Question on Hatred Prompts Public Reactions
A Pulse Feeler feature records readers responses to whether hatred should be taught or encouraged in children amid World War II. Mrs J Odus Turner urges teaching kids that Germans and Japanese are products of ideology, while others advocate stronger hatred toward Axis powers. Several respondents blur lines with profanity and extreme views, and the column invites readers to submit printable questions for a dollar each.
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J. Odus Turner
Jackson Street
Harley Smith
Janice Kimball
Frank Jensen
Axis
Paramushiro Bombarded by U S Surface Ships
United States warships bombarded Paramushiro Island in the Kuriles for about 20 minutes, aiming at harbor and shore installations. Captain H L Gearing and Commander Hunter Hood led ships as aircraft followed with a second strike from Commodore Gehres’ wing, all returning unscathed.
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U. S
North Pacific
United States
Japan
Kurabu Point
Paramushiro Island
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Tokyo
Kiska
Attu
Aleutians
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Chkotsk
Wilder D. Baker
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific Fleet
Admiral Baker
Davenport Johnson
11Th Air Force
E. D. Post
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Alaskan Department
General Post
Harry Smith
Fletcher
Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Paramushura
Leslie E. Gehres
Fleet Air Wing Four
Hunter Hood
Smith
South Pacific
Havier
H. L. Gearing
Sea of
Ohkotsk
Eli Hill
Dawson
Georgia
Warmest Weather Of Year Signals Early Spring
The low record of 49 degrees and the high of 59 marked an unseasonably warm day. The weather bureau notes this July like spell may hasten the season yet expects no major cold snap soon. A northern cold front may miss the region while conditions stay partly cloudy and mild with a gentler wind. A folklore sign of thunder in February hints at frost in April, a trend echoed by historical notes on severe storms in 1938.
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Bureau
Bu-Rau
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Helsinki Bombed as Allies Backed by Russian Push
Russian forces pressed operations against two German armies estimated at 175000 men and launched the heaviest Helsinki air raid of the war. In Italy, German command reinforced near Rome as Allied spearheads faced pressure. Soviet offensives cut routes along the Dnieper while Berlin counterattacks sought to hold the Rome front.
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Helsinki
Finland
Rome
Cassino
Fifth Army
Russia
Red Army
Stockholm
Ukraine
Dnieper
Dnieper Bend
Third
Krivoi Rog-Nikopol
Lower Dnieper
Algiers
France
Carroceto
Rome-Nettuno Road
Hazel Husted Wins News Tip Contest Prize
Hazel Husted wins the $5 first prize for a tip on a bus-woman ambulance-car accident last week. Hadley A. Hall earns $3 for reporting a man who entered a Johnson Street house and removed light bulbs before fleeing. Mrs. Lewis Stamps receives $2 for a tip about a gas line explosion near Dumas.
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Hazel Husted
Miss Husted
North Lincoln Street
Hadley A. Hall
East Fourteenth Avenue
Johnson Street
Lewis Stamps
North Pierce
Dumas
Pacific War Update From Kwajalein and New Britain Raids
United Press reports mopping up at Kwajalein Atoll with airfields repaired for an envisioned offensive. Japanese losses exceed 2,000 on Kwajalein. U S forces claim high prisoner counts while Navy Seabees and Army engineers rebuild bases. In operations near Rabaul and New Britain, Liberator raids hit Cape Hoskins and Wewak while several enemy ships and aircraft are destroyed. Allied air forces claim 177 planes down in early February amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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United Press
Kwajalein Atoll
U. S
Navy
Army
Caroline Islands
Gugegne
Bibej
Ebler
Tokyo
NGC
CBS
Kwajalein Island
Comeo
Wotje Atoll
Marshalls
Atoll
Southwest Pacific
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Rabaul
New Guinea
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy and not so warm tonight and tomorrow with fresh winds. West Texas sees mostly cloudy skies with light rain in the Big Bend country and areas east of the Pecos river and Del Rio-Eagle Pass tonight. Slightly cooler in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy today tonight and Tuesday. High 59 low 49 noon 52 in 24 hours ending 6:30 A M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
Pecos River
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Meteor sighting in Amarillo traced to flare gun
Amarillo residents believed they saw a meteor but Texas State Guard members confirmed a flare gun was set off at the Tri-State Fair Grounds during bivouac around 6 30 am. A Weather Bureau meteorologist said the description fit flares used by pilots, not a meteor or gas balloon.
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Amarillo
Texas State Guard
A. C. Mullins
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Mullins
U.S. Weather Bureau
Laughing Soldiers Break Through On Anzio Beachhead
The Fifth Army on the Anzio beachhead reports a successful fifth charge after four failures. Lt Edward Kennedy of Holyoke Mass notes the morale boost from laughter as Lt Richard La Riviere of Williams...
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FIFTH
Anzio
Edward Kennedy
Holyoke
Mass
Kennedy
Richard la Riviere
Willimanset
la Riviere
Partisans Sever Two Strategic Railways
Yugoslav Partisans cut two rail lines east and west of Sarajevo, Tito announced. The Sarajevo Visegrad line serving southeastern Bosnia was damaged at several points after repairs by Germans. The line from Sarajevo to Mostar was severed at Garcia with a German troop train destroyed.
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London
Sarajevo
Josip Broz
Tito
Bosnia
Visegrad
Mostar
Garcia
Amarillo Drives Fourth War Loan Bond Push
Amarillo nears its Fourth War Loan quota with a final week of sales led by Cal Farley. Local firms White and Kirk, Ed Hardin, and companies like General Mills and Firestone contributed further. Officials noted strong Series E bond purchases as KGNC and Boy Scouts plan drives to reach the $5,175,000 target.
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Amarillo
Emiris
Neperscroevanden
Nasntis Nis
Cal Farley
White and
Kirk
Ed Hardin
Amarillo Hard
General Mills, Inc
Thomas J. Blakemore
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Steffens
Kin To Demand Speedy Relief For Prisoners
Relatives and friends of American soldiers captured at Bataan and Corregidor plan a Thursday march on Washington to press for swift relief. Representing 14 states the group aims to form a national relief body and seek aid for Philippine prisoners and support for General MacArthur through war materials.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bataan
Corregidor
Washington
W. H. Spensley
Bataan Relief Organization
New Mexico
Spensley
Frances Sayre
President
Philipines
Paul McCahon
BRO
BRC
America
MacArthur
Missouri
New York
Texas
Wisconsin
California
Montana
Nebraska
Georgia
Ohio
New Mexco
Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
South Carolina
Mrs Cooper Resigns Red Cross Position
The Potter County Chapter of the American Red Cross accepted Mrs. Floyd A. Cooper’s resignation as executive secretary this morning. Miss Ivy O. Hendricks of the Midwestern Area Office in St. Louis will serve as acting executive secretary and assume duties immediately.
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Floyd A. Cooper
Potter County
American Red Cross
Ivy O. Hendricks
St. Louis
Amarillo
Cooper
E. Byron Singleton
Red Cross
Mr. Singleton
Miss Hendricks
San Antonio
Submarine Sinks Large Enemy Cruiser Near Wotje
The Tokyo Radio quoted Imperial Headquarters that a Japanese submarine sank a large enemy cruiser off Wotje in the Marshall Islands on February 3. Japanese planes and anti aircraft guns reportedly shot down 92 planes during raids on the Rabaul base in New Britain since last Thursday. Russell Stationery Co. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Wotje
Marshall Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Liquor Board Seizes Moonshine Equipment At County Court
The Liquor Control Board seized moonshine gear including a coil tester pipes and mash containers from a farmhouse near Wheeler four miles northwest. State charges against Lee Trimble of Wheeler and federal liquor law violation charges in Amarillo followed. Trimble posted bond while D W Lowe noted this was the district's first still seizure in years. Cleland Burchman of Shamrock faced untaxed liquor transport charges not tied to the seizure.
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Liquor Control Board
Wheeler
Lee Trimble
Amarillo
Trimble
D. W. Lowe
Lowe
Cleland Burchman
Shamrock
Japs Deny Atrocity Reports Claims of Prisoner Torture
A Japanese spokesman said Japan was doing everything for war prisoners and denied Allied atrocity charges. Sadao Iguchi cited Red Cross and Vatican delegates who allegedly confirmed prisoners are treated correctly by Japan. The U S Army Navy joint statement said Red Cross had been denied access to camps.
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United Press
Japan
New Zealand
Sadao Iguchi
DNB
Berlin
Red Cross
Vatican
U.S. Army-Navy
Japs Take Taung Bazaar In Southwestern Burma
Allied communique says Japanese troops captured Taung Bazaar in Southwestern Burma on Feb 4. Allies repulsed a later Japanese advance, inflicting heavy casualties and driving them back into the town. American trained Chinese forces held Taipha Ga and fought west of Taro in Hukawag Valley.
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New Delhi
Arkan
Burma
Taung Bazaar
Taipha Ga
Taro
Hukawag
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Boland
Sre
Warsaw
Rumania
Odessa
Wzzhlobinie
Gomel
Konotop
Nikopo
RED
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Nikopol
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Krivoi
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Tom Curtis
A. A. Alexander
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J. F., Reynolds
Pierce Street
D. D. Woodall
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W. H. Brazil
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Skippy Hinds
Hughes Street
Thomas Casey
Front Street
Peggy Fulton
Buchanan Street
Truk
Reynolds Packard
American Press
Russell Stationery Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Liquor Board
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