Grim Bermuda stop on Exports liner voyage
Roving reporter Ernie Pyle recalls a Bermuda stop aboard the Exeter voyage from New York. Officials barred him and George Lait for lacking Bermuda visas, while British convoy ships and a wary sea scene underscored war proximity. Excalibur and other Ex ships appear, with Exochorda sold to navy and replacements planned.
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Ernie Pyle
Exeter
New York
Bermuda
Excambion
Navy
United States
Europe
Amarillo Christmas drives aid to needy families
Amarillo prepares for the Yuletide as the Basketeers fill four to five hundred baskets of groceries for destitute families to be handed out tomorrow afternoon. The Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce directs the effort at Basketeer headquarters 1015 Polk Street with volunteers urged to report. Santa Claus will distribute gifts during neighborhood carol events at the Community Christmas tree and municipal auditorium amid civic groups’ support.
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Basketeers
Amarillo
Jaycees
Basketeer
Polk Street
Amarillo Draftees Enjoy Army Life on Christmas Furlough
Frank Stimaker of Amarillo, inducted Nov 20 at 145 pounds, now weighs 156 and plans to enlist for three years. He is with the medical corps and home on a five day furlough with 11 Potter County draftees in service. Other local men Balbino Chavez Clyde Werner and Carl Boone also return briefly. Next month the county will send 60 more men to the selective service, with boards opening for volunteers ages 18 to 21.
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L. H. Dickerson
First Church of the Nazarene
East Fourteenth Avenue
Dickerson
American Legion
I. D. Cole
Stuttering Sam
A. Petersen
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Frank
Army
Potter County
Balbino Chavez
Clyde Werner
Carl N. Boone
Selective Service Army
Board No. 1
Board No
Peak Holiday Travel Grips Amarillo Stations
Travel to and from Amarillo peaks as trains buses and planes run in sections to serve Christmas visitors. CCC boys return to Oklahoma crowding Rock Island and Santa Fe stations while parking around Fort Worth Denver and other hubs is tight. Airlines full flights and highways jammed mark a bustling holiday travel scene.
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Amarillo
Rock Island
CCC
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Santa Fe
Food Stamp Office Sees Christmas Rush in City
The city food stamp office at 115 West Fifth Avenue enters its second week of operation amid a holiday rush. Issuing officer Bill Chumley oversees a crowded morning as another rush is expected tomorrow. Grocers statewide accept the orange and blue stamps from the surplus market.
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West Fifth Avenue
Bill Chumley
Greeks Take Coast Town In Albania Campaign
The Greek government announced the capture of Chimara along the Albanian coast between Valona and Porto d. Anticipated gains included the 153rd Fascist militia battalion with 800 men and 30 officers and large caches of war materiel. Greek forces reported strong advances toward Valona and Tepeleni Klisura with repeated claims of heavy Italian losses and retreat. Two lieutenant colonels were reported among new Greek prisoners.
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Associated Press
Chimara
Valona
Portoda
Adriatic
Tepeleni - Klisura
Tepeleni
Tepeleni-Klisura
Elbasani
Tirana
Eden Takes British Foreign Secretary Post in War Era
London reports Eden assumed the foreign secretary role as Halifax moves to be ambassador to Washington. The cabinet shift hints at a tougher British stance and possible rapprochement with Soviet Russia, with Eden seen as more favorable to trade and talks with Moscow.
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London
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Russia
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England
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Halifax
Foreign Office
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Moscow
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Britain
David Margession
Commons
David Lloyd George
Foreign Languages Ticket to Marines
The Marines seek interpreters fluent in Dutch or Portuguese and possibly other languages. Recruiting Sergeant F. M. Bell aims to hire men who can read write or speak foreign tongues to assist in questioning applicants. He notes uncertainty over which language is being spoken during interviews.
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Marines
Corps
F. M. Bell
Allied warships bombard Turkish camps on Dec 23 1915
Twenty five years ago today Allied warships opened heavy bombardment against Turkish camp positions as part of ongoing naval offensives. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance promotes home redecorating services via Newby's catalog.
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Norfolk
William D. Leahy
Tuscaloosa
U. S
Henri Philippe Petain
Thompson Heads Railroad Commission and Sees 1941 Oil Boom
Lon A. Smith resigns as chairman of Texas Railroad Commission. Col Ernest O Thompson named successor. Thompson predicts 1941 will bring a significant oil boom with higher demand for gasoline lubricants heating and fuel oils. The commission orders 10 oil-well shutdowns in December January period. John Taylor to resign January 1 1941 and enter law practice in Austin.
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Railroad Commission
E. K. White
Bureau of Mines
Texas
John Taylor
Oil and Gas Division
Friends Here
Taylor
Kilgore
Tex
Austin
Manchester bombed as hundreds of planes hit city center
German raiders launched a massive night attack on Manchester and targeted London Bristol Liverpool Southampton and other English cities. The onslaught followed a daylight dive bombing of Fort William in Scotland. Casualties and destruction mounted as fires ravaged homes shops and hospitals in the industrial hub, with civilians scrambling amid ruins.
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United Press
Manchester
England
London
Bristol
Liverpool
Southampton
Portsmouth
High Command
Fort William
Scotland
Britain
Coventry
Roosevelt to address nation on present emergency
President Roosevelt plans a 30 minute radio address next Sunday to explain the present emergency. Secretary Early said the speech from 8 30 to 9 P M Amarillo time will cover defense production and aid to Great Britain. Secretary Hull welcomed Viscount Halifax as Britain’s ambassador to the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Viscount Halifax
United States
Postoffice Breaks All Yale Records
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi says Amarillo’s postoffice set all holiday mail records with an immense pile of in coming and out going packages. The lobby bustled with people carrying parcels and letters as the record year was confirmed.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Postoffice
Amarillo
Sunray Man Charged With Drunken Driving After Crash
M. C. Sell of Sunray was charged Sunday with drunken driving. Justice of the Peace Carder set bond at $750. Sell was picked up after a wreck in the 2200 block of North East Eighth Avenue late Saturday night. Build Now John Maynard Sbr Do Loose leaf price books memo books Russell Stationery Co.
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M. C. Sell
Sunray
Justice of the Peace Carder
Sell
North East Eighth Avenue
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau forecast shows little temperature change tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and west Texas. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies with snow flurries in higher elevations northwest Tuesday and warmer southern areas tonight. Temperature extremes over the past day ranged from 33 to 59 degrees with noon at 53.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Italians Nabbed in North Africa Prisoner Totals Rise
The British report 35,949 Italian captives and 1,704 officers moved to rear from Sidi Barani in North Africa with several thousand awaiting transfer. In the Libyan theater, British reinforcements converge on the siege line around Bardia as preparations to attack the 20,000 Italian survivors continue. Western desert advances by mechanized units continue, while no Italian rescue drive is seen.
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Associated Press
Sidi Barerani
North Africa
Bardia
Italy
Tenth
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani
Tobruk
Derna
Bengasi
Carl Hintons Leave For Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Carl Hinton were to depart this afternoon on the Choctaw Rocket for a two weeks vacation in Hot Springs Ark The Chamber of Commerce manager was granted a two weeks vacation at a recent board meeting He stated we ll be back two weeks from today
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Bermuda
Hamilton
Carl Hinton
Hot Springs
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
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