Two Former Japanese War Prisoners Speak In Lubbock
June Conant and Helen Lerner, two former civilian prisoners from Los Banos, recount their wartime experience in Manila and Luzon. They describe food shortages, beri beri, and limited rations while noting they were not treated cruelly. They visited the Red Cross to return issued clothing and recounts their release with 130 American paratroopers arriving February 23.
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Opal Dixon
Avalanche
June Conant
Miss Conant
Helen Lerner
Lubbock County
Red Cross
Ley
Eugene Conant
Avenue L
Los Banos Jap
Luzon
Miss. Conant
E. T. Conant
Lubbock
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Ornia
Mills College
Negros
Hawaiian-Philipine Sugar Company
Poland
Miss Lerner
Europe
Shanghai
Manila
Santa Tomas
Navy seaman Kennedy on 30 day leave in Lubbock
David William Kennedy seaman first class returns to Lubbock after eighteen months in the southwest Pacific for a 30 day leave visiting his mother Mrs H V Rice and brother Fred at 2306 Seventh Kennedy, who volunteered at 17, served about two and a half years in the Navy mainly on an aircraft repair ship, will report to Dallas for reassignment after the leave.
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Southwest Pacific
David William Kennedy
Lubbock
H. V. Rice
Fred
Rice
K. Carter School
Kennedy
Navy
Lubbock High School
Dallas
Floyd Co Pioneers Reunion Set May 29
Floydada May 15 Special announces the Floyd County Pioneers annual reunion on May 29 in Floydada. A forenoon parade features good horses and oldtimers, followed by a noon dinner for pioneers. Afternoon speeches precede horseman ship contests and an evening square dance.
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Floydada
Floyd County
Escapees Recall Life After Release From Prison Camp
Miss Conant describes post war food shortages and difficulties for internees freed from the camp. She recounts prices in the market, mush meals, weeds called wandering Jew, rice husks, and salt denial during captivity, plus two hours of daily camp detail and kitchen work before their return. Canada ranked sixth among rubber importers before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Conant
California
Eugene Conant
United Geophysical Company
West Texas families to receive Navy Cross and Bronze Star
Two local heroes posthumously honored for valor in the Pacific. Lt. John C. Gravitt earns the Navy Cross for Peleliu, while Pfc. Everett J. Witt receives the Bronze Star for Saipan. Ceremonies in Lubbock Tuesday at 2 pm to present to Gravitt and Witt families. Maj. Sidney Altman will attend from El Paso.
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Navy
West Texas
Oma T. Gravitt
Levelland
John C. Gravitt
Peleliu Island
U. S. Marines
Douglass Witt
Pfc
Everett J. Witt
Saipan
Gravitt
Osaka
Hickam Field
Army Air Forces
Witt
Marine Corp
Marshall Island
H&s
4Th 105mm Artillery
5Th Amphibious Corp
4Th Marine Division
Sidney J. Altman
USMC
el Paso
Lubbock
Former Vichy Minister of Justice Barthelemy Dies
The Associated Press reports the death of Bar thelemy 70 former minister of justice in the Vichy government He was to appear before the high court of justice and had resigned from the Vichy government in March 1943 He played a prominent role in the Riom trials after France fell.
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Associated Press
Today
Onepe Barthelemy
Vichy
FCC
High Court of Justice
Barthelemy
France
Mountainair Man Killed at Belen Railroad Crossing
A 77-year-old Mountainair man, John F. Gardner, was struck and killed Monday afternoon while crossing a railroad track in Belen New Mexico. Police report his body was severed in two. The victim had been visiting his son in Belen at the time of the accident.
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Mountainair
Belen
N. M
John F. Gardner
Bloody April Faves In Sooner State
In Stillwater Oklahoma May 15 U P Tornadoes and other non automobile accidents made April one of the bloodiest months in Oklahoma history says safety expert Dr Dewitt Hunt of Oklahoma A and M College He reports 191 non automobile deaths with 106 killed in unspecified incidents and the rest by various causes including airplane crashes drowning house fires falls asphyxiation train crashes and bicycle accidents
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Stillwater
Okla
U.P
Oklahoma
Dewitt Hunt
M. College
Hunt
Warsen
Aarne
Twins Rise In Soldier's Points At Camp Atterbury
Mrs. McCleary reports her twin girls born as her husband increases his Army discharge points to 112 at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Jack McCleary notes this helps his eligibility. The Houston dateline references the May 15 timing and the sergeant-husband.
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Houston
Wats
Jack McCleary
Atterbury
Ind
Round Table indicates ranking higher than another
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a ranking comparison, mentioning Round Table and relative position. No clear event, date, or organization identified. Further readable text needed to form a complete news item.
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Canada
Kellogos
Kellogo
Kellogg’s
Arden
Braden Wench
Newa
Rdware & Machine Works
Upsala
Lescwe
Ecia
Norito
Sooner State
Mark Halsey
Ady
Tyles
Montgomery Ward
Béll Telephone Research
Normandy
Western Electric
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
Geo. W. Gray
Texas Avenue
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