Weather notes and wartime anecdotes drift through
A jittery column blends weather chatter with wartime opinions and oddities. It cites Winchell on Das Schwarzekorps on unwed mothers and motherhood duties, reports on Canadian wildcats and skunk catching, draft impacts on farmers, and predicts more bicycles and women in fields. It also tucks in assorted vignettes about fashion, pens, pencils, and World War II era curiosities.
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Winchell
Das Schwarzekorps
Berlin
Dear Tack Classified Notices From Amarillo Reader Requests
A collage of reader submissions from Amarillo includes a 17 year old seeking filling station work, a white woman listing housekeeping and elder care skills, and multiple pleas for clothing and help. Messages mention addresses in Amarillo and Panhandle towns, bicycle interest, lost car keys, a kitten giveaway, and a youth seeking employment or chores, with continuations noted.
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Houston Street
Amarillo
West 6Th Ave
Fourth Avenue
Taylor Street
Globe News
Globe
Bicycle and fashion chatter in idle urban musings
A scraped-together column blends light social commentary on bicycles as fitness with fashion stabs about women's bodies in varying outfits. It notes perfume trends, a bizarre stunt of walking a deer, and a wartime tone anecdote of a Canadian soldier offered free meals while joking about payment.
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Winchell
Jersey
59Th Street
Elmer
Axis terror and Allied condemnation over German crimes
A wartime briefing reports mass executions and expulsions across Czech lands, Crete, Macedonia, and Poland. It cites thousands killed, imprisoned, or driven from homes, with education and leadership suppressed and reparations planned by Allied representatives.
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Smarek
Michiel van Verduynen
Netherlands
Emmanuel Tsouderos
Crete
Macedonia
Greece
Pioneerhusband Cattleman Funeral Held in Canyon
Funeral services for a longtime Pioneerhusband cattleman were held at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with Dr. Ro Thomsen and Rev. Alford M Dorsett officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery under Griggs- Thompson Funeral Home direction with pallbearers including Rolla D Cartwright, J M Donaldson, Ray Moore, Fox Butler, Ed Baird, Levi Cole, C R Burrow, and Dr C A Prervle.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Canyon
Ro Thomsen
Central Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
Alford M Dorsett
Llano Cemetery
Griggs- Thompson Funeral Home
Rolla D. Cartwright
J. M. Donaldson
Ray Moore
Hughes Street
Fox. Butler
Ed Baird
Levi Cole
C. R Burrow
C. A. Prervle
Cartwright
Mr. Donaldson
Eakman
Italian ships sunk by British submarines in Mediterranean
London reported the admiralty said British submarines in the Mediterranean sank the Italian minesweeper Santo Pietro, seriously damaged the 5,222 ton supply ship Sirio, and set fire to another Italian supply vessel.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Farm bloc amendments feared by president
President Roosevelt told House banking committee members that adopting Senate farm bloc amendments to the price control bill could trigger renewed labor unrest, hindering the nation's war effort amid wartime pressures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Banking Committee
Walsh predicts probe into Combat Ducking draft evasion
Chairman Walsh of Massachusetts and Senate naval committee said an investigation will examine how draft age men seek non combat service to dodge combat duties. He cited waivers and the naval intelligence service as examples of non combat assignments under investigation.
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Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
Navy Department
Naval Intelligence Service
Auto Insurance Rates Hiked Across States
The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters announced immediate rate increases for auto liability insurance. Bodily injury and property damage premiums for private passenger cars rise 3.5 percent in 33 states and D C, while commercial car coverage climbs 18 percent in 17 states and D C.
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New York
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
District of Columbia
British Retake Notes From Malaya and Singapore Air Attacks
British forces scorched earth retreat from Kuala Lumpur described as a magnificent feat. Singapore faced a daylight raid by 125 Japanese planes with reports of key targets hit and several raiders shot down. Port Dickson serves Seremban as a coastal port while Singapore and Kuala Lumpur endure air strikes and strategic withdrawals.
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Seremban
Port Dickson
Port Swettenham
Kuala Lumpur
London
Malaya
Singapore
Reuters
12 Man Labor Board Formed
Washington January 13 a 12 man war labor board headed by William H Davis replaces the defense mediation board to settle disputes in the nations industries. The board will have four public members four industry four labor with labor split between CIO and AFL and will arbitrate all labor disagreements during the war.
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Washington
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Industry-Labor Conference
Davis
New York
CIO
AFL
Directors Talk Rubber Plan Tonight
Directors of the chamber of commerce meet at 7 30 this evening in Amarillo hotel offices to discuss the synthetic rubber industry. It is not a dinner meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
British Battleship Barham Sunk by German U-Boat
Berlin radio reported that a German U-boat had sunk the British battleship Barham off Solum on the north African coast.
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London
Berlin
Barham
Solum
North African
Australia as Front Line Fortress in WWII Strategy
The piece notes Navy Secretary Knox downplaying an immediate showdown with Japan. It argues Australia’s vast land mass allows numerous airfields and bases, with Darwin in the north a potential liability if Japan wins in the Indies. It highlights reliance on US and British support, the need for heavy reinforcements, a strong garrison, and universal conscription reforms.
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Navy
Knox
Australia
Oceania
United Kingdom
United States
Arkansas
Towa
New Zealand
Darwin
Netherlands Indies
Pacific
East Asia
United Nation
Britain
Commonwealth
Santa Fe Carloadings Rise For Week In 1942
The Santa Fe Railway system reported week ending January 10 1942 carloadings at 20 421 up from 17 812 the prior year. Received from connections totaled 7 736 versus 6 401 in 1941. Total cars moved were 28 157 vs 24 213. The preceding week saw 25 523 cars handled.
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Santa Fe
Sabotage Attempt Alleged on John C. Fremont Cargo Ship
Calif shipyard head reports a suspected sabotage of the cargo ship John C. Fremont. Two cylinders released carbon dioxide from automatic extinguishing system, asphyxiating gas filled several holds. 55 workers exposed but none seriously injured after quick evacuation. Stewart cites possible saboteurs evidence.
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Wilmington
Calif
Joseph Stewart
California Shipbuilding Corp
John C. Fremont
Stewart
Cast Iron Cops Take Pennies But Judge Sets $1 as Minimum
Motorists in Amarillo faced a dollar minimum at police headquarters. Pennies and nickels from meters yesterday totaled 141 dollars. Traffic fines reached 81 dollars as 121 tickets were issued by traffic police.
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Amarillo
Axis setbacks mount in Africa and Russia widen war
Reports say British troops recaptured Salam on the Egypt Libyan frontier while vanguards reached the road from El Agheila to Marada as Axis forces threaten Libya. In Europe Hitler shifts reinforcements to Italy for a Malta attack amid possible preparations for a British invasion of Italy.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Salam
Libya
Fl Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Marada
Middle East
Russia
Italy
Malta
Mediterranean
Nazifuehrer
London Daily Mail
Madrid
Brindisi
Syracuse
Daily Express
RAF
France
Norway
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Milk Delivery Plan Favored by Two Companies
Elimination of Sunday milk deliveries on December 14 by Borden Company and Plains Creamery gains full approval. No loss of customers or volume, one temporary defection rejoined, six day schedule preserves weekly total and hours. Plan supports clerks with Sundays off. Saturday and Monday sales rise slightly. Also notes US airlines’ revenue passenger miles up 3046 percent in first eight months of 1941.
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Sam
Japan
Reader's Digest
Florida
Miami
Mihailovitch
Yugoslavia
Adolf
Hitler
Brownwood
Tex
Britain
United States
Spain
North Africa
Milwaukee
Fort Wayne
Ind
Germany
Army
Quartermaster Department
Borden Company
Plains Creamery
Borden
Airlines
Double Breasted Suits on Way Out
A fashion year study notes eliminating the front overlap in men’s double-breasted suits would save yardage enough to produce 500000 extra single-breasted suits.
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Anera
Hemphill County
Davenport
Mr. Davenport
England
Europe
Wnd
Duncan McMartin
North Carolina
America
Norman Thomas
Town Hall
Thomas
Sam Renberg
Tulsa Okla
Wien Tack
Panhandle
Edith Bibolet
Rosemont Street
Seventh Avenue
Prinare
JDE
Parkooka
Plier
Potter County
Axis Terror
Tsouderos
Edward Raczynski
Poland
Abe
Amarillo Tire Exchange
2Nd & S. Fillmore
Jan
Weather Bureau
Reserve District No. 11
American National Bank
Texas
U. S
State OF
County OF
Potter
Chester Albritton
Dorothy Wagerle
J. H. Paul
Grady Oldham
I. H. Davies
Association of
David M. Patton
Ab, MD
Sea Insurance — Pia
Automobile Financing
F. H. A. Loans
Zenith
Gracefally
Polk ST
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