Ensign Gay Sketches Midway Air Attack From Sea
Navy mustering details reveal Ensign G. H. Gay of Houston Texas survived a crash after torpedo attack on a Kaga class carrier during the Battle of Midway. From a fish-eye view he watched dive bombers strike the three Japanese carriers as battles raged around them. He endured wounds, floated in a rubber life raft, and was rescued after hours at sea as U S forces closed in on the crippled fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Clausen
Pearl Harbor
Battle of
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
G. H. Gay
Hardie Street
Houston
Tex
Gay
Gav
United States
Navy
Gay Y
Texas
Texas A. & M. College
Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Ensign Gay
Flying Guards To Disband In Texas Defense Guard Split
Texas ends its aviation branch of the Texas Defense Guard and urges members to join the Civil Air Patrol. The unit had 211 officers and 4 enlisted, about 350 planes, with mustering out set for June 15 by Governor Stevenson and Adjutant Gen. Page. The Panhandle flight totals 211 enlisted, 25 officers, about 20 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
Texas Defense Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Crack Air Force
Stevenson
Adj
J. Watt Page
CAP
Texas Defense Guard Aviation Branch
Panhandle
Tex
Defense Guard
Amarillo Boy Is Missing in Action in Java
Philip Eugene Holzkamper, son of Mrs. Philip O. Holzkamper of 1003 Northeast Eighth Avenue, is officially listed as missing in action in Java. He served a year and four months with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery and was formerly at Fort Bliss and Camp Bowie, with relatives including grandmother Mrs S. E. Parker and uncle Don C. Parker residing in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Philip Eugene Holzkamper
Philip O. Holzkamper
Northeast
Eighth Avenue
Java
Holzkamper
131St Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
Camp Bowie
S. E. Parker
Don C. Parker
Visit Our Book Department at Rus Sell Stationery
A brief stationery store notice invites customers to explore the book department at Rus Sell Stationery Company, highlighting new arrivals and special shelf displays for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Stationery Company
Funeral Services Planned For Amarillo Packer Ray Pinkney
A wide circle of friends mourn Amarillo civic leader and Tri State Fair president Ray Pinkney who died after a heart attack. Funeral today at 2 pm in Blackburn Shaw chapel with Masonic and Knights Templar rites. interment Llano mausoleum. Pinkney, 51, started Pinkney Packing in Amarillo in 1930 after a career in packing industries. He led the Tri State Fair Association since 1938 and helped cancel the fair this year due to the war. He is survived by his wife Mabel, daughter Mrs. Bill Dee, and brother A. W. Pinkney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Pinkney
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Ross D. Rogers
Tully Garner
Col. E. A. Simpson
Bill Baker
Mason King
John K. Boyce
Chansler Weymouth
Clay Thornton
W. B. Gunn
Gene Howe
Llano Mausoleum
Peoria
Ill
Andrew Pinkney
Khiva Temple
Mystic Shrine
Tri-State
Panhandle
R. R. Pinkney
Old Western Packing Company
Pinkney Packing Company
Pinkney
Swift& Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Wilson & Company
Jacob E. Decker & Son
Duluth
Minn
Levine Brothers, Meat Packers
Allied Packers
Nuckolls Packing Company
Pueblo
Colo
Western Packing Company
Blaney-Murphy Company
Denver
Fair
A. W. Pinkney
Hollywood
Cal
Roosevelt asks record Army budget for 1943 war needs
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve a record $39,417,827,337 for the Army starting July 1, lifting the war program total to about $200 billion. The plan includes $11.043 billion for the Army Air Corps to reach 60,000 planes this year and 125,000 next year, with further funding for ordnance, pay, and maintenance across multiple departments and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Army Air Corps
War and Navy Departments
Bureau of Internal Revenue
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
War Department
Philippines
Pacific
Army
Quartermaster and Transportation Service
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
FDR Seeks WPB Appropriation for 1943
President Roosevelt asks Congress for 73 million 467 thousand 300 dollars to fund the War Production Board operations for the 1943 fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Production Board
Amarillo Area Weather Summary with Temperatures and Rainfall
The Amarillo region should see scattered showers Tuesday with little temperature change. Across West Texas and New Mexico highs stay near Mondays values. yesterday in Amarillo the maximum reached 70 and the minimum 41 with a 0.29 inch 24 hour precipitation. Sunrise was 6 32 AM and sunset 9 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pay Scale of $50 Monthly For Buck Privates Given Full Approval of Congress
Dixie Dice and her Darlings starred in a USO benefit at Municipal Auditorium Amarillo drawing a crowd of 2,800 to 3,000 with many turned away as doors closed to control the throng. The free show lasted one hour and forty five minutes with top dancing and singing and a promised encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Dixie Dice
USO
Amarillo
Jain Municipal Auditorium
Ara
Amarilicans
Fire at Hunsley Paint Plant Delays Dividend Decision
A fire at the Hunsley Paint and Manufacturing Company damaged second floor pigment inventories at 1701 West Seventh Avenue delaying the board’s dividend decision. Officials expect insurance and cause investigations to finalize losses and any shareholder meeting reconvening. Meanwhile, separate nationwide pay legislation advanced in Congress with a $50 monthly minimum for armed forces and related raises for privates and seamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunsley Paint and Manufacturing Company
West
Seventh Avenue
Arch Hunsley
Hunsley
House
Senate
Andrews
Bankhead
Bone
Bulow
Caraway
Chandler
Chavez
Clark
Idaho
Missouri
Conenally
Doxey
Ellender
Gillette
Haysden
Herring
Hill
Hughes
Kilgore
Lee
Lucas
Maybank
McCarran
McFarland
McKellar
Mead
Murdock
Murray
O’daniel
Pepper
Rosier
Russell
Smathers
Smith
Spencer
Stewart
Thomas
Oklahoma
Utah
van Nuys
Wagner
Walsh
Wheeler
Aiken
Brewster
Brooks
Capper
Davis
Holman
Johnson
California
Langer
McNary
Millikin
Nye
Shipstead
Tobey
White
Wiley
la Follette
Barkley
Byrd
George
Glass
Guffey
Hatch
Maloney
O’mahoney
Overton
Schwartz
Truman
Trunnell
Tydings
Austin
Barbour
Burton
Gurney
Reed
Vandenberg
Norris
Jap Fleet Survivors Hide Off Dutch Harbor
The Japanese fleet, staggered by Midway and loss reports, sought shelter near home waters as U S forces hailed a decisive Midway victory. Official tallies indicated at least three ships sunk, eleven damaged, and the enemy air arm greatly crippled, with Admiral Nimitz confirming contact was lost Saturday night. Leaders worldwide sent congratulations to Allied forces and urged continued pressure toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Lee
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Alaliss
Washington
United States
Alaska
Australia
United Nations
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Midway
Japan
The
Coral Sea
Java
Philippines
Northwest Pacific
Army
Marine Corps
Hawaii
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Dutch Harbor
Admiral Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
J. L. DeWitt
Marine OK In Pacific Relief Reaches Family
Mrs. W. M. Hardesty of 1504 East Third Avenue learns her son W. J. Hardesty, a U S Marine, is safe in the central Pacific theater after a cable reached her stating simply OK. He has served in the Pacific since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Hardesty
East Third Avenue
W. J. Hardesty
U. S
Pacific War Zone
Young Hardesty
Pacific
Battlefronts Update June 8 1942 Across Fronts
Jap navy suffered a major setback near home waters as reports from Dutch Harbor areas remained scant. Britain urged French coastal evacuation ahead of invasion. Libyan desert fighting saw Rommel’s columns battered while Free French repelled a Nazi thrust. Sevastopol’s Red garrison resisted a Nazi assault and the battle for Chuhsien, a China rail hub, continued without a decisive result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Harbor
Libyan Desert
Rommel
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Flying Guards
San Antonio
Hubert R. Harmon
Gulf Coast Air Force Training Center
Air Force
Lubbock
Waco
Dalhart
General Harmon
William T. Rives
the Weathereather Bureau
Joint Conference
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Joint Conference Committee
Alabama
Kentucky
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Britain
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Chuhsien
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