Army Navy and Marines Update From The Boys In Service
News from the Army Navy and Marines with the boys in service reports Cecil Clinton Smith alive after Pearl Harbor death claims and memorials. A Texas Tech professor learns his son in the Army Air Corps in the Philippines writes home. L'Roy joins Englands civilian technical corps from Abernathy with hopes to aid anti Hitler efforts. Marines recruiter Clemm McComb recalls Wake Island hero Major Putnam. Three former South Plains ministers become Navy chaplains. Gatzki pilots training at Kelly Field. Nall advances toward second lieutenant. Major Phillips promoted to Army surgeon at Fort Sam Houston. Uncertain messages from Honolulu Norfolk and Port Bliss noted. Lentz graduates as second lieutenant. Brown completes Chanute Army Air Corps schooling.
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Pearl Harbor
Cecil Clinton Smith
Navy Department
A. W. Greer
Navy
Southland
Snyder
Melba
Grassland
England
Robert F. L’roy
Texas Tech
Tech
J. Murray Mitchell
Hitler
United States
L'Roy
Montreal
Abernathy
American Pilots In Burma Strike Japanese Air Base
A slim Scarsdale native described a raid by American volunteer pilots in Burma on a western Thailand air base. They two-blocked the airfield and strafed engineering targets, scoring fires and destroying several planes in two raids. The unit, in Burma for the Burma road defense, works with British and American forces to repel Japanese air activity.
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Rangoon
Burma
Scarsdale
N. Y
Thailand
Raheng
Burma Road
Malaya
Alabama
Ife
Royal Air Force
Bangkok
Tunan Pro
Vince
Yangtze River
China
Levelland Bonds Support New Light Plant Plan
Levelland voters approved a $275,000 bond issue to fund a new light plant and distribution system. H B Gieh and Co Dada consulting engineers were hired to draft plans and specs. Construction may be delayed by war material shortages as city officials assess timelines.
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Levelland
H. B. Gieh & Co
Dada
Ray Huss
Mayer
Sail
Mayor of Miami Plans Backyard Banana Garden
The mayor of Miami Florida grows bananas in his own backyard. He states the project aims to promote urban agriculture and community awareness about local fruit production.
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Miami
Fla
Rocky Mountain artists display at West Texas Museum
Lubbock residents may view an oil painting collection from the Rocky Mountain Artists Association at the West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus. The exhibit runs through Wednesday with viewing hours 2 to 6 p m daily. The show features 30 members including Who's Who in America Art names and includes works by Rob ert Graham Emerson Lewis and Harold Bryant among others.
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Lubbock
Rocky Mountain Artists’ Association
West Texas Museum
Texas Tech
Rocky Mountain Association
W. H. Colvin
Denver
Luther Hoffman
Wichita Falls
Robert Graham
FE. Martin Hemmings
Taos
N. M
Tia McAfes
le Conte Stewart
University of Utah
Emerson Lewis
San Francisco
Carl Sammons
Oakland
Calif
Sheldon Parsons
Santa Fe Adobe
Beaver Pond
Harold Bryant
Grand Junction
Colo
Texas Tech Art Institute
Stone Rejoins Local Bank as Secretary Manager
C. O. Stone, former First National banker now in Amarillo, returns to town to lead the Tattle Fields Satienit Unin Lodi Association as secretary and manager. He takes over from J. S. Hilliard who resigns due to ill health after eight years of service.
Unusually High Gains In Tech Steer Feeding Lots
Sixty steer on feed at Texas Tech show first 29 days gains from 2.8 to 4.07 pounds daily with total gains 81.18 to 114.06 pounds per animal. Project led by W L Stangel with cooperation from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and supervision by Jamie N Caviness. Started Nov 26 1941 with initial weight averages around 633.6 pounds and end period weights around 715 to 747 pounds.
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J. Sam Lewis
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Technological College
W. L. Stangel
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
J. M. Jones
Staneel
Jamie N. Caviness
Spade Ranch
Lubbock
Timinstone
Senior High And Tech Orchestras To Play Wednesday
The combined Senior High and Texas Tech technological college orchestras will perform at Senior High School Wednesday at 8 PM. Miss Beulah Drunn directs and Dr Julien Paul Blitz of Tech will guest cello. The program includes Mozart G minor Symphony, Bach Bouree, Tschaikowsky Overture, Grieg Oedipus in Colonus, and Mendelssohn pieces with a large list of student instrumentalists.
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Texas Technological College
Heinzwunden Grieg
Colonus
Hongroise Borkert
Doris Kolb
Prade
Worlde
Mendelssohn
Edouard Bhty
James Nevin
Tech College
Opechestrous
Dothlaus Hardy
Caraslyn Reynolds
Donaled Eilenschmidt
Maaryjyo Turner
Miusie Careter
Roger Hall
Mars Elizabeth Teal
Nancy Neill
Frances Ale Donald
Jo Rae Watson
Slurstane Dunn
Laskara Wwarhbison
Susie Blackwell
Norma Grace Reid
Mary Alice Hooten
Gloria Scranee
Harvella Thomas
Filly Zimmerman
Barbara Tatum
Intensive Drive To Sell Stamps Starts At High School
An intensive drive to sell stamps began Friday at Senior High School. First day sales totaled 70 dollars as officials report plans for 9 o'clock daily stamp sales in every classroom and a weekly goal for each class. The Westerner World will publish a full first week report next Friday.
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Ito
Westerner World
Dick Corby
Hundreds of Fascists Surrender to Soviets
A Tass dispatch from Moscow reported that hundreds of soldiers of the Fascist armies have surrendered to the Russians recently without resistance. The broadcast noted that previously only prisoners were taken in fighting.
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Soviets
Moscow
Tass
Moscow Radio
Armes
Defense Bond Drive Encourages Public Support
A wartime appeal urges buying a defense bond today as rationing details are explained. Officials note daily allotments will stay roughly equal across lots, with a small adjustment to a specific allowance. A spring field day is planned to publish results.
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Slaupel
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Frank) Tolbert
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