Hill Receives Army Discharge From Fort Sam Houston
Amarillo designer Walter Hill returned home after a 40 month Army career with two and a half years overseas in North Africa and Italy. He was discharged September 18 at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio and resumes work at Cunningham Floral Company. He and his wife reside at 710 Virginia.
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Mr. Hill
Amarillo
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Cunningham Floral Company
Hill
Lubbock
Army
North Africa
Italy
12Th Air Force
Mrs. Hill
Virginia
Westar Wheat Emerges From Amarillo Experiment Station Trials
Westar, a new wheat variety developed at Amarillo Experiment Station, showed equal or higher yields than competing wheats in the 1945 dry season tests across 10 Panhandle counties. About 800 bushels were distributed for fall seeding, with peak demand delaying new seed until 1946.
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Soil Conservation Service
Amarillo
Panhandle
Amarillo Conservation Experiment Station
Westar Wheat Developments at Kansas Experiment Station
Early tests in the Panhandle by Dr. Atkins with Price Memorial College and Amarillo Chamber of Commerce from 1930 to 1938 preceded a 1938 Station establishment under Mr. Reid. Westar arose from crossing Kanred Hard Federation and Tenmargy after testing hundreds of selections from Texas to Canada.
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I. M. Atkins
Denton
Amarillo
Atkins
David A. Reid
Navy
Reid
South Pacific
Lieutenant Reid
Turkey
Russia
Austin
Tenmarg
Comanche
Wichita
Panhandle
Price Memorial College
Texas
Canada
Nimitz Plans Texas Visit in October
Navy announces Pacific Fleet commander in chief Chester W. Nimitz will visit Dallas on October 12 after returning to the United States following the war. Duration in Texas and any further stops were not announced. A celebration is planned in Dallas during the first week of October.
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Washington
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Texas
Navy Department
Pacific Ocean
Dallas
Wanted to Buy Ad Prompts Phone Inquiry
Thousands used items for sale prompts readers to telephone 6262 for a wanted to buy advertisement. The note directs public to call for placing or responding to buy requests.
Prisoner of War Cpl. Raymond Pascoe Nears Return Home
Word arrives that Cpl. Raymond A. Pascoe, a Japanese prisoner since Corregidor, is in Manila on the way home. He served with an anti tank company of the 31st Infantry Division and was moved from Philippines Military Camp No 1 to Camp Fukuoka in Japan after capture. He is the brother of Mrs. C. F. Staples of Amarillo and son of Mrs. W. A. Pascoe, formerly of Amarillo now in Long Beach California.
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Corregidor
Manila
C. F. Staples
North
Cleveland
W. A. Pascoe
Amarillo
Long Beach
Cal
Corporal Pas
California
Pascoe
31St Infantry Division
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
No. 1
Islands
Fukuoka
Japan
Distillers May Resume Bourbon Whisky Making in October
Agriculture Department says 750000 bushels of corn could be spared for distilling Bourbon whisky in October pending policy decisions. Distillers expect to restart production if allocations proceed as planned.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Sheik Moroz Leads Okinawa Cave Operation Discovering Nurses
Sgt. Mike Moroz of Bayonne New Jersey known as The Sheik in the 96th Infantry Division led a nighttime patrol on Okinawa that uncovered a cave hideout housing five Okinawan nurses. The women faced language barriers and were coaxed out by Moroz using hand signals before a search found four with hand grenades.
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Fort Shafter
Hawaii
Mike Moroz
Bayonne
N. J
Army
96Th Infantry
Okinawa
Moroz
Uncertain Text on Handbags and Taxes
A fragment notes “small handbags” and includes a quote by Moroz about trust in women. It also mentions that states collect about $1.3 billion annually in unemployment compensation taxes.
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Moroz
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Archie Castleberry
Oliver Eakle
To Insurance CO
W. C. McCord
President
Home Office
Dick Turner
Westar
Plains
Nimitz
Raymond A. Pascoe
Cpl
Purina
Tyler
Gould
Bi-Rite, Inc
POLK
Max Factor
Taylor
Harrison
Mary L
Mee Piano Store
Plainview
Broadwar
Water CO
Bell's
Amarillo and Trade
Bell
YWAR
Insurance Companies
Ht Amegtca
America
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