Robbery Ring Dismantled in Amarillo and Pampa
Three Amarillo men including J. W. Hoskins and James Hoskins and Willie Allen were charged with two burglaries totaling 5 500 dollars at Ideal Food Stores in Amarillo and Pampa. Evidence included blue paint on safes and packing materials, a Packard purchase, and fingerprint matches leading to arrests and grand jury consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ideal Food
Pampa
J. W
James Hoskins
West Sixth Avenue
Brothers
Willie Allen
Tascosa
J. W. Hoskins
Russian forces threaten Pskov as Samolya fall backs
Red Army presses toward the city of Pskov from two directions while Samolya on Lake Peipus narrows constrict the Pskov Riga railway route. Germans counter south and southeast of Gdov as Allies report on Anzio combat and beachhead censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Pskov
Lake Peipus
Samolya
Riga
Red Star
Gdov
Peipus Regon
Explosion Near Dumas Jars Amarillo Residents
A tank at the Cactus Ordnance Plant near Dumas exploded at 1:30 Tuesday, shaking houses in Dumas and felt by Amarillo residents in both western and eastern sections. Foreman H. O. Warsaw reported the blast. Authorities investigate the cause and extent of damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarilo
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Dumas
H. O. Warsaw
Amarillo
Junior High Band to Give Concert at Central High
The Central Junior High School band will perform a spring concert at 8 oclock on Friday night in the Central High School auditorium. A varied program features solos by several band members. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High School
Central High School
Louise D. McCluney
Aictor
Pub Me
Pulse Feeler Questions Time Period Wish For Public Dollar
Pulse Feeler asks readers which era they would choose to live in and pays a dollar for each submitted question. Amarillo residents answer with varied wishes from the stone age to the Klondike and King Henry VIII era, while expressing 1880s fantasies and 20th century practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulse Feeler
Cleo- Patra
Nile
Marc
Walter Winchell
P. P
Red Cross
Amarillo
Ben Seamon
Superman
Flash Gordon
Grace Meadors
Milton Yeager
Sam Fulton
Jack Stockwell
California
Klondike
Alaska
Victor Litton
Henry VIII
Alley Oop
War Grease Drive to Aid Soldiers and Armaments
Citizens urged to collect waste fats in cans or buckets for the war effort. Butchers pay two red meat points and four cents per pound. 230 million pounds targeted this year as fats render into ammunition and sulfa drugs.
Fine No Pedestrians For Traffic Relations
Amarillo police will enforce the pedestrian traffic ordinance prohibiting walking against signals or crossing mid block. Capt Tommy Thomas notes six pedestrian injuries this year, one fatal, including six year old Harold Farrow struck on West Sixth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tommy Thomas
Harold Farrow
Madison Street
West Sixth Avenue
Henry Leiberman
West Eighth Avenue
Northwest Texas Hospital
City Tax Collections Jump 11 Percent in Short Period
City auditor Ace Estes reports tax collections rose 11 percent in the 12 days ending before the deadline. Collections through last Saturday stood at 83.57 percent, compared with 81.21 percent at the same point last year.
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Ace Estes
Long-range Allied air strikes deepen Pacific reach
Far-flying American bombers raid Kavieng and Ponape expanding operations toward the Caroline Islands and Japanese main lands. Liberators likely flew 2000 miles from the Gilberts to attack the largest Carolines as Kavieng suffers mass flames and a cargo ship is sunk. In Burma Indian troops repulse attempts to encircle Allied forces in the Mayu Mountains as Chinese units push north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Pacific
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Marshalls
Philippines
Gilberts
Carolines
Truk
Central Pacific
Nathan G. Gordon
Morriston
Ark
MacArthur
Jacquinot Bay
Talasea
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape Mensing
Long Island
U. S
New Zealand
Green Islands
Rabaul
Solomons
Mayu Mountains
Burma
Ngakyedauk
India
New Delhi
Chindwin River
Draft Board No.1 Sends 12 Into Military Service
Draft Board No.1 reports 12 men entering service including naval aviation cadets Benjamin F. Hearn Jr and Walter D. Runyon and Army members Harold Lee Bills John Martin Myrick. African American draftees named Otis Runnels Franklin W. Savage Odell Franklin William Henry Murry James R. Steptoe Willie B. Taylor Eddie Maxey. Navy intake Nathaniel Edwards. Local lumber ad notes wood shingles farm lumber and states no quota cuts observed at John Maynard Lumber Co 500 W 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No. 1
Benjamin F. Hearn, Jr
Walter D. Runyon
Naval Aviation
Harold Lee Bills
John Martin Myrick
Army
Otis Runnels
Franklin W. Savage
Odell Franklin
William Henry Murry
James R. Steptoe
Willie B. Taylor
Eddie Maxey
Nathaniel ~Y Edwards
Navy
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Joint Meeting Announced For Airport Discussion
A Chamber of Commerce aviation group calls a noon meeting at the Amarillo hotel to discuss Amarillo's airport. Invited are the city commission city manager and county judge with aviation committee chairman Bob Stone and executive members Jack Cunningham John Boyce Oran Thomas Pinky Vineyard and Col. E A Simpson. A proposed expansion plan for English Field may be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Organization
Aviation Group
Bob Stone
Jack Cunningham
John Boyce
Oran Thomas
Pinky Vineyard
Col. E. A. Simpson
English Field
Conferences on Priorities Opened by WPB Official
WPB specialist M. T. Buxton from Oklahoma City arrived today for across the desk conferences with business men facing priority problems. The meetings run until 2 o clock Friday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce offices. Appointments by telephone to the Chamber. Printing lithographing binding ruling. Russell Stationery Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Buxton
WPB
Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Welcomes New Radio Executive Keese
Alex Keese resigns as manager of WFAA and Dallas KGKO divisions effective March 15. He will join Ted Taylor of the Taylor Howe Snowden group, based in Amarillo, as assistant. The group operates KGNC Amarillo KFYO Lubbock KTSA San Antonio KRGV Weslaco and KFBM San Diego. Keese, a noted conductor, produced Dr Pepper musical revues for WFAA and the Texas Quality Network. He plans to relocate with his family to Amarillo before April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
Alex Keese
WFAA
KGKO
Martin Campbell
WBAP
Keese
Ted Taylor
Taylor-Howe-Snowden
Amarillo
Taylor
Reds Bomb Helsinki in Move To Hasten Finnish Peace
Four hundred Red Air Force bombers raided Helsinki in the night as the Soviet envoy to Sweden reportedly opened peace talks with former Finnish Premier Juho K Paasikivi. The raid was described as an effort to push Finland toward leaving the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Helsinki
Stockholm
U.P
Red
Finland
Tidningen
Juho K. Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandra Kollontay
May Return Argentina to Constitutional Government
Buenos Aires February 17 reports say President Pedro Ramirez planned a conference with General Arturo Rawson, his June revolution ally, with sources noting possible cabinet reshuffle, elections, and a return to constitutional government. In Basel a Jewish prayer book printer failed to obtain Hebraic type fonts, sending the order to a Berlin foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
U.P
Pedro Ramirez
Arturo Rawson
Argentina
Basle
Switzerland
Amarillo Junior Symphony Tonight at High School Auditorium
The free program begins at 8 o clock and features The Star Spangled Banner Ballet of the Sylphs Berlioz and Rosamunde selections. Soloists Lynn Paul Jane Holt perform with the 65 piece orchestra conducted by Robert Louis Barron and assistant Linds Holland as Philharmonic Orchestral Association presents the concert.
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Amarillo Junior Symphony
the Sylphus
H. Berlioz
Schubert
Herbert L. Clark
Lynn Paul
Carl Busch
Mozart
Jane Holt
Londonderry
Zamecnik
Mendels-sohn
Robert Louis Barron
Linds Holland
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Arkansas Traveler Catalina Crew Rescues 15 Airmen Under Fire
Navy Catalina Arkansas Traveler faced shore batteries at Kavieng New Ireland and 15 foot swells while rescuing 15 downed airmen. Lt Nathan Gordon led the crew in four landings under fire to bring injured fliers aboard amid a Mitch ell raid and ongoing bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Olen Clements
New Guinea
Navy
Catalina
Nathan G. Gordon
Morriston
Ark
University of Arkansas
Mitchells
Gordon
Gerous
Mitchell
B. W. Fridge
Baton Rouge
Melvin Best
Lubbock
Delay of Spot News Veils Beach Picture
British government probes censorship delaying spot news from Anzio front. Investigations aim to clarify the immediate southern Italy situation. Reports indicate the German counter-offensive potential remains, with heavy fighting likely before the Allies resume inland advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Anzio
House of Commons
Italy
Word Battle Over Policies in Commons Censorship Dispute
London show of strong press protest as four London papers oppose withdrawal of radio facilities for war correspondents on Anzio beachhead and new censorship rules. Grigg investigates policy. Baxter leads question in Commons amid claims official briefings sparked pessimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A.P
Italy
House of Commons
James Grigg
Grigg
Nracant
Preoran
Beverley Baxter
London Daily Express
Anzio
News-Chronicle
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mail
Stimson Optimistic on Anzio After Pessimistic Reports
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said reports from the Anzio beachhead have been overly pessimistic. He cautioned that danger remains in battle and heavy enemy attacks must be met. He noted German reinforcements and 17 divisions in southern Italy while Allied forces push forward in the Cassino area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aprilia- Anzio
Aprilia
NBC
New York
Radio
Rome
Italy
Anzio
Rea
Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Cassino
OWI Chief Protests Stoppage of Anzio Dispatches
Director Elmer Davis said he would seek Army action against halting direct filing of press reports from the Anzio beachhead. He stressed security must balance with the public’s right to rapid news and promised to raise the issue with military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Army
Anzio
Italy
Davis
OWI
Working Wives of Fighting Men Must Pay Income Tax
Soldiers wives overseas must file if they earned 1200 or more. Ralph Kenniston of the Amarillo IRS office says 1942 tax re computation requires filing this week while staff is available. Soldiers need not file until 90 days after returning home. The office has been busy with taxpayers grappling with the forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Kenniston
Amarillo
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Biting Teeth Mixup Ends With Laughing Stoppage
Amarillo man wakes to breakfast with teeth at bedside and torments himself over fit failing. He complains of pain as he eats until his wife reveals the mix up. The misfit molars come from his wife and the morning predicament ends in a humorous correction.
Frosted Ears Predicted by Mr Winburn
Mr Winburn forecasts frost on Old Tack’s ears tonight as a cold wave pushes temperatures to 10 to 15 degrees by morning with 25 to 35 mph winds and snow flurries. He predicts clearing by Friday morning and continued cold with below freezing temperatures. The Amarillo area saw a rain shower last night with a low of 31 and a high of 49 yesterday.
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Mr. Winburn
Amarillo
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas districts
Cold wave hits late today with snow flurries and 25 to 35 mph winds. Temperatures fall to 10 to 15 degrees by Friday morning with clearing later Friday and continued cold. Panhandle and South Plains see 22 to 26 degrees, El Paso area 24 to 30, lower Pecos near freezing with strong winds. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M show high 48 and low 31 with noon 95 and 0.2 inch precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
Big Bend Country
Pecos Valley
del Rio Eagle Pass
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Roy Dudley
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Grand
Bill Adams
Storm Pskov
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Alexander
Fifth Army
Naples
Fats
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Japan
Draft Board No.1
Russell Stationery Co
Stimson
Elmep
Winburn
City Hall
Beery Prescription Shop
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