Army Day Parade To Take Panhandle Stage In Amarillo
Panhandle expects a huge Army Day parade in Amarillo on April 6 with 30 plus towns taking part. Col. E. A. Simpson as general chairman aims to bring in Army units, two City of Amarillo bombers, and wide community involvement including bands, floats, and various civic groups. Parade time set for 11:30 am with formation by 10:30 am as plans finalize across Panhandle organizations.
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Panhandle
Texas
America
Amarillo
Hanson Post
The
American Legion
Col
E. A. Simpson
Roosevelt
Simpson
War Department
American Legion Auxiliary
George M. Baker
Friona
Myers
Sam Houston
Price Memorial Col
Girl Scouts
Navy Mothers
Maverick Club
Range
Delbert Dalby
Mason King
Pat Flynn
Globe Pews
Amavillo
G. M. Stone
Western Tents Awning Company
American Legion Center
Stone
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Col. E. A. Simpson
Chamber
Joe A. Jenkins
R. Thomson
Robert L. Barron
Directorate
John K. Boyce
Baxter
Colonel Simpson
Labor charges ripple through Washington as officials clash
Attorney General Biddle rebuked assistant attorney general Thurman Arnold for claiming organized labor injures independent business and holds farmers and consumers at its mercy. The remark at a House hearing drew rapid criticism while labor officials and chambers of commerce faced new scrutiny of their campaigns to influence Congress. The navy sought a $1 billion authorization for new shore establishments as Capitol Hill debated wartime labor policy.
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Washington
Biddle
Thurman Arnold
Organized Labor
Arnold
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
House
Chamber
Congress
War Labor Board
International Harvester Company
John Brophy
CIO
Richard Gray
AFL
Harvester
Rock Falls
Ill
Milwaukee
Capitol Hill
Oakland
Cal
Ray Spear
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
House Naval Committee
Thomas
Roosevelt
Rankin
Mississippi
United States
Panhandle Road Work Starts on Amarillo Panhandle Route
Texas Highway Department announces an improvement project on the Amarillo Panhandle highway with a cost around 115000. District engineer James G. Lott says work begins at the Oklahoma City highway intersection and runs about five miles north of St. Francis to widen the road to 32 feet, hard surfacing with caliche and asphalt. Full-scale operations start Monday with four weeks of work weather permitting.
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Amarillo- Panhandle
James G. Lott
Texas Highway Department
Oklahoma City Highway
St. Francis
Highway Department
Battlefronts March 25 1942 Bullets From Global Fronts
On the Bay of Bengal the Japanese capture the Andaman Islands threatening India and Allied sea lanes while advancing toward Central Burma oil fields. Wainwright’s Bataan line and Manila Bay defenses repulse a heavy bombing as reinforcements possibly reach Luzon. American forces raid Wake and Marcus Islands with minimal losses. British Italian naval actions in the Mediterranean noted as historically significant. Australian front quiet aside from Port Moresby bombing. Red Army slows before German forces.
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India
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Burma
Wainwright
Bataan
Manila Bay
Luzon
New Delhi
Japan
United Nations
Ceylon
Calcutta
Tungoo
Andaman
Cape Negrais
Port Blair
Lothers
Andamans
Hugli
Ganges
Trincomalee
Mandalay
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Yenangyaung
Toungoo
Tourngoo-Mandalay
Yedashe
Flying Tigers
Col
Claire i. Chennault
Soth Burma
Thailand
China
Chiengmai
John
Scarsdale Jack) Newekirk
Weather observations and circulation note from Amarillo papers
Weather timetable with segments from 7 A M to 4 P M and yesterday's max and min temperatures. Also lists circulation figures for March 25, 1942 from The Amarillo Daily News and The Amarillo Globe.
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Yeeves
PDP
Stra
Rspbeog
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
MacArthur Receives Medal of Honor for Philippine Defense
The War Department announced General Douglas MacArthur was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the Philippines. President Roosevelt directed Nelson S Johnson to present the medal on his behalf. The citation lauds his leadership in defending the Philippines and inspiring Allied forces under heavy fire.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Eral
Richard K. Sutherland
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Nelson S. Johnson
United States
Australia
United States Army
Far East
Philippine Islands
Bataan
Marcus Wake raid chokes Japanese supply lanes near Yokohama
A US task force raided Marcus and Wake Islands within 1 000 miles of Yokohama, destroying patrol boats, seaplanes, hangars, fuel and ammunition stores and a radio station. Two American aircraft were lost, while Navy officials hailed the operation as a major setback to Japanese defense of vital routes. Ensign Charles Leveritt of Amarillo took part in the Marcus raid.
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Wake
Marcus Islands
John M. Hightower
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Yokohama
Marcus
Wake Islands
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Conductea Py
William F. Halsey
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Amarillo
Ensign Charles Leveritt
A. G. Leveritt
West
Nineteenth Avenue
Marcus Island
Ensign Leveritt
United States
Marcus-Wake
Marshall-Gilbert
Marshall- Gilbert
New Zealand
Australia
Hawaii
Pacific
Japan
Bonin
Mariana
Guam
Vast Store of Patents Opened to Industry
Washington reports a justice department settlement dissolving Standard Oil New Jersey’s illegal ties with I G Farben to restrain trade. The action releases thousands of patents for synthetic rubber and gasoline, with a civil and criminal case totaling fines of 50,000 dollars. The decree ends Standard’s contracts with I G Farben and requires royalty free access to patents and knowhow for related processes.
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Washington
Justice Department
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
German Dye Trust
Standard Oil
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
I. G
Germany
Standard
I. G. Farbenindustrie
United States
Buna
Plains Highway Bids Tabulated
A $3,082,112 road program advancing with bids tabulated for 30 projects. Low bidders by county include Dallam Gray Hartley Hemphill Moore for seal coats on U.S. 54 and U.S. 87 plus state routes. firms include Bell and Braden Amarillo Carson Armstrong Deaf Smith Oldham Donley Potter Randall Public Construction Company Dickens Hall Hardeman Foard King Knox Motley C Hunter Strain and J F E Harry Barnhill.
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Austin
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Dailam
Gray
Hartley
Hemphill and
Moore
U.S. 54
U. S. 87
Bell and Braden
Amarillo
Carson, Armstrong
Deaf Smith
Oldham
Donley
Potter and Randall
U. S
State
Public Construction Company
Denton
Dickens, Hall, Hardeman
Foard
King
Knox
Motley
U. S 62
C. Hunter Strain
San Angelo
U. S. 60
Oklahoma State Line
J. FE
Harry Barnhill
Turkey
Hereford
Castro County
Bell & Braden
Trunk Blast Kills 198 Nazis in Berlin Buildings
Moscow radio reports a trunk blast at two Nazi party buildings near Berlin killed 176 men in one structure and 22 in the other. The event marks a deadly strike amid wartime tensions reported March 25.
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Moscow
Berlin
Parade Picture Winner Selected
Vic tory Parade picture contest winner is W M Baker of 1002 West Eleventh Avenue. His 25 Offense Bond is mailed by Old Tack, with verdicts announced by Ben Lipshy of Zale's Jewelry, who also promoted the drive. Honorable mention goes to several local residents. Pictures sent to the Treasury for national release.
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W.M. Baker
West Eleventh Avenue
Old Tack
Globe
Ben Lipshy
Zale
Amarillo
Sunday News-Globe
L. L. Nunley
North Polk
Paul O. Gose
Ong
Cy Clemmons
Taylor Street
G. M. Chisol
Andaman Islands seized as Japanese advance quickens
Japanese forces occupy the Andaman Islands off Calcutta in a bold move while land battles rage toward Mandalay and Toungoo. British Indian defences withdraw. a new Axis defensive line forms along the Burma front as Chinese and Allied troops contest airfields and supply routes.
Senate approves debt limit hike in compromise
The Senate approved raising the federal debt limit from 65 billion to 125 billion by accepting a Senate House compromise. The measure moves to the House for final congressional action.
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Senate
Washington
Senate House
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L. R. Barker
John Boyce
G. Ray Smith
Charles Hoppin
John Lynch
John McCarty
Capt A. Petersen
Art Hawkes
Miss Hattily White
Sam Page
George Hammock
John R. Fullingim
A. Petersen
Arthur Ball
Maynard Drake
Southwestern Collegian
Jean Knox
Pampa
Texas State College For Women
Jean
Mediterranean
Port Moresby
New Guinea
el Paso
New Mexico
Marcus- Wake Islands
C of C
Guam-Bonin Line
China Sea
Central Pacific
Hitler
Plains
Parade
Russell Stationery Company
Malaya
Rangoon
London
Joseph W. Stilwell
USA
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Archibald P. Wavell
Stilwell
Chiang Kai-Shek
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