Freighter Sunk Off Mississippi in Axis Submarine Attack
New Orleans May 15 reports reveal a large cargo vessel was torpedoed near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Twenty seven of forty one crew were killed. survivors were burned or rescued, with one heroically aiding two comrades before evacuation.
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New Orleans
United States
Gulf
Mississippi River
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Mike Kuzma
St. Paul
Minn
Bert K. McDowell
Lima, O
Turner O. Hanley
Morales
Tex
United States Atlantic
Eureka
Cal
Pacific Ocean
Eel River
Here
Coast Guard
Fourth Army
San Francisco
Army
Panhandle salvage drive outlined at regional meeting
Regional salvage plan for war effort discussed in Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel with 20 of 25 Panhandle counties represented. Officials stressed rapid scrap metal flow from farms to mills, via junk dealers who pay 8 to 10 dollars per ton, with mills paying 11.61 net per ton, plus notes on household scrap yields and item examples.
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Panhandle
War Production Board
Herring Hotel
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Brownwood
George Butler
Austin
Louis C. Huff
Dallas
Kirkpatrick
John Winters
Oscar Hargett
Huff
Lawrence Hagg
Chansler Weymouth
State Committee
Roy Greenhill
Potter County
State General Salvage
Lawrence Hagy
Gene Howe
Jay Taylor
Potter County Committee
F. C. Northcourt
Hugh Gouldy
Fred Roddy
Bruce Autry
Henry Reitman
Pampa Awarded New Air Unit
Construction of an air force installation near Pampa has been authorized by the War Department. The project will cost under 3 million dollars and be supervised by the Tulsa district office of the Corps of Army Engineers. Land has been acquired and construction is to start immediately. In Galveston, Sen Tom Connally joined the Truman Committee touring defense projects before flying to Corpus Christi with a group including Sens Monrad Walgren H M Kilgore Ralph Brewster and officials from WPB and the War Department.
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Pampa
War Department
Eugene Worley
Washington
Tulsa
Corps of Army Engineers
Galveston
Tom Connally
Truman Committee
Corpus Christi
Monrad C. Walgren
H. M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
BE. A. Knowles
WPB
Maj. Knowles
Boy asks to join Marines early to fight Jap boys
A twelve year old freckle faced boy enters the marine recruiting station in Houston and asks to enlist. The officer says he is too young, and the boy then asks if there are any Japanese boys he can fight, showing his wartime zeal.
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Houston
Marine
First Edition of Jeep Nears
The first issue of the Jeep is nearly ready to publish with gossip sports and timely Panhandle news. The free pamphlet will have no advertisements and costs $1 yearly for 52 issues mailed anywhere. Amarillo High School Glee Club members are promoting subscriptions to send to relatives in service or homefront readers.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Pontoon Bridge Capsize Drowns 12 U S Army Men
Provincial police report 12 United States Army men including two officers drowned near Fort St. John British Columbia when a pontoon bridge capsized on the Peace River. Five others escaped. The victims were believed to be U S engineer troops building the Alaskan Highway.
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Victoria
British Columbia
United States Army
Fort St. John
Peace River
Here
Canada
U. S
Weather Report Script From Fragmented Text
Fragmented OCR shows a dated weather summary with times for sunrise and sunset and temperature readings for today and yesterday. It lists a high near 63 with a low around 45 and notes morning and evening temperatures.
Three Emploees Out in Probe Of Job Office
W. S. Freeman is discharged and Barry Winn and Lee Gerard resign from the United States Employment Service after a state investigation. Rankin Reynolds was discharged earlier. charges against F A Wells were unfounded. Texas officials praised Wells and noted the row distracted from wartime work and job needs.
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W. S. Freeman
Barry Winn
Lee Gerard
United States Employment Service
E. R. Speer
Texas
R. L. Coffman
F. A. Wells
Rankin Reynolds
Freeman
Winn
Gerard
Austin
Speer
Coffman
Mr. Winn
Reynolds
Jap Increases Aerial Power In New Blows
Allied reports from Australia indicate Japan has reinforced aerial power in New Guinea and New Britain. Japanese raids on Port Moresby and Rabaul show larger formations, while Allied bombers strike back, damaging shipping and seaplanes bases.
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Allied
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Air Corps
Rabaul
Port Moresby
Lae
Douglas MacArthur
de Boyne
Louisiade
Southeas
Russians Push Toward Kharkov Amid Kerch Fight
Red Army forces threaten Kharkov as they destroy hundreds of Nazi tanks in three days and push from the Donets toward the city. In Crimea the Kerch Peninsula battle rages with German and Romanian forces yielding ground under Soviet counterattacks as heavy rains hinder Axis movement.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Kharkov
Germany
Kerch
Caucasus
London
Crimea
Reuters
Yenikale
Kerch Strait
Bucharest
Berlin
Barents Sea
Kharvov
Donets
Red Star
Moscow Radio
Leningrad
Timoshenko
Sea of Azov
Pokrovsk
Taganrog
Hitler
Tokyo
Japan
Siberian
Russia
Red Army
Baku
Caucasian
Travel to Alaska Forbidden by Army and Navy
The Western Defense Command and Fourth Army issued a policy statement banning travel of private citizens to Alaska due to transport shortages and hazard. The move covers dependent women and children as applications to travel increase.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Western Defense Command
Fourth Army
Sugar Stamp No 1 Deadline Near
OPA reminds consumers Stamp No 1 in war ration books may not be used for sugar after Saturday midnight. It allows one pound of sugar before the period ends and becomes void afterward. From midnight tomorrow until May 30 Stamp No 2 must be used for sugar purchases.
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Washington
OPA
Nazi Minesweeper Sunk by RAF
British planes attacked three German minesweepers off Cherbourg today. One was sunk, another left sinking, and direct bomb hits were scored on the third, the Air Ministry announced tonight.
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London
Cherbourg
Air Ministry
Russian assault on Kharkov presses gains while Kerch fight stumbles
May 15 1942 dispatches report Russian armies breaching secondary Nazi defenses at Kharkov as Kerch battle remains indecisive. Germany claims Arctic raid sunk a U S cruiser and destroyer. China’s war footing sags as Japanese forces pour in from Burma. remnants of a British force reach India. U boat strikes near US shores. Jap air power grows around Australian perimeter.
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Kharkov
Kerch
China
Burma
India
Regents Select John E. Hil President of Texas State Teachers Colleges Board
John FE. Hil of Amarillo was elected president of the Texas State Teachers Colleges board of regents at a meeting in Austin. R. L. Thomas of Dallas was chosen vice president, succeeding Dr. Ulmer who resigned after three years. New presidents were named for Stephen F. Austin College Southwest Texas State Teachers College and Sam Houston State Teachers' College with Sept. 1 effective dates.
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John FE. Hill
Amarillo
Texas State Teachers' Colleges Board of Regents
Austin
James G. Ulmer
Tyler
R. L. Thomas
Dallas
Ulmer
Paul L. Boynton
A. W. Birdwell
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
J. G. Flowers
C. E. Evans
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Harmon Lowman
C. E. Shaver
Sam Houston State Teachers’ College
Huntsville
Birdwell
Evans
Shaver
Boynton
Straw Hat Day Shifts Style in Amarillo
May 16 ushers in Amarillo Straw Hat Day with heat rising and fashion turning to felt hats. Street wear signals trend toward wide brimmed felt hats with fancy bands while sailor styles fall out of favor as Panama hats remain plentiful despite shipping constraints.
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Amarillo
Attack on Diego Suarez Kills 150 French Soldiers
A radio message from Diego Suarez reported by a French colonel named Cerbon says about 150 French soldiers were killed and 500 wounded in the British attack on Diego Suarez. The report was relayed to the French commander at Tananarive, Madagascar.
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Diego Suarez
Port Louis
Maritius
Cerbon
Tananarive
Madagascar
Vichy Cabinet Meeting Postponed to Saturday Night
The Vichy cabinet meeting is postponed from Saturday morning to Saturday night to discuss the latest developments in Franco American relations over Martinique. Deadline for Sunday Want Ads is 6 30 tonight. ads for tomorrow's edition will be accepted by phone or at the counter until then.
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Vichy
France
United States
Martinique
Texas approves 13 days oil production for May
Texas Railroad Commission issues an order allowing 1,376,305 barrels of crude daily for the last 13 days of May with condensate and casing head gasoline adding about 117,945 barrels daily. Nominations at Monday’s hearing reached 1,412,750 barrels daily, and shutdown days are Saturday Sunday and Monday before continuous output resumes.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Federal
Harold L. Ickes
Jerry Sadler
Olin Culberson
Sadler
Office of Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes
Panhandle
North Texas
West Central Texas
Commission
Mexico Moves to Declare War on Axis Powers
Senate Leader Leon Garcia urged an extraordinary congressional session to declare war on the Axis after the torpedoing of the Potrero del Llano. A German club in central Mexico City was stoned by students, with police dispersing the crowd and no injuries reported.
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Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Senate
Leon Garcia
Permanent Congressional Commission
Garcia
Manuel Avila Camacho
Plains Oilmen Convene Today in Borger Gathering
The Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association holds its annual meeting in Borger with 10 AM registration at the Black Hotel. Officers and directors are elected at a noon luncheon. Tours, golf, a barbecue, and a speech by Chickasha humorist Jeff Williams cap an event inviting major oil interests from across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Borger
Black Hotel
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Berger
Phillips Company
Huber Company
Huber Golf Course
Jeff Williams
Chickasha
Okla
Ernest Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Washington
Down State
Housing Action Here Due in Two Weeks
The National Housing Agency studies Amarillo home construction and expects a final action in about two weeks. No formal report has arrived in Washington yet, but officials say prospects are good for designation as a defense area. This would speed worker housing near defense plants through prioritized financing.
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Washington
National Housing Agency
Amarillo
NHA
International Livestock Show Replaced by Contest at Yards
Chicago stockyard officials announce a fall event replacing the International Livestock Show with a market-animal contest at the Chicago Stock Yards. Stock feeders protested cancellation arguing no extra transport burden since animals already go to market after Defense Transportation action by Eastman.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Stock Yards
International
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Britain’s Unemployment Drops Under 100000
In London on May 15, official figures show April 15 unemployment below 100000 for the first time since before World War II. Males total 55365 and females 34509, compared with over 1.5 million unemployed before the war.
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London
Britain
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