Registration drive seeks more trucks for national defense
Only 27 truck owners have registered for emergency government use to move troops and shipments. Amarillo Chamber of Commerce assistant manager Joe Cooley urged more registrations as a nationwide survey catalogs serviceable motor equipment available on short notice for defense. Owners were urged to visit the Amarillo Chamber offices in the Amarillo Hotel to register.
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Joe Cooley
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
West Amarillo Women's Council Circles Announced
The West Amarillo Christian Woman's Council Circles meet this week with sessions tonight at 8 and Wednesday afternoon slots for Circle 1 Circle 2 Circle 4 and Mother Hulen at various streets. A covered dish luncheon follows the midday events. The annual Brotherhood Dinner at West Amarillo Christian Church is set for Wednesday night at 7.
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West Amarillo
Hulen
J. L. Sparks
Sunset Terrace
Submarine Burns and Ship Sucked by Flames Off Atlantic
A 6,635 ton merchant ship Allan Jackson built in 1921 at Alameda and homeported in Wilmington was ablaze from stem to stern with fire spreading 300 feet in all directions and flames leaping 100 feet high. The vessel, 435 feet long and 56.2 feet wide, drew 33.6 feet and had 2,700 horsepower engines. The crew escaped in a lifeboat and rowed beyond the fire circle as the third merchant ship sunk within five days near the Atlantic coast amid warnings that submarines operate along the coast. West Virginia has a town named Sodd and Tennessee a Soddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Jackson
Alameda
Calif
Wilmington
Del
Atlantic
Navy Department
Washington
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
FASTEETH powder helps dentures feel firmer and more comfortable when sprinkled on upper and lower plates. It has no gummy taste, is alkaline, does not sour, and helps control denture odor. Available at drug stores.
Markets and Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Merrill Lynch equities section shows 1 PM Dow Jones readings with gains in Industrials 110.68 and Stocks 37.85, Utilities off 0.5, rail routes up 0.20. trading volume 220,000. In Kansas City hogs total 3,900 with prices 20-25 cents higher, cattle 16,500 and calves 1,200, feed and stocker footings steady to slightly higher, with varied steer and heifer prices across weight classes. Colorado heifers $13.10. cows $8.50 to $9.50. stockers $9.00 to $11.50. packers watching prices drift downward from $14.00.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
D. A
Colorado
NEW York Stock Exchange
Alleghany Lyd Steel
Allis Chalmers
Armour
Bethlehem Steel
Calumet Hecla Mines Fie
Chrysler
Consol Copa Amer Tel & Tel” Ee
Consol
Curtiss Wright Bylly Deere & Co
el Power & Literta
Elec Coves
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Harvester
Power & Pap
Tel & Telses
Kennecott Cop
Marshall Field Fees
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central
North Amer Aviat
Ohio
Packard Motor
Pan Amer Air
Paramount Pix
Penney
Penn RR
Phillips Pet
Remington Rand
RCA Rary Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oil
Socony Vacuum
Telate
Wilson & Co
Woolworth Saene
Chicago
Bishop Seeks Judgeship for 7th District in Texas Panhandle
Judge Henry 8 Bishop announces candidacy for judge of the 7th judicial district covering Armstrong Randall and Potter counties. Former district attorney 1902 14 years and district judge 1918 1934. he lost by two votes in 1938 and vows a thorough campaign urging voters to pay poll tax or obtain exemption certificates before February 1.
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Henry
Bishop
Armstrong, Randall and
Potter Counties
Panhandle
Amarillo
University of Texas Law School
Texas
Market Report on Calves Sheep and Fund Prices
Stock steer calves bring 13.00 with heifer end at 11.75 as sheep trade shows strength with 9 000 head nearly sold early and bids holding above 12.50. Financial industrial fund quotes base on closing prices with liquidation at 1.3221 and offering at 1.45.
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Financial Industrial Fund
Amarillo Production Credit sets annual stockholders meeting
The Amarillo Production Credit Company schedules its annual stockholders meeting for Wednesday at 9 am in the Paramount Theater. S. F. Powers notes attendance is vital for director elections and review of reports as farming and live stock changes press for member involvement. The association serves twelve counties with 192 stockholders and has $1,169,345 in loans. Officers include Byron Gist president and Powers secretary-treasurer.
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Amarillo Production Credit Company
Paramount Theater
S. F. Powers
Powers
Amarillo
Byron Gist
Hall Medford
Jno
Six Survivors Found After Ship Collision
Six survivors from the cargo vessel San Jose, which sank after a collision with the Santa Elisa off Atlantic City, were landed at Newport News. The rescue captain said the men were adrift for three hours in a storm and suffered frozen hands. 40 were aboard the San Jose and the total survivors remain unknown.
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Newport News
San Jose
Atlantic City
N. J
Edgar R. Sellars Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Edgar R. Sellars were held at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Frank A. Godsoe officiating. He died at a local hospital at 49 after 17 years in Amarillo as an assistant furnace foreman for American Smelting and Refining Company. Survived by wife, four daughters, a son, his father Jonas Sellars, a brother Jorah Sellars, two sisters, and services included Masonic burial at Liano Cemetery under N. 8. Griggs and Sons.
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Edgar R. Sellars
Central Baptist Church
Frank A. Godsoe
Noah Brazel
Howard Griffin
Jack Whipple
W. W. Dorsey
Hubert Turner
Mr. Sellars
Amarillo
American Smelting and Refining Company
Central
Allies hold line as Japan presses in Malaya and Singapore
British and Australian forces report stubborn resistance along the western Johore coast and in the Painan Besar region near Singapore. Japanese advances prompt jungle warfare and a bold push by Major General Gordon Bennett who orders aggressive action after heavy fighting that killed 800 to 1,000 Japanese in an Australian ambush.
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Russia
Africa
Gordon Bennett
British and Australian forces clash with Japanese on Malay front
Along the coast Australians aided an Indian force to mop up a Japanese foothold at the Muar River mouth, destroying eight enemy tanks as remnants fled into rubber trees. Singapore took damage from planes as the British mobilized tribesmen and warned Burma defense amid Churchill reports of U Saw’s arrest and suspected ties with Tokyo. Burma serves as air base and road link to China in the regional struggle.
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Muar
Singapore
Malaya
Burma
1 Law
Churchill
London
U Saw
Pacific
Cairo
Egypt
Lisbon
Thailand
India
Malay Peninsula
China
Russians claim 142 towns taken in two days of fighting
The Soviet claim reports capturing 142 inhabited places in two days as Moscow radio broadcasts the advance toward the city. Britain reports mounting prisoner counts on the Egyptian Libyan frontier while advances press toward Tripolitania.
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Moscow
Cairo
U.P
Tripolitania
North Africa campaign sees Axis retire from Halfaya Pass
British forces report heavy Axis withdrawal as defenders retreat from Halfaya Pass and Axis troops are captured in reconquests of Bardia Solum and Halfaya. Western Desert casualties include fewer than 100 killed and about 400 wounded across three operations, Middle East headquarters notes.
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Halfaya Pass
Bardia
Solum
Halfaya
Middle East
POW Markings After Siege Aid German Prisoners
A transport pilot described how British bombardment near a German fort led to the commander marking prisoner caves with large POW letters using gasoline cans. Prisoners endured scarce rations, salty liquids, and constant danger as Allied advances forced surrender. A German guard aided by saving wounded, while medical staff treated casualties amid heavy fire.
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Bach
Walter Meid
Darmstadt
RAF
Luftwaffe
Wadi Scenes of War Returnees Describe Nazi Lines
The narrative recalls Nazis lining three abreast to await British reinforcements while fighters emerge from caves near the Wadi. Soldiers sing Auld Lang Syne as tears flow and veterans recount the dust and ruins from weeks of bombardment.
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Tomims
Sinte
Capronfir Named VP of Major Railroads On Tour
L Capronfir returned to the Co B Q railroad in 1937 as assistant vice president. Since 1928 he has been vice president of the Colorado and Southern, the Fort Worth and Denver, and the Wichita Valley railroads. He is a director of the Belt Railway and the Paducah and Illinois. He will stay in Amarillo today and continue his inspection tour tomorrow then spend the rest of the week inspecting Texas lines.
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Co. B. & Q. Railroad
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Fort Worth and Denver Railroad
Wichita Valley Railroad
Belt Railway Company
Paducah
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West Virginia
Sodd
Tennessee
Soddy
Doche
Cleaners A
Poche
Buchanan St
Dhone
Sineapore
Naval Base
Tokyo
Par Eastern Command
Soviets
Lake
Ladoga
Schluesselburg
Leningrad
Tolzien
John Furbach
Globe-News
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
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