Wealth of East Indies Looms Large in War Drive
Batavia Feb 17 The Netherlands East Indies rich in raw materials oil rubber iron ore coal tin gold and more fuel Japan war machine. Java Sumatra host dense population and strategic ports including Batavia Soerabaja and Samarang. Native life sidelined as islands shift to war footing under UN pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
U.P
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Sumatra
Samarang
Soerabaja
United Nations
War ration book printed for sugar program
Washington reports government printing offices and 23 private firms are producing 700 million forms and booklets for the sugar rationing system. By March 7 local agencies will start distributing War Ration Book One to adults and children, with stamps covering 28 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Printing Office
GPO
Office of Price Administration
Knights Templar Dine and Drill in Amarillo Tonight
The Knights Templar of Amarillo dine and drill this evening at 6:30 in the lodge room at 504 Taylor Street. Tomorrow the Potentate's ball opens with a 8:30 reception for the new divan at Amarillo Country Club, with dancing to midnight, refreshments, and games for non dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Amarillo
Shriners
Commandery
Taylor Street
Jenkins Sets Sights On Quick Knockout In Comeback Bid
Lew Jenkins of Sweetwater Texas returns to the ring in a 10 round bout against Marty Servo at the Arena in Philadelphia. Jenkins seeks a knockout to regain a lightweight title shot after losing to Sammy Angott. Servo, from Schenectady New York, aims to spoil the comeback and avenge Lou Ambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Lew Jenkins
Sweetwater
Tex
Marty Servo
U. S. Coast Guardsman
Sammy Angott
Jenkins
Schenectady
N. Y
Servo
Lou Ambers
New York
Lou
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Service Men Invited to Ballet Russe
The Panhandle Civic Music Association invites all armed forces men in Amarillo to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Municipal Auditorium tomorrow at 8 30 p m. Uniformed servicemen admitted free. passes available at box office for those under orders or for their wives. A colored section is reserved. The program includes Serenade The Nutcracker and Gale Parisienne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Panhandle Civic Music Association
Armed Forces
United States
Amarillo
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Larger Credit Is Due Russia
Official sources said a new lend lease credit of about 1 billion dollars was being negotiated for Russia. A similar 1 billion credit last fall had nearly been allocated, with a further sum needed to plan weapon production. Details and exact form were not settled, with shipping difficulties noted since the U.S. entered the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
United States
Rancher Miles Pays $20 Despite No Tax Owed
Helena Montana February 17. Rancher Man Miles learned he did not earn enough last year to owe federal income tax. He handed the cashier a $20 bill saying it’s great to live in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Miles
America
Britain Declares Sea Victory Over German Flotilla
Prime Minister Churchill announced in the House of Commons that Britain won a sea victory in the English Channel last week. Germany lost the use of the 26,000-ton battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, damaged and laid up for repair, while Royal Navy and US Navy units strengthen forces to meet future challenges. Churchill rejected calls to resign the defense portfolio and declined to discuss Singapore’s fall, citing reliance on public press information and prudence in speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Britain
English Channel
Churchill
House of Commons
Royal Navy
United States Navy
Singapore
Ministry of Defense
San Jacinto Methodists Honor Men in Service
San Jacinto Methodist Church will honor about 50 men in active service with a patriotic program led by J. R. McDowell and J. W. Murphy tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Invitations go to mothers and fathers, and the event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
J. R. McDowell
J. W. Murphy
Soldier in Philippines Has Traffic Summons
Memo for James O Callaghan an engineer from Pearl Harbor Hawaii recalls a red light summons in Manhattan. The magistrate Aurelio released him in custody for now and warns to bring five dollars when returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
New York
James O'Callaghan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Manhattan
Aurelio
Jim
Man Seeks War Question Vote in Tucson
A Tucson man, after studying a selective service registration notice, asks an elevator operator where to vote on the war issue, signaling public interest in a wartime ballot process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Selective Service
Federal
One Phase of Civil Defense Has Failed
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told a Monday Evening Club forum that civilian defense misses a key goal by not engaging schoolchildren. She urged pledges to eat right and help at home, noting children should help with chores to allow mothers time for defense work and to hang up coats properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Monday Evening Club
Mother
Junior
Mrs. Roosevelt
Has No Stomach To Fight Japs
Walter Patten, 36, of Columbia Missouri, stamped the draft board with I don't need a stomach to fight the Japs do I. He had been honorably discharged from the army in 1927 and was rejected to re enlist after the board learned his stomach had been removed in a recent operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter Patten
Columbia
Draft Board
Army
Patten
Legion District Meet Tonight At Hanson Post Home
Legionnaires and auxiliary members of the 14th Congressional District gather at 6 30 o clock tonight at the Hanson Post home for their regular district meeting. Jim Johnson of Canadian 18th District Commander and Mrs Hupp Clark of Pampa 18th district auxiliary president direct business sessions. Col E A Simpson Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president and Hanson Post national defense committee chair will speak. Old fashioned dancing closes the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
14Th Congressional District
Hanson Post
Jim Johnson
Hupp Clark
Pampa
T. W. Gilstrap
Hanson
Fred DeCoster
Col. E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Indies
Marco Polo
Bunda Strait
Krakatao
Bali
Frank J. Dean Monegeng
Dream of Kentucky
Deans of Kentucky Distillers
Kentucky
Schenley Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
C.M. Williams & CO
Taylor
Ballet Russe
Tschaikowsky
Gale Parisienne
Jacques Offenbach
Leonide Massine
Ballet
San Jacinto
First National Bank of
Fisk
E. S. Burgess Lumber
Tyler
Legion
Globe News
KARO
Mea
Jffin
Pi Acd
Globe-News
Uncle Sam
Nev
Heavvy
William Tracy
Elyse Knox
Hal Roach
Chesterfield
Vivian J. Olsen
Marie Hoffman
Women's Defense Cadets of America
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!