Japan Struts Like Bantam No Match for Pearl Harbor Power
A visiting journalist notes Japan’s economic strain and swagger while warning a blockade could curb Tokyo. He describes Pearl Harbor as a near impregnable fortress with massive guns and surrounding defenses on Oahu, arguing any attack would face overwhelming fire and unlikely success for Japanese forces sailing from distant carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Fred Post
Ctaff
Amarillo
Parific
Bantam
United States
United States Navy
Mother Hubbard
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Knife and Fork Club
Gibraltar
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Rock of Gibraltar
Bate
Critics Praise Skylark Play at Municipal Auditorium
Critics hail the Little Theater production of Skylark directed by Donald Clark at the Municipal Auditorium. Cast includes Roberta Newell Ginnis Bob Rowntree Bill Bradford Virginia Erickson Robert Carter Carey Thompson Lionel Holm Max Neal Jane Woodruff and Pat McClarney.
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Little Theater
Municipal Auditorium
Arthur Pollock
Brooklyn Eagle
Gertrude Lawrence
Samson Raphaelson
Donald Clark
Roberta Newell
Ginnis
Bob Rowntree
Bill Bradford
Virginia Erickson
Robert Carter
Carey Thompson
Lionel Holm
Max Neal
Jane Woodruff
Pat McClarney
Elks Lodge To Show Defense Projects
Amarillo Elks invite John McClelland to view local defense efforts. Two projects include a fundraising dance for the Texas Defense Guard unit and funding winter equipment, plus a refresher course at the defense school with cadets as guests at a barbecue. Florida holds 35,000,000 acres with 2,841,600 in water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McClelland
Elks Lodge
Amarillo
Elks
Florida
Icelanders Buy U S Snuff
Icelanders, cut off from Copenhagen snuff by the German occupation of Denmark, now import Kentucky tobacco and manufacture three to four tons of snuff each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Kentucky
Denmark
Copenhagen
Borger Man Seeks Pardoning Before Louisiana Board
T H Cole known as Hardy Johnson faces a Louisiana Board of Pardons hearing to grant full freedom from a 1914 bank robbery conviction. A pardon petition signed by about 2000 Borger residents seeks legal restoration, unmasking his alias after 25 years in and out of custody. Bert Covert, 18, runs a small hayride supply business in Tulsa selling horse drawn rides to city visitors.
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T. H. Cole
Borger
Priday
Louisiana State Board of Pardons
Mr. Cole
Louisiana
Hardy Johnson
Pardons Board
Tulsa
Okla
Bert Covert
Mrs Elizabeth Bell Knits 100th Sweater for Europe Aid
Mrs Elizabeth P L Bell from Chestertown has completed her 100th sweater. She donates it to a group sending clothing to Europe’s needy as part of a charitable effort.
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Chestertown, Md
Elizabeth P. L. Bell
Europe
Handel's Messiah Presented in Hereford by Panhandle Chorus
Emil F. Myers of Amarillo led the Hereford chorus with singers from Roswell Clovis Friona and Amarillo in a Hereford Baptist Church performance yesterday. Amarillo participants joined others for a forthcoming Amarillo Messiah with about 300 voices planned for next Sunday at Municipal Auditorium.
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Emil F. Myers
Amarillo
Hereford Chorus
Roswell
Clovis
Friona
Hereford Baptist Church
Hereford
Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Heed Warning as Government Helium Plant Area Patrolled
Authorities warn the public to stay off government helium gas property 12 to 14 miles northwest of Amarillo near the Canadian River. Guards have patrolled the area for some time but hunters and others continue to trespass despite keep off signs. Dr. C W Seibel urges strict enforcement of regulations. The passage also notes ancient origins of the bagpipe in Persia and Greece.
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Amarillo
C. W. Seibel
Panhandle youths serve in Hawaii and Philippines
The Amarillo Sunday News Globe highlights Panhandle youths serving in the war, with many at Pearl Harbor and in the Philippines. It lists Pvt. L. D. Todd, Pvt. Bishop D. McKendree, R. C. Howren, Jack Pittman, Lt. Henry E. Hertner, Elton H. Simmons Jr., Lt. Charlie Underwood, Jimmie Don Goin, Cert Callaway, Jimmy A. Owsley, W. L. Duck, Pvt. Raymond E F. McGee, Glenn D. Pike, J. B. Sparks, Gay Neal, J. F. Nichols, Duane C. Cotten, Lieut. H. W. Winston Brown, Clyde Tuckness, Eddie Boyd, Humpy Campbell, Homer Sanders, Harold Barcus, and Francis Britton in Hawaii or the Philippines and around alert zones.
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Panhandle
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Hawaii
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Bishop D. McKendree
J. W. McKendree
Vega
Philippines
R. C. Howren
W. D. Howren
Florida Street
Jack Pittman
West
Twentieth Avenue
High Plains
Texas
Cert" Callaway
Jimmy A. Owsley
W. L
Lawrence” Duck
Annie Duck
West Eleventh Avenue
Amarillo
Raymond EF. McGee
J. R. McGee
Jackson Street
Fort Mills
P. I
Glenn D. Pike
J. B Sparks
Len English
Dumas
Gay Neal
J. F. Nichols
Duane C. Cotten
Tom Cotten
H. W. “Winston” Brown
Luther Brown
Clyde Tuckness
Della Pearson
Alabama Street
Eddie Boyd
Homer Sanders
H. 8. Sanders
Silverton
Company FE
3Rd Engineers
Schofield Barracks
Harold Barcus
C. H. Wiseman
U. S. S. Tangiers
Francis Britton
W. K. Britton
Plainview
Bill Britton
News-Globe
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Waikiki Beach
Barber's Point
Harbor of
Koolau and
Waianae Mountain
Honolulu Harbor
Skylark
U. S
Borgan
Handel's ‘Messiah
Christ
Persia
Greece
Charlie Underwood
Manilla
Jimmie Don Goin
G. A. Goin
Claude
Navy
Hawaiian Islands
U.S.S. Republic
Philippine Islands
Jimmy Aowsley
Henry FE
Hertner
PEC R. C. Howren
Gayle Neal
Elton H. Simmons, Jr
Raymond E. McGee
Humpy” Campbell
V. L. Duck
Jack Pittman, JR
Todd
Helen Poindexter
Corporal Bandi
J. B. Sparks
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