Allied Counter Attacks Hurl Jap Back in Effort To Oust Invader
Allied forces drive infiltrating Japanese troops back seven miles in a key sector as a broad counter offensive continues. Dutch command reports no ground lost since invasion began, with heavy air and sea actions against Japanese forces and shipments. Queen Wilhelmina vows the struggle continues, while London officials debate Java’s ability to hold without reinforcements.
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Associated Press
Ean
London
W. G. Peekema
Nether
N.E.I
Batavia
Bandoeng
Java
Wilhelmina
East Indies
J. T. Forstner
Netherlands
Rubinoff Violinist to Head Amarillo Matinee Friday
Amarillo area students may see Rubinoff and his violin in a 4 pm matinee at Municipal Auditorium for 25 cents. Sandie band led by Oscar Wise also performs. Rubinoff will pick three top student performers for medals. Tickets available at high schools. Friday night concert at 8:15 pm features pianist Alexander Makofka. Proceeds aid the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra.
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Amarillo
Rubinoff
Municipal Auditorium
Sandie
Oscar Wise
Alexander Makofka
Chamber of Commerce
Paris Factories Bombed by RAF Hits Nazi Production
British planes bombed air dromes and factories in suburban Paris for two hours, venting recent German exploitation of Renault Citroen and other plants. The Vichy communique cited civilian casualties but gave few specifics. Renault at Brillancourt and other sites were cited as symbols of collaboration with Germany.
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New York
U.P
Paris
British Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
By Associates Inc
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Citroen
Hispiano- Suiza
Potez
Renault
Regnier Motor Works
Renault Works
RAF
Brillancourt
London
Germany
Seine
France
Britain
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Dover Strait
Calais
Boulogne
German Plane Crashes in Ireland Killing All Crew
A German aircraft crashed today near Schull in County Cork, Ireland, killing all aboard. An old Globe-News Want Ad notes a Jersey milk cow and calf found a buyer on its first day, illustrating strong ad results.
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Ireland
Dublin
Eire
Schull
County Cork
Weather notes and hospital update from Amarillo region
Mild temperatures persist Wednesday morning with cooler winds in the afternoon across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico sees a cool start then some warming as the day progresses while the Gazette notes Dr. Lumpkin’s condition as fair and improving at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Navy Hero Ace Shoots Down Six Jap Planes in Carrier Attack
Navy communique describes an attack west of the Gilbert Islands where 18 Japanese heavy bombers fell on a US carrier task force. Lieutenant Edward H. O’Hare of St. Louis claimed six enemy bombers, with two American fighters lost and no damage to ships. The action was part of recent Pacific Fleet operations near the Gilbert Islands.
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Bandoeng
Sumatra
Rembang
Java
London
Indramajoe
Navy
Washington
United States
Central Pacific
Gilbert Islands
O'Hare
St. Louis
Western Military Academy
Naval Academy
U. S. S. New Mexico
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
U. S. Fleet
Edward H. O'Hare
New Zealand
Australia
Western Pacific
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Marshall and
Pearl Harbor
Gilberts
Great Britain
Caroline Islands
Carolines
J. G
U. S. Naval Academy
Turner to judge 12th Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Turner Jack Turner manager of Silver Creek Farms Fort Worth breeder known to Panhandle Hereford fraternity will judge the 12th annual Amarillo Fat Stock Show opening next Monday. He bred the all-American grand champion ball of 1941 sold for 12500 at Silver Creek Farms sale. He studied at Texas A and M and the school of experience.
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Jack Turner
Silver Creek
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Turner
Silver Creek Farms
Dalus
Denver
Texas A. & M. College
School of
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Lee T. Bivins
Amarillo Chamber Luncheon Names Director Candidates
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce holds today at noon in the Amarillo Hotel to nominate candidates for the directorate. About 50 reservations exist with expectations near 100 attendees. Thirteen directors will be chosen at the March 21 annual election to join 12 continuing directors.
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Amarillo Chamberlat Commerce
Amarillo
Joe Cooley
Chamber
Doubled Income Tax Forecast By Morgenthau
Morgenthau outlined a broad tax program to hit every American home. The plan calls for doubling individual income taxes to about 90 percent on top rates, with rates from 16 to 90 percent and an equivalent rise in excises. It also seeks large increases in corporate taxes, estate and gift taxes, and new taxes on consumer items while pruning special privileges and deductions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
Potter County Reorganizes Defense Bond Drive Effort
Potter County defense bond groups begin reorganization under county chairman John McCarty with state and district authorization ahead of a major pledge drive. Volunteers are sought to meet a $4 million quota, mirroring Liberty Loan drives, with school committees kept intact.
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Potter County
John McCarty
Eighteenth Congressional District Committee
Frank Scofield
Treasury Department
Hattilu White
C. M. Rogers
Iole B Johnson
Glenn Bowen
McCarty
Tire Thefts To Be Costly in Pennsylvania
In Narmsburg on March 3 a bill was sent to a legislative committee proposing a ten year prison term and a four thousand dollar fine for the theft of automobile tires or tubes.
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Narmsburg
Pennsylvania
Globe News Fat Stock Show Edition Preview
The sixth annual Globe News livestock edition and fat stock show comes Sunday preceding the 12th Amarillo Fat Stock Show. It features a word and picture story on Panhandle Plains livestock, yearly noted for prosperity. Advertisers are asked to submit copy promptly.
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Globe News
Amarillo
Panhandle-Plains
Single Admission Tickets For Concert Now on Sale
Those without season membership cards may obtain single admission tickets for Thursday night's symphony concert at Cresney Drug Store for 85 cents. The Municipal Auditorium concert marks the orchestra's third formal appearance this season with Cornelius Van Vliet as guest soloist and Robert Louis Barron conducting. The program begins at 8 15 p m.
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Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Cresney Drug Store
Municipal Auditorium
Cornelius van Vliet
California
Robert Louis Barron
Suez Attacked During Eclipse
Enemy bombers attacked the Suez Canal zone early today possibly trying to exploit a total lunar eclipse but caused no damage. The incident was reported from Cairo as March 3.
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Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Battlefront Updates March 3 1942 Across Fronts
Allied forces push back Japanese in Java by seven miles as they extend counter attacks by sea and land. Japanese bombing hits Wyndham Broome Port Moresby while Burma holds the Sittang line. In the Philippines coast bombardments hit Cebu Negros Mindanao. Soviet forces recapture several fortified towns as spring looms. U S destroyer Jacob Jones sunk off Cape May by a submarine.
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Australia
Wyndham
Broome
Western Australian
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Navy Department
U. S
Jacob Jones
Cape May
N. J
Navy
Mona Island
Puerto Rico
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Amarillo Globe
Evee
Russell
Stationery Company
Jack Turner Foiece
C.C
Potter Defense
Suez
Burma
Sittang
Rangoon
Philippines
General MacArthur
Bataan
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Cebu
Negros
Ukraine
Starya Russa
Leningrad
Hitler
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