Army of Men Register in Amarillo for World War II Draft
A large crowd gathers at Municipal Auditorium Amarillo as men born 1897 to 1921 register for the World War II draft. The event runs from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. with 3,000 registrants by noon. The junior chamber of commerce and two draft boards organize the process aided by multilingual registrars. A lottery will order 1-A inductees next month, with deferments likely high for older registrants.
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France
Amarillo
Sam
Llano Estacado
Daughters’ of the American Revolution
Otto Landis
Chamber of
Rotary Institute
Allied Planes Strike Invasion Fleet Toll At Palembang
Allied aircraft inflicted heavy losses on Japanese ships near Palembang in Sumatra, scoring direct hits on two cruisers and five transports. One cruiser was set afire as United Nations forces pressed the offensive across the Bangka Strait from Java headquarters.
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Singapore
Palembang
Sumatra
United Nations
Vaen TV
United States
Bangka Strait
United Nations Command
Java
U-Boat Attacks In West Indies
Aruba, Curacao and the Dutch West Indies faced a submarine assault with three tankers torpedoed and a refinery shelled. American troops arrived to protect oil installations. one tanker damaged near Willemstad with minor injuries reported. A fourth tanker was torpedoed nearby and badly damaged but did not sink.
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Willemstad
Curaca
Dutch West Indies
Aneta
Aruba
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Venezuela
Panama Canal
Curacao
Bomaire Islands
Puerto Rico
United States State Department
United States
Mediterranean Front Shifts as Axis Pressures Libya Sicily
Reports say patrol clashes and air action mark the Mediterranean theater with Axis strikes sinking a British destroyer and seven merchant ships on a convoy from Alexandria to Malta. Malta bombarded anew while Axis air forces press the island. while in Libya a wide front patrol conflict develops as Axis potentially aims at Tobruk or Egypt.
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Africa
Turkey
Mediterranean
Libya
Rome
Alexandria
Malta
Augusta
Syracuse
Florida
Sicily
North Africa
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Egypt
St. Nazaire
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Dover Strait
Vichy
France
Germany
Istanbul
Europe
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries
The forecast warns of strong winds and brief snow flurries for Amarillo and nearby areas with much colder temperatures tonight and around 15 by Tuesday morning. Intermittent snow and colder conditions extend across West Texas Panhandle to Del Rio Eagle Pass, with Mexico showing light snow in mountain regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Mexico
Medium Army Bomber Missing in Elk Mountain Range
A medium army bomber vanished in the Elk Mountain region of south central Wyoming last night. The pilot Lieut. R. G. Greghorn of Seattle was alone and last reported at 6 P M. Denver air units began an aerial search.
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Ogden
Utah
Elk Mountain
Wyoming
Hill Field
R. G. Greghorn
Seattle
Denver
Battleship Alabama Is Launched
The battleship Alabama slid from the Norfolk Navy Yard into the Elizabeth River nine months early amid a cheering crowd. Navy planes cruised overhead as the gray steel dreadnaught completed its launch under near zero cloud ceilings.
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Ortsmouth
Alabama
Norfolk Navy Yard
Elizabeth River
Sing Sing alarm to sound air raid warnings too
Ossining New York February 16 Sing Sing prison will extend its powerful alarm whistle to serve as an air raid warning device and to alert for attempted jail breaks. Residents will quickly know it signals bad news regardless of its purpose.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Ioining
British Forces Withdraw to Stronger Lines Near Thaton
British forces defending Burma reported to have pulled back to stronger positions near Thaton after a heavy Japanese attack, as of February 16.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thaton
Fall of Singapore and Palembang Drive Opens Java Route
Japanese forces seize Palembang oil center in Sumatra after brutal battles in Malaya and Singapore. The United Nations brace for intensified actions as Japan presses toward Java and Burma while Australia arms for a decisive defense.
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Burma
China
United Nations
India
Pacific
Japan
Sumatra
Palembang
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
Curtin
Singapore
Gibraltar
Orient
London
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Ariter
Evelyn Boyd
Municipal Auditorium
Potter County
Army’ OF Men
Globe and News
Manchuria
No-Yong Park
America
Harvard
West
Pearl Buck
Rotary
Park
Arthur N. Holcombe
Harvard University
University of Minnesota
DR. No-Yong Park
Western
Clyde A
Farnsworth Associated Press
West Indies
Indies
Churchill
Britain
Malay Peninsula
Empire
Martaban
Asia
Prinze Eugen
English Channel
Hideo Ohira
Army
Singapore City
Gulf of Martaban
Aegean
Adolf Hitler
Washington
Hitler
English
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Reich
Russia
Build
John Maynard Lhr, Co
Dictaphone
Russell Stationery Company
Ee Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Malaya
Sydney
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