Harrowing Buchenwald account from Staff Sergeant Gray
Staff Sergeant Johnny D. Gray of the Gray Photo Shop family recounts a Germany letter dated April 25 from Buchenwald. He describes sickening scenes including burned bones, mass graves, and skin used as a lamp shade. He recalls starvation, brutal labor, and the enduring horror witnessed aboard the First Army unit.
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Buchenwald
Johnny Gray
Johnny D. Gray
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Claude Gray
Gray Photo Shop
Virginia Peters
B. F. Peters
Mississippi
Germany
Amarillo Not Included in National Waste Paper Drive
A national U S Victory Waste Paper Campaign headquartered in New York excludes Amarillo. Local leaders report no information from the drive while Pampa Army Air Field receives data and lists items for convalescent needs. The effort aims to fund comforts for veterans through waste paper collections.
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New York City
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
Bannen Y Shope
Pampa Army Air Field
Pampa
U. S. Victory
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Edwin S. Friendly
The
New York Sun
Frank G. Huntress
San Antonio Express and
News
Tom Cathcart
THE TWELFTH MAN Teaches Son To Savy Name Of Absent Dad
Mrs. Milton Batton Jr. visits Amarillo area with her son Skippy while husband Navy Lt Milton Batton serves in the Pacific. He has two enemy kills and holds the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal. The Battons plan to resume ranch life in Arizona after the war, hoping Skippy will meet his father again soon.
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Milton Batton, Jr
Amarillo
Tucson
Ariz
R. L. Murphy
Leyte
Okinawa
Marine Corps
Batton
University of Californias At
Los Angeles
Battons
Arizona
Best Laughs of '45 Tonight at School Year End
At the final meeting of the school year the club recognized Virginia Irwin as vice president Peggy Dryden as secretary Laurel Stinnett as reporter and El ward Green as sergeant at arms The item notes nearly 10 000 pedestrians killed in U S traffic accidents each year.
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Virginia Irwin
Peggy Dryden
Laurel Stinnett
Elward Green
United States
Portable cleaning basket helps save homemaker time
An easily carried cleaning basket stocked with soap polishes brushes sponges cloths and chamois will save the homemaker time as she moves from room to room cleaning.
Ourine Home Method Claim for Hearing Improvement
The ad promotes Ourine drops used with a syringe to treat ear wax buildup. It claims many users hear better after the test and offers a money back guarantee. It endorses Cretney's and drug stores as distributors.
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Cretney's
Gertrude Gowdy Named Most Valuable Thespian 1944 45
Amarillo High School honors Gertrude Gowdy for outstanding drama program contributions and loyalty to the Thespian Society. She is named Most Valuable Thespian of 1944 45 by sponsor Mrs. N N Whitworth and appears among top Thespians nationwide in the National Thespian Dramatic Magazine.
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Amarillo
Gertrude Gowdy
N. N. Whitworth
W. R. Gowry
Buchanan
Gertrude
AHS Thespian Dramatic Society
United States
National
Thespian Dramatic Magazine
High School Spanish Club Elects Officers
Barbara Fowler is named president of the Los Viajeos Spanish Club at Amarillo High School. She is the daughter of Mrs. W. B. Fowler of 1007 West Tenth. Fowler will assume duties in September. Other officers were chosen.
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Los Viajeos
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17Th Signal Operations Battalion
First Army
Beery
Polk
Pieris
Heinz
Ww. Vis
Knox
Pugaree Band
Panama
Beverly
HUB Clothiers
By Sue Wise
Frank Beaven
Globe News
Tagm
Deaven
Prat
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance Service
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
B. B. Williams
Frank Campbell
State Farm Insurance Companies
E. 5Th
Polk Street
Lucene Harris
Life Insurance
Panhandle
Pierce St
Braniff Air Service
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Braniff Airways
Guy
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Thespian Society
Budweiser Trade
Anhe' S&s
America
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