Cold weather halts scrap metal drive across nation
Chicago reports cold weather slows scrap collection essential for steel used in armament. Plants like Great Lakes Steel and Sharon Steel warn open hearth furnaces may shut due to material shortages. Car industry exporters note declines in junk dealer labor and price ceilings by the Office of Price Administration.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Detroit
National Steel Corporation
Sharon Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Ohio
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Edwin C. Barringer
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel, Inc
United States
Office of Price Administration
Japan
Department of Commerce
Three American Fighters Lead Bold Break Against 108 Japanese Planes
In Burma over Rangoon a squadron of 108 Japanese planes attacked on Christmas morning. Three American volunteers flew immediately into the fleet and inspired allied planes to join later. By day’s end 31 Japanese aircraft were downed while losses on the allied side remained modest. A ground observer likened the bold assault to rowboats attacking the Armada.
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Rangoon
Burma
Chungking
U.P
Thailand
AVG
China
Clare L. Chennault
Burma Road
Royal Air Force
RAF
Japs Drive Toward Singapore Amid Strong Air Conflict
The Japanese push toward Singapore tightens as AVG and RAF aircrews clash with bigger fleets. Allied reinforcements are urged while Bangkok bombings and Kuan tan fall to Japanese operations. Burma and Siam remain focal points with potential Allied offensives seen as crucial to check Nippon's peninsula advance.
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Dewi
Malayan
Singapore
Burma
Siam
Indo-China
Nippon
Indo- China
Dutch East Indies
Garden of Eden
Genghis Kahn
Japan
News Tip Prize Won by Mrs Louella Johnson
Mrs Louella Johnson 415 West 15th Avenue wins the week’s $5 first prize in the news tip contest for reporting Amarillo’s 25cent piece sewn into a dress yoke. Second prize goes to Andy Buntin 901 Po Street for reporting a tire theft. Third prize awarded to Mrs Ray Small 702 B North Buchanan Street for tipping about a Canyon highway accident. Other tipsters listed.
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Louella Johnson
West
15Th Avenue
Amarillo
Andy Buntin
Po! Street
Defense Bond Sales Tumble in Amarillo as Bonds Decline
Amarillo reports 11 809 dollars in defense bonds and stamps sold yesterday the lowest since the sneak. The Bond of the Month Club expands with 25 dollar bonds monthly and payroll deduction plans grow as workers authorize weekly or monthly withholdings to fund defense stamps. County Commissioners fire Joe Bowman the courthouse night man but grant a 15 day paid vacation reversing prior discharge policy. The court nears pruning long time courthouse staff in its second year.
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Defense
Amarillo
County Commissioners’ Court
Joe Bowman
Bowman
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Malaya
Rock of Gibraltar
Pearl Harbor
Orient
Kuantan
Tokyo
Bangkok
Philippines
Lenox
Mass
Bryant M. Patten
Bryant
Dickie
PY Air
Ray Small
North Buchanan
Canyon Highway
A. F. Hutchinson
Harrison Street
Gene Watkins
Hughes Street
O. H. Hargett
Larry Williams
Helen Hamilton
Lincoln Street
Thelma Buckley
Tyler Street
Charles M. Dell
Plesant Valley
Een Wang
E. S. Burgess
Chine Fongers
Levine
Seth Soie
Levine's
Vance
Selec
Pric
Levine's Are
Chambrays
Melton
sBys
Amarillo, Texas
Garza
Cannon
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