USO Information Service Aids Soldiers With Odd Requests In Amarillo
The USO Information Service at Amarillo centers helps soldiers with varied needs from notaries at odd hours to sourcing a violin and even arranging wedding details. Volunteers number 700 nationwide, with 210 at the Amarillo Downtown and Auditorium centers plus Traveler’s Aid handling housing. The service runs 9 am to midnight and relies on a loose leaf manual of local business details.
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USO Information Service
United Organizations Centers
Amarillo
Grand Central Station
New York
USO
Stein
Travelers Aid
J. B. Jones
C. A. Robertson
John Gillies
C. A. James
Traveler's Aid
T. C. Sparks
American Legion
Information Service
National War Pand
Smith’s Rise and Fall in Democratic Politics Across Two Eras
The article charts Alfred E. Smith’s political arc from state assemblyman to four-term gubernatorial winner, his 1928 presidential bid, and the bitter 1924 Democratic convention standoff with McAdoo. It notes his Tammany Hall ties, anti prohibition stance, radio campaign firsts, and key feuds with Hearst and McAdoo.
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Herbert Hoover
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
New York County
Board of Aldermen
Tammany Hall
Charles S. Whitman
Nathan L Miller
Smith
Miller
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ogden L. Mills
Anex
East Side
William Randolph Hearst
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
Madison Square Garden
New York
John W. Davis
Allied push widens Dutch salient and seizes key estuary spots
British Second Army expands the Arnhem region to 17 miles and seizes Wamel and Dremmel near the Rhine. Canadian forces advance toward Baarle Nassau above Antwerp and prepare to clear the Schelde Estuary after RAF dam strikes on Walcheren. Rotterdam demolitions trend, Dunkerque evacuation opens, while American troops reach 11 miles northeast of Epinal.
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Netherlands
Wamel
Rhine
Nijmegen
Dreamel
Schelde
Antwerp
Turnhout
Baarle Nassau
Royal Air Force
Walcheren
Rotterdam
Dunkerque
Epinal
Ask Neutrals To Prevent Axis Salvage of Loot
The United States and British governments have sent notes to neutral nations asking them to stop Axis leaders from keeping wealth or finding safe haven in neutral territories. A State Department statement says enemy efforts to salvage assets aim to prolong economic influence and future world power for Nazi leaders despite impending defeat.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Philippines War Air Actions and Refugee Crisis Rise
Allied and Japanese forces clash over the Philippines with Liberator strikes on coastal targets and nightly bomber raids on the base at Linchow. Refugees flood through Cholera struck towns as Japanese columns advance. trains overflow with people and rice stocks while 20,000 tons of Chinese military supplies reportedly move by air monthly. Tokyo radio quotes Adm Suetsugu predicting a decisive forthcoming Philippines battle that could shape the war.
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Linchow
Kweilin
Roosevelt
China
Adm
Nobumasa Suetsugu
Tokyo Radio
Philippines
Woodrow Campbell Dies War Veteran at 31
Woodrow Wilson Campbell, Amarillo resident and World War I veteran, died at a local hospital at age 31. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev. Frank A. Godsoe and Rev. Jimmy Norris officiating. burial with full military honors at Llano Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Lela, parents, siblings, and in laws. Campbell served 12 years in the Army with prior combat in North Africa, Italy, and Germany, and was wounded Sept. 13 in Germany. A final note mentions the Bad Lands of North Dakota in a separate description.
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Woodrow Wilson Campbell
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Frank A. Godsoe
Central Baptist Church
Jimmy Norris
Llano
Amarillo
C. L. Reese
Steve Hudson
Matt Hudson
Eddie York
A. B. York
Raymond York
Harvey G. Chelf
Germany
Italy
North Africa
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Ballard
Cretney Drug Store
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Marie Earle
Herbert
Buchanan
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Longines
John Furbach
Polk
Gabardine
Dad
Heskhus the
Zamboanga
Globe-News
Wedgwood _ Florentine
Brown House Shop
Sil Polk
Woodrow Campbell
Armed Forces
Pantex Ordnance Works
Camp McCoy
Wis
Illinois
Lela Campbell
West Tenth Avenue
North Tennessee Street
C. O. Bennett
R. A. Lee
Marshall Campbell
Maurice Campbell
North Dakota
Harvey A. Chelf
Europe
Acme Cleaners
Tony Bowles
Ra Nate
Siroil Laboratories, Inc
Detroit
Michigan
Sinoil
George Dill
George
Ted
America
East 42Nd Street
Ovate
Life Insurance Companies
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