Letter From Home to Boys in Service in Panhandle 1942
Editor invites readers to send in a personal letter for soldiers as gas rationing and wartime measures shape life in Potter County Texas. The column notes a bank robbery in Hale Center, Amarillo events, WAAC enlistments, local football and basketball news, Border Conference results, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Aunt Mary's
Plainview
Soil Conservation Service
State, Comptroller’s Office
Southwest
Washington
East
Hale Center
al H. LeMond
R. A Jefferies
Jessie Payne
USC
Amarilo
Haddon
Amarillo Field
Bert Levy
Amarillo
Pearl Harbor
Potter County
Panhandle Waac
Sandies
Wichita Falls
Coyotes
Pampa
Phillips Blackhawks
Hereford
el Paso
Hardin-Simmons
West Texas State
Texas Tech
Albuquerque
Stanley Mauldin
R. B. Norman
Amarillo Municipalffers Association
Ross Rogers
Jack Craig
P. F. Sapp
J. S. Evans
A. N. Olver
Mary Louise
Sis” Vernon
Neil Reynolds
Beavers
Carol Rowland
Jesse Gates
Neva McDaniel
Pfeer Kitts
Adell Menasco
Donald G. Kettle
Maxine Durham
Truman Tompkins
June Wanda Brown
Wesley Ray Dean
Janet Selman
Sherwood Blasdel
John Henry Eisenberg
Camp Edwards
Aler
Jell Foster
Canyon
Richard Craig
Childress
Hud Prichard
Ralph Owens
Tulia
Johnny Thomas
Billy Mitchell
Bill Stockman
Malta Bend
J. W “Andy
McCarran Reports Life Threatened by Ill Advised Citizen
Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that his life had been threatened by an ill advised citizen angered by articles portraying members of the Senate silver bloc as Weis to their country.
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Washington
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate Silver Bloc
Weis
Stevenson Still Fights Rationing
Gov Coke R Stevenson says protests over gasoline rationing are mounting as citizens confront the plan in Austin. He insists colors have not been removed as a rubber-saver, reflecting ongoing opposition to the rationing program.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Hitler's Rzhev Wake Drives Nazi Pushes in Central Russia
Moscow dispatch reports Hitler's appeal spurring desperate but unsuccessful attempts to recapture rail lines south of Rzhev and southwest of Velikie Luki on the Central Russian front west of Moscow. Red Star notes vital rail links and warns that loss of Rzhev equals loss of half of Berlin.
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Itler Ryesight
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Red Star
Hitler
Berlin
Stalingrad
Red Army
O.2
Tikhoretsk
Kotelnikovski
Rzhevy
Vyazma
Rzhev-Riga
Tarasov
Povetkin
Nes
No.s
Russia
Bryansk
Tire disposal deadline extended to December 12
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration postponed the idle tire disposal deadline from December 1 to December 12 due to Railway Express Agency delays in handling a last minute pickup rush.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Railway Express Agency
Picqup
Nation wide gas rationing brings wild scramble to store fuel
Motorists raced to stockpile gasoline and liquor as nationwide rationing began. Fires from makeshift storage erupted as people used buckets, dishpans, wash boilers and tanks. Incidents included severe burns in Los Angeles and thefts of 15,000 gallons in Idabel Oklahoma. Authorities hope the rules curb bootlegging and moonshine.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Los Angeles
California
Albuquerque
John Slaughter
The
Kansas
Fire Department
Idabel
Oklo
Joe Hough
San Francisco
Oakland-San Francisco
Polk Street Farmer Gets Gasoline Despite Ration Rules
Amarillo officials press farm needs amid emergency rationing as landowners await the preferred mileage panel. The Potter County board vows to supply essential gasoline for farms and ranches while urging landowners to delay courthouse visits until heeded. Operators queue for inventory approvals and stations reopen after midnight.
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Potter County
Texas
Amarillo
Internal Revenue
State Comptroller's Office
New Mexico
Louisiana
Bill Gilstrap
Bob Stone
Associated Press
Potter County Board
International
Dal
Allied air and ground push at Buna front in New Guinea
Allied forces in the Buna area of New Guinea intensify operations against Japanese positions. American and Australian units coordinate artillery and bayonet actions along a 6 mile front from Sanananda to Buna while B 26 Marauders and B 25 bombers strike airstrips, dispersal bays, and artillery sites at Buna Mission and surrounding areas.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Holnicote Bay
Gona
Sanananda
Warning About Tinder Box Exits Tied to Cocoanut Grove Fire
Boston authorities disclose a 3 year old warning that Cocoanut Grove had a tinder box condition with poor exits as part of criminal probe into the deadly fire. Boston licensing board suspends licenses of night clubs and entertainment resorts pending investigation. South Portland wage dispute widens as another worker walks out at South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation.
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Boston
U.P
Boston Licensing Board
Leverett Satonstall
South Portland
South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation
Amarillo Weather Report Sees Cooling Temperatures Overnight
Continued cool conditions for Amarillo and area with temperatures near freezing tonight. West Texas to be colder this afternoon with reduced winds, New Mexico colder east of the central mountains this afternoon and tonight, while the west remains mild then turns cold. Temperature range 24 hours ending 6 30 A M shows a minimum 33 and a maximum 68 with noon reading at 38.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Central Mountains
FDR Plans Tax on Investment Income in 1943
President Roosevelt intends to ask Congress to extend the $25,000 net salary limit to investment income starting in 1943. Officials say the wage cap is $6,200 gross, with net about $25,000 after deductions, while investment earnings have no limit. The move aims to curb high incomes through taxation, facing opposition from Senator Vandenberg and industry groups.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
James F. Byrnes
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Vandenberg
Michigan
Treasury
Drunk Ordered To Buy Bonds In War Effort
Phillip Keegan a 49 year old war worker admitted spending 88 on a one night spree while on probation for drunkenness. Judge Predd Kullbert ordered him to buy six 25 war bonds every two weeks rather than jail.
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Rockford, II
U.P
Phillip Keegan
Predd. Kullbert
Allies Shell Ports in Tunisia Offensive
Tank backed American and British troops pressed heavy fighting with German forces in Tunisia to cut the last enemy stronghold and seize key port facilities. The battle focused on air and ground assaults aiming to isolate Axis positions and secure the coast.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
North African Air Assault Targets Tunisian Bases
Allied air forces bombarded Bizerte Tunis and Gabes in the largest 24 hour strike of the campaign. An authoritative source said the battle for Tunisia is in a critical stage as American Flying Fortresses and light and medium bombers hit Axis held coastal bases.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Tunis
Gabes
Tunisia
Allied push nears Tunisia showdown as Axis withdraws
Reuters reports signs the German air force is withdrawing from Tunisia to Sicily while Allied bombers strike the Bizerte area. Heavy raids have nearly ruined the Bizerte airfield as Allied ground units press positions near Mateur and Djedeida in Tunisia.
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Reuters
United Nations
Tuneisia
Sicily
Bizerte
North Africa
Allied push toward Tunis as North Africa front tightens
Allied forces advance from Djedeida toward Tunis with tanks and aircraft, while French troops enter Pont Du Fahs and battles rage along the coastal road between Sfax and Gabes. Berlin claims air superiority, but a UN spokesman says Axis strength is waning as Allied planes multiply.
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Tripoli
Sfax
Gabes
Tunis
Pont du Fahs
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Tunisia
Bizerte
United Nations
Berlin
Djedeida
Morocco
Africa
Mussolini Reported Seriously Ill in Unconfirmed Talks
Unofficial London dispatches say Benito Mussolini, premier of Italy, is seriously ill and confined to bed for two weeks. The reports lack official confirmation and cite no disclosed ailment though a chronic heart condition had been rumor in past years.
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London
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Ti Duce
Mussolini
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FDR
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