Civilians Blinded by War Bombings Learn to Patch Up Lives
London reports a new class of civilians blinded by aerial bombing in World War II. At Long Meadow estate near Goring, 28 men and women blinded after prior livelihoods train under Britain's National Institute for the Blind to regain independence with schooling and work placement. Dwight Morrow School students to perform a music and dance program Friday night at Sanborn School Auditorium. Police seek thieves stealing Bibles and hymn books from a Sunday School in Springfontein, South Africa.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Page Five
Sancorn
London
Long Meadow
Britain
National Institute For the Blind
Sir Beachcroft Towse
Beachcroft
Dwight Morrow
Dwight Morrow School
Sanborn School
A B. Lewis
Springfontein
South Africa
Russell Receives Two Year Burglary Sentence
Bob Russell was convicted by a 47th district jury of attempted burglary at the Quality Bar in November and given a two year prison term. He already has a four year suspended sentence for receiving and concealing stolen property, revocation of which could extend his time to six years. The district attorney said docket clearing is underway as the term nears January 4.
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Bob Russell
Quality Bar
Russell
Amarillo
Bob Underwood
EF. C. Nelson
Sheriff Juggles Buck In Montague County Jail
Sheriff Dick Lawrence faces a legal dilemma with a two point buck deer jailed for attacking school children. No hunting season or feeding option exists locally, and moving the animal to open season areas is blocked by local deer rules. The pet deer was captured after roughing a child and forcing another up a tree.
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Nocona
Dick Lawrence
Montague
Fort Worth
Mason County
Dakota Guard Unit Heads to Camp Ord for 12 Month Training
The South Dakota National Guard unit, including 235 drivers and cooks, rolled out of Amarillo by 107 trucks en route to Camp Ord California to begin a year of training. Some personnel traveled by rail while drivers and a small cook detachment drove through. The equipment mirrors the 75 millimeter guns used by Amarillo’s Field Artillery unit.
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147Th Field Artillery
Amarillo
California
South Dakota National Guard
Camp Ord
Regient
Morrison outlines postwar world with international police force
British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison argued for a cooperative postwar order guided by international economic planning. He warned Nazi dominance must end and urged sacrifice of independent rights to create a fair society, with monopolies serving the state and no private power. The speech, at a Dorchester defense meeting, stressed preventing new wars through unified resources.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Morrison
Europe
Dorchester
Supplies Key to African Battle
The British drive in western Egypt signals a major offensive to crush the fascists in Africa. Graziani's forces are cut off from Italy as British advances reach Sidi Barrani, trapping parts of two Italian divisions and threatening the Libyan base.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Egypt
Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Mussolini
Albania
Italy
Balkan
Il Duce
Graziani
Libya
Il Popolo di Roma
Sidi Barrani
Marshal Graziani
Closing Meeting For Presbyterians
The Central Presbyterian Church hosts the Church Night closing meeting with a 6 15 p m covered dish supper. Frances Goodrich Circle coordinates the supper. Dr R Thomson leads the adult class, Mrs E Paul Hovey the senior group, Mrs H M Singleton the intermediate group, and Mrs Ernest Lang the junior group. A one act play directed by Mrs Eloise Gipson features Mrs Gladys Green, Mrs Ruth Fenn, and Misses Hattie Mae and Bertha Lee Wood.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Frances Goodrich
R. Thomson
E Paul Hovey
H. M. Singleton
Ernest Lang
Eloise Gipson
Gladys Green
Ruth Fenn
Hattie Mae
Bertha Lee Wood
Test Pilot Killed in Douglas SBD-2 Light Bomber Crash
Los Angeles figures recover the body of Rudy Lechner 32 after a 12,000 foot power dive in a new 36 foot all metal SBD-2 bomber from the El Segundo Douglas plant. Officials defer comment while others cite pilot hazard and possible unconsciousness before impact.
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Los Angeles
Rudy Lechner
del Rey
Lechner
el Segundo
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Douglas
Vacation Bonus For Car Workers
The United States conciliation service announced Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit and CIO United Auto Workers reached a union shop contract and a 1 percent vacation bonus. The deal, not yet signed, prevents a planned strike by about 12,000 Hud son workers and the bonus starts March 15. Also noted are tax cuts for Isle of Wight seaside hotels and boarding houses halted by the war.
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Washington
United States
Conciliation Service
Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
John R. Steelman
James F. Dewey
Steelman
Hudson
Easy Home Cough Remedy Using Pinex and Sugar Syrup
A simple no cook cough remedy uses 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water to dissolve, then 214 ounces Pinex added to a pint bottle for four times the medicine value. It claims quick relief from colds, soothes membranes, loosens phlegm, and promises long shelf life and child appeal. Money back if not pleased.
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Drew Middleton
Goring
Placid Thames
Dakota Guard
Signor Mussolini
England
Ater A
Ba CO
Wey
Isle of Wight
Qurbon Ry
Globe
16Th & Polk
G. V. Hodges
EL Manning-Bowman
No Manning-Bowman
Cambridge
Sunbeam
General
America
Sterlingware
Vernon Pottery
Roseville Pottery
Pickardware
Hell
Irish Mails
The
Amarillo Hardware CO
Polk
Fred F. Wagner Jeweler
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