Home Brothers Tell Experiences Of Duty On Famed U S Carrier
Lts. Hugh R. and Joseph Horne, sons of Mr and Mrs Cecil Horne, recall nearly five years in the Navy from aviation cadets to carrier pilots aboard the USS Shangri La. They describe missions against Tokyo area airfields, enemy shipping, and the Kure fleet, with 42 missions each and close calls during takeoffs and landings on a flat-top.
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Tubbock
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Home Brothers
U. S
Navy
Hugh R
Joseph
Horne
Cecil Horne
Hilton Hotel
Niagara Falls
Usnr Air’corps
Pensacola
Fla
Hugh
Joe
Pacific
H. Horne
Shangri- la
John S. McCain
Shangri-La
Okinawa
Sonia
Tokyo
Narimazu
Kasumigaura
Tokorozawa
Irumigawa
Konoike
Kure
Russia
Honshu
Kisarazu
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Empire
University of Virginia
New Orleans
Japanese School Burned in Tsingtao Incident
A Japanese high school building in Tsingtao, once set aside for Sixth Marines billets, was burned early today by vandals. Chinese police detained 10 Japanese suspects including the school principal.
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Tsingtao
Sixth Marines
Governor Seeks Navy Help To Boost Texas Victory Loan
Governor Coke Stevenson urged Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to send the battleship Texas to a Texas port to give a strong sendoff for the Eighth Victory Loan drive. He argued Texas deserved a favor in return for the hospitality Texas offered to the Pacific fleet.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Texas
United States Navy
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Tragic Truck Crash Claims Mineola Waitress Life
Dorothy Padgett, 28, a Mineola waitress, died in Grand Saline hospital from injuries after a head on collision on highway 80. She was a passenger in a gasoline-filled truck driven by L. W. Kuhn of Greenville.
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Grand Saline
Tex
Dorothy Padgett
Mineola
Grand Saline Hospital
Miss Padgett
L. W. Kuhn
Greenville
Prizes To Be Given In Poster Contest
Lorenzo notes cash prizes for a fire prevention poster contest across primary to high school grades. Winners earn prizes next Wednesday and become Lions Club guests Thursday night. Judges include Rev. Henry West Roy J Terrell and J C Martin. Prize money supplied by local business people as part of Fire Prevention week observance.
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Lorenzo
Lorenzo Lions Club
Lions Club
Rev
Henry West
Roy J. Terrell
J. C. Martin
Kuhn and Horace Richard Wiggins Injured in Truck Crash
Kuhn and Horace Richard Wiggins of Atlanta suffered serious injuries after a two vehicle collision involved another truck driver. Authorities reported the crash details and conditions of the injured drivers.
Scramble for Atomic Group Posts Begins in Senate
Washington October 13 The scramble started today for nine posts on a special Senate committee to handle atomic energy legislation. The panel has not yet been created and could be chosen Monday if the Senate votes on a resolution approved by the Interstate Commerce Committee. Republican conference likely to pick four minority members with Vandenberg Millikin Austin among likely choices. McMahon of Connecticut may join the majority.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Republican Conference
Vandenberg
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Austin
Vermont
McMahon
D-Conn
Monday Mail Deadline For Overseas Christmas Gifts
Houston Postmaster John Dunlap says October 13 is the final mailing day for Christmas gifts to overseas destinations to reach by December 25.
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Houston
U.P
John Dunlap
OilierWEEK Drilling Report Flags Seven Oil and Five Gas Wells
The Texas Railroad Commission reported that seven oil wells and five gas wells were completed during the week, in the latest weekly drilling bulletin.
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Texas Railroad Commission
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