unveils SPRED a water mix soybeans based interior paint in a major Amarillo Globe News advertising push lasting 16 weeks. W L Woodfin Texas sales manager notes SPRED is a product of prewar R D with Alpha Protein soybeans and a patented process ensuring washable one coat coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Amarillo Globe News
Glidden
W. L. Woodfin
Texas
Pearl Harbor
Corn By-Product Speeds Production of Penicillin
U P reports the Corn Industries Research Foundation says corn steep water accelerates penicillin mold growth. Nine corn firms back cooperation with producers after finding organic matter in the liquid boosts penicillin content. Port Washington, NY report included on March 31.
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New York
U.P
Corn Industries Research Foundation
United States
Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women In
WASP
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Washington, D. C
Seaman Bell
Navy
Western Union
Floyd H. Bell
U. S. Army
WAC
Lila B. Bennett
Mitchel Field
Long Island
N. Y
Adjutant General's Office
Corporal Bennett
Mary A. Bennett
West
Sixth Avenue
Hawkins
Henderson
Bennett
Kathryn Vogel
Betty Wheat
TSCW
Globe News
Frank E. Buckingham
TAX Service
D. L. Brooks
Eable
East Tenth
North Florida
Coffee Maxwell House, Lb
Oleo Nu-Maid
Pinkney
Buchanan St
PUREX
Kellogg's
Dcrisco
Sunkist
Weldon Murphy
Atenmead
Burma
John Patrick
Eugene Polk and Associates
Schilling
Eer
N. Fillmore
6Th
Mississippi
Bay Way
Tes
VG Lp
del Monte
Brook's Chili
Can
Palace
Borden
Roya Sas
Skinner
KRAFT
Abe
Shuegs AD
Sassafras
LUX Flakes
Rinso Fiz
LUX
Swan Soap Sr
Blackburn
Bock
Wilson
Nanton T Keefe
Wilson & CO
Port Washington
Globe-News
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