Induction of TDG Flying Unit Planned for Sunday
The Panhandle prepares to induct the 11th Squadron TDG Air Corps at English Airport at 11:00 with Major Snyder Cox Sla Lane and HFE Roberts officiating. Amarillo officers meet at 7:00 at Cora-Cola Bottling Co to perfect plans. 25 officers and 22 airplanes expected.
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TDG
Panhandle
11Th Squadron
Texas Defense Guard Air Corps
English Airport
C. Joseph Snyder
TDGAC
W. Lynn Cox
R. Sla#Lane
Dallas
Hfe Roberts
Adjutant Generals Office
Austin
English Field
Amarillo
Cora-Cola Bottling Co
Lincoln Street
Borger
Pampa
Lubbock
Art Hawks
Amarillo and
Canyon
W Glynn Morris
Raymond Holbrook
Jim Lumpkin
Eugene McCartt
W. O. Murphy
Malaya Campaign Reports Casualties and Air Raids
British headquarters reported contact with small enemy parties in eastern Malaya near Kuantan with shelling and about 100 enemy casualties. There were air raids on Port Swettenham and Singapore with minor damage to civilian property and no military losses. Normal patrols and reconnaissance continued.
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Kuantan
Malaya
Singapore
Port Swettenham
Amarillo bids farewell to 25 Navy recruits departing for Dallas
Twenty five naval recruits will be honorably sent off tomorrow morning in Amarillo. The farewell in the federal building or post office grounds proceeds under the watchword On to Tokyo with Mayor Joe A Jenkins and Bill Gilstrap speaking for the Legion. Navy Mothers Club will give small gifts and civic groups plan placards. A police escort will accompany the navy bus to the city limits. All men passed physicals and will be checked in Dallas.
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Dallas
Naval
Tokyo
Grand Jury Room
Federal Building
Joe A. Jenkins
Bill Gilstrap
Legion
Navy
Navy Mother's Club
Texas
Amarillo
Panhandle
Japanese claim sinking submarine off Malaya coast
Berlin dispatches report that the Japanese general headquarters army department says an enemy submarine was sunk and a destroyer badly damaged by direct bomb hits off the west coast of Malaya. The claim was recorded by United Press in New York from Tokyo broadcasts dated January 1.
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Berlin
United Press
New York
Tokyo
Army Department of Japanese General Headquarters
Malaya
Axis Blasted by Onslaughts on Germany in 1942
The 1942 report details Soviet advances near Moscow recapturing Kaluga and threatening Mozhaisk while smashing German forces including a claimed elite guard brigade flown from Krakow. It notes German retreat as Winter snows cover retreat lines and reports progress on Leningrad and Crimean fronts plus Novy Kirishi possession. British claims praise air superiority deep into occupied territory and highlight large Axis losses in North Africa and East Africa. The Cairo New Year communique notes reduced activity in Agedabia as Allied forces press the campaign.
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Kaluga
Moscow
Guderian
Red Army
Hitler
Krakow
Leningrad
Crimean
Kisluga
Volokolamsk
Mozhaisk
Air Ministry
RAF
British Information Ministry
London
North Africa
Frwin Romiels
Covenaica
East Africa
Cairo
Agedabia
Libya
Emre
African Troops Close On Bardia in Southern Defense
Allied forces advancing in the southern sector near the Egyptian border tightened their grip on besieged Axis positions at Bardia. A penetration yesterday yielded several posts and about 600 prisoners, including some German soldiers.
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Bardia
Churchill come Day Observed With War Victory Sermon
Rev. Edward Randolph Welles, 35, rector of Christ Church, preached to distinguished visitors and his regular congregation, declaring that we and our Allies shall win the war, as the nation marked the day.
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Edward Randolph Welles
Christ Church
Legion of Safety Roundtable On Civilian Defense
The Legion of Safety will discuss civilian defense this evening at 6 30 over KGNC announced by chairman Maynard Drake Guests include Police Chief A S Harper and Sheriff Bill Adam Air raid precautions will be emphasized on the program
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Legion of Safety
KGNC
Maynard Drake
A. S. Harper
Bill Adam
Victory Pearl Harbor Moore Named for Newborn in McComb
Victory Pearl Harbor Moore named for newborn in McComb Mississippi. local notice notes the child’s name amid a New Year welcome. families and community members share congratulations as the birth is announced in the paper.
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Victory Pearl Darbor Moore
Enlisted Reservist To Duty by Feb. 1
Washington January 19 The War Department authorized recall of all enlisted reservists to active duty by February 1. Secretary Stimson said the army would continue enlistment despite selective service plans. The new act set minimum active service age at 20 and maximum at 44. The department will not ban enlistments amid recent legislation.
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Washington
War Department
Stimson
Army
Congress
Dutch Minister of Colonies Resigns to Take New Post
Dutch Minister of Colonies Hubertus Van Mook resigns in Batavia and is assigned to Washington as coordinator of Dutch American relations. He will depart for Batavia to shift focus to economic matters and will work under Queen Wilhelmina as lieutenant governor of the Fast Indies.
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London
U.P
Hubertus van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
Washington
van Mook
Batavia
Wilhelmina
Fast Indies
Railroad Worker Rides Horse To Save Ties
LARAMIE WY Jan 1 Ralph Bluescher railroad worker is taking the tire situation pretty seriously. He is leaving his car at home and riding a horse to work to save ties and reduce wear on tires according to an updated report from the scene.
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Laramie
Wyo
Ralph Bluescher
Tires Imported From Mexico Cost and Cost
A McAllen resident attempting to beat tire rationing by buying auto rubber in Mexico faced U S customs duties. He bought two casings and two tubes. duties totaled 10 percent on casing value, five cents per pound on tires, 25 percent on tubes, and nine cents per pound on tubes, plus original Mexico prices. The duty hike took effect Oct 1 with higher tire excise taxes.
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Mcallen
Jan
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
Customs Service
First Recruits for 1942 Select Navy
The first two enlistments in the navy for 1942 stood at the recruiting office door this morning. Navy recruiter M. Norman arrived at eight. The youths Jack Milton Craig and Winfred Mills York of Panhandle, both 19, stated they wanted to be first this year.
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Navy
M. Norman
Mr. Norman
Jack Milton Craig
Winfred Mills York
Panhandle
Condition of Texas' First Lady Remains Critical
Mrs Coke R Stevenson, wife of the governor, remains critically ill at the governor's mansion in Austin. Officials report the cancer she has suffered from for more than a year has not improved, with close relatives at the mansion assisting and monitoring her condition.
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Texas
Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Sheriff seeks extra deputies and raises across county offices
Sheriff Bill Adams asked the commissioners court to add two night patrolmen for highways as war work increases. The court considered the request while approving a broad salary raise plan: deputies, clerks, janitors, and officials across the county saw pay bumps, including a change to two justices of the peace from fees to salaries.
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Bill Adams
Commissioners Court
Reta Swan
Jesse Adams
Frosty Hamrick
Mary Jenks
Justices of the Peace
Precinct 1
Government sets drastic tire rationing for January
Washington dispatch reports two U S counties will have no new tires or tubes in January under the war time rationing program with only one tire and tube for passenger cars in at least 22 counties. Quotas total 114191 tires and 95580 tubes for light vehicles, plus 242783 tires and 202966 tubes for heavy trucks and buses. Alpine California and Hinsdale Colorado receive no tires. Stanton Kansas gets one tire and one tube. AAA pushes to end tire panic with retreading and reclaim rubber. re treads soon to be regulated.
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Washington
United States
Leon Henderson
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Henderson
Alpine
Calif
Hinsdale
Colo
Stanton
Kansas
American Automobile Association
AAA
Thomas P. Henry
Great Britain
OPA
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Five Army Fliers Die As Bomber Crashes Near New Hyde Park
Five Army airmen were killed when a light bomber in a rout training flight crashed near Mitchel Field. The craft failed to gain altitude, dove from about 100 feet, and burst into flames. Witnesses reported the crash occurred as the squadron departed the field.
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Mitchel Field
France Hopes for Easing Armistice Terms in New Year Talk
Marshal Petain delivered a New Year message from Vichy urging Germany to relax armistice terms so France's dignity can be restored while condemning officials not fully backing the state. In Washington, Attorney General Biddle issued a new travel ban on German Japanese and Italian aliens and ordered surrender of firearms by Monday night.
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London
Marshal Petain
Germany
France
Vichy
Washington
Francis Biddle
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Harold Biggs
Texhoma
Ae Shaw
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Chicago
Niles Trammell
National Broadcasting Company
William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Federal Communications Commission
Trammell
Paley
Pearl Harbor
Toshiie Oda
Maxor Drug CO
Jackson
Fisk Bldg
Novy Kirishi
Churchill
Legion of Safety Roundtable
Globe News
E. S. Burgess
Lumber
Tyler
Panhandle Insurance Agency
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Financial Industrial Fund
New Hyde Park, N. Y
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