Russian Dandelion Provides Rubber At 150 Pounds Per Acre
Rep August H Andresen of Minnesota urged experimental planting of seeds from a Russian rubber producing dandelion. He cited Sumner Welles and plans to import Koksagyz seeds to the United States for 1943 production, with 42 states to test rainfall suitable areas and potential rubber yields.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
Minnesota
Andresen
Sumner Welles
Russia
United States
Agriculture Department
Guayule
Plainview Plans Amarillo Army Day Parade Move In
Plainview will move in for the Army Day parade to Amarillo Monday. The Plainview Chamber of Commerce reports over 300 locals will ride floats and march with bands and Legion members in the Panhandle-wide celebration. Parade entries include multiple bands and civic groups. a map of routes will appear later.
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Plainview
Amarillo
Raymond Lee Johns
Hanson Post
American Legion
Roosevelt
Guy Carlander
The
Legion Auxiliary
Panhandle
Delbert Dalby
Will
Higgins
Happy
Memphis
Friona
Phillips
White Deer
Amarillo High School
Sam Houston Junior High
Myer’s Cadets
Glenwood Rhythm Band
Price Memorial Band
Colored Kiddies
Rogers Range
Troy Whatley
Groom
Arthur Ball
A. Petersen
John Boyce
Globe-News
Polk Street
Amarillo Hotel
G. M. Stone
Western Tent & Awning Company
Junior Welfare League
Amarillo Federation of Women's Club
Fern Division
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
Junior Business Women’s Club
Altrusa Club
Dwight Newby & Company
Pampa
Mothers of Sons
White Deer High School
Badger Ice Company
Float
Greece
Amarillo Hellenic Society
Paramount Recreation Club
Anderson Mattress Company
Braniff Airways
First Baptist Church
National Cash Register Company
Phillips High School
KFDA
Globe
Nail makers urged to raise output for war crowed use
War Production Board asked common nail manufacturers to boost production to 72 000 tons monthly for four months as lumber replaces steel in wartime building. The ruling directs sales only to jobbers and buyers with priority ratings.
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Washington
War Production Board
World War II Frontline Briefing March 30 1942
Australian officials report invaders outmatched in New Guinea and New Britain with 10 percent of Japanese cruiser strength knocked out at Lae. Bombers attack Darwin and Port Moresby. Great oe routs enemy in Markham Valley. Chinese clash at Toungoo while British armored forces attack. air raid alarms in Ceylon. American Filipino forces repel attack on Corregidor. Jap bomber down at 27 000 feet. Nazis claim sink of transport to Murmansk. Bitter combat near Smolensk as Red Army advances.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Australia
Eeen Guinea
New Britain
A. S. Drakeford
Imdana
Burma
Japan
Lae
New Guinea
Pacific
Drakeford
London
Pearl Harbor
Port Moresby
Markham Valley
Japager
East
Salamaua
Finschhafen
Atlantic
Britain
United States
Palembang
Dutch Sumatra
Darwin
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Thomas Blamey
Great Oe
Markham
Corregidor
Pan Americans Form Inter American Defense Board
Washington reports a permanent Inter American Defense Board of high military officials from 21 republics was established at the Pan American Union. Secretaries Stimson and Knox and Gen. Marshall pledged full support for defense, naval materiel, and coordinated mutual defense efforts across the hemisphere. Lieut Gen Embick was named permanent chairman with a new April 6 meeting planned.
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Washington
United States
Inter-American Defense Board
Pan-American Union
Stimson
Knox
George C. Marshall
Espinosa
Chile
The
Americas
Diogenes Escalante
Venezuela
Union
5. D. Embick
Britain
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Pacific
Aia
Latin America
Marshall
FDR Message to U S Forces in Ireland and North Ireland
President Roosevelt’s message to the United States Army Expeditionary Force arrives at headquarters for distribution. He pledges full national support and calls the victory theirs and the people’s, urging soldiers to uphold freedom while families at home pray and stand with them.
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United States Army
Northern Ireland
Roosevelt
United States Army Expeditionary Force
White House
United States Expeditionary Forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Air Force School To Be Built In San Angelo
Representative South of Texas announced the War Department approved a new air force school in San Angelo costing over 5 million dollars. A contract for architect engineer services was awarded to Myers and Noyes and Mark Lemmon of Dallas, with construction overseen by the Galveston corps office.
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Washington
Rep. South
Texas
War Department
San Angelo
Tex
Architect Engineering Services
Myers and
Pacific Council of War Launched in Washington
The United States and seven allied nations form a council to coordinate policy on the Pacific war. Attendees at the first meeting include President Roosevelt Evatt Nash Lord Halifax Soong Loudon and Hume Wrong with participation from Australia New Zealand Canada the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The body aims to align production supply shipping and policy while leaving field decisions to military leaders.
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Roosevelt
Evatt
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
Lord Halifax
T. V. Soong
Alexander Loudon
Netherlands
Hume Wrong
Legation
White House
England
China
Australia
Canada
Herbert W. Evatt
Washington
United Nations
Council
London
Pacific Council
Washington Council
Pacific
Chiefs of Staff
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Turkish destroyer to join Turkish navy at Alexandretta
New York March 30 British radio broadcast an Afikara announcement that a second destroyer built in Britain for the Turkish navy arrived in Turkey. The ship was turned over to the Turks at Alexandretta this morning, the CBS heard.
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New York
Turkey
Britain
CBS
Alexandretta
FDR Signs Debt Hike Legislation in Washington
The White House announced that President Roosevelt signed legislation raising the federal debt limit to 125 billion dollars. The previous limit stood at 65 billion 900 million dollars.
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FDR
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Soldiers May Get To Vote In November Election
Rep. James M. Barnes of Illinois introduced a joint resolution to permit members of the armed forces to vote in the November elections. The report appears in a March 30, 1942 edition snippet from United Press.
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Washington
U.P
James M. Barnes
Illinois
Expanded Appliance Banounds War Production Board Order
Washington March 30 The War Production Board ordered a broad halt on manufacturing many household electrical appliances by May 31 unless on military priority orders. The rule covers about 5¢ items and bans nonessential use of tin steel copper and aluminum now in process. The aim is to conserve metals and shift the $60 million industry employing 20 000 workers in 200 plants toward war production. The list includes stoves heaters mixers juicers dishwashers hair dryers and more with a 2 500 watt cap on heating elements or motor power.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Gulf of Paria To Be Mined
The Venezuelan ministry of war and marine announced that starting April 1 the Gulf of Paria between Trinidad and the mainland would be mined. The United States maintains a defense base at Trinidad leased from Britain in the destroyer trade of 1940.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ministry of War and Marine
Gulf of Paria
Trinidad
United States
Britain
Burma battle rages as Chinese and British counterattack near Toungoo
Fighting around Toungoo and along the Mandalay road intensifies as Chinese forces claim gains against Japanese units at Nangyun and Kyungon. British armor strikes near Paungde while Stilwell reports Japanese losses. Pyinmana area tightens military control after reported unrest among Burman mobs.
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All India Radio
Toungoo
Pyinmana
Pyinama
Red Cross Gets Childers Home For Duration
Mrs. J. N. Childers donates a home at Tenth Avenue and Tyler Street to the Potter County Red Cross for the duration of the war effort. The chapter will move operations to the new quarters and records will be shifted to the abode. Ben Smith chapter chairman praised the donation as providing space and facilities for Red Cross activities.
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J. N. Childers
Tenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Potter County
Red Cross
Sloon
Remington Arms blast victims recovered in Bridgeport
Seven bodies were recovered from the Remington Arms munitions plant after the Saturday explosion. Only two victims, both women, had been identified so far. The blast injured 80 others, with 10 hospitalizations, and searchers resumed operations in the shattered packing area under a somber mood. Sheaffer Parker Eversharp Pens Russell Stationery Companies.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
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State Department
Paul J. Kolachov
Louisville
House Agricultural Committee
the Weathereather Bureau
West Texas
New Mexico
Lew
Acernartienennes
Theaps
Alance
Murmansk
Smolensk
Rea
Ireland
Air Force School
AVG
Claire L. Chennault
Lin Wen-kwei
Chinese Air Force General Staff
Pacific Council of War
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
New Delhi
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Joseph W. Stilwell
Nangyun
Kyungon
Prome
Harold Alexander
Paungde
Chungking
15Th Army Corps
Yedashe
Mandalay Road
Childers
Sheaffer, Parker, Eversharp Pens
Russell Stationery Companys
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