Amarillo Colonel Identified as Lt Col Tom H McDonald
Time and Life correspondent Jack Belden had described an unidentified colonel who saved him at Salerno. Amarilloans confirm the officer is Lt Col Tom H McDonald of 3413 Line Avenue, MER R O T C professor of military science at Senior High School and later officer.
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Tom Hobson McDonald
Amarillo
Jack Belden
Time
Life
Salerno
Belden
Sicily
Italy
National Guard officer seen by hunting partner in letter
Charles N. Baker of 828 Carolina Street received a letter from his friend nicknamed Mac revealing the writer as Colonel Belden who served with Colonel McDonald’s unit overseas. The note dated November 1 mentions Belden’s wartime experiences with McDonald’s men, their ambush, and the correspondent being wounded while seeking cover. Belden praises McDonald’s leadership and notes his knee injury and hospital recovery.
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Charles N. Baker
Carolina Street
Baker
McDonald
National Guard
Brownwood
General Sherman
Life and
Time Magazines
Belden
Amarillo
Mac
Italy
Community Chest Drive Seeks Help to Reach Amarillo Goal
The Community Chest and War Chest drive in Amarillo lists $45,675 still needed to reach a $172,000 goal with a deadline looming tomorrow for residents to submit suggestions. The campaign, ongoing since Oct 25, continues as workers report many accounts remain unfinished and seek ideas on effective completion.
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Amarillo
Idea Chest
The
Globe News
Tomorow
Miners Accept 15 Minute Lunch Under War Board Pact
Miners say a 15 minute lunch will not hurt health or productivity after John L. Lewis and Interior Secretary Ickes negotiated the cut with the War Labor Board. Critics worry the move skirts the Little Steel formula and may let miners eat longer if desired.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Office
Lewis
Ickes
War Labor Board
WLB
Amarillo May Have Ship Repair Battalion
Chief Harry Longabach said Amarillo could gain a Ship Repair Unit battalion if the 200 local men who sought information interview the visiting naval officers. Lt. Comdr. L. H. Ridout Jr and Lt. M. C. Lokey will visit Friday to interview applicants.
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Amarillo
Harry Longabach
L. H. Ridout
M. C. Lokey
Elaine Stover Wins Honors In the WAC
Amarillo woman Lt Elaine Stover earns a state medal for most WAC recruits and leads in recruitment. Daughter of Mrs Ella Stover of 1100 Taylor St, she trains at Des Moines, earned second lieutenant rank last April, and previously worked as secretary to a Dumas defense plant manager. More than a thousand WACs nationwide reflect a major recruitment push with aim of 150,000 by year end. Amarillo residents aged 20 to 50 urged to enlist at the Post Office Building or via home interviews with Lt Helen W Finn.
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Stover
Ella Stover
Taylor Street
Wacs
Amarillo
Texas Rangerettes
WAC
Dumas
Des Moines
Ohio
Elaine
Army
WAAC
Callifornia
Elaine Stover
E. T. Miller
Helen W. Finn
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Brown in Dumas
Friends and relatives paid last tribute to Mrs Hester Lucille Brown at a funeral in the Dumas Baptist Church. The 44 year old Dumas resident died yesterday morning at 7 45 and is survived by her husband L B Brown, parents Mr and Mrs A E Davis of Amarillo, two daughters Lucille Jameson of Houston and Mrs Ronald Walker of Amarillo, a son Eugene Brown of Dumas, a brother Fred Davis of Fort Worth, and sisters Miss Gladys Davis and Mrs Grace Moody of Amarillo.
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Hester Lucille Brown
Dumas Baptist Church
War Jobs Shortage In Amarillo Prompted Worker Push
In Amarillo 1,489 essential positions exist while daily applications usually stay under 100. Floyd Stone of the U S Employment Service notes not all referrals lead to work and many drift to other jobs. The zinc smelter and Pantex plant seek hundreds more workers, especially women, with 625 needed at Pantex recently and 250 furnace men plus 150 yard workers at the zinc facility. Transportation firms and food processing also seek staff.
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Amarillo
Floyd Stone
U. S
Pantex Ordnance
Civil Service Commission
Few Are Left To Officiate At Elections
The piece notes a shortage of election officials as 1944 campaigns near. It discusses pay differences between primaries and general elections, Democratic Party wages, and potential fixes including candidates conducting or sharing duties in polling stations.
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Democratic Party
Clayton Heare
New sickness accident policy offers up to 100 monthly benefits
Postal Life & Casualty proposes a policy paying up to 100 monthly for disability from sickness or accident with hospital benefits and a $1000 beneficiary payout if killed. No waiting period, no medical exam, free inspection, and flexible payment plans. Send name, address, age, occupation, and beneficiary to Kansas City office.
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Postal
Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Company
Postal Life Building
Kansas City
Political Pot Boils as Farmers Jim Ferguson Race Hints
A sequence of editorial notes sketches the political landscape. Writers debate public interest, simmering pots, and potential entry of Farmer Jim Ferguson into the governor race. The piece jokes about citizens turning off political speeches and leaving fingerprints on the radio gadget.
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Jim Ferguson
Jap Soldiers Fight With Only One Shoe In Bougainville
American troops report many Japanese dead or captured around Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville wore a single shoe suggesting they could climb trees quickly for sniper work. Also citrus prices remain unchanged as OPA extends maximum citrus prices indefinitely.
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South Pacific
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
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Mrs. Brown
Zemo
America
Louisiana
St. Martinville
Emmeline LaBiche
Longfellow
Evangeline
France
Orleans
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore
Jayne
Acta
Office of Price Administration
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Crowe-Gulde Cement CO
Tyler St
Folger
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EstHer C. Fredine
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