Amarillo Nears Era of Plastics in Casual Town Survey
A casual Amarillo survey suggests a plastics era may be arriving as metal trims vanish from new cars and Coca Cola caps move to substitutes. Workers report shortages of leather and metal for mail bags, with string as an improvised future alternative while tin foil wraps fade from candy bars and waxed paper replaces inner wrappers.
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Amarillo
Tom Wingate
Amarillo Coca Cola Bottling Company
Santa Claus
Early Peace Is Forecast by DeWitt Mackenzie
The piece notes growing optimism that World War I could end within a year, citing New York Mayor LaGuardia’s remarks to the Senate naval affairs committee. It then shifts to a brief, humorous local observation about colorfully wrapped paper shipments and a cut 36 inch roll, jokingly wondering if substitutes will be used for wrapping or clothing.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Mayor LaGuardia
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Amarillo Globe
Military
Naval Academies
LaGuardia
Pat Barnes
Germany
Europe
Herr Hitler
Britain
United States
Fuehrer
Engineer Dies in Submerged Cab
EAST CHICAGO IND Dec 3 The engineer of a passenger train perished when his locomotive was submerged after reversing to prevent six derailed coaches from plunging into an open bridge over the Indiana harbor ship canal Jack O Connor 70 of Garrett Ind was the sole victim The engine wheels were spinning in reverse at the scene Officials theorize he missed a warning signal due to fog and acted to avert disaster with the engine reversed The incident spared a larger catastrophe and left several coaches upright
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Chicago
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Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
Jack O’connor
Garrett, Ind
New York
O'Connor
Presbyterians Hold Meeting Tonight
The fourth in a series of church night meetings on Christianity and Democracy will be at Central Presbyterian Church. A 6 15 lunch precedes classes from 7 to 8 led by Dr R Thomsen for adults and by Paul Hovey Florence Whittington and Mrs W M Staples for children and youth. If you cannot attend dinner come for 7 o'clock classes. Nursery will be open. William Henry Harrison, U S President, was a soldier.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R Thomsen
Paul Hovey
Florence Whittington
W.M. Staples
14000 American Trucks to Aid China Via Burma Road
Washington reports that more than 14 000 American made trucks will move war equipment to China along the Burma Road under lend lease funds. About 264 American trained pilots have signed for Chinese service and 100 Curtiss P 40 fighters are available. Defense officials estimate 4 000 to 5 000 trucks already ply the Lashio to Kunming route with 10 000 more expected early in 1942.
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Lendlease
Burma Road
China
U. S Army
Defense
Lashio
Burma
Kunming
Yunnan
Transport to Far East Aids Lend Lease Effort
The Arnstein Committee recommends moving 16 000 tons of supplies monthly to the Far East to accelerate lend lease aid. It is estimated that 80 528 000 United States residents are of voting age, about eighty percent.
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Arnstein Committee
Far East
Bey End
United States
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