DAR To Offer Project to Officers
Mrs. Harry Doviglas McKeige of Brooklyn named national director for Co ordination of War Services by DAR president general Mrs. William H. Pouch. DAR expands war work with work rooms and information bureaus in port cities to aid Army Navy Coast Guard officers and visiting personnel.
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Washington, D. C
Harry Doviglas McKeige
Brooklyn
N. Y
William H. Pouch
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Pouch
McKeige
Boston
Massachusetts Dar
New York City
Hotel Roosevelt
National Defense
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
War Bureau
Harry D. McKeige
United States Army
Nathaniel Woodhull
Calendar of local club events and DAR notices
The schedule lists A A U W sewing, Red Cross rooms, Amarillo Rebekah Lodge, and USO dances and games tonight with times and venues. Wednesday includes church and lodge activities, game nights, and civic group meetings. DAR remarks note service wear, war bureau aid, ribbons for 750 hours, and Mrs. McKeige’s DAR leadership background.
Women commissioned to fill army doctor shortfall
Major General Kirk announces 7,500 more women physicians will join the army in three months. Nine women physicians are on duty with several more in activation, including Major Margaret Craighill the first. Several lieutenants and captains at Fort Des Moines Fort Dix Drew Field and other posts touted to expand battlefield medical coverage.
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Norman T. Kirk
Army
Margaret D. Craighill
Women’s Medical College
Philadelphia
Medical Corps
Office of Preventive Medicine
Margaret M. Janeway
New York City
Women's Army Corps
North Africa
Eleanor B. Gutman
Yale Medical School
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Annive Nersessian
Norwood
Mass
Temple University
Port Des Moines
Aubrey A. Bill
Wayland
Boston University Medical School
Fort Devens
Jean L. Dunham
G. C. Dunham
Army of the United States
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Tilton General Hospital
Fort Dix
N. J
Elizabeth Garber
Dunkirk
Ind
Belle C. Shedrovitz
United States
Glamour Tips for Homemakers From Amarillo League Luncheon
Bright Spots presents a weekly invitation to the Rose Bowl Tea Room luncheon sponsored by the Amarillo Junior Welfare League to benefit a children’s clinic. The column quips about household glamour, husband watching, and practical fashion advice with playful references to Betty Grable Joan Fontaine Bette Davis Joan Crawford and Marlene Dietrich.
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Rose Bowl Tea Room
Fred Fyfe
Amarillo
Soldier Slays Wife and Self in Hotel Murder Suicide
Police seek motive in the deaths of Pvt. A J White and his wife both shot in their El Paso hotel room last night. Coroner Windberg ruled the private killed his wife and then himself after the pair returned from a night out. hotel clerk Trinidad Romero described them as drinking but in good spirits.
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EL Paso
W.P
Pvt
A. J. White
Aurora
Wis
Charles Windberg
Trinidad Romero
Germany's New Weapon In Action At U S Bomber Base
First Lt. Joseph Armanini and Maj. William Veal described a German weapon that fires lines of 25 to 30 black balls about indoor baseball size. The balls explode on impact or together in a flash as German fighters close in on American B 17s during raids on Regensburg and other targets. The device may use rocket guns or concussion mechanisms and was deployed from beneath attacking Messerschmitt planes.
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U. S
England
Germany
Joseph Armanini
Santa Cruz
Cal
Armanini
Regensburg
William W. Veal
New Rochelle
N. Y
Betts to Speak at Mt. Zion Church Thursday Night
Negro lawyer T. M. Betts will address the Mt. Zion Church Thursday night at 8 30. The public is invited to attend the talk at the church.
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T. M. Betts
Mt. Zion
Danish sabotage wrecks factories in Denmark
Svenska Dagbladet reported two Danish factories blown up over the weekend despite a royal and government appeal for peace. An aluminum factory at Frederiksberg and a camouflage factory in Copenhagen were wrecked, with a German patrol boat reportedly split by an explosion near Knittelsbroen. Sabotage also hit railway lines moving troops and supplies to Danish ports for Norway movement, per Stockholms Tidningen.
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Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Denmark
Christian X
Fredericksberg
Copenhagen
Knittelsbroen
Norway
Mom s Been Working on The Railroad
In Galveston August 24 1941 the Santa Fe Railway shows 3427 women on its payroll about 35 percent in jobs traditionally done by men. They serve as engine wipers lubricators machinists blacksmiths sheet metal workers electricians and operate turntables steam hammers and drill presses. Many have husbands sweethearts brothers or sons in the armed forces and some have replaced relatives called to active service. The telegraph department sees notable female growth though overall male workers still predominate.
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Galveston
Santa Fe
De Gaulle Praises Reorganized French Army
Gen. Charles De Gaulle congratulated Gen. Henri Giraud on the reorganized French Army in Algiers and declared that the enemy would soon see what the troops are worth in a letter from the president of the..
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French Liberation Committee Praises Troop Strength
The committee reports to the commander in chief that large inspected units form a powerful force. It credits the troops and officers for their spirit, training, and equipment supplied by American allies, noting the enemy will soon see their value.
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French Committee of National Liberation
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A. A. U. W. Sewing Group
Red Cross Sewing Rooms
Amarillo Rebekah Lodge
I. C. C. F. Hall
Bonita Chapter
O. E B
Taylor Street
USO
Victory Command
Harry Prepsutti
Downtown
Ellwood Park
Young People’s Department
Polk Street Methodist Church
Palo Duro
Order of Them
Masonic Hall
Gamma A
Beta Sigma Phil
USC
Victo
Wives Bowling Club
Downstown Uso
West
Amarillo Christian Church
J. A. Stinson
Tennessee Street
First Presbyterian Church
Lydia E. Pinkham
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance
Amarillo—Dumas
America
Revlon
Fabu
White & Kirk
Amalrillo
Doctor
Uncle Sam
Gracie Allen
Betty Grable
Sport Pages
Joan Crawford
Ale Bette Davis
George
Marlene Dietrich
Potuck
Armed Services
Fay Hancock
Sonya Gover
Mt. Zion Church
Ketchikan
Alaska
Vitaly He Jrock
Goov
de Gaulle
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Globe News
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell Jeweler
Amaprilio
Charm Magazine
Hollywood Pottery
Ong
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