Letter From Home To the Boys in Service
An update from Amarillo area notes calm weather, local war activities, and community support. It lists recent air and train accidents with casualties, Army and Navy recruiting drives, and a postwar planning rally. Featured are Panhandle servicemen honored for valor and mentions of marriages, deaths, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo Army Air Field
W. H. Stuart
Long Beach
Cal
Lee
Dalhart
North Plains
Jules Chester Burke
Memphis
Pampa
Amarillo
Frank F. Morgan
Heaton
L. H. Bromert
Red Cross
War Fund
Knife and Fork Club
Col
Carlos P. Romulo
MacArthur
Bataan
Army
Navy
New York
WAAC
Jack Adkins, Jr
U. S
Eighth Army Air Force
England
James M. Hicks
William Ricketts
19Th
Pacific
Allen Zion
E. E. Zion
San Jacinto
New Guinea
James Finch
Fort Sill
Okla
Roy Andrews
VFW
Bill Andrews
Sandie
Pfc
Edfred G. Shearer
Tulsa
J. G. Shearer
Leonard Impola
John Impola
Fifth Avenue
Maj
William T. Johnson
Salvation Army
Fort Worth
James David Johnson
Marines
Hartwood Johnson
Pacific Island
G. T. Vineyard
Dr. Vineyard
Grady Hazlewood
Austin
Betty Morgan
Faye Morgan
Buchanan Street
John Robert Hodges, Jr
J. R. Hodges
Belleview Street
Virginia Doty
J. H. Doty
Carolina Street
John Dwire Stiles
Sedalia
Lois Kathleen Smedley
Ben C. Sm
Edgely
Ala
Margaret Cooper
Clyde L. Cooper
Robert J. Hibbetts
Waco
Mary Ruth Harper
W. R. Harper
Mississippi Street
Wayne Fergus
W. W. Fergus
Ion A
West Texas State Buffs
Niveeenna Arizona
Golden Sandies
Vernon Lions
Sandies
Lubbock Westerners
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Entertainers aboard Pan American Yankee Clipper
The Yankee Clipper crashed into the Tagus River near Lisbon with at least 23 dead or missing from 39 aboard. Among the injured were entertainer Jane Frohman and performers Roy and Jean Rognan, Gypsy Markoff, Grace Drysdale, Elsa Harris Silver known as Yvette, and Tamara Swann. The group was bound for United Service Organizations camp shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Pan American Airways
Tagus River
Jane Frohman
Roy
Jean Rognan
Lorraine and
Rognan
Gypsy Markoff
Grace Drysdale
Elsa Harris Silver
Yvette
Tamara Swann
Miss Swann
United Service
United States Legation
Department of State
Miss Silver
United States
Horta
Azores
R. O. D. Sullivan
David Sanders
Robert John Rouvan
W. H. Manning
John Bruner
Curfew Recommended for Teenage Girls in Amarillo Plan
A joint city county and Amarillo school board curfew proposal urges a 10:30 p.m. limit for children 14 and under unless with an adult. It bans minors from venues selling alcohol, suggests year round recreation, summer vocational classes, and expanded after school facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
E. C. Seaman
Thompson
Council of Social Welfare
War Recreation Committee
County Probation Office
Ernest Northcutt
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Texas
J. Edgar Hoover
OPA Sets Permanent Egg Ceilings Amid Fresh Veg Orders
The Office of Price Administration announced permanent wholesale egg ceilings for March through May, about 40 cents a dozen, with future rules to fix wholesale-retail markups. Emergency ceilings also cap five vegetables tomatoes carrots cabbage peas and beans for 60 days while canned goods raids target hoarders delivering next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Reds Plunge Deeper Into Nazi Lines
Allied forces under Gen Eisenhower report a brighter Tunisian front with American and British units halting major Nazi thrusts near Kasserine and Thala. Churchill tanks helped crush German armor near Shiba while air power blocked Tebessa approaches. Rommel massed tanks toward Kremamsa Plateau as fighting rages across the Tebessa and Sbiba region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Kasserine Gap
Kasserine Pass
U. S
Tebessa
Tunisian
Thala
Kasserine
Eisenhower
Shiba
Kremamsa
Erwin Rommel
Reuters
Algeria
K. A. N. Anderson
Rommel
Sbiba
Troops Assist Cotton Harvest Near Phoenix
The War Department announced troops have been assigned to help harvest long staple cotton near Phoenix Arizona. The dispatch from Washington dated February 23 reports unit deployment to support agricultural efforts during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Phoenix
Ariz
War Department
Japs Say Vichy Will Cede China Rights
Tokyo reported that the French Vichy government agreed to surrender all territorial rights in China to the Japanese puppet regime at Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
China
United Press Radio Tokyo
Nanking
Gardening For Victory series kicks off on Page 8
AP Features Writer Robert Geiger compiles expert guidance for 1943 gardeners tips on crops methods and maximizing acreage in a six part series starting today on page 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Robert Geiger
New Garage Man Is Out to Lunch
SALT LAKE CITY A new garage employee left a note explaining he had gone to lunch. His boss waited for him to return. He's still waiting. Also, he's looking for $60 he discovered was missing from the till. Reshingle and Repair Now see John Maynard Lumber Co. 800 W. 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Gandhi Faces 14th Day of Fast as Doctors Warn
Mohandas K. Gandhi, weakened by a planned 21 day fast in prison, shows signs of danger as six doctors urge him to eat. A Bombay government bulletin says his condition is unchanged but his heart is weakening while he rests in a small palace room. Relatives visit from a distance in silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poona
India
U.P
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Radio
Bombay
Gandhi
Aga Khan
Wheat Quotas Lifted in War Time Supply Move
Secretary Wickard suspended AAA marketing quotas on wheat for the 1942 and 1943 crops to ensure adequate supplies for food and feed. The change allows sale or use of excess 1942 wheat without penalties and lets farmers overplant 1943 wheat while still receiving benefit payments and loans if 90 percent of war crop goals are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
AAA
Pa Pp
Six-Point Bull Elk Dies After Charging Snow Plow
In Salmon Idaho a six point bull elk charged a light truck driven by Glen Richardson district conservation officer and stopped it. The animal then charged a five ton snow plow and died from a broken neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon
Idaho
Glen Richardson
Bank Robbery Suspects in Jail Ahead of May Trial
Six witnesses to the Hale Center bank robbery visited the Lubbock jail to view Talbert Jackson Layman one of two men charged. F G Gilbert the other defendant remains in a Fort Worth jail. Each is held on $50,000 bond for trial May 17 in state court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Hale Center
Talbert Jackson
F. G. Gilbert
Fort Worth
Setae Court
Woman cuts tongue after blasphemy in Denver note
Thelma Jerean 38 near death after severing her tongue over a blasphemy claim as ambulance carries her to hospital. She writes I love my country God bless it but I have blasphemed the Lord and cannot save myself from the devil. Doctors give little hope. El Paso suits filed against meat packing firms for alleged price regulation violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Thelma Jerean
Navy cites sinking of German and Japanese subs
Secretary Knox said Atlantic U boat threat remains grave as naval losses to submarines continue. He noted two passenger cargo ships torpedoed in the North Atlantic with over 850 dead or missing, and stressed ongoing build up of destroyers and escort vessels, plus cooperative air and surface actions to combat subs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Knox
United Nations
North Atlantic
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
America
Demuske Appointed Justice of the Peace in Pont 1
Paul V. Demuske was appointed justice of the peace for precinct 1. He performs weddings using his feet to write with a pencil and rests the Bible on his feet during ceremonies due to his lifelong aimlessness.
Weather outlook for Amarillo area and West Texas
Lower temperatures and strong winds prevail across Amarillo and Vicinity with freezing tonight. Colder conditions continue across Panhandle and South Plains with winds fresh to strong and El Paso Big Bend area somewhat milder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso Area
Big Bend
New Mexico
North Portion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Armed Services
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Associated Press
Meat Packing Firms
EL Paso
Ralph Carrera
Joe Peruyera
Lion Meat Market
Thomas R. Montes
Montes Packing Co
Ranch Loans
Russell Stationery Co
Stalin
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