The Major Was Being The Dutchess of Kent
A memoir fragment recounts Eagle Squadron members receiving British crests from the king with the Duchess of Kent presiding in mock role. The piece recalls Gen Monk Hunter challenging a pretend duchess, coat controversies, and anecdotes of Hunter, Spaatz, and flight observers in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Eagle Squadron
Duchess of Kent
Monk Hunter
Air Force
General Hunter
Monk
Hunter
England
France
General Spaatz
RAF
London
Tooey Spaatz
Students to Enter Music Festival in Canyon
Amarillo band students will compete Friday in the Region 1 Music Festival at Canyon. Musical organizations from Amarillo High School Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School and Sam Houston Junior High School are entered. The festival, suspended two years due to war, is revived this year on the West Texas State College campus. Entries include bands orchestras and solos rated against a standard rather than district competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Canyon
Amarillo High School
Elizabeth Nixson
Sam Houston Junior High School
West Texas State College
Representative to Visit White and Kirk Store Tomorrow
Miss Jeanne Young, Revion representative, will be at White and Kirk tomorrow to aid staff and advise patrons on obtaining the best results from Revion products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reviow
White & Kirk
Jeanne Young
Revion
Watson Receives Chief Rank After Rapid Navy Rise
Amarillo man known as Pappy Watson earns chief petty officer rating after enlisting in 1942 and achieving promotion in two and a half years. He trained at New Orleans boot camp and at Houston Ward Island Corpus Christi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Watson
KGNC
Pappy
Dixie Dice
Polk
Quonset Point
R. A
Watson
Navy
Amarillo
Chief Watson
New Orleans
University of Houston
Ward Island
Corpus Christi
May Day a Holiday Across Many Lands and Times
May Day is Labor Day in the Canal Zone and noted worldwide by proclamations. The piece traces May Day history from European labor movements to Tudor England Maypole customs, Roman origins, and notable US regional ties like May Day towns in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Strand
Isle of
May
Firth of Forth
Scotland
St. Adrian
Texas
May Day
Brown County
Newton
Ellis
Maysfield
Milam
Visitiors Call on Ada Marshall and Billie Baker
Mr and Mrs Pete Marshall of Lubbock Rev and Mrs J B Baker of Amherst and Mr and Mrs I J Harris of Del Rio visited Mrs Ada Marshall and Miss Billie Baker at 834 Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Marshall
Lubbock
J. B. Baker
Amherst
I. J. Harris
del Rio
Ada Marshall
Billie Baker
Carolina
Can Government Guarantee Full Employment Postwar
A United States Chamber of Commerce bulletin analyzes if postwar jobs can be guaranteed for all in Amarillo and nationwide. It opposes federal control, promoting a strong internal economy with individual freedom. The 13 page pamphlet by Emerson P. Schmidt, with J Cameron Thompson providing the introduction, is dated March 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Amarillo
United States Chamber of Commerce
USCC
Bulletin
Emerson P. Schmidt
Economic Research Department
J. Cameron Thompson
Committee On Economic Policy
Rhine Bridge Builder Maloney Honored for 371st Engineers Work
Sergeant Louis E. Maloney of the 371st Engineers helped construct the American railway bridge across the Rhine at Ramagen, the largest of its kind in the European Theater. A former city employee, he served since May 1943, trained at Oklahoma City, and spent a year at Camp Ellis, with campaigns through France Belgium and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
371St Engineers
Louis E. Maloney
Rhine
Ramagen
W. J. Maloney
North West Eighth
Army
France
Belgium
Germany
Maloney
Oklahoma City
Camp Ellis, Tir
Kilmer Swamp Root Urinary Health Ad Prospect
A promotional ad touts Kilmer Swamp Root as fast acting relief for backache bladder irritation and fatigue from urinary acidity. It claims a 16 herb blend from natural ingredients and urges readers to request a free prepaid sample by sending name and address to Department E Stamford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Department E
Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Cadet Midshipmen Examinations Open
Competitive examinations for appointments as cadet midshipmen in the United States Merchant Marine will be held soon. Examinations will be on the last Saturdays of May July September and November. Unmarried men 17 to 23 with 15 high school units may apply. Training lasts 24 months at the Merchant Marine Academy. Ensign commissions follow in the Merchant Marine Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Merchant Marine
Amarillo
Civil Service Commission
Merchant Marine Academy
Merchant Marine Reserve
YWCA Business Girls Plan Summer Activities
The YWCA business girls committee will discuss plans for a summer program at the regular supper meeting at 6:30 tomorrow night, with Mrs. Faye H. Gordon, chairman. They will also finalize arrangements for a coffee honoring Senior High School girl graduates next Sunday. Creamery butter production last year totaled over 1,779,465,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywca Business Girls’ Committee
Faye
Martin Is on His Way Home
Pvt. James T. Martin Jr. son of Mr and Mrs James T Martin of 2004 North Houston returns home on leave after action at Guadalcanal Tarawa and Saipan. He telephoned his family from San Diego to share the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Martin, Jr
James T. Martin
North Houston
Amarillo
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Martin
San Diego
Cleaning cast iron with a coke furnace method
A method recommends yearly cleaning by placing iron skillets gas stove tops and burners in a coke furnace until red hot to burn off grease then removing promptly.
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By Charly Clapp
U. S
Jerry Colona
Bob Hope
City Delivery Service
Buchanan
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Roamer
DELUX
S. Fillmore
Old Erie
Fairview
Harwood Canadian
Wesizzard
Brownwood Emerson
Canal Zone
Congress
Second Socialist International
Paris
United States
Canada
Italy
Rome
Russia
Volga
Maia
Cretney Drug 600 Polk
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
D! Scholls
Rhine Bridge
Ywca Business
Public Accounting
E. T
Fisk
Immings
Chas. D. Walls
Chiropractic
Dr. Black
Old Place
W. 8Th
Nabisco
National Biscuit Company
America
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lincoln Street
Coca-Cola
Coke
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