Amarilloan Missing In Java War Area
Pvt. Fisher Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Dewey White of 1511 Jackson Street, is missing in action in the Java war area per the War Department. He served with Battery B, 131st Field Artillery when Texas National Guard was federalized in November 1940 and later transferred to Battery E, Second Battalion, 131st Field Artillery as that unit prepared for foreign service. He had been unreported since the fall of Java was received yesterday.
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Pvt
Fisher Johnson
Dewey White
Jackson Street
Java
War Department
131S
Field Artillery
Texans National Guard
131St Field Artillery
Father’s Day 1942 War Bond Jingle Contest
A wartime promotion encourages buying Old Spice toiletries in a wood chest for Father’s Day. Shulton offers a chance to win a $1,000 War Bond by adding a fourth line to a patriotic jingle. Entry blanks provided at participating stores on June 21.
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Dad
Shulton
Father
Mrs Clyde Holtzclaw Resting Fairly Well After Crash
Mrs Clyde Holtzclaw, who suffered severe burns in a recent bus car collision, is resting fairly well and her condition is reported as fair by attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital. Seventy schools in the United States offer correspondence courses to armed services members.
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Clyde Holtzclaw
Northwest Texas Hospital
United States
Armed Services
Farms Need Manpower in West Texas Draft Talks
Maj. James T. Coatsworth, from selective service headquarters, chaired meetings in Lubbock and other West Texas towns to urge draft boards to decide if a man is more needed on farms or in the army. He stressed production of beef, lamb, and wool must continue for the war effort and that local boards must weigh deferments accordingly.
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James T. Coatsworth
National Headquarters of
Selective Service
West Texas
Lubbock
Panhandle
Plainview Child Dies After Hotel Window Fall
Durant Oklahoma reports a tragic accident as three-year-old Nolan Lee King of Plainview fell from a second floor hotel room and was killed. He was the son of Mr and Mrs B M King.
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Durant Okla
Nolan Lee King
Plainview
B. M. King
Condition of Mrs. Kenyon Is Fairly Good Today
The condition of Mrs. John Kenyon who underwent a major operation earlier this week at Northwest Texas Hospital is fairly good today, attendants report. Colorado has produced more than three billion dollars worth of precious metals and ores since mining started eight years ago.
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John Kenyon
Northwest Texas Hospital
Colorado
Pangaean Diary author Ruth Harkness recounts Peru trip
A London dispatch notes Ruth Harkness’s Pangean Diary as she describes Peru’s Andes and jungle life. The piece highlights her journeys with painted Indians near Pangoa and her Lima residence, offering intimate, vivid detail of Peruvian culture and exploration.
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Peru
United States
White House
North America
Americas
Lima
Andes
Ruth Harkness
and Ruide
South America
Mrs. Harkness
Contracts Awarded in Amarillo Area for Military Campus
Contracts announced under United States District Engineer Denison outline construction of 25 to 30 buildings for the Army Technical School with C. S. Lambie and Company W. S. Moss C. F. Litle and C. A. James named as bidders. Beil and Braden win grading and drainage in Childress County valued over 500000 dollars. A Potter County water storage and pumping plant project worth over 200000 dollars goes to C. K. Howard and Company of Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
United States
Denison
Army Technical School
C. S. Lambie and Company
W. S. Moss
Lubbock
W. Frank Litle
C. A. James
Beil and Braden
Childress County
Potter County
C. K. Howard and Company of
Oklahoma City
Funderburgs Married Half Their Lives
Mr and Mrs Jack Funderburg of 904 North Taylor Street have spent half their lives married now age 30 they wed here 15 years ago last Tuesday.
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Jack Funderburg
North Taylor Street
Japanese May Attack In Alaskan Area Again
Washington dispatch reports military and naval sources doubting Japanese landings in the Aleutians and predicting further hit and run raids. Officials say no inhabited Alaskan areas faced uninvited visitors, though isolated uninhabited islands might have been touched. comments on Midway Victory show Allied optimism but warn against overconfidence while stressing the need to press all Axis powers.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
Dutch Harbor
Architects See New Era In Building
Harvard planners Dr Walter Gropius and Dr Martin Wagner outlined postwar U S townships of about 5000 people along super highways with low cost prefabricated houses from 1800 dollars. They envision factory town belts, a mile diameter commuting circle and urban slum clearance to lift millions of workers and farmers. A Harvard exhibit featured their ideas. The plan would center around walk-to-work factories and small farm belts.
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Frank Carey
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Germany
America
Walter Gropius
Adolf Hitler
Martin Wagner
Berlin
Money frozen on Texas Herald Publishing Company
Treasury and FBI agents froze securities and the Taylor Herald Publishing Company bank account in San Antonio under a Presidential order. The action, the first in the Southwest, affects company funds only while individuals’ money is exempt, with a 15 day license allowing continued operation and a chance to apply for a longer permit.
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San Antonio
Taylor Herald Publishing Company
Texas Herald
Treasury
FBI
Taylor
Southwest
Roosevelt
Prefab Homes Offer Extra Room as Family Grows
The text describes a three-room unit with an option to add a pre-fabricated extra bedroom via a mobile truck. It notes two shifts in smoke-free factories to run smaller, economical plants and envisions a farmer selling produce directly to neighbors.
Denison Draft Board Flags 5-B Classification
Denison Selective Service Board chairman George Knauer notes the latest draft classification is 5-B Bald with bifocals bulges bunions and bridgework. The item appears in the June 11 edition.
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Denison
George Knaur
Denison Selective Service Board
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Kladno
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Panda Country
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Klein
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Alexander Loudon
Netherlands
Herbert V. Evatt
Pearl Harbor
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Italy
Board OF Insurance Commissioners of the
State of Texas
Austin
Business Men's Assurance Company of America
Kansas City
Missouri
Co. P. Lockhart
Texas Herald Money Frozen
Meno
Bill Dee
Dee
Plains Office
War Production Board
Sam
Hirohito
Mussolini
Amarillo Junk Co
Fourth Avenue
City Pipe & Junk Co
van Buren
American Pipe & Junk Co
Texas Pipe & Junk Co
Third Avenue
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