Nazis See Bad News Hear Funeral Music
German radio audiences heard funeral music and grim dispatches from the Russian front signaling the likely loss of the Stalingrad garrison and poor air for other fronts. Swiss reports warned of national mourning over Tripoli, while Belgium executed 26 including patriots and saboteurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
W.P
Stalingrad
Russia
Tripoli
Eighth
Libya
Axis
Tunisia
Marseilles
Norway
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Alfred Rosenberg
Berlin
Germany
Amarillo Police Clean House on Pick-up Roll
Amarillo police identification files hold about 130000 records with fingerprints photos and colored tabs marking wanted individuals Since 1937 many records are being cleared by identifying many suspects as canceled or no longer wanted A first batch of 213 records was returned by the Texas Bureau in five days clearing 115 of those cases
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
George Williams
Identification Bureau
Joe S. Fletcher
State Bureau of Identification
Austin
Williams
Joe Fletcher
Grasshoppers Move Indoors This Winter
Mrs. W. C. Howell reports grasshoppers invading her home at 800 Mississippi Street. She found dozens hopping about and hatching from dirt around a rubber plant kept in the north window, moved indoors in summer to protect the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Howell
Mississippi Street
Friendship Red Cross Club Meeting at Pollock Home
The Friendship Red Cross Club gathered at Mrs. M. R. Pollock’s residence for sewing and a noon dinner with a surprise shower for Mrs. W. R. Cook. The next meeting is set for February 16 at Mrs. Carl Evans’s home, 4009 East Fourteenth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Red Cross Club
M. R. Pollock
W. R. Cook
Carl Evans
East Fourteenth Avenue
Potter County Tax Collections for 1942 Reported
Miss Jewell Davidson, county assessor-collector, announced 1942 tax collections totaled 768 170 95 including current, poll, delinquent, occupation taxes, auto fees and motor vehicle sales tax. Current taxes 508 930 13, auto fees 237 037 54, sales tax 22 203 28. State share 339 873 12. Rural schools 23 448 90, liquor control board 3 420. Prompt payment saved 10 648 in discounts. Delinquency dates and poll tax voting eligibility noted. exemption certificates advised by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Jewell Davidson
Liquor Control Board
Draft Age Boys Should Write Board
High School students registered for the draft who wish to continue their studies should declare in writing to their local board immediately. The new semester begins today and the Selective Service System wants to know how many draft-age students plan to stay in school so records can be completed for each registrant. College students are not affected by these notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service System
Markets wrap up gains amid mixed commodity signals
Wall street averages show modest gains while crude prices and bonds move in narrow ranges. Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets report higher hogs and steadier cattle with selective price bumps for select grades, as buyers stay cautious and activity remains uneven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Original Songs by Soldiers At USO Talent Show
Sgt Bill Callahan performed a nameless original song about loving and missing you with guitar accompaniment. Pvt Steve Kessler offered an unnamed original piano piece while Lt Arthur McMillan sang Wagon Wheels. Private Andy Anderson and his Polish polkas drew the crowd as civilians and soldiers joined in between programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Callahan
Auditorium
USO
Sergent Callahan
Steve Kessler
Arthur McMillan
Irene DeMun
Auditorium Uso
Amarillo Army Air Field
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Allies massing inferred for major Tunisian push
Radio reports indicated a large American force massing near Tebessa on the Algerian Tunisian frontier as the central Tunisian front potentially opened. A French communique noted an American armored unit inflicting heavy losses in the Ousseltia region south of Port du Fahs amid ongoing North Africa operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Arnim
Tebessa
Sfax
Tunis
United States
Ousseltia
Port du Fahs
Amarillo
Texas
Child Discipline Talk At USO Forum Tonight
The auditorium USO psychology forum will discuss child discipline at 8 o clock tonight led by Pvt Harold Feldman. Feldman has conducted special research in child psychology for Minnesota schools. The event is open to civilians and servicemen. for more information call USO director Harry Levin at 6919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Harold Feldman
Minnesota
Harry Levin
Amarillo Veteran Roland to Report for Training at Amarillo Field
Al Roland a former Amarillo resident now with the Army Advance Glider School in Dalhart will be moved to Amarillo Army Air Field this week for advanced technical training. He had long service with a local insurance firm and after war began he returned to Amarillo to enlist and was assigned to Dalhart. Mrs. Roland works for the Santa Fe Railway. Also, Company D of the Victory Command will dance at the Auditorium USO at 8 pm tonight, the Downtown USO unit sponsors due to downtown renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Roland
Company D
The
Victory Command
Auditorium Uso
USO
Burny Bros Bakery Hit by Serial Burglaries
Detec tives Husfield and Egan investigated three Burny Bros. Bakery robberies in Chicago. On Lake Street a 600-pound safe with 182 dollars was stolen, on West Madison a 400-pound safe with 274 dollars, and on Central Avenue another 400-pound safe with 375 dollars was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Philip Husfield
Daniel Egan
Burny Bros
Lake Street
West Madison Street
Central Avenue
Amarillo Search Sought for Missing 14-Year-Old Herman Gray Jr
Amarillo police are asked to help locate Herman Gray Jr, 14, missing for three weeks after leaving Higgins. Parents say he may have bought a ticket to Amarillo and insist he will not be punished if found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Herman Gray, Jr
Higgins
Herman
Army Bomber Crash Reported Near New Albany
Between five and 11 persons were reported killed when a two motor Army bomber fell in flames near New Albany, fourteen miles northeast of Columbus. Witnesses described the aircraft as a two motor bomber, and the crash occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
New Albany
Here
Cub Scouts Set New Achievement Record
Cub Scouts from Pack 24 Mc Kinley School set new achievement records during an Ashcroft ranch outing Saturday afternoon. Scout Master L. E. Smith led the tests with Den Chiefs Tommy Nelson Tommy Perks and Melvin Gene Jayroe assisting. Bandages will be awarded at the monthly pack meeting Thursday. Den mothers Mrs. W. D. Cheyne and Mrs. Bill Perks oversaw the grub line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley School
Ashcroft Ranch
L. E. Smith
Tommy Nelson
Tommy Perks
Melvin Gene Jayroe
W. D. Cheyne
Bill Perks
LeClerc Forces Reach 50 Miles From the Mediterranean
Gen. Jacques LeClerc's fighting French troops have advanced to a position about 50 miles from the Mediterranean, west of Tripoli, according to a communique released at French headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jacques LeClerc
Mediterranean Sea
Tripoli
OPA to Outline Point Rationing Tour in 70 County District
The Lubbock OPA office will circulate essential information on point rationing through boards, stores, and the public before implementation. Howard R. Gholson and staff will tour Panhandle and 70 counties, holding meetings in Amarillo Borger Clarendon Plainview and other towns with local boards on February 8 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
OPA
Howard R. Gholson
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dallam
Hartley
Oldham
Potter
Deaf Smith
Randall and Armstrong Counties
British airplane factory 90 feet underground
The British airplane factory with the best production record operates 90 feet underground. It is so comfortable that absenteeism is virtually unheard of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Top Airplane Factory
London
Relieve Cough Quickly with Simple Home Syrup Mix
A household recipe promises rapid cough relief from colds. Mix two cups granulated sugar with one cup water, dissolve, then add two and a half ounces Pinex in a pint bottle for a full pint of medicine that soothes irritated membranes and loosens phlegm, with money back guarantee if not pleased.
Allied push on Guadalcanal drives forward north coast advance
A military communique reports Japanese losses of 201 soldiers and 40 captured as American sea and air strikes wiped out a Guadalcanal island base 190 miles northwest. Six hillforts west of the American air field and Kokumbona were seized, boosting the front 2 to 3 miles beyond Point Cruz as fighting to clear the northwest tip continues. Kolombangara in the New Georgia group was attacked by air and naval forces.
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Guadalcanal
Kokumbona
Point Cruz
Kolombangara
Munda
New Georgia Group
Pacific War Update Reports Gains on Guadalcanal and Burma Fronts
From India RAF bombers struck Schwebo airfield in central Burma and attacked Akyab Island as British planes suffered no losses. In the Solomon Islands American forces on a general offensive claimed seven key positions on Guadalcanal with enemy casualties reported.
Rommel may hesitate to halt as Allied forces push
Observers say Rommel could delay a battle with the Eighth Army because a Tunisian breakthrough by Allied forces in central Tunisia might threaten his flank. A northern Mediterranean aerial sweep reports a destroyer damaged and multiple Africain two fired during raids north of Sicily.
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Sicily
Mediterranean
Rommel
Eighth Army
Tunisia
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Hannibal
Britain
Howdy
Archie Castleberry
W. C
Oliver Eakle
Vice CO
IRD, Pres. E
Dallas
Ralstibe
Amarillo Livestock
Pollock Residence
Ethel Gorham
DOW- Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Aeba
Chicago Livestock
USDA
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce
Enner & Beane
Bill Alienghany Lnd Steel Mill
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Bendix Aviation Teeter
Bethlehem Stee
Orden
Calumet
Chrysler
Consol Oil Tees
Delaseee Eersee
Curtis Wright
Crebones
Deere & Company
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Greyhound Casas
Int Harvester
Int Power & Pap
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery Ward
Kelvinator
National Biscuit Tietece
National Dairy Prods
New York Central Railway
North Amer Aviation
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
California
Indiana
New Jersey
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
PBN
U S Steel
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Soa Ae Hale Ne
Amarilloan
Burny Bros. Bakery
Rome
Cub Scouts
LeClerc
Borger
Sherman, Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill
Carson, Gray and
Wheeler Counties
Clarendon
Donley
Collingsworth
Hall, Childress
Cottle
Plainview
Palmer, Castro, Swisher
Briscoe
Bailey, Hale, Floyd
Motley
Pacific
Africa
Bellshein Cleaning
Bell's
Our Receiving and Shipping Department
Bell Tailors, Inc
Polk St
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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