Crash Victims Not Seriously Injured After Wreck Near Groom
Cap Hopkins and his wife of Pomona California survived a two car collision three miles west of Groom. They were taken to Amarillo Field Base Hospital with favorable condition later. Fort Smith Arkansas residents Mrs Gammon and Mrs Venson suffered minor injuries after riding in Miss Lucille Dickey’s car. The Dickey car spun off the road and skidded on the soft shoulder before rejoining the pavement.
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D. H. Hopkins
Pomona
Cal
Groom
Amarillo Field Base Hospital
Bill Gammon
Wallie Venson
Lucille Dickey
Fort Smith
Ark
Dickey
Texas Highway
Hopkins
Miss Dickey
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Car Crash Burns Twins Vehicles En Route to West Virginia and California
A collision with the Hopkins car shattered a gasoline tank and set both vehicles on fire. Miss Dickey, the patrolman said, was blinded by bright lights from the Hopkins car and her vehicle left the pavement. Captain and Mrs. Hopkins were traveling to West Virginia. he serves at the Pomona Ordnance Base. The Arkansas party also headed to California.
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Hopkins
West Virginia
Pomona
California
Junk dealer saves himself as his trousers catch fire
In Harrisburg on May 11 a local junk dealer unhitched his horse from a burning wagon on a downtown street and beat out the flames spreading through his clothing before any serious injury occurred.
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Harrisburg
Reed Demands Probe Into Postmaster Pay Surge
Senator Reed of Kansas urged an investigation by Postmaster General Walken into overtime pay for postal workers. He criticized proposed postmaster salary increases as unjustified and warned of widespread negligence and potential removals. Reed cited overtime costs rising from 10.4 million to 67.6 million and claimed about 60 million annually is wasted.
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Reed
Republican
Kansas
Frank C. Walken
Kansan
Congress
Making Texans Out Of New Men In Italian Hills
Cpl. Andy Armstrong of Texas recounts a 20 day lull shattered by a massive artillery shell near Mount Maggiore. A medic, spared by luck, saved him after his right leg was lost and left mangled. Armstrong notes German 170 MM guns, observation posts, and the influx of replacements from 26 states, boasting Texans shaping the new men.
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McCloskey General Hospital
Andy
Monastery Hill
3Rd Division
New York
Ohio
New Jersey
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