Unidentified Planes Trigger LA War Time Alarm
Unidentified planes were sighted over coastal Los Angeles County as anti-aircraft batteries fired and city blackout lights were active. No bombs were dropped, but shrapnel and shell fragments caused property damage and two blackout casualties were reported. Four Japanese arrests followed signaling attempts and blackout violations amid the morning traffic jam.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Inglewood
Pacific Ocean
Hugh Landis
Landis
Subterranean Missed Detonation Amid LA County Blackout
An unexploded device buried three feet in a residential area failed to detonate after being dropped by unknown means. Los Angeles County endured a blackout and multiple alert cycles from early morning until light returned and all clear signals were issued, with San Diego also experiencing an overnight blackout and subsequent alerts.
Drafted Miss Broaddus Heads to Sheppard Field
Miss Evelyn Broaddus leaves Amarillo for Sheppard Field Wichita Falls to report as a dental assistant by government order. She has four years with Dr W I Dinan and will be succeeded by Miss Lucretia Wilson of Amarillo National Bank as president of the Junior Business Women's Club.
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Evelyn Broaddus
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Miss Broaddus
W. I. Dinan
Allied planes Sinking Transports Dominate Far East Battles
Allied warplanes officially credited with sinking three large Japanese transports in the Dutch East Indies battle. Tokyo reported 68 Allied planes destroyed at Java, while several other Japanese vessels and coastal targets were damaged or attacked. British and U.S. pilots continued intercepting raids over Java and Port Moresby as Burma’s crisis escalated near Rangoon.
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Associated Press
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Far Pacific
Itaru Toshiro
Naval Press Section
United Nations
U. S. War Department
Java
Imperial Tokyo
Batavia
Soerabaja
Bandoeng
London
Indies
Australia
N. BE. I
Macassar
Celebes
Palembang
Sumatra
Dili
Timor
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Domei
Koepang
Burma
Suetang River
Rangoon
Singapore
Martaban
Sittang
United States
Torpedoed Tanker Cities Service Empire Survivors Describe Inferno
Survivors of the 8103 ton tanker Cities Service Empire speak of flames and oil as the ship was torpedoed thrice south of Fort Pierce. Seven dead, four missing, thirty survived, with seven hospitalized for burns. Sailors recount captain William J. Jerman and others vanishing in the blaze.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
U.P
Cities Service Empire
Atlantic Ocean
John Walsh
Boston
Mass
William J. Jerman
Upper Darby
Hitler Claims Spring Drive Will Settle Conspiracy
Reports from Moscow say the Red Army crushed Germany’s 16th field army near Staraya Russa and killed about 2,000 in two days while Soviet dispatches note advances on the Ukraine front and Orel Kharkov area as Hitler vows a spring struggle. In Washington the War Production drive faces new labor disputes as Congress weighs draft and strike penalties to maintain uninterrupted war output.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Owefuehrer
Hitler
Folowers
Moscow
Germany
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Orel
Kharkov
Thekraine
Kremlin
News Tip Prize Won By Mary O Neal
Mary O Neal Route 3 box 1960 wins $5 first prize in the weekly news tip contest for her tip about a deer that followed her to school. Eugene Morris 1925 Harrison Street gets $3 for tipping about a Amarillo youngster swallowing a pin later removed at a local hospital. B G Williamson 3905 Harrison Street takes $2 for tipping about the Santa Fe train wreck at Canyon injuring two Amarilloans. Other tipsters are listed with addresses.
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Mar. O'Neal
Route 3
Eugene Morris
Harrison Street
Amarillo
B. G. Williamson
Canyon
S. Pace
Monroe Street
Will Pieper
North Taylor Street
Doris Jane Keaton
North Buchanan Street
Maynard Drake
Travis Street
Arlie Plummett
AAA Taxi Co
Pat Veazey
Lamar
Virginia Lee McConnaughey
T. W. Rives
Maryland Street
Japanese Admiral Killed Off Borneo
The navy ministry announces Rear Admiral Shusaku Shibuya was killed in action February 14 off Borneo during operations in the Pacific theater.
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Borneo
Tokyo
Windy Weather Boosts Temps After Cold Night
A windy day ahead with rising temperatures after a subfreezing night. The low was 21 degrees and the high reached 37 as winds strengthen. Weather bureau notes strong gusts and warmer afternoon conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Roosevelt Attacks Farm Price Bill in Senate Opening
President Roosevelt writes to the Senate protesting a farm price bill he calls self serving at a moment when the nation’s war effort and farmers are vital. He says restricting sales of government held farm stocks would cause irreparable damage to the war effort and to farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Reeder Improves After Illness at Northwest Texas Hospital
C. B. Reeder, seriously ill at Northwest Texas Hospital, is reported improving today. Attendants say he rested better last night and his condition is pretty good this morning.
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C. B. Reeder
Northwest Texas Hospital
British patrol repulsed near El Mechili, Italian report says
Rome says a British patrol attacked Italian troops east of El Mechili sixty miles southwest of Tobruk but was repulsed by Italian forces, according to the Italian high command.
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Rome
el Mechili
Tobruk
Burglars Take 13 Tires From Amarillo Warehouse
Thieves stole 13 10 ply rib tread truck tires valued at $82.50 each from the Phil Lips Petroleum Company warehouse at 1119 East Second Avenue. Police were alerted to the burglary at 10 o clock this morning with losses totaling over $1,000.
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Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum Company
East Second Avenue
Aliens Ordered Interned in Early War Dispatch
Attorney General Biddle announced that of 1,084 enemy alien cases handled by the FBI, 448 were ordered interned, 215 released, and 421 paroled. Since the war began December 7, 5,151 nationals from Germany Japan and Italy have been seized, leaving over 4,000 cases to be processed.
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Washington
Biddle
FBI
Defeat Sharks Defeat Sharks
Six survivors of the torpedoed Norwegian freighter Blink described a 66 hour fight for life in a swamped lifeboat amid shark infested seas off the Atlantic coast. The 2700 ton vessel was sunk with probable 24 lives lost. six crewmen, five Norwegians and one British, were rescued in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Blink
Navy Department
Atlantic
U. S. Marine Hospital
Biiger Lunde
Odd Nunne
Naker Thorbjornsen
Harry Friis
Godtfried Gullkisen
George Johnson
Lunde
Amarillo Mourns Mrs. Ella Fuqua After Long Illness
Mrs. Ella Chesnutt Fuqua, 75, esposa of W. H. Fuqua banking dean of the Panhandle and longtime Amarillo resident, died at St. Anthony's Hospital after two months of illness. Survived by husband, sister Mrs. W. A. Norman, brother John Chesnutt, four grandchildren, and a host of relatives. Funeral services expected at the First Baptist Church.
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Ella Fuqua
W. H. Fuqua
the Panhandle
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
W. A. Norman
Fort Worth
John Chesnutt
First National Bank
Henry Earl Fuqua
Wiley H
SMU
Eleanor
Amarillo College
Constance
First Baptist Church
Dallas raids net 87 sticks dynamite and 40 guns
In Dallas area raids 7 enemy aliens two German six and an Italian were held overnight. Authorities seized 87 sticks of dynamite three bundles of fuses 40 guns and pistols from a truckload of contraband. U S Dist Atty Clyde O Eastus vowed vigorous action to enforce surrender of contraband including guns radios cameras and field glasses. Less than one per cent of the 1 050 enemy aliens in Dallas County had complied with the surrender order.
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Dallas
U. S
Clyde O. Eastus
Dallas County
Japanese map seized in San Antonio raid on enemy aliens
M W Acres of the FBI said contraband seized in raids early today included a Japanese map of San Antonio with vital military installations outlined in red pencil. The map came from a Japanese detainee among 13 arrested, who also possessed gas guns gas masks blackjacks picks and axes.
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San Antonio
M. W. Acres
FBI
Search Expanded for Japanese Submarine Off California Coast
Military and naval authorities widened their search today for a Japanese submarine off the California coast to guard against further raids on shore establishments and attacks on merchant vessels.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
U.P
California
Epic Fight at Sea Described Near Bali Action
Navy and Dutch forces fought off Bali in a night battle on Feb 19–20. Allied cruisers and destroyers sank two enemy cruisers two transports and several destroyers while enduring wounds and blinding explosions. Admiral Glassford praised six destroyer commanders and two division leaders for Navy Cross worthy leadership.
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Java
U.P
Bali
U. S
William Glassford
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for gradually rising temperatures with strong winds today and tonight. Intermittent rain is expected in El Paso and the Big Bend area this afternoon, with drizzle and rain around the Del Rio Eagle Pass region tonight, and colder conditions west of the Pecos River. New Mexico may see snow in the central mountains with cool conditions continuing. temperatures ranged from a low of 21 to a high of 37 in the last 24 hours, with noon reading at 28.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Central Mountains
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