Real Estate Promises in Atomic War Scars
A letter describes Nagasaki and Hiroshima after the atomic blasts as looking like a real estate promotion with roads and bridges spared. Captain Neill Singleton Jr recounts visiting Tokyo Shanghai Nanking Chungking Calcutta routes, non stop Tokyo Shanghai flight, and notes on souvenir hunters, aircraft instrument removal, and locals reacting to the war’s end. The piece closes with 1945 first half express shipments rising 28.6 percent and income up 52.6 percent from 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Neill Singleton, Jr
Neill Singleton
van Buren
Singleton
Air Transport Command
Shanghai
Nanking
Chungking
Calcutta
India
Tokyo
Air Express
United States
Standard Time Vote Noted by Amarillo High Teens
Amarillo High School students welcomed Standard Time with sunlight at arrival and expressed positive thoughts. Patsie Northcutt, Sandstorm editor, called it grand to start with daylight. Scarborough Foreman of the National Honor Society added that peace time is better than war time. Martha Van Shaw, ROTC, contributed views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Jackson
Amarillo Country Club
Lindalie Mock
Red Cross
Edward Johnson
ROTC
Sandie
Amarillo High School
Patsie Northcutt
Sandstorm
Scarborough Foreman
Martha van Shaw
Service Life Gold Seal Policy offers $100 monthly sickness pay
Omaha ad promotes the Service Life Insurance Company offering the Gold Seal Plan for $1 a month. It promises up to $100 monthly for sickness or accident, hospital benefits over $650, up to $6000 for loss of limbs or sight, and up to $6000 for accidental death, with no medical exam and 10 days free examination by mail. No agent or cost to request the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Big Savings
Service Life Insurance Company
Dept
Omaha 2
Nebraska
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Quicky
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase digestive juice flow when digestion is poor. It claims relief occurs in about 30 minutes and encourages buying at drugstores for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carter
Corporal Garrett on Furlough Visits Relatives at Home
Corporal R E Garrett on leave from McCloskey General Hospital recovering from a crushed ankle. He served 18 months in Guadalcanal and the Philippines with a photo technical squadron of the Air Forces. His wife and son Ralph live at 1205 West Thirteenth.
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Cpl
R. E. Garrett
McCloskey General Hospital
Corporal Garrett
Guadalcanal
Philippines
Air Forces
Ralph
West Thirteenth
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Nel
Japan
Captain Singleton
Holmes & Edwards
Polk
Spicer’s
Sopicer’s
Child's MCC Oxford
Wis
Montgomery Ward
Finland
Sweden
Trouble
Consolidated Razor Blade Co. Inc
SSS
Youngomery Ward
Montgomery
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