Dumas Mobilizes for Cactus Plant War Work
Major John W. Quillian praises Dumas and Moore County citizens for rapid support of the Cactus Manufacturing Plant, detailing housing, transportation, and employment plans. The plant, largest of its kind, attracts workers with a strong patriotism and coordinated housing and welfare efforts.
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Cactus
Dumas World
Dumas
Moore County
John W. Quillian
Quillian
Lant
Moore County Court House
Saory
America
United States
Amarillo
Ripley
Brown & Root
Chemical Construction Corporation
Etter
C. R. Griffin
Sident
U. S
Chemical Construction Corp
Louise Dillingham
Three Dots With a Dash Opens Army Musical Here
Army produced musical comedy Three Dots With a Dash opens at the Municipal Auditorium in Amarillo tonight for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. A 53 enlisted men and 15 chorus girls troupe will perform with transport provided by Col Black of the Amarillo Army Technical School. Proceeds go to widows and orphans of soldiers killed in action. Show time is 8 p m with local junior chamber defraying costs.
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Wichita Falls
Municipal Auditorium
Sheppard Field Soldiers
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Amarillo
Herbert Drug
Maxor Drug
Pool Drug
Cretney Drug
Miller's Pharmacy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
British Aerial Armada Strikes Essen and Cologne
Allied air forces raid Essen in a massive night assault supported by U S and British aircraft. The bombardment targets Krupp and Rhein metal plants with thousands of tons of bombs amid other daylight raids across northern France and the Ruhr.
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Krupp
Rhein Metal
Essen
Cologne
Reich
RAF
Channel
Gravelines
Hardelot
France
Pas de Callais
Dieppe
Air Ministry
England
House of Commons
Churchill
Gas Rationing Decision Near Wartime WPB Action
Washington June 2 The War Production Board chairman Donald M Nelson said a nationwide gasoline rationing decision could be announced before next Tuesday The WPB discussed rubber shortage and rationing with key officials including Ickes MacLeish and others and indicated the final decision might come from the president or be issued by the WPB depending on direction.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
WPB
Roosevelt
Ickes
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Weapons output ahead of Allied demand says Patterson
Washington reports Undersecretary Robert Patterson states American factories will have weapons for the Army and allies, with shipping the main current bottleneck. He notes production will keep pace and even lead shipping, though some raw materials remain tight and rubber from Japan dominates supply.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Air Corps
Plainview Soldier Killed in Philippine Action
The War Department released names of U S soldiers killed in action or died of wounds in the Philippines. Include Dewey G. Brady of Plainview and other Texas men as lists of missing in action and presumed prisoners are being compiled.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
Texas
Brady
Dewey G
Lewis Hunter
Plainview
Keep 'er Flying USO Variety Show At Amarillo Municipal Auditorium
Dixie Dice presents a two hour free variety show at the Municipal Auditorium Monday night in a USO themed program. More than 100 dancers perform military style numbers including Jarabe and a Sleepy Lagoon routine with children and youth acts, celebrating popular soldier tunes.
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Dixie Dice
Soldier Boys
USO
North
North Amarillo Kiwanians
Municipal Auditorium
Germans begin arrests of judges in German cities
From Berlin it is reported that police have begun arresting magistrates in Cologne Hanover Frankfort and Dresden for being too lenient with people dissatisfied with the Nazi regime and the war. The move aligns with Hitler's call to discipline the judiciary.
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Bern
Switzerland
Cologne
Hanover
Frankfort
Dresden
Hitler
Battered convoy reaches a Russian port in Arctic voyage
London reports a large U S British supply convoy reached a Russian port after five days of Arctic peril. The admiralty said only about six ships were lost amid furious air attacks by German bombers from May 25 to 30. Pilot Officer Alastair Hay survived after a Heinkel was shot down by a Huricane launched from a merchant ship.
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Cologne
Germany
United States
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Essen
Duisberg
Oberhausen
France
Low Countries
High Command
RAF
Canterbury
Ipswich
Mous Price
Auchinleck
Rommell
Bir Hacheim
Ain el Gazala
Capuzzo Road
Rommel
Acroma
London
Arctic
Admiralty
Murmansk
Archangel
Battlefronts Quick View June 2 1942
The British raid Essen targets Krupp works with 1036 planes. In North Africa Axis forces press to break British gaps as British and allied forces claim two key victories. In Russia minor actions target German offensive plans in the northwest. In China IJN columns push toward a junction at Heilkiang Province.
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Cairo
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
North Africa
Russia
Red Army
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U.S
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Dallas
Memphis
Tenn
Houston
San Antonio
Britain
Rhineland
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Africa
Lo Iles
Eighth Army
Claude Auchinleck
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
el Yaleb
Grant
U. S. Army
Royal Navy
Egypt
Adolf Hitler
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Rus Sell Stationery Company
Weather Bureau
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
DOO Ees
Messere Percitian
Alastair Hay
Krupp Armament Works
China
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