Garrison Urges Texas Vehicle Owners to Return Inventory Cards
Col Homer Garrison Jr director of state police urged 125000 Texas truck and bus owners to return inventory cards sent earlier. Vehicles are being registered for the war department and private trucks and buses are vital to transporting troops materials and evacuees in the national program.
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Austin
U.P
Homer Garrison, Jr
State Police
Texas
War Department
Garrison
Transportation Survey
Red Cross Launches Drive for War Fund
The American Red Cross began a drive for a 50 million dollar war relief fund to aid civilians bombed by Japan and those facing danger in the Pacific and the United States. Chairman Norman H Davis said President Roosevelt will issue a proclamation Friday to back the drive. local chapters set their own quotas.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Norman H Davis
Pacific Coast
United States
Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt Urges Preparedness for Surprise Air Raids
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arriving in Los Angeles as co head of civilian defense urged residents to prepare for potential enemy air raids. She advised blackout readiness, one lightless room, and using blackout materials on windows to avoid visibility.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Funeral for Crash Victim Today
The body of Charles L. Davenport 24 killed in an army pursuit plane crash off Rockaway Beach New York will arrive tonight. Davenport was to be commissioned a second lieutenant next Saturday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C B Davenport.
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Sillbeef
Charles L. Davenport
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
Davenport
C. B. Davenport
OPM to halt tire production in Akron report
The OPH will order the rubber industry to discontinue immediately the manufacture of all passenger automobile tires and light truck tires, the Beacon Journal says.
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Akron
OPH
Beacon Journal
McDonald Herefords Auction Offers 135 Head of Anxiety 4th Cattle
The sale at Hereford's Bull Barn starts Monday at 10 o'clock with 135 Anxiety 4th head and 214-year breeding stock from Advance Domino Mischief. Cols Thompson Gartin and the Big 3 will handle bids while Panhandle gas heats the barn. The auction features 82 yearling heifers, 40 line bred Diamonds, and a standout Mischief bull noted for major calf value over 32 years.
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Advance Domino Mischief
Anxiety
Diamond Jr
Diamond
Domino
Herefords
A. W. Thompson
Earl Gartin
Frank Farley
Petr Peterson
Mason King
Texas
McDonald
Dominic Mischief
Hereford
Culbertson Bridge Column Highlights Player Bidding Errors
In a vulnerable six spades laydown, North overreaches with a jump to game. South should disclose strength and either push toward slam or settle for five spades. Culbertson notes the responder error and previews tomorrow's discussion.
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West
Declarer
North
South
Trading in Imported Commodities Suspended
Trading in coffee, black paper and cocoa futures on the New York Coffee and Sugar and Produce Exchanges was suspended at the request of the Office of Price Administration. The suspension, asked for today, was ordered by the exchanges until further notice.
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New York
Office of Price Administration
Childress Bride Dies After Crash
Doris Grusendorf a young Childress bride died from injuries from a Sunday night highway crash that killed Ellene Bruce 17 and Vanese Bruce 15, raising Childress County highway deaths in 1941 to ten in the year’s record.
Treating Roaches Without Disgrace In Your Home
Cameron Siddall of the A and M College Extension Service says roaches invade any home and can be eliminated by sealing openings with crack fillers and applying sodium fluoride powder with a dust gun. Use caution as fluoride is poisonous. pyrethrum powder helps but needs a dust gun for best effect. County agents offer further guidance.
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College Station
Drc. 9
Cameron Siddall
A. and
M_ College Extension Service
Texas
Siddall
Hans von Bernhard Arrested by FBI
FBI agents arrested Hans von Bernhard former commercial attache here under German Consul General Captain Fritz Wiedemann Von Bernhard was taken to the immigration station from his home where he lived with his American wife and two U S born children Nat Pieper the local FBI chief offered no comment on the arrest.
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San Francisco
Der
FBI
Hans von Bernhard
Fritz Wiedemann von Bernhard
U. S
United States
Nat Pieper
von Bernhard
Boy Injured After Fall From Bike On Way To School
Billy Coyle a 12 year old Sam Houston Junior High student suffered a leg injury when his bicycle caught between the pedal arm and frame during an early Tuesday morning fall on the way to school. A passing motorist assisted but could not free the leg, and witnesses say the pedal arm was cut free with a hack saw.
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Billy Coyle
Sam Houston
French Fleet May Assist Japs Soon
Senator Gillette cites a reliable source claiming Hitler would place part or all of the French fleet at Japan's disposal and provide active military aid by February. He notes prior reports of Japan planning attacks in December 1941 or February 1942 and mentions a Japanese envoy sent to gain time for Axis actions.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Hitler
Japan
United States
State Department
Saburo Kurtsu
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
White House
Atlantic
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Amarillo Pilots Certify Loyalty Under Federal Rules
Amarillo pilots regain flight status as the Civil Aeronautics Authority certifies them as Americans of unquestionable loyalty under new regulations. The Amarillo office requires proof of citizenship or affidavits, plus identification such as police cards or pilot license numbers. Local instructors and students at Amarillo Air Service are using the service, with CAA representatives visiting Lubbock Clovis Hobbs Pampa Altus to certify pilots this week.
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Amarillo
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Fneglish
John Waage
Selective Service
Virgil Beavers
Panhandle
Beavers
Hobbs
N. M
Texhoma
Pampa
Altus
Okla
Tucumcari Tot Found Smothered to Death
Virginia Fay Knight two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Knight was found dead in bed with physician stating smothering caused death. Funeral services set for 2 PM Wednesday at Doughty’s Chapel with Dr C R Barrick officiating. Interment Tucumcari Memorial Park.
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Tucumcari
Dec
Speriali
Virginia Fay Knight
Stanley Knight
Baker Named to State Board
AUSTIN December 9 district attorney Weaver H. Baker of Junction was appointed by Gov. Coke R. Stevenson to the State board of control. A former Kimble County attorney and judge, Baker is a ranch owner and will serve a full six year term, succeeding Frank Davis of Kimble County.
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Austin
Weaver H. Baker
Junction
Coke R. Stevenson
State Board of Control
Baker
Kimble County
Frank Davis
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Hereford, Texas
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Ely Culbertson
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N.Y
Agee Venetian Blind Co
Amarillo, Tex
Hall
Dalhart
James Witherspoon
John Hall
Jack Jones
Texline
Browning
Hart O. Berg
Wright Brothers
Doctors’ Hospital
Philadelphia
Europe
Floyd V. Studer
American United * Life Insurance CO
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Lucky Tiger Magic
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TEL
Schenley Distillers Corp
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Polk
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