Construction Specialists Ready To Build Or Fight At Norfolk
Norfolk March 5 Rough and ready to fix or fight the navy announces construction battalions of specialists trained in radio shipfitting carpentry machinery steelworking pipe fitting painting and ditch digging They will serve as mobile shipyards and perform repairs in the field while being trained to salute handle a rifle and march in formation Readings from Michail Szizygiel Jack Spangler and Joseph T Clancy illustrate the eagerness and dual mission of these regiments amid wartime deployment
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Navy
Army
Norfolk Naval Base
Navy Department
U. S
N. A. McClure
Naval Training Station
Michail Szizygiel
The
National Engineering Co
Chicago
Jack Spangler
Bluefield
W. Va
Kansas City
Joseph T. Clancy
Campaign to Oust Churchill Sees Cripps as Possible Successor
A high reliability political informant says a potent push to remove Winston Churchill could install Sir Stafford Cripps as prime minister within three months. The drive draws from the Times and left-wing MPs. Hore-Belisha and others denounce Churchill’s wartime decisions and Cabinet actions.
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Drew Middleton
London
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Churchill
Leslie Hore-Belisha
India Freedom Move Blocked
London government delays independence plan for India amid Conservative opposition in Britain and Delhi. Labour MPs push for full dominion status, with calls to appoint Nehru as prime minister and authorize an all Indian legislative body to govern. Subhas Chandra Bose is cited as a pro axis figure alongside Gandhi and Nehru.
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London
India
New Delhi
House of Commons
Lord Linlithgow
Singapore
Bose
Nehru
all-Indian Legislative Assembly
Subhas Chandra Bose
Calcutta
Germany
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohandas K. Ghandi
U Boats Hit Allied Merchant Ship in Simultaneous Attacks
Thirty-one survivors reached an eastern Canadian port reporting the sinking of their merchant ship by two U boats firing nearly together. Seven crew members were lost, with Edward Brooks of Troy, New York, among the seamen. Survivors were rescued by a British merchant ship guided by a Royal Canadian Air Force patrol plane.
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Edward Brooks
Troy
N. Y
Germany Bombs English Coast Town in Afternoon Raid
German aircraft bombed a south coast English town this afternoon, killing a small number of persons and causing damage. The government announced the incident in a wartime update.
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London
Cattlemen Plan Annual Meeting Here Monday
The Panhandle Livestock Association holds its annual convention Monday at the Amarillo Hotel with new officers to be elected. Most members will depart for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Convention in El Paso Tuesday, while blue ribbon sales and unfinished calf auctions occur during stock show week. Proceeds from two dances benefit the Amarillo Service Men's Civic Center.
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Panhandle Livestock Association
Amarillo
Jack Roach
Roach
el Paso
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Amarillo Hotel
Evacuation Plan for Japs to Camps North of Los Angeles
Mayor Fletcher Bowron disclosed army engineers plan to move 50 000 Japanese to a chain of camps spanning about 100 miles along Owens Valley north of Los Angeles. He noted the Owens Valley Aqueduct feeds the city water system and said land owned by the city would host camp construction as congressional observers arrived to review evacuation issues for enemy aliens and American-born Japanese.
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Lad Anghlns
Maren 5
Fletcher Bowron
Army
Owens Valley
Los Angeles
Bowron
Tolan Congressional Committee
Rainey to Speak in Amarillo and Lubbock
Dr. Homer P. Rainey UT president will address district meetings of the Texas State Teachers Association in Amarillo on March 20 and in Lubbock on March 21.
Battlefront Briefs Highlight Global Pressures and Moves
Reports describe Dutch resistance and a looming Bataan parallel as Java centers shrink under rising pressure. In Burma, clashes with Allied forces near the Thai border, and a possible Rangoon drive, are noted while Chiang Kai-shek and Wavell meet. Darwin raids evoke invasion fears. Subic Bay wrecks suggest Japanese losses. Marcus Island bombing cited. Soviet advances near Lenin grad and Ukraine, with ice forts at Staraya Russa and new Russian tank deployments.
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Burma
Thailand
Sittang
Gulf of Martaban
Rangoon
London
Chiang Kai-shek
Archibald Wavell
India
MacArthur Like Stand Hopes Rise for Dutch on Java
Dutch defense chief van Mook urged continued resistance as Java faces a numerically superior Japanese invasion. Reports say Batavia near fall, with Batavia and Soerabaja under threat while Allied air reinforcements reach Java and battles rage across Batavia, Bandoeng, and Tangerang amid monsoon flood.
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Indian Ocean
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MacArthur
Pacific
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Tyilatjap
London
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Tangerang
Poerwakarta
Bodjanegara
U. S
War Stimson
Washington
Mate
Bataan
Manila
Cavite
Hatfields and McCoys join Marines to feud with Jap
Hatfield Cabell Terry and McCoy-linked Edward LaPort enlist in the U S Marines at Matewan West Virginia vowing to fight Hitler Hirohito and Mussolini. The pair, high school sports editor and senior class president, depart for Parris Island after showing diplomas and quipping about the real McCoy.
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W. Va
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Cabell
Terry Hatfield
U. S. Marines
Edward Laport
McCoy
Matewan
Hitler
Hirohito
Mussolini
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Hatfield
Pig
Parris Island
S. C
Sam
LaPort
George
Rubinoff and His Violin to Play Here Tonight
Rubinoff and His Violin comes to the Municipal Auditorium tonight at 8 15 with Russian pianist Alexander Mekofka. Tickets range from 25 cents for students to 2 dollars, box office opens at 7, sponsorship by the Philharmonic Orchestral Association.
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Rubinoff
Municipal Auditorium
Gershwin
Eddie Cantor
Alexander Mekofka
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Sandie
Kakofka
Oscar Wise
Amarillo
Jay
Whittington
Cat
Crusoe
Friday
Southern & Marlowe
Weber and Fields
Montgomery & Stone
Das
Italy
Russia
Rubber Picture Painted Black
Washington report shows 22.5 million ordinary cars face no tire replacements for three years amid a rubber shortage. Leon Henderson warns of no new crude rubber. 7.5 million defense workers may remain operable on reclaimed rubber. Possible gasoline rationing discussed by Ickes and industry leaders.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Civilian Supply and Price
Senate Committee
National Defense
Henderson
Brazil
Ickes
Petroleum Industry
War Council
Roosevelt seeks 100 million WPA supplement for displaced workers
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a 100 million supplementary WPA appropriation to provide work and training for persons displaced from private employment as a result of the national war program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mrs Barr Convicted in Dallas Four Year Term
Mrs Juanita Barr was found guilty of murdering night club dancer Blanche Woodall in Dallas district court. She received a four year term in the state penitentiary after the verdict near 5 PM. Barr fainted as the verdict was read. her sister Evelyn Proctor also fainted.
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Dallas
Juanita Barr
Blanche Woodall
Evelyn Proctor
Barr
Woodall
Ted Monroe
Terry Turner
Minneapolis
Turner
Nazi Bombers Raid Moscow
German planes raided Moscow Thursday night dropping bombs with limited damage and some casualties. Only two or three raiders reached the city while others were dispersed by anti aircraft fire and night fighters. The alert had not occurred in weeks and reports noted prior German losses in the Moscow area.
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London
Moscow
Orly
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