20 Planes Lost In Dallas Fire At Aviation School
Dallas January 26 Fire destroyed 20 airplanes and a hangar at the Dallas Aviation School. Maj. Bill Long said a short circuit caused the blaze, with losses estimated at 175000 to 200000 dollars. Eight training planes and twelve private planes were lost, including a 25000 dollar craft. The school will operate from another hangar with cover planes. Long also runs a primary Army training school at Hicks Field Brady and an RAF unit at Terrell.
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Dallas
Dallas Aviation School
Bill Long
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
Advertising copy touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin to relieve constipation. It claims ease on the stomach, wakes lazy bowels, reduces gas and stomach discomfort, and suits both adults and children.
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Dr. Caldwell
Trickery by Japan Fails to Fool U S Defenders at Batan
Dispatch from Batan Front reports Japanese ruses fail to mislead Gen. Mac Arthur's men. They identify infiltrators by mispronouncing L as R using words like Lollapalooza. Firecrackers flood front sectors to confuse, but American and Filipino sentries stay alert while Manila hospitals fill with Japanese wounded and supply lines strain.
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U. S
Batan Front
Douglas MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
No Man’s Land
Manila
Pampanga
Batan
Ithese
Mob lynching of alleged rapist in Sikeston Missouri
Authorities hunt leaders and participants in a mob that dragged a wounded suspect from the Scott County jail, towed him at high speed to the negro district, and burned him to death. Governor Forrest Donnell ordered prosecutions as police and vigilante action drew swift regional attention. Sikeston sits in southeast Missouri where African Americans comprise about a quarter of residents.
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Likeston
U.P
Missouri
David Blanton
Scott County
Hess Perrigan
Wright
Perrigan
Melvin Dace
State Highway Patrol
Walter Kendell
Blanton
American Legionnaires
Sikeston
Wade Holman Jr Safe and Well in Far East
The cablegram to Lt Wade Holman Jr assured his parents he is safe and well in the Far East where he is a fighter pilot in the U S Army Air Corps. Son of Mr and Mrs Wade Holman of 4201 San Jacinto he earned his wings at Randolph Field after Kemper Military School and Texas University cadet entry.
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Wade Holman, Jr
Holman
U. S. Army Air Corps
Far East
Wade Holman
San Jacinto
Randolph Field
Kemper Military School
Texas University
Canvass Opens Door to Door for Candidate
Atlanta drug clerk James Vickers begins a door to door canvass two years before the 1944 spring city council election. He aims to meet residents, handing out matches reading I’m Starting a little early. His platform calls for elected police chief by the people and use of only paper drinking caps at soda fountains.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.P
James Vickers
Atlanta
Vickers
Last Chance To Hear Dr Asper In Amarillo
Amarillo hosts Dr Frank Asper, famed poet organist, in a final tour stop at Polk Street Methodist Church Thursday at 8. Admission is free with a free will offering. The Amarillo College Choir sponsors the concert, marking his last appearance before a Salt Lake City return.
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Amarillians
Frank Asper
Salt Lake City
the Tabernacle
Asper
Salt Lake
Amarillo
Dr. Asper
Tabernacle
America
United States
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo College Choir
Classified Help Wanted and Personal Notices
A collage of short solicitations and notices from residents offering or seeking work, reporting lost items, and requesting returns or services. Entries include a painter seeking employment, quilter and seamstress offerings, a young woman seeking housekeeping, a dog missing and reward offer, a 24 year old bachelor seeking work including ranch jobs, a farmer seeking day or month work, a girl seeking light housekeeping, a bird dog missing, requests for housework or maid work, a 16 year old seeking any work, a widow seeking private home work, a practical nurse with ten years experience, and a three person family seeking farm or ranch work in Memphis Texas.
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O. L. Barker
General Delivery
Memphis
Texas
Grass and Weeds Fire Hazard Warned by Fire Marshal
Fire Marshal Ed Spann warns that grass and weed growth this season poses a serious fire hazard in both city and rural areas. He urges safe burning practices, discourages open trash burning, and offers supervision by the fire department for controlled burns to reduce property loss and insurance costs.
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Ed Spann
Spann
10000 Students Turn New Leaves In Amarillo
Ten thousand Amarillo public school students began a reclassification day after a semester end report card handout. High school class changes include new and combined groups as Supt Charles M. Bowers resigns to become secretary to an army official in Lubbock. Vernon R. Howard will take over Miss Woodruff’s speech classes.
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Amarillo
Charles M. Bowers
Lubbock
Charles M. Rogers
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