Washington Responds to Pearl Harbor Shock and War Drive
The piece reflects on Pearl Harbor as a turning point, praising Navy strength and national unity while criticizing command early warnings. It predicts a rapid expansion of U S. military reach, with soldiers on six continents and a prolonged, determined war effort led by President Roosevelt. Col F E A Simpson is noted as returning to the army.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Roberts
Pacific
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Burma Road
United States
Orient
Bridge School Opens Monday For Milk Fund Benefit
The Bridge School at the Elks Club starts Monday through Friday with two daily sessions at 2 PM and 8 PM to raise funds for the Milk Fund serving free lunch programs. Rufus Steele will teach the 1942 System with four insider tips and new methods. Advance ticket sales begin at the door during the first two days. enrollment for 10 classes is $2.
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Rufus Steele
Elks Club
Amarillo Bridge Players
Steele
Mr. Steele
Amarillo
Texas twister damages farm, injures five near Longview
A twister northwest of Longview Texas damaged a farm home injuring five people. FE M Whatley 59 suffered a broken back and fractured pelvis Gordon Whatley described as injured with fractured ribs J C Miller had cuts from broken glass The elder Whatley was seriously hurt. The others released from hospital. Ambulance driver Marvin Gibbs recounted the storm’s rapid approach and heavy debris trapping.
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Longview
Uri
Here
FE. M. Whatley
Gordon Whatley
J. C. Miller
Whatley
East Texas
Marvin Gibbs
Amarillo Teachers Club Offers First Aid Course Next Week
The Amarillo Teachers Club sponsors a Monday evening first aid course at Central Junior High School taught by Jess Dearley. Classes run 7 to 10 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays until 20 hours are completed, with 8 to 35 total hours allowed.
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Amarillo Teachers’ Club
Central Junior High School
Jess Dearley
Central
Rupert A. Taylor
Dear Tack ads seek half day work and male companionship
A colored girl seeks half day work and can supply references as a good cook from 117 Van Buren St Apt 5 Downstairs. A lonely woman asks to correspond with a man over 55, addressed to Mrs A Barker in Amarillo. A 17 year old requests 18 to 28 year old male correspondents in the same notice.
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Tack
van Buren St
Apt
A. Barker
General Delivery
Amarillo
First Aid Classes To Meet Monday Evening
First aid courses will hold their initial meetings Monday night. Eli Cox at the high school directs both extension courses with instructors J P Williamson of Blackburn Brothers for display and L F E Smith of Levine's for show card writing. Tuition is 150 dollars. The display class meets Monday Wednesday Thursday 7:30 to 9:30 p m. The show card writing class runs 8 to 10 p m on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
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Eli Cox
Lots of Planes to Indies Reinforce East Indies Navy
Rear Admiral F. W. Costa stated that the Netherlands East Indies are being reinforced with lots and lots of fighting and bombing planes from the United States. He, a former chief of staff of the Netherlands East Indies navy, spoke in Melbourne on January 30.
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Melbourne
Australia
U.P
F. W. Costa
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Beaverbrook to take near total wartime production control
London reports Lord Beaverbrook will assume almost supreme control of Great Britain's war production soon. Sir Stafford Cripps, retiring ambassador to Moscow, is slated to succeed him as supply minister, according to informed political quarters.
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London
U.P
Lord Beaverbrook
Great Britain
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Clerk Finds Odd Name in Birth Records
County Clerk Ben A. Niemeyer found the unusual surname Legal Tender Battling while researching for a birth certificate. The record shows a person born near Trenton, Illinois on September 4, 1894.
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Carlyle
Ben A. Niemeyer
Trenton
Grave Marker Shatters After Abilene Crash
In Abilene Texas on January 30 a 300 pound tombstone bought by the children of three women was shattered as a car crash with a Tuscola man occurred ten miles south of Abilene. The marker fell 50 feet and broke into hundreds of pieces. The victims were Mrs Idkins 59 Mrs McGee and Mac Jones 22.
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Abilene
U.P
P. I. Garrett
Thomas A. McGee
Ike Judkins
Wingate
Tex
Garrett
Mike Kelly
Tuscola
Idkins
Dunn
Scurry County
Seagoing AP correspondent vows to learn to swim
Larry Allen AP's most-traveled seagoing correspondent, after nearly 100,000 miles aboard British warships and a near drowning when the Galatea sank, pledges to learn swimming on furlough to improve survival chances in future wartime danger.
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New York
Larry Allen
U.S. A
Allen
Enemy Planes Over Ulster Reported Over North Eastern Ulster
Anti aircraft batteries opened fire today as enemy planes appeared over a Northern Ireland town. A United States army force of several hundred was on a route march and it was unclear if they were in the affected area.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster
United States Army
Jap Planes Down Dutch Air Liner
Japanese planes shot down a passenger plane of the Royal Netherlands Indies Airline today. Aneta reported two passengers and three crew members were killed in the attack near Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.
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Batavia
Royal Netherlands Indies
Today
Aneta
Markets Remain Mixed as Dow Jones Edges Lower
At 1 P.M. the Dow Jones Industrial average stood at 109.71, down 0.19, with rails at 28.40 up 0.03 and utilities weaker. Kansas City livestock reports show hogs selling unevenly but mostly steady to higher on demand, cattle slower in the slaughter trade, vealers steady, and lambs generally steady with limited offerings. Financial Industrial Fund shows liquidation at 1.3262 and offering at 1.45.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Kansas City
U.P
USDA
Fire in Arsenal Under Control
A three alarm fire broke out today in a new 432000 building at the Springfield arsenal. Firemen reported the blaze virtually under control shortly after as the site manufactures Garland automatic rifles. Government bans on copper use affect Rickshaws repair due to metal shortage.
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Springfield
Mass
Sprinfield Arsenal
Army and Navy claim substitutes to silk for powder bags and parachutes
Army and Navy officials report no silk shortage for powder bags and parachutes. Navy sources say raw silk stocks will last two years and synthetic fibers prove satisfactory. Army ordnance officials describe a cotton cloth for powder bags and tests show Nylon and similar fibers work for parachutes. Production remains small but facilities will expand when needed.
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Washington
U.P
Army
Navy
Ordnance
Panhandle Veterinary Medical Association Meets at Blackstone
A meeting of the Panhandle Veterinary Medical Association was held last night at the Blackstone Hotel with Dr. F. G. Haraugh of Texas Tech presiding. After the banquet the group gathered at the Lanham home for games and music. The next meeting will be in Lubbock on a date to be announced. Attendees included Drs. Haraugh, Franklin, Crandall, Cline and Griff in and spouses from Lubbock, Pampa, Hereford, Denver, and Amarillo along with Mr. and Mrs. Lanham and others.
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Panhandle Veterinary Medical Association
Blackstone
F. G. Haraugh
Texas Technological College
FE. F. Lanham
Hayden Street
Lubbock
Haraugh
Nelson D. Crandall
Crandall
G. L. Cline
Cline
L. M. Griffin
Mrs. Griffin
Railroad Uses Mike To Speed Switching Job
East St. Louis yard workers gain faster orders from a $15,000 loudspeaker system installed by the Alton & Southern Railroad. The yardmaster in the tower communicates with workers via speakers spaced about 175 feet apart along the mile and a half long yards. Daily, the yard handles 3,500 cars and 100 trains as defense program business grows.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Alton & Southern Railroad
East St. Louis
National Defense Program
Extensive Zoo On Farm Attracts Weekend Crowds
Mason City Illinois reports a veterinarian and farmer Dr M B Mathers built a private zoo on his farm after receiving a buffalo calf. The collection exceeds 100 animals including lions camels bears elk and monkeys. Sundays draw hundreds as Mathers and his son Kenneth entertain with wrestling lions and a tame red fox Mose the camel is 55 years old.
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Mason City
Ill
Here
M. B. Mathers
Mathers
Kenneth
Mose
Rusty
Measles Increase Noted in Texas
Texas state health department warns of rising measles epidemic with fourteen counties reporting up to 100 cases per 100000 population. The notice highlights growing spread across the state and urges precautions.
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Texas
Austin
U.P
State Department of Health
Span of Oxen Sells for 177 Dollars in Auction
A span of oxen named Tom and Jerry sold to a farmer for 177 dollars at an auction near Levasy Missouri yesterday. The sale reflects wartime price shifts noted in local reporting.
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Levasy
U.P
Tom and Jerry
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Wilson & Co
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H. V. Robertson & CO
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