Sandies poised for state title with win over Wichita Falls
The Sandies defeated the defending champs 6 to 0 at Wichita Falls and eye a quarterfinal against San Angelo in Amarillo. The piece lists 14 Sandies in the win and notes West Texas Buffaloes rising, WAACs enlistment, and a regionwide Pearl Harbor Day bond drive.
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Sandies
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Coyotes
San Angelo
Amarillo
Lufkin
Carroll Hall
Bill Jolly
Fluff Meyers
Bob Zelsman
Jimmy Blessen
John Andrews
Bill
Guy Owens
Billy Meadows
Boyd Reynolds
Ray Daniel
Dwight Hoskins
Billy Keith Irwin
Billy Lynch
Dick Cline
Rex
Daniel
E. J. Watson
West Texas Buffaloes
Ray Ellefson
Charley Halbert
Plains
Mark McGee
OPA
Texas
Potter County
McGee
Waacs
Pearl Harbor
Lubbock
el Paso
Everett
Wash
Rose Smothers
Drumright
Okla
Clarendon
Clynelle Gilbert
Leona Carson
Imogene Bell
Mabel Johnson
Dumas
Charline Teague
Spearman
Bess Gerber
Sunray
Leta Dodson
Plainview
Dora Walter
Mildred Dorris
Evelyn Rogers
Anna Kimerer
Roberta Blevins
Cora Stinchomb
Sybil Poteet
Margaret
Pauline Cable
Wellington
Reda Brickly
Polk Street
Civil Air Patrol
Kiwanis Clubs
Pantex
Court House
Santa Claus
South Fillmore
Washington Street
Society
Jane Dice
Dick Vogler
H. C. Vincent, Jr
Josephine Kuykendall
John Wyatt, Jr
Frances J. Burkhalter
C. W. Kelley, Jr
Franco Stands With Dictators in Speech of Alliance
Franco expressed solidarity with Germany and Italy in Madrid to Falange. He denounced liberalism and capitalist imperialism and praised the new order forged by Mussolini and Hitler while condemning Communist dictatorship in Russia.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Madrid
Germany
Italy
Falange
French Africa
France
Franco
Russia
Mussolini
Hitler
Navy says manpower order won’t change size or operations
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox stated that the new manpower order will not affect the Navy’s overall size or its operations. The Navy will draw men from the selective service pool under monthly quota requirements in line with Roosevelt’s executive order issued Saturday.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
Navy
Roosevelt
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas region
The forecast notes higher afternoon temperatures with strong winds melting snow. Tonight remains below freezing but less cold. West Texas expects a warmer day and windy Panhandle. New Mexico slightly warmer with softer night. 24 hour temps max 29 min 12 at 6 30 AM. Repair Now. John Maynard Lbr. Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Knox details Toulon fleet status and North Africa action
Secretary Knox said about 25 percent of the Toulon fleet remained afloat and intact in German hands, listing several ships and subs saved while many others were sunk or damaged. He noted four submarines under construction intact and discussed Allied plans in Tunisia with the Eighth Army poised for an El Agheila breakthrough.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
Toulon
Knox
Tigre
Volta
Fantasque
le Mardi
Simoun
Pomone
Elan
Gladiateur
Golo
Suffren
Condorcet
Mosador
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Provence
Iris
Casablanca
Marsouin
Glorieux
Mondrier
Germans Claim Transport Sunk In Atlantic Night Action
Berlin dispatch reports the DNB says a German submarine torpedoed and sank the British liner Ceramic, a 19,000 ton troop transport, west of the Azores. The Ceramic was said to be carrying about 3,000 soldiers with equipment en route from the United States to North Africa.
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Berlin
U.P
United Press
London
DNB
Ceramic
Azores Islands
United States
North Africa
Allies Win Dakar Fleet Agreement Details Unclear
Eisenhower announced a pending alliance with Governor Boisson of French West Africa to aid World War II efforts. The pact would allow Allied use of airfields and ports in Dakar and release internees, with future employment of French naval units to be settled in Dakar conferences. Boisson headed to Dakar to implement the accord.
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Dakar
United States
Boisson
United Nations
Eisenhower
French West Africa
West Africa
United States Nations
North Africa
M. Boissons
Darlan
Eltinge Warner Urges Shooters For National Defense
Eltinge Warner of New York publisher of Field and Stream, visiting Amarillo, urges teaching youth to hunt and shoot. He argues prepared citizens can resist invasion, cites Ohio game meat, and Texas hunting production as evidence of vital food resources. He warns of future wars and supports youth firearm instruction.
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Amarillo
Eltinge Warner
New York
Field & Stream
Panhandle
Ohio
Texas
United States
Warner
Over Age Draft Group Notified For First Examination
About 75 men were notified to appear for the first examination by Selective Service Board No. 1. Sixty seven were over age 38 and 57 were deferred due to the new presidential order freezing manpower nationwide. A telegram from Gen. Watt Page announced immediate suspension of induction for men 38 and older and reclassification into 4-H. Board No. 1 sent Clifton Clarence Lawrence to Fort Sill and will send Jack Jeffries Oldham Harvey Morris Jr. and Dillard Hedge on December 10.
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Selective Service Board No. 1
J. Watt Page
1942 Cotton Production Estimate Issued by U S Department
The Department of Agriculture estimated 1942 cotton production at 12,982,000 bales. Navy Secretary Knox stated Japanese merchant tonnage before the war was about 6,000,000 tons with 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 sunk since the war began. Britain lowered draft age to 18 and drafted men 37 to 41 into war factories to meet manpower needs.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
UPRI
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
London
Britain
Allied planes attack Axis positions near Mersa Brega
Cairo Teher Allied aircraft bombed Axis gun positions near Mersa Brega about 25 miles northeast of El Agheila. The German and Italian Libyan remnants were reported to be grouping for a stand.
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Cairo, Tec
Mersa Brega
el Agheila
Tunisia Battle Report Reflects Allied Push Near Tebourba
Allied forces press near Tebourba west of Tunis amid reports of heavy tank fighting and German attempts to hold positions. Bombing of Bizerte and Tunis disrupts Axis air operations as reinforcements arrive. a general assault against Bizerte and Tunis may be planned.
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Bizerte
Tunis
Tangier
Anderson
Tunisia
Radio
Vichy
Tebourba
DNB
Gereman
Mateur
Tunisian
Medjerda
Morocco
Berlin
Atlantic
Air battle for Mediterranean air superiority outlined by Arnold
Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold says the battle for control of the skies over Tunisia and the Mediterranean pits American forces against first class German air power. He notes the new Lockheed P-38 is matching the Focke Wulf 190 and Messerschmitt 109 G in early trials and stresses US industrial output is at least twice that of the Axis, with victory possible if planes are destroyed two to one.
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Panhandle
Java
J. M. Moore
Southwest Pacific
Lieut. Moore
Wellington
Amarillo
Air Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Lieut
Glenn C. Moore
Leutenant
Col. Blucher Tharp
Battery B
Lieut Moore
Air Forces
Clarence Willmering
Washington
U.P
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
Army Air Forces
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
GLOBE
Associated Press
Denen Ee
Libya
Africa
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Tripoli
First Army
R. A. N. Anderson
An Brit Wtmite
Lulbiwuwic
Anatogic
South America
South Atlantic
Richelieu
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges Leygues
Malin
Terrible
Involv
Stalingrad
Dunkirk
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Fuller
Russell Stationery Company
Tebourba-Djecaeida-Mateur
Skyways
Europe
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