Italian POW Lena Escapes From Dalhart Camp
FBI agents search the Panhandle for Lt. Gualtiero Lena an Italian prisoner of war who spoke Italian English French and German and escaped yesterday morning from the Here ford branch camp at Dalhart Army Air Field. Lena 25, 5 feet 1 inch, 148 pounds with brown eyes and light complexion wore a blue overcoat with PW on the back and was seen by a farmer near Dalhart carrying a bedroll. Omer A. Wood, Route 3, a mailman third class aboard the USS Phobos at Pearl Harbor, is mentioned as connected to the report.
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Panhandle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hereford
Dalhart Army Air Field
Gualtiero Lena
Africa
Dalhart
Horace Stallings Discharged From Navy Service
A former Amarillo High School student Horace Allen Stallings son of Mr and Mrs Sidney Stallings 406 Madison is discharged from the Naval Separation Center at New Orleans after over three years in the service He served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters prior to joining the Navy and before enlisting worked for the American Smelting and Refining Company.
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Amarillo High School
Horace Allen Stallings
Sidney Stallings
Madison
Naval Separation Center
New Orleans
Horace
Atlantic
Pacific
American Smelting and Refining Company
Chemist develops sun active outdoor paint changing color
An English chemist creates a paint for outdoor use that shifts appearance with sunlight, looking black by day and white at night due to sun exposure.
Hostesses Compete for Harvest Queen at Downtown USO Dance
Junior hostesses compete for the Harvest Queen title at the Downtown USO Thanksgiving formal dance at Sixth and Taylor. The queen will be chosen by a soldier sailor and Marine and receive a corsage. Turkeys cranberry sauce pumpkin tarts and coffee will be served. Margaret Ann Hall will sing three solos. An Amarillo Army Air Field orchestra will play.
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Uso
Taylor
John Loughlin
Don Loden
Margaret Ann Hall
Amarillo
Lubbock Doctor Heads Osteopaths
Dr. EF. B. Thompson of Lubbock was elected president and Dr. L. V. Cradit of Amarillo president-elect of the Panhandle Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons at yesterday’s quarterly meeting. Dr. Laura Lowell of Clarendon is the new vice-president and Dr. Weldon Gress of Amarillo is secretary treasurer.
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EF. B. Thompson
Lubbock
L. V. Cradit
Amarillo
Panhandle Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Laura Lowell
Clarendon
Weldon Gress
Robert L. Vick
Gale Seigler
L. J. Vick
J. Francis Brown
Capitol Hotel
Dorothy Maxwell
Dalhart
George W. Diver
Kay
Dallas City
Superintendent Rogers Attends Texas Teachers Meeting
Chas. M. Rogers of Amarillo schools returned from Coleman County and Fort Worth. In Fort Worth he joined a Texas State Teachers Association committee meeting and serves as association president. In Coleman County he spoke to teachers from all county schools at a special gathering.
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Chas. M. Rogers
Amarillo
Coleman County
Fort Worth
Texas State Teachers Association
Mr. Rogers
Soldier Ernest L. Baker Returns From European War
Pfc. Ernest L. Baker, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Baker of 309 Prospect, arrives in the United States after 20 months in the European Theater and 3 1/2 years in the Army. He is at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. His wife, Gwen dolyn Byars of Canyon, works at Amarillo Army Air Field.
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Ernest L. Baker
E. FE. Baker
Prospect
United States
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Gwendolyn Byars
Canyon
Amarillo Army Air Field
Reward Offered for Return of Cocker Spaniel Puppies
Sue Patterson offers a reward for information leading to the recovery of three cocker spaniel puppies lost yesterday morning. The dogs are black, red and white with red ears. The mother and father were lost about two weeks ago. Contact 706 North Johnson at telephone 23498.
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Sue Patterson
North Johnson
Meyer Receives Air Medal and Discharge in Los Angeles
Lt. (j.g.) Buddy Meyer of 927 Bowie is awarded the Air Medal by the Navy for night flying work in the North Atlantic and is discharged at Los Angeles California. He is a son of Mr and Mrs FE Meyer and a graduate
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J.g
Buddy Meyer
FE. B. Meyer
Bowie
Navy
Los Angeles
Cal
Meyer
North Atlantic
Amarillo High School Allen Academy and Texas Tech ties noted
A brief item highlights connections among Amarillo High School Allen Academy and Texas Tech. It notes collaborative events and shared athletics and academics across the three institutions.
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Ate
Amarillo High School
Allen Academy
Texas Tech
Pfc John C Hamilton Lands on East Coast
Pfc John C Hamilton has returned to the East Coast after over 16 months with the Army Transport Command in India and China. He phoned his wife at 804 North Polk to say he will proceed to Fort Bliss for discharge after earning the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster during Hump flights carrying supplies. His parents, Mr and Mrs Carl Hamilton, reside at 812 Washington. Previously he worked for Star Lumber Company.
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John C. Hamilton
North Polk
Army Transport Command
India
China
Fort
Carl Hamilton
Washington
The
Star Lumber Company
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Dalhart Camp
Wood
Pearl Harbor
Omer A. Wood
Phobos
Tro
Pan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Spertussine
White & Kirk
Willie and
Joe
By Mauldin
Japan
Wea
Keneidy
Hobbsco
Hunsley’s
House OF Color
Glen L. Casey
Dobbs
Truss
Polk St
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo, Texas
America
Southwest
Pantex Ordnance Plant
yiroRy
Acme Cleaners
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department
War Advertising Council
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