Cure for the Blues Varies With Curers
Pulse Feeler asks readers for blues cures with responses from Borger residents. George Truax says work it off, Winston Crume urges hard work and rest, others cite reading, entertainment, or eating. The Globe offers to cure blues for a dollar.
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Zola
Alice Dine
Borger
Pulse Feeler
Winifred Pace
Kay Kyser
Bob Hope
Mildred Earnest
George Truax
Frank Sparks
Winston Crume
British warships sink German destroyers in Bay of Biscay
A British Allied communique says warships and planes sank three German destroyers and a blockade runner in the Bay of Biscay after the destruction of the Scharnhorst. The two missions were carried out as Germany risks surface raids amid looming invasion of western Europe.
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Robert Richards
London
Scharnhorst
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Europe
Irunner
Russians storm outer defenses of Zhitomir and Korosten
Soviet forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin press the winter offensive in Ukraine storming Zhitomir and Korosten, nearing the towns via multiple routes. Soviet artillery pounded defenses as troops retook Radomysl and Brusslov and pushed closer to remaking control of the Kiev region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad- Odessa
Kiev
Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Korostishev
Smolovka
Brusslov
White Russia
Ivan Bagramian
Siberian
Vitebsk
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Tax Discount Deadline Approaches As Jewell Davidson Reports
Miss Jewell Davidson the assessor collector announced the tax discount deadline is next Monday with a 1 percent reduction after Monday. State and county tax payments are mostly paid though poll tax payments for various jurisdictions remain slow. Tires remain scarce with low quotas and ongoing shortages affecting farm and ranch trucks and feed transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Davidson
Highway Meeting Set in Amarillo Next Week
Wade Brymer, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce highway committee, calls a Panhandle highway meeting for Tuesday night to plan trips to Austin and a conference with the state highway commission. A post war program for Panhandle roads is drafted with emphasis on primary and secondary routes. Camp Trusses and Belts fitted by Sewell Beery. Ph. 26559, 112 W. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Highway Commission
Wade Brymer
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Sewell Beery
City plants turning out war products in Amarillo
Machinists and workers in Amarillo factories turn out oil engine parts shells bombs marine floats tents and other war gear. Private industry in Amarillo runs small and large plants with war contracts aiding Uncle Sam’s victory effort. See MUNITIONS Page 2. Greeting cards for all occasions. Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
Amarilo
Uncle Sam
East Indies
Navy
Ortona Falls to Allied Forces in House to House Battle
Allied communique says Ortona eight day bitter struggle ends. Canadian troops push along Adriatic coast toward Pescara through snow and wind. Indian and French Moroccan units report gains in Villa Grande and central mountains. Senior High School attendance 95 percent as holidays end.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Ortona
Mediterranean
Rome
Adriatic
Pescara
Ciampino
Centocelle
London
Paris
St. Peter's Basilica
Villa Grande
Fifth Army
Garigliano
He Prefers Jap Zeros To Ack Ack
Sergeant Howard S Walton on furlough from India China and Burma says he would rather fight Japanese Zero planes than anti aircraft fire. He left Dalby Motor Freight Lines May 13 1942 to become an aerial gunner with 26 combat missions in a Liberator. He trained at West Palm Beach Florida and sailed for India in February. See WALTON Page 2
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India
China
Burma
Himalaya
Dalby Motor
Walton
West Palm Beach
Fla
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a rise in temperature and fresh winds. Low temperatures range from 15 to 20 degrees in the Panhandle and South Plains, 20 to 25 in the upper Pecos Valley, 25 to 30 near El Paso, with near freezing in Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Snow flurries western mountains Thursday with warmup. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M High 27 low 11 noon 33.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Upper
Pecos Valley
el Paso
del Rio- Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Allied Supreme Command fielded with two Britons named
The Allied High Command for the Western invasion nears completion with Admiral Ramsay named naval commander in chief and Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory chosen to lead the aerial forces under General Eisenhower. Arthur Tedder is deputy commander in chief, while Bernard Montgomery leads British ground forces. American ground commander not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Ball
London
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bertram Ramsay
Trafford L. Leigh Gallory
RAF
Fighter Command
Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
Britain
Supreme Command
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ramsay and
Leigh-Mallory
Channel
Downing St
Good Luck Costs Ten Points in 1944 Ration News
Sheriff Bill Adams promotes dried black eyed peas as luck on New Year’s Day. He cites a jail census showing no peasant in jail after eating peas and recalls his own reelection after adopting the superstition. The piece notes rationing and a local sale at Hollywood Dress Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nordyke
Bill Adams
Adams
Globe
Tanks Aid Tanks in Jungles Near Cape Gloucester Airstrips
Tank supports push five miles into New Britain Jungle to striking distance of Cape Gloucester airstrips as Australian forces seize 5,600 foot ridge near Madang. MacArthur reports extremely light U S casualties with large captures of supplies and artillery. Allied air and ground forces hit enemy positions, shooting down planes and destroying ships, while Australians break the two month stalemate at Shaggy Ridge in New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
U. S
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Madang
Bergen Bay
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Sixth Army
Umtingalu
Shaggy Ridge
Cattlemen Get Relief as Soybeans Allotted for Mills
Cattlemen in the Panhandle and surrounding areas gain relief after a CCC allotment of about five million bushels of soybeans for crushing in Texas and Oklahoma mills. The action, paired with shipments of cake and meal, should keep mills at capacity through May and strengthen cattle against future storms. A cattlemen’s meeting and a direct call to Jack Hudson precipitated the emergency allotment and rapid distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hudson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Marvin Jones
Washington
W. H. Jasston
Oklahoma Mills
Fort Worth
Okahoma
Hudson
New Mexico
Oklahoma Pan
CCC
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Russell Stationery Company
R. B. Norman
Howard
Roosevelt
Churchill
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Hollywood
Don Caswell
Ee Neely- Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Catil
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