Death March Escapee Back Home After Years Of Torture By Japs
T/Sgt. Hugh McCoy of Abernathy recounts a five year Army service before Pearl Harbor, guerrilla work in the Philippines, brutal captivity in Bilibid Cabantuan and Fukuya camps, and a dramatic return to San Francisco. He praises Filipinos and supports universal military training while detailing his escape from the Death March and subsequent guerrilla activity with Filipino allies.
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Hugh
McCoy
Abernathy
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Bataan
Japan
San Francisco
M. J. McCoy
G. G. Waits
Lubbock
Tom Cannon
Pierce Ave
O. C. Southall
Sgt. McCoy
Fukuya
Tarlac
Bilibid
Cabantuan
Miss Virginia Grimm Appears in Brownfield Rodeo
Miss Virginia Grimm daughter of E C Grimm of Levelland will ride in the Brownfield rodeo today and Sunday as Miss Guardian of Victory. A civilian employee of the Lubbock Army Recruiting station she rides a horse owned by Red Davis of Ft Sumner New Mexico. This marks her fourth Brownfield rodeo appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
Virginia Grimm
E. C. Grimm
Levelland
John Adams Dagyr Opens Lynn Shoe Factory Store
John Adams Dagyr opened the first factory shoe making store in Lynn Massachusetts in 1750. The move marks a milestone in local industry and footwear production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams Dagyr
Lynn
Massachusetts
Local student leaders honored and campus events announced
Mrs. Katie Pettyjohn of Lubbock a Texas Tech home economics senior is named Girl of the Month for the division by a faculty and student committee. The Lub bock High School Girls Reserves plan a Wiener Road event at Mackenzie Park with about 150 expected. Tryouts are on for Texas Tech speech department’s first fall production since 1942, The Joyous Season, set for Dec 13 at Lubbock High auditorium. E F Fuller of Waco will interview veterans on campus for GI Bill provisions. 233 veterans attend Tech, 223 qualify. Dr. Wm M Whyburn of Texas Tech will speak to Sigma Xi about Mathematical Airplanes. James B Arion, discharged from the Army last June, plans to return to Lubbock. his mother reports he served since 1940, earned Bronze Star, Combat Medical badge, five battle stars.
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Katie Pettyjohn
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Pettyjohn
Lubbock High School
Weiner Road
Mackenzie Park
Nelda Chapman
Philip Barry
Helene Blattner
E. F. Fuller
Waco
Veterans Administration
Texas -Tech
Tech
Wm. M. Whyburn
Sigma xi
James B. Arion
Pearl Arion
Avalanche Journal
Arion
California
Pass Funeral Rites Set In Littlefield
Funeral services for Bill M. Pass 39 cotton buyer of Littlefield who died Friday night from a heart ailment will be at 2 30 Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Lee Hemplill officiating. A Masonic rite will follow at Littlefield Cemetery. he would have been 40 on December 2. Survived by wife and son Gary age 10, parents Mr. and Mrs. G C Pass, sister Mrs Sidney C Hopping, and brother Glynne of Del Rio.
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Littlefield
Bill M. Pass
First Baptist Church
Lee Hemphill
Pass
Ralls
Gary
G. C. Pass
Sidney C. Hopping
Glynne
del Rio
Housing Shortage For Veterans Creates Acute Dwelling Strain
Washington reports 3,000,000 American families must double up to find housing with 1,000,000 veterans among them. John Blandford Jr. warns of a tight 1946 housing supply and urges cities to organize housing turnover and veteran referral services to relieve the shortage.
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Washington
John B. Blandford, Jr
Apartment Building Sold For $70 000
A twelve unit apartment building at Tenth and Ave sold for 70 000 to Ruel C. Martin, ex head of Dunlap’s. Guy H. Gilstrap built it and Tateegh C Norton handled the deal through local channels. The article notes veterans information centers and suggests cities create appraisal bureaus to curb inflation and guide housing construction.
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Tenth and Ave
Guy H. Gilstrap
Ruel C. Martin
Dunlap’s Department Stores
Soalven Tana
Tateegh
C. J. Norton
Blandford
Labor And Materials Holding Up Building In Texas
Labor and materials shortages slow Texas construction after restrictions ease. Builders rush into industrial structures hotels churches and homes led by non government projects. October contracts reach 23.38 million with engineering work at 7.14 million as lumber hardware and fixtures remain scarce.
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Austin
Texas
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Gloucester
RAF
Cocos Islands
Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc
Ave. O
Courteough
Hanna-Pope & Co
S.S.S. Ca
Piuate
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