Amarillo’s 5 Star Father O L Phelps Receives Honor
O L Phelps, Amarillo’s first Five Star Father, receives the placard from Hanson Post No 54 officials T W Gil strap and Ernest Archambeau. His five sons are in Army camps from North Carolina to California and Texas to Wyoming. Hanson Post is giving service flags to homes with a son in service, nearly 500 distributed and more to come as names are learned.
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O. L. Phelps
Amarillo
T. W. Gilstrap
Ernest Archambeau
Hanson Post
American Legion
Mr. Phelps
North Carolina
California
Texas
Wyoming
W. W. Phelps
Camp Davis
N. C
Jack W. Phelps
Camp Elliott
San Diego
Ted Phelps
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lloyd D. Phelps
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Joe B. Phelps
Camp Wolters
Hanson
Tonight Cooler With Little Change In Weather
The weather bureau notes only a slight cooling tonight with minimal climate shift. Yesterday’s high reached 67 degrees and this morning’s low was 33, one of the year’s higher troughs and the second freezing threshold this January.
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Weather Bureau
Army seeks 12.5 billion for 33000 planes in 1942 offensive
Washington dispatch reports Lt Gen H H Arnold urged speedy House approval for a huge wartime appropriation to build 33,000 aircraft and armament, plus facilities and spare parts, to sustain the Allied air effort and meet President Roosevelt's 1942 production goals.
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Washington
Army
House
H. H. Arnold
Air
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Arnold
Congress
Signal Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Roosevelt
Appropriations Committee
AFL and CIO Leaders Accept Roosevelt Labor Peace Plan
Washington report notes AFL president William Green and CIO chief Philip Murray accepted Roosevelt's plan to form a joint threeEach labor group committee to maintain wartime labor peace. The measure does not unite the rival unions, unlike a prior UMW proposal.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Murray
Pups for Sale Ad Earns Quick Result
Classified item shows a short term pets for sale notice halted after two days. The ad listed a male Boston screw tail puppy aged 11 years priced at five dollars with contact at 617 North Taylor and phone 6262. Russell Stationery Company is mentioned in the ad context.
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Boston
North Taylor
DIAL
Argentina Pressures to End Delays on Anti Axis Split
A Pan American meeting in Rio de Janeiro weighed severing relations with the Axis with Argentina pressing a counter proposal drafted by Ramon Castillo. Amid stalling tactics by larger nations, smaller states urged a firm ultimatum to force a floor vote on the anti Axis resolution as Argentina wavered again.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
United States
Ramon S. Castillo
Ruiz Guinazu
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Sumner Welles
Honduras
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Chile
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
Toni Jo Henry Again Sentenced to Death in Louisiana
In Lake Charles Louisiana on January 23 Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry was sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing J P Calloway a 41 year old Houston salesman two years earlier. The slaying ended with Calloway shot and his nude body found on a rice farm near Lake Charles. The verdict carried the mandatory death sentence.
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Lake Charles
U.P
Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
J. P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Nazis Start Africa Push
Allied dispatches detail a rapid Soviet advance west of Mozhaisk and a strong drive toward Leningrad while British desert forces endure a reverse in Africa. The Moscow front shows a victorious surge as Rommel counter-attacks near El Agheila and Agedabia, with Cairo confirming Axis gains and renewed pressure.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Kieta
Bougainville Island
Solomon Group
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
China
Hanoi
Indo-China
Burma
Moulmein
Rangoon
Malaya
Singapore
Indies Islands
Gougainville
Solomons
New
Melbourne
Russia
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Leningrad
Novogorod
Lake Ilmen
Moscow-Leningrad
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Kursk
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Orel
Middle East
el Agheila
Agedabia
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Bengali
Gulf of
Sirte
Cairo
Mrs Fuqua Improves After Severe Illness At Home
The condition of Mrs. W. H. Fuqua is reported better after a very good night. She is resting and improving at home after several weeks of serious illness, according to attendants.
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W. H. Fuqua
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Mild afternoon temperatures and slightly colder tonight forecast for Amarillo. West Texas and New Mexico expect warmer afternoon and cooler tonight with 24 hour extremes from 33 to 67. Noon reading today was 66. V. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Why the Gilstrap Family Is Rubbing Sleepy Eyes Today
The Gilstrap household on Ong Street awoke to darkness and confusion as clocks showed 7 am while watches read 6 am. Jace, 10, recalled radio announcements about Daylight Saving Time and set the clocks forward. The family chose to stay up rather than sleep in.
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Gilstrap
T. W. Gilstrap
Ong Street
Gilstraps
Bill Gilstrap
Bill
Jace
MacArthur's Bataan Stand Dig In for Long Fight
War correspondent Frank Hewlett reports United States and Philippine forces concentrate on the Bataan peninsula, holding Corregidor while facing Japanese air and artillery. He notes uphill combat, logistics, morale, and frontline hazards, with officers and troops enduring bombing and supply toil as they prepare for a prolonged campaign.
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Frank Hewlett
United States
Bataan Eninsula
Philippines
Japan
America
Douglas MacArthur
Manila Bay
MacArthur Led Rainbow Division in First World War
The text recalls General Douglas MacArthur marching with the Rainbow Division in WWI, earning early praise as a seizing leader who pressed to the front despite risks, and now faces a renewed test as defense forces prepare for a critical mission under his guidance.
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MacArthur
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Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Winston Churchill
Dutch Indies
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Singapore Island
LABOR
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Incolin Street
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Want
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Newby’s
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The
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Municipal Auditorium
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Eoord
Manila
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