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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
5
Wounded in Action reports that cotton growing states have permission to use prisoner labor to ease shortages in compresses and plants. More than 700 German and Italian war prisoners are scheduled to work in about 30 Arkansas compresses this week.
Cpl. F. Clark Wagner and service command armorers mounted bazooka guns on the wings of a U S Artillery liaison plane in Europe. The dual wing- mounted launchers can fire individually or in salvo. Wagner, a former jeweler, joined in November 1942 and went overseas in 1943.
Sgt Richard R Holt 26 wife 1204 Johnson St arrives in Miami Beach Fla for reassignment after a European Theater tour. He earned the fourth cluster to his Air Medal for heroism on flight missions with the Twelfth Air Force. Lt Miller son of 1003 Lincoln St. Wendell D Miller listed among service members. Sgt James R Neece Jr 1018 West Twelfth Ave authorized to wear Distinguished Unit Badge for outstanding duty with an Italy based bombardment group. Sgt Wesley B Jones 21 participated in pre invasion aerial attacks for Southern France. has five battle stars on his European campaign ribbon. Son of Mr and Mrs Luther D Jones now Los Angeles. Amarillo High School 1941 graduate. Brother Sgt Darrell Jones serves as top turret gunner on a mine.
Sgt. Gerald F P Harvey, 20, top turret gunner on a B-17 from an advanced 15th Air Force base in Italy, receives the Air Medal for meritorious service in aerial flight after six combat missions over German-occupied Europe. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Harvey of Cincinnatus New York, he has served since December 1 1942 and his wife lives in Amarillo.
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that extremely heavy fighting will continue for a long time after his tour of French battlefronts. He warned the war would require perseverance and resilience from Britain and its allies as battles persist across theaters.
Members of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union were urged by the national convention to picket all cotton processing plants employing war prisoner labor. The action aims to pressure facilities linked to wartime production and to highlight labor concerns across Arkansas and the South.
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