Chinese Preparing Major Offensives Against Japs
Chinese military officials in Chungking say major offensives against Japanese invaders will begin this year. They note American supplies must reach front lines before launch and describe new bases and roads built to support operations. The Changsha battle showed modern equipment can overwhelm a large Japanese force.
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Chungking
U.P
China
Changsha
Japan
Chiang Kai Shek
Honan
Hunan
Hupeh
Canton-Kowloon
Kwantung
Bread and milk banquet supports Service Men's fund
Civic group hosts a noon Friday meal at the Amarillo Hotel with admission a dollar. Funds split with 75 cents to the Service Men's fund and 25 cents for food. DeLos Walker to speak at Municipal Auditorium Friday night. Fields and Simpson lead a milk drinking bread eating contest.
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Civic Club
Service Men’s Civic Center
Amarillo Hotel
Service Men's Fund
DeLos Walker
Municipal Auditorium
Lewis P. Fields
Col. E. A. Simpson
American Business Club
Cathedral Plans Friday Services At Sacred Heart
First Friday services at Sacred Heart Cathedral start with the Rosary and distribution of Holy Communion at 6 30 AM Fr Thomas J Drury rector announces Holy Hour follows from 6 55 to 7 55 then Benediction Mass at 8 Confessions are heard Thursday afternoon and evening.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Thomas J. Drury
British Ambassador Leaves for Russia
British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr left Chungking by air for Moscow to assume his post as ambassador to the Soviet Union, succeeding Sir Stafford Cripps.
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Chungking
Archibald Clark Kerr
Air Today
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Sir Stafford Cripps
City Favors War Time in Amarillo
Amarillo merchants voted to keep opening and closing hours the same despite the national move to War Saving Time. Monday morning will feel only sleepy as clocks shift, with 2:00 becoming 3:00. The school board may revise schedules at its meeting tonight with announcements due tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Work Is Cooked Up For Army Recruit
CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO Calif Feb 4 Recruit Frank Burkhead was perturbed when Frederico Balambo 20 of Guadalupe failed to return for swearing in after his army physical exam Balambo later arrived a day late and said he was detained as a KP First Sergeant Arthur Hansen found the recruit wandering about the post and put him to work
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NEW .Ork
Lucy Boehmiler
Far East
Europe
Boehmler
Henry W. Goddard
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Germany
Ulrich von der Osten
von der Osten
Times Square
Ludwig
Long Island
Helen Pauline Mayer
Mitchel Field
Roosevelt Field
Brewster
Republic
Grumman
Sperry
Taft
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Frank Burkhead
Frederico Balambao
Guadalupe
Balambao
Burkhard
Arthur P. L. Hansen
Rites at Shamrock For L. R. Gaylor
L. R. Gaylor former Amarillo resident and brother in law of George McKee died Monday night at Shamrock Funeral rites were held yesterday afternoon at Shamrock He is survived by his wife and two children
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L. R. Gaylor
Amarillo
George McKee
Shamrock
House Agrees to Higher Navy Appropriations
The House agreed to Senate increases in the navy appropriations bill raising the total to 26 495 265 474 the largest in history. The conference report then moved to the Senate for approval.
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Washington
House
Senate
Allied forces face continued Japanese pressure near Singapore
Washington offered no new details on a large Allied movement while reports note sharp defensive actions against Japanese expeditions. Despite intensified artillery and air activity around Singapore, there was no sign of a planned crossing of the Johore Strait and the communique described the general situation as unchanged.
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Macassar Strait
Java
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Washington
Francis M. Forde
Johore Strait
Advertising Class To Meet Tonight At Amarillo High
The Display Advertising Class led by J. P. Williamson of Blackburn Brothers will hold its second meeting at Amarillo High School in room 217 at 7 30 p m. Late enrollments will be accepted this evening. The show card writing class is canceled until March due to high enrollment in the display class. Williamson spent several months preparing notes for the display course.
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J. P. Williamson
Blackburn Brothers
Amarillo High School
Bill Cox
Distributive Education Department
Cox
Williamson
Eighty Americans Arrive in Batavia from Singapore
Delayed report from Batavia notes eighty Americans including part of the United States consular staff arriving today from Singapore.
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Singapore
Batavia
N. E
United States
House Passes Bill To Aid China Authorization
The House approved by voice vote a $500 million appropriation to assist China and sent the bill to the Senate. No debate occurred as the measure moved forward in Washington.
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House
China
Washington
Senate
Singapore Defenses Harden As Air Raids Continue
News from Singapore notes 22 killed and 90 injured by air raids yesterday with anti-aircraft guns shooting down two to three Japanese planes over the island. Civilians and soldiers work to strengthen defenses as Japanese forces mass on the Malayan mainland. A Potter County Texas estate notice announces creditors must file claims by legal deadline.
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Singapore
Johore Strait
Malayan
W. B. Benton
Potter County
Texas
Fisk Building
Amarillo
Hattie Mae Wood
W. B. ‘Benton
Beaverbrook Named War Production Chief in Britain
London February 4 Lord Beaverbrook was named minister of war production today and Sir Andrew Rae Duncan replaced him as minister of supply in a long anticipated realignment of Britain's war cabinet.
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London
Lorc Beaverbrook
Andrew Rae Duncan
Britain
Air war updates allege Japanese raids and Australian hits
Japanese planes attacked Soerabaja and other eastern Java targets, damaging villages and killing four including a woman and a child. Australian airmen scored a direct hit on a Japanese ship off Rabaul, with a near miss on another vessel and all planes returning safely. A second Port Moresby warning followed.
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Netherlands
Soerabaja
Java
Melbourne
U.P
Royal Australian Air Force
Rabaul
Bismarck Islands
RAAF
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Australia
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PWT
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California
Roma Wine Company, Inc
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