MacArthur air power cripples Japanese plans in Southwest Pacific
The Bismarck Sea victory crushed Japanese plans for South Pacific campaigns. General Arnold calls it a crushing defeat while Kenney’s air force exploits maximize impact. Liberators, dive bombers, and fighters struck targets in the Solomon Islands as Allied forces push to renew offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Patterson
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
George Kenney
Arnold
Tokyo
Rabaul
New Guinea
Malaya
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomon Islands
Kahili
Buin
Ballale
Vila
Dauntless
Munda
New Georgia Island
Gufedalcanal
MacArthur
Canberra
House of Representatives
John Curtin
Curtin
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Germany
France
Red Army
Buffalo meat replaces horse in Panhandle packing plan
Amarillo’s Doty Packing buys eight young buffaloes from Hedgecoke Estate at Goodnight Ranch and slaughters them on site. The firm will sell buffalo meat at regular beef prices to Panhandle customers, aiming to fill beef quotas with a scarce delicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Doty
Col
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight Ranch
Jim Hedgecoke
Jim
OPA
Panhandle
America
Kincheloe Jury Completed After Four Days of Questioning
The Kincheloe murder trial jury was completed yesterday after about 400 men were questioned over four days. Seven jurors were seated by morning, with eight chosen by opening. The case, involving the Christmas 1941 killing on a Dallam County farm, moved here on venue. Witnesses sworn, trial to begin unless defense motions delay proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kincheloe
Kincheloe
Clark Kincheloe
Dallam
Weather Update Amarillo and West Texas Cold Front
Weather summary notes colder Friday with snow flurries and strong winds across Amarillo and vicinity including livestock protection. West Texas expected colder Friday with rain but snow flurries in Panhandle and South Plains and strong winds. New Mexico also considerably colder with scattered showers and mountain snow squalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Uth Plains
New Mexico
Axocseess & Joam
Hearing Aid Batteries Shortage Noted by WPB
The War Production Board reported an acute shortage of hearing aid batteries in Washington on March 4 but predicted civilians would have adequate supply by month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Hogs Hit 23 Year Peaks In Chicago Trade
Live hog prices climbed to 16 dollars per hundredweight in active Chicago trading, reaching the highest level since October 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Battlefronts and Commands Across Fronts March 4 1943
Summary of wartime fronts with Red Army advances toward Latvia and railways near Moscow, disrupted Japanese plans due to U S victory in the Bismarck Sea, Allied air and naval strikes on Rotterdam and Hamm, and Allied patrols pressing in Tunisia while Rommel prepares the Mareth Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Rehev
Latvian
Rommel Surrenders Tunisia Gains To Brace Mareth Line
Allied forces report Rommel has surrendered most gains in Central Tunisia and massed armor for a Mareth Line assault. American patrols reach near Faid Pass as British Eighth Army eyes decisive action. Air and naval operations continue with multiple ships sunk or damaged and raids on Tunis and Messina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sidi Bouzid
Faid Pass
Rommel
Tunisia
Mareth Line
Eighth Army
Bizerte
Sedjenane
Tabarka-Mateur
First Army
Gafsa
Eisenhower
Mareth
Tunis
Gabes
Mediterranean Narrows
Gulf of Genoa
Italy
U. S
Messina
Sicily
Cairo
Tripoli
Jurgen von Arnim
Dunkerque
Beja
Week of Red Letter Days Opens in Amarillo Sunday
Amarillo hosts a seven day sequence starting Sunday with the Reumberg concert at Municipal Auditorium. Gov. Coke Stevenson and Lieut. Gov. John Lee Smith attend the Amarillo Fat Stock Show alongside Fulton Lewis Jr. A Shamrock Oil sponsored lecture and a Hereford Breeders association sale and banquet accent the week with officials, breeders, and a yearly Chamber event culminating Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Gov
Coke Stevenson
John Lee Smith
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mutual
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation
Gov. Stevenson
Gov. Smith
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Rain and cold snap threaten Panhandle fruit crops
Forecasts show Amarillo and the Panhandle turning to snow with a cold wave later. A livestock protection warning was issued while a light thunderstorm and brief hail occurred last night. Texas faces widespread cold spells as central and north Texas report budded fruit losses and peach and plum damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texans
Texas
J. E B. McDonald
Austin
North Texas
McDonald
East Texas
Laredo
Last Romberg Concert Sells Out Amarillo Auditorium
Sigmund Romberg brings a 50 musician company to Amarillo for a Sunday concert at USO Municipal Auditorium. Every seat is sold, no tickets or returns, box office closed night of show. Program starts 8 45 with Romberg music including The Student Prince and Maytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigmund Romberg
Amarillo
Uso-Municipal
Romberg
America
Amarillo Army Air Field
KFDA
OPA Officer Missed War Ration Book Registration
Bob Calvert district OPA officer discovered he supervised distribution of one million copies of war ration book No. 2 to ration boards and schools but did not register himself. Barney Ross resting after Marine hero status as film rights clash in Hollywood with studios vying to film life story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bob Calvert
OPA
Barney Ross
Hollywood
UR Corp
Guadalcanal
New York
Fortresses Strike Hamm and Rotterdam in New Invasion Push
Allied air forces launched daylight raids on Hamm and Rotterdam as part of escalating western Europe offensives. U S bombers hit Hamm rail yards and Rotterdam ship yards while London and Hamburg faced heavy attack and Berlin reported bomber losses. The raids followed eight nights of RAF strikes on Hamburg and reflected broader prep for a second front in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hamm
Hitler
Europe
Rotterdam
Germany
U.S
RAF
France
Britain
Hamburg
Holland
Stirling
Wellington
Air Ministry
U. S
Joseph Preston
Berlin
DNB
Oslo
United States
Churchill
Russians Reach Key Rail Line as Smolensk Drive Races West
In a Moskva communique Moscow reports Olenino 35 miles west of Rzhev occupied to open the Moscow Velikie Luki line and push toward Smolensk. Sevsk and Sudzha rail junctions are seized aiding a broader Bryansk Kiev corridor push as German defenses crumble. Five bodies recovered from the Tagus River crash in Portugal were identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Moscow-Velikie Luki
Moscow
Bryansk
Kiev
Olenino
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Smolensk
Dmitriev-Lgov
Ukraine
Sevsk
Bryansk-Kiev
Konotop
Orel
Sudzha
Donets Basin
Slavyansk
Stalino
Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Timoshenko
Vyazma
Gzhatsk
Rhev
Toropets
Raheyo
Donets
Kharkov
Kursk
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
London subway shelter tragedy claims 178 lives
A German air raid trap at a London subway shelter killed 178 people and left 60 injured as a woman with a baby slipped on 19 stairs triggering a deadly pile-up. Among the dead was former bantamweight champion Dick Corbett. The shelter, considered safe, housed nearly 2,000 during the raid with rescue teams assisting victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dick Corbett
England
The
Empire
Ministry of Home Security
Women’s Volunteer Service
Home Security Ministry
Army Air Force Nurses Arrive in North Africa Evacuation Unit
Twenty five trained Army Air Force nurses in navy blue uniforms arrive at Allied HQ North Africa to join an air evacuation unit. They will fly back wounded and sick soldiers from the Tunisian front freeing other medical personnel for frontline duty. Built from a six week Bowman Field course, the unit is the first of its kind in a war theater. Chief nurse Catherine Grogan leads this ground floor effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Army Air Force
Bowman Field
Kentucky
Catherine Grogan
Columbus
Ohio
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Amarillo Packer
Houston
Jimmy Lingan
L. N. Arilia
Helen Frenzel
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Africa
Wes Gallagher
Paris
Continent
Reich
Russell Stationery Company
Tagus
Lisbon
Portugal
Tawus River
Texas Pta
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
State Advisory Committee
Child Welfare
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