Letter From Home to the Boys in Service Amid War News
A Panhandle column surveys spring in Amarillo and surrounding towns, notes on air base visits by Undersecretary Patterson and regional leaders, local service members' awards and losses, sports events, and society engagements. It reports Garcis transfers, weddings, and community updates as families send messages to those serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Ernest O. Thompson
Robert P. Patterson
Colonel Thompson
Senator Maybank
South Carolina
Thomason
el Paso
Pyron
Houston
Patterson
Army Air Forces
Hereford
J. M. P. Vaughn
Jimmie Gillentine
John D. Hooker
Fillmore Street
Guadalcanal
RAF
Carlton R. Horne
U. S. Eighth Air Force
England
James W. Baldwin
T. E. Baldwin
Borger
India
Middle East
Frank Berry, Jr
Tucson
Ariz
Robert H. McClevey
Vernon
Plainview
Pampa
Bruce Curry
Gene Root
Ross Rogers
George Ausbach
Todd Houck
Huber
Dallas
Howard Lynch
North Plains
Claude
Bill Keith
Charlie Quails
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association Partnership
Amarillo Country Club
Charlie Crowe
Louis H. Smith
Harry Daily
Amarillo Golf Association
Jack Allen
Warren Babb
West Texas College
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Burton Gym
Canyon
Price College
Carl Buchanan
Louis Cuellar
Rudy Gerken
Walter Pivarunas
Fred Corbitt
Bill Sneiderman
George Austin
Society
Dorothea Thomas
Joe Presley Crisler
Arsenal
Pine Bluff
Ark
Maudie Elizabeth Brunson
Gordon E. Lee
Lake Charles
Davie Downey
Hale Center
Garland Long
Army
Irene Ball
Wellington
G. D. Gill
Las Vegas
N. M
Berkeley Ryan
Clarendon
Lawrence C. Neece
Lefors
Naval Reserve
Virginia
Koma Beryl Mahler
Henry F. Fields
Groom
George G. Meade
Margie Adams
A. E. Butterfield, III
Portland
Ore
Beverly Buie
Stamford
Winn Lehman
Booker
Jeanne Marie Pyeatt
Earl L. Johnson
Beatrice Harden
Gladys Beauty Shop
Lloyd D. Brown
Amarillo Army Air Field
Mary Lillian Stull
Sterling Morgan Hanson
Chicago
Navy
Orange
Pauline Venetta Olson
Stockton
Calif
William Burl Winks, Jr
Gladys Armstrong
George H. Cash
Margaret Wickham
Richard L., Lefler
Mary Ann Sparks
Spearman
Bakersfield
Phillip Dean Brockus
Richmond
Axis Troops At Mercy of Siege Guns
Allied forces advance on all fronts as Rommel retreats to the Tunisian mountains. Montgomery’s 8th Army reaches Enfidaville near Sousse, while 9th U. S. Air Force Liberators strike Naples in daylight raids. Cairo dispatch dated April 13.
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Cairo
U. S. Air Force
Naples
Italy
Amarillo Boy in Far East Gets a Welcome Package From Home
Roy G. Vaughan, a B-24 bomber pilot in the Far East, was wounded and treated in a hospital. A nurse found a sack of Red Cross surgical dressings labeled from Potter County Texas Chapter, donated by Amarillo residents. He is steadily recovering.
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John H. Vaughn
Vaughan
Red Cross
Roy G. Vaughan
University of Texas
Air Forces
Far East Front
Texas
Amarillo
American Red Cross
Potter County
200000 Enemy Troops Massed Near Australia
Allied and Japanese air actions dominate reports from the Southwest Pacific. General Blamey warns Japan aims to regain air parity with 200,000 first line troops nearby while MacArthur notes Allied air losses blunt a large scale offensive. Australian and Allied air blocks claim several kills and several ships damaged in recent raids.
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Port Moresby
MacArthur
Sir Thomas Blamey
Australia
Coral Sea
Solomons
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Blamey
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Wewak
Midway
Berlin
Oro Bay
Mrs Torrence Denies Cow as Public Dairy
Mrs. Torrence reports her cow at 211 North Cleveland Street was milked last night by a thief who escaped with an empty pail after a neighbor spotted the milking. The owner says she had milked the cow earlier and declares the animal is not a public dairy.
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John Torrence
Soldiers buy bonds and tip contest winners named
Gracie raided an ice box last week and left a note of thanks to friends, prompting Mrs. Audrey McGann to win first prize in the Globe-News tip contest. Betty Norton and H. L. Mauldin win second and third prizes for tipped car accident and Easter birthday notes. Soldiers on Bataan and Amarillo Army Air Field continue buying War Bonds, totaling over $400,000 and about $100,000 monthly respectively.
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Gracie
Amarillo
Audrey McGann
West Sixth Avenue
Globe News
Betty Norton
West 14Th Avenue
H. L. Mauldin
East Highth Avenue
J. M. Stidger
Houston Street
Stidger
Lee Gruhlkey
van Buren
Patsy Milligan
Georgia
Nancy Lou Meyer
Bowie
Globe-News
Bataan
Philippines
Amarillo Army Air Field
Abolish FSA and Parity Urged in Farm Bill Move
The House appropriations committee recommended abolishing the Farm Security Administration and the crop insurance program and ending parity payments for 1943 and 1944. The $707,040,844 agriculture bill would fund operations next July 1, with parity funds totaling $193,623,000 for the 1942 year. The FSA functions would transfer to the Farm Credit Administration.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
House Appropriation Committee
Agriculture Department
Department
Farm Credit Administration
FSA
Japs Build Fighter Bases in Aleutians
In the Aleutians near Kiska and Attu, Japanese forces are developing air fields as bombings and naval action pressure supply lines. The Kiska runway may be ready for fighters by Easter, with the field already bombed several times and strafed repeatedly.
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Andreanof Islands
Kiska
Attu Islands
Aleutians
Eleventh
Bomber Command
Amarillian hurdler Lloyd Duncan buys War Bond
Lloyd Duncan, noted legless Amarillian hurdler, purchases another War Bond to bolster government securities. He states his loan supports the men fighting battles on foreign fronts, insisting he will not admit defeat despite his handicaps.
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Lloyd Duncan
Duncan
Amarillo War Bond Drive Enters Second Day
Lieut. Leroy Johnson explains the fund comes mainly from privates earning 50 dollars monthly. He notes the amount covers series E bonds only and excludes F and G bonds and purchases by officers or men with home business ties. Amarillo continues campaign to underwrite an invasion of American forces.
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Leroy Johnson
Amarillo
Amarillo Bond Drive Surges Past Half Million on First Day
Bond sales in Amarillo yesterday reached 182 328 dollars excluding April pledges, reported by liaison officer Mrs Bob McDonald. April 1 through 11 sales totaled 154 075 25 and April to date 336 403 25. Team captains and workers pledged 137 500 yesterday, aiming near 500 000 on the initial drive.
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Amarillo
Bob McDonald
Americans urged to buy extra bonds in wartime drive
In New York Secretary Morgenthau urged more than 50 workers and the public to purchase additional war bonds as part of a three week campaign. The treasury disclosed plans to raise about 70 billion dollars this year to support the war effort, aiming to limit inflation.
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Uncle Sam
Morgenthau
New York
Treasury
Allied push tightens vise on Axis in North Africa rear
Allied forces report advances along most points of the 18th army group front as Rommel’s Africa Corps withdraws into a 100 mile corridor from Cape Serrat to near Enfidaville. About 210000 Axis troops remain. British and American air and artillery press the retreat with gains near Sousse and Kairouan.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Algiers
Bernard L. Montgomery
Enfidaville
Sousse
Tumis
London
Reuters
Rommel
Africa Corps
Cape Serrat
Eighth Army
Kairouan
Montgomery
R. A. N. Anderson
First Army
Ousseltia Plain
First
Medjez-El-Bab-Munchar
Navy chief vows Mediterranean cleanup after North Africa
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said the Mediterranean must be cleaned up after the North African campaign. He praised operations progress and warned that shipping benefits depend on securing Tunis before any change in the situation.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Mediterranean
Knox
Tunis
Murder in Lower 13 Case Is in Recess
The Folkes trial for murdering Mrs. Martha Virginia James on a crowded passenger train last January 23 was recessed again due to the illness of defense attorney Leroy Lomax. The proceedings at Albany Ore. proceed with health concerns delaying the case.
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Albany
Ore
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Martha Virginia James
Leroy Lomax
Capitol Hill Threatens To Limit Army
War Manpower Chairman Paul W. McNutt said end of 1943 will see most fathers under 38 drafted. Rep May urged quick Senate approval of a House bill granting deferments to men with children and warned of Congressional review of manpower plans if the War Manpower Commission delays. McNutt warned wholesale drafting of fathers would change allotments and family support. May stressed likely Senate approval of a near party line House vote.
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Washington
Paul W. McNutt
Capitol Hill
May
House Military Committee
Senate
House
Congressional
Manpower Commission
War Department
McNutt
Congress
Rep. Kilday
Texas
Frost Warning Predicts Tonight’s Ground Frost
The weather bureau warns of heavy ground frost that could kill unprotected gardens and flowers. Weather observer H C Winburn advises wetting the garden late today and covering plants to guard against frost, noting fruit may escape if conditions stay on the ground level.
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Victory
H. C. Winburn
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Armed Services
Oklahoma City
Yours
Far East
Audrey McGannins
Silver Box Typewriter
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Austin
Moore-Morse
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