Iron Man of Amarillo Fire Dept Returns From Africa
Roscoe, a former Amarillo firefighter famed as the "iron man," returns home from Africa with a hand grenade fragment lodged near his spine after a WWII ambush. He survived a jeep plunge, medical care, and months in Veterans' Hospital, and expects to be released soon with shrapnel still in him. He praises Army engineers and recalls frontline dangers in Oran and Kasserine Pass.
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Amarillo
Roscoe
Africa
Amarilloan
Kasserine Pass
United States
Boston
Longview
Veterans’ ‘Administration
Tired Kidneys Cause Sleepless Nights Warns Doctors
Doctors say kidneys contain about 15 miles of tiny tubes that purify blood and keep health. When tired they disrupt daytime function causing night wakefulness and urinary symptoms. Dean's Pills are advertised as relief, claim 40 years of use and helping flush wastes from blood.
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Dean
Pattern 9527 for Junior Miss sizes 11 to 17
Pattern 9527 offers a wool or velveteen two piece outfit for Junior Miss sizes 11 through 17 with jeweled buttons and optional dates. The ad notes fabric yardage demands for size 13 and instructs sending sixteen cents plus ten more for the Fall and Winter Book.
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Amarillo News
Pattern Department
West 18Th &T
New York
Pollard Leads Army Relief Drive For This Is the Army Premiere
Roy Pollard, Army Relief committee captain, urges donations for the This Is the Army premiere at the Paramount Theater next Thursday. Proceeds benefit Army Emergency Relief Fund with local civic groups and the chamber aiding ticket sales and donations.
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Roy Pollard
American Legion Committee
Paramount Theater
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Amarillo
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Army Reliefs
Chamber of Commerce
A.E. Jones, M.D
Consult
Walgreen
Dependable
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Doan
LUX Soap
D. D. Bean & ‘Ion Co
ACAP
POLK
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GIZE
Parke-Davis
Miles
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Lady Esther
Jergens Cologne
Seward
Prince Albert
Pound
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Magnesia
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Stillman
Ysstrond Co
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Hans
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