Marine General Receives DSM for Korea Air Power
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg awarded the Distinguished Service Medal to Maj. Gen. Field Harris, the first Marine to receive the decoration from the Air Force. The award honors Harris for leadership with the Fifth Air Force in Korea from September 4, 1950, to May 15, 1951, including roles in Inchon, Seoul, and Wonson operations.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Field Harris
Harris
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Marine
United Nations
Inchon
Seoul
Wonson
Sharks as gods in Solomons people’s ritual offerings
Natives of Savo in the Solomon Islands revere the shark as a god and cast their dead into the sea as offerings to the creature.
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Savo
Solomon Islands
Residents discuss home security amid recent Amarillo burglaries
Mrs E H Allen of 320 Mountain Drive says she wired hooks on screens to eyes and would phone police quickly, keeping a gun in the kitchen. Delivery man D L McLear of Army Tech Village notes locked doors and plans to shoot burglars if needed, citing recent crimes. George Measley of 4100 Parker reports daytime door locking and reinforced steel sash, planning to wire latches if doors are left open to thwart intruders.
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E. H. Allen
Mountain Drive
Jack Baugus
Dumas
Amarillo
Mary Bell Eldridge
Polk
D. L. McLear
Army Tech Village
George Measley
Parker
Air Force Graduate Completes Aero Tech School Training
Pfc. Marvin D. Jones son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones of 2629 Rule recently completed training at the Aero Industries Technical Institute at Oakland Municipal Airport California. He belongs to the 3753rd School Squadron and began training May 7 in aircraft maintenance fundamentals after testing at Lackland AFB.
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Marvin D. Jones
E. L. Jones
Rule
Aero Industries Technical Institute
Oakland Municipal Airport
California
3753Rd
Air Force
Jones
Aero Tech School
Human Resources Center
Lackland Afb
Four Micro-Filming Machines Brought Here for TB Screening
The State Health Department will bring four micro filming machines to Amarillo for the Potter County Medical Society tuberculosis screening program during the week of Sept. 24, Tri-State Fair week. Three units will be at the Tri-State Fair Park and one at C. R. Anthony Company. One machine will also be at Amarillo High School from Oct. 1 for four days, with students from Carver High School and Price College brought to the site. Chest filming can reveal other chest ailments and requires no removal of clothing.
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State Health Department
Potter County Medical Society
J. B. White
Medical Society
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Potter County Tuberculosis Association
White
Tri-State Fair Park
Automobile
Merchants
C. R. Anthony Company
Polk
Amarillo High School
Carver High School
Price College
Tuberculosis alert and long beach naval note
A doctor stressed that tuberculosis spreads by contact not inheritance and early detection improves recovery. Gene J. Smith of Panhandle, married to Doris Smith, serves at US Naval Station Long Beach on the destroyer USS Owen. Also noted is Rainbow Natural Bridge in Utah as the world’s largest natural bridge with a rainbow-like arch.
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Gene J. Smith
Doris Smith
Panhandle
US Naval Station
Long Beach
Cal
Owen
Utah
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Bright & Early Coffee
Alaska
Mott's
ALL Brands Cigarettes
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del Monte
Hunt
N. Fillmore
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Peg
America
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Sears
Naya
Shell West
Gage
J. C. Higgins
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