Delbert Dalby Re elected President of Will Rogers Range Riders
Delbert Dalby was re elected president of the Will Rogers Range Riders last night. All other officers and directors were also re elected. officers include Tom Cotten, Tex Thornton, John Wiggins and Raymond Hollingsworth. Directors listed are Bud Deleator, Hall Medford, George Autry, Sam Page, Ben Andis, Fred Marshall, Frank Butler, Walter Blackburn, Oscar Hargett and Cecil Humphreys.
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Delbert Dalby
Will Rogers Range Riders
Tom Cotten
Tex Thornton
John Wiggins
Raymond Hollingsworth
Bud Deleator
Hall Medford
George Autry
Sam Page
Ben Andis
Fred Marshall
Frank Butler
Walter Blackburn
Oscar Hargett
Cecil Humphreys
Soldier and Wife Meet by Coincidence in Amarillo
A soldier on a troop train and his wife unexpectedly met in Amarillo when the Denver Zephyr stopped opposite his car at the Fort Worth & Denver station. The wife, en route to California, visited briefly before her train departed. Neither knew the others would be in town.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
California
Help Wanted and Lost Items Notices
A collection of short notes seeks a suitable family to care for a piano, farm or ranch work, travel assistance, and child care. Lost items include a tan billfold, a Bulova watch with blue crystal and army papers. rewards offered at various locations in Amarillo area.
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Walgreen Drug
Tyler Street
Wilma Jean Warren
Franklin's
Rainbow Gardens
Amarillo Inn
Missing Package From White & Kirk at Cretney Drug Store
A package from White and Kirk at Cretney Drug Store disappeared Saturday afternoon. The article inside is valued at $1.95. Please notify at 6896 or 22155 if found.
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White & Kirk
Cretney Drug Store
Care for Children Seeks Day Care Help at Virginia St
A reader offers to care for one or two small children in her home for a working mother by day or week. She can also sew for little girls. Contact at 610 A Virginia St.
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Tack
Cal
Virginia St
Reward for billfold lost near City Barn
I W Hawkins offers a reward for a lost billfold found around the City Barn area. The item contained important papers and a keepsake folder. there was no money inside, and the finder will receive payment. A note adds a prehistoric Kansas inland sea reference.
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Dea
Tack
I. W. Hawkins
Kansas
Mark B Horton Rises Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mark B Horton will be at Boxwell Brothers Chapel at 2 PM tomorrow, with Dr E B Fincher presiding. He died yesterday in St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City from a head injury while working for B M Construction Co. Survivors include his mother Addie Horton and sisters Mrs James Brasher and Mrs Gladys Norvell, among others. Burial is Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mark B. Horton
Boxwell Brothers
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
George A Talbot, Slaton
J. L. Walker
Memorial Park Cemetery
Missing in Action Saf Virgil Faust Fighter, Amarillo
War Department reports Sergt Virgil Faust of Amarillo missing in action in Africa where he served as a radio operator aboard a bomber. Faust, son of Mrs. Ethel Faust of 410 Roberts Street, had been active around Sfaz, a key Axis port in Tunisia.
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War Department
Sergt
Virgil Faust
Amarillo
Ethel Faust
Roberts Street
Sergt. Faust
Africa
Sfaz
Tunisia
Bevin Foresees Hitlers Greatest Disaster in 1943
Ernest Bevin, Britain’s labor minister, told a government training center that Hitler will face the war’s greatest disaster within weeks. He urged resolve and said 1943 is Britain’s big chance to lift the weight from Russia and deliver a knockout blow.
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London
Hitler
Ernest Bevin
Britain
1943
Russia
Bevin
School Problems To Be Talked Here
Local public school teachers will meet at 4 30 this afternoon in the Senior High School to discuss special problems. Superintendent C M Rogers announced the meeting and A B Hays, president of the Amaro acting Amaro Pot ter County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association, is calling the gathering. Minnesota produced more than 57 000 000 bushels of barley in 1940.
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Supt
C. M. Rogers
A. B. Hays
Amarolo-Potter County
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Minnesota
Navy Forum Explains WAVES Enlistment and Naval Careers
Navy figure Lieut Edward C Lawson and staff discuss Navy WAVES enlistment and officer programs on KGNC at 4 PM. They debunk the idea that only supermen or college graduates can serve, noting many Amarillo women with less than two years of high school can join.
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Navy
KGNC
Fnr
Edward C Lawson
WAVES
Amarillo
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood Sees 1946 Style Trends
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler reports on 1946 fashion and showbiz chatter from Hollywood. He notes spring and summer styles for American women recall earlier French elegance, alongside rumors about Nancy Coleman, Tonio Selwart, and Myrna Loy. He mentions Nelson Eddy signing with MGM, Anne Gwynne and Tom Keene datelines, and other industry moves including Dorothy Lamour in color Westerns and Donald OConnor at MGM.
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Hollywood
Renie
RKO
Nancy Coleman
Nancy
Tonio Selwart
Phil Baker
New York
20Th Century-Fox
Myrna Loy
MGM
Myrna
Nelson Eddy
Yuma
Anne Gwynne
Tom Keene
Uncle Sam
Edward G. Robinson
Ann Miller
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
Russell Birdwell
Cary Grants
Barbara Hutton
Beverly Hills
Donald O'Connor
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Danny
Sylvia Kaye
Ireland
Twenty One Japanese Planes Bomb Kweilin in Kwangsi Raid
Twenty one Japanese aircraft attacked the southwestern fringe of Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi Province, dropping over 100 bombs yesterday morning. The Central News Agency said damage was negligible amid the raid reported from Chungking.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
Central
Commandos Graduate at South Plains Flying School
The largest class of Winged Commandos yet trained will graduate Thursday at the South Plains Army Flying School in Lubbock. The group, including several Texans, has been trained in glider tactics for troop assault operations.
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Lubbock
Jan
South Plains
Al Jolson to Tour Negro Army Camps Behind War Bond Drive
The article notes a War Bond drive raising $2,000 for veterans and mentions Al Jolson planning a tour of Negro army training camps. It highlights Jolson's wealth from film work and his forthcoming performance tour tied to the war effort.
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al Jolson
Allied forces press toward Akyab and Buna fronts in Pacific
British troops near Akyab and Japanese harrying maneuvers along jungle waterways are reported as Allied forces prepare to clash with the Japanese. MacArthur says American Australian troops regroup for an attack on Sanananda Point as warplanes strike Lae Finschhaven Jacquinot Bay and Gasmata airdromes.
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Reuters
Akyab Harbor
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Papuan
Sanananda Point
Buna-Giropa Point
South Seas Battle Theater
Lae
Finschhaven
Jacquinot Bay
New Britain
Gasmata
German Merchant Vessel Sunk in Atlantic
A large German merchant vessel filled with raw materials for Germany has been sunk in the Atlantic. It was announced officially today. Chamber of Commerce directors will meet tomorrow noon in the Amarillo Hotel to begin the year after the holiday recess.
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London
Germany
Atlantic
Lt Roy Greenhill Sworn in for Active Duty in Dallas
Lt Roy Greenhill of the U N was sworn in for active duty this morning and will train in Dallas. His wife, writing from the Globe News in Dallas, notes his exam success and intent to assist salvage efforts while awaiting committee reorganization. She adds thanks to supporters for Greenhill’s role as Potter County scrap campaign chairman and the pennant of excellence atop the Marillo courthouse.
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Roy O. Greenhill
U. N
Globe News
Dallas
Pat Flynn
Panhandle
Globe-News
Fred Post
War Production Board
Greenhill
Potter County
Marillo
Knox comments on anti aircraft defense progress
Knox asserts that anti aircraft defenses on U S ships have reached a very satisfactory point after a Japanese air attack off Santa Cruz Island last October. He dodges a question about future losses and says only that the U S will give them a hell of a fight.
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Navy
Santa Cruz Island
South Pacific
Knox
Allied naval stance on Rabaul and shipping losses
Knox said enemy ships were present at Rabaul and that the area is under constant watch but found no unusual concentration at the moment. He denied reports that Allied merchant shipping losses were at a million tons per month.
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Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Knox
Rabaul
Sgt. F. M. Bell Transferred From Amarillo Recruiting
Sgt F M Bell who has recruited over 1200 marines in Amarillo since June 1940 will depart soon for Oklahoma City and likely be moved to line duty. He is succeeded by Sgt Wyatt D Thompson of Plainview who re enlisted November 4 and previously served four years including time on a battleship.
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F. M. Bell
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Bell
Wyatt D. Thompson
Plainview
Thompson
Atlantic
Pacific
Sergeant Bell
Ten Panhandlemen Pass Navy Officer Exams
Ten Panhandle men passed preliminary examinations for Navy officer material yesterday. Four completed their physicals and papers and were recommended to the Bureau of Navy Personnel for commissions. The four named are Carl G. Clifft Amarillo William B. Jones White Deer Virgil L. Brown and Bruce E. Orr both of Amarillo.Lieut Harry Frederickson said the Navy recruiting station will stay open tomorrow night until 9 o clock to accommodate after hours applicants.
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Navy
Bureau of Navy Personnel
Carl G. Clifft
Amarillo
William B. Jones
White Deer
Virgil L. Brown
Bruce E. Orr
Harry Frederickson
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