International Free Bridge May Be Constructed Soon
The Texas state highway department announced that an international free bridge across the Rio Grande between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo is likely to be built in the immediate postwar period. The move follows pending congressional legislation authorizing Texas to resume talks with Mexico after wartime suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Highway Department
Rio Grande
Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Congress
State Highway Commission
Vester Duck Honored by Navy for Normandy Fire Control Work
Duck L. Vester, chief fire controlman from Amarillo, received a letter of commendation from Adm. H. R. Stark for locating enemy gun emplacements during the Normandy assault. After six years of service he earned an honorable discharge at New Orleans Naval Repair Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Vester L. Duck
Amarillo
Adm
H. R. Stark
Chief Duck
Naval
New Orleans
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Pacific
Duck
Worden
Alaska
Okinawa
Harding
Annie Duck
West Seventh
Shoe Polish Probably Saved Life of Seaman Gear
Seaman Joe Bailey Gear of Amarillo credits a can of shoe polish from a Red Cross package with saving his life after liberation from a Japanese prison camp. He describes hunger, malnutrition, and mistreatment, including experiments, during captivity and recounts food drops and liberation scenes witnessed by fellow prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bailey Gear
Amarillo
Benevolence
Robert Wear
Fort Worth
Cleveland
Seaman Gear
Manila
Dewey Boulevard
Bilibid
Seaman Bailey
Gear
Japan
Champlin HI-V-I Motor Oil Refined by New Solvent Process
Champlin introduces HI V I motor oil refined by a wholly new solvent process from 100 percent paraffin base Mid Continent crude. The description emphasizes purity and premium quality aiming at top performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlin
Tremett Way promising weight loss with no effort
Ad claims dramatic weight loss of three to five pounds weekly without exercise or dieting. It promises a 30 day trial with full money back guarantee and lists Cretney Drug Walgreen's and druggists as sellers. The copy presents the product Tremett by Oxford Products Inc from 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremett
Cretney Drug
Walgreen's
Oxford Products, Inc
Veteran Gorman Returns Home After War Service
Sergeant William F. Gorman, son of Mrs. H. W. Gorman of 813 Kentucky, is due home today. Enlisting in April 1941, he served in El Paso and Brownwood, trained at Camp Edwards, and went to England in August 1942 with the 191st Engineers. He saw action in North Africa and Italy, led a repair unit in Italian ports, and flew home from Miami on Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Gorman
San Antonio
Gorman
H. W. Gorman
Kentucky
el Paso
Brownwood
Camp Edwards
Mass
England
Scotland
Ireland
North Africa
Oran
Italy
Miami
Fla
Land Discharged From Navy Under Army Point System
Jack Land, who served 14 months with the Seabees in Newfoundland Africa Italy and France, has been discharged from the Navy on points. He was a carpenter's mate second class, an Army release from Camp Parks Cal states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Land
Seabees
Newfoundland
Africa
Italy
France
Navy
Camp Parks
Cal
States
Lt Flip Aschenbrenner Visits Amarillo
Lt Flip Aschenbrenner of Hondo Army Air Field has just left Amarillo after a brief visit with Miss Mary Patton who resides with her parents at 313 East Twelfth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flip Aschenbrenner
Hondo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Mary Patton
East Twelfth
Take Off Ugly Fat With This Home Recipe
Advertises an inexpensive home weight loss remedy using four ounces of liquid parcel Concentrate and grapefruit juice to make a pint. Advises two tablespoons twice daily for quick slimming without exercise or diet, claims safe ingredients and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lena
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg. U.S. Pat
Galbraith
Vester
Mississippi
Cabanatuan
Taiwan
Moji
Omori
Shinakawa Hospital
Enid, Oklahoma
Armed Services
Amarillo Territory
AIR Speed Oil Company
W. Fifth
Ong St
Phill Centame
America
OLD
CROW
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York
W. F. Gorman
Sen O. Prince
Wner
Army Point
Post Office Drug Store
Ordway - Saunders Co
Globe-News
H. C. Pipkin Floyd V. Studer
B. C. D. Bynum
J. H. Paul
Grady Oldham
C. R. Brock
John W Morris
Dorothy Wagerle
Cash E. L. Cowart
Dr. L. K. Patton
I. H. Davies
C. R. McAfee
FP. A. Paul
American , National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
U. S. Depositery
Celotex Corporation
Narrero
Hamlin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!