Prison Camps Being Built in United States
Washington reports plans to build new internment camps and enlarge existing ones to move Axis prisoners captured in North Africa. At present 75,058 prisoners are in 38 camps with capacity 139,164, including 45,355 Germans, 19,641 Italians and 62 Japanese. Germans are held at Mexia Hearne Camp Hood Huntsville and Camp Swift in Texas. Italians are at Hereford Texas.
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Washington
North Africa
United States
War Department
Mexia
Hearne
Camp Hood
Huntsville
Camp Swift
Texas
Hereford
Marines Seek Women Musicians for First Marine Band
The U S Marines authorize the formation of a 43 piece First Women’s Marine Band trained at Camp LeJeune North Carolina. Women across the South are invited to assist in recruitment and Sgt Mary Taylor will visit the Panhandle area at the Herring Hotel to recruit by Friday night. Non musicians may enter more than 50 trades in the Marines according to Sgt Taylor.
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Atlanta
Camp LeJeune
New River
N. C
South
Panhandle
Sgt
Mary Taylor
Herring Hotel
Marines
Taylor
British Crews To Operate American Built Freighters
Washington July 22British crews will operate American built Liberty ships under British registry while ownership stays with the U S War Shipping Administration Transfers occur on a charter basis via the Lend Lease Administration due to seamen shortages in the United States and oversupply in Britain.
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Washington
United States
U. S. War Shipping Administration
Lend- Lease Administration
Commons Vote War Credit Grows to One Billion Pounds
London July 22 Commons approved a supplementary credit of 1 billion pounds to cover expenditures until early November. Sir Kingsley Wood notes Britain’s war outlay now totals 68 billion dollars with 53 million dollars daily since April. It was the 18th vote of credit of the war. Texas is as large as 212 Rhode Islands.
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London
Commons
Kingsley Wood
Britain
Texas
Rhode Islands
Navy Renews Call for WAVES Volunteers
The Navy aims to release more than 1,000 WAVES per month and hopes to swear in 50,000 women by December to free men for duty at sea. Women excel in naval and air base duties, with training tailored by aptitude tests and civil life experience. Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher announced enlistment papers require birth certificate and parental consent. ages 20 to 36 need only two years of high school. Training is at Hunter College and local enlistment info is in Amarillo Room 240, Amarillo Building, phone 2 6578. The note on nicotine traces its word to Nicot, the French ambassador who sent tobacco seeds from Mexico to France.
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Navy
Elizabeth Huscher
ONOP
WAVE
Hunter College
New York City
Amarillo Building
30 Jap Fighters Blasted From Sky
Fifth U S Army Air Force Lightning fighters destroyed or damaged at least 30 Japanese aircraft over northeastern New Guinea while covering a bombing run by Mitchell bombers in the Madang sector. Two U S planes were lost. Japanese losses included several Messerschmitt 109s and Zeros. one P 38 was shot down.
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Vern Haugland
New Guinea
U. S. Army Air Force
New Gui
Nea
Madang
Salamaua
Komiatum
Edward Cragg
Greenwich
Conn
Jay Robbins
Cooldge
Tex
Robbins
Paul Stanch
Audubon
N. J
Stanch
Harris Denton
Quitman
Texan War Hero Beats War With Medals in Briefcase
First Lt. John H. Tex Bryan from Dallas, recently out of the war, recalls dangerous missions and nerves from jumps. The RAF veteran, wounded by shrapnel, keeps his many medals in a briefcase as he recovers at Nichols General Hospital. He earned praise for rallying a squadron after its leader was shot down and managing shortages on a difficult flight. Charleston shopman reports barber bill of six fifty at a local war price board.
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Bryan
Dallas
Tex
Nichols General Hospital
Charleston
Major Hohlaus Adds Chapter To Air Record
West Texas State College in Canyon highlights Maj Kenneth H Hohlaus U S Army Air Corps with a distinguished family record. He graduated from WTSU with a BBA then trained at Tulsa Cadet Flying School Kelly Field Randoph Field Langly Field and served in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. He recently married Margaret Hill of Amarillo and is now stationed in Florence DC.
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West Texas State College of
Canyon
Kenneth H. Hohlaus
U. S. Army Air Corps
Hohlaus
West Texas State
Tulsa
Kelly Field
Randolph Field
Langly Field
Margaret Esther Hill
John Hill
Amarillo
Hill
State Board of Regents
West Texas
Texas
Puerto Rico
Borinquen Field
St. Croix
Christianstad Field
War Department
Aruba
Venezuela
States
Caribbean Sea
Greenville
D. C
Florence
Virginia
Moody
Air Corps
Guadalcanal
West Texas State College
Major Hohlaus
J. H. Hohlaus
Higgins
Lockney
Edge of Darkness and Color Features at Local Theaters
The cinema listings show today through Tuesday schedules featuring Edge of Darkness with Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan, Unusual Occupations with Betty Bowman and her diving horses, Paramount World News, and Salute For Three with Betty Rhodes. Evening showings run 1:00 to 10:12 PM with multiple repeats.
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Ann Sheridan
Errol Flynn
Edge of
Paramount Theater
Betty Bowman
Amarillo
Paramount World News
Betty Rhodes
Macdonald Carey
Warner Bros
Thaler Huston
Nancy Coleman
Texas
First international cricket match played in the United States
The first international cricket match to be played in the United States occurred in Hoboken New Jersey on October 3 1959. The historic game marked a rare cross continental sporting appearance with teams competing at a U S venue in New Jersey.
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United States
Hoboken
N. J
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Tex) Bryan
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