Aircraft Repulse Jap Naval Force
The Midway battle signals heavy land based air power shrinking Japanese naval strength. U S Army air forces claim 33 Japanese warships destroyed, with Coral Sea losses a decisive setback. Boeing B 17s and Consolidated B 24s aided long range strikes from Australia to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Midway
Great Sea
Central Pacific
Henry H. Arnold
Coral Sea
Ernest J. King
U. S
Australia
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Japan
Life in Interior Germany Shows Death Penalties Rise
Reader report traces how Nazi courts imposed death sentences and severe prison terms for offenses from furs hoarding to false labor reports. It cites executions of Karl Sachs and Johann Walter, fines for profiteering, and harsh penalties for wartime stock and labor abuses, as observed by AP correspondent Louis Lochner after internment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Reich
Russia
Hitler
Karl Sachs
Pulin
Johann Walter
Vienna
Berlin
Frankfurt
Frankfurter Zeitung
Bad Nauheim
Nelson says poverty not inevitable at UM commencement
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson told University of Missouri graduates that poverty is not inevitable and that postwar life offers unprecedented opportunity. He praised war production for heightening output and predicted 60,000 airplanes would be built this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
U.P
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
University of Missouri
United States
United Nations
Victory Gardens Should Do Well This Year
Mrs. R. & Thompson of 1701 Polk Street believes in the year’s potential for victory gardens. Her plot shows a strong start with three rows of early Rose tomatoes and thriving beans radishes carrots tomatoes and peppers. She cautions against overwatering the tomatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
R. & Thompson
Polk Street
Eight-Inch Perch Lodged In Throat of Large Bass
Kansas City report of a dramatic lake catch. Mr and Mrs Edgar Fardon hauled a six and a half pound bass from Lake Lotawana with an eight inch perch stuck in its throat. The couple retrieved the fish and brought it home to prove the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Edgar Fardon
Lake Lotawana
Navy Plans 51 New Subs in FY Start July 1
Hearings on a $2.8 billion supplemental war bill reveal the Navy will build 51 submarines in the coming fiscal year starting July 1, with 76 more planned for the following year. A separate note warns carbon monoxide from soda pop gas is deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Coffee Rationing Foreseen in War Time Food Outlook
Washington dispatch reports an official forecast by Joseph L. Weiner of the War Production Board foreseeing rationing of coffee tea and cocoa and possible clothing rationing this year. Bananas will be scarce and fish supplies limited by submarine activity while pork could shrink due to lead times. Shoes may be scarce though footwear stocks remain high. travel will be restricted by power and oil shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Joseph L. Weiner
War Production Board Division of Supply
WPB
There Wasn't A Dr vy Eve After Show In Amarillo
Ninety one soldiers and Sgt. E F James received a royal welcome at Municipal Auditorium for Keep 'er Flying for the USO. The detachment’s calm return drew tears and praise from Charlie Wilson and Globe News reporters. Soldiers passed up beer, praising Amarillo, as more servicemen gathered for a Dixie Dice show with free admission at 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Charlie Wilson
Denver
USO
Municipal Auditorium
Wilson
E. F. James
James
Globe News
Dixie Dice
Chevalier Degree To Be Conferred In Amarillo
In Amarillo the DeMolay Chevalier degree will be conferred tomorrow night at 8:30 in the Blue Lodge room 5042 Taylor Street open to DeMolays and families. Horace Bradley Bynum, son of Mr and Mrs Horace Bynum 704 Belleview Street, will receive the honor from E York of Springfield Missouri with multiple participants including Johnnie Ecklund Bill Gilstrap Jim Bowen Fred Gallo and Martin Clifton. The ceremony was announced last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Horace Bradley Bynum
Horace Bynum
Belleview Street
E. York
Springfield
Blue Lodge
Taylor Street
Milton Rose
Johnnie Ecklund
Bill Gilstrap
Jim Bowen
Fred Gallo
Martin Clifton
Interim Tire To Keep Cars Going Longer
Detroit reports on a wartime effort to produce an interim emergency tire to extend vehicle operation during a rubber shortage. A War Engineering Board committee led by James G. Zeder reviews retreading substances and substitutes from Dow Chemical and other materials, while dismissing wooden wheels and urging quick, practical relief rather than distant breakthroughs. The search weighs linseed oil asphalt pitch oils glues casein soybeans and other options as candidates for rejuvenating current tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Wilkie
Detroit
America
War Engineering Board
James G. Zeder
Chrysler Corporation
Zeder
Dow Chemical Company
Zedar
Fast Moving Modern and Super Show at USO Holds
A wartime review of Keep er Flying for the USO by the Dixie Dice and The Little Jeeps notes a fast moving modern entertainment program. Soldiers in front rows express homesickness and praise the show with names like Ernestine Mercer Col Olivia Eastus and Pvt Jack Thomas cited as contributors.
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U.S. O
Dixie Dice
USO
Minnie
Pvt
Jack Thomas
Hollywood
Ernestine Mercer
Jenny
Col
Olivia Eastus
Dixie
City Commission Cancels Meeting With Ill City Manager
The Amarillo city commission cancels tonight’s session as Mayor Joe Jenkins is away and City Manager Austin P Hancock is ill from a strep throat and severe sinus ailment. He recently submitted 670000 in city bonds for state approval and was returning from Austin when notified. The only item was a re zoning hearing for 1300 North East Eighth Avenue to a commercial trailer camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Austin P. Hancock
Commission
Oscar Hargett
Jenkins
New York
Washington
Hancock
Austin
North East
Eighth Avenue
Kalinin city rebuilt after Nazi destruction in war front report
United Press dispatch from Kalinin details the city’s recovery under Mayor Varvara Gorbunova as residents repair rubble and rebuild infrastructure amid ongoing Kalinin front fighting. The article notes mass labor by locals, displaced by the winter battles, and describes road, bridge, and village damage along the Moscow corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalinin
Moscow
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Russia
Varvara Gorbunova
Catherine the Great
Germany
Gorbunova
M. Maslennikov
Red Army
Volga
Kalinin Front
Ivan A. Konev
Valdai Hills
Smolensk
Rzhev
Andrei Kharchenko
Aubrey Faireys Visit Amarillo Relatives
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Fairey and their children Bobby Tommy and Lynette of Austin visit Mrs Faireys parents Mr and Mrs R L Roberts at 213 East Twelfth Avenue Bascomb Giles and the General Land Office in Austin are tied to the visit The Faireys and Mrs Roberts are Amarillo High School alumni with Mr Fairey noted as a former athlete in track and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Fairey
Bobby
Tommy
Lynette
Austin
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Miller Printing CO
Fillmore
By Lain Wheeler
Scottie
Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept
N. Y
The
First National Bank of
Fisk Bldg
Pyadec Nas
Panhandle
West Seventh Ave
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Taylor
Sydney
Sydney Harbor
S. Fill
Amarillo Tire Exchange
R. Monk
By Henry Shapiro
Aubrey Faireys
16Th Street
Kirk
Hunsley's
Hunsley’s
House OF Color
Holmes School of Shorthand
Holmes
School of Shorthand
Derstand
Sents
Amarillo Insurance Exenance
Askew & Brown
T. M. Bruner
J. C. Burkhalter
Rolla V. Cartwright
Finch & Gavin Lemons
K. 5S, Loving & CO
James Oakes
Ordway-Saunders CO
D. W. Owen Bates Agency
Panhandle Ins. Agency
Reagan Insurance CO
Thomson-King Company
F. A. Regal CO
Harold
Richey
Upshaw Insurance Agency
H. N. Wheeler Williams-Boyce
Howard Williams
Neely-Greenhill Agency
L. E . Lyles Holt-Ferguson Agency
Hugo H. Loewenstern
James V. Allred
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