Panhandle politics and Marvin Jones in Congress
The piece argues Amarillo and Panhandle leaders pressured Marvin Jones back into Congress to safeguard defense spending during wartime. It credits Jones with strong Panhandle support, notes White House involvement, and discusses reactions from Amarillo and broader Texas figures including Gene Worley.
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Washington
Marvin
Congress
Panhandle
White House
Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Texas
Marvin Jones
North Plains
Mervin Jones
Lee O'Daniel
Gene Worley
Ickes Considers Reopening Texas to New Jersey Pipeline
Interior Secretary Ickes said the East petroleum situation remains tight and may prompt reopening a proposal for an $80 million Texas to New Jersey pipeline. He noted coal deliveries to New England are critical and cited regulatory obstacles at New York and New England ports as sources of delays.
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Washington
Ickes
East
Texas
New Jersey
New England
New York
Navy
Needs Housework Dear Tack
A fragment from a letter or column begins with a married German woman seeking domestic guidance. It hints at household tasks, social expectations, and personal concerns within a postwar or immigrant context. The readable text provides no clear names, dates, or locations to expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jackson
Garwood
Contract Bridge teaching for milk fund drive set at Elks Club
Rufus Steele, a bridge expert, will teach Contract Bridge next week at the Elks Club to raise funds for the public schools milk program. The bridge school runs Monday through Friday with sessions at 2 PM and 8 PM, featuring the Culbertson System and notes on its history and refinements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus
Steele
Elks Club
Fifth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Plains Farm Topics Aired At Southern Great Plains Meeting
Problems of agriculture on the Southern Great Plains were aired in the opening session of the Southern Great Plains Agricultural Council meeting at the Herring Hotel. Delegates from five states attended as Pied Sykes spoke on feed loans, Earl Bell on farm labor, and EB R Henson on revegetation and postwar planning. The conference continued through the day.
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Southern Great Plains
Southern Great Plains Agricultural Council
Herring Hotel
Pied Sykes
Soil Conservation Service Agronomist
Earl Bell
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
EB. R. Henson
Great Plains
Amarillo Bridge School Promotes 1942 System and Card Play
The Amarillo program offers 48 lessons over 10 meetings teaching the Culbertson 1942 bridge system and card play for $2 with proceeds benefiting the Milk Fund. Enrollment totals 1,730 students at the high school with 1,130 in senior enrollment. first semester losses include 26 mid term graduates and soldiers enlisted for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Steele
Steele
Amarillo
New Pupils Enter Amarillo Schools From Out of Town
Records show 20 new pupils with families moving to national defense centers, plus 15 from outside Amarillo at the start of the second semester. Sixteen pupils who left in the first term rejoined, with several non residents listed by name from Kansas City to Wichita Falls and Vega.
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National Defense
Out of
Amarillo
Herschel Boaz
Moore
Oklo
Florence Buell
Kansas City
Norma Jo Willingham
Wichita Falls
Betty Ince
Lubbock
Juanita Cargile
Canyon
Fighter Falls
A veteran recalls a wartime escape after a parachute opening misread as an enemy plane. Gil then guided him to safety, narrowly avoiding a cattle water-hole while Tommy landed far away. Native farmers aided recovery, providing water and crackers as he hurried back to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Tommy
Chipley
Georgia
U-boats Reach Deep Gulf in World War II Report
Despite losses the range of U boat operations widens from off New England to waters from Hatteras to Nova Scotia and now deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Navy officials say the raiders are doubtless German and may have slipped through the Strait of Florida near Key West.
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New England
Hatteras
Nova Scotia
Gulf of Mexico
Strait of Florida
Key West
Lost Keys and Driver's License Notice
Ruth Altman seeks return of a five key set and her driver's license from a post exchange tube marked Fort Knox Kentucky. Contact 2600 Taylor Street or call 72 2469. social arrangements offered in exchange for part time housework cooking and yard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Altman
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Taylor Street
A A Whitaker
Ong St
Amarillo man seeks correspondence with Frances Harper
A 36 year old bachelor in West General Delivery Amarillo asks Frances Harper of Amarillo to call or write him. He seeks a pen pal near his age for friendship.
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Tack
Jack Gray
East Tenth Avenue
Ellas Davis
Tack Tam
General Delivery
Amarillo
Tack T
Frances Harper
Submarine Threats Near U S Gulf Coast Rise
The article notes German U boats limiting their patrols near Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico, targeting coastal shipping and tankers. It discusses risks of expanding raids through the Yucatan channel toward the Caribbean and Panama Canal approaches, with authorities remaining quiet on countermeasures while experts explain shifts in submarine operations and deployment.
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Cuba
Gulf Oil Ports
Gulf of Mexico
Yucatan Channel
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Gulf
Submarine Threat Strains German U-boats in Atlantic
The piece argues German U-boats face reduced on station time and longer overhaul cycles, with prewar estimates citing 120 commissioned and 180 building. Even if one-third of the building program is completed, Germany would strain subs to match raiders in American waters while supplying other Atlantic and Baltic theaters.
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mid-Atlantic
Germany
Reich
American
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Baltic
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