Amarillo Defense Bond and Stamp Sales Boost Fund Drive
Amarillo yesterday turned over 21734 dollars in defense bonds to the nation while 469.95 dollars in stamps were sold at post offices, banks and other outlets. Local schools, retailers and carrier boys helped, with plans for payroll deductions to ease ongoing purchases.
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Armies recapture Aparri region in Luzon
Reports from Manila say Philippine Army unofficially but reliably retook the Aparri region on Luzon's north coast and are driving Japanese forces back toward the seacoast. Also covered are Batista seeking wartime declaration on Germany and Italy, Penang bombing, Hitler’s prisoner and equipment tallies, US arrests in Berlin, and Senator Tobey criticizing Navy after Pearl Harbor.
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Luzon
Washington
Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
United States
Pearl Harbor
KGNC Broadcasts Defense Talks
A round table civil defense discussion will air on KGNC at 6:30 this evening with Maynard Drake of the Legion of Safety leading. Participants include Mayor Joe Jenkins L R Barker and G W Gilstrap. Drake said courtesy passes to the Paramount Theater were given to several individuals with safety stickers for cars.
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Maynard Drake
Legion of Safety
Joe A. Jenkins
L. R. Barker
Civil Defense
G. W. Gilstrap
Civilian Defense
Drake
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Interstate Theater, Inc
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C C. Gibson
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Murry Watts
J. M. Webb
Bert, Boomer
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Bess Dodd
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Funeral set for crash victim Clyde P. Sigman
Funeral services for Clyde P. Sigman 54 killed near Dumas will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers chapel with Dr R Thom son officiating. Pallbearers are D Grantham John Risley H P Bohannon C S Holland Phil Middleton and Fred Wolfe. Interment in Bowie. Sigman longtime Amarillo resident employed by Wolflin Motor Company. The family home is 2108 Taylor Street. Survived by widow and two sons Clarence Amarillo and Howard San Diego Calif.
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City Employees Signing For Defense Bonds
Amarillo city workers were signing authorization for salary deductions to buy defense bonds. City manager Austin P. Hancock did not name the department head who donated 1875 in cash, saying pledges via payroll deductions have reached 100 percent.
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Amarillo
Austin P. Hancock
Machine Cuts Threshing Crew With New Device
WATERTOWN SD Washburn a South Dakota farmer has invented a machine to replace threshing crews. Tested on his farm it did the work of six bundle wagons by gathering bundles loading them on a conveyor belt and unloading at the thresher.
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Modern civilization blamed for harm to uncivilized groups
University of Hawaii scholar Dr. Bernhard L. Hormann told the Chicago Institute of Social Research that civilization disrupts tribal customs and raises death rates as diseases spread and morale declines. He warned sorcery beliefs grow as insecurity rises, eroding will to live among isolated peoples. In Newark, N J a Pearl Harbor casualty letter arrived with a $45 note urging spending. The War Department later confirmed Louis Schleifer, 21, was killed in action.
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University of Hawaii
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University of Chicago
Arithmetic Tests Given 65 Junior Students
The Schorilling Park Potter arithmetic test was given to 65 high juniors at Amarillo High School this week on the four fundamentals of arithmetic. Those not scoring satisfactorily will take remedial arithmetic in their senior year. A satisfactory score or remedial course must be passed before graduation. There are about 2,260 furniture factories in the United States.
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Amarillo High School
Australia expands armed forces as Curtin vows emergency measures
Prime Minister John Curtin announced emergency mobilization in Australia to meet Pacific threats. All single men and childless widowers aged 35 to 45 and married men with children aged 18 to 35 will register and be liable for service. Volunteer defense corps veterans are being mobilized for guard and coastal duties.
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Australia
John Curtin
Pacific
Volunteer Defense Corps
Nazis Crying Like Babies From Cold On Russian Front
London dispatch reports Radio Moscow describing the severe Russian winter toll on Axis troops. The broadcast says German soldiers tremble teeth chatter and cry while Italians die like flies, with some soldiers joking about General Winter but unsure how long they can endure.
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Moscow
Junior Orchestra Rehearses Today
The Amarillo Junior Symphony Orchestra rehearses this afternoon from 4 30 to 6 00 led by Conductor Robert Louis Barron. An extra Sunday session at 4 00 in the High School band room is planned before the group’s first concert next Thursday featuring two juvenile soloists.
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Amarillo
Robert Louis Barron
Hamburger Edges Ahead Of Hot Dog In Chicago
Chicago report shows 75 000 hamburgers eaten daily, about 26 million annually, by the Chicken Restate rant Association. Despite the hot dog’s social pull with President Roosevelt, the hamburger leads in daily consumption, bridging Lake Michigan if counted end to end.
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Lake Michigan
Chicken Restaterant Association
Roosevel
Sale of Auto Tires Curbed
Washington reports that no new automobile tires may be sold for 11 days under an order from OPM priorities director Donald M. Nelson, effective midnight, to halt a wartime wave of consumption. Violators face severe penalties as the administration warns of broader controls to come on autos, trucks, appliances, and goods.
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OPM
Donald M. Nelson
Japan
OPM Drafts Curbs on Classified Ad Distribution
Plans by the Office of Personnel Management to limit or prohibit certain classified ads are being drafted. The move aims to control publication scope as agencies review advertising practices. The effort follows policy reviews and seeks to reduce nonessential postings.
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OPM
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