Battery Motor Section Mastery Under Fire in Italy 1944
In 1944 in Italy, by tireless supervision of his Field Artillery motor section he kept battery vehicles from failing. When shells hit the motor pool causing a fire, he assumed command, directed fire extinguishing, and arranged repairs to damaged vehicles. New resident Sgt and Mrs E Breitkrentz move to Amarillo field. he is assigned to Amarillo field.
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Italy
E. Breitkrentz
Portland, Ore
Ama- Po
Amarillo Eld
Rushmer Named Roadway Engineer for Santa Fe System
John Rushmer has been appointed roadway engineer for the Santa Fe system and will base headquarters in Amarillo. A Pueblo native and veteran of the engineering department, he served in World War I and has been with the railway since 1914, with major activity in Texas Colorado and New Mexico.
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John Rushmer
Amarillo
Pueblo
Rushmer
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Odds and Ends Face Congress
Washington November 14 lawmakers began the final session of the 78th Congress with little heavy work on the agenda. A federal road bill in the House and rivers and harbors measures in the Senate are ready for action, but members expect a slow week ahead. The Second War Power Act may be extended, but disagreements are not anticipated. The next Congress, convening January 3, is expected to push major postwar economic programs.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Twins Celebrate Seventh Birthday of Barnwell Daughters
Jean and Joan Barnwell, twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Morris Barnwell of 1509 Harrison Street, have just celebrated their seventh birthday.
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Jean
Joan Barnwell
Mrs
Morris Barnwell
Harrison Street
Gipsy Rover by Lubbock Poet Ethel Mauldin Published
Copies of The Gipsy Rover, a 100 page poetry collection by Ethel Jeannette Mauldin, have arrived in Amarillo. Mauldin, poet laureate for the Texas Woman's Press Association, and her son LeRoy Land own The Ralls Banner and published by The Naylor Company of San Antonio.
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Naylor Company
San Antonio
Boyce House
Lubbock
Texas Woman's Press Association
Pen Women of
Government Seizes Ellis Island for Immigration Post
In 1892 the U S Government seized Ellis Island to establish it as an immigration processing post. The move positioned the island as a central gateway for arriving European migrants.
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U.S
Ellis Island
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Clyde E. Burton
Clyde EB. Burton
Ree Street
Field Artillery
War Department
U. Sn
Canada
Buckley
Cretney Drug
Bush Drug
Benson and Benson
R. J Benson
Frances Benson
Ee Oliver-Eakle
6Th & Polk
Lone Star Chain
Texaco Star
Mye
Congress
Richardson
Red Cross
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
Union Bus Depot
Wh & Taylor
Amarillo Garage
S&m
Tyler
Gouldy Brothers Grain Co
N. Fillmore
Polk
S&h Green Stamp
Lockhart Cleaners
Grocers
J. W. Johnson Grocery & Market
West 7Th
Nation Grocery & Market
Laing Grocery
Miracle Grocery & Market
West 10Th
Grocery & Market
North East
Fowlkes Grocery
Pierce
Hughes
Bay-Rite Grocery
Cash Food Mart
Hughes Street Grocery
Dial
Mead's Grocery
Accessories
Shoe Store Juvenile Shoe Shop
Autry
Drugs Bickson Drug CO
Dry Cleaners
Edward's Cleaners
Kohler Bros. Cleaners
Tailors Bell Tailors, Inc
Battery and Electric
Wilson Battery & Electric CO
Florist
Freeman's Flowers
201 Pierce
Panhandle Laundry
H. A. Marr Grogery Co.,, Inc
6Th & Georgia
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