Pearl Harbor Raid Described as Bold Yet Futile Strike
A Amarillo News-Globe report recounts a visiting former Japanese staffer’s view of Japan’s economy and military, detailing life under rationing, the Pearl Harbor attack, and why Oahu’s fortifications, including Schofield Barracks and Hickam Field, make the base nearly impregnable for any assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Schofield
Wheeler Field
Military Air Establishment
New Hickam Field
United States
Don Bate
Knife and Fork Club
Gibraltar
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Rock of Gibraltar
Bate
Isand
Mr. Bate
Homer Sanders
H. S. Sanders
Silverton
Company E
3Rd Engineers
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Harold Barcus
C. H. Wiseman
Alabama Street
Amarillo
U. S. S. Tangiers
Francis Britton
W. K. Britton
Plainview
Bill Britton
The
News-Globe
Icelanders Buy U. S. Snuff
Icelanders now import Kentucky tobacco and manufacture three to four tons of snuff each month after the Copenhagen supply was cut off when Denmark fell to Germany. The shift marks a change from Danish to American snuff for Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Critics Praise Skylark Play at Municipal Auditorium
Critics hail Skylark as fun with dash and fruity comical situations. Arthur Pollock praised the Broadway run and film adaptation, noting Skylarks popularity. The Little Theater presents the Samson Raphaelson play directed by Donald Clark with cast including Roberta Newell McGinnis and Bob Rowntree.
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Wille
Little Theater
Municipal Auditorium
Arthur Pollock
Brooklyn
Broadway
Gertrude Lawrence
Samson Raphamson
Donald Clark
Roberta Newell McGinnis
Bob Rowntree
Bill Bradford
Virginia Erickson
Robert Carter
Carey Thompson
Lionel Holm
Max Neal
Jane Woodruff
Pat McClarney
Elks Lodge To Show Defense Projects In Amarillo
John McClelland visits Amarillo Lodge to view two defense projects. A charity dance tonight supports the Amarillo unit of the Texas Defense Guard and funds will buy winter equipment. A second effort sponsors cadets for a refresher course at the defense school with a barbecue for cadets tomorrow. Florida holds 2 841 600 acres of water from its 35 000 000 acres total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McClelland
Elks Lodge
Amarillo
Defense School
Elks
Florida
Borger Man Appeals for Full Pardon Before Board
T H Cole, known as Hardy Johnson, asks Louisiana pardons board for complete freedom after 25 years in prison for a 1914 bank robbery. The pardon request, signed by 2 000 Borger residents and local notables, would legalize his true name once approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Cole
Borger
Priday
Louisiana State Board of Pardons
Mr. Cole
Louisiana
Hardy Johnson
Pardons Board
Youth Builds Unusual Business In Tulsa Hayrack Rides
Bert Covert an 18 year old Tulsa high school student runs an unusual business supplying hay for hayrack rides led by rented horses in city settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Bert Covert
Bell finishes 100th sweater for Europe aid
Mrs. Elizabeth P. L. Bell of Chestertown Md completed her 100th knitted sweater and donated it to a group sending clothes to Europe’s needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestertown
Elizabeth P. L. Bell
Europe
Messiah Performed in Hereford by Regional Chorus
Emil F. Myers of Amarillo directed the Hereford choral group with singers from Roswell Clovis Friona and Amarillo for a Messiah concert yesterday at the Hereford Baptist Church. Amarillo singers joined the effort and plans call for 300 voices in the next Amarillo Municipal Auditorium performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil F. Myers
Amarillo
Hereford Chortus
Roswell
Clovis
Friona
Hereford Baptist Church
Hereford
Panhandle
Municipal
Helium Plant Preserve Warns Hunters to Stay Off
The government helium gas property 12 to 14 miles northwest of Amarillo is patrolled after repeated trespass by hunters. Dr. C. W. Seibel, superintendent, says all regulations must be enforced to prevent trespassing in the area near the breaks south of the Canadian River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Body
Japan
Germany
Seattle
Perry
Islands
Amarillo
China
Orient
C. W. Seibel
Panhandle Youths Serving at Pearl Harbor and Philippines
Amarillo area servicemen are cited in the From Our Defenders series with many Panhandle youths listed as serving in Hawaii and the Philippines. Names include Buddy Todd Vega D McKendree Howren Pittman Hertner Simmons Underwood Goin and others in the navy army and marine units.
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Panhandle
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Hawaii
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Ha- Wallis
Pyt
Bishop D. McKendree
J. W. McKendree
Vega
Philippines
R. C. Howren
W. D. Howren
Florida Street
Jack Pittman
West Twentieth Avenue
Amarillo
High Plains
Texas
Cert’ Callaway
Jimmy A. Owsley
Wv. L
Lawrence” Duck
Annie Thick
West Eleventh Avenue
Raymond E. McGee
J. R. McGee
Jackson Street
Fort Mills
P. I
Glenn D. Pike
M. Campbell
Tyler Street
Humpy" Campbell
Honolulu
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Freda Post
Amarillo News-Globe
Tokyo Archere User
Anmiarillo
Parit
United States Navy
Mother Hubbard
Wesizzard News
Army
Island
Diamond Head
Waikiki Beach
Barber's Point
Koolau and
Watanae Mountain Ranges
U. S
Honolulu Harbor
Skylark
Borgan
Handel's ‘Messiah
Birth of
Christ
Persia
Greece
U.S.S. Republic
Philippine Islands
J. F. Nichols
Henry FE. Hertner
Pri’ Callaway
PEC R. C. Howren
Gayle Neal
Elton H. Simmons, Jr
Humpy” Campbell
Vol. Duck
Jack Pittman, JR
Todd
Helen Poindexter
Corporal Bandi
Jimmie Don Goin
Charlie Underwood
Eddie Boyd
J. B. Sparks
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