Amarillo Men Prisoners Believed Captured By Japanese
Gayle Neal and John Brackenridge Garrison of Amarillo are among U S Marines listed as probable prisoners after Guam capture. The Navy released a roster of over one thousand service members and 1200 civilians. Neal, 23, birthday noted, is believed held near Shikoku with a Red Cross package history. Other Panhandle men named include Sanders Skellytown Curlee Melton Brown Pampa.
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Gayle Neal
John Brackenridge Garrison
Amarillo
United States Marine Corps
Guam
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Leslie Neal
van Buren
Brack Garrison
V. L. Garrison
Jackson Street
Red Cross
Neal
Shikoku Island
Kobe
Japan
Hollis
Okla
Amarillo High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Amarillo College
Texas Technological College
China Drives Back Thailand Troops in Burma Front
Chinese forces repelled a Thai assault in Northern Burma as Allied troops clash in a major 36 hour battle along the Bilin River near Rangoon. The wider front spans from the Gulf of Martaban northward across Burma with heavy fighting and aerial offensives reported.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Chungking
Bilin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
China
India
Burma Road
Kyaik-to
Rangoon-Mandalay
Pegu
Imperial Air Force
Chiengmai
United Nations
Gulf of Martaban
Cheung Mai
British Have Chutists Set For Invasion
London reports the British army trains airborne units and parachutists ready for action with new armored divisions formed and Middle East reinforcements. War Secretary Margesson notes Malaya troops lacked time for preliminary training and cites equipment shortages delaying conversion of infantry to artillery and armored units. The strengthening process continues.
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London
H. D. R. Margesson
Middle East
Margesson
Malaya
Weather forecast for Amarillo area and West Texas regions
Sharply rising temperatures this afternoon and not so cold tonight. Occasional rain tonight for Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Warmer this afternoon in Panhandle and South Plains. Not quite so cool tonight. New Mexico warmer this afternoon than Wednesday with little change in northwest portions. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ended 6:30 A M. ran from 11 to 32. Noon reading 32. Bob Kesterson. Abstracts. Ph 2 2944.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Bob Kesterson
Get Acquainted Week Edition Promises Cartoons and Fun
The Amarillo Sunday News Globe announces a special Get Acquainted Week edition slated for February 22. Demand will be high and limited copies available. Orders can be placed by calling 6262 for a nickel per copy and 10 cents for a nationwide mailed sticker. The issue features hundreds of cartoons of daily people and unknown faces.
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Amarillo
MacArthur's Line Holds Against Japanese Pressure on Bataan Front
Japanese bombardment along the 13 mile front near Bataan intensifies as flames and shells hit Fort Frank and surrounding positions. MacArthur reports heavy enemy pressure with flame throwers suspected in use and efforts to mass for a final push on the peninsula.
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Singapore
MacArthur
Bataan
Manila Bay
U. S
Bay
Fort Frank
Carabao Island
Bataan Peninsula
Bagac
China Sea
Pilar
War Department
Subic Bay
British Cabinet Shake Up Possible Cripps Inclusion
Prime Minister Winston Churchill may form a smaller war cabinet possibly including Sir Stafford Cripps while dropping Lord Beaverbrook, in a move reportedly planned soon according to sources in the British press.
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Beaverbrook
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Lord Beaverbrook
British Press Association
Big Bond Sales Boost County Revenue
Defense bond and stamp sales jumped to 75750 with 65000 in one sale and 10750 in regular sales. The surge halves the year's shortfall, while reports note cashing stamps for cash, each 10 cent stamp cashed costs Uncle Sam a dime.
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Uncle Sam
FDR Studies Output of Merchant Ships
President Roosevelt convened army, War Production Board, and maritime officials to examine ways to increase and accelerate the production of new merchant vessels needed to carry war materiel.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Army
War Production Board
Maritime
Canadian Corvette Spikenard Sinks with 57 Crew
Ottawa reports the corvette Spikenard lost with 57 officers and men. Official announcement confirms the sinking as a wartime loss from the Canadian naval fleet.
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Ottawa
Enemy Bombers Attack Darwin In First Australian Mainland Assault
More than 100 Japanese bombers and escort fighters struck Darwin on the North Coast in two raids. The attack targeted the town and harbor shipping, with some casualties and damage reported while authorities awaited full details. Darwin’s strategic role as a United Nations base near Soerabaja, Java, and Amboina is highlighted amid the Pacific war context.
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Aneta
United States
Netherlands
Java
United Nations Supreme Headquarters
Batavia
Soerabaja
Sumatra
Sunda
Soerrabaja
East Java
Indies
Sydney
Australia
Darwin
United Nations
Curtin
Japan
Pacific
Commonwealth
Manila
Singapore
Soer
Abaja
Amboina
Netherlands East Indies
P. E. McNeil
Perth
Indian Ocean
Southland
Birdum
U. S
U.S. Navy
Wotje Island
U.S
Unemployment Compensation Measure Is Voted Down
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected Roosevelt’s request for a 300 million unemployment compensation appropriation aimed at workers who lose jobs as peacetime industries convert to war production.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Stimson Warns of Coastal Attacks as Offense Intensifies
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told reporters the nation should expect sporadic attacks on the coasts while the high command pushes a vigorous offensive against the Axis. He warned against local protection efforts that could divide military strength amid the German submarine attack on Aruba and Curaçao.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Dutch West Indies
Arube
Curacao
Planes Try To Trap German Battleships
British planes laid mines in enemy waters during the night to trap the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen in their ports. German high command said aircraft appeared over Helgoland Bay on the North Sea coast but were driven off by anti aircraft fire. one British plane was downed.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
High Command
Helgoland Bay
North Sea
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Radio
Thurs
Illo
Texas
Associated Press
Unitesited
Dutch Indies
Weeon
Dravas
Weg Wee
Harold L. Ickes
Shaw Walker
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Meely
Crreenhill
Lowndes
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