U S 15th Army Occupies 14 000 Sq Miles in West Germany
The U S 15th Army announces control over 14 000 square miles in West Germany including the Saar basin Rhine valley and Ruhr region as its first occupation area. Major cities listed include Dusseldorf Aachen Cologne Trier and Koblenz with about eleven million prewar residents and displaced persons numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
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Lubbock
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
U.S. 15Th Army
West Germany
U. S
15Th Army
Germany
Saar Basin
Rhine Valley
Westore
Ruhr
15Th
Ard T. Gerow
Ink ‘Plan
Ates
Tle
Duesseldorf
Aachen
Cologne
Trier
Coblenz
Gerow
Occupation
Pacific
Rhine
Widost
Rhineland
Wesel
Geldern
Ostmark
Hesse
T. Nazaire
Lorient
22Nd Corps
Ernest N. Harmon
Second Armored Division
23Rd Rr
Hugh J. Gaffey
Fourth Armored Division
94th.Infantry
H. J. Mooney
28Th. Infantry
Norman D. Cota
66Th Infantry
Atlantic St
H Kramer
Seventh Airborne
William Mey
Rance
War Department
Owever
USO dances at SPAAF host hub-ettes and guests
USO events at SPAAF include a Monday 8:30 PM welcome dance in the recreation hall with fifty Hub-Ettes in long dresses while Pappy Birnbaum's orchestra is slated for a next Saturday appearance. Cracker Jills host a soldier party this afternoon and weekly activities include bowling, dancing, and bingo through the week.
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Spaaf
Pappy Birnbaum
Cracker Jills
John Terrell
Massachusetts
Klem
Jim McGrill
New York City
Hank Colburn
Pennsylvania
Lola Bellah
L. B. Bellah
Bill Hummer
Kearns
Utah
LAAF
Norb Lidy
USO
San Antonio
Model Jeeps To Boost Texas Bond Drive Prizes
Model jeeps will be awarded as prizes across Texas for outstanding bond selling during the Seventh War Loan. The 12 inch replicas are provided by the U S Treasury to Nathan Adams, chairman of the Texas war finance committee, with donations from Ward M Canaday Motors at Toledo.
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Dallas
Texas
U. S. Treasury Department
Nathan Adams
Texas War Finance Committee
Ward M. Canaday
Oiaya Gyell
Army
Navy
Toledo Company
Miss Graydon Presents Students in Piano and Violin Recitals
Pupil groups from Ruth Graydon perform piano and violin recitals at the First Methodist church chapel. The 3 PM ensemble program features works by Offenbach, Warren, Ward, Haydn, Bizet and more, with soloists including Emma Lee Hooten, Clara Ruth Hooten, Virginia Suitt, Larry Hardin, Dan Shipman, Bobby Key and others. Evening sessions begin at 7 PM with primary and intermediate solos, and at 8:30 PM with intermediate and junior solos, showcasing extensive repertoire from Bach to Beethoven and modern arrangements.
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Ruth Graydon
First Methodist Church
Offenbach- Bacon
Warren
Ward
Donna Key
Elizabeth Stanley
Emma Lee Hooten
Clara Ruth Hooten
Handel
Haydn
America
Carey
Garland Brock
Larry Hardin
Dan Shipman
Bobby Key
Lewis Massie
Billy Carl Master
John Lewis Toler
Mary Kathryn Roberts
Theresa Rankin
Serenada Espagnole
Bizet
Dorothy Dale Kennedy
Carol Jean Sandlin
Kara Sam Dunn
Eckstein
June Coker
Bach
Sue Williams
Koehler
Martha Sue Judah
Mansfield
Clarence Lee Brock
Robin Hood and His Merry Men
Bull
Jimmy Thrush
Jim
Dallam
Krauss
Trott
Lamont
Belvado McElroy
Rieding
Gluck
Beethoven- Schaum
Marjorie Lee
Lindow
Myriam Louise Kelso
Kuchler
Seitz
Billy Carl McMaster
Weber
Laura Gene Williams
MacDowell
Shirley Johnson
Huber
Hess Wife Arrest Reported Near Lake Constance
The Brussels radio quoted by the Exchange News says the wife of Rudolf Hess has been arrested by French troops near Lake Constance. The report surfaced in London on May 19 via the WP dispatch.
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Hess
London
Exchange Telegraph Service
Brussels Radio Today
Rudolph Hess
Lake Constance
Regain Youthful Vitality with Casella Tablets Ad
An advertisement touts Casella stimulating tablets as an inexpensive rescue for diminished vim and zest. It claims both 48 and 200 tablet sizes offer better per dose value and suggests men and women recover the pleasures of youth by regular use, with druggists like Mark Halsey and others selling the product.
War Training At Tech To Close
Texas Tech will terminate the Engineering Science and Management War Training program effective June 30 after joint government and university operation since 1940-41. Since 1940-41 Tech sponsored 154 sections in 11 Texas cities educating 2,908 trainees, with 1,970 now employed in national defense.
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Texas Tech
QO. W. Adams
Tech
Germany
Geo. W. Case
U. S. Office of Education
Washington, D. C
Texas
National Defense
Civil Service
Abilene
Amarillo
Big Spring
Breckenridge
Brownwood
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Midland
Mineral Wells
Pampa
San Angelo
J. H. Murdough
O. A. St. Clair
C. V. Bullen
W. Sparks
Dean Adams
Austin
A. C. Jewett
Germ Theory Idea Was Only a Theory in Lincoln Era
The notion that germs cause infectious diseases was considered theoretical during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, reflecting early doubt before widespread acceptance of microbiology.
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Abraham Lincoln
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