Italve Fleet Risk Poised as Bengasi Falls to British
British HQ announced Bengasi surrenders and Italian forces in East Africa capitulate or flee as Wavell’s counter‑offensive pushes 160 miles in eight days. Mussolini’s advisers fear forcing the fleet across the Mediterranean to Libya. Internationally, Japanese troops in Indo-China numbered 10,400 with continued garrison. Greek Front reports show重 gains for the Greeks.
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Nile
Red Sea
Eritrea
East Africa
Bengasi
North Africa
Italy
Libya
Mediterranean
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani
Cairo
London
Marshal Graziani
Mussolini
Sicily
Middle East
Thailand
Siam
Indo-China
France
Japan
Archibald P. Wavell
Sidi Barrani
Egypt
Bardia
Tobruk
Derna
Tepeleni
Klisura
Hitler
Maxime Weygand
French North Africa
Weygand
Bizerte
French Tunisia
Germany
Fritrean
Cheren
Asmara
So You Think You Can Walk With Safety Quiz
A readable vintage safety quiz asks pedestrians to choose correct actions for highway walking at day and night, crossing signals, parking lot exits, and residential street rules. It presents multiple choice questions with guidance on facing traffic, wearing visible clothing, crossing at intersections, and using sidewalks.
Walks From Sick Bed Then Dies After Note
Los Angeles reports Mrs. Esther Swanson, 68, rose from her sick bed to write a final note by pencil. She asked that the vegetable man be paid, stated she bought apples, claimed the debt hers alone, and expressed love to all. Her son William Swanson, a theatrical producer, arranged payment.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Esther Swanson
William Swanson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low around 30 and light rain likely toward morning. Saturday remains partly cloudy with unsettled conditions across West Texas. snow in the northwest, rain in the south, and much colder air moving in. Temperature extremes 24 hours ending 6:30 A.M. show a low of 22 and a high of 53 with today’s noon at 34.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
North
Perion
Mexico
Water plan shift eyed for Amarillo peak demand
Amarillo plans to bypass a costly steel driven solution for a summer water need. City officials will test a new well between Broadmoor and Rosemont to feed the distribution system directly, aiming to avoid extensive cast iron pipe and a larger storage tank. If the well matches the golf course capacity, it could tide the city over during federal steel rationing. Local SRP property owner, Southwestern Public Service, hosts the test site.
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Amarillo
Ross Rogers
SP Oeea Aw
Broadmoor
Rosemont Streets
Rock Island
Country Club Terrace
D. L. McDonald
Rogers
Southwestern Public Service Company
Public Service Company
McDonald Site
Trade Best In 11 Years
Dun and Bradstreet reports high retail trade activity for the season, noting widespread gains and strong sales in furniture, furs, electrical appliances, and autos. Texas department store sales rise with Houston up 19 percent and Dallas 9 percent for the four weeks to Feb 1, district wide up 14 percent.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Mercantile Agency
South
Southwest
Middle West
Texas
Dallas
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Houston
Federal Reserve District
Neighborhood rental ads highlight low cost items for borrow
Good Neighbor Policy promotes renting items at little cost such as floor landers wheel chairs washers sweepers wavers. See classification 36 in today’s Want Ads for further information and dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Abandon Search After 23 Years for Durtario Deferral
The national draft board ends a 23 year search for Dominico Durtario who was deferred in 1918 for dependents. Despite multiple mailings and exchanges between the draft board and war department the card never reached him. Officials decided no further efforts to locate him are warranted.
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Washington
National Draft Board
Dominico Durtario
Durtario
Los Angeles
Draft Board
War Department
Maj Williams Criticizes U S Planes Compared To Allies
Maj Al Williams former navy speed flier says U S single seat fighters cannot match British and German pursuit ships. He criticizes a lease lend bill and notes U S engines are deficient while planes are sent to Britain. House leaders push no more concessions stance amid debate.
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Washington
al Williams
Navy
United States
England
Williams
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
House
House OKs amendment to British aid bill on neutrality act
The House unanimously approved a foreign affairs committee amendment to the British aid bill. The amendment says none of its provisions shall alter the neutrality act ban on sending American merchant ships into war zones designated by the President.
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Washington
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
William Jennings Bryan AWOL During Fire Alarm Duty
Salisbury report says William Jennings Bryan, a volunteer fireman and national guardsman just drafted, dashed from the armory when the fire alarm sounded. He was AWOL for about two hours while aiding the fire fight and is now peeling potatoes at home.
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Salisbury
William Jennings Bryan
National
Army
Bryan
Roosevelt aide questions British engine lead and invasion risk
Williams argues manufacturers share blame for engine limits. He cites Allison at 1075 hp versus Rolls Royce 1500–1700 hp and mentions a future 2000 hp inline engine. He doubts Britain can win the war, warns invasion would be physically impossible, and notes German production rising to 3,000–5,000 monthly while U S output nears 950. See CONGRESS Page 20. Build Now. John Maynard Lbr, Co. Tontine Shades at Dwight Newby's.
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Rolls- Royce
Williams
White House
Roosevelt
Robert McCormick
Chicago Tribune
America
McCormick
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Britain
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Dwight Newby’s
Hopkins Departs London Aide Heads Home By Air To Lisbon
Harry L. Hopkins, President Roosevelt's personal representative, leaving London after nearly a month in England. He plans to fly to Lisbon, Portugal, to catch the liner Excambion sailing tonight.
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London
Harry L.hopkins
Roosevelt
England
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Gordon-Cumming Condition Improves After Illness
C. L. Gordon-Cumming of Canyon, longtime Panhandle resident born in Scotland, was reported improved today at Northwest Hospital after becoming seriously ill Thursday at his farm home near Canyon.
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C. L. Gordon- Cumming
Canyon
Northwest Hospital
Mr. Gordon-Cumming
Scotland
Panhandle
Batista’s Wife Gives Birth to Daughter in Havana
In Havana on February 7, First Lady Elena Batista gave birth to a seven and a half pound daughter named Elisa. The child is the Batistas’ third, extending the presidential family.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
Fulgencio Batista
Elisa
Batista
Batistas
Deportation Demanded for Lindbergh by Texas Legislature
The Texas House killed a resolution to deport Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and sent another to study his aid to Britain. Debates centered on Lindbergh’s public opinions and whether a private citizen can be deported.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Committee On Military Affairs
Rushing Manning
Center
Com- Jaaen Nun Co
Mmittee
OL Vong
Martin Dies
Lindbergh
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Manning
Dies
Orange
Texas
Military Affairs Committee
Roger Q. Evans
Denison
Britain
President urged to demote colonel amid wartime tensions
Members protest a February 7 1916 incident as resolutions, noting hard fighting near trenches and debates over speech freedom. The text references transfer to any Hitler-controlled area and opposition to punitive measures for a colonel.
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Associated Press
Central Albania
Trebessina
Tokyo
VC. 8S Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
Weely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
H. R. Smith
Maj. Williams
U. S
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Lindy
Berlin
Woodrow Bean
Sierra Blanca
Senator Wheeler
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
J. Isaacks
el Paso
Lindberg
Isaacks
Evans
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