Pantex Chief Irvine Named Acting Commandant
Major P S Irvine, elevated from captain, becomes acting commandant of the Pantex Ordnance Plant effective June 1. Major H P Burgard to temporary duty in Washington. Irvine discusses speedier construction with prospects boosted by recent inspections and material assurances. The Irvine family resides at 1101 Avondale. A separate note reports Roosevelt launching a national scrap rubber drive from June 16 to 30 with 400 000 filling stations acting as depots paying one cent a pound.
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P. S. Irvine
Pantex Ordnance Plants
H. P. Burgard
Washington, D. C
Massachussetts
Irvine
Spokane
Washington
University of Iowa
Illinois
Iowa
Army
Ellwood Ordnance Plant
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Avondale
Vernon C Rawls
George W. Riley
Hubert FE. Evans
Chief of Ordnance
Roosevelt
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Regions
Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop after noon with much cooler temperatures tonight. West Texas Panhandle and South Plains see cooler conditions and similar daytime highs to yesterday. New Mexico central mountains experience showers, cooler north portions, with temperatures near yesterday's values. Minimum 58 and maximum 95 in the past 24 hours. Noon reading 68.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Central Mountains
Russia gains resolve as second front options loom
United Press reports Russia in alliance with Britain and the United States gains confidence for summer campaigns. Hitler faces a possible major German offensive in Kharkov and Sevastopol, with a second European front debated as shipping limits threaten a large land invasion.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Britain
United States
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Hitler
Sevastopol
Caucasus
Europe
Molotov
London
Washington
White House
Atlantic
Missing Amarillo servicemen found safe in Australia
Two Amarillo service men from Battery E 131st Field Artillery were initially listed as missing in action in the Java and Philippine areas. Later reports confirmed Pvt. Charles Ray Gear and Pvt. Fisher Johnson are alive and on duty in Australia, easing their families.
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Amarillo
131St Field Artillery
Charles Ray Gear
J. J. Gear
Cleveland Street
Fisher Johnson
Dewey White
Jackson Stree
Gear
War Department
Java
U. S
Far East
Air Corps
Australia
Joe Bailey Gear
Philippine
Pvt. Johnson
White
Axis Gains In Russia And Libya Press 1942 Offensives
Axis forces push in Libya and Russia as Rommel captures Bir Hacheim and drives toward Knightsbridge near Tobruk while Kharkov and Sevastopol fronts flare. Moscow reports grave front conditions with high Axis casualties as Allied second front hopes rise but a full invasion remains uncertain.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Axis
Libya
Russia
Hitler
United Nations
Europe
Moscow
Crimean
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Ukraine
Caucasus
Kalinin
Leningrad
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Bir el Harmat
Erwin Rommel
Knightsbridge
Rommel
Coral Sea losses tally ships sunk and carrier Lexington
The navy reports more than 15 Japanese ships sunk including a carrier, while the U S Navy loses three ships in the Coral Sea campaign. Lexington the major carrier sinks after explosions, Neosho and Sims also lost with crews rescued. Japanese losses include at least one carrier, three heavy cruisers and several destroyers.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Lexington
Salamua
Lae
New Guinea
Coral Sea
Salamaua
Port Moresby
Australia
Wilson Brown
Solomon and
Louisiade Islands
Pacific Fleet
Frank J. Fletcher
Tulaga
Florida Island
Solomon Group
Fletcher
Louisiade Archipelago
Ryukaki
Sims
A. W. Fitch
Hes Got Those Ration Blues
A Sioux City man writes a satirical verse about wartime shortages and rationing in a letter to the rationing board chairman. He imagines being buried under sugar with a rubber tree and resting in a new auto machine while his grave is watered with gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Amarillo housing program awaits Washington action within a week
National Housing Authority regional rep Thomas Poore halted details in Amarillo on his way to Dumas. Rex Baxter says action promised within a week, amid concerns of overbuilding and a local housing shortage for wartime crews.
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Amarillo
Thomas Poore
National Housing Authority
Dumas
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Brothers Leave One War for Another
Three Johnson brothers from War, West Virginia join the armed forces after leaving another conflict. Joseph serves in the army, Edward in the marines, and Garnet in the navy as the family answers the global call to service.
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New Port
R. I
War
W. Va
James B. Johnson
Joseph
Edward
Garnet
Axis Communique Reports Greek Hostages Executed
An Italian German communique from Athens says Greek hostages were executed after a railway sabotage near Athens. The dispatch from Istanbul notes the action was taken in retaliation for the attempt.
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Axis
London
Athens
Istanbul
Turkey
She'll Be Remembered in Fort Wayne But Noted
In Fort Wayne Indiana on June 12 Mr and Mrs Carl F Harber celebrate the birth of a daughter to their family. The event marks a significant personal milestone with the Hassell family extending thanks.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Carl F. Harber
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Freeze -Nichols-McKenzie
Goodby
Army Signal Corps
F. C. Sherman
Sherman
Midway
Clarence L. Tinker
Hawaiian Air Force
Clarence L Tinker
Boorum & Pease
Rus Sell Stationery Company
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