Optimist Club hears Ranger Lt Mehaffey recount D-Day prep
Lt. Jay Mehaffey of the Fifth Ranger Battalion spoke at the Capitol Hotel luncheon recounting months of training in Scotland to replicate the Normandy coast. He noted daily beach landings, the goal of destroying six German 16 inch guns, and his later Brest injury before returning to U S service with Pantex workers being urged to stay productive.
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Jay Mehaffey
Fifth
Ranger
France
Optimist Club
Capitol Hotel
Normandy
Scotland
Europe
Mehaffey
Brest
United States
Pantex
Earl Cowart
Dan Thomas
Mickey Maguire
Bud Curtis
Harley Holton Sets Course To Get Seeing-Eye Dog
Harley Holton of 220 A McMasters will travel to Morristown New Jersey Tuesday for training to qualify for a seeing eye dog. He has been selling papers and making leather goods while assisting John Welch at his courthouse concession.
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Harley Holton
McMasters
Harley
Morristown
N. J
John Welch
Freed From Nazi Camp Returns Home of Sgt. J. O. Black
A notice from the adjutant general informs Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Black of 830 Alabama that their son Sgt. J. O. Black has been released from a German prison camp and returned to United States forces. He was missing over Germany Oct 10 1943 and later reported a prisoner of the enemy after 19 months in captivity. He served as an aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress. he enlisted in 1942 and farmed near Adrian in civilian life.
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Adjutant General
H. C. Black
Alabama
J. O. Black
United States
Sergeant Black
Germany
Adrian
No Sign of Rain In Panhandle Skies
The weatherman forecast showers but moisture did not arrive over the Panhandle. Skies are partly cloudy with little temperature change today and tomorrow, with relief expected after recent strong winds.
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Panhandle
Amarillo hosts social work meeting to discuss national conference
Amarillo Council of Social Agencies stages a community program at 7 45 pm Tuesday in Federation Club Rooms, Municipal Auditorium. The event replaces the Milwaukee national conference, canceled under a federal travel directive, with talks by Mrs. Arthur Ball R A Selby and Judge W N Stokes on selected papers. Membership in the National Conference of Social Work will be offered. annual dues include a Proceedings volume. The meeting is open to the public and urges welfare agency staff to attend.
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Amarillo Council of Social Agencies
Federation Club
Municipal Auditorium
National Conference of Social Work
Rail Officials Meeting Here
Santa Fe executives opened a two day session at Amarillo headquarters to discuss methods of reducing loss and damage. G C Jefferis is general manager and O L Gray of Chicago chairs the meetings with wide railway department turnout.
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Santa Fe
Railway
G. C. Jefferis
O. L. Gray
Chicago
Amarillo
Western Lines
Gray
William Page Goes on Trial for Burglary
William Thomas Page went on trial in 47th District Court this morning on a burglary charge linked to the Finch Service Station at 1704 North East Eighth Street last January. Cecil Eugene Castleberry, tied to the same break in, was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary.
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William Thomas Page
47Th District Court
Finch
North East Eighth
Cecil Eugene Castleberry
State Penitentiary
Tes
Black Balling Origin Tied to Ancient Rome Voting
The article notes Romans cast a black stone to vote against a measure, a practice that gave rise to the modern term blackballing. It mentions theft at a station involving gasoline coupons and officers removing many coupons from a suspect. The fragment also briefly references thrill devices with lines of coupons and concessions.
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Amarillo
United Shows Here Tuesday Carnival Opens in Amarillo
Greater United Shows, one of the oldest and largest carnivals, opens at the Tri-State Fair Grounds in Amarillo for a 13 day run under Hanson Post 54 American Legion and San Jacinto Kiwanis Club sponsorship. Gate keepers and ticket staff will be provided by local organizations with George Loos managing the caravan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Greater United
Amarillo
Hanson Post 54
American Legion
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Folsom Jackson
Hanson Post
George Loos
Sid Harper
Kiwanians
Mrs Kollmar Resigns From Potter County Welfare Post
Mrs George H Kollmar resigned as child welfare worker with the Potter County Child Welfare Board after two years. She will leave to join her husband at Camp Miles Standish near Boston where Captain Kollmar is stationed for shore duty with a hospital unit after seven Atlantic crossings on a hospital ship.
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George H. Kollimar
Potter County
Tomato culture under glass yields ten times field crop
The report notes that glasshouse tomato culture produces about 10 times the average field crop, estimating roughly 10,000 plants per acre. This highlights the high intensity and potential yields of protected tomato production compared with open fields.
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Vaughn Plumbing
Pierce
Amarillo Printing Company
Blackburn
Zale
Zale’s
Trifari
Solittaire
Diamond Ensemble
Polk
Social Work
William Page
Kleerex
Cretney
Sol Levine
United
Kollmar
Longchamp
Maine
Florida
Longchamp'’'S Cafe
N. Fillmore
Wa Reey
Chiropractor
Alyme
Monroe
The
Fiist National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Khoury Bros
Phene
Drs
Aead
Ove
Eens
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