Amarillo Gun Factory Could Make Garands
Guards leaving Amarillo for Camp Bowie as 91 soldiers depart. The Hoffman Arms Co in Amarillo could mass produce 16,000 Garand rifles a year with 75 workers on a 24 hour schedule. Plant equipped with precision tooling to manufacture rifles and components, rivaling larger arms plants.
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Amarillo
United States
Hoffsman Arms Co
Tyler Street
Amarillo Concern
Hoffman
Hoffman Arms Co
J. A. Hedgecake
B. R. Polley
Winchester
Remington
Polley
Homer Mulkey Dies Pioneer civic leader of Clarendon
Homer Mulkey 64 a Panhandle resident and longtime Clarendon civic leader died this morning in a Fort Worth hospital after an operation. He moved to Texas in 1889 joined the XIT Ranch then ran a photographic studio and Time past theater. Surviving his widow and extensive local involvement.
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Clarendon
Homer Mulkey
West Texas
Pastime Theater
Our Navy Is Warned by Italian Torpedo Aviators
Il Piccolo calls Italy's torpedo-launching aviators suicide squads and warns they threaten Allied convoys to Britain. The piece argues daring air torpedoing opens new possibilities for Axis control of the Atlantic, potentially forcing even American fleet planners to consider responses.
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Rome
Il Piccolo
Italy
United States
Britain
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Legislators Leave For Austin Work
State Sen Grady Hazlewood and Rep Jack Little depart today for Austin to attend the legislature which convenes next Tuesday. The two legislators will take their families to Austin.
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Grady Hazlewood
Rep
Jack Little
Austin
Plane Guard Fires at Loiterer in New Orleans
In New Orleans a loiterer under the wing of a Douglas bombing plane being dismantled for shipment to England was fired on by Ray Ellzey, 60, one of six armed guards. Ellzey fired three rounds after the man refused to halt, suspecting sabotage. The man appeared to escape unhurt.
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New Orleans
England
Ray Ellzey
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperature Summary
U S Weather Bureau details Friday fair for Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas fair north portion and mainly cloudy south portion. Scattered light rain possible in southwest Friday night into Saturday. Little change in temperature. New Mexico outlook shows fair northeast with increasing clouds, generally mostly cloudy Friday and Saturday with scattered light rains southwest or elsewhere, little temperature change. Hourly figures list yesterday’s highs and lows with several garbled entries.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Pfair
Nature
Amarilla
Farley sails for South America on business trip
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley sailed for South America today to be away until March 10 on a purely business trip. He said he would be terribly disappointed if the contracts for his purchase of the New York Yankees were not signed before he returned.
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New York
James A. Farley
South America
New York Yankees
Taxpayers and Court To Meet Potter County Officials
Potter County Taxpayers Association hosts a luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel noon today with Erwin Ochsner outlining group objectives. New county commissioners Northcutt Brown ing Swann Kilnan attend, along with four new members, for association committeemen and interested taxpayers.
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Potter County
Potter County Taxpayers Association
Amarillo
Erwin Ochsner
Taxpayers
Wade Brymer
Ernest O. Northcutt
Morris Browning
Jack Swann
George Kil- Nan
Circle of Steel About Tobruk: Nazis Hit Back
British motorized columns pushed beyond Tobruk toward Gazala while RAF reported heavy Italian plane losses. Royal Air Force said some units penetrated west of Tobruk to Gazala, 40 miles away, as aerial offensives and bombardments intensified along the Libyan coast.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Bardia
Royal Air Force
RAF
Gazala
Africa
Libyan
Bengali
Benina
Bengasi
Giarabub
Tmimi
el Adem
Bombers Roar Over London and Britain
German bombers hammered London ending a 312 night lull and hit other British targets as RAF raiders attacked Wilhelmshaven and Emden. Nazi advances were reported into Bulgaria and Greece from Romania. RAF plan aims to recruit pilots from ages 16 and up.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
RAF
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Germany
South
Wales
England
Midlands
Air Ministry
Borkum
Essen
Archibald Sinclair
Royal Air Force
Roosevelt to seek war aid act a free expansion plan
Historic legislation described as a blank check to lend war equipment to Axis enemies was readied for introduction in Congress. President Roosevelt would be empowered to manufacture, sell, lease, or transfer arms to allies with congressional appropriations to follow as needed. The measure aims to formalize turning America into a great arsenal while awaiting further funding.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
America
United States
United States Army
Navy
White House
England
Britain
Federal Strike Curbs Gaining Favor As Engine Stoppage Looms
Capitol Hill hears warnings of defense impact if CIO strike at Fairchild Ranger plant in Farmingdale New York disrupts engine production. Navy chief Towers cautions against plant expansion, urging Congress to act. In Flint Michigan General Motors plant, CIO workers vote 10 to 1 to strike, affecting about 12,000 employees.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
John H. Towers
House Naval Committee
CIO
Farmingdale
N. 1
Vinson
Georgia
Roosevelt
Towers
Naval Aviation
Rangeer Engineering
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
N. Y
Ranger
Army
Navy
Rep
Maas
Minnesota
Congress
Rep. Mott
Oregon
Plint
Mich
U.P
Flint
Need Cash for a Blilhd
Ready cash is handy and sometimes necessary seeking quick money. The Globe-News Want Ads point to classifications 64 65 and 56 for Auto Personal and Property Loans offering fast cash in car real estate or signature loans.
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Globe-News
Arrests in Clovis affray mystery solve case
Palmer County officers announce three men charged with assault with intent to murder in the December 27 shooting of 11 year old Wanda Lee Martin in Clovis. Richard Mittelfelt, 30, estranged husband of the victim’s aunt, confessed and implicated two identified youths Clarence Ingram 21 and Charles Wilson 18. The girl remains gravely ill in a Clovis hospital as the investigation closes.
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Farwell
Palmer County
Wanda Lee Martin
Clovis
Richard Mittelfelt
Clarence Thomas Ingram
Charles Wilson
Tucumcari
Mitzenfelt
Lime Watkins Mitafield
Chester Watkins
Ingram
Thomas
Mitzelfelt
Wilson
Vaughn
Martin
Two Pictures In the Paper Two Pictures In the Paper
In Greenville Mississippi Christos Baratsopulos finds a homey link in an Associated Press photo showing Greek soldiers entraining for Albania with his younger brother a Greek lieutenant among them. In Miami Florida a desperate father spots his son Leonidas in a crowd photo from the Orange Bowl parade, leading him to rush to Miami after a 1000 to 1 stroke of luck.
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Greenville
Miss
Christos Baratsopulos
Associated Press
Saratsopulos
Greece
Miami
Fla
A. R. Villas
Minneapolis
Florida
Villas
Leonidas
This Clock Runs When Some Of the Works Are Missing
In Albuquerque on January 9 an electric clock in the federal district attorney's office ran irregularly after parts were removed by Assistant Custodian B E Morgan for factory repair. U S Commissioner Bam Dazzo noted the clock was toppled but quickly fixed. The district attorney said it runs well again minus the missing parts en route to the factory.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Federal District Attorney's Office
B. E. Morgan
U. S
Bam Dazzo
Pshaw
Premier Gives FDR Praise in Churchill Address
London dispatch: Winston Churchill lauds Franklin D Roosevelt as a famous statesman and preeminent figure while dispatching Lord Halifax to Washington on a mission the UK calls momentous. Harry Hopkins arrives in London after a Lisbon-to-London journey as air raids interrupt the scene.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
United States
Lord Halifax
Washington
Pilgrims
Godspeed
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Cial
Hopkins
Lisbon
Brendan Bracken
Churchill
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Sheaffer, Parker
Eversharp Pens
Russell Stationery Company
Libya
Bucharest
Rumania
Bulgaria
Panhandle
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H. A. Shaw
Henry Munn
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Sim Kelly
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Mr Williams
Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Josh Lee
Sage
Tishimingo
Chuck
Williams
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Karl Booth
Mittelfelt
Curry County
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Watkins Farm
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