Amarillo Newsnotes on defense drive and daily life
Local column reports on defense initiatives led by Col. EB A Simpson and Mayor Joe Jenkins in Amarillo, efforts to secure Panhandle defense projects, weather myths, and community letters about dogs and deliveries. It includes anecdotes from a reader about urban dog encounters, a puzzle, charity requests for soldiers, and notes on wartime economics and culture.
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Panhandle
Col. EB. A. Simpson
Joe Jenkins
Charles Ware
Ed Hardin
John Boyce
Colonel Simpson
Lubbock
Amarillo
Tack
Allied prepare to defend Burma Road as Chinese troops enter Burma
Chinese forces have moved into Burma but have not yet engaged. Allied air power, notably American planes, expected to mount a strong defense of the Rangoon base. In the Pacific, Japan attacked Belawan Medan and shelled ships off Sumatra, while Dutch losses include destroyed Balikpapan oil facilities. Chinese guerrillas struck Japanese naval headquarters on Liu Kung Tao Island, reporting about 300 Japanese killed.
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Burma
Burma Road
Rangoon
Belawan
Medan
Sumatra
Magala
Balik Papan
Borneo
Chungking
Liu Kung Tao
Yellow Sea
Japan
Quick-Thinking Policeman Foils Auto Flight Route Crash
In New York on January 22 Patrolman Harold Hoerning diverted a zigzagging driver toward his own car to prevent a multivehicle collision. Hoerning’s patrol car was wrecked and the motorist Benjamin Hurwitz was hospitalized with a heart ailment. Australia shipped over 800000 cases of canned fruits to the Far East for military forces last year.
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New York
Grand Central Parkway
Harold Hoerning
Hoerning
Benjamin Hurwitz
Australia
Far East
Empire Army
Navy
Air Forces
Bits and Bobs From The Times On Everyday Life
A collage of brief notes covers street broadcasts in a rainstorm with a crowd slow to respond. It recalls a medieval belief about a ring from a beggar coin curing epilepsy and urges American troops to receive candy over tobacco. A piano from the White House now sits in the Smithsonian. A survey finds housewives care about can sizes but misread canned food labeling.
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Uncle Sam's Army Baking
West Coast
Q. M C
Gure
California
Ohio
New York State
United States
State House
Boston
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Grand Lodge of Masons
England
San Francisco
The
Medical Association Journal
White House
Smithsonian Institute
Lost coin purse and key near Ponca Wholesale House
Widow 45 with 12 year old daughter seeks reward for lost zipper coin purse containing 20 to 25 dollars and an important key. She offers room and board plus salary for immediate work to support her family. Also seeks clothing for two boys and two girls ages 4 and 11 and 2 and 7.
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Ponca
Sixth Avenue
W. R. Tucker
North Taylor Street
Tack
Britain Faces Shortage of Outsize Men’s Clothes
Britain’s overweight men struggle to find suitable clothing as tailors resist extra wide trousers. Large sizes in ready made menswear vanish while coupons for fabric limit production. The Board of Trade grants concessions for outsize women’s wear but no similar plan exists for men.
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London
U.P
Britain
Board of Trade
Doan's Pills Offer Backache Relief From Kidney Trouble
A vintage health ad claims tired kidneys cause backache and other pains. It touts Doan's Pills as a long trusted remedy used by millions for over 40 years to flush waste from the blood and relieve symptoms like swelling and nocturnal urination.
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Dean
Doan
Mrs. W. H. Fuqua Ill at Home
Mrs. W. H. Fuqua is seriously ill at her home at 1410 Polk Street after several weeks of illness. She left St. Anthony's Hospital recently, believed improved, but her condition worsened again this week.
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W. H. Fuqua
Polk Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Japanese advance stalled near Singapore defense line
Reports indicate Japanese forces face stronger Allied resistance as they push toward Malaya. The Kampf for Singapore slowed about 60 miles from the British naval base with Japanese air superiority persisting. London sources note Allied warships shelling west coast targets and disrupting new landings.
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Malaya
London
Tokyo
Singapore
Latin American naval role in inter-American convoys
The text outlines合作 naval coordination with Latin American republics to protect sea lanes. It notes pre-war battleships and cruisers, up-to-date destroyers and submarines, coastal patrols, and gunboats. It highlights 2,000,000 soldiers, US air support, and trade links for raw materials and imports needed for defense, including coffee, copper, bauxite, rubber, tin, nitrates, quinine, and quebracho.
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United States
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State
Mr. Jenkins
Mr. Ware
Old Tack
Wes Izzard
Washington
Jenkins
Arthur
Pearl Harbor
China
Malayan
Wylie Phillips
Taylor Street
American Casualty Company
Mr. Phillips
H. L. Pattie
Amarillo Hotel
Lil’ Abner
By AL Cap Pam
Poaratch Oor
Amereller
Williams
Kroehler
Pe. Kroehler
Duncan Phyfe
Walnut
Axminster
Tan
C.M. Williams Co
D. W. Foster
Sweden
Mexico
Chile
Badger-Herring Sales & Drug Co., Inc. Distributors
Whiteface
Odessa
Texas
J. C. Penney Company
Penney
Penney Company
America
P. V. Alexander
J. C. Keyes
Personnel Department
Keyes
J. C. Penney Company, Inc
West 34Th Street
New York City
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