Galveston Hearing Reveals Dean Spies Removal Threats
Dr Donald Duncan testifies before a House committee that Dean John W Spies planned to oust regents including Waggoner Stark and Branson after winning a fight. He describes salary dealings and department funds used with university knowledge amid un American activity probes.
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William T. Rives
Galveston
Donald Duncan
University of Texas Medical Ranch
John W. Spies
Duncan
House of Repreentatives
Doctor Spies
Oer
Doctor Duncan
Homer P.) Rainey
Doctor Rainey
Leslie Waggoner
Fort Worth
Luther Stark
Orange
Pred C Branson
House
Jack Love
Representave
Mrs Roosevelt resigns from Civilian Defense post
Mrs Jeanor Roosevelt resigns as assistant director of the Civilian Defense agency in Washington. Director James M. Landis accepted the resignation with thanks, noting her vision and energy and her heavy time commitment to the agency.
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Washington
Jeanor Roosevelt
James M. Landis
Ian
Trs
Soviets Press On as Allies Rally In War
Soviet forces claim a decisive winter offensive with heavy German losses as Red Star cites Allied aid swelling and Hitler’s forces facing encirclement. In North Africa a lull follows weather disrupted combat while Australian and American posts announce fresh training and mobilization efforts.
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Associated Press
Russia
Star
Adolf Hitler
United States
Britain
Germany
Red Star
Hitler
Eadquarters
Moscow
Smolensk
Java and Bali Fight in East Indies Offensive
Japanese invasion forces pressed toward Java with battles around Bali and Sumatra. Allied forces, including U S air power and Dutch ground troops, reported heavy combat and losses as Java nears a decisive clash. Timor reports varied with Tokyo claims of landings and Australian defenses.
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Sumatra
Sunda Strait
Java
Timor
Australia
Darwin
Tokyo
East Indies
Batavia
Sudan Strait
Harold Guard
United Press
Guard
Soerabaja
Balil
U. S
Soerabaja Iayal
United Nations Supreme Headquarters
Indies
Darwin Air Raid Attacks Hit Harbor and Land
Australian forces repelled a two wave air raid by 93 Japanese bombers and fighters over Darwin on February 20. Six attackers were shot down while coastal facilities, ships and several hospitals suffered damage though no vital services were destroyed. Casualties were 15 killed and 24 wounded.
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Sydney
Australia
Darwin
United Nations
Spaatz Outlines U S Plans for Aerial Supremacy
Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, new commander of the Army Air Forces, declares the United States will seek unquestioned aerial supremacy on all fronts and wage devastating warfare against the Axis. He emphasizes teamwork and rapid expansion, citing campaigns from Pearl Harbor to Rangoon as proof and detailing a target of 2,000,600 personnel and 185,000 aircraft in two years.
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Mack Johnson Washington
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Army
United States
Congress of the United States
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Malaya
Macassar Straits
Davao
Rangoon
Burma
Spaatz
Delos C. Emmons
Hawaii
U. S. Army Air Forces
Army Air Program
Pocket U Boat Sinks Steamer Olinda Off Atlantic Coast
Survivors of the 5000 ton Brazilian steamer Olinda say a German submarine shelled the ship 17 to 18 times in broad daylight before torpedoing it. The submarine captain spoke three languages and photographed the lifeboats and sinking vessel before prompting ships to pull away. The attack followed another Brazilian ship sunk days earlier, as Germany escalates Atlantic U boat actions.
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Aston B. Parker
Norfolk
U.P
Olinda
Atlantic
Buarque
Francisco Nagueria
Sao Paulo
Nagueria
London
Standard
Germany
The
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Comdr
Bardegen
American
Unicorn
Weather Outlook For Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The forecast notes sharply rising temperatures this afternoon with milder tonight across West Texas. Del Rio Eagle Pass and areas east of the Proos River show higher afternoon readings with tonight not as cold. New Mexico expected to warm in the afternoon then fall to near Thursday night levels. 24 hour extremes ended 6 30 A M show a 23 degree minimum and 47 degree maximum. Temperature at noon today 44.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Proos River
New Mexico
Pats
Jap Navy Is New Threat To Rangoon Defense
Rangoon radio reports Allied air support from the American Volunteer Air Group and Royal Air Force as Anglo American fliers attack Japanese positions along Bilin River. Dispatches note Japanese ships sighted off the Burma coast and possible landings near the Irrawaddy Delta threatening Rangoon and the Burma Road. Chinese officials in Chungking say Burma battle not lost and relief operations underway as Japanese air activity declines.
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Calcutta
Rangoon
Burma
Bilin River
American Volunteer Air Group
Royal Air Force
Ata Am
Kunming
Burma Road
Irrawaddy River
Irrawaddy
Bay of Bengal
Rancae
Gulf of Martaban
Salween
Bilin
Thailand
Mandalay
Kyaik-To
Chungking
Chiengmai
RAF
AVG
American Volunteer Group
Rangoon-Mandalay
China
India
Front in Bataan Sees Continued Positional Fighting
War department release notes ongoing positional combat across all sections of the Bataan front. Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs behind defenses using white phosphorus as filler. no new reports from other areas. General MacArthur thanks 60,000 U S arsenal workers for greetings.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
MacArthur
Ordnance Department of the Army
United States
Roosevelt urges maps for fireside talk to view world war
President Roosevelt asked Americans to have world maps or globes ready as he prepares to address the nation Monday night. White House secretary Stephen Early said the address will review the war on a world front scale and show oceans along our coasts are no longer sole protection.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
Amarillo
Limited Get Acquainted Week edition copies offered
The Amarillo Sunday News Globe announces a small run of the Get Acquainted Week edition on February 22. Extra copies reserved by calling circulation at 6262 and must be picked up in person, with mailed copies priced at five or ten cents within the United States.
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Amarillo
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