British Break Axis Grip at Wadi El Akarit in Tunisia
Allied forces sealed a breakthrough at Wadi El Akarit capturing about 6 000 Axis troops, with Rommel reportedly retreating northward as Montgomery's Eighth Army pressed the line. American bomber fleets attacked from Trapani to Messina while air forces crippled ships and airfields across the region.
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Wadi el Akarit
Gabes
Winston A
Churchill
House of Commons
London
Rommel
Montgomery
el Alamein
Egypt
Bernard L. Montgomery
Djebel Kreroun
Guetar
Maknassy
Maizila Pass
James H. Doolittle
Trapani
Sicily
Bizerte
Malta
Ragusa
Desert
Messina
la Franconnerie
Sfax
Rattlesnakes Predict Last Frost With Easter Weather
Lewis Nordyke notes rattlesnakes on Amarillo highways imply no more frost after spring. He explains Easter dating rules, gives past and future Easter dates, and jokes about hats for Easter bonnets. The piece blends weather lore, science, and light local lore.
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Lewis Nordyke
Amarillo
Soviet Artillery Halts Two Pronged German Attack Southeast of Leningrad
On the Volkhov front Soviet guns smashed a German two pronged assault as Red Army troops entrenched along the Donets River repelled waves of Axis forces. In the Caucasus the Red Army retook a hamlet from the Germans, killing about 100, and at Izyum area fighting saw nearly 800 German troops killed in 24 hours.
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Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Donets
Anette Nee Eee
Caucasus
Red Army
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Izyum
Chuguev
Pvt George Myers Reported Prisoner of Japanese
Pvt George M Myers of Amarillo is listed as a prisoner of the Japanese. The War Department released the news from Washington with no further details. He is the son of Willie F Myers of 802 Johnson Street.
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George M. Myers
Amarillo
Washington
War Department
Pvt
Myers
Willie F. Myers
Johnson Street
British Submarines Attack Italian Cruiser and Tankers
British submarines in the Mediterranean attacked an Italian Regolo class cruiser and torpedoed two tankers and an enemy supply ship, according to the admiralty. The admiralty release was issued from London.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Black Market Lumber Suspected in Amarillo Thefts
Amarillo city manager A. P. Hancock says contractors report thefts of lumber at building sites with losses of 400 to 500 dollars each. Police pit extra officers on lumber thefts as officials suspect material is leaving the city to a black market while marked lumber traces prove elusive.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Mr. Hancock
Amarile
FDR Opens Bond Drive To Support War Effort
President Roosevelt launched the 13 000 000 000 second war loan drive by personally selling bonds to White House staff and urging public support under the slogan They give their lives we lend our money The drive officially opens April 12 and Morgenthau joined in advance sales in the White House. Allied sources in London report German compulsory labor laws extended to all women in occupied countries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Treasury
Morgenthau, Jr
London
College Players Present Brief Music Tonight and Tomorrow
Amarillo College Players stage the one act comedy Brief Music in the College Auditorium at 8 15 tonight and again tomorrow. This all student production marks the drama department’s first effort led by head Donald Clark and showcases student interpretive ability in a setting inside a woman's college.
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Amarillo College Players
Donald Clark
Man and Palomino Stallion Injured in Underpass Crash
D A Mask riding a palomino stallion valued at 1500 was struck by a car driven by Harry Jackson in the East Third Avenue underpass. Mask sustained a deep facial cut while the stallion suffered a broken leg and torn flank. a veterinarian advised chlorforming the animal. Mask insisted on staying with the horse.
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Third Avenue
D. A
Mr. Mask
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Battle Looms Over Agencies' Money Matters
Congress to hear omnibus fiscal bill requests from War Production Board Office of Price Administration Office of Information Office of Civilian Defense and others. Hearings will probe spending hiring and regulating as lawmakers push for retrenchment and closer wartime controls.
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Washington
Congress
House
Appropriations
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
Office of Civilian Defense
Cannon
Democrat
Missouri
Capitol Hill
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Censorship
Office of Coordinator For Inter-American Affairs
Senate
Rain showers forecast as scattered storms near Amarillo
Weather bulletin notes scattered thunderstorms late today and tonight after a day with light showers across Dalhart Spearman and Follett. Amarillo year to date shows 0.69 inch rainfall and a 1.85 inch deficit versus normal, with March historically driest in several years. Subsoil moisture may cushion crops against 20 to 25 percent precipitation shortfalls.
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Bureau
Dalhart
Polk Street
Spearman
Follett and
Shamrock
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Amarillo Sees Push to Drill Two More Water Wells
Mayor Joe A. Jenkins announced efforts to improve Amarillo water supply. He noted current production at 12 million gallons daily, peak last August, and plans to raise output to 15–16 million with a new 30 inch feeder line and three new wells along it.
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Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Police Department
Jenkins
Bob Epperson
Oscar Hargett
Amarillo Army Air Field
Man who posed as woman bought clothes in Amarillo
Reb Lucian Dockery of Clovis is described by Hollywood Dress Shop clerks as a shopper who bought over 100 dollars of women's clothes without trying them on. The 26 year old, who said he masqueraded as a woman for eight years, later registered for selective service claiming a wish to fight as a man.
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Reb Lucian Dockery
Clovis
N. M
Blossom
Texas
Hollywood
Amarillo
inMmacnitte
Hemiack
Court upholds death sentence for Abilene jail escape killer
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Rex Beard known as the paper sack bandit for the death penalty in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Wade Willis during an attempted jail escape in Abilene Texas on February 12 1942.
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Amarillo and Vicinity report warm today with little temperature change tonight. Scattered showers and strong winds in parts of West Texas Panhandle South Plains and Pecos region. New Mexico cooler in the east with snow flurries northern mountains. Temperatures show a wide range with highs around 50s and lows in the 40s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
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Chott Sebkret
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George Welsh
Kansas City
Leila Adele Welsh
J. M. Stidger
Houston Street
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Ae, Poe Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Ltr. Co
Southern State
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