Service Men In the News
Irving Tolzien Jr now a Navy officer serving in the South Pacific after training at Notre Dame and Northwestern University. He earned high averages avoiding final exams and chose active duty over an instructorship. Also Seaman 1st Class Warren Rivers commissioned at a Pacific submarine base after training in San Diego and Keyport. Staff Sgt. Edwin Glynn Mahler Jr. serves as aircraft inspector and mechanic at Waco Flying School after two years in service, with family updates from Wayside and Ama credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Tolzien, Jr
Navy
South Pacific
America
Ensign Tolzien
Notre Dame University
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Amarillo
Tolzien
San Francisco
Irving
Warren Rosser Rivers
Glass
U. S. Navy
U. S
mid-Pacific
John W. Vers
San Diego
Cal
Keyport
Wash
Battle Fleet
Edwin Glynn Mahler, Jr
E. Mahler
Wayside
Waco
West Texas State College
Q Zinc Smelter
Army notes list promotions and service details from Hawaii to Utah
Aerial photographer W D Stewart Jr gains corporal at a Hawaiian base after Lowry Field training. Neph ews linked to 1608 Taylor St. Tom J Casey, formerly of Wayside, guards infantry in desert maneuvers. Harold William Vogel with U S Engineers in Canada, husband of 1108 Western Ave. Louis Taylor advancing in medical administration at Bucknell General Hospital Brigham City Utah. ex Group Hospital manager in Amarillo and Wichita Falls, entered service Sept 3 after Camp Grant training. Thelma McReynolds is his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Stewart, Jr
Stewart
Lowry ‘Field
Carter
Taylor Street
Saormerly
Boulder College
Alaskan
Corp
Harold Willam Vogel
U. S. Engineers Corps
Canada
Corporal Vogel
H. W. Vogel
Western Avenue
Fort Sill
Wolters
Louis Taylor
Bucknell General Hospital
Brigham City
Utah
Group Hospital
Group Hospital, Inc
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Camp Grant
Chicago
Taylor
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Thelma McReynolds
J. L. McReynolds
Jackson Street
Panhandle cadets pursue aviation in wartime training
Senior recruits Otto Crandall Rheme of Sam Houston Junior High now leads 120 men at Farragut Idaho Naval Training Station. Three Panhandle youths Dan Higgins, Robert Wadley, and Leroy Byrd Jr. began aviation paths with the Army Air Corps, advancing through Kelly Field and Waco to flying training. Osborn, Kouba, and multiple cadets at Randolph Field and other bases advance through basic and primary flight schooling as Fort Knox and Goodfellow Field stages host further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Crandall Rheme
Sam Houston
U.S. Naval Training Station
Farragut
Idaho
Dan Higgins
Robert J. Wadley
Leroy A. Byrd, Jr
Army Air Corps
Byrd
Amarillo
Kelly Field
Garner Field
Blackland Army Flying School
Waco
Amarillo High School
Phillips Petroleum
L. A Byrd
West Sixth Avenue
Higgins
Cimarron Field
Oklahoma City
Foster Field
Victoria
F.C. Higgins
Broadmoor Street
Burkett Paper Company
Coleman
Phillips Petroleum Company
Dan F. Wadley
Milam Street
Ihen A. & M. College
Leroy
Randolph Field
Panhandle
Robert L. Davis
John L. Davis
Hereford
Cuero
Tex
Lonnie 8
Thompson
Flynn L. Thompson
Memphis
Texas Technological College
National Guard
Field Artillery
Goodfellow Field
Alfred M. Lemons
H. L. Lemons
Lemons
Panhandle High School
Uvalde
Engineer arrives for combat duty training at Fort Leonard Wood
Odell Brown from 202 North Florida Street is at the Engineer Replacement Training Center for training in combat duty. The program includes tools and equipment use building fixed and floating bridges demolition and road and obstacle construction and basic military subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Leonard Wood
Odell Brown
North Florida Street
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Infantry Officers Candidate School Notables and Transfers
William H. Maynard from Amarillo is chosen to attend Infantry Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia. First Sgt. James P. Wood, now at Armored Force School Pendleton Field Oregon, earned multiple firing honors since 1937 including national matches and the Navy Cup runner-up placing. Wood, a former Cavalry enlistee and San Diego football alum, is son of Mrs. Leta Shirley of Wichita Falls. Szt Lester H. Baugus of Weatherford Oklahoma transfers to Pendleton Field after graduating from the Southwestern Technical School of Aeronautics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Roberts
Cal
William H. Maynard
Infantry
Fort Benning, Ga
Maynard
Amarillo
Fort Knox
James P. Wood
Armored Force School
Wood
Camp Wolters
Tex
Leta Shirley
Wichita Falls
Pendleton Field
Ore
Lester H. Baugus
Weatherford
Okla
Southwestern Technical School of Aeronautics
Commandos in Overall Highlight New Cadet Promotions
Delma H Montgomery graduates glider mechanics course and joins the commandos in overall. Elmer J Gardner from Clovis New Mexico named cadet corporal among 51 promotions at aviation school. Van K Fuqua of Floydada admitted as aviation cadet for primary flying training at Hicks Field Fort Worth. William F P Harwell of Amarillo Texas selected for Ordnance Officers' Candidate School at Camp Roberts California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
Delma H. Montgomery
America
Myrtle Montgomery
Perrin
Enid Army Flying School
Okla
Elmer J. Gardner
Clovis, N. M
Camp Roberts
Calif
William FP. Harwell
Hughes Street
Amarillo, Tex
Ordnance Officers’ Candidate School
Local Recruit Inductee L R Simpkins Sent To Reception
Camp Wolters announces new inductee L R Simpkins has been accepted for army service and sent to the reception center for processing. He is the son of Mrs. Lou Ella Simpkins of Plainview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wolters
Texas Man Commissioned as Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning
Virgil Lowell Rose of Booker Texas has been commissioned as second lieutenant after completing the Officer Candidate Course at the Infantry School Fort Benning. Rose is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rose of Booker and previously attended Booker High School and West Texas State College after enlisting February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Shelby
Miss
Marshall Leon Osborn
167Th Infantry
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Benning
Camp Croft
D. C
Camp Bowie
Camp Claiborne
Texas A. & M. College
Osborn
T. R. Osborn
Claude
Fort Benning, Ga
Virgil Lowell Rose
Booker, Tex
Army of the United States
Infantry School
Rose
William Rose
Booker
Army
Booker High School
West Texas State College
Amarillo Man Enters OCS at Fort Washington
Allen Early Jr son of Mr and Mrs Allen Early of Amarillo Texas has joined the Adjutant General's School at Fort Washington Maryland for a 12 week course in administration He previously served with the Quartermasters Corps at Fort Francis E Warren Wyoming
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Washington
Allen Early, Jr
Allen Early
Amarillo
Texas
Adjutant General's School
Quartermasters Corps
Fort Francis BE. Warren
Wyo
Former Amarilloans join Air Corps ordnance unit at Wendover
Three Amarillo natives Walter R. Coyle Walter D. Jones and Orville D. McLellan arrived at Wendover Field Utah to join the Bombing and Gunnery School ordnance division Coyle is the son of O D Coyle of River Road Amarillo Tex Jones is married to Connie Jones of 212 South Buchanan Street and attended the Army School at Spokane before enlisting McLellan married to Yvonne McLellan was a lineman for Southwestern Bell and attended Friona College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendover Field
Utah
Spokane
Wash
McLellan
Yvonne McLellan
Taylor Street
Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Friona High School
West Texas State College
Aviation Mechanics Graduates Earned From Dallas School
Wayne O. Tuckness and Ray M. Reynolds completed a course in aviation mechanics. Tuckness, son of Mrs Della Pearson of 91 Alabama Street Amarillo, graduated from the Dallas Aviation School at Love Field. Reynolds is a brother of Mrs Ruth Hensley of 103 Carolina Street Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne O. Tuckness
Ray M. Reynolds
Tuckness
Dallas
Love Field
Della Pearson
Alabama Street
Amarillo
Reynolds
Ruth Hensley
Carolina Street
Amarilla
Infantry Officer From Hereford Commissioned At Fort Benning
John Wesley Leitner Jr of Hereford Texas was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry after completing the Officer Candidate School course. He was inducted into the Army on December 10 1941 and previously attended Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
John Wesley Leitner, Jr
Hereford
Tex
Infantry
Army
Durham
Military promotions announced from multiple duty stations
South Pacific lieutenant promotions include Neely advancing to full lieutenant while serving in a war zone. Amarillo natives Coyle and Walkup receive corporal and technician upgrades at Seacoast Artillery and Will Rogers Field. Brown and Goodwin earn technician and first lieutenant ranks at Fort Belvoir Foster Field and Fort MacArthur California, with prior ties to Amarillo.
Second Lt. Bagwell Commissioned at Quartermasters School
Howard H. Bagwell of Amarillo Texas completed a 13 weeks Army Quartermaster Corps Officer Candidate School course at Fort Warren Wyoming and will assume duties in feeding clothing and transporting the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Warren
Wyo
Howard H. Bagwell
Army
Quartermaster Corps
J. L Bagwell
West Thirteenth Avenue
Amarillo
Texas
Naval Aviation Cadets Accepted for Training
Dallas H Ross Cheuvront Burl Morgan Graham Jr and Sidney Zukav have been accepted for naval aviation cadet training and will be ordered to active duty soon. Cadet Cheuvront formerly taught at Plainview Glider Detachment. his Ardmore Okla home is listed. Graham is the son of Mr and Mrs B M Graham of Pampa. Zukav hails from 704 Jefferson Street Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Harlan Ross Cheuvront
Burl Morgan Graham, Jr
Sidney Zukav
Naval Aviation
Plainview
Cadet Cheuvront
Ardmore
Oklo
Graham
B. M. Graham
Pampa
Zukav
Jefferson Street
Amarillo
Armored Force Recruit Begins Training at Fort Knox
Sidney L. Wheat has begun basic training for the Armored Force at Fort Knox Kentucky. He is the son of Jack Wheat of Amarillo Texas. A cosmetics firm uses a miniature florist box to package its new nail polish shade, a rose color that contrasts with recent red tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox, Ky
Sidney L. Wheat
Armored Force
Jack Wheat
Forest Street
Amarillo
Tex
Dedication Game Honors Former Sandies and Harvesters
A football kickoff between Pampa and Amarillo at Butler Stadium is officially dedicated to former Sandies and Harvesters now serving in the armed forces. The ceremony lists many named veterans and honors their past performances, saluting Amarillo, Pampa, and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Stadium
Pampa
Amarillo
Pampa Harvesters
Amarillo Golden Sandies
West Texas
John Harlow
Harold Harlow
Paul Brown
Ventreece Winfield
Harry Bivins
George Rutledge Garland Wolfington
Dick Cazzell
Bill Thompson
Frank Priolo
Mike Sweeney
George Overhull
Charlie Green
Ralph Riggs
Lowell Armstrong
Ray Gowdy
Eugene Jordan Selmer Kirby
CO. C. Blanchard
Dick Jones
Pat
Hoy
V. Marcum
Guy Hayden Thomas Whelchel
Grover Taylor
John Denton
Dick Barry
Gerald Haston
Joe “Jo-Jo" White
L. C. Killon
Charles E. Fyfe II
Noble Hargrove
Stamps From Land of Pharaohs Swell Amarillo Boy
Jack Dale a 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs W A Dale of 1528 Lipscomb Street shows a new stamp collection moment with 50 Egyptian stamps received yesterday from Egypt. The stamps came from Art Nizzi his former accordion instructor now in the air corps. he writes he is well and helping beat the Axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dale
W. A. Dale
Lipscomb Street
Egypt
Art Nizzi
Jack
Air Corps
Stallings Infant Buried in Amarillo Rites
Funeral services for Kenneth L. Stallings three month old son of Mr and Mrs L W Stallings 800 Madison Street were conducted at Griggs Chapel with Dr E B Fincher officiating. Survived by parents a brother and four grandparents all of Amarillo burial followed at Llano Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Stallings
L. W. Stallings
Madison Street
Griggs Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Amarillo
Llano Cemetery
Multiple Local Weddings Reported Across Pampa and Dalhart
A series of marriages is announced from Pampa and Dalhart. Naomi Van Huss and Raymond Nice Jr were wed at a minister’s home in Pampa with family in attendance. Maurine Peden and John Christian Jr wed in Clayton. Hettie Merle Shepard and A A Foreman marry as Foreman joins Navy Seabees. Arline Junker and James F Anderson marry in Cuero. Wanda Seely to Joe Bush wed in Dalhart area. Lieut Jules C Burke and his Memphis wedding bride arrive in Dalhart after tying the knot in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peden-Christian Dalhart
C. M. Peden
Dallam
Maurine
John Christian, Jr
Clayton
Dalhart High School
Amarillo
Christian
Army Air Forces Glides School
Dalhart
Junker-Anderson
Dalhart Dalhart
Jules C. Burke
Army Air Forces
Memphis
Tenn
Sacred Heart Church
Mobile
Local Nuptials Span States and Continents
Miss Madell Hall of Mansfield married Omer Russell McVean Jr., once of Shamrock now in Westpark. Dolores Fireburger was maid of honor and Thiane Gatlin served as best man. The couple's parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Hall of Mansfield and Mr. and Mrs. O. R. McVean of Westpark. In Pampa, Mary Jean Hill wed Jon M. Haw in Amarillo on Aug. 9. Haw, an Army Air Corps cadet, trained at Randolph Field after Kemper Military Academy. Hill is a West Texas State alumna and bank employee. The aye-aye, Madagascar's cat-sized oddity, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Webster
George Webster
Lockney
Texas
Field Artillery
Victory Field
Vernon
Johnnie L. Howell
David C. Howell
Shamrock
Regular Army
Thomas R. Turner
T. A. Turner
Slaton
Texas Technological College
Army Air Forces Armament School
Lowry Field, Col
Madell Hall
Mansfield
Omer Russell McVean, Jr
Westpark
Dolores Fireburger
Thiane Gatlin
Sitka
Alaska
McVean
B. D. Hall
O. R. McVean
Gamma Phi Sorority
Beta Gamma Kappa Club
Pampa
The
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Haw
Panama
Atended Kemper Military Academy
Boonville
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Continue Helium Project Goes Ahead After WPB Review
Secretary Harold Ickes announced that most wartime Bureau of Mines construction projects were cleared to resume after a WPB hearing. The Amarillo Texas helium plant and Cliffside gas field were greenlit along with two more helium plants, at an estimated cost of 11 million dollars. The plants are crucial for military airships and other uses since helium is non inflammable and in short supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R. Secretary of Interior
Harold L Ickes
Bureau of Mines
War Production Board
WPB
Ickes
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Amarillo, Tex
Cliffside
Program Director For USO Arrives in Amarillo
Edward R. Vial arrives from Las Vegas New Mexico to become the Downtown USO program director assisting Dr. Maurice Hartmann. He brings USO experience from Roswell and New Orleans and has prior PR work for the National Youth Administration and the Boston Globe. He travels with his wife and five year old son Ronald to the Herring Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Vial
Amarillo
Vial
Maurice Hartmann
Amarillo Field
Las Vegas
Roswellonde
Boston Globe
Bosto
T Amarillo
Ronald
Herring Hotel
Temple Sisterhood Dance Sponsored for Thanksgiving
The Temple B'nai Israel Sisterhood sponsors a dance night at the Temple Reception Hall Twent second Avenue and Taylor Street. Soldiers and service men are especially invited and refreshments will be free. The event begins at eight o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisterood
Temple B'nai Israel
T Temple
Twent Second Avenue
Taylor Stree
Also Mentioned on This Page
Point Richmond
Tommy J. Casey
T. A. Casey
Quitaque
N. M. Carter
Engineer Corps
Aviation
Fred Kouba
Camp Edwards
Mass
Camp Blanding
Fla
South Carolina
Sergeant Kouba
Lee Kouba
Leona Garden
Roy Kouba
Leo Kouba
R. A. Helman
Elton V. Gordon
Armored Division
C. A. Gordon
Harrison Street
Sergeant Wood
Old
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Camp Perry
Mecca
All Cavalry
Cavalry
Aeronautics
Commando
Durham, Okla
Irving Tolzien
Otto Crandall
RHOME
Harold W. Vogel
Edwin G. Mahler
Achille Dozier
Lieutenant
AIR Corps Ordnance
R. C. Neely, Jr
Neely
Erade
Kk. C. Neely
West Twelfth Avenue
Hawaii
Albert B. Coyle
Matilda Coyle
Corporal Coyle
Seacoast Artillery
Islands
Cannon Gas Company of
Fort Belvoir
van Achille W. Domer
Will Rogers Field
Nolen E. Walkup
Army Air Force
van Buren Street
Elizabeth Walkup
Walkup
Fort Macarthur
San Pedro
Paul J. Brown
James W. Goodwin
West Fourth Street
Sandies
Amarillo Boy
Stallings
Pampa High School
Glee Club
R. D. Nice
Lefors
Seely-Bush
Bert Seely
Sedan
N. M
Wanda
Joe Bush
R. W. Bush
Boise City
Ala
Madagascar
Bruce Autry
Frank
Beauty Supply
7Th Ave
USO
Temple Sisterhood
Fellows
Bob Johnson
Ed Putman
Roy Pollard
Pearl Hasgbor
Baracat's
Dovous
Lord's
Polk Amarillo
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