Impressive FSA Service in Panhandle Region Highlighted
The Farm Security Administration's six year program ending 1941 aided 57,000 farm families in the Panhandle Plains region and beyond. Loans, medical care, and group farming services supported rehabilitation toward independence with high loan repayment and regional impact documented.
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FSA
Amarillo
New Mexico
West
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Colorado
West Texas
Panhandle-Plains
Nine Year Old Shoots Jap Toy as War Echoes
Kansas City dispatch reports nine year old David Edwards Jr after hearing Roosevelt's war message fires a B B gun at a Japanese statuette, shattering it. The piece links this incident to farm income data from the 1939 Census and outlines Farm Security Administration programs aiding low income farm families in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico with loans and services to boost production and welfare.
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Kansas City
David Edwards, Jr
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Security Administration
U. S
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
FSA
PSA
Farm Security
Tire Dealers Meet Tonight in Amarillo Rationing Effort
A meeting of wholesale and retail tire dealers in Amarillo and Potter County is called for 7:30 PM in the county courtroom. E Weymouth chairs the board with plans to issue vital instructions and answer questions. Appointments of inspectors follow later after tonight’s session.
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Amarillo
Potter County
E. Weymouth
Joe Jenkins
Ernest Northcutt
Weymouth
Bill Boyce
Rolla V. Cartwright
Russians Break German Siege Of Sevastopol In Crimea Advance
Soviet forces drive German troops back along the 1200 mile battlefront as Sevastopol siege ends. Red Army advances north of Yevpatoriya and seals off isthmus to trap Nazis while reinforcing Leningrad. Finns report penetration near Lake Onega. Major offensives push toward Kharkov and the Donets.
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Associated Press
Red Leningrad
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Yevpatoriya
Sea of Azov
Meshcheysk
Kaluga
Finland
Russia
Hitler
Crimea
Moscow
Donets
Kharkov
British raid hits Castel Vetrano airfield in Sicily
British forces destroyed 44 Axis aircraft at Castel Vetrano in Sicily with one RAF loss. The raid aimed to disrupt a planned parachute invasion of Malta and support Libyan operations. Nearby, British forces pressed toward Rommel's isolated garrison near the Egyptian border. A German bomber said General Braun of the Brandenburg Division was killed on the eastern front in December.
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Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Castel Vetrano
Italian
Sicily
London
Malta
Rommel
Libya
Halfaya
Agedabia
George Braun
Brandenburg
Room Furnished House Ad At 729 N Willams
A want ad for a furnished room in a modern house appears from Globe-News Want Ad. The message notes a minimum rent and provides a contact for placement and dialing the Want Ad Headquarters.
Tax Load to Meet War Costs in New U.S. Plan
President Roosevelt asks Congress for nine billion dollars in new taxes next year to fund a 56 billion dollar war program. The plan raises top income tax rates, tightens excess profits taxes, expands social security benefits, and seeks over thirty billion in defense bonds, with no general sales tax.
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Roosevelt
Defense Savings
Federal Treasury
Congress
Treasury
Ways and Means
Coughton
Japanese War Claims Falter as Defeat Details Emerge
The article cites Japanese broad claims of successes in Malaya the Philippines and British North Borneo while conceding a Chinese victory at Changsha. It notes a damaged cruiser and submarine losses and U S air strikes off Davao Mindanao sinking a destroyer and possibly other vessels.
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Malaya
Philippines
British North Borneo
Hunan
Changsha
Tokyo
United States
Davao
Mindanao
Fat Stock Show Shapes War Effort in Amarillo
Amarillo March 9 to 15 hosts the Fat Stock Show seen as a key civilian effort during wartime. Grover B. Hill notes livestock exhibitions educate young feeders and supply meat as more men join the armed forces. Calves, sheep and pigs attract records entries. catalog funding relies on ad sales.
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Amarillo
Grover B. Hill
Hill
E. R B. Duke
Japanese long range bombers strike Rabaul twice
The Royal Australian Air Force field at Rabaul was attacked twice by Japanese long range bombers Tuesday night and yesterday. Australian interceptors drove the raiders north with little damage or casualties. Rabaul in New Britain lies 800 miles north of Australia, and other targets in the region include Amboina and nearby isles. In Sydney, Dutch East Indies Governor Van Mook and Australian Prime Minister Curtin agreed on technical defense coordination, with Van Mook saying Japan won the first round but the Allies will win the second.
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Associated Press
Britain
China
Imperial Line
Lower
Perak
Malay Peninsula
Selangor
Singapore
Thailand
Malaya
Ministry of Information
Japan
Taerehwang
Shantung Province
Ipoh
Kuala Lumbur
Kuala
Kuala Lumbu
Domei
Kuantan
Geoffrey Layton
Royal Australian Air Force
Rabaul
South Seas
Bismarck Archipelago
Australia
New Britain
Greenwich
Kapingamarang
Davao
Philippine Islands
Amboina
Sydney
Liew
J. van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
John Curtin
Weather glimpse and circulation figures from Amarillo papers
The clipped note shows a weather section and circulation tallies for February 7. It lists sunset around 5:52 PM and mentions two Amarillo newspapers the Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Globe-Times with combined daily circulation figures of about 22,887 and 12,224 respectively.
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Amarillo Dathy
Amarillo Globe Suretenes
National financial reform proposals discussed by volunteers and lawmakers
Secretary Morgenthau and treasury experts report on January 15 discussions by committee members proposing varied plans. Rep Knutson of Minnesota favors a national lottery while Rep Disney of Oklahoma backs compulsory savings, among other ideas.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Rep
Knutson
Minnesota
Rep. Disney
Oklahoma
Sub Zero Temperatures To Grip Panhandle Area Tonight
Cold snap continues across North Texas with a 10 degree drop forecast to minus 6 as the Panhandle and Dallas brace for sub-zero lows. Forecasters warn of a hard freeze in the north and notes of colder weather for the Big Bend Pecos Valley and Del Rio Eagle Pass regions while the gulf coast remains just below freezing.
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Panhandle
North Texas
Dallas
Big Bend
Pecos Valley
del Rio- Eagle Pass
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Britain May Be Invasion Base
London observers cite President Roosevelt's remark on sending a new American expeditionary force to the United Kingdom as signaling a future invasion base for Europe. They foresee a small token force with air support and heavy logistical backing, plus reinforced air, naval, and ground troops to fortify Britain for possible spring operations. Northern Ireland is cited as a probable fleet base for U.S. battleships and technicians have been developing facilities there.
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London
Roosevelt
Far East
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
Army
Havy
Home Guard
British Isles
Hitler
Old Tandy
Russia
U. S
Northern
Ireland
Quezon's Former Secretary Appointed Manila Mayor
Official reports from Tokyo say J B Vargas, once secretary to President Manuel Quezon, has been named mayor of Manila. The appointment comes amid ongoing government announcements received by the press.
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Quezon
Manila
Fokyo
API
J. B. Vargas
Mancuel Quezon
The
Philippines
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