Eastern Seaboard Suffers Chilling Air Raid Mixup
New York to Boston faced first wartime air raid warnings for over two hours amid a misidentified attack. Mitchell Field and First Army Air Force ordered interceptions but later confirmed the alert was a test and staged civilian defense drills.
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New York
Boston
RoMre
New England
Mitchell Field
Long Island
First Army Air Force
Army
Fravet
Min
Plarmasa
Navy
New York City
Lady Tolanedl
New London
Cent
War Department
Herbert A Darkue
First Air Force
Daigue
Texans Seek Halt on Hondo River Improvements
Texans meet with Reclamation Commission officials led by John C. Page to urge a temporary pause on Hondo River improvements and push for a water compact with New Mexico to protect Texan water supplies amid flood control plans benefiting Roswell. The conference also aims to withhold further work until the army engineers report is ready in January.
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Washington
New Mexico
John C. Page
Hondo River
Gerald ©. Mann
Texas
James C. Noel
Thomason
Red Bluff
Pecos
Tex
Willis Scott Rites Scheduled Today
Rites in tribute to Willis H. Scott 83 a Panhandle cowboy will be held at 2 30 pm in Blackburn Shaw memorial chapel with Rev E R Foster officiating Burial is in Llano Cemetery Survivors include his wife two sons Charles C Scott Amarillo and Robert Scott Springer NM two daughters Ruth Oliver Oakdale Cal and Gertrude Butler Houston a brother J G Scott Tahoka and a sister Mrs Archie Reeder Fort Worth Also noted that US consular staff in Tokyo Peiping Shanghai Hongkong and Manila were reported safe and well in a state department update A Houston roundup of aliens and suspected sympathizers continued with 20 Germans in the city jail and others of various nationalities being picked up but details withheld.
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Hawaii
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
Laredo
Amarillo
Navy
Betty Floyd
Naval
C. M. Norman
Houston
Fort Worth
Dallas
FBI
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
Armed Services
Homer Garrison
War Department
Dewitt Kinard
Port Arthur
Austin
Kinard
Tom Miller
Texas Committee
Kilgore
Railroad Commission
Federal Tender Board
Willis H. ‘Holly
Scott
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
E. R. Foster
Assembly of God Church
Immigration Office
Montana pedestrian left side law faces first court test
In Helena a pedestrian was jailed two days after trial for refusing to walk on the left as required. Patrolman C M Small testified he arrested the man only after warnings to stay left. The defendant said he preferred the right side.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
C. M. Small
Pacific Coast Stations Break Silence as Searchers Return
Pacific Coast stations ended about 12 hours of silence as army and navy planes and naval craft searched off the west coast for possible Japanese carriers and submarines. Alarms, blackouts, and radio silences marked the tense day with officials warning of a potential air attack and civilians facing raids and arrests of Japanese, Germans, and Italians along the Pacific shore.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
West
Alaskan
North Pacific
California
2Nd Interceptor Command
Portland
Ore
Caryle H. Wash
San Francisco Bay Area
G. P. Tourtellet
Northwest Defense Command
San Francisco Bay
Bids Sought to Lease 2000 Acres in California
The Interior Department invites bids to lease all or part of 2000 acres of public land for farming or grazing in northeastern California near Ash Creek 60 miles south of the Oregon line. Land is available for 1942 with annual renewal to 1946. Bids due December 18 at 2 PM. send to the Bureau of Reclamation Denver office.
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California
U. S Department of Interior
Oregon
Ash Creek
Pit River
Bureau of Reclamation
Bank Bldg
Denver
Colo
Dallas FSA Official Named To Assist Cowen
C M Evans of Dallas was named special assistant to the administrator of the Farm Security Administration in charge of increasing food production in the South. Former regional director for Texas and Oklahoma his duties will cover 14 Southern states. Evans will coordinate dairy beef poultry and pork production efforts under the federal food for freedom program aiding defense needs.
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Dallas
U.P
C.M. Evans
Farm Security Administration
South
FSA
Texas
Oklahoma
Virginia
Evans
Wilson Cowen
Amarillo
Region 12
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mexico U S Bridges Under Guard
Machine gun troops guard the two Rio Grande bridges at Laredo while immigration and customs inspectors scrutinize all crossing individuals in and out of Mexico.
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Mexico
U. S
Laredo
Rio Grande
Immigration and Customs
Amarillo Enlistment Surge Draws 65 More Applicants
Recruiting offices in Amarillo and nearby area were overwhelmed as 65 volunteers applied for military service on the second day of war. The army led with 23 acceptances, navy accepted 16, coast guard nine, and marine seven. Notable applicants include Charles Allen Boyd of Amarillo seeking a six year navy enlistment and several others from Amarillo, Pampa, Wheeler, and Happy.
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Amarillo
America
Navy
Army
Charles Allen Boyd
Dallas
Boyd
Robert T. Leeds
Pampa
Herbert Benjamin Estes, Jr
Memphis
Coast Guard
Almer Paul Thomas
A. B. Sullivan
Harold Eugene Bowie
Leroy Bass
James L. Washer
Oklahoma City
Sat
M. G. Myers
Keep Calm Your Duty Civil Defense Advice in Texas
State officials urged calm and civilian support for defense efforts. Volunteer roles include air raid warning, emergency medical treatment, and other services under local coordinators at city halls and courthouses. The Texas Defense Guard fields 300 units overseen by local commandants for eligible volunteers.
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Austin
J. Watt Page
Homer Garrison, Jr
Public Safety Department
Court House
Texas Defense Guard
Page
Defense Guard
Warden Welcomes Old Friend At Baltimore Prison
Prison officials in Baltimore cheer a returning inmate known for boiler firebrick work. The veteran technician helps repair the prison boiler, saving about $600 a year for the facility.
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Baltimore
Peer Telephone Books Yield Tiny Salvage Prizes
Old telephone books returned to the company yielded money neckties photographs and a rare prize a slip of paper with a phone number and the note Some blonde Times change This year among 150000 books only about six doodle covered papers were found Also notes use ordinary pipe cleaners to clean oil holes and help lubricants reach hard to reach car places
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Peer Telephone Books
Baltimore
Fisherman Finds Goldfish Turns Tide with Big Bass
Farmville Virginia resident William Garrard went fishing and pulled a goldfish from his bucket. After offered minnows failed to bite, he used the goldfish and immediately landed a large bass.
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Farmville
William Garrard
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