Army Day Parade to Honor Panhandle Mothers in Amarillo
Panhandle celebrates Army Day April 6 with a cross-city parade in Amarillo honoring three distinguished mothers with six and seven star status. Mrs Flora Gray of Alton Illinois joins as a Seven Star mother and national figures including Governor Coke Stevenson may attend.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
America
Flora Gray
Alton
Mason King
The
Globe-News
Gray
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Austin
George M. Baker
Yuona
War Department
Sam
Roosevelt
John Franklin Giles
Athens
Ill
Jack King
Interstate Theatres
Dallas
Interstate
Mobil
Claude Wells
Memphis
Higgins
Dave Shanks
Bill Lance
Perryton
Herb Hillburn
McGee
Seer Dalby
Willers Range Riders
Hanson Post
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred DeCoster
Grace Hodge
A. Petersen
Henry Cusick
A. H. Winyard
Navy Takes Command Of U Boat Hunt In Coast War
Washington announces army air units will come under navy control to unify anti submarine efforts. The move, led by Gen Marshall and Admiral King, follows complaints of poor cooperation and aims to intensify operations along the Atlantic coast and Caribbean with existing sea frontier commands continuing to guard western waters.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
War and Navy
Sea Frontiers
Atlantic “Sea Frontier
Canadian
Caribbean
Adolphus Andrews
Northh Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Stimson
War Department
Knox
Hawaiian Islands
United States
John W. Greenslade
Western Sea Frontier
C. S. Freeman
Northwest Sea Frontier
Army Air Forces
U S and Mexico Sign Lend Lease Military Pact
Mexico and the United States signed a lend lease agreement signaling deeper military cooperation. Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera and Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles co signed the pact praised as involving a substantial amount. A four day old Mexican-US military commission discusses mutual defense along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Francisco Castillo Najera
Sumner Welles
Pacific
Caribbean
Spain Calls Up New Recruits
Spain announces a broad call up of recruits who would not have been called until 1943. The move aims to bolster the armed forces as reported from Madrid via Havas Agency.
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Spain
Bern
Switzerland
Havas
Madrid
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas Saturday
Cool start to Saturday with partial sun and a gradual warmup in the afternoon. Temperatures rise across the region with Amarillo recording a mix of high and low readings yesterday and noting sunrise at 7 39 A M and sunset at 8 05 P M with cool overnight markers.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
AMR Aero
Moon Sf
Mae
Entire Romanian town turned hospital for German soldiers
A Russian broadcast via Khabarovsk reported that the Romanian town of King kujee has been transformed into a hospital for wounded German soldiers. The CBS listening station in San Francisco heard the report on March 27.
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San Francisco
Kingkujee
Khabarovsk
CBS
Butchers Hear Price Controls on Pork Products
The Office of Price Administration urged butchers and meat markets not to raise ham bacon chops or other pork prices above mid March levels and warned of penalties for price gouging. Dan A West said wholesale ceilings reflect early March prices and noted limited supplies while appealing to consumers to report increases to OPA.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dan A West
OPA
West
War aid bill advances as lend lease to Russia grows
Washington reports a massive wartime appropriation of 18.302 billion dollars led by Army funding and a 2.2 billion automatic lend lease boost. Roosevelt orders rapid delivery of war materiels to Russia while Stimson outlines a desert corps and expanded parachute units. The bill funds planes, naval ordnance, post construction, and defense worker training with 30 million more for old age assistance.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Stimson
Ders
Desert Corps
House
Appropriations Committee
Ordnantee
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Naval Ordnance
Aviation
Maine Corps
Coast Guards
Army Quartermaster Service
RAF Bombing Campaign Targets Ruhr and Western Europe
British air forces launched a massive overnight offensive across German held Europe targeting the Krupp works at Essen, Ghent oil facilities, and French and Dutch targets. Daylight raids supported by fighter escorts struck Ostend and Belgian routes while RAF coastal command attacked German shipping in the Frisian waters. The attack came amid mounting pressure on German industries and a Soviet call for action.
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Essen
Ghent
Netherlands
le Havre
Air Ministry
RAF
Ostend
Belgium
East Anglia
Russia
Ruhr
Frisians
England
Nazis Plan Hold At Six Fronts Ahead of April Offensive
Swiss and German reports say the German Army was ordered to hold six points on the Russian front including Staraya Russa Vyazma Orel Kursk Kharkov and Taganrog to secure supply lines for a spring offensive aimed for the third week in April. Istanbul observers foresee a possible parallel attack toward the Mediterranean.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Switzerland
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Vyazma
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Donets
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Berlin
Rome
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Istanbul
Germany
Russia
United Nations
Mediterranean
Greece
Crete
Rhodes
Lyptus
Syria
Explosion at Caltech lab kills one injures five others
A fire at a California Institute of Technology research laboratory in Pasadena on March 27 killed one man and injured five men and a woman. The blast damaged the building and prompted emergency response as investigators began work at the scene.
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Pasadena
Cal
California Institute of Technology Today
Amarillo Air Raid Wardens pledge victory stamps drive
Amarillo’s civilian defense organization air raid wardens agreed to pledge residents to buy victory stamps and bonds on Pledge Day next Thursday. About 75 to 60 wardens met at the Amarillo Hotel to plan a city wide drive. A mass meeting for all wardens is set for Wednesday night at the Municipal Auditorium to receive final instructions.
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Amarillo
Civilian Defense Organization
Municipal Auditorium
Red Cross
Taylor Street
Cal Farley
CDO
Fred DeCoster
Pampaw Named District Officer of American Petroleum Institute
Herbert Goodpaster of Oklahoma City was elected chairman of the mid continent district of the American Petroleum Institute at the spring meeting. Vice chairmen were Coxey Evans of Seminole for Oklahoma R. P. Moscrip of Wichita for Kansas and R. B. Saxe of Pampa for Texas. Herbert F. Beardmore of Tulsa was named secretary treasurer.
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Tulsa
Herbert Goodpaster
Oklahoma City
American Petroleum Institute
Coxey Evans
Seminole
Oklahoma
R. P. Moscrip
Wichita
Kansas
R. B. Saxe
Pampa
Texas
Herbert F. Beardmore
RAF Sinks 34 Axis Planes Over Malta In Battle
RAF pilots including Battle of Britain veterans attacked Axis raiding formations over Malta for six hours. Four bombers were shot down and other aircraft damaged with no British losses. Malta’s defenses and airfields sustained some damage and casualties were reported as Spitfires aided Mediterranean fleet operations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Malta
Britain
RAF
Allied Forces Tighten Command Across Fronts March 27 1942
World War II brief notes troops from Australia return home aiding domestic effort. Gen Blamey assumes unified Allied command. Port Moresby air threats and Timor assault noted. Burma combat tightens with Chinese reinforcement at Toungoo. Corregidor bombardment and Batam pressure cited. Soviet Arctic landings hint at potential U S British aid. RAF spring offensive targets Germany.
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Middle East
Sir Thomas Blamey
Arctic Russian Landing Threatens Nazi Lines Near Murmansk
Moscow reports a seaborne Russian force landed behind German lines on the Murmansk coast under Red fleet protection. Soviet air and subs supported the operation as German losses and heavy engagements persisted north and west of Moscow, Staraya Russa, and near Leningrad.
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Arctic
Moscow
Red Fleet
Red
Ship Sicilia Delivers Aid To Greece In Wartime
A motorship Sicilia under safe conduct guarantees from the United States Great Britain Germany and Italy arranged by the International Red Cross sailed today toward Piraeus with foodstuffs and medical supplies for starving Greece.
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Greece
Sicilia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
International Red Cross
Piraeus
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