WAAC Aptitude Tests Open for Applicants this Weekend
WAAC recruiters announce aptitude tests today to Sunday for women applicants. Qualifiers head to Lubbock for medical exams then training. Signal Corps enlistees proceed to basic training. Applications available at the WAAC Shack on Polk Street or the Army Recruiting Station in the Post Office Building. Grace Towler assigned to active duty at Newport News Virginia.
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WAAC
Ann Markusich
Lubbock
Signal Corps
Polk Street
Army
Army Today
Grace Towler
North Fillmore Street
Fort Des Moines
Towa
Newport News
Charge Mary Prailey With Murder In Dallas Custody Case
Mrs Mary Prailey 41 is charged with murder after fatally shooting her two children Louise Beaumont Martin 6 and Watt Martin 7 in their Dallas apartment. The case follows a week long custody dispute with their father Watt Martin Jr of Miami Beach Fla. Detective Inspector Will Fritz filed the charges and Prailey wrote a statement admitting the shooting.
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Dallas
Mary K .Prailey
Louise Beaumont Martin
Watt Martin
Watt Martin, Jr
Miami, Beach, Fla
Italy Faces Defeat Amid Invasion Fears In World War II
The piece notes Mussolini’s faltering grip as Allies threaten Tunisia and Sicily. A Paris radio report claims a large Allied convoy from Gibraltar with landing craft and armor. It urges a quick strike on Sicily and Sardinia to open shipping lanes and block Axis withdrawals.
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Mussolini
Duce
Italy
Tunisia
Paris
Gibraltar
Balkans
Hitler
Sicily
Sardinia
Sicilian
Civilian Defense Leaders to Meet in Amarillo
Tonight at 8 o'clock in the Amarillo High School Auditorium civilian defense leaders will meet to discuss war activities and a city wide campaign for clean rags for Amarillo Army Air Field and scrap metal surveys. Fred DeCoster coordinates the meeting and promises it will last one hour. The U S Department of Labor estimates over 3 000 000 youths ages 14 to 18 will hold summer jobs and advises ensuring proper meals for growing workers.
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Amarillo High School
Fred DeCoster
DeCoster
Amarillo Army Air Field
U. S. Department of Labor
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By Dewitt MacKenzie
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Amarillo Dumas
Akno
Cretney Drug
State Farm Auto Insurance
America
A Polk
Colonial Beauty Shop
Mary Adele Miner
MATER
Ryeety
Pennsylvania
Batt Attery
Wen Corve
Saeme Tate
Wards Supreme
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Npsene
Rae
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