Attitudes in War Era US Stir Over Pacfic Outlook
Alt Washington dispatch notes waning unity post Pearl Harbor as critics sharpen. It cites isolationists’ gloom, Ontario premier Hepburn’s attack on the fleet, and roiling debates on a possible stalemate. Roosevelt and Churchill pledge limited offensives before 1943 while US production surges and Russia’s fate looms as a decisive factor in the war’s end.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Pacific
Wheeler
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Honolulu
East
Roosevelt
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Navy
Markets and Livestock Report with War Era Commentary
Trading data for Dow Jones averages, rail stocks and industrials amid a busy session. Kansas City livestock totals show hogs and cattle with mixed bids. hogs 10-20 cents higher, top around 12.60, cattle and calves mixed to steady with generous fed cattle supply. A war commentary discusses U S leadership, the Mediterranean front, and President Roosevelt’s role, followed by a long list of contributions from individuals and organizations to a local fund or cause.
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Livestock Commission
Kansas City
Uup
Colorado Fed
Amarillo area fundraising list shows scattered donations
A historical clipping lists diverse donations and donors including H A Dyer Lee E Bivins Brown Plettner Brokerage Mrs Avery Turner Mrs W Frank Litle Ordway Saunders Southwestern Public Service Globe News and others contributing small sums and larger amounts to various clubs and organizations in West Texas totaling multiple entries with values ranging from 0 to 100 dollars.
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Amarillo Junk & West Texas Pipe Co
H A. Dyer
Lee E. Bivins
Estates Brown, Plettner Brokerage Company
Women's Auxiliary
Avery Turner
W. Frank Litle
Ordway-Saunders Company
Southwestern Public Service
Steen
Cae
J Morris
Clay Crokecon
Nan
Pat Nordyke
Louis Feferman
Dora Watt
Anderson Printing Company
Sins
Momene Rice
F. E. Edwards
Fred F. Cornelius
Hardin
Globe News
Oso Johnson
Clay Thornton
Hagy
War Front in Africa Stabilized Near Tobruk Area
Italian broadcast reports a 50 mile Libyan front with British and Axis columns clashing near Mekili and artillery activity near Ain El Gazala. Cairo dispatch says the North African fighting front remained stabilized west of Tobruk with no general change in the situation yesterday.
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Rome
Libya
Mekili
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Cairo
Salvage Campaign To Start Soon In Texas
Governor Coke R. Stevenson announced a state salvage campaign to gather waste paper scrap metal rags and old rubber for war purposes. He spoke after meeting Ray H. Haun of the War Production Board and said a state director of organization will be appointed.
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Austin
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Ray H. Haun
Washington
War Production Board
School Lunch Fund Reaches $1591 14 As Drive Grows
The lunch fund climbs to 1591.14 with new gifts from Junior Welfare League expanding by 50. Contributions from two Negro clubs Just Us Matrons Club and the Lobo Club include 250 from the Matrons and 5 from the Lobos. The fund aims to feed nearly 1,000 hungry children this year at a nickel per lunch. A single Amarillo resident donating a dollar could push the total funding over the needed level in 15 minutes.
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NEW York Stock Exchange
Merril Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Loin Steel
Allis Chalmers
al Smelt & Ref Sense
Qs Armour & Co
Benidix Aviation Tee
Steel
Bethlehem
Borden
Buda Mtg
Hecla Mines
Chrysler
Consol Cop
Deere & Co
Dovinlas
Bratteen
el Power & Lite
Chen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Rotary
Houston
Int Harvester
Junior Welfare League ( $ 200.00) Tri Power & Paper
Matrons Sane
Kennecott Copete
Maysiallield
Montgomery Ward
Ivy Wilkinson
Nat Dairy Prod
New York Shipbuilding
American Association of Uni- New York Centralversity
North Amer Aviatory
NI Stokes
Onhlo Ouls
Paramount Pixeres
Qrilla Christian Church
Penney
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H. W. Pitts
Phillips
Beck
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Texas Corporation
Texas
Tex Pac Coal & Oil Air Fly Union Carbide
United Aircraft On
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Steeleet
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Wilson & Co
Leverty S
Woolworth
Junior Welfare League
Us Matrons Club
Lobo Club
Lobos
Amarillo
Singapore
Raffles
Joel McCrea
Ellen Drew
Eric Davis
Malayan Broadcasting Corporation
Gramophone Corporation
Walt Disney and
Mickey Mouse Incorporated
Noisy party sways Red Cross fundraiser in Atlanta
Atlanta on February 11 reports Ralph McGill awoke to a caller offering $15 to keep police away for a Red Cross drive. A second man rang the doorbell and pressed the same demand, insisting he pay the sum or face arrest before leaving.
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Atlanta
Ralph McGul
The
Atlanta Constitution
Red Cross
Brave Men Go Out To Die in Malaya
The last AP dispatch from Singapore by C Yates McDaniel describes night skies lit by fires and the siege as Japanese planes bomb and British defenses fight back. McDaniel notes RAF pilots earning undying glory and the city’s fragile calm between bursts of bombardment and evacuation efforts.
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Singapore
Associated Press
C. Yates McDaniel
McDaniel
Orient
Eric Davis
Malayan Broadcasting Corporation
Sir Shenton Thomas
Davis
Malavan
Straits of Malacca
Nanking
Sumatra
Maximum Fire Credit Reduces Amarillo Insurance
Amarillo property owners will save about 16000 in fire premiums over last year as the city earns the maximum 25 percent fire credit effective March 1. Fire Marshal Ed Spann notes a 75 percent rate and warns careless owners could raise credit, while excessive losses could trigger a 15 percent debit.
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Amarillo
Ed Spann
Spann
Draft board to reclassify some married men individually
Draft board officials said today that they were reclassifying some married men. They stressed there would be no general policy in selecting married men and that each case would be handled on its own merits. Previously married men had not been selected.
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London
Berlin
Moscow
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Philippines
Congress
Draft Board
Reorganization of OCD Is Planned
Washington February 11 Director James M Landis announced plans for a full reorganization of the Office of Civilian Defense. He noted a key question is whether the division of physical fitness staffed by Maynis Chaney, a friend of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, may be moved to another agency.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Maynis Chaney
Pranklin D Roosevelt
Dear Tack offers dog for temporary foster care
In a letter to Dear Tack a reader asks for a temporary foster arrangement for a male Boston Bull dog weighing about eighteen pounds. The dog is described as a good watchdog and housebroken with no children in the home as a possible condition for adoption later.
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Tack
Boston
S.S.S. Tonic Promises Vitality Rebuilding Blood Health
If you are worn by strain and illness with reduced red blood cell vitality, S.S.S. Tonic is advertised to build up blood strength and revive stomach digestion. The claim states the liquid formula starts working on intake, aiding nutrient use and tissue rebuilding, with many testimonials and scientific backing cited by S.S.S. Co.
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Lucky Tiger Mfg. CO
Kansas City
S.S.S
S.S.S. Co
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