Stabilized wartime fashion limits cut sleeves and skirts
War Production Board orders curbs on women wardrobe styles to save cloth. Restrictions apply to coats dresses suits and skirts with specified maximum lengths and features while home dressmakers for sale must comply. Home sewing for personal use is exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Shollenberger
United Press
Washington
U.P
War Production Board
Stanley Marcus
WPB
Marcus
Soviets Push Across Dnieper and Hit Vyazma Front
Soviet dispatches claim the Red Army’s winter counteroffensive has inflicted heavy losses on German forces around Vyazma and Bryansk, driving Germans from additional towns, with air battles tilting in favor of the Soviets and plans to fend off a later German push from Smolensk. The report also notes Russian advances near Kharkov and a Red Star account on Murmansk bombardment attempts. In Amarillo, WPB housing officials Tom Poore and Preston L. Wright will survey the city and meet the housing committee tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Smolensk
Dnieper
London
U.P
Germany
Vyazma
Bryansk
Moscow
Vyayma
Gregori Zhukov
British Broadcasting Company
Radio
Red Star
Murmansk
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Tom Poore
Preston L. Wright
WPB
Tomorow
Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
F. A. Wells
U. S. Employment Service
Ernie Pyle Quits Roaming Columns for Now
Veteran reporter Ernie Pyle has decided to stop writing his Globe column for the time being. He is back in Albuquerque with Mrs. Pyle due to illness and other personal matters, planning to resume eastward travel and return to Amarillo in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Albuquerque
Mrs. Pyle
London
Ernie Pyle
Amarillo
England
Texas
Ice Storm Strikes Plains Areas With Heavy Snow and Floods
Severe weather brings drizzle rain sleet and snow across the Plains. Amarillo reports bending trees and root pulls while Perryton sees moisture and Spearman snow. Flood warnings issued for Trinity River tributaries as Texas records widespread rainfall and lightning incidents cause minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryton
Spearman
Adrian
Texas
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Trinity River
North Panhandle
el Paso
del Rio
Java Prisoners Reported After Japanese Capture
Japanese broadcasts claim Java forces captured 82,618 prisoners including 883 Americans. The tally breaks down to 61,069 Dutch, 10,639 British and 4,890 Australian. The Imperial Headquarters announced the figures today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Imperial
Java
Bill Bynum Called to Active Duty in Field Artillery
Bill Bynum vice president of the American National Bank in Amarillo is called to active duty as a first lieutenant in the field artillery. He has held a reserve commission for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bynum
American National Bank
Amarillo
Field Artillery
Bynum
Tire theft interrupts travel near Catonsville
Richard Carlisle of Brucetown Virginia and a companion stopped for a nap on a roadside seat near Catonsville Maryland. They woke to find the car with a jack, a lifted wheel and a stolen tire and tube, prompting a police review of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Carlisle
Brucetown
Baltimore
Governor vows action against Japanese colonization in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports Governor John E. Miles warned that American-born Japanese attempting colonization in New Mexico would face official state intervention. He said he would use emergency police powers if necessary to prevent such settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
John E. Miles
Marshall in London for Strategy Talks.
General Marshall arrives in London for talks with British leaders on the grand strategy of the United Nations campaigns in 1942. Harry Hopkins joins as chairman of the munitions assignments boards, recalling Pershing’s 1917 London visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Unitedates Army
Jer Xe C. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Britain
United Nations
General Marshall
John J. Pershing
US military leaders to visit London for short stay
Accompanying the army chief of staff and Hopkins are Col. Howard A. Craig of the air corps Lieut. Col. A C Wedemeyer of the general staff and Lieut. Commander J R Fulton of the Navy. They will be in London for a short stay and traveled by bomber. Reports in London claim most of the American Army is preparing for a mass invasion of the continent with British forces striking through France. Thousands of Americans are training in northern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Hopkins
Howard A. Craig
Air Corps
A. C. Wedemeyer
General Staff
J R. Fulton
United States Navy
London
Britain
Marshall
Continent
Germany
France
Northern
Ireland
Weather Outlook For Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast shows continued cold and a mix of rain and freezing conditions across West Texas and New Mexico. Expect freezing rain or drizzle in the Amarillo Pampa region ending this afternoon, with intermittent rain across the South Plains. Frost widespread, except east of Pecos River and Del Rio Eagle Pass. Temperature extremes 31 to 46 with precipitation around .32 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo-Pampa
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Motorist Shouts Fire Then Extinguishes Seat Blaze
In Goldsboro North Carolina a driver yelled fire during a dash to a fire station. A police officer stopped him and they found a burning seat in the back of the car. They quickly extinguished the small blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
Two Norwegian Ships Escape to Britain
Berlin reports that six of ten Norwegian vessels attempting to break out of Goteborg were sunk by German forces while two others fled back to Swedish waters. The official German briefing dated April 8 states the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Goteborg
Indian Nationalists Seek Roosevelt Mediation On Defense
Reports from New Delhi indicate nationalists, aided by Louis Johnson, may accept a defense formula acceptable to Britain. Nehru confers with Johnson as Cripps visit looms, while Axis powers watch for U.S. mediation signals amid postwar dominion talks and a proposed Indian defense minister with limited powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Louis A. Johnson
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United Nations
Britain
All-India Congress
Stafford Cripps
Jawaharlal Nehru
Johnson
United States
Park chief adds benches after lovers plea in Central Park
Topeka Park Commissioner Harry Snyder answered a playful letter from a couple in love asking for more seating. He installed four benches under the arbor in Central Park to provide a secluded spot for courting as spring arrives and moonlight nights begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Harry Snyder
Central Park
Snyder
Globe News Tip Prize Winners Named
Aileen Moore wins $5 first prize for tipping a purse theft in Amarillo, followed by Buddy Cobb with $3 for a tip about a motorcycle fire and Evabelle Warren receiving $2 for a tip on police stopping five trucks and four cars. Dozens of other tipsters are listed with addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aileen Moore
East
Ninth Avenue
Amarillo
Buddy Cobb
Monroe Street
Evabelle Warren
Northwest Texas
J C. Frazer
Amarillo to House Aircraft Training School Officials Say
Rex Baxter of the Chamber of Commerce and Aircraft Training School executives announced plans to locate a Dallas operating school in Amarillo. They seek office space and a site here. The program covers most skilled aircraft building trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Dallas
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
J. I. Reagan
B. C. Curtis
Baxter
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Mack Johnson
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
War Department
Wainwright
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Abucay
Little Peninsula
Moron
China Sea
Luzon
Lana
Dnieper River
Vyasma-Ghatsk-Rzhev
Stockholm
Pravda
Bryansk Front
Radio Moscow
Kharkov
Zhukov
Central Front
Mr. Pyle
Plains
Agricultural and Home Demonstration Agents
Frank Fay
Willie Joe Clarkey
Athens
Fort Worth
Carl Burkholder
Brownwood
Bonham
Catonsville, Md
John Maynard
Axis
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische
Globe News
Tip
West 13Th Avenue
Harold Harlow
East Ninth Avenue
L. W. Thompson
Fillmore Street
Wiley E. Thompson
Austin Street
Maurine Baldwin
Don Turner
Western Avenue
W. N. Worford
Caroline Street
N. B. Darby
Madison Street
John Whitehead
Jackson Street
Russell. Stationery Company
Neely
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