Ink Spot News Brides and Soldiers Homebound Notes
Mrs. Truman B. Schertz and son Stuart return to 1119 B Travis from Illinois where Captain Schertz is stationed in Germany. Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital reports numerous patients and surgeries including Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Johnson Wildorado, Mrs. Foster Canyon, Mrs. White Hughes, Mr. Bailey Spearman, Mrs. Rutland Maryland, Mrs. Vaught Fillmore, Mrs. Rapstine White Deer discharged, Mrs. Trembel Barnes Pampa, Mrs. Pearson Cleveland, Mr. Hulsey Johnson Was a medical patient, Mr. Fife Amarillo, Mr. Neighbors North Pierce, Mr. Reinisch Brooks, Mrs. Cox Austin, Mrs. Hunt Monroe, Mrs. Thomas Hereford, Johnnie Nixon Fillmore, Mrs. Reiscorph Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman B. Schertz
Stuart
Travis
Illinois
Captain Schertz
Germany
O. R. Fife
Amarillo
Garland Neighbors
North Pierce
E. F. Reinisch
Brooks
Allene Cox
Austin
Verna Hunt
Monroe
Dorothy Thomas
Hereford
Johnnie Clarence Nixon
Fillmore
Ruth Reiscorph
Tennessee
Around Town Notes and Local Moves
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Ewing host Cooper Ewing of Gary Indiana. Ruth Yows of Texas Tech visits with mother Mrs. J A Yows and roommate Betty Russell. The Hendrix and the Castleberry families relocate to Amarillo area. Births noted for May 12 and various medical and surgery updates. Local visitors and moves include Mrs. Jewell Rhea’s birthday and new music shop arrivals. Virginia Wright returns to Washington DC after visit with Amarillo relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thither
Norris Ewing
Washington
Ewing
Cooper Ewing
Gary
Ind
West Coast
Ruth Yows
Texas Tech
J. A. Yows
Ruth
Betty Russell
Virginia Wright
Women's Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
Mabel Wright
Alabama
George Scott
Betty
Farris Oden
Pampa
Amarillo
Promotion and Decorations for Service Members
Major Jack Richards receives a promotion to major while serving with the 36th Division in Germany. Captain Charles J. E. Lowndee Jr. earns the Air Medal in India China flight operations. Jack E. Baker receives the Bronze Star for heroic action in Italy and remains at Harmony General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Richards
George E. Richards
Germany
Major Richards
Army
Texas A. & M
Ft. Sam Houston
Camp Edwards
Mass
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Jerry Richards
Bryan
Charles J. E. Lowndee, Jr
1609
van Buren
Air Transport Command
India
India-China
China
Jack E. Baker
H. C. Baker
Polk
Harmon General Hospital
Longview
Harmon
Baker
Citation honors 405th Fighter Group member and Marine veteran
Edward F. Vinatieri of Pierce is cited for the 405th Fighter Group’s role in repelling a German counterattack during the Allied France sweep. Vinatieri, a P-47 crew chief, previously worked as a plumber and is a Yankton High School and Yankton College graduate with two brothers in the South Pacific. James T. Domer Jr. of the Marine Sixth Division landed on Okinawa at Easter, served since 1941, and belonged to Col. Roosevelt’s Fourth Marine Raiders before action at New Georgia Munda and Dirie Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Vinatieri
Pierce
France
Vinatieri
Opal L. Vinatieri
Pierce Street
Army Air Force
Yankton High School
Yankton, S. D
Yankton College
South Pacific
Marine Sixth Division
James T. Domer, Jr
401 Prospect
Okinawa
Domer
Col
James Roosevelt
Fourth Marine Raiders
New Georgia
Munda
Dirie Harbor
New Zealand
Amarillo High School
Amarillo Collge
Ickes Faults Early Aluminum Handling War Time
Interior Secretary Ickes told the Senate small business committee that officials bungled aluminum production early in the war. He cited a Canadian plant funded by U. S. money competing with U. S. industry and urged government plants be operated by independent operators. He criticized the Shipshaw contract and the $68 million loan from the Metals Reserve Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
U. S
Senate
Small Business Committee
Aluminum Corporation of America
Aluminum Corporation of Canada
Shipshaw, Can
Shipshaw
Roosevelt
Pacific Northwest
Arkansas
Soldier Receives Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star
Sgt. J. D. Dillard earns the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star for meritorious actions against the enemy in France. He is married to Mrs. Retha Lee Dillard of 1708 Pierce and serves with the Third Auxiliary Surgical Group after two and a half years in the service. In civilian life he worked as sales manager for the Borden Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Dillard
France
Retha Lee Dillard
Pierce
Third Auxiliary Surgical Group
Dillard
Borden Co
Cub Scout Picnic at Ellwood Park Hosts Pack No 1
A Mother Cub picnic was held Saturday in Ellwood Park by Pack No 1 Cub Scouts sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church. Awards were presented by S G Stockton to Cubs in various ranks. meals included sack lunches and Dixie cups, closing with the Living Circle ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood Park
Cub Scouts
First Presbyterian Church
den Chiefs
S. G. Stockton
Bobcat
Niel Duniven
Jackie Fyfe
John Keeling
Eddie Fields
Richard Alexander
Gary Roger Jones
Don Ray King
Wayne Hillin
Cecil Brown
Jackie Wilkinson
C.G. Conner
Toby Wise
Dean Reynolds
Cubs
Air Evacuation Plan for Prisoners Progress Report
REIMS SHAEF ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS May 15 The plan to remove about 138400 American and British war prisoners from the Russian zone in Germany by air could take two to four weeks. Soviet approval and a meeting with the Russians are needed before evacuation. About 200000 British and 76800 American prisoners are in Germany, with nearly half in the Russian zone. Swift returns are a SHAEF priority, shown by 35000 evacuees in Eisenhower's sector in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reims
SHAEF
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Sailors Recall Mines and Mirth Aboard Destroyer
A wartime diary recounts a destroyer crew enduring mine scares off the coast. Commodore Mart in glares, Lt. Sinclair details gunner readiness, and Ensign Smudzin amuses with the ship’s mascot. Ice cream and Lincoln Bennett’s Ernie Pyle piece lift spirits as they sail home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Howard M. Peterson
Spokane, Wash
Wilbert Horst
Lodi
Cal
R. A. Loonam
B. J. Loonam
Indianapolis
Commodore Martin
Donald C. Sinclair
Sinclair
Hiram College
Walter Smudzin
Shamokin
Smudzin
Jack Howard
Lincoln Bennett
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Briscoe Elected Jam Jar President at YWCA Meeting
Mary Elizabeth Briscoe was named president of the Jam Jar project at a Jam Jar executive board meeting. Gerald Shroff John Coffman Betty Burkhalter Nancy Farwell and Helen Holley were elected officers. Dancing lessons by Mr and Mrs Art Querry will continue Fridays at 7 30 PM. Plans were made to redecorate the YWCA gym used for weekly Jam Jar parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Mary Elizabeth Briscoe
Gerald Shroff
John Coffman
Betty Burkhalter
Nancy Farwell
Helen Holley
Art Querry
Soldier Archie Taylor Hopes to Avoid Return to New Guinea
Archie R. Taylor of Childress origin, now in Fort Bliss with 38 Pacific months service, holds a Silver Star for gallantry and three major Southwest Pacific engagements. After a 52 day Stateside furlough, he may not need to return to New Guinea for discharge consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie R. Taylor
North East Third
New Guinea
R. H., Taylor
Childress
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Archie Taylor
States
Fort Bliss
A M Club Plans Election of Officers
The Amarillo A M Club met at the Capitol Hotel to plan officer elections with June 1 as the rotation date. George Scott of Pampa will retire as president and Armand Dowie of Amarillo will retire as vice president. A preliminary poll named Armand Doche as a candidate for next president. Others present included Thad Ansley Lt Troy Melton Frank Warren Maj Charles Wainwright and several named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarilo A. & M. Club
Capitol Hotel
George Scott
Pampa
Armand Dowie
Amarillo
Doche
A. & M. Club
Thad Ansley
Troy Melton
Frank Warren
Maj
Charles Wainwright
Armand Doche
Bill Bumstead
FE. L. Prichard
Art Bralley
al Morgan
Carl Miller
Seventeen Year Old Recruits Arrive at San Diego Base
A group of 34 seventeen year old Navy recruits arrived at a San Diego base to begin training. Mrs. E. S. Ames of 719 Roberts learned the group’s whereabouts by long distance call, and her son David Morrow is among the recruits. The detachment had been called for duty last Friday in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
San Diego
E. S. Ames
Roberts
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Northwest Texas Hospital News
R. E. Hendrix
Mary Lynn
Lubbock
Hendrix
Denver-Amarillo Express
Arch Road
Eddie Castleberry
Becky Lynn
Canyon
Castleberry
West Ninth
Catherine May
Irene Brand
Bobby Ray
Mary Wells
Ginger Clayton
J. Roy Mathews
Jackson
Mathew
Joe Bashara
Joe, Jr
Wichita Falls
R. P. Darrow
Talmage Apartments
Texarkana
Dallas
M. O. Grayson
Hayden
Northwest Texas Hospital
H. E. §Chorder
East Twelfth
St. Anthony’s Hospital
C. L. Harrison
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mrs. Jewell Rhea
Maccar Pottery
Jenkins Music Co
Ong Bt
R. A. Bryan
Taylor
S. H. Parks
Harrison
Loyd Merel Triplett
Claude
G. A. Craig
West Sixth
Floyd Blaylock
Dumas
John Kirkpatrick
C. J. Seale
Nelson
Robert Newberry
Gertrude Miller
Clayton
N. M
Clint Roy Wesley
J. L. Bufkin
Channing
A. C. Green
Texco
A. L. Timmons
Roy Nollner
Spearman
Clair Stutler
Texhoma
Okla
Linda Jut
Fairmont
Charley Davis
J. E. Summerour
Dalhart
LeRoy Benjamin
James George Pappas
West Eleventh
O. W. Wright
Wichita
William Daws Muncy
West Fourteenth
Evalon Crawford
North West Fourteenth
Hammond
Norman Jones
San Francisco
Jones
Madison
A B. Gossett
Patty
Nan
Gos
Morris Ray Watson
Edward Watson
HEATH
Jane Arden
Sealy Mattress National
Heath Purssiture Company
Captain Easy
SK “Oo
Ringside
Wotta
131St Field Artilery Battalion
Camp Chaffee
Ark
J.D. Dillard
Paul Raver
Bonneville
Binneville
Grand Coulee
Metals Reserve Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
New Jam Jar President
Cretney
Hilda Terry
Barry
Trip
San Diego Base
Chas. D. Wallis
Chiropractic
Dr. Black
Old Place
W. J. Morris Agency
Dependable Old Line
Hail Insurance
Southern Brokerage Co
Mary Montgomery
FISK
Johnson-Price
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