Davis Serves Aboard Carrier Princeton in Pacific
Aviation machinist mate first class William O Davis of 1504 Parker is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Princeton with the 7th Fleet in the Pacific. The ship, named after a sunken World War II carrier, heads toward Japan and China before Christmas in the Marianas.
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William O. Davis
U. S. Navy
Glyndol Davis
Parker
Princeton
7Th Fleet
Pacific
Philippines
Orient
Japan
China
Marianas Islands
Graham Bread Named After Sylvester Graham
The bread precursor to modern whole wheat was named for Sylvester Graham whose work promoted better bread as a health reformer.
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Graham
Sylvester Graham
Possum Hunt in Amarillo Ends With Donation
Y A Lytle of 815 Fairfield reports a casual possum sighting in his yard. His daughter saw the opossum as it ran under the doorstep. He captured it using gloves and plans to donate the animal to Potter County Zoo with a fallback of sharing it for dinner if the zoo declines.
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Y. A. Lytle
Fairfield
Possum Hunting, Mr. Lytle
Potter County
Mr. Lytle
Truman Meets Old WWI Comrade at Kansas City Reunion
President Truman and Gordon B. Jordan of Kansas City renewed old ties at a Battery D 129th Field Artillery reunion. Jordan, a bank teller, served as first lieutenant while Truman captained the unit in World War I. They recalled nearly two years of friendship and attend annual reunions each year in Kansas City.
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Gordon
Harry
Truman
Gordon B. Jordan
Ong
129Th Field Artillery
Kansas City
Jordan
American National Bank
Outfit
Bride To Be Arrives From France For Olton Wedding
Jack Fuller Amarillo general court reporter returns from New York with his bride to be Micheline Richignieux of Paris France. They plan a wedding in Olton and will reside at 2023 Washington. Fuller met her while stationed in France with the 143rd Quartermaster Battalion. He faced months of government red tape to secure her entry.
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Olton
Jack Fuller
Amarillo
New York
Micheline Richignieux
Paris
France
Fuller
Washington
Miss Richignieux
143Rd Quartermaster Battalion
United States
Captain Jack Hemingway Graduates Occupied Areas School
Captain Jack W. Hemingway of the infantry graduated last week from the School of Government of Occupied Areas at Carlisle Barracks Pa. He and fellow students were to depart for overseas assignments under military government immediately after graduation. The Mississippi River flow may vary from 100 000 cubic feet per second to over two million.
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Jack W. Hemingway
West Nineteenth
School of Government of Occupied Areas
Carlisle Barracks
Mississippi River
President Truman Band Plays Eyes of Texas for Mr. Jordan
An Amarillo man arrived home this morning around 1 30 on a bus after flying was halted by bad weather grounding planes in Oklahoma City.
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Truman
College Provides More Parking Space in Amarillo
Amarillo College expands parking capacity due to rising student car usage. The west Washington side previously used for parking is repurposed to accommodate more vehicles as enrollment grows.
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Amarillo College
Washington
Campus builds new east parking with caliche drive
Authorities rule out parking due to double parking and traffic hazard. The college plans campus expansion east of the main building with a curved caliche drive entering Jackson. The grounds were a muddy eyesore during heavy rains.
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College
Jackson
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