Checks Are On The House At Wil lam Penn Hotel Fire
One firefighter died and over 100 others were overcome fighting a long smoldering basement fire at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh. Flames confined to storage in the basement. 1,000 guests evacuated with no injuries. Firefighters reported hot chemical matting and gas mask issues. In the lobby and Chatterbox Cabaret smoke caused service interruptions. band leader Art Ravel urged patrons to terrace dining room then left. The incident ended with orderly exodus as staff announced the checks were on the house.
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Pittsburgh
Willam Penn
New York
Chicago
St. John's
Newfoundland
Boston
Suck Hotel
Chatterbox
Art Ravel
Ravel
Giant Drives by Summer Armies to Hold Axis Offense
Washington reports that American air sea and land forces could have weapons for major drives by late next summer. New bombers and a radical tank carrying cargo plane are in development. Carriers and battleships expand fast with 1943 fleet growth and stronger naval power likely in Pacific action.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Axis
Pacific
Henry H. Arnold
Army Airforces
Arnold
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Ernest J. King
United States
King
Radio Schedule and Programs for KGNC and NBC Listings
Radio guide for KGNC and NBC networks on Tuesday night through Wednesday, listing shows from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM, including News by Air, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and various music and drama programs. Also includes Wednesday morning and afternoon lineups, with numerous NBC programs and local segments, plus a note about Port Simon in Costa Rica near Columbus's landing site.
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KGNC
Fred Aring
NBC
Johnny
Ginny Simms
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Altr
Olmsted
Roy Shield
The
Sky Pilot
Farm
Rise 'N Shine
News
Rise ‘N Shine
the Trading Post
Five Shades of Blue
Air
Reveille
Victory Ads
Lew White
Winstop Duzzit
the O'Neills
Vic and Sade
David Harum
Wunstop Duzzit
Alec Randolph
James L. Gordon
Pegey Anderson
Evelyn Boyd
Society
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Portia
Just Plain
Bill
Farrell
Don Winslow
Amarillo Field
K Ranchers
Sports Review
Port Simon
Costa Rica
America
2000 Killed When Transport Is Sunk Off West Africa
Survivors recount a September torpedo attack on a British transport off the West African coast. An estimated 1,500 Italian war prisoners and 500 others perished as six Axis submarines fired on the vessel returning from Egypt. Many Italians were rescued or later interned. stories describe panicked drowning, sharks, and scramble for lifeboats, with some survivors later reaching Allied lines.
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U.P
West African
Casablanca
Morocco
Africa
Lusitania
Athenia
Royal Air Force
Actress Carroll Jets to Sailor Milestone at Sea Training
New York December 15 screen star Madeleine Carroll who has aided the U S merchant marine kissed Walter Root a 22 year old Kansas City seaman marking him the ten thousandth graduate of the U S Maritime Service training station at Sheepshead Bay Root said Torpedoes don t mean a thing now in the first public celebration of the milestone at the station.
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New York
Madeleine Carroll
U. S
Walter Root
Kansas City
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Nes
Root
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Santa FE
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Forresta
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Mr Farmer
Happy Johnny
TSN
Larry Clinton
Claude Thornhill
Four Square Gospel
Club of the Air
Cheerup Gang
MBS
Sydney Moseley
Karl Zomar
Bill Hay
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Palmer House
Cedric Foster
Walter Compton
Ink Spots
Sheelah Carter
Art Jarrett
Phillipa Keyne-Gordon
Stanley Quinn
Arthur Mann
Bobby Sherwood
Style News
Ainest
Kentucky
Bourbon
OLD Forester
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Mirosky
Brown-Forman Distillery Co., Inc
Louisville
Diamond NY
RADIO
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Trioul
Oan
Seamen’s Aid Incorporated
United Seamen's Service
United Nations Merchant Marine
J. M. Hyden
Doctor of Optometry
West 7Th Ave
Insurance In & Capital Stock Company
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Thomson-King Company
E. A. Regal CO
Harold 8. Richey Upshaw Insurance Agency
H. N. Wheeler Williams-Boyce Agency
Howard Williams Agency
Neely-Greenhill Agency
U. E. Lyles Holt-Ferguson Agency
Hugo H. Loewenstern
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Taylor ST
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SAS
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