Japan Needs East Indies strategy outlined in wartime column
A wartime column argues the Pacific war hinges on holding Japan in the Dutch East Indies and safeguarding Singapore and Australia. It emphasizes the critical need to delay Japan’s capture of the Philippines while Allied forces build strength, with air power seen as more decisive than naval power in the Far East.
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Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Orient
Singapore
Australia
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Philippines
MacArthur
United States
Britain
East Indies
Thailand
Indo- China
Malaya
Burma
Malayan
Far East
Grandfather joins Navy to avenge Pearl Harbor sons
Walter D Bromley, 51, vows revenge for his two sons killed aboard the USS Arizona. He enlists after Pearl Harbor, is initially rejected for age, then approved by a Seattle recruiter. He moves from an $8.25 day wage to a $60 monthly carpenter’s mate role. His third son, 18, is rejected for color blindness.
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Seattle
Wash
Walter D. Bromley
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Bromley
Hawaii
Jimmy
George
U. S. S. Arizona
Commdr
H. J. McNulty
Tacoma Door Manufacturng
Walter, Jr
Boeing Aircraft Factory
Defense Bonds Sell Rapidly
Defense securities are selling briskly this year with $41,691.25 in sales after only two business days. Defense stamps contributed $1,803.85 as some buyers faced shortages of small denomination bonds. Despite cold weather this morning, demand stayed strong and the note ends with a pointed jab about Japanese currency.
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Defense Securities
Defense
Rogers Heads to State Meeting on Conservation Theme
Superintendent Charles M. Rogers will depart for Austin on Wednesday to attend the annual State School Administrators meeting. The theme this year is conservation of national resources democracy and religion. He plans to return to Amarillo on Sunday.
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Charles M. Rogers
Austin
Rogers
Amarillo
Aircraft output rises as warplanes surge in Allied ranks
The Orient story would differ, but the bright point is daily warplane production increasing by leaps. British production also climbs, creating confidence that an overwhelming Allied air fleet will darken the Orient sky. The challenge remains to halt Japan while Europeans face Hitler at the downturn.
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Orient
Asia
Europe
Hitler
Pattern 4989 available in sizes small to large
Pattern 4989 offers small medium and large options with yardage for views A and B. Small uses 21 8 yards of 35 inch fabric and 5 8 yard contrast for view A and 21 8 yards fabric and 4 3 8 yards iic rac for view B. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department of The Amarillo Globe in New York for the pattern and ten cents extra for the Spring Pattern Book.
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Pattern Department
Amarillo Globe
West 17Th Street
New York
Angry Finns Kill 20 German Soldiers in Helsinki
Reliable informants report at least 20 German soldiers killed recently in Helsinki by angry Finns amid rising German Finnish tensions. Gestapo has taken control of Finnish police in Helsinki and other cities due to the strains. The killings occurred in street and saloon brawls linked to German soldiers and Finnish women, as food shortages and German reverses worsen relations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Helsinki
Gestapo
Tire Rationing Begins for War Effort Today
Washington January 5. The first U S wartime rationing program opened as state and local fire boards assess tire needs for doctors veterinarians nurses ambulances fire trucks and Black Maria vehicles. Only a small portion of drivers will receive new tires this month with strict inspections and certificates required. Industrial construction spending this year is projected at 9.5 billion dollars, a new all time high.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Indianapolis
Louis Snyder
Brown County
Indiana
Hill County
China Sending Malaya Troops
British sources say veteran Chinese troops may be sent to Malaya to block Japan as part of the unified South west Pacific command under Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell. The move would bolster British Burma and Malay fronts, with Chinese infantry likely paired with British artillery and mobile forces.
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London
Malaya
Singapore
Southwest Pacific Command
Archibald P. Wavell
Britain
United States
Far East
Chungking
Wavell
George H. Brett
United States Army Air Corps
Burma
Defense Guard To Form Band Here
The Texas Defense Guard plans a marching band with possible swing band later. Bob Mueller, Amarillo band leader, urges all musicians to bring instruments to Amarillo High School Armory Wednesday night at 7 30.
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Texas Defense Guard
Bob Mueller
Amarillo High School
Mueller
Flashes From American Life headline snippets
AP roundup of short items across cities includes Philadelphia naming conflict over Byberry Gardens for a 300 unit project, Brown County Indiana tire rationing trip, a six year old in Bridgeport injured by a Christmas light, a fake suicide joke in New York, and a Fort Bliss payroll signoff mix up with Corporal Quayle.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
WPA
Byberry Gardens
Board of Commissioners
Philadelphia State Hospital For
Evicted couple leaves home as dog guards furniture
A Los Angeles couple, after eviction, left furniture on the sidewalk with a German Shepherd guarding it. The dog accepts only the former manager of the house as a approaching person while the manager feeds him. German scientists reportedly found blackouts reduce visibility to a lighted match at over half a mile and lanterns to about a mile and a quarter.
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Los Angeles
Air Training Planned For Amarillo Scouts
Amarillo Scouting announces aviation training for Boy Scouts via Will J. Hiatt. Senior Scouts may qualify as Air Scout Observer, Air Scout Technician, or Air Scout Craftsman. Younger Scouts can earn Single or Double Blade Propeller insignia as a prep for Air Scout paths.
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Amarillo
Will J. Hiatt
Llano Estacado
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
British Boy Scouts Association
Canada
Air Scout
Civil Aeronautics Administration
FASTEETH powder promises firmer dentures and fresh breath
FASTEETH is an alkaline powder that helps dentures stay firm for easier eating and talking. It leaves no gummy taste and reduces plate odor. Available at drug stores.
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Ny Drug Store
Japs Hunting for Fifth Columnists
Tokyo reports that Imperial high command sources say measures are taken in conquered Manila to prevent activity by white fifth columnists. Officials deny foreign reports of indiscriminate white population persecution as propaganda.
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Tokyo
United Press
New York
Imperial High Command
Manila
High Command
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