Temporary separation centers listed for returning Air Forces men
The War Department announced multiple new temporary separation centers across Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and nearby states to speed civilian reentry for eligible air force personnel. It notes discharge will occur at Fort Sam Houston Camp Fannin and Fort Bliss while the centers open on set September dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Air Field
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Fannin
Fort Bliss
War Department
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Camp Gruber
Fort Sill
Camp Bowie
Camp Hood
Camp Swift
Camp Robinson
Ark
Bruns
Sinking of Houston and Japanese POW camps recounted
Seaman Rex Asher of Dallas relayed the sinking of the cruiser Houston off Java at 12 20 a m March 1 1942. About 360 of 1000 aboard survived and swam ashore before being forced to work with no food or rest, then sent to prison camps. Fort Worth’s Ens Jimmy Mullins was asked to kiss a girl at the airport. Survivors later to Wal ter Reed Hospital for medical checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Asher
Dallas
Houston
Java
Usher
Fort Worth
Ens Jimmy Mullins
Walter Reed Hospital
Childress Men Confer Esquire Ranks in Amarillo
Childress Knights of Pythias Lodge members travel to Amarillo to confer esquire ranks on 12 men of the newly formed Amarillo Lodge. The ceremony will be held at Carpenter's Hall. A. L. Anderson was installed as chancellor commander. Delegates include Joe Dill A F White E M Morgan Waldo Epps John Dennington Paul Gooden Z B Todd Sam Burton Roy Mock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Knights of Pythias Lodge
Amarillo
Esquire
Amarillo Lodge
Carpenter's All
A. L. Anderson
Childress
Joe Dill
A. F. White
E M. Morgan
Waldo Epps
John Dennington
Paul Goodeon
Z. B. Todd
Sam Burton
Roy Mock
Mrs. John Coy Comes to Make Home with Son
Mrs John Coy of Mansfield Arkansas arrives to make her home with her son P H Coy at 119 St Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coy
Mansfield
Ark
P. H. Coy
St. Francis
Sailor Quenches Thirst With Milk at Santa Monica Eatery
A sailor just returned from sea duty visited a Santa Monica restaurant and ordered 29 half pints of milk. He drank six at a time, finishing with five, and told the waitress he had never tasted anything so good after months of canned and powdered milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cal
Amarillo Men Tour Bushland Experiment Station Today
About 175 Amarillo business men visited the Amarillo Conservation Experiment Station at Bushland for a barbecue and project tour. The program showed reseeding grasses tillage for wheat and sorghum, better varieties, livestock feeding, and weed and brush control research. Farmers from Bushland attended alongside chamber hosts Lew Fields, Jesse Hill, and Tom Watson of Wildorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Lew Fields
Jesse Hill
Tom Watson
Wildorado
Football Conference Called for Coaches
A meeting of league presidents the football commissioner and all men interested in coaching is set for noon tomorrow at the Silver Grill called by W. E. Smith coordinator in the Amarillo Recreation Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. E. Smith
Silver Grill
Fire in Court House Waste Basket Ignites Smoke
Constable Pat Meritt rushed from his office with a smoking waste basket at the court house. He had apparently dropped a lighted match into the basket a moment earlier, causing the fire before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constable Meritt
Pat Meritt
Earl Gruver Commissioned A Second Lieutenant
Earl Gruver was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Transportation Corps on graduation from Officer Candidate School in New Orleans. He has served over three years and spent 14 months in Iceland. A graduate of Amarillo High School and Amarillo College, he worked at Amarillo Hardware before induction. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. E E Gruver of 1312 East Thirteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Earl Gruver
Transportation Corps
New Orleans
Gruver
Iceland
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Amarillo Hardware
E. E. Gruver
East Thirteenth
Williams Returns to Texas Tech After Visit with Mother
Austin Williams has returned to Texas Technological College in Lubbock after spending a break with his mother Mrs. R. F. Ziegler at 817 Belleview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Williams
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
R. F. Ziegler
Belleview
Captain Hite Returns Home From War Camp
Captain Hite reaches Clovis after a long journey from a prisoner of war camp. He recalls seeing his mother and a brother, discusses a home photo spread, and mentions contact with West Texas State coach Jack Curtis and his early wartime memories in Nanking. He traveled from Peking to Azores to England to Newfoundland to Washington before reaching El Paso and Clovis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite
Jack Curtis
West Texas State Buffaloes
el Paso
Tokyo
Clovis
Captain Hite
Earth
Peking
Azores
England
Newfoundland
Washington
Demobilization and Occupation Moves Reported by Allied Command
General MacArthur outlined Japan's demobilization and the withdrawal of prisoners with occupation troops to finish by mid October while promising safety. A Japanese officer Yoshimoto killed himself in harakiri. Early detainees released included Thein Maung, Josias van Dienst, Aung San, and Pratap Mahendra. more were to follow. Masaharu Homma reportedly fled to his ancestral home on an island off Honshu.
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Japan
Teiichi Yoshimoto
MacArthur
Thein Maung
Josias van Dienst
Tokyo
Aung San
Pratap Mahendra
Eighth Army
Tojo
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Honshu
Funeral services for Mrs Yvonne Rose Sister of Mrs Kohler
Funeral services for Mrs Yvonne Rose 35 sister of Mrs Kenneth Kohler will be held Sunday afternoon in Grandfield. She died at 315 AM Wednesday in an Oakland California hospital. Attending from Amarillo will be Mr and Mrs Kohler Mr and Mrs Dee Woodson and Mr and Mrs Melvin Benesch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Rose
Kenneth Kohler
Mississippi
C. A. Williams
Grandfield
Okla
Rose
Oakland
Cal
Amarillo
Kohler
Dee Woodson
Five Amarilloans Return From Overseas Aboard Aquitania
Five Amarillo men arrive in New York aboard the Aquitania after service overseas. Pfc. Robert L. Sandlin, Pfc. Warren A. Lipps, Pfc. Richard S. Cole, Pfc. Celso R. Fajardo, and Pfc. Corbert D. Gann are named as returning servicemen visiting the Statue of Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Amarillo
Robert L. Sandlin
Carolina
Warren A. Lipps
Florida
Richard S. Cole
Tennessee
Celso R. Fajardo
Garfield
Corbert D. Gann
Cornelius Tolk to Receive Honorable Navy Discharge
Cornelius J. Tolk chief electrician's mate of 2117 Taylor has arrived at Pearl Harbor Staging Center under the demobilization plan and will soon be bound for the United States to be discharged honorably from the naval service. He has been in the Navy since January 1942 and has spent 40 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius J. Tolk
Taylor
Pearl Harbor
Navy
United States
Naval Service
Pilot Roach Jr. Receives Air Medal in Calcutta State
Captain Thomas L. Roach Jr. of 2600 Washington is awarded the Air Medal as a pilot in the India China Division Air Transport Command. The ceremony is reported by Calcutta States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Roach, Jr
Washington
Calcutta
India
China
Air Transport Commnd
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Market report shows cattle and calves steady to mixed with limited bull demand. Hogs at Chicago strong and at ceiling, with pigs and sows priced up to $14.75 and $14.00 respectively. Sheep activity solid with native lambs at $13.50 and good stockers offered.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Courthouse Records Transfers and Marriage Licenses Listed
A sequence of warranty deeds transfers ownership of multiple numbered lots in various additions including S J Heights, Forest Hill Terrace, Glenwood, Plemonss, Ridgemere, and Fairview Townsite. Names include Hatchett Drum mond Coffey Hart Morrow Williams Romines O Dell Grogan Fuqua McFarland Head Crow Henderson Smith Adams and others. Marriage licenses issued for Thomas White Carr Hampton Phelps Crocker Alexander Bradway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Hts
Hollis H. Thomas
Ruby M White
Raymond R. Carr
Margueritte Y. Hampton
Lloyd D. Phelps
Chesta Mae Crocker
Alvin EF. Alexander
Dorothea Ann Bradway
International Winners To Be Previewed Tonight
Best photographs entered in the Amarillo International Salon of Photography will be previewed at 7 30 tonight in the arts and crafts room of the Municipal Auditorium. The showing is by invitation only. On Sunday the exhibit opens to the public from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 on other nights through Sept 30. The 1945 salon is sponsored by the Amarillo Junior Welfare League and the Amarillo Photographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tax official to lead tax law courses in Dallas
C I Powell deputy Internal Revenue Collector returned yesterday from Fort Worth where he taught a special school of instruction on tax laws. He will go to Dallas September 24 to direct a similar course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. I. Powell
Internal Revenue
Fort Worth
Dallas
Cherry Brothers Reunited After War Service in Japan
Maj William T Cherry, early next week to be discharged in San Antonio, returns from Japan as one of the first 14 American planes to stop at Atsugi Field. He plans civilian work with North American Airlines while his Navy Lt brother Ed heads to a naval station in Connecticut. The brothers visit their Amarillo sisters before heading to Quail, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Atsugi Field
William T. Cherry
Quail
Tokyo
Air Corps
San Antonio
MacArthur
San Francisco
Cherry
Amarillo
Lou Murry
Brook
Durwood Finley
North American Airlines
Major
Paula
Pacific Coast
Judge Northcutt invites Amarillo for 1946 convention
Judge EF O Northcutt will invite the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association to hold its 1946 convention in Amarillo. The invitation is read from the floor tomorrow as the Abilene meeting opens. Attending are Judge Northcutt and commissioners Ray Daniels and George Killian. Rex Baxter of the Chamber of Commerce will send a telegram invitation read at the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. O. Northcutt
Amarillo
Jury Favors Wade Furr in $75000 Car Crash Suit
A 1944 crash near St Francis left Lt Ruth Ruyle injured. In 15 minutes a 12‑issue jury found Wade Furr not at fault, delivering a favorable verdict for the defendant in the $75000 damages suit brought by Eva Ruyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
198Th District Court
Wade Furr
Eva Ruyle
Ruth Ruyle
St. Francis
W. E. Gee
Wade Farr
Jury verdict clears Furr stores in fatal collision case
The jury found Wade Furr not driving the car and exonerated Furr Food Stores from involvement after it was shown Mr. Purr was not on company business. Lt. Royle was critically injured in the crash while riding with a lieutenant at Pampa Field and could not testify due to her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essary
Wade Furr
Furr
Purr
Royle
Pampa Field
Farr
Mayor Jenkins Attends Construction Council in Fort Worth
Mayor Joe Jenkins travels to Fort Worth to chair the Municipal Construction Council meeting of the League of Texas Municipalities tonight. The event gathers Texas city leaders to discuss projects and city planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Joe Jenkins
Fort Worth
League of Texas Municipalities
Pointer Commissioned as Flight Engineer Officer
Robert Earl Pointer of 4225 West Fourteenth was commissioned second lieutenant at Hondo Army Air Field on Monday after graduating as a flight engineer. He will serve aboard a B 29 bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Earl Pointer
West Fourteenth
Hondo Army Air Field
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Jae
Earl Gruver
Osterou
Sandra Sue Swindell
Evelyn Swindell
Louisiana
Dottie Lee
Helen Rene
Buchanan
Creamery
Sunday News Globe
Nanking
Ting
Cornelius Tolk
Merrill New York Stock Exchange
Fenner & Lynch
Pierce Eane
P. M. Case Am Smelt
Anaconda Am Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
AT & 10
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Ierees Mig
Mewreushe’ Addee
Chrysler Ee
Comm Invest
Sinclair Ou
Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Harvester
Int Tel Steer
Kennecott Copper
Eee
Lockheed Wee
Long-Bell Lumber Eee
Glenn L. Martin
Gulf Otis
Nor Am Aviation
Ohio Oil
I'S
Packard Techs
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Phillips
Nor Pac Ry
Radio Corp Eee Eeee
Rep Steel Teem
Sears
Sham Ov & Ges
Shell Union
Socony Vacuum Sae Wees
Lore Pae
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Courthouse Records
Cherry Brothers
Penney’s and Save
Northcutt
Pointer
Blackburn Shaw
Pierce
NEW Commando
Marathon Hats
Rathon
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