Red Cross man back from Pacific front years of service
J L Carter returns to Amarillo after a year with the 32d Combat Infantry Red Cross field service in the South Pacific. He and four other workers ran recreation centers behind the lines, handled emergency family messages, and aided soldiers with counseling. Carter met past Amarillo friends in Aitape and elsewhere.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Red Cross
Mr. Carter
J. L. Carter
West
Nineteenth Avenue
Amarillo
32D Combat Infantry
South Pacific
Carter
Aitape
J. P. English
A. L. Foster
Harvey Bailey
Ford Walters
Lowell Thomas
Battle of Wolf Woolfin School Affray Detailed in affidavits
Descriptions from Amarillo Globe readers recount a brawl at Wolflin School with students displaying Dewey buttons. Witness affidavits accuse officers of instigating trouble as fists flew before instruction arrived. The magazine excerpt emphasizes hateful language toward the President and military leaders.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Wolflin School
Worley denies membership in the 1000 Club
Congressman Gene Worley rejects reports he belongs to a group of donors able to give a thousand dollars to the President's campaign fund. He says he lacks the first essential qualification the thousand and has no connection with the club in any way.
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Gene Worley
Unionists Address Statler Story Battle in The International Teamster
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters releases its side of the Statler incident through its magazine The International Teamster. It claims naval officers provoked a brawl, while accusing newspapers of collusion against Roosevelt and citing a Senate inquiry to back its position.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Washington
Teamsters
Statler
Tobin
Senate
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