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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1945
Page
4
An Amarillo man Lt. Harold Smith became the first naval officer discharged under the Great Lakes District point system. He had six and a half points to spare and after discharge he joined American Airlines as a pilot based in Chicago.
Lieutenant Smith, a Amarillo High School and Amarillo College graduate and former Globe News employee, earned the Air Medal for rescuing two airmen from a raft and aiding in the rescue of others while flying a PBY. He also earned battle stars for Attu, the Marshalls, and Saipan.
The Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America executive board will meet at 4 30 PM at the Capitol Hotel with Lewis P. Fields presiding Reports from committee chairs on summer activities and fall program plans for five districts will be discussed and finalized Attending scouters include W P Patterson Bob J Johnson Dorsey B Smith L C White J E Spann S B Whittenburg Lon D Edwards John S McKnight Ted Lokey S G Stockton Gus R Roberts Rev Sam A Thomas T W Gilstrap Dr C W Seibel Bert Levy E M Blackburn Jr Spencer L Baird Jack C Wyatt R Earl O Keefe from Amarillo and others from Dalhart Dumas Hereford and Canyon
The Army will release more than 23 million rounds of shotgun ammunition for civilian use. Secretary of War Stimson told Rep. Robertson that 6 million rounds of 12 gauge shells have already been declared surplus and will be distributed through regular commercial channels.
The article states that time lost from farm accidents last year would have yielded five bushels of wheat for each of the 137 million U S residents. It links workplace losses to a hypothetical agricultural production figure and highlights safety concerns in farming communities.
Clerks at parcel post windows face blame for overseas mail limits. Five pounds maximum with 15 inch length and 36 inch length and girth. many packages rejected, customers protest. Officials warn early mailing to avoid delays as redeployments cut 1945 overseas volume.
J. D. Andrews age 20 and Teddy E. Andrews age 18, brothers in the Navy, met on Samer Island Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on Sept 4. J. D. is a gunner's mate third class aboard the USS Osmond Ingram, veteran of the southern France invasion with two Presidential Unit Citation ribbons. Teddy E. is a seaman second class with a PT boat outfit and has served since April 15 of this year.
G W Allbrooks of the J E Pietzsch Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans calls graduate nurses to serve with the Veterans Administration. He notes VA facilities face nurse shortages across 94 hospitals and urges qualified nurses to apply by writing to the medical director in Washington DC or the local VA hospital manager.
Carl Ray secretary of the Amarillo Retail Druggists Association said the group will meet Wednesday at 2:30 PM in Southwestern Drug Company offices to organize and select committees for the West Texas Pharmaceutical Association spring convention, which may be held in Amarillo. The pharmacists favor bringing the convention to Amarillo this year.
It's homecoming today for two more Amarillo men. Cpl. W. Co. Weaver, 1510 Johnson.
Master Sgt. Leon Foster and another official are aboard the Queen Elizabeth as it arrives in New York today, according to the Associated Press.
The President of the United States flag features a bronze presidential seal set on a blue field with a white star in each corner.
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