Pulse Feeler Samples Opinions From Amarillo Survey
The Pulse Feeler collects stray quotes from various readers in Amarillo and beyond about Amarillo, Texas. Respondents include Ensign Traden in Oklahoma City and Lt John Sugg in Algiers, sharing humorous or boastful views on Amarillo and the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Traden
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Carlton Massey
Dallas
Taxiver
Jeeps
Bill Hennessey
Houston
Briscoe
New Orleans
Pampa
Hull
John Sugg
USNR
Algiers
Texas
Oregon
Panhandle
Floyd Cates
Coast Guard
Galveston
Gulf
Vega
Jimmy Nichols
Gulf Port
Miss
Seabee
Davisville
Rhode Island
Mildred Larsen
Jacksonville
Fla
United States
Maine
Weldon York
Armed Guard Center
Georgia
Florida
Spirit of 1944 Fortress crew scores 10 kills in Germany
Lt. Eldridge Greer pilot of the B 17 Spirit of 1944 flies a 200 mile sortie from Germany to England with three bailout threats but returns home after a monumental air battle over Oschersleben. The raid yields 10 German fighters claimed by crew members amid extensive battle damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mecklin
England
Germany
Eldridge V. Greer
Houston
Tex
Oschersleben
Louis R. Dobbs
Katemney
Casmer Lekowski
Peninsula
Robert A. Mueller
Odridge
N. J
Ball
Ernest J. Kroger
Eau Clair
Wis
James E. Parton
East Liverpool
Kroger
William Dood
Pleasureville
Marvin D. Anderson
Kansas City
Garner Walters
Methodists Rally for a New World Order Crusade
About 600 Methodist representatives from Panhandle states attend the Bishop's Crusade at Polk Street Methodist Church. Bishop Erwin F. Lee of Singapore urges a global evangelical effort and calls for Christian brotherhood as a basis for worldwide democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bishop's Crusade For A New World Order
Polk Street
Mathadiet Choard
Erwin F. Lee
Singapore
Lee
Christian Brotherhood
Karl Quinby
New York
Methodists’ Board of Missions
Incidental Music Toilet Paper Holder Upheld as Bath Fixture
The U S Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ruled a toilet paper holder with a music box is a bathroom fixture not a music box. Thorens Inc imported the device. assess duty at 33 1 3 percent rather than 20 27 2 or 33 1 3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Thorens, Inc
New York City
Switzerland
Thorens
Bar
Central Junior High Leads War Bond Drive Effort
Central Junior High and six other schools report strong first day sales of E bonds totaling 20238.50 and 14 year old Nancy Bacham bought an E bond with most of her 18.75 in purchase. War bond chairman Cal Farley praises student participation and hopes for private plane rides for Nancy before drive ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cially
Central Junior High School
Nancy Bacham
Austin
Farley
Nancy
Central Junior High
Alice Landergin
Margaret Wills
River Road
Sam Houston Junior High
Patton High
North Heights
G. R. Tomlin
Free War Bond Show At Amarillo Auditorium Tonight
Seven war heroes and two screen stars present a free war bond show at the Audi torium USO to aid the Fourth War Loan campaign. Lynn Merrick leads the bond battalion as the leading lady. Young veterans recount experiences as a band concert opens at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Amarillo
Lynn Merrick
Leaders Drive Amarillo Bond Drive Under School Leadership
The two day bond brief at Central Junior High credits Mildred Miner and Principal Elizabeth Nixson with sparking the effort. Mr. Farley urged that every Amarillo child will strive for E bond purchases with proper leadership and adult responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High
Mildred Miner
Elizabeth Nixson
Farley
Amarillo
Cal
Espe
Tighten Grasp on Jap Land Tighten Grasp on Jap Land
Allied bushmaster troops on the Arawe peninsula of New Britain push the Japanese back and seize 1000 yards of territory as part of the drive toward Rabaul and Kavieng. Allied air and sea actions support ground forces across New Guinea and adjacent fronts in the broader Pacific campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Bushmaster
Arawe
New Britain
Rabaul-Kavieng
Pacific
New Guinea
Madang
U. S. Sixth Army
Arawe Peninsula
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Carney
South Pacific Headquarters
Little Nauru Island
Solomons-Gilbert Island
Rabaul
Kavieng
Hansa Bay
Wewak
Bogadjim
Gali
Admiralty Islands
Senate panel approves Bankhead anti subsidy bill
The Senate Banking Committee reported favorably the Bankhead bill to end government subsidies controlling food prices by June 30. The 10 to 9 vote reverses an earlier decision and sends the measure to the Senate floor, aligning with House action last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
Senate
House
Yugoslav Partisans Trap German Division Near Lipovac
Yugoslav Partisans encircled a German motorized division of 400 vehicles near Lipovac in western Bosnia. Fierce fighting continued as a second German division tried to break through toward Jajce. Tito reported units of the 3rd Yugoslav Corps drove Germans back in Eastern Bosnia while Croatia and southern Montenegro remained contested. Germany’s total public debt neared 240 billion marks, up from 47 billion at the start of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lipovac
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Jajce
Banja Luka
Vrbas
Iercegovina
Lika Novince
Croatia
James Grigg
House of Commons
New York
Germany
Office of War Information
Munich
Japanese Die in Tropical Waters Off New Guinea
Ensign Joseph W. Burke of Beverly New Jersey commanded a PT boat squadron firing on Japanese barges near the New Guinea coast. In under 30 minutes Burke and a fellow PT skipper destroyed three barges, bringing his total barges sunk to 13, the most by any skipper in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advanced Naval Base
New Guinea
Joseph W. Burke
Beverly
N. J
Burke
Southwest Pacific
B-29 Bombers Take Center Stage in 1944 Production
Washington reports the B-29 is the focus of the 1944 production program while trainer planes fade. Charles E. Wilson of the aircraft production board says emphasis will be on B-29 super fortresses and new high performance planes with facilities in production plants being converted this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
The
Aircraft Production Board
United Press
Weather Bulletin Reports Warm Day and Night Freeze
The bureau notes good weather with daytime thawing and light nighttime freezing. Continued fair conditions bring little temperature change and moderate winds. Yesterday’s high reached 45 degrees with an ice removal note. last night’s low was 29 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Weather Summary Amarillo And Vicinity And West Texas
Weather for Amarillo area shows continued fair skies with little temperature change and moderate winds. West Texas and New Mexico forecast partly cloudy conditions with minimal temp shifts and a low tonight near freezing in most areas except Del Rio Eagle Pass. The 24 hour high 145 and low 29 indicate broad temperature spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
First Air Hero of Two Continents
Maj. James H. Howard of St Louis a former Flying Tiger battled 20 Nazi fighters in a half hour over Oschersleben to protect a formation of Flying Fortresses. The U S Eighth Air Force named him the hero, with claims of multiple destroyed planes amid a ferocious dogfight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Continents
London
James H. Howard
St. Louis
Oschersleben
U. S
Eighth Air Force Command
Maj
Howard
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Helium Pioneers
Charles E. Rosendahl
Exell
Fortress
Greer
Messerschmitts
C. W. Seibel
Bureau of Mines
Admiral Rosendahl
Michael W. Straus
R. R. Sayers
R. A. Cattell
R. F E. Brown
Navy
Edward W. Raley
Amarillo Army Airfield
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Exel
Merce
Capitol Hotel
Tri-State
Dr. Seibel
Big Exel
Army
1St Army Air Forces Band
Amarillo Army Air Field
Frederick H. Chetlain
Eighth Service Command
W. Claude Pickett
Wm. A. Jenkins
Helen Masters
Goode T. Noland
Orthel C. Sumner
Frances Morrow
Rear Admiral
Rosendahl
KR. R. Sayers
Petroleum and Natural Gas Division
Department of Interior
Straus
Amarillo High School
Methodists
Bishop
Lwow
Russia
Shuhino
Novosokolinski
Moscow-Riga
Cassino
Rome
Garigliano
Reynolds Packard
Eighth Army
Apennines
Adriatic
Ortona
Ligurian Sea
Spezia
Genoa
Leghorn
Jugoslav
Tuscany
Anthony Eden
Commons
Wayne Williams
Ivan Lee Holt
Wayne C. Williams
Central
Bondkrieg
Cal Farley
War Finance
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
O. K
America
Edward H. O’hare
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