Allred Vaudeville Rally Honors Panhandle Navy Families
Virginia Allred appearance in Amarillo prompts Navy and family turnout as Chief C. M. Norman plans a Seabees and Navy kin rally at Municipal Auditorium. The 30 minute Dixie Dice revue precedes Allred’s non political address after a Star Spangled Banner opening.
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Jimmy Allred
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Navy
Uncle Sam
C. M. Norman
Norman
Marines
Coast Guards
Panhandle
Norman Ot
Olivia Eastus
Dixie Dice
Alfred
Texas Defenseuard
Naval
Navy Mother’s Club
Service Men's Civic Center
Girls of the Victory Command
Dixie
Allred
West Texas
Lubbock
U. S
Texas
Glider School Flag Rises Over Amarillo Training Base
The Stars and Stripes was raised at the U S Army Glider School near Amarillo by a six man color guard and four officers led by Lieut Col James Thompson. Maj E K Ellis Maj Donald R Johnston and Capt John D McDaniels participated as staff officers. Unrise and sunset will determine future color ceremonies.
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America
U. S. Army
Amarillo
James Thompson
E. K. Ellis
Donald R. Johnston
John D. McDaniels
338Th Air Base
Amarillo War Contracts Set
Dallas June 10 contracts for new training facilities at Army posts in the Southwest were awarded. T. S. Lambie & Company of Amarillo won airport facilities in Potter County. Bell & Braden of Amarillo earned grading and drainage in Childress County. C. K. Howard & Company of Oklahoma City received a water storage and pumping plant project in Potter County.
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Dallas
Southwest
United States District Engineer
Denison
Texas
T. ©. S. Lambie & Company
Amarillo
Tex
Potter County
Bell & Braden
Childress County
C. K. Howard & Company
Oklahoma City
Cactus Plant Hailed for Courthouse Office Space in Dumas
Moore County Judge Noel McDade and the county commissioners provided the Moore County courthouse as the Cactus Manufacturing Plant headquarters. The entire third floor was converted to desks and equipment, with judges rooms and offices repurposed to serve the plant. Major John W. Quillian called the move three weeks ahead of schedule for war needs and praised the cooperation of Cactus officials and local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore County
Dumas
Cactus Organization
Noel McDade
Cactus Manufacturing Company
Cactus
Amarillo Seeks Defense Housing Designation Amid Shortage
A severe housing shortage in the Amarillo area threatens war plant production. Local officials and civic leaders press for designation as a critical defense housing area to fast track materials and priority ratings, with contractors ready to build 350 to 400 homes every 60 to 90 days once approved.
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Amarillo
United States Army
War Production Board
George Robertson
Robertson
Rex Baxter
James W. Bradner
Federal Works Agency
Fort Worth
Southwest
News-Globe
Bradner
Manpower Board
Washington
National Construction Company
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Simpson
Five Plainsmen Enlist Here Amid Recruit Efforts
Navy and army recruiters in Amarillo sub stations sent five Panhandle Plainsmen to enlistment centers yesterday. Among them was Glen L. Allison of Clarendon former Hereford schools principal and destined for the seagoing branch. Navy recruits included John C. Conrad Amarillo Glenn L. Allison Clarendon and L. H. Searcy Stinnett. Army enlistees were Wendell C. Lesher and Billy F. Caskey both Borger. Marine and coast guard recruiters did not send any new enlistments.
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Navy
Army
Amarillo
Panhandle
Grocers Ask Congress To Refuse OPA Allotment
At its 45th annual convention the National Association of Retail Grocers urged Congress to deny Congress the Office of Price Administration an appropriation reportedly worth several hundred million dollars for 100000 new employees mainly enforcement personnel. The group warned the plan would unleash an army of snoopers on U.S. retailers.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Association
OPA
United States
Germans Renew Kharkov Push Amid Sevastopol Battle
Moscow dispatch reports a renewed German offensive on the Kharkov front following heavy fighting and claims of Nazi plans to reach the Caucasus oil fields. At Sevastopol, Soviet dispatches say German assaults meet stiff resistance as defenders hold most positions despite localized penetrations and heavy casualties.
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Moscow
Kharkov Front
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Rostov
Caucasus
Bhut
Red Star
Red Army
Kerch
Crimea
Midway Clash Yields Large Japanese Losses and Carrier Sinking
Admiral Nimitz reports battle near Midway Island indicates a Japanese invasion fleet of over 30 vessels engaged. Casualties include one aircraft carrier sunk and two more ships damaged, with thousands of enemy personnel losses. American losses include one destroyer sunk and a carrier damaged. No fresh details on Dutch Harbor or the Aleutians.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Vichy
U.P
United States
Midway
Nimitz
U S Navy Force Joins British Home Fleet
A United States task force has joined the British home fleet to deter Germany’s surface fleet. King George VI inspected US battleship, cruiser, and destroyers, and the force, under Rear Admiral Giffen, reinforced the allied line to deter Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper. The Edinburgh escorted the ships into port before being sunk May 2.
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London
United States Navy
Hitler
United States
George VI
Robert Giffen
Germany
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Trondheim
Norway
Edinburgh
Arctic
Russia
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Admiral Scheer
Prinz Eugen
RAF
European
Harold R. Stark
Admiral Griffin
King George
Stark
Texas Illinois Pipeline Okayed by War Production Board
The War Production Board approved immediate construction of a 550 mile 24 inch steel pipeline from Longview Texas to Salem Illinois to increase oil supply to the east coast within six months. It will deliver 350000 barrels daily to Salem with delivery via rail barge and Great Lakes carriers and be completed by December 1.
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Washington
War Production Board
Longview
Tex
Salem
Ill
Great Lakes
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Texas
New York
Nelson
Santa Fe Cruiser Launched In Closed Ceremony
The big cruiser Santa Fe was launched in a closed ceremony at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards in Camden New Jersey. The event came a year and three days after the keel was laid.
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Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Ensign George H. Gay Jr. Survives Midway Flight Loss
Ensign Gay of Houston Texas rode a torpedo run against a Japanese carrier before his plane was shot down. He and his gunner and radioman floated for 24 hours near Midway, then reached Pearl Harbor with a dramatic eyewitness account of Japanese ships aflame. He hid under a floating seat cushion to avoid detection and watched U S aircraft strike Jap units as enemy planes circled for a landing.
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Midway
George H. Gay, Jr
Houston
Tex
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
U.S
First Wheat Received in Panhandle
Andy Nelson of near Dimmitt brought in today what is believed to be the first load of 1942 wheat grown in the Panhandle. The premium load brought $1.25 a bushel and was purchased by C. O. Byrnes, manager of the Castro County Grain Company. Grainmen report harvest two weeks early and grasshoppers appearing about two weeks later than usual.
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Dimmitt
Andy Nelson
Near Dimmitt
Panhandle
C. O. Byrnes
Castro County Grain Company
Ration Boards Meet Today in Panhandle Region
State officials and 25 Panhandle county board members convene at 10 in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel for a full-dress discussion of war-price and rationing duties. Tomorrow’s session will be in Lubbock at the Lubbock Hotel. a similar meeting occurred yesterday in Childress with Mark McGee leading and Office of Price Administration officials present.
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Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Mark McGee
Lubbock
Childress
McGee
Office of Price Administration
Baird Heads to Oklahoma City for Planning Talks
Spencer L. Baird district counsel for the bureau of reclamation left yesterday for Oklahoma City to confer with reclamation officials and possibly the Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board about legal matters concerning projects in Oklahoma.
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Spencer L. Baird
Bureau of Reclamation
Oklahoma City
Reclamation
Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board
Oklahoma
Battlefronts Update June 10 1942 U S Navy and British Fleet
Across the North Atlantic a U S Navy task force links with the British home fleet while Tokyo claims Midway victory. Admiral Nimitz notes heavy Japanese losses as Axis pressure grows at Sevastopol and in Libya with German and Czech actions drawing calls for retaliation.
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North Atlantic
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Vaudeville
Honor Allred
New Mexico
MOOS
SiMe
Ay Pekcas
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Evvesee
Cactus War Plant
By Bob McDonald
Grocers
Pacific Frontier
U.S. Navy
U. SS
Inside
Europe
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Continental
Gestapo
Prague
Heydrich
Berlin
Capital
Brunn
Heinrich Himmler
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Amsterdam
Poland
Yugo Slavia
Bern
Free French Committee
Yugoslavia
Ene Tire
Killa
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Russell Stationery Company
Tokyo
Chuhsein
Chekiang Province
China
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