Giraud Made Daring Escape Under Nose of Warships
Gen. Henri Giraud, commanding French forces in Africa, was rescued by a British submarine off the French coast after a land transfer under guns of Vichy warships. The operation, directed by a U S captain, involved an at sea rendezvous and a near crash dive as two planes approached.
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RTH
Andrew Breeneunningham
L. A. Jewell
Royal Navy
Mark Park
Toorth Africa
Wright
Sbmarine
Giraud
Missing terrier Patch reported at 708 Belleview Street
A white terrier with a brown forehead spot, wearing a collar and tag named Patch, vanished from 708 Belleview Street. Call 2 5713 Spearman's Trade Mart with any sightings. A soldier left a Kodak in a truck and may retrieve it at the downtown USO around 3 pm Friday. A girl seeks holiday babysitting and housework work. call 2 1031.
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Tack
Belleview Street
Spearman's Trade Mart
Uso
Markets Drift as Dow Jones Edges Higher on Mixed Data
Stocks show varied gains with industrials up around 20 points and utilities down. Theticker lists numerous names including Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Electric, IBM, NCR, and Texas Corp, reflecting a broad market move amid Merrill Lynch data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenenr & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Fenenr & Iheles
Alleghany Lud Steel
Allin Chalmers
Am Zinc & Lead
Anaconda Tie Fie Armour & Co
At& 8
Fray Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem B Steel
Betden Yes
Calumet
Chrysler Socecreeeer
Consol Copper
Consol Oil
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Co
Electric Boat
General Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Toeebes
Sala
Houston Oil
Int Harvester
D& Paper
Kennecott Copper
Marshal Field
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Railway
North American Aviation
Ohio Oil Eters Packard
Pan American. Airways
Paramount Pictures
Df C Penney
Penn RR
Phillips Pet
Pure Oil
Remington Rand
RCA
Republic Steel Wee
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oil
Socony Vacuum Storces
Southern Pacific Standard
Stand Oil
California
Indiana
Stand
Oil
New Jersey
Studebaker
Forces
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
Tidewater Whoeestaee
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
Steel
Wileon & Co. al
White Motor
Woolworth Pierce, Prev
Close
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed as Sheep and Hogs Rise
In Kansas City on December 21, hogs salable 2 200 to 2 800 with bids 25 to 40 cents higher than Friday. Cattle 12 000 to 113 000. steers and feeders up 25 cents, vealers 13 to 15 dollars. Sheep 13 000 to 15 500. lambs steady to higher, ewes 25 to 50 cents lower. Financial Industrial Fund shows liquids at 1.58.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
WUPR
AMA
Policeman Convince on intoxication defense in Texas court
Fort Worth reports officer J E Chandler testified in corporation court that he believed a man he arrested was drunk. The defense sought to challenge the arrestee’s intoxication claim as Chandler demonstrated with a breath test and a jibe about playing a game. In New Orleans salvage crews recovered several hundred pounds of tin from discarded toothpaste tubes found in sewers during routine cleaning. John Morrill stated the tin was turned over to the civilian defense salvage committee.
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New Orleans
U.P
John Morrill
Sewerage and Water Board
Civilian Defense Salvage Committee
Hollywood Gossip In The War Era
Jimmie Fidler notes Richard Arlen to report to Winston-Salem after his next film to be sworn as an Army Air Corps officer. The column covers cast politics, studio plans, war bond promos, and gossip about Mae West, Claudette Colbert, Judy Garland, Groucho Marx, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, and several film projects and previews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Richard Arlen
Winston-Salem N. C
Army Air Corps
Mae West Jfans
Gregory Ratoff
AXIS
Alexander P. de Seversky
Mario Montez
Claudette Colbert
Paramount
Martha MacVicar
Universal Pretty
Casey Carter
USN
Screen Actors’ Guild
Columbia
Bob
Cowboy Singer
Irene Dunne
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Groucho Marx
Greta Garbo
Patricia Dane
Public taste with movie notes and industry questions
A column reviews recent film offerings noting Universal and Columbia titles with critical jabs. It questions theater matinees in factory areas and studio age draft transparency, urging fans to voice concerns to theater managers rather than via columns.
Hale directs soldier theatricals at Camp Edwards
Capt. Edward Everett Hale, grandson of the author of The Man Without a Country, heads soldier theatricals at Camp Edwards Massachusetts. Hale, a member of the army specialist corps, has performed in Cyrano de Bergerac and Richelieu productions, bringing professional experience to the unit's stage efforts.
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Camp Edwards
Mass
Edward Everett Hale
Army Specialist Corps
Richelieu
Housekeeper Wanted to Work Days for Family of Five
Family of five seeks a middle aged woman to work days. Must furnish references. George Pratt, 701 Sunset Terrace, call 6434.
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George Pratt
Sunset Terrace
Family Reunion at Sheriff's Office Highlights Local Returnees
Bill Adams son of the sheriff returns from the Naval Academy and Dorothy Ann Adams from the University of Texas. Josephine Baird formerly a sheriff’s secretary comes home from UT. A note mentions Colorado mining totals reaching over three billion dollars in industrial and precious metals in recent years.
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Sheriff's Office
Bill Adams
U.S. Naval Academy
Dorothy Ann Adams
University of Texas School of Saw
Josephine Baird
University of Texas
Colorado
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Panama Air Base
Col. G. F. Hix
Brett
Lyons
Galloway
Spiffy
Marian Lynn
SPARS
Women’s Reserve
U. S. Coast Guard
MR. Spearman
KODAK
May Bender
Teotan
Hugh Sticksel
Buel
Financial Industrial Fund
Jimmie Fidler
Maria Ouspenskaya
Marie MacDonald
Bruce Cabot
Julien Duvivier
Clark Gable
MGM
Robert Taylor
Brian Donlevy
Charles Laughton
Republic
Weaver Brothers
Elviry
RKO
Donald Duck
Goofy
South America
Monogram
London
John Abbott
Mary Mcleod
Universal
Ralph Bellamy
Evelyn Ankers
Boston
Bill Goodwin
North Hollywood
FE. FE. Hale
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance Service Funeral Directors
Amarillo—Dumas
BKK
Electric Glass Coffee Makers
Tom & Jerry
Cookie Jor
Chessmen—Plastic
Chessmen
Tripoley
C. M. Williams & Co
Taylor St
Alice Brooks
Amarillo News
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell
Amarillo
123 & Sth
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