Heroism not enough in wartime call to survive
The Amarillo Globe-News editorial declares heroism alone cannot win World War II. It argues America must face defeat honestly, then unite to defeat Japanese power in the Pacific, while aiding all theaters of war and preserving civilization. It compares current resolve to Revolutionary effort and urges concrete action to endure.
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Amarillo Globe ES
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo Daily News
Globe-News Publishing Co
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Fillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business Department
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Pearl Harbor
America
South Pacific
Malaya
Desirable Alaska Highway project eyed for defense
The War Department backs the International Highway to Alaska as defense worthy. The House Roads Committee weighs a 25 million dollar plan and seeks Canadian government sentiment, arguing for overland supply routes amid Pacific threats.
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War Department
Alaska
National Defense
House Roads Committee
South Pacific
Canada
Hawaii
Hong Kong
Malaya
Philippines
Northwest Coast
Payroll Savings Plan grows as 14 000 firms join
The Defense Savings Bonds payroll plan draws 15 million Americans to save via regular payroll deductions. 14,000 firms cooperate as workers set aside funds to buy defense bonds, promoting consistency in savings, aiding the war effort, and curbing inflation. The Treasury aims to enlist all 40 million regularly employed workers in this voluntary program as part of wartime prices and victory.
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Defense Savings
The
Treasury
German Occupation Exiles French Civilians to Eastern Europe
The text claims the German army uses a method of exiling hundreds of French civilians to Eastern Europe, aiming for inconspicuous deaths to deter resistance. It condemns the tactic as satanic and dismisses the allegation that only Jews and Communists oppose the Germans, arguing that many patriots among France suffer.
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Europe
France
The Phone Booth Murder Chapter 27 at Six Per Cent
Washy reveals Olive lent money to pay the bank and the notes earn six percent interest. Asey questions Olive’s whereabouts, Alfred the ex cop, and the living room confusion during a broadcast. Washy hints Freddy misled about Miss Olive while Asey plans to inspect Olive’s room for clues.
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Sim Smith
Washy
Asey
Mrs. Doane
Miss Olive
Olive
Rankin
Alfred
Lady Boop
Boop
Freddy
Asev
Ann Joyce
Clearin
Hanson
Gorry
Window Intrigue At Hingham House In The Attic
Asey and Jennie search Miss Olive Hingham's room for a possible intruder. Washy confirms no one else in the hall while doors and screens complicate the mystery in the old house. A stealth mission leads to a hidden attic hatch and further questions about who entered the rooms.
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Rankin
Washy
Asey
Tony
Miss Olive
Mrs. Hingham
Hingham
Jennie
Gorry
Custer Mayo
Hanson
Doc Cummings
Lady Boop
Dinin
Hatch
Dancers Bring Cheer to Camp Bowie Soldiers
Dixie Dice led 12 dancers to Camp Bowie for a weekend show for thousands of soldiers from the 113th Cavalry and 818th Tank Corps. The event featured a 14 piece band, a Service Club revue, and the girls’ homecoming smiles left troops eager for a return visit. Captain Louis E. McClish lauded the troupe, noting the memory would outlast the base itself.
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Dixie Dire
Brownwood
Camp Bowie
Amarillo
Jane Dice
Tabby Sue Walker
Eileen Smith
Peggy Cleghorn
Posey Smith
Nora Jean Lamb
Frankie Lou Keehn
LaNell Ekelund
Guydell Ekelund
Lou Ella Hendrix
Neva Ellis
Dixie Dice
John Ekeland
Frank Keehn
Amiarilloans
C. Hill Stevenson
Leta Shelton
113Th Cavalry
Mother
Dixie
Cavalry
Nora Jean
818Th Tank Corps
Jack Petekin
Phil Agne
Tack
Broadway
Hollywood
Texas
United States
Capt
Louis E. McClish
Pacific Clippers in Wartime Air Transport
The Pacific Clipper service, once a peacetime luxury, now under wartime secrecy, ferries passengers and crucial material across the Pacific. Flights are heavily restricted, with no commercial bookings or schedules disclosed, and crews operate under blind conditions to support defense needs.
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Pacific
Pacific Islands
Pearl Harbor
Pan American Airways
Long Ocean Arc
U. S
Clippers
California
South Pacific
North Pacific
United States
Seven Seas
Pan American
China Company
CNAC
China National Government
Orient
China Sea
Indian Ocean
China
Pacific Ocean
Pan America
Tahoe Rams Submarine In War Time Naval Feat
In a wartime incident the Tahoe rammed a surfaced Japanese submarine, sinking it. Captain Warm acted immediately while Chief Engineer Boldt pushed engines to full power. The ship returned to its pier and later to drydock for repairs as Oaklands sanitary work continued.
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Japan
United States
Oakland
Cal
Alcatraz
Farallones
Golden Gate
William Wartnaw
Warmaw
Richard Boldt
Tahoe
Crackers Derby Day Kentucky quiz prompts and clues
A publication presents five questions about Kentucky facts and history. Questions ask for a composer who proposed singing one song, the state’s largest city and capital, notable governor appointments, a city sharing a Revolutionary War era Massachusetts town’s name, and a small Kentucky college football upset over Harvard including the team nickname.
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Blue Grass State
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Kentucky College
Athletic Hall of Fame
Harvard
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