Draft-T Writes To Shangri La
A wartime letter from Draft-T recounts shortages and rationing at home, turkey price battles, busy Christmas shopping, and patriotic family life. It notes grocery limits, gas and meat cuts, school and toy shortages, and a 15 year old enlisting interest, ending with holiday greetings to Bill and the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Tire Board
Ordnance Department
Kid's Bank
Tom
Junior
Sister
Santa
Baby Sister
Red Cross
Waac
Navy
Seabees
Sam
How's This for a Set of Resolutions
A humorous 1942 column lists personal resolutions amid World War I I era home front humor. The writer vows to avoid local draft boards, quit quizzing travel forms, curb coffee, stop nagging his wife, stop helping with homework, alphabetize Christmas cards, and learn Army officer ranks while questioning if anyone keeps resolutions at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEF
Panhandle Notes and Local Updates From Summerfield
In Summerfield ladies send Thanksgiving boxes to local families. Letters from Pvt Leon Osborne, U S Army Air Corps, March Field CA praise basic training and the Army Air Corps. Cavalry offers about 200 dollars per head as it hunts Panhandle mules, mules versus Jeeps questioned for service value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield
Everitt Storey
Woodrow Whitaker
G. H. Whitaker
Thurman Atchley
Harry Lockinghill
Elton Johnson
Mike Huckert
Louie Huckert
Wesley Coker
Kenneth Neill
Earl Lance, Jr
Jack Clark
R. D. Lance, Jr
Pvt
Leon Osborne
U. S. Air Corps
March Field
Calif
White Deer
U. S. Army Air Corps
Cavalry
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Cadet McClish Seeks Letters for Jeep Personal Column
Aviation Cadet Elwood McClish at Maxwell Field asks service members to send letters detailing where they are stationed and what they do. He proposes a weekly personal Q and A feature in the Jeep to connect troops with home, friends, and old units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood McClish
Sqdn. C
Gr. 4
Maxwell Field
Alabama
McClish
Camp Blanding
Fla
131St F. A
Amarillo
West Point
B_ Battery
Boston
Poppa
Poem Honoring The Corps Of Engineers In Holiday Edition
A poem titled The Corps of Engineers appears in the Globe-News Holiday Jeep Edition. It praises the engineers for building roads, airfields, pipelines, camps, ramps, rails, dams, docks, harbors, and mines. The piece humorously notes sailors claim credit for taking them there and suggests Marines guard the streets in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Corps of Engineers
Navy
Army
Marines
Air Corps
Funeral Rites Today For Hansford Pioneer
Funeral services for Floyd Daniel Wilbanks 77 longtime Hansford County rancher cattleman will be held at 2 pm at the family home in Spearman. Burial in Spearman Cemetery under Braxwell Brothers direction. Survivors include a widow four sons Sheriff Hiram Wilbanks Lawrence Wilbanks Virgil Wilbanks Henry Wilbanks two daughters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Daniel Wilbanks
Hansford County
Spearman
Braxwell Brothers
Wilbanks
North Plains
Hiram Wilbanks
Lawrence Wilbanks
Virgil Wilbanks
Henry Wilbanks
Moore County
J. C. Klutts
W. 8. Bradford
Tulsa
Okla
Local Soldier Volunteered for Thanksgiving Dinner Guests
Pvt. John Brooke Koffend of the 332nd Base Hq and Air Base Sq Amarillo Field has been urged by Amarillo residents to share his Thanksgiving meal. Residents list venues and times inviting him to bring fellow soldiers for noon Thursday and Sunday meals, with contact details for organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooke Koffend
332Nd Base
Air Base Sq
Amarillo Field
Globe-News
Koffend
C. A. Eddleman
North Grant Street
Ben Deaver
Concho Street
the Globe News
Pvt. Koffend
Soldier seeks Thanksgiving dinner swap in Amarillo
Private Koffend writes the Globe News offering to trade a soldier for a generous Thanksgiving turkey. He reveals he is the soldier, noting impeccable table manners, subdued speech, and strong appetite. He asks to join a family dinner this year as a stand in for his own family who cannot be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooke Koffend
332Nd
Air Base Sq
Amarillo Field
The
Globe News
Amarillo
K. P
Pr. Koffend
Koffend
Mighty Hunters Return From New Mexico Deer Hunt
Jack King of Interstate Theatres A B Vance of Montgomery Wards and Mason King of Globe News trip to Malcolm Shelton Lodge in New Mexico yielded deer. Vance reportedly took a record buck. photos show Amarillo men in red shirts with King’s red head scarf. Tex Thornton runs guides at the lodge and may have assisted or supervised the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
Jack King
Interstate Theatres
A. B. Vance
Montgomery Wards
Mason King
The
Globe News
Malcolm Shelton Lodge
New Mexico
Vance
Forest Rangers
Company A To Be Inspected By Army Major From Austin
Every member of Company A Texas Defense Guard is ordered to assemble at the high school armory at 7 30 tonight in full uniform for an inspection visit by an army major from Austin. He will give the company special instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company A
Texas Defense Guard
A. Peterson
Austin
Range Riders Back Panhandle Ranch Help Amid Rationing
The Will Rogers Range Riders led by Delbert Dalby volunteer to assist Panhandle ranchers with branding, shipping, and livestock loading during gasoline and rubber rationing. Lieut. Wyatt R. Stanley, organizer and director, is serving abroad, awaiting a silver and gold membership badge as a Christmas gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers Range Riders
Amarillo
West Texas
Delbert Dalby
Panhandle
Dalby
Wyatt R. Stanley
Island “X
Shangri la
Stanley
Will Rogers
Amarillo Pair Shares News From Far Afield
Two Amarillo natives, now separated by oceans, send updates from service. Homer Watson, a Seabee near Williamsburg, Virginia, details a head injury from a fox hole and recovery hopes for chow. Jim Golding, aboard a mail ship in the Pacific, notes crossing the equator, cold seas, port arrival, and the joy of letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Watson
Seabee
Williamsburg
Chow
Jim Golding
Rex Theater
Buffalo Lake
Pacific
Marine
Caribbean
Five Volunteers Shipped by Recruiters
Five men were shipped for enlistment. Four joined the Navy and one the Army. Navy recruits were Perry Milton Jackson William James Bain John Roy Stoneman all of Alamogordo Ama rillo and Wilburn Duane Robbins a naval aviation candidate. The Army shipped Olan P. Roger of Tucumcari New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Army
Perry Milton Jackson
William James Bain
John Roy Stoneman
Amarillo
Wilburn Duane Robbins
Olan P. Roger
Tucumcari
N. M
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Farl Pitts
Jack Canyon
Okla Robbins
George Brown
Elton Simmons
Bob Ricks
George W. Maguire
Richard Hogan
John R. Hodges
Mr. and
Mrs
Robert Ricks
Miller Printing Co
Fillmore St
Azri
Sergeant Harvey A. Herd
Jaanita and
Bascomb Jr
Aly
Panhandle Service
Jack P. Anderson
James F. Herbert
Jimmie W. Herbert
Lewis Warren
Gene Simmons
P. S. Likins, Jr
Carl Osborn
Gene Burton
F. A. Thomas, Jr
Homer Cooper
W. M. Anderson
Henry O. Moore Hines McFarland
Billie Milton
Glen C. Whitfield Norman
Seamons
Amos Hanner
Booker T. Scott Ray McManus
Harry Tyler
J.D. Dillard
Carl Osborne
Charlie Warren
E. H. Boone
Charles Jackson
Willie Henry
J. R. Wilkinson
Orville Newson
Lee Dunn
Carl Epp
J. D. Dillard
E. F. Dickerson
Hobart Anderson
Coast Guard
Morris Beck
Jerry Carmichael
Ted Doss
J. M. Eastwood
Ralph Fish
Bob Harmon
John Lawson
al Lynn
John Martin
Bruce Minor
John B. Oden
Dave Phillips
Reginald Stegal
Trusten Thomas
Willie White
Herbert Williams
H. S
Benton
Paramount Lunch
Heaven
Laurhee
Caise
Hansford
Turkey
Mighty Hunters
Debs
Errington
Johnson-Price Co
Texas Plains
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver-Eakle
Pappy
Panhandle Boys
So Weill
Dixie
Jane Dice
EllIott-Greer CO
Harold G. Smith
Haley Furniture Co
Armed Services
Buddy
Doughboy
Victor Baker
Gene Baker
J. D. Taylor
H. O. Lemons
E. S. Cowie
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