Attack May Be Feeler
West Coast alert as U S forces brace for possible Japanese air strikes after Dutch Harbor raids. Navy communique notes first attack tested defenses while second raid served reconnaissance as global actions intensify. Allied leaders discuss further bombings and strategic moves in the Pacific and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
North American
Alaska
Panama Canal
U. S. Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Cur Eely Yeesewee
Pacific
Asiatic
Britain
Europe
Australia
Washington
Russia
United States
Siberia
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China Theater of War
Far East
Chuhsien
China
Tokyo
Chiang
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lewis H. Brereton
Claire L. Chennault
Air Force
Japan
Airforce Glider School Brings Them to Amarillo
Lieutenant Colonel Underhill commands an Airforce Glider School near Amarillo where enlisted men train in motorless gliders. Major F. K. Ellis serves as executive officer from San Angelo, and Captain D. R. Johnston is adjutant from Vernon. The unit includes families from Boston Grand Haven and Kansas State origins with ties to Kelly Field Brooks Field and Parks College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. H. Underhill
Airforce
Amarillo
Uncle Sam
Army
Underhill
Kelly Field
F. K. Ellis
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Ellis
University of Michigan
Texas
Grand Haven
Michigan
Julia
Virginia
D. R. Johnston
Vernon
Johnston
Kansas State College
Kemper Military School
CCC
Parks Air College
St. Louis
McCormick
Bombing Raids Hit Bremen and Boulogne-Le Touquet
British bombers blasted Bremen as the 49th raid of the war targeted shipyards docks and oil works. Commandos scouted the Boulogne Le Touquet coast and returned with slight casualties as German forces reported repulsing a landing attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Bremen
Germany
Boulogne-Le Touquet
Adolf Hitler
Dieppe
Air Ministry
Cologne
Essen
Hamburg
Vance
Low Countries
Prance
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Dover
le Touquet
England
Certain-teed Job Office Moves to Western Building
Announcement of relocation of the Certain- Teed Employment offices from 308 East Fourth Avenue to the Western Building at 504 Taylor Street. Job seekers should apply at the new location. George W. Robertson, personnel director, says to use the Western Building office. Also notes book rentals and popular reprints by Russell Stationery Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Street
East Fourth Avenue
George W. Robertson
Russell Stationery Company
Army Doctor Parachutes Through Darkness to Dry Texas
Major Robert C. Stokes of the U S Army Air Force Medical Corps recounts a perilous nighttime parachute mission over South Texas. The letter, shared with Judge and Mrs. W N Stokes, describes the experience from Brooks Field in San Antonio where he serves as commanding officer of medical services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gheenhed
South Texas
W. N. Stokes
Court of Civil Appeals
Globe
Certainteed Head Tours Amarillo Plant Progress
Bror G. Dahlberg chairman of Certain teed Products Corp visits Amarillo offices to check a Pantex Ordnance Plane production site. He praises progress but criticizes local housing conditions. Dahlberg, a noted builder and Celotex leader, has shaped insulation ideas and contributed to U S sugar production. See DAHLBERG Page
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bror G. Dahlberg
Certainteed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance
Amarillo
Dahlberg
Celotex Corporation
United States
England
Hawai
Louisiana
Weather forecast sketch for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The forecast notes little temperature change this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected in West Texas and neighboring areas. It cites a 24 hour extreme of 88 maximum and 49 minimum, with noon temperature near 82, and mentions nearby El Paso Pecos Valley New Mexico conditions and insurance names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Yiin- It
West Texas
el Paso
Big Ben
South Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Treasury Sets Date for Tax Deductions From Pay Checks
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Treasury hopes to begin income tax deductions from pay checks on January 1 next year. The notice was delivered from Washington on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Certain-teed Goes All Out For the USO
Certain-teed employees in Amarillo turned over 1736.33 to campaign chair L. H. Puckett for the USO, with $248.15 from a Buffalo Lake benefit dance. The total pushes the drive to about 384.08 beyond the halfway mark toward a $22,000 goal, aided by Pantex support. A meeting of team captains will be held to renew effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
L. H
Cedar) Puckett
Certain-teed Productions Corporation
Oliver Eakle
Mr. Puckett
Buffalo Lake
Amarillo
Pantex
Puckett
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Foreign Office
Periodica Revue Diplomat
Ique
Moscow
Claud Hidalgo
del Rio
Arne Erickson
Brocket
North Dakota
John P. Bones
Allen
Nebraska
Hidalgo
John L. Martinez
Globe News
Martinez
86Th Division
Marine Corps
Niccarauga
Nicaraugian National Guard
Them
France
English
Major Robert C
Stokes
The
U. S. Army Air
Mah ' Neely
Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance Vv
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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