Lost Battalion Boy Liberated from Thai Prison Camp
Pfc. Rayford Harris of Amarillo and Memphis freed from War Prison Camp 3 in Thailand. He was in a medical unit with the 131st Field Artillery and sent to a hospital in India last Friday in good health. Harris’ family in Memphis and sister in Coleman and Stephenville confirmed the liberation.
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Panhandle
Thailand
Rayford Harris
Amarillo
Memphis
Dwight Betts
East Twenty-third
India
Harris
131St Field Artillery
Jack Rogers
Rogers
Vyesterday
Sergeant Rogers
War Prison Camp 3
Claude Harris
Molly Harris
Coleman
Jane Harris
Stephenville
Betts
Jack Rogers Freed From Japanese Prison Camp
The Rogers family of Amarillo received a Red Cross cablegram from Sgt. Jack Rogers reporting he is safe and well in a hospital recuperating after liberation from a Japanese prison camp in Thailand. He serves in a medical unit with the 131st Field Artillery, part of the so-called Lost Battalion captured on Java in 1942.
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Yippee
John E. Rogers
Jack Rogers
Red Cross
Thailand
Amarillo
War Department
Rogers
131St Field Artillery
Java
Thawley Vacationing in Kansas City
John Roland Thawley of 2102 Hay-Gen is listed as vacationing in Kansas City as of the current report.
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Thawley
Kansas
John Roland Thawley
Kansas City
Atrocities Chronicle Massive Japanese Massacre in 1944
The State Department details a brutal December 14 1944 massacre at Puerto Princesa Palawan Philippine Islands where 150 American prisoners were burned to death in a gasoline bonfire. Guards herded prisoners into air raid shelters poured gasoline lit torches and used machine guns and bayonets to kill those inside. Some escaped by leaping from a 50 foot cliff into the sea.
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Puerto Princesa
Palawan
Philippine Islands
State Department
Atrocities by Japanese Forces Reported by State Department
The State Department condemns barbaric Japanese conduct in prisoner camps across the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The report details executions torture and inhumane treatment of American internees including foot and hand burnings beatings forced barefoot labor on coral and railway tracks and summary executions. It names prisoners murdered at Santos Tomas Los Baños and Puerto Princesa and cites orders urging harsh punishment of captives.
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Ing
State Department
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
Japan
Philippines
Carroll Calkins Grinnell
Alfred Francis Doggleby
Ernest Emil Johnson
Clifford Lawrence Larson
Santos Tomas
Manila
George J. Louis
Los Banos
Louis
Twanaka
State Department de
Puerto Princesa
Singletary Brothers Prepare for Separate Send Offs
William E. Singletary returns home from military service to resume work at DuPont in Wilmington while his brother Charles F. Singletary Jr. heads to Herington for air force duties as an electric gunner on a B 29. Both are sons of Mr. and Mrs. C F Singletary of 1106 East Tenth.
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Singletary
William E. Singletary
Charles F. Singletary, Jr
Services Forces
New Caledonia
Amarillo High School
University of Alabama
DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Charles P. Singletary, Jr
Amarillo
Herington
Kan
Amarillo Field
C. F. Singletary
1106
East Tenth
Free booklet from Educational Division offers doctors' opinions
A booklet presenting the opinions of famous doctors on a notable subject will be mailed free to any reader who writes to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave in New York. Offer valid while supplies last and depot reference C-1259.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Surrendered POWs to be executed according to military orders
A State Department release cites a Japanese military order permitting the execution of surrendered personnel and captured prisoners of war after interrogation. It states that those killed on the field will be counted with soldiers killed in combat and that witnesses must be eliminated to prevent public outrage.
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New Guinea
Siam
Kaki
Philippines
State Department
Parthenon on the Acropolis Aged 2383 Years
The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens is 2 383 years old and is constructed entirely of marble.
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Parthenon
Acropolis
Athens
Lavoptik Boric Acid Mixture Praised For Tired Eyes
Lavoptik, a boric acid based eye wash, is promoted as soothing for sore inflamed burning itching and sticky eyes. The ad claims 30 years of success and a money back guarantee with availability at all drug stores.
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Cardus
Cardus MM
Joe Marsh
Jeb Wilkins
Jeb
Home
United States Brewers Foundation
Rocky Glen Monica
Pii Blend PT
Eric
Jefferson Club
Spain
van Buren
Mufti
Cal
Beery
Prescription and Vitamin Shop
Polk
Conoco
Santa Fe
South Forty
America
Pacific
Tokyo
Pacific Islands
Asia
Colorado River
West Coast
Santa FE System
H. C. Vincent
Amarillo, Texas
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