Service Men In the News From Our Defenders
Several Amarillo area service members are highlighted for training and honors. Rockhold, son of Peggy Rockhold, reports to Carlsbad Army Air Field for advanced bombardier training and officer readiness. Walter earns the Expert Infantryman badge for action at Arawe New Britain. Bell, formerly Amarillo, receives first Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal as a B 24 gunner in Italy. Jacob, ship's cook third class, returns to active Navy duty from leave in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford A. Walter
112Th Cavalry
New Guinea
Arawe
New Britain
Ford
Jess Walter
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo High School
Robert W. Bell
Amarillo
15Th Air Force
Italy
Sergeant Bell
Air Force
Ruby Dell Bell
Odessa
Walter Woodrow Jacob
Navy
Mrs. Jacob
Ann
Dell
East
Fifteenth Avenue
Burgundy
California
W. A. Taylor& Company
New York City
Local Navy and Army personnel listed at Amarillo area
Robert E. Lofgren joins Mercer University midshipmen program after two months at Asbury Park naval school and five Atlantic crossings as a destroyer soundman. Ensign Clylas E. Knight Jr. visits family after Navy appointment and training in Pittsburgh and New York. Pvt. Charlie Gill, of Amarillo, serves with the Ninth Infantry in Germany after D-Day injuries and Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lofgren
Asbury Park
N. J
Mercer University
Macon
Naval Reserve
Lofgren
Atlantic
W. F. Lofgren
Fillmore Street
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
George Washington University
Pvt
Charlie Gill
H. L. Gill
Pierce Street
Germany
Ninth Infantry Division
France
Gill
Sandies
Penetro Salve Uses Mutton Suet For Pain Relief
An old time remedy revived as Penetro salve combines mutton suet with five active ingredients. It promises to ease chest muscle tightness and rawness, relieve coughs, soothe irritated airways, and soothe rheumatic and neuralgic pains while acting as a protective dressing for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penetro
Penetra
Training for Navy Duty Hints At Rockhold Family
Darrell D. Rockhold, husband of Mrs. Effie Rockhold, is mentioned in a brief note in connection with navy training plans. The fragment notes his relation and address at 1211 B West, implying his upcoming service preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Darrell D. Rockhold
Effie Rockhold
West
Defenders Continue Coverage of Medal Winners and Wounded
Sergeant Medart of the Third Bombardment Division is praised for the Regensburg shuttle bombing and holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Pfc Francis L Bailey of the First Marine Division suffered shrapnel wounds in Palau, was hospitalized, then discharged and is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam Bailey of 519 Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Bombardment Division
England- Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Medart
Palaus
Navy Department
Francis L. Bailey
Palau Islands
Bailey
Sam Bailey
Cleveland
Local Servicemen Return from Training and War
William B. Killen seaman first class son of Mrs Myrtle Killen 510 Birmingham Street is “somewhere in the South Pacific.” He joined the Navy April 6 1942 trained in San Diego and has visited home once since. Tech Sergeant Cecil H. Oglesby returns to U S Troop Carrier Forces in the European Theater with the First Allied Airborne Army and is awarded the Presidential Citation badge for his unit. he recently visited wife Ella M. Oglesby and parents H J and Mrs H J Oglesby. He is a veteran C 47 crew member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineteenth Avenue
Navy
Rockhold
Tulsa
Okla
Amarillo Bus Company
Peggy Rockhold
Hayden Street
William B. Killen
Myrtle Killen
Birmingham Street
South Pacific
Seaman Killen
San Diego
Amarillo High School
Bailey
Cleveland Street
Cecil H. Oglesby
U. S
First
Ella M. Oglesby
Prospect Street
H. J. Oglesby
Route 1
Box 406
Cadet Woodring Gunnery School Alum Honored
Cadet Woodring son of Mr and Mrs Orville L Woodring of Santa Monica formerly Amarillo. He entered the army in Los Angeles on Oct 7 1943 and was a 1943 Amarillo High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman, Arty
Orville L. Woodring
Santa Monica
Calif
Amarillo
Woodring
Army
Los Angeles
Amarillo High School
Returns From Overseas Grady Cooper Jr Visits Parents
Grady Cooper Jr a motor machinist mate first class with the navy returns home to his parents Mrs Grady Cooper and Grady Cooper at 3009 Taylor Street after 19 months in the European theater. He wears campaign stars for Tunisian Sicilian Italian and French campaigns. A 1942 Amarillo High School graduate he enlisted in June 1942 while employed by Globe-News. His leave ends November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Cooper, Jr
Aene Guard
Grady Cooper
Taylor ‘Street
Cooper
Amarillo High School
Globe-News
Alloy Advances in Wartime Steel Forging
Wartime progress in alloy steel aircraft forgings has led to production improvements and significant material savings. The advancement promises stronger parts for airframes and engines while reducing conformance costs and fuel use amid ongoing production demands.
Postwar Forged Parts Production Faces Smaller Quantities
The text discusses the need for close cooperation between designers and forgers to enable economical production of the reduced postwar quantities of forged parts.
Flu watchers monitor signs of outbreaks in Army units
Influenza watchers are stationed in overseas and domestic units to detect early flu signs. If an outbreak is detected, these reports will trigger vaccination with the new anti influenza vaccine now being prepared in large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S S
Pheasants Improve Land Use Notes
Pheasant crops justify saving and developing woodlots fence rows roadsides swamps ponds and useless land. The wild land helps farms stay in balance and productive, aiding soil erosion control.
Farm Practice Aims To Improve Rainwater Retention
The article discusses control measures and soil management to enhance sponge-like capacity of farm land, enabling better rainfall infiltration and storage for crops and drought resilience.
Philippines English Proficiency Rate Estimated at 27 Percent
A historical report notes that approximately 27 percent of the population in the Philippines is estimated to know some English. The figure reflects limited reach of English language education across regions and social strata during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Larrison
Taylor Street
Samuel Lawrence
Tenth Avenue
U.S. Maritime Service Training Station
Avalon
Catalina Island
James R. McAnal
Jacob
Whiteway Food Stores
Amarillo Public
Darrell Rockhold
Robert F. Lofgren
Mercer
Clylas E. Knight, Jr
O. E. Knight
East Twentyfourth Avenue
Columbia University
Ensign Knight
Teachers’ State College
Pittsburgh
Kan
Knight
Bobby
San Francisco
Leo Woodring
Kingman Army Air Field
Checker Cab
Roy BroaDdus
Defenders
Europe
Nix
Polk St
Ata
Dobbs
Truss
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Amarillo
H. V. Lowrance
Panhandle
K Lamberts
Edger
Builders Supply Co
West 7Th St
Fea
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