Letter From Home to Boys in Service in Amarillo News
The weekly feature from The Globe and The News recounts war bond sales, poll tax impact, local weather and mud, and a Ferocious mix of sports results and home front notes. It highlights Golden Gloves winners, USO events, local heroes such as Claud Fox and Pvt Shaffer, weddings, officers commissioned, and a closing letter from Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huoand
Armed Services
The
Globe and the News
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dumas
Duke Nally
News-Globe
Duke
Fort Worth
Wade Stracener
Lefors
Robert Callan
Shamrock
Ken Glasgow
Follett
Murdock Sneelling
Georgie Stevens
Albuquerque
Donnie Sharp
Jack Morgan
Borger
Eugene Cooper
Melvyin Walker
Amarillo Army Air Field
Dan 8S
Lockheed
Army Air Field
Sandies
Pampa
Amarillo Field
Bombers
Red Raiders
Lubbock
USO
Claud C. Fox
Claud H. Fox
Houston Street
Italy
Rapido
Jack B. Shaffer
South Pacific
Shaffer
James Roosevelt
Pacific
William Gilbert Barrier
G. W. Barrier
Jackson Street
Spence Field
Moultrie
John Johnston Houser
Harrison Street
Dow Bond
Clayton
Japan
Taos
Brien Dillon
C. N. Dillon
Ong Street
Olathe
Kans
Bill Dickson
Tyler Streat
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Pfe
James Richerson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Amarillo College Players
Bill Ingerton
Denny Plumlee
Roy Ann Cullum
Gaynor van Shaw
Gracie Griffith
Jimmie Lee Speer
Bettye Dell Winstead
Bob Byrd
Marcella Jean Frittz
Robert Howard Holt
Mary Louise Baker
Marine Pfc
R. H. Willbanks
Jean Juett
James Steel Hazelwood
Lexington
Billie Louise Wilhelm
Victor Cardinal
Anna Merle Clarke
Tobias J. Pistoia
Billye Self
Donald L. Coffin
Bettie Thomas
Malcolm Wolfe
WAC
Mildred Frost
Philip H.magnuson
Army
Mr. Jones
Moscow
Mairzy Coats
German U boats claim 23 destroyers sunk in January
Berlin radio reports January losses include 23 Allied destroyers 17 merchantmen totaling 120000 tons two submarines and three landing barges sinking and two escort vessels plus two more submarines. Allied sources have not confirmed the figures.
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London
Old Lady With Young Ideas Smokes Then Misplaces Denture
NEW BRUNSWICK New Jersey February 1 A local 85 year old woman known for her youth in ideas placed her upper denture on the window sill while smoking alone. She later mistook the denture for an ashtray and burned a hole through the middle of her uppers, eliciting amusement from friends.
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New Brunswick
N. J
War Bond Premiere To Feature Galaxy of Brilliant Lights
The War Bond premiere at the Paramount Theater will showcase Hollywood effects and skyward lighting. A large mobile unit from the Pantex Certain-teed Corp will be on Polk Street to add glamour to the event. Repair needs and materials available from John Maynard Lbr Co and Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paramount Theater
Pantex Certain-teed Corporation
Polk Street
Moisture Expected Minor in Panhandle Conditions
The forecast calls for warm and cloudy skies with little moisture likely. A light drizzle touched the Panhandle while South Plains and West Texas may see some moisture from a balmy spell as the cold snap moved east. The morning low reached 39 degrees, the year's highest low, and yesterday's high was 53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Panhandle
South Plains
West Texas
United States Landings In Marshall Islands Begin
U S forces landed near Rio and Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and established beachheads. Admiral Nimitz says Japanese oppose but initial U S casualties are moderate. Major General Schmidt's Fourth Marines and Major General Corlett's Seventh Infantry spearhead the operations with heavy air and surface bombardment.
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Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
United States
Marshall Islands
Rio
Kwajalein
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Fourth Marines
Harry Schmidt
Roi Island
Seventh Infantry
Charles H. Corlett
Kwajalein Island
Roi
Kwajalein Atoll
Nas
Seventh Aaf
Willis H. Hale
Amarillo Urges Victory Drive for War Bonds
Two weeks remain to reach Amarillo’s Fourth War Bond goal of 5 175 000. Local chairman Cal Farley says reaching the quota is a battle to support troops, with detailed figures showing current progress and urging citizens to invest to fund schools and future industries after the war.
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Amarillo
Cal Farley
Tarawa
Amarillo Plans Bids For Water Wells Expansion
Amarillo to call for bids to drill two new water wells with a later call for bids on four more wells. Mayor Jenkins and city manager HACcock returned from Fort Worth after talks with the Federal Works Agency about expanding the water works. FWA finds need for four wells but funds are unavailable now, so the city will drill two on its own and seek grants for four later.
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Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Fort Worth
A. P. Hancock
Federal Works Agency
FWA
Partisans Defeat Germans And Chetniks in Montenegro
Yugoslav Partisan troops defeated a mixed German and Chetnik force near Andrijevica and Berane in Montenegro. Tito said 80 enemy soldiers were killed and 110 wounded. He noted offensives in eastern, central and western Bosnia and a German push repulsed near Travnik. Fighting continued in parts of Croatia and Macedonia.
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London
Andrijevica
Berane
Montenegro
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Bosnia
Travnik
Sarajevo
Slavonia
Lika
Croatia
War Bulletin
Macedonia
Jresevo
Kumanavo
Split
Sibenik
Marshal Tito
Mihailovic
War Bond Premiere Tonight in Amarillo at Paramount
A large patriotic audience will attend the War Bond premiere of Destination Tokyo at the Paramount Theater at 8 15 PM. Admission requires a Series E Bond bought today and tickets issued at purchase. Cary Grant stars with John Garfield and Dane Clark in a Navy submarine adventure with a gala KGNC broadcast and 501st Army Air Forces Band performance.
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Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Tokyo
Paramount
Tokyo Harbor
General Doolittle
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Dane Clark
Alan Hale
U. S. Navy
KGNC
Wes Izzard
501St Army Air Forces Band
Amarillo Field
Guy L. Stone
Payers Swamp Tax Office
Taxpayers flooded the city collector with payments before the deadline. Early counts show about $10,000 in mail and $11,000 in person the following morning. Penalties and interest rules are outlined with half payments due, full payment required for those with late installments, and delinquency penalties starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Burks
Five Nazi Spies Arrested In Argentine Clean-Up
Argentine police detained five German agents in Buenos Aires as the first direct action to curb Nazi spy activities since the recent diplomatic break with the Axis. The arrest comes amid heightened anti spy operations described in the report from Buenos Aires dated February 1.
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Argentine
Buenos Aires
U.P
Axis
Movie House Is No Place For Gabbing
A Pulse Feeler column asks what should be done with talkative moviegoers. Local responses from Violet Cash George Sanders Mrs K F Tyndall Jack Mercer and Mrs L O Sayer suggest polite reminders stern looks removal warnings and even ejection as appropriate. Pulse Feeler offers a dollar for questions that start conversation.
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K. F. Tyndall
Jack Mercer
Congress
House Rejects Roll Call Vote On Federal Ballot Bill
The House refused a roll call on a uniform federal ballot bill for the armed services to the shock of federal ballot advocates. The vote stood 33 to 160 signaling a states rights advantage as four hours of debate began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Gene Worley
Amarillo
Worley
House Elections Committee
Weather roundup for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Mostly cloudy with little temperature change across West Texas. Light rain expected this afternoon and tonight, except in the El Paso area. Del Rio Eagle Pass area may see morning showers, with a warming trend to the east Wednesday. East New Mexico shows scattered light showers and drizzle in extreme east portions. Highs around 53, lows near 39, noon 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Allies Accused of Supplying Nazis Via Spain
The Red Star newspaper charged that Germany gets American and Latin American supplies through Spanish importers. Investia, the government organ, accused the Vatican of backing fascism in Italy, Spain and France.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Star
Germany
United States
Latin America
Investia
Vatican
Italy
Spain
France
Battle for Rome drawing nearer in Allied push
Allied forces reached Campoleone and pressed along the Appian Way toward Rome while German reinforcements moved south. In Russia, Russians reached Kingisepp near Estonia as the front collapsed north of the country. Allied air power hit Berlin and other targets as Spain and Argentina faced crisis.
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Campoleone
Rome
Cisterna
Argentina
London
Italy
Cassino
Liri
Russia
Kingisepp
Luga
Estonia
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Lake
Peipus
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Texas
Potter County
Jold
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
America
Wells
Partisans
Beery Prescription Shop
Shaw-Walker
Russell Stationery Company
Pulse Feeler
R. McClusky
Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Epen
RAF
Berlin
Franco
Mt. Natale
Minturno
Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Klagenfurt
Udine
Avgione
Bologna
Verona
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