Amarillo High to Enter All Literary Events at District Meet
Amarillo High School will be represented in all literary events at tomorrow’s district Interscholastic League meet in Canyon. Debaters include Bully Ruai Jones, Bill Jenkins, PJ Woanodson, and Mary Nell Gibson. extemporaneous speakers feature Robert French and Kathryn Speetor.
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Amarillo High Schoo
Canvon
R. B Norman
Prininal
Amaro High School
Ruai Jones
Bill Jenkins
PJ Woanodson
Mary Nell Gibson
Robert French
Kathryn Speetor
Amatrilia Figh School
Ciorlests
Bobby O'Keefe
Pat McClarney
Elenoerny Wile Wall
Aniot High Sahil
Dorothy
Wittona Keiles
Celeste Sheshire
Joyre Dightones
Rosemary Black
Betty Craft
Winona Kelley
Maria Durker
Janie Coffin
Amarilla
Philip al- Jau
Mary Lou Struder
Jumnar Lois Osborn
Pat MacClarney
Nancy Caldwell
Raymond Trent
Jack Bullock
Johnny Sisson
Thomas B Smith Named Trainmaster for Slaton Division
Amarillo native Thomas B Smith is appointed trainmaster of the Slaton division with headquarters at Slaton. He has served as night chief dispatcher on the Plains division and acts as chief dispatcher in Kirby Brown’s absences. The promotion is effective immediately with the Smith family living at 322 Sunset.
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Thomas B Smith
Amarillo
Slaton
C. R. Tucker
Santa Fe Western Lines
Smith
Plains Division
R C. Matthews
Greensburg
Kai
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Plains
Kirby Brown
Sunset
Steel Workers Rally in Houston Over Ship Losses
In Houston in April 1747 the SWOC urged free labor to remove unused streetcar tracks to aid steel recovery after the U S S Houston destruction. Paul Gardner Local 1742 president urged citizens to help build a new ship from scrap steel.
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Houston
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Paul Gardner
Neal Pickett
Governor Stevenson Plans Draft Registration in Junction
Governor Coke R. Stevenson will register for selective service in Junction on April 24 or 25. He will be in Fort Worth on April 27 for the General Federation of Women's Clubs convention as the 45 to 64 year old registration day on April 27 looms.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Junction
Fort Worth
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Reserve Officers Must Register Under Selective Service Act
Austin April 17 Reserve officers permitted to re sign commissions as they are needed in civilian work must register under the selective service act. Adjutant Gen J Watt Page said registrants called before the board have their occupational status considered. Wholly retired reserve officers and enlisted men are exempt from registering.
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Austin
Selective Service Act
J. Watt Page
Selective Service Board For Classification
Umder
Selective Act
Page
Markets and Stocks Daily Summary
MERILL LYNCH close. Dow Jones averages and market quotes from New York and Chicago show wheat and corn futures, steel and chemical stocks, and several named firms active. Kansas City livestock prices noted with hogs and cattle trading at lower quotes. overall market activity subdued with mixed outcomes.
Norwegians Withdrawn From Ports in Nazi Prep
Stockholm reports said Germany ordered the withdrawal of large numbers of Norwegians from Tromsoe in the Arctic port area and Molde on Norway's west coast, indicating Nazi preparations for a possible Allied invasion.
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London
Stockholm
Tromsoe
Arctic Ocean Port
Molde
Norway
Homer Brooks Trial Ends In Houston
The trial of Homer Bartcey alias Homer Brooks a former Communist Party leader charged with draft evasion ended today. Federal Judge T M Kennerly said he would give his decision tomorrow morning.
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Houston
Homer Bartcey
Homer Brooks
Communist Party
T M. Kennerly
Three Sororities Are a Crowd Denied Move in Denver
DENVER April 17 The Denver Zoning Board refused the Alpha Xi Delta petition to move into a block already occupied by two sororities. The board cited concerns about noise and crowding as the reason for denial.
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Denver
Alpha Xi Deltas
Fred Young Returns to Army Reserve Duty
Fred Young of Amarillo rejoins active duty with the rank of major at Fort Sam Houston after World War I service. He has served as adjutant of the Texas American Legion state department from Austin and Amarillo. Legion State Commander Andrew Dilworth announces the call to active service with no immediate changes at headquarters. Major Young is the eighth Hanson Post member from Amarillo to enter active duty among a group including Col. Blucher Tharp and Col. Nat Perrine.
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Fred Young
Almarillo
Fort Sam Houston
Major Young
State Department
American Legion
Ui Austin
Amarillo
Legion
Andrew Dilworth
San Antonio
Sdith
Dilworth
Center
Mineral Wells
Young
Hanson Post
Amarila
Amarilla
Blucher Tharp
Nat Perrine
Julius Dorenfield
T. H. McDonald
Cliff Babinett
A. P. Hammett
Julius Mueller
Ten Jap planes raid Port Moresby again
Ten Japanese warplanes bombed Port Moresby for the 25th time, killing one and wounding two. Five bombers escorted by fighters attacked at high altitude. Allied fighters engaged. results unknown. The raid hit Port Moresby on the South shores of New Guinea, 350 miles from Australia.
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Melbourne
U.P
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Europeans Dying in Japanese Camp Reported in Melbourne
Two Dutch women reaching Melbourne from the East Indies said 300 Europeans were dying in a concentration camp on the Japanese captured Ambon island, where conditions included dysentery and fever at a site of a former Dutch naval base.
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Melbourne
Aneta
Netherlands
East Indies
Ambon
Camacho Invites Foreign Capital to Mexico
Mexico City April 17 President Avila Camacho extended to foreign capital an invitation to come to Mexico saying the country lacks the capacity to develop all its own resources. The invitation was in a letter to U S cotton business proprietors near Torreon.
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Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Mexico
United States
Torreon
Texas to Observe Nimitz Day in Navy Week Opening
Texas will celebrate Nimitz Day on Sunday the opening day of Navy Appreciation Week. The event honors Admiral Chester W. Nimitz a Fredericksburg native who is commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet.
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Dallas
Nimitz
Texas
Chester W. Nimitz Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Pacific Fleet
Berlin Reports Murmansk Raid
Berlin radio said heavy German bombers and dive bombers attacked Murmansk delivering direct hits on a large merchant ship and two smaller vessels in the raid reported today.
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Berlin
Murmansk
Patrolman injured in knife fight between blind men
Dallas on April 17 patrolman W W Rainwater tried to separate two blind men fighting over a woman with knives. He suffered a cut on the forehead and his clothing was slashed during the incident.
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Dallas
W. W. Rainwater
Argentina Buenos Aires faces spike in water use
During her duntary day in Buenos Aires water consumption rose by 20 940 000 quarts in 24 hours.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Axis U boats shell neutral Swedish freighter off Atlantic coast
COCA Florida April 17 Survivors of a torpedoed American merchant ship watched as two Axis submarines shelled a neutral Swedish freighter. The Swedish crew reported at least 45 shells in crossfire, nine men missing from the freighter, 27 rescued from the American vessel, and one known death. Captain Erikson blamed bad luck on the ship’s missing mascot dog Jitterbug. Arthur Gennerson rowed a lifeboat to rescue shipmates after the torpedo hit. Larson, the only English-speaking Swede, doubted the subs saw the ship’s nationality.
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Albert Erikson
Larson
Japanese Wants To Fight for U. S
Shuni Kondo a 27 year old Japanese farmer near Beaumont seeks a unit of men and officers of Japanese ancestry within the U. S. armed forces. He says such a unit would prove loyalty after his voluntary enlistment was rejected due to race as draft boards and recruiting offices in the area continue to turn down Orientals.
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Beaumont
Shuni Kondo
U. S
Kondo
United States
Victory Books Drive Succeeds
The victory book campaign to supply libraries for camps of the armed forces collected 3 250 194 volumes for distribution. Miss Fannie M Wilcox Texas chairman announced that the Fort Worth City Library will be the Texas distribution point for books donated by citizens.
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Austin
Turner Construction Builds Navy Plant in Pennsylvania
In New York on April 174, Turner Construction Co. begins a navy plant project. Superintendent C. J. Spear, auditor J. W. Lance, and naval inspector Lieut. S. H. Sword lead the team.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Turner Construction Co
C. J. Spear
J. W. Lance
Lieut
S. H. Sword
Defense official declines oil pipeline recommendation
Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman says he will not recommend constructing a crude oil pipeline from Wichita County Texas to Savannah Georgia by the Trans-American Pipeline Corp. The decision affects a proposed route outlined for the project.
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Washington
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Wichita County
Tex
Savannah, Ga
Trans-American Pipeline Corp
Herpetological Society Plans Snake Hunt Near Waco
The Texas Herpetological Society will meet at Baylor on Saturday morning to hunt rattlers in the Hog Creek area about 20 miles west of town. The event aims to study local reptiles and promote safe handling.
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Waco
U.P
Texas Herpetological Society
Baylor
Hog Creek
Germans Claim Russia Lost Over Twenty Thousand Planes
London dispatch quotes a Paris radio report stating Russia lost 20 476 airplanes since the June 22 1941 invasion through March 31. In California Gilroy a California cattle market saw the largest 30 year herd driven from Mexico to a butcher, amounting to 1.4 head per animal?
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London
Paris
Berlin
Russia
Gilroy
Cal
Mexico
California
Expert Sifts War Propaganda From Past to Present
Tulsa collector Phil W. McMahon catalogs propaganda posters from World War I and current conflicts, some housed in a Tulsa art museum. He notes the V for Victory slogan began as a 1917 Allied flag, and highlights diverse sizes, censorship issues, and a China poster gifted by Mme Chiang Kai-shek.
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Tulsa
Oklo
WPI
Phil W. McMahon
McMahon
Italy
Bahama Islands
Germany
Tir
America
China
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
RAF Dawn Raid Stirs Coast As Large Strike Sails In
Reports describe the first daylight raid on the French coast with RAF forces attacking Lorient and Le Havre while fighters hit Dutch and northern French airfields. British bombers reportedly damaged a German bomber, with two missing, and the operation involved more than 400 aircraft in heavy noise over the channel. The piece also notes a prior surge of raids against Germany and Britain’s two front aerial war strategy.
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Germany
Air Ministry
Lorient
French
le Havre
Holland
France
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Britain
RAF
Plans Readied For Emergency Food Handling
Nutritionists in Texas prepare for air raids floods and other catastrophes. The Texas State Nutrition Committee plans quantity cookery and decentralized storage as war shifts defense work. Meeting set for March with Dr Helen Mitchell of the National Office attending. Managua Uruguay reports shortages of telephone equipment delaying installations.
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College Station
Tex
U.P
Texas State Nutrition Committee
Mildred Horton
Helen Mitchell
Washington
National Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Dick Vaughan Chases After A Hot Clue
Deputy Sheriff Dick Vaughan investigates a report of a purse containing a hack saw blade sewn inside. He follows the lead to Amarillo where old blades supply a spring mechanism for the purse. Vaughan notes the idea may be to help prisoners saw out, but the lead proves to be a dead end.
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Dick Vaughan
Vaughan
Amarillo
Ban Liquor From Army Camps Urged By Woman’s Leader
Mrs. J. D. Bragg national president of the Woman's Society for Christian Service urged banning liquor from army camps during the Central Texas Methodist Conference in Corsicana. She questioned who is responsible for soldiers lacking soft drinks while beer and liquor are available.
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Corsicana
J. D. Bragg
St. Louis
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Central Texas Methodist Conference
British Submarine Sinks Italian Transport in Mediterranean
The Admiralty announced that a British submarine torpedoed and sunk a large Italian transport from a convoy in the Mediterranean. The incident occurred as part of ongoing naval operations in the region.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
France in crisis as Laval leads Vichy toward break with Allies
The report outlines Laval's possible moves to press Free French and British forces from Syria or seize equatorial Africa as Washington weighs breaking relations with Vichy. US officials vow swift action if Laval targets Western Hemisphere possessions, while Petain consolidates authority in Vichy Paris amid unrest and fires near Fontainebleau.
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Charles de Gaulle
Laval
Syria
Hitler
Middle East
West African
Equatorial Africa
Gen. de Gaulle
Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
Vichy
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
Marshal Petain
Verdun
France
Adolf Hitler
Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Fontainebleau Forest
Brownwood Bulletin hits worthless publicity releases
The Brownwood Bulletin launched an editorial campaign condemning “worthless and wasteful” publicity releases mailed nationwide amid a paper shortage. It urges newspapers to return all useless mail to senders to conserve paper, free stenographers and typists for war work, and cut war debt and postal deficits.
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Brownwood
Brownwood Bulletin
Bulletin
Col Arthur W Parker Killed in Philippines
Col Arthur W Parker 60 of the Q M Co construction quarter master in charge of Randolph Field building program was killed in action in the Philippines. A Wyoming native, he earlier served at Sacramento and Fort Sill before moving to the Philippines in 1940 to supervise cantonments and air field construction near Manila.
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San Antonio
Arthur W. Parker
Q. M. Co
Randolph Field
West Point of the Air
Philippines
War Department
Parker
Wyoming
Sacramento
Calif
Fort Sill
Oklo
Manila
Soldier Killed by Automobile Near Grand Prairie
Pvt. C.G Hood, 24, of Company EF, 167th Infantry at Hensley Field, was killed last midnight by an automobile on the Fort Worth Pike near Grand Prairie. Hood had been transferred from Camp Bowie. his papers are not yet at the field. The driver said he did not see Hood as he walked on the highway. New Zealanders ate an average of 264 apples per person last year.
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Dallas
C.G Hood
167Th Infantry
Hensley Field
Fort Worth
Grand Prairie
Hood
Camp Bowie
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