Amarillo Man Flees Bataan a War Romance Ends
General MacArthur's headquarters reports Nurse Second Lieut. Earleen Allen from Jackson HK evacuated to Corregidor with other nurses as Japanese dive bombing pressed the peninsula. She had secretly married Capt. Garnet P. Francis of Alexandria VA after meeting in Manila. They wed despite Army marriage rules in a tropical grove under a full moon officiated by Chaplain Frank L. Tiffany.
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Frank Hewlett
United Press
MacArthur
Australia
Bataan
Corregidor
Peninsula
Earleen Allen
Jackson
Manila
Garnet P. Francis
Alexanderia
Francis
Allen
al- Jen
Bataan Field Hospital
Frank L. Tiffany
Sand Point
Idaho
Local Help Wanted Classified Fragments
A jumble of short ads seeks housekeepers farm help office work and more. Various readers list maid, nurse, typesetter, hotel housework, and general labor needs with contact hints and partial addresses. Some listings offer room for rent in exchange for work and pet notices appear among the notices.
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Tack
Knight Boyd Lived In Amarillo Schools Chief’s Son
Lieutenant Boyd, son of Mr and Mrs Boyd of Lubhback, previously lived here and attended Amarillo schools where he was known as Knight Boyd.
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Lieutenant Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Lubhback
Knight Boyd
Amarillo
Evacuation of Bataan Ends as Corregidor Holds Fast
Eyewitness account recalls the Bataan evacuation and Corregidor defense. Marines and Navy vessels aided evacuees while planes bombed the shore, and a last radioed truces attempt halted crossings. Amid fires at Cavite Yard and Nichols Field, a handful reached Corregidor as officers and medics endured the peril.
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Bataan
Cavite Navy Yard
Nichols Field
Corregidor
Doet RN
AP Annual Meet Opens In New York
AP delegates from across the nation arrive in New York for the 42nd annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria. A record attendance of about 600 may extend the session to 16 days. Key talks include by law revisions for AP membership and electing six directors.
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New York
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria
Cooperative Newsgathering Agency
American Newspaper Publishers Association
John 8. Knight
Detroit Free Press
Marshall Field
Chicago Sun
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Washington (DC
Times Herald
The
Tribune Company
Chicago Evening Tribune
Chicago Morning Tribune
Gene A. Howe
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Civic Center Praised For Soldier Hospitality
An Amarillo youth recalls the city’s Service Men Civic Center and how local volunteers at the Amarillo Hotel provide cookies razors and a private shaving room for troops passing through. Mrs. B. M. Puckett asks Amarillo housewives to bake cookies and deliver them to the Center this busy week.
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Amarillo
Service Men's Civic Center
B. M. Puckett
Advisory Council of the Center
Soldier Front
Amarillo Hotel
McNutt unveils labor priorities amid manpower concerns
Washington April 20 Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission said he would create a system of labor priorities to place needed men in key war industries but rejected a work or fight approach to compel production. He cited a potential nationwide shortage and favored regional and occupational group deferments, noting no specific legislation is planned.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Seeing eye dogs get license fee waived in Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County commissioners voted to waive the annual $2 license fee for a seeing-eye dog owned by a local blind resident. The decision highlights privileges granted to guide dogs in Salt Lake City area.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake County
WPA HUNTING VITAL METALS IN TEXAS
WPA workers under the Bureau of Economic Geology of the University of Texas are surveying seven Texas counties for manganese, titanium, kaolin, fluorite, lead and zinc. Trenches and test pits are being dug in Jeff Davis and Presidio counties as part of the mineral resources survey.
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San Antonio
WPA
Texas
Bureau of Economic Geology
The
University of Texas
Jeff Davis
Presidio
WPA Mineral Resources Survey
Two Workers Die In Explosives Plant Blast
An explosion at the National Fireworks Company plant in Hanover Massachusetts used for government explosives killed two workers and left another critically injured. Responders rushed the injured man to Brockton hospital as inquiries suggested a higher toll and a large facility spread over a broad area.
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Hanover
Mass
National Fireworks Company
Brockton Hospital
This Family Does Its Bit
The Speed family in Dallas shows wartime service and training. Elvet, 15, studies first aid for an air raid warden course while Mrs Speed and Thomas, 16, take warden examinations. Raymond and Worth serve in the Air Corps, at Kelly Field and Perrin Field. The father is a chief petty officer at the Great Lakes naval training station.
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Dallas
T. F. Speed
Elvet
Speed
Thomas
Raymond
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Worth
Perrin Field
Sherman
Tex
Nate
Great Lakes
Yvonne Dionne Undergoes Ear Operation in North Bay
Yvonne Dionne, the most robust of the Quin quintuplets, had a minor ear operation on April 1, 2007. She remained resting fairly well in a North Bay hospital today according to officials.
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North Bay
Yvonne Dionne
Men’s Supper Club Meets Tonight at Parish House
The men’s supper club of St. Andrew’s Church holds its regular meeting tonight at 7 at the Parish House. Toby Galbreath, secretary, says Phillips Petroleum Co will furnish the program. Cops get police pups in Cleveland as three German shepherds named Victory Defense and Liberty train for guard duty.
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St. Andrew's Church
Toby Galbreath
Phillips Petroleum Co
Cleveland
U.P
Westlake Village
Victory
Defense
Liberty
Cow Charged With Assault And Battery Of Automobile
In Montrols Pennsylvania a county court jury found farmer Will Booth's cow guilty of assault and battery on an automobile after Poultryman C P Dodgen sued. Dodgen claimed the cow jumped a fence and collided with his car, causing damages. The jury awarded $60.80 to Dodgen.
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Montrols
C. P. Dodgen
Will Booth
Booth
Dodgen
Aussies Win in Inter Allied Rodeo Events
An allied base in north eastern Australia hosts a log corrals rodeo where American and Australian soldiers compete winning most events. American entrants include Private James Morris of Collingwood New Jersey and Private Sam Nussdorf of Rockwell Connecticut. Nussdorf remarks he plans to write home after the event. The Americans learn Australians call cowboys jackeroos and ranches stations.
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Australia
James Morris
Penn Ave
Collingwood
N. J
Sam Nu
Laval urges entente with Germany in radio speech
Pierre Laval condemned Britain and urged France to pursue entente and reconciliation with Germany in a radio address. In Washington the navy seized Brewster Aeronautical plants at Long Island City Newark and Johnsville on Roosevelt orders.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
Great Britain
France
Germany
Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
N. Y
Newark
N. J
Johnsville
General Fund Deficit Declines in Texas
Austin reports the state general fund deficit at 28,111,414 dollars, down 583,559 from April 19, 1941. Officials issued a call for 1,273,793 in war warrants, with the new call number 214,506.
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Austin
Fort Worth Plant Rolls Out Fourth Bomber Fleet
Fort Worth announces completion two months early of Consolidated Aircraft Corporation’s bomber plant. The War Department hails the achievement as part of the accelerated wartime production program and Southwest assembled B-24 long range bombers roll off the lines for deployment.
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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Fort Worth Star- Telegram
War Department
Consolidated
Picture of Amarillo Truck Theft Shows 800 Cedar Posts Haul
Police display a photo from the bureau of criminal identification of a stolen truck loaded with 800 cedar posts found wrecked south of Amarillo. The image underscores a large quantity theft rather than notable value.
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Amarillo
Police Department
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Jaynes Vermi Worm Medicine Ad Warns Of Reuniworms
An old style advertisement warns readers about reuniworms and urges using Jaynes Vermi, touted as Americas leading proprietary worm medicine for over a century. It claims the product prevents worm trouble and offers relief from itchy nose and nervousness symptoms.
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Jayne
Jayne America
Arte
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