Soldiers praise 100 percent bond buying effort at home
In a U S News letter from a distant soldier a 100 percent in his company for buying War Bonds and Stamps is celebrated. The editor urges Amarillo and retail clerks alike to meet July quota and support fighters with timely purchases. It warns that postponed buying could haunt soldiers if equipment runs short and calls for immediate action to Buy War Bonds today.
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U. S. News
United States
Amarillo
War Bond Sale Near Deadline
Merchants in the city push Retailers for Victory as three days remain to sell Warndts and stamps before shop sales. Clerks are Commandos and compete to top the sales chart by 5 30 Friday with the man and woman Commando each winning a $100 War Bond.
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Axis
Hirring
Amarillo Bond Drive Tops July Quota With Commandos Leading
Report shows bond and stamp sales for Potter County through yesterday totalled 130083.50 with July quota 563600.00. Major Drug's Edd Oberbeck led at 10064.50 while Louise Victor at J C Penney topped store results with 1947.55. Col. Roy Pool and Col. Leslie Stephens led their units as Commandos and departments push to boost sales across Amarillo storefronts.
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Gordon Orrison
Edd Oberbeck
Louise Victor
J. C. Penney & Company
C. R. Anthony Company
Commando Opal
Bonnet
Jean Doss
Chris Pope
Roy Pool
Polk
Sears Roebuck and Company
Irene Yoakley
John Simmons
Leslie Stephens
Sears Roebuck & Company
Bataan
Polk Street
Tom Aldredge
C. R. Anthony
Steve
Col. Stephens
Aldredge
Anthony's
Warren Freeman
Amarillo
Pararoopers
High Command
Potter County
Major Drug
W. W. Wetsel
White & Kirk's
Elizabeth Thompson
Elizabeth Blackburn
Blackburn Bros
Jet Downing
White & Kirk’s
Lucy Bell Dinwiddie
Millie Anderson
Mariton
Uncle Sam bond push urged by General Alexander at stores
General Paul V. Alexander urged clerks to remind customers about stamps and bonds during store visits. Merchants report bond sales speeding up after Monday's reports and many say Monday sales exceeded all prior campaign days. He urged people to visit a clerk or call to announce bond and stamp purchases.
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Paul V. Alexander
Sam
Daniel O'Daniel rally swells despite gas shortage in Plainview
Senator W Lee O Daniel and governor candidate Hal Collins faced a delayed Plainview rally in broiling sun. The crowd grew after a long wait, estimated large though not counted, with O Daniel telling Texans there would be no gasoline rationing and urging support for the war effort. He condemned bureaucrats over rationing and pledged to follow President Roosevelt if rationing is deemed necessary.
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Lewis T. Nordyke
W. Lee O'Daniel
O’daniel
Hal Collins
Plainview
Municipal Auditorium Lawn
O'Daniel
Collins
Amarillo
Texas
Roosevelt
Berlin Claims Arctic Attack
Berlin reports a German high command communique stating most of a British American convoy bound for Russia in the Arctic was destroyed. It claims a heavy American cruiser was sunk, and many sailors were rescued and captured. The tally cites 28 ships sunk out of 38 by German air and submarine attacks.
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Berlin
New York
High Command
Arctic
Russia
Train Wrecking Sentence Fixed in Taos Court
In Taos New Mexico Judge Livingston Taylor sentenced Vir gil Trembly 26 of Wheeless Oklahoma to five to seven years in the state penitentiary for attempting to wreck the Texas Flyer on July 4. Trembly's 16 year old companion Lawrence Parsley of Felt Oklahoma was sent to reform school with suspended sentence if he stays out of New Mexico. They were brought from Clayton Union County jail after pleading guilty to placing rocks on railroad tracks following a Fourth of July attempt that caused the train to avert disaster.
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Taos
N. M
Livingston Taylor
Virgil Trembly
Wheeless
Okla
Texas Flyer
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Trembly
Lawrence Parsley
Felt
Taylor
New Mexico
Union County
Clayton
Flying General Spaatz Named Commander in Chief in Europe
Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, famed "Question Mark" aviator and World War I hero, is appointed commander in chief of the United States Army Air Forces in the European theater. He has led here since June and decorated four airmen from the Fourth of July raid on German-held Holland, while other participants are named.
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London
Carl
Toughie) Spaatz
United States Army Air Forces
General Spaatz
Pennsylvania
Holland
Europe
Randall M. Dorton, Jr
Long Beach
Cal
Robert L. Golay
Fred
Spaatz
Neadquarters
St. Mihiel
Army
West Point
Hawaii
France
Tssoudon
United States
Selfridge Field
Mich
Mather Field
Cal. Kelly Field
Tex
Los Angeles
Toughie
Air Force
Ralph Royce
Philippines
Dover
German threat to Ukraine and Caucasus oil worsens on Don line
A wartime brief notes Roman retreats as German pressure deepens around the Don River and oil regions. It also cites Rommel strengthening defenses in Egypt while awaiting reinforcements and announces Major-General Carl Spaatz as commander of American air forces on the European front.
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Ukraine
Caucasus
Rec
Russia
Don River
Rommel
Egypt
Carl Spaatz
Voronezh
Moscow-Rostov
The
Don
Staryi Oskol
Soviet Information Bureau
Kursk
Germany
Povorino
Moscow-to-Caucasus
Vichy
Red Army
Werge
Kharkov
Tizyum
Kupyansk
Krasnaya River
Tass
Belgorod
Staroi Oskol
Moscow
Rostov
Red Star
Soviet Union
Kalinin
Rahev
Pravda
FHA explains housing rules for Amarillo units in defense area
Fort Worth FHA officials outlined limits on 175 Amarillo family units under the critical defense area designation. Two thirds to war workers on rental terms. rents set by the War Production Board. Some units for sale at WPB set prices. permits require war worker preference and local lenders to finance remodels favored for efficiency.
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Fort Worth
Federal Housing Administration
Amarillo
FE. T. Stearns
FHA
Willing W. Ryan
Willard L. Lowry
Amarillo Hotel
Mr. Stearns
War Production Board
WPI
WPB
Ryan
Lowry
Stearns
Lopez greeted by Roosevelt with full honors at White House
Dr Alfonso Lopez, president elect of Colombia, was greeted by President Roosevelt and accorded full military honors in an informal ceremony on the White House lawn. The note appears in July 7 1942 circulation of Amarillo papers.
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Washington
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
Roosevelt
White House
Rommel Tightens Defense Lines In Desert Front
Cairo July 7 Axis forces along the Qattara Mediterranean corridor retreat to form a westward arc of defense. Rommel aims to slow Allied tanks and protect rear areas while awaiting supplies as Allied air power targets ports, shipping, and airfields in Bengali Libya.
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Africa
Middle East
Harry Crockett
Cairo
Qattara-Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Ft Alamein
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Bengali
Libya
Price Control Power Expands as Henderson Grants Subpoena Powers
Price Administrator Leon Henderson broadens enforcement by giving regional offices subpoena power to demand books and records. Senate appropriations subcommittee still undecided on funds for the current fiscal year, with McKellar suggesting action may come late in the week. Roosevelt reportedly weighing wage stabilization and subsidies to maintain price ceilings near current levels.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate Appropriations
McKellar
Tennessee
Henderson
Budget Bureau
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Bushland Receives First Wheat Storage Bins
County agricultural officials said the first of several 1,600 bushel storage bins arrived at Bushland to supplement wheat storage at local elevators. Despite the bins, space remains tight with about 50 000 to 60 000 bushels piled on the ground awaiting storage this year.
Bishop William Ainsworth Dies in Asheville
Bishop William Newman Ainsworth, 7, longtime Methodist leader and circuit rider's son, died of a heart attack today in Asheville North Carolina.
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William Ainsworth
Asheville
N. C
William Newman Ainsworth
Will R Winch Taken by Death
Dr John Oliver McReynolds 76 famous eye specialist dies in Dallas. Will R Winch 69 longtime Texas Interstate Theaters executive and former theater manager in Amarillo Kansas City and Salt Lake City is found dead in El Paso with farewell notes to friends. He leaves behind a lonely, fulfilled career in the Southwest theater world.
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Will R. Winch
Texas Interstate Theaters
Amarillo
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Utah
el Paso
Winch
Stein & McClure
Great Southwest
Old
Kansas City Times
Lone Star State
Orpheum
Orpheum Theater
Southwest
San Antonio
The
Panhandle
Texas Consolidated Corp
Southern Enterprise Ass’n
Ross Rogers
Interstate Group
Theater Corporation
Ninth
Polk Streets
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Navy To Sponsor Test Construction Of Patrol Boat
Navy to sponsor test construction of a revolutionary small patrol boat viewed as a potential solution to submarine threats. Rep. Boykin said Secretary Knox offered top navy experts to aid a private group planning 3,000 boats per month if the test model meets navy standards.
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Navy
Revolutionary’ Patrol Boat
Washington
Frank W. Boykin
Alabama
Boykin
Frank Knox
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