Amarillo Panhandle Life Notes From Home Front
Letters from Amarillo describe military buildup at ordnance plant and glider schools across the Panhandle and nearby towns. Reports mention officers from Brooks Field and local celebrations, drownings in Conchas Dam Lake and at Stockton, plus local sports notes, assignments, and upcoming Texas-Oklahoma football banter.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Ordnance Plant
Army Technical School
E. H. Underhill
Brooks Field
J. F. Thompson
E. K. Ellis
G. M. White
Pearl Harbor
Lake Marvin
Panhandle
Lubbock
Plainview
Tulsa
Vega
Wellington
Stinnett
Pampa
Sanford
C. C. Toomey
Army
Col
E. C. Black
Colonel Black
Omar “Smokey” Sparks
Globe News
Conchas Dam Lake
New Mexico
Raymond Lee
Smokey
Set
Robert Kelly Hunt
Canyon
A. Hunt
Sergeant Hunt
San Joaquin
Stockton
Calif
Quartermaster Corps
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
New Orleans
Tulane University
Dick Cazzell
Paramount
Hardin-Simmons University
Stanley Mauldin
Texas University
Myrle
Boone Baker
M. T. Johnson
Dub Wooten
Oklahoma
Dwight Hoskins
Sandies
Bill Jolly
E. J. Watson
John Hayden
Lang Wagner
Vince Nussbaum
Marcus Woodall
W. J. Fellers
Officers Training School
Alice Lee Gist
Shirley Jackson
Mary Ann Smith
Barbara Boxwell
Horacine Gibson
Lou Westmoreland
Norma Walker
Mary Nell Gibson
Tres Ritos
Gold Sox
Claude Jonnard
New Yorks
Bob Seeds
Indianapolis
Clovis
Borger
Sox
Country Club
John Olver
United States convoy reaches Russia in northern voyage
A U S and British convoy delivering war supplies to Russia reached a North Russian port after five days of combat with German U boats and Nazi planes. The admiralty praised escort crews for strong defense and noted only six or seven Allied ships were sunk amid heavy daylight conditions and persistent aerial and underwater attacks.
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London
United Nations
Russia
Admiralty
Heinkel
Junkers
Amarillo Area Forecast with Warm Patch and Winds
The forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas calls for slightly higher afternoon temperatures and windy nights. West Texas remains warm with scattered thunderstorms in Big Bend this afternoon and evening. New Mexico stays warm with scattered storms in the central mountains this afternoon and tonight. 24 hour extremes recorded from 6 30 A M show a low of 61 and a high of 89 with noon at 81. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
New Mexico
Central Mountains
China Plans for Economic Adjustments After War
China joined the United States and Great Britain in a post war economic pact, agreeing to adjust lend lease arrangements and cooperate economically after the war. The announcement came from Washington as nations align on shared reconstruction goals.
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China
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Churchill Boosts Night Raid Force As US Joins
Winston Churchill told the House of Commons plans to raise nightly Allied raids to 2000 or 4000 planes. The attack targets Cologne Essen and Krupp works while British daylight strikes hit Grave lines Hardelot and other French coast areas. The RAF losses rose with 35 planes. new operations aim at Ruhr and transit routes across Holland Belgium and France.
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Cologne
Essen
United States
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
RAF
Duisburg
Bochum
Eberfeld
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Holland
Belgium
France
Axis forces strike east as Tobruk front remains tight
British Eighth Army harasses Rommel with tanks and air power near Tobruk while Axis claims encirclement and heavy Allied losses. Churchill says Rommel’s offensive plans are undone though battle continues. Knightsbridge area and two gaps near Bir Hacheim remain focal.
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Tobruk
Rommel
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth Imperial Army
Caleb
Bir Hacheim
el Gazala
Knightsbridge
Renewed Japanese Offensive Poses Threat on Hankow Rail Link
Chinese officials report renewed enemy drives on four fronts pushing north from Canton to seize the Hankow railway, the main link between Central and Southern China. The offensive began Sunday, with Japanese columns moving toward Tsungfa from Tsengshing and toward Yingtak from Sinkai as Chiang Kai-shek warns of reinforcements.
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Canton
China
Hankow
Japan
Tsengshing
Tsungfa
Sinkai
Yingtak
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gestapo On the Spot and Sino-Japanese Frontline Notes
A page seven story reports Chiang Kai-shek’s spokesman asserting China will not be forced to fight alone after Burma highway disruption. He says China expects Allied war supplies, especially from the United States, with Japanese forces about 94 miles east of Chuchow in Chekiang and Chinese guerrillas inflicting heavy casualties on enemy rear positions near Lungyun on the Chekiang Kiangyi railway.
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United States
Chuchow
Chekiang Province
Lungyun
Chekiang-Kiang'i
Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on three Axis allies
President Roosevelt urged Congress in a June 2 message to declare war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. He said these nations act as Hitler instruments and are at war with the United Nations, extending military activities. The move formalizes war with the three while the U S is already at war with Japan Germany and Italy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
House of Representatives
United States
Hitler
Baruewa
United Nations
Senate
Romania
Japan
Germany
Italy
Navy Life On Pacific Coast Shows Strong Spirit
A Navy Air Station correspondent recalls pilots and crew working long hours, risky tests with new gear, and camaraderie among California residents toward sailors. The piece notes a daring tail chase, a fatal crash, and quiet humorless leadership, plus the line about two Texas men and the “K” or “M” names ending. It highlights support from civilians and the war’s impact on social norms.
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Pacific
Trishmen
Pearl Harbor
Cook
Annapolis
Navy
Chow
Texas
California
J. F. Pearson Wins First Prize in News Tip Contest
J F Pearson awarded 5 dollar first prize for tipping the hitchhiker with spare tire. Second prize goes to Mrs. Percy Rockwell for Amarillo beekeepers tip. Third prize awarded to Mrs N R Fowlkes for tip about car crossing lawns into a house. Other tipsters listed.
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Eleventh Avenue
Percy Rockwell
East
Thirteenth Avenue
Amarillo
N. R. Fowlkes
Guy Creamer
Blackburn Shaw
Frank Foliart
Fillmore
Amarillo USO Drive Nears Quota as Campaign Grows
Cash on hand rises to 8950.10 with more than 10 teams directing the drive under L. H. Puckett as city chairman and John F. Guide as vice-chairman. The goal stands at about 22000 leaving 13049.90 to reach completion.
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Amarillo
L. H
Cedar) Puckett
John F. Guide
Amarillo Sets All Time High Water Use in May
Amarillo last month recorded the highest May water usage on record due to dry weather and more customers. May pumpage reached 201,169,000 gallons, a daily average of 6,489,000, vs 117,900,000 and 3,805,000 for May 1941. Net customer gain in May was 120, with 104 in April. Only one prior May since 1926 saw a decrease in customers.
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Water Department
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Armed Services
P.S
The
Yours
U.S
Denver
David Curtis
Francis Curtis
David
Sumneytown
Henry Hartzell
Russell Stationery Company
Rhineland
Krupp
Folkstone
England
Gravelines-Hardelote
Berlin
Reich
Ministry of Information
Africa
AXIS
House of Com
Ritchie
Knightbridge
Reuters
Cairo
Ain el Gazala-Bir Hacheim
Sidi Rezegh
el Duda
Eran
Wang Shih- Chieh
Gestapo
Kwangtung Province
Hong Kong
Burma
U. S
Krueger
Norman Milwaukee
Socialist Party
Maynard C. Krueger
University of Chicago
Norman Thomas
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Tom Thompson
J. F. Pearson
N. J. Barry
Maryland Street
Dick Pickett
Redding’s Market
James Morrison
Furr Food Stores
T. S. Torrance
Lincoln Street
Max Strueber
Jackson Street
Virginia Hackler
Belleview Street
Leslie Wright
Tyler Street
Eugene Sizemore
North Buchanan Street
Louise Pinkley
Helen Anderson
G. T. Noland
West 13Th Avenue
W. M. Leachman
D. B. James
Georgia Street
Tower
van Buren Street
C. E. Floyd
Carolina Street
Amarillo Uso
Quota
Vichy
Brussels
Leopold
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