Franklin Carrier Bombed by Japanese Plane and Saved
Aboard the U S S Santa Fe in the Western Pacific March 20 report on the Franklin near Nippon after a lone Japanese bomber struck. Despite catastrophic damage the carrier was towed, fires controlled, and most of the crew saved as missions to reach safety continued.
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Franklin
Alvin S. McCoy
Kansas City Star
U.S. 8
Japan
U.S. S. Santa FE
Western Pacific
McCoy
Santa Fe
Pitz
The
Nippon
Davy Jones Locker
L. E. Gehres
Hunt
Marshall
E. R B. Parker
Gehres
Harold C. Fitz
Blair
U. S
AmVets Delagates Named For Dallas Election Board Meeting
Commander Floyd Cooper Jr and Richard Crawford were elected delegates from John Ed Blackburn Post No 1 to the state election board meeting in Dallas June 2 and 3. Alternates are T J Collins and Dr R A Hill. Members and the public are urged to write senators and congressmen to support the Disabled American Veterans Bill for improved hospitalization for returning veterans.
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Floyd Cooper, Jr
Richard Crawford
John Ed Blackburn
AmVets
State Election Board
Dallas
T. J. Collins
R. A. Hill
Jr Miss Playsuit Pattern 4526 Offers Skirt Option
Advertisement for pattern 4526 in junior sizes 10 to 18 featuring a tri playsuit with glamorous neckline and optional separate buttoned skirt. Includes yardage for size 13 blouse and shorts. requests twenty cents per pattern via Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept. New York address. Announces Anne Adams 1945 Summer Pattern Book with free accessory patterns and a 15 cent extra for the book.
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Amarillo Globe
P O
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Visitor From Michigan Cites Traffic Concerns In Amarillo
Henry W. Davis of Grand Rapids, 77, said pedestrians have right of way over cars in his Texas experience. He described close calls while crossing streets and recalled racing circuit work in 1880s Texas and nearby cities before a windstorm halted a Texas race.
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Amarillo
Henry W. Davis
Grand Rapids
Mich
Set
Don H. Davis
Amarillo Army Air Field
Texas
Michigan
Baton Rouge
Houston
Austin
Dallas
Panhandle
East Texas
Amarillo Observes Americanism Day Across Churches Events
Amarillo churches plan ceremonies for new citizens as part of Americanism Day with naturalized citizens and foreign born veterans appearing on services. KGNC will broadcast United Nations in Miniature noon Sunday and rebroadcast Monday night at 8. Emily Wey and Jack Fong will sing God Bless America in Chinese during the program.
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Amarillo
KGNC
Amarillo Field
Civic Club
Joe Jenkins
United Nations
A. K. Baracat
Hanson Post
American Legion
Emily Wey
Jack Fong
America
KFDA
Open Hearing in Federal Court on Royalty Suit
Special hearings began today in the federal court petit jury room on Barnhill versus Dave Rubin and others over royalties from oil properties. Carl Runge of Dallas serves as special master for the hearing in the Amarillo division of the northern district of Texas.
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Federal Court
Petit Jury
Barnhill
Dave Rubin
Carl Runge
Dallas
Amarillo
District of Texas
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By Alvin
Ss. McCoy
L. E. Blair
Williamsburg
Kan
Jerry Malin
Cpl
Raymond Stiner
Fillmore
W. R. Stiner
Clarendon
Vaughn Plumbing
Pierce
C. Wm. Keith
Lipscomb St
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance Service
DUMAS
Perryton
Spearman
Lvin
Ang
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
ORTO
Railroad Retirement Board
AmvVets
Mary L. Spence
Plainview Texas
Amarillo Printing Company
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
Globe News
Maine
Pompano
Longchamp's
Sea
Longchamp
Longchamp's Cafe
Joe Whitehurst
Willborn
Jack Hon
Sam Mitchell
Troop 5
BOY Scouts OF
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Spring Service & Supply
van Buren Ph
Monroe
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department and
War Advertising Council
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