Tucson Airman Promoted To Lt Colonel In 12th AAF
Maj. James H. Macia Jr. of Tucson receives second promotion to lieutenant colonel in Maj. Gen. Cannon's 12th Air Force. A veteran B 26 Marauder bombardier, he flew 50 plus missions including Tokyo and Rome raids and helped during Salerno and Florence operations. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with seven Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Order of the Celestial Cloud from China. His wife and son live in Tucson route 2 box 639.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Macia, Jr
Tucson
Ariz
Tokyo
Rome
Macia
Col
Africa
Tunis
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Italy
Col. Macia
Mediterranean
Robert A. Webster
Salerno
Jack A. Sims
Florence
Florence West
12Th Army Air Force
Route 2
Box
University of Arizona
Kappa Sigma
James Macia
Tombstone
Joint Meeting Of Civic Clubs To Aid Drive
A Tucson luncheon of Lions Rotary Kiwanis Roundtable Optimists and Legion clubs will aid the fifth war loan drive. The event at the Pioneer hotel Ball Room targets three million for Pima county with the Davis Monthan band performing and a novel menu promised. Also a University of Arizona stadium musical show features Whisenant Jackson Caruso and other Hollywood performers touring the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Pioneer Hotel
Pima County
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Roundtable
Optimists
Legion
Davis-Monthan
University of Arizona Stadium
Lawrence Whisenant
Eugene Jackson
Remarkable Free Trial for Asthma Relief
Read about a free trial offer for an asthma method. The ad promises relief from attacks caused by heat dust and humidity. It directs readers to send for a trial at Frontier Asthma Co. Buffalo New York with a stated address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Asthma Co
Frontier Bite
Niagara &T
Buffalo
N. Y
Lt. H. E. Bellmer Home On Leave After 25 Missions
First Lt. Harold E. Bellmer son of Mr and Mrs Fred Bellmer 609 North Third Avenue arrived home on a three week leave. He is navigator aboard a Flying Fortress in the European area and has completed 25 combat missions earning the Air Medal three Oak Leaf Clusters and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Bellmer
Fred Bellmer
North Third Avenue
Bellmer
Harold Bellmer
Local flyer earns second Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
First Lt. Hugh R. Barrasso 21 of 1948 East Fifth Street Tucson has been awarded the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement while in sustained operations against the enemy. Barrasso won his wings and commission January 14, 1943 and is stationed in Italy with a unit commanded by Col. Phones W. Steed of Etowah Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh R. Berrasso
East Fifth Street
Tucson
Italy
15Th Air Force
Barrasso
Phones W. Steed
Etowah, Tenn
Pilot Candidate Brandis Brown Completes Training at Moton Field
A/c Brandis Brown has finished prim and has been assigned to Tuskegee Army Air Field for basic flight training. He is the son of Mrs. George Brown of 133 West Second Street Tucson and previously worked as a machinist at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation before joining the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandis Brown
Moton Field
Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Tuskegee Army Air Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
George Brown
West Second Street
Tucson
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Armed Forces
Tucson chaplain Capt. George R. Wilson cited for Army service
Information from Ledo road reports Capt. George R. Wilson of Tucson has become a captain and serves as chaplain for a U S Army medical unit under Maj Gen W E R Cowell in the China Burma India theater. His wife Mrs George R Wilson resides in Tucson. Marine Pfc Norberto N Mesa of Tucson is among seven Marines awarded Purple Hearts for wounds in the Ebon Atoll fight in the Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Ledo Road
George R. Wilson
Tucson
Burma
Capt. Wilson
First Southern Baptist Church of
Ariz
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Okla
West 21St Street
Norberto N. Mesa
North Court Street
Ebon Atoll
Marshall Islands
Harry D. Hedrick
Winter Haven
Fla
Marine Pfc Marvelle Long Home On Leave
Marine Pfc Marvelle Long stationed at Quantico Va is home on leave visiting her mother Mrs V Long of Tucson. A former tele type operator with a naval censor ship and Western Union of Tucson she enlisted last December in the women s corps of the U S Marines after finishing boot camp she was assigned to teletype work with the Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Marvelle Long
Quantico, Va
V. Long
Tucson
Naval Censorship
Western Union of
Women’s Corps
U. S. Marines
Long
Marines
Tucson Woman Promoted to Private First Class in Marines
Pfc Jane E Wheeler of Tucson receives a promotion within the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve. Sister of Earl C Wheeler of 1619 East Eighth Street she advanced from Private while stationed at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Depot near San Diego. She trained at Camp Lejeune and previously worked as a parachute rigger at Davis-Monthan Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Tucson
Jane E. Wheeler
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Earl C. Wheeler
East Eighth Street
Marine Corps Air Depot
Miramar
San Diego
Women’s Reserve Barracks
Marine Corps
Wheeler
Davis-Monthan Field
Camp Lejeune
Pilot Meliberg Promoted at 8th Air Force Depot England
Capt. Carl E. Mellberg of Tucson has been promoted from first lieutenant and serves as chief pilot at the 8th Air Force Service Command station in England. Brig. Gen. Donald R. Goodrich announces the move. Mellberg’s wife Helen lives at 927 West Rogers. his father Maj. Carl C. E. Mellberg is a chaplain in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Air Force Service Command
England
Carl E. Meliberg
Tucson
Strategic Air Depot
Donald R. Goodrich
Helen
West Rogers
Carl C. E. Mellberg
County War Bond Drive Progress and Plans for Luncheon
Bond officials report the drive nearing 2.5 million with a three million goal. Owen F. Nugent is named in charge of technical details for the extravaganza. Fred Dragonette notes slow sales in some divisions but E bonds remain steady as the county eyes a Wednesday civic luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen F. Nugent
Fred Dragonette
Dragonette
County War Finance Committee
Boy Scouts Plan Lawton Summer Camp Trip Next Week
Camp Lawton hosts 64 scouts for a week of camping hiking instruction signaling first aid outdoor cooking emergency service training and advancement tests led by R F Toronto O H Chidester Clint Helbig B M Gillespie and Jack Saye. Scouts listed include Tom Adams Bob Caithness Bob Prater Charles Smallhouse Harry Hesidence Charles Orr Julio Arriaga Bennie Cruz Harold Don Eddie Jacques Andrew Leon and many others in Coronado forest high elevation and 8000 feet water supplied by three springs stored in an 80000 gallon tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Catalinas
R. F. Toronto
O. H. Chidester
Clint Helbig
B. M. Gillespie
Jack Saye
Bob Caithness
Bob Prater
Charles Smallhouse
Harry Hesidence
Charles Orr
Julio Arriaga
Bennie Cruz
Harold Don
Eddie Jacques
Andrew Leon
Ernest Montano
Edward Salcido
Demetrio Pacheco
Oriol Armenta
David Monreal
Norberto Monreal
Myron Ginsburg
Jimmy Armstrong
Bryan Blow
Sonny Burkhead
Lee Carroll
Martin Chase
Andrew Crane
Edward
Navy Captain Mellberg’s World War II Service Record
The officer attended New Jersey State Teachers College and joined the army in October 1941. He was commissioned in May 1942 and has spent 10 months stationed in the European theater of operations.
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South Pacific
Mellberg
New Jersey State Teachers’ College
Army
European Theater of Operations
Seaman Dean Abegg Visits Parents on Leave
Seaman 2c Dean Abegg visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Eli Abegg on Ft. Lowell road while on leave from duties at a Sea Bee camp in Endicott Rhode Island. A Tucson High School graduate, he attended the University of Arizona and was a member of the LDS institute. Before his service he worked at the Douglas Lockheed plant on the west coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Abegg
Eli Abegg
Lowell Road
Endicott
R. I
Tucson
Abegg
University of Arizona
LDS Institute
Douglas Lockheed Plant
Mechanic Charged In O Haras Death
Liberale Edward Paladino Jr., 30, a Consolidated Vultee mechanic living at 5455 East Pima Avenue, was held on a manslaughter charge with a $2500 bond. Preliminary hearing set for June 22 after police say he attacked Richard O Hara outside Rincon drug store, then beat him again in a canyon. O Hara died from a fractured temple, with Paladino claiming he sought revenge for a prior incident at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberale
Edward Paladino, Jr
Consolidated Vultee
East
Pima Avenue
Pima County
Paladino
Richard O'Hara
O'Hara
Rincon
East Sixth Street
Campbell Avenue
O’hara
Sabino Canyon
St. Mary's Hospital
J. Mercer Johnson
James C. Herron
Canyon
O'Haray
Johnson
O'Hara, Jr
Births at St. Marys Hospital Tucson June 18 19
Born to Corp and Mrs Roy Harris at 1 51 a m on June 18 a boy. Pvt and Mrs Raymond W Butler at 6 25 a m June 18 a boy. Mr and Mrs W T Holmes at 5 29 p m June 18 a girl. Yeoman 3C and Mrs George Audette at 5 29 p m June 18 a girl. Mr and Mrs Lloyd G Dent at 11 37 p m June 18 a girl. St and Mrs Charles L Hynds at 10 26 a m June 19 a girl. Pvt and Mrs Robert H Bane at 11 41 a m June 19 a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Hospital
Corp
Roy Harris
N. Tyndall Ave
Tucson
Raymond W. Butler
E. Helen St
W. T. Holmes
E. Speedway
Tuc
Yeoman
George Audette
W. 29Th
Lloyd G. Dent
E. Adams St
Charles L. Hynds
E. 1St St
Robert H. Bane
E. 15Th St
Father Finds Son in Yank Magazine at Plant
Lt Paul Wright of Consolidated Vultee plant finds a March 17 Yank magazine photo of his son Corp Bill Wright in the Army Air Corps overseas. The image shows him marching with fighter pilots before takeoff to bomb the Marshall Islands and another photo shows a discussion with an injured pilot after a forced sea landing.
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Paul Wright
Consolidated- Vultee
Corp
Bill Wright
Army Air Corps
Yank
Army
Marshall Islands
Wright
Corp. Wright
Pacific
Gilbert and
Tucson High School
North Mountain Avenue
Air Corps
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H. E. Bellmer
Meget
Lete
Sulfa Products Co
Dept
Grand Ave
Kansas City
Moady
Dong Love
Seti
Mary
Arisona
Brewing Industry Foundation
Southern Pacific
California
Alfredo Torres Olvero
West Speedway
Olvero
Seymour Ryan
Son
Yank Magazine
Dad
Josie M. Trinkle
Masseuse
KTUC
Marion
Waa Lee
Europe
Howard & Stofft
E. Pennington
SEIEA
Eisenhower
America
Congress
Stone
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