Wounded Pearl Harbor heroes arrive home under guard
Wounded sailors and soldiers from Pearl Harbor return to the mainland aboard camouflaged transports after a perilous week-long crossing. Families accompany evacuees as Red Cross nurses move among stretchers and crews recount the Dec. 7 attack with resolve to strike back.
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San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Trammell
L. EF
Pullian
South Gate
Calif
W. A. Schiller
St. Louis
Schiller
Red Cross
Holiday Toll From New Year Deaths Across Nation
The Associated Press reports 61 people died during New Year celebrations from auto crashes, homicides, falls and other causes. Traffic deaths numbered 40, with 21 from other causes. The National Safety Council notes motorist and pedestrian care could influence whether 1941 traffic deaths near 40,000 or match 1937’s 39,643. Christmas holiday deaths totaled 431, with 334 traffic and 97 other causes.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Army Here Sends 25 Recruits to Reception Centers
The army sent about 25 recruits this afternoon to reception centers with several other applications awaiting processing. Some had prior enlistment and were waiting for shipment today, marking one of the largest recruit waves ever sent from Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Dear Tack seeks nursing and home care help in Texas
A colorfully typed plea page includes a 53 year old white woman offering to care for a nurse's child in Happy Texas, a colored woman seeking work with general housework, elderly care, and community references, a widow seeking flower and rock loving pen pals, and a colored girl seeking cleaning and babysitting work near Amarillo. A lost purse notice ends the excerpt.
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Tack
Happy
George Hollabaugh P. O. Box
Texas
Ama- Yuila
Buchanan St
Americans and Canadians Brave Icy Atlantic Flight
Six volunteers from the United States and Canada endured brutal icing and Atlantic gale conditions in a 23 hour Christmas Day ferry flight from Bermuda to Britain and onward toward Washington. Captain Gentry piloted the Catalina at sea level for much of the voyage, with clouds and fog forcing detours and perilous low altitude passes over the ocean.
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Montreal
U.P
Atlantic
Britain
Washington
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Catalina
Gentry
N. Collins
Bertrand
United States Navy
Glover
Maher
Coulombe
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Mexican Pledge Is Renewed for 1942
President Manuel Valla Camacho in a New Years Eve radio address reaffirmed Mexico's pledge for Pan American defense and urged Mexicans to work toward that end. He said the government is advancing key strategic projects including expansion of port works airfields highways and railways extension of oil pipelines and increased petroleum production.
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Mexico City
Manuel Valla Camacho
Mexico
Denison Police Sort Love and War Mixed Up Visit
Denison police encountered a Japanese girl en route to Wichita Falls who attracted suspicion from officer Yesterar but proved her loyalty to the American war effort. The incident blends romance and wartime tension in a brief local note.
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Denison
Wichita Falls
Ameenn Air Corps
Yesterar
Cold Wave Grips Texas as Temps Plunge Across State
The Associated Press reports a broad cold spell sweeping Texas with temperatures dropping from a muggy 60s to the low 20s in the north. Forecasts call for 10 to 20 degrees tonight in North East Texas, 20 to 30 in central areas, and a statewide cold wave away from the coast. Sherman hit 23 after a 54 high, Corsicana 35, Paris 26, and Palestine and Tyler noted falling temps with strong north winds.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
East
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Sherman
Corsicana
Paris
Palestine
Tyler
Fifty Miners Trapped After Staffordshire Explosion
In Staffordshire a coal mine explosion trapped fifty miners just after the day shift began. Rescue workers recovered the bodies of four miners, confirming four fatalities.
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London
Staffordshire
Rites for Canyon accident victim Eloise Bagley
Funeral services for 16 year old Eloise Bagley of Canyon will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Canyon at 2:30 PM tomorrow with Rev. Alfred M. Dorsett officiating. Survivors include her parents Mr. and Mrs Hugh Wear Bayley and three sisters. Burial will be in Dreamlanger Cemetery under J Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home arrangements.
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Eloise Bagley
Canyon
Canadian
Presbyterian Church
Alfred M. Dorsett
Hugh Wear Bayley
Elvalee Sheets
Spearman
Hettle Lou Clark
Ohio
Blackburn-Shaw Fune
Defense program critic says replace dollar a year men
Rep John M Coffee leads a liberal bloc in Congress denouncing the defense program as a crushing failure. He urges replacing dollar a year officials with career men divorced from corporate ties, citing industry influence and slow conversion to war production. Possible sources for replacements include university leaders and production professionals not tied to stock ownership.
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Washington
John M. Coffee
Coffee
House
Britain
OPM
Congress
C. A. Dykstra
Wisconsin University
National Selective Service
New Year Red Cross drives Amarillo to over quota
Amarillo and Potter County have over subscribed the Red Cross quota of 21200 dollars with drive director Ross Rogers noting contributions still arrive by mail at campaign headquarters 515 Polk Street. He praises volunteers especially women and says definite figures will be known after Saturday. Two newborns receive early 1942 prizes: Ann Hentel the first girl baby born at Northwest Texas Hospital at 231 am and a second girl born at St Anthony's Hospital at 732 am to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harbert of Dumas. merchants list for gifts includes multiple local stores.
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Amarillo
American Red Cross
Ross Rogers
Polk Street
Mr. Rogers
Red Cross
Mr Rogers
Ann Hentel
William Hentel
Harrison Street
Merchants
Globe
Hentel
Veterans Facility
Ann
Northwest Texas Hospital
St. Anthony's Hospital
Tom Harbert
Dumas
Amarillo Greenhouse
Spicer’s
White and Kirk
Plains Creamery
Junkin’s
McAfee's, Inc
Levine's
Fox Drug Company
Hollywood Shoppe
Penney's
Zale’s
Faulkner's
Panhandle Laundry
Jones-Roberts Shoe Store
Borden's
Paramount
Adams Gifts of Peas on New Year in Amarillo
Sheriff Bill Adams originated the New Year black eyed pea custom in Amarillo by handing out cans of peas to residents. He ordered a case from a large grocer but the grocer reported they were sold out and had to obtain more from a wholesale house.
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Bill Adams
Amarillo
Army Will Accept Lindbergh Help
Secretary Stimson said the War Department is ready to accept advice from Charles A. Lindbergh or anyone else that could aid the war effort. He noted no action had been taken on the flier's request for active army service.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Stamp Matinee At Three Amarillo Theaters
Three Amarillo venues the Victory Star and Rex invite children to a free Saturday matinee of Son of Davy Crockett. Admission free with defense stamps or a dime stamp for non stamp holders. Open times 9:30 Victory 10:00 Texas 10:30 Rex. Two hour program includes Riders of Death Valley Buck Jones Leo Carrillo Dick Foran a two reel comedy and a technicolor travelogue.
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Amarillo
The
Victory
Star
Rex
Davy Crockett
Texas
Buck Jones
Leo Carrillo
Dick Foran
Calls Opposition Colossal Blunder Blamed on Free French Action
Rep. John M. Coffee accuses the United States of a colossal blunder for opposing Free French seizure of St Pierre and Miquelon from Vichy control. He faults Petain, calls state department appeasers untrustworthy, and notes Lindbergh’s resignation amid anti policy speeches. Stimson affirms openness to advice from any source to aid the service.
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Washington
John M. Coffee
Democrat
United States
North Atlantic
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Philippe Petain
Paris
California to use old license tags for defense economy
California plans to repurpose used automobile license tags into economy strips for national defense. Emma McGuigan of San Francisco demonstrates the strips that slip over old dates.
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California
Emma McGuigan
San Francisco
Blast Kills One and Injures Another in Lamesa
A downtown explosion demolished a one story building under construction in Lamesa Texas killing 25 year old Allen Shorty Blake and seriously injuring 37 year old building contractor Lut tle Purcell. Investigators suspect gas buildup caused the blast and numerous nearby windows were shattered.
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Lamesa
Tex
Allen (Shorty) Blake
Luttle Purcell
Amarillo Observes New Year Peacefully Despite 1941 Ending
Amarillo rang in 1941 with a calm celebration as police reported only 10 arrests for drunkenness on New Year's Eve. Police Chief Sid Harper credited orderly observance and rejected a fatalistic view of the final night of the year.
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Amarillo
Sid Harper
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Brazil
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