Escaped Felons Sought After Prison Farm Break
ANGLETON April 19 Officers searched the area for nine convicts still at large after 15 escaped from Retrieve prison farm yesterday. Six were recaptured with bloodhounds. seven escaped April 4 by sawing bars. New warden Capt W D Sloan noted the farm break as a second in two weeks. The highway patrol listed the nine fugitives and recaptured several men including Smallwood Hartcraft Murray Kirkpatrick Wilms Reek. A 35 000 ton battleship costs 70 000 000 to build equal to 933 333 war bonds. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Angleton
Retrieve
T. T. Easley
Huntsville
W. D. Sloan
J. A. Lockwood
State Highway Patrol
Willard C. Maddox
Harris County
L. C. Combs
Houston
Arglary
Tarrant County
John Lamar
J. R. Stinn
McLellan
Ellies
Frank Martin
Hays
Winburn N. Murray
Dallas
William Kirkpatrick
Life
Richard Wilms
Robert Eek
San Augustine
German Mines in American Waters?
Naval experts warned that German submarines may use mines more extensively this spring and summer along American coasts. Improved offshore anti submarine weapons and larger patrol fleets raise the odds of mine warfare, with a history of limited WWI mine damage cited and U-boat activity warned to return.
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Washington
United Nations
United States
Navy
United States Navy
Atlantic
Taxicab Company Split Under War Conditions
Ben Robertson announces division of Rainbow and City taxicab firms with the Rainbow to be run by F. H. Robertson and the City Cab Company to operate with City Auto Park. He notes war pressures reduce his business activities and mentions broader Army and community plans for Lake opening and War Bond drives coordinated by veterans groups and local organizations. The program aims to be free to the public with a goal of funding a Garand rifle for a soldier if bond purchases meet targets.
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Ben Robertson
Rainbow
City
Rainbow Cab Company
F. H. Robertson
City Cab Company
West Sixth Avenue
Buffalo Lake
Soil Conservation Service
Texas State Conservationist
Amarillo Army Air Field
West Texas
Pampa Army Air Field
Cactus Ordnance Works
American Legion
Khiva Temple
Army
Texas Hills Boost Axis News With Camp Hood Expansion
Camp Hood near Gatesville will add North Camp Hood housing about 35 000 troops for basic tank destroyer training raising the reservation total to nearly 100 000. The move shifts the center of operations from Camp Hood to the new north site by April 26, while the main camp retains major units and a large ordnance maintenance setup.
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Camp Hood
Texas
Army
North Camp Hood
Gatesville
Charles M. Thirlkeld
Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center
Basic
Camp Bowie
Col
Harry Thompson
Tank Destroyer School
Advanced
Cen
A. D. Bruce
Richard E. East
North Carolina State College
North Camp
Ice fields of Wyoming glaciers form largest continental area
The text notes that the Gannett Peak Dinwoody and Bull Lake glaciers in Wyoming's Wind River mountains create the largest continental ice fields. They cover about 15 square miles and reach depths from 300 to 600 feet. It also states the bow is the first engine of war devised by man.
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Gannett Peak
Dinwoody
Bull Lake
Wyoming
Wind River Mountains
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