Five-Year-Old Freddie Ferreira Courage Aboard Sunk Steamer
Five-year-old Freddie Ferreira of New York steadies fears on a lifeboat after the non belligerent Brazilian steamer Buarque is torpedoed off the North Carolina coast. Freddie asks about the voyage, never complains, and earns praise from companion John P. Dunn for his unflinching courage amid freezing seas and wreckage.
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Alton B. Parker
Norfolk
U.P
Freddie Ferreira
New York
Freddie
Mr. Dunn
Baleria Ferreira
Buarque
North Carolina
Brazil
Germany
Walter F. Shivers
New York Companion
John P. Dunn
Pan-American Airways
Mrs. Ferreira
Dunn
la Guaira
United States
India Faces Jap Slavery War Threat in Hindustan
Wide World War Analyst warns Japanese success in the Orient threatens India with near-future change. He cites Burma’s fall as a possible entry wedge, notes India’s population of 389 million and the need for united defense with British and native troops. He reports Gandhi's Congress seeks independent Swaraj and cooperation only with a firm pledge of full freedom.
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India
Mackenzi Kai-Shek
Mime Chiang
Orient
England
Singapore
Hindustan
Burma
Chiang
British India
London
Indian National Congress
Mohandas Gandhi
Mahatma
General Stratemeyer Weds Amarilloan Wife and Engine Note
General George E. Stratemeyer, head of the Southeast Air Corps Training Center at Maxwell Field, Ala, wed Amarilloan Annelee Rix in 1916 at El Paso. The couple’s marriage is recalled as Stratemeyer’s Chicago Inland Press Association address notes the Army Air Corps material division tests a 42 cylinder liquid cooled engine capable of over 2000 horsepower.
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George E. Stratemeyer
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Maxwell Field
Ala
Amarillo
Annelee Rix
Stratemeyers
el Paso
Urge Men To Join Defense Guards
Men who registered Monday for selective service were invited to join Company A of the Texas Defense Guard. The unit will drill tonight at 7 30 o clock in the high school armory. Lieut Dave Peters said recruits get basic training at no cost to the government and will gain value if called to active service.
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Company A
Texas Defense Guard
High School
Dave Peters
A. Petersen
Tonte 8.8.5. tonic restores red blood and digestion
If you have strain illness or poor appetite yet no organic disease your red blood cells are low and digestion weak. Tonte 8.8.5. claims to rebuild blood strength revive stomach juices and restore vitality so you can enjoy food again and feel renewed.
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S,s. Co
Okinawa Island Defenses Displayed To Newsmen
Honolulu reports show Oahu Island defenses expanding with new flying fields, more artillery, and reinforced coastlines. Officers note hidden dugouts, machine gun emplacements, eucalyptus barriers, and increased gunfire practice as experts say air superiority and bombers deter invasion.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Mid-Week Church Night Meeting At Central Presbyterian
The regular mid-week Church Night will be held tonight at Central Presbyterian Church. A covered dish supper starts at 6 15 with discussion groups at 7 led by Dr. R. Thomson E. Paul Hovey Mrs. Tom Aldridge and Mrs S R Conger. Nursery will be open.
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Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
E. Paul Hovey
Tom Aldridge
S. R. Conger
Mother and five children die in Dallas heater blast
A Dallas mother Mrs. L. B. Sharp aged 30 and her five children aged 1 to 10 years were burned to death when an oil heater exploded in their upstairs apartment shortly after 6 A M. The family slept as the fire trapped them while neighbors escaped from the two story frame house.
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Dallas
U.P
L. B. Sharp
Jack Sharp
Joyce
Kenneth
Martha
Leonard
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Rudyard Kipling
Globe News
Cqgourdt
LW. Harper
I.w.harper
Bond
Kentucky
Bernheim Distilling Co
Louisville, Ky
Gen. Stratemeyer
Amarilloan
Amarillo Printing CO
GROUP
Boyer Cosmetics
Taylor
Polk Amarillo
Texas
Levine
New
Isale Price
IS Ryn
Huck Towels
Hawaii
Jayne
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance CO
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