Stars and Stripes Newspaper Articles - 1942-1964 October 26 1946 Stars and Stripes Oct 25-Bremerhaven The dependents shiop - SS General Sturgis arrived in port yesterday. names of passengers and their destinations as follows: Lechfeld, Germany - Atha B Womack. ------------------------------------- Feb 4 1943 Before entering the OCS, member of the class held ranks from Corporal to warrant officer. The lone W/O was Leonard D Womack of Norfolk VA, who will lose $85 a month by getting a second lieutenants commission ------------------------------------- April 10 1944 In last nighrts semi-finals, the shortest affair saw Pvt Woodrow Womack, a 126 pounder from Dalton GA, use a slight reach advantage to weaked Pvt John Reh, Pittsburg 123 pounder, with lefts to the face and then put him down for the count at 1:33 of the first with a left hook to the chin and hard rights to the midriff. ------------------------------------- Mar 3 1945 1/Lt Sollie E Womack Article about capturing German pillboxes. ------------------------------------- Apr 1 1946 Official Bulletin - [Frankfurt Germany] Article advising men to report to units in connection with discharge and redeployment status. PFC Walter S Womack named. Also Mar 29 1946, Apr 2, Apr 7, Apr 8 ------------------------------------- Aug 10 1947 Aug 9--Baltimore Frank Paunch Womack, 17 year old southpaw from Houston [Texas], ptiched the United States nine, with the help of some lusty extra-base blows, to a 6-2 victory over Canada in the first international amateur all-star baseball series befor 7500. Womack let down the stars from across teh border with 4 hits, walking only two and fanning 11. -------------------------------------- Dec 4 1947 Amarillo TX Dec 3--article about a plane crashnear Goodnight in the TX Panhandle. Named Harry Womack, owner of the Womack Funeral Home at Clarendon, where bodies were taken, said he was almost positive the body of child was seenin the flames which swept the forepart of the wrecked plane. ---------------------------------------- Oct 12 1947 Article about football game at Roth Germany Oct 11th. Quarterback William Goode tossed three passes for scores to Oscar Fields, Herbert Womack and Willy Owens. ---------------------------------------- Aug 23 1948 Bremerhaven Aug 22 US Army Transport Gen Harry Taylor scheduled to arrive tomorrow. List of dependents and destinations follows: Germany - Bremerhaven--Womack, Wanda N, Harold W II and Betty J --------------------------------------- Feb 27 1948 [a Friday] Exchange System POriority Numbers Listed SSgt Robert B Womack, priority number 7196. [I havent the foggiest idea what these numbers are!] --------------------------------------- Aug 10 1949 http://content.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=1136&iid=miusa1942d_066143-00955&rc=1629,2878,1767,2901&pid=31565&ssrc=&fn=&ln=womack&st=g Photo of Mary B Womack [right] and old school chum of President Harry Truman, pays a call of the Chief Executive at the White House. Presidential Secretary Charles Ross looks on. All three were members of the Class of 1901 at Independence [MO] High School. [Dont know of the photo and article will come out with this link] ---------------------------------------- Jul 15 1949 Another article on the meeting, but no photo ---------------------------------------- Oct 22 1949 Heidelberg Oct 21 The General Maurice Rose is scheduled to dock tomorrow with 299 dependents. Names and destinations as follows: Germany-bremerhaven for further assignment: Ardelia Womack. ---------------------------------------- Jun 7 1950 The artice about Mrs George Berry having 38 children with husband John Womack. Jun 4 1951 Added: Quintuplets in 1933, Quads in 1929, Triplets in 1911, 1926 and 1936, twins in 1916 1918, 1920, 1024 and 1931 and some single births. ---------------------------------------- Mar 23 1950 Iowa City IS, Mar 22 Article concening murder of female ath the University of Iowa. Mentioned that Max Womack, of Dover TN, testified. ---------------------------------------- Oct 17 1950 Warrant Officer Eligibles Listed: WOJG Leonard D Womack, 3296 ---------------------------------------- Dec 31 1951 List of POWs, Korean War, since it started: Listed PFC Woodrow W Womack of Poplar Bluff MO ---------------------------------------- Jan 11 1951 Heidelberg Jan 10 List of promotees: to Warrant Officer: Leonard D Womack, 347 Engineer [C] Batallion ---------------------------------------- Mar 1 1951 Mineola TX Feb 28 Two Texans settled a long-stan ding feud by killing each other in an Old West-style duel with pistols at 10 feet: Mrs Katie Womack was the only witness as the men blazed away. ---------------------------------------Mar 14 1952 Mar 18 1951 Photo Contest Winners Stuttgart Mar 17 Salon class, service life theme, MSgt James A Womack --------------------------------------- May 13 1951 Mothers in Uniform lst Lt Ann G Hall - article mentions a daughter Elinor Womack of Chicago, at one time an actress with the Chicago Theater Guild. --------------------------------------- Dec 17 1952 Not His Right Line Booneville MS L M Womack says he picked teh worst location for a store and has given up trying. Two stores he built on the same spot were blown away by tornadoes, one in 1931, the other in 1950. Womack takes it he wasnt meant to be a merchant and has turnedd to chicken raising. --------------------------------------- Jan 4 1952 Wrong Man Victim of Only '51 Lynching Montgomery AL Jan 3. "the nations lone lynching of the year occurred Mar 31 in Orange Co Fl, Melvin Womack, age 26 [black]. --------------------------------------- Mar 1 1952 Troopship General Patch arrived at Southampton Feb 29. Names of dependents and destinations: Bentwaters England--Womack, Dorothye, Charles R and Betty G. --------------------------------------- Mar 14 1952 Blind Dancer Takes Happiest Step - Weds PFC Chicago - A blond ballet dancer, her career thwarted by blindness, took her happiest steps here on a red carpet to marry a soldier in Chicago's Hily Name Cathedral. The cremony united Kathleen May and PFC William Womack of Long Beach CA. They met at a party where Kathleen heard Womack singing and stated a man with such a deep baritone "must be tall and handsome." Womack, whio is studying to be an X-ray technician is 6 feet tall and handsome. ---------------------------------------- Aug 20 1953 Freedom Village Aug 19 More Freed PWs named as 'big switch' continues: PFC Woodrow W Womack, Co E, 23 Regt, 2d Div, Poplar Bluff MO ---------------------------------------- Jan 10 1953 Washington Jan 9 CMH Given 6 Heroes Kin Army PFC Bryant A Womack, 21, Rutherfordton NC ---------------------------------------- Jun 8 1953 Promoted to Major: Russell O Womack Jr ---------------------------------------- Nov 28 1953 College Station Nov 27 - Little Delano Womack rand like a deer - Womack roamed 103 yards thru the fighting Aggie line. Womack rammed left tackle for 4 yards and the secong toughdown [Womack was on TX team]. What is odd is the quarterback was a Brewer, my mother's line. ----------------------------------------- Nov 8 1953 at Austin Another article where Womack, a halfback, plunged over from the 1 in the second; and a 23 yard pass from Brewer in the third. However, Deland Domack was the spelling in this article then mentioned Womack and the two touchdowns. He was also mentioned in Sep and Oct articles. ----------------------------------------- Nov 9 1953 US Army Hosp Heidelberg Germany Births To WOJG and Mrs Lawrence F Womack, a son Lawerence Francis II born Oct 25th. ----------------------------------------- Apr 16 1954 Spangdahlem Germany [USAF] Article concerning German Hunting licenses. Capt Herschel Womack attended a school to be able to teach the course at the Rod and Gun club here. ----------------------------------------- Apr 26 1954 Frankfurt Apr 25 - Article concerning setting up a medical academy. One of the participants Sgt Edmund Womack, pharmacy. ----------------------------------------- Aug 25 1954 Munich Aug 24 - Munich Girl Scouts Name Officers for Coming Year Mrs J D Womack, recording secretary ----------------------------------------- Feb 3 1954Also Dec 2 1954 assignement to 17 Armored Eng Bn CO as replacement for another LtCol and Jan 23 1954, V Corps assigned to V Corps engineer section as operations and training officer. Womack is a 1938 graduate of teh Admiral Farragut Naval Academy at the University of Arkansas -----------------------------------------