Navy Relief drive reaches one third mark in Potter County
Potter County reports the Navy Relief drive at over one third of Amarillo's $3180 quota with funds, tags, and mail donations arriving. Panhandle Navy Club forms for school children. induction events set at 408 Polk Street and Rex Theater. County chairman Wes Izzard and deputy Pat Flynn lead efforts as Dallas and Ochiltree County report success and state-wide totals edge toward the $5,000,000 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Navy
Amarillo
Navy Mother's Club
Roy Greenhill
Panhandle Navy Club
Navy Relief
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Panhandle
Polk Street
Rex Theater
San Jacinto
Beaumont Stinnett
Glenn Bowen
Ochiltree
Dallas
Gerald Mann
Navy Relief Campaign
Texas
Navy Relief Society
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Park
Pat Flynn
Wes Izzard
Rubber Lung Demonstration Aids Drowning Sailors
A rubber lung device was shown to the American College of Physicians to revive sailors and aviators after immersion. The baby version has saved blue babies and works by simulating breathing and removing water from the stomach, with potential use in anesthesia and respiratory distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
American College of Physicians
Red Cross
Dennis R. Scanlan
New York City
Francis Goldsborough
University of Buffalo
Francis L. Wilson
Detroit
Buffalo
Arnold E. Naegeli
St. Joseph's Hospital
Y M C A Inter Church Council Meets Tonight
The Y M C A Inter Church Recreation Council will meet at 8 o'clock to finish summer recreation plans. Churches with men groups are invited to send reps for the softball league and activities. Officers, committees, and the league opening dates will be set. Carl Miller chairs, Harold L Nichols assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Inter-Church Recreation Council
Carl Miller
Harold L. Nichols
League
Traffic Deaths Decline in First Quarter 1942 Texas
Texas state police report a 14 percent drop in traffic deaths in Q1 1942 from a year earlier, with careful driving cutting fatal accidents by 20 percent. Dallas leads big cities with 5 deaths, while Galveston Amarillo post zero deaths in their size brackets. March fatalities total 130, up from February and January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison, Jr
Department of Public Safety
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Galveston
Amarillo
el Paso
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Waco
Lubbock
Port Arthur
San Angelo
Tyler
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Laredo
American Subs Get 36 Ships Sunk In War Actions
The navy reports American submarines have sunk 36 Japanese ships, with 12 probably sunk and 11 damaged. Four submarine commanders were awarded navy crosses for recent exploits including sinking ships of 5,000 to 17,000 tons and evading counterattacks.
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Washington
Navy
Elton W. Grenfeil
Radburn
Fairlawn
N. J
Cmdr
Stanley P. Moseley
Fort Worth
Tex
Taxpayers Association to Meet Tomorrow at Noon
The Amarillo Taxpayers Association will hold its noon meeting tomorrow at the Amarillo Hotel. Bakers urged to keep bread prices down as inflation and Axis fighting are linked in statements by W. Victor Womack of the Office of Price Administration. The 106th San Jacinto Day observed in Austin with limited government staff and no official celebrations.
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Amarillo Taxpayers’ Association
Amarillo Hotel
San Antonio
U.P
Texas Bakers
W. Victor Womack
Office of Price Administration
Texas Bakers’ Association
Axis
San Jacinto
Austin
Battle of
Republic of Texas
Coke Stevenson
Sulphur Springs
MacArthur Names Men In Pacific Command
In Australia Gen Douglas MacArthur named Maj. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland as chief of staff and Brig. Gen. Richard J. Marshall as deputy chief of staff for the Southwest Pacific command. Their aides include Col. Stivers, Col. Willoughby, Brig. Gen. Chamberlain, Col. Whitlock, and Col. Fitch.
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U. S. Army
Australia
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard J. Marshall
National Guard
Manuel Quezon
Sutherland
West
Virginia Military Institute
Charles P Stivers
Charles A. Willoughby
Stephen J. Chamberlain
Lester J. Whitlock
Burdette M Fitch
Stivers
Willoughby
Marshall
MacArthur
H. F. H. Durant
Australian Army
J. M.R Sandberg
Royal Army
John D. Rogers
Thomas Blamey
George H. Brett
Herbert F. Leary
Sir Thomas
Amarillo Lions Host Zone Meeting and Ladies Night
Amarillo Lions will host a zone meeting and ladies night at the Amarillo Hotel with visitors from Dalhart Dumas Sunray Panhandle Claude Canyon Hereford Friona. Dinner and program start 7:30 pm, dance 9:30 to 12:30 with Tiny Vogel orchestra and Dixie Dice show. 225 reservations reported.
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Amarillo Lions
Dalhart
Dumas
Sunray
Panhandle
Claude
Canyon
Hereford
Friona
Amarillo Hotel
Tiny Vogel
Dixie Dice
Warren J. Freeman
Amarillo
At Home Gray Hair Tinting Recipe Gains Popularity
A widely used home remedy promises a professional looking transformation for gray hair. The Barbo Compound with bay rum glycerine and water is mixed and applied, delivering a natural color that lasts without staining or affecting permanents.
Orientation Day Links Junior High To Senior High
Central Junior High School students attend classes at the Senior High School for Orientation Day to become acquainted with the high school. Each junior student is paired with a regular high school pupil for tours today. Orientation Days for Horace Mann and Sam Houston Junior High Schools follow next week. We Americans have developed a silver fox farm at Punta Arenas Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High
Horace Mann
Sam Houston
Punta Arenas
Chile
What the Well Dressed Defense Woman Wears
The women’s bureau of the labor department outlines summer work attire for war plant workers. Expect low heel shoes, safety goggles, a loose visor cap, slacks and a short sleeve blouse or coveralls without pockets. Uniforms are not mandated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Women's Bureau of Labor Department
Bureau
Italy Still Makes Demands on France
In Bern Switzerland April 21 the Italian Journal Nizardo said that Nice will return to Italy with or without Laval and other papers echoed that the Vichy regime was
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Nizardo
Laval
Nice
Italy
Italian Territorial Ambitions and Axis Collaboration
The Italian Political Review argues that aligning more closely with the Axis would not lessen Italy’s territorial claims. It contends Italy seeks gains including Tunis Corsica and Savoy and warns against false expectations from closer alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Corsica
Savoy
Italy cautions France on rights with firm stance
International relations report notes Italian officials declare no intention to renounce rights and urge the French government of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to remember that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relazioni Internazionali
Italy
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