Blucher Tharp Leads Panhandle Troops in Java Defense
Col Blucher Tharp, commanded a battalion of the 131st Field Artillery with Panhandle ties, leading Texas and Amarillo Plainview units to Java amid Allied resistance. His wife Loie and sons Stan and Dick express pride as Tharp advances from National Guard drills to overseas combat command.
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Col Tharp
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Lean
Tommies
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131St Field Artillery
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Tharp
Louisiana
National Guard
Java
Col. Tharp
Panhandle
Loie Tharp
Virginia Street
Dad
Blucher Stanley, Jr
Stan
Amarillo College
Britain expands mobilization with wider service registrations
Britain extends conscription to men aged 41 to 45 and broadens women registration to include girls aged 16 and 17 for training as total war mobilization accelerates.
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London
Britain
French Ambassador Haye Urges Review of U.S. Vichy Ties
Washington dispatch reports Ambassador Gaston Henry Haye visibly angered by a Paris bombing urged Acting Secretary Sumner Welles to conduct a general review of relations between the United States and Vichy. Weather bulletin forecasts milder conditions with a warm day ahead after a cold spell. highs around 43 and lows near 25.
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U' French
Gaston Henry Haye
Paris
Sumner Welles
Vichy
Expect Cripps To Take Place Of Churchill
A London political source predicts Sir Stafford Cripps may replace Winston Churchill as Britain's prime minister within three months. It notes Churchill's waning support at home since Crete's fall and Cripps rising in stature from his role as ambassador to Russia and his appointment as Lord Privy Seal.
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Sir Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
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United States
Crete
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Russia
Privy Seal
Helen O Keefe Sentenced 25 Years for Employer Murder
Helen O Keefe was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary by a jury in Judge Frank Williford's district court. She was found guilty of murdering her employer J C Franklin on November 12.
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Helen O'Keefe
Frank Williford
J. C. Franklin
Hard Life Hard Life Washington March Day
Treasury Tax Consultant Dolph Randolph Paul told the House Ways and Means Committee that it would be impossible to preserve the present living standards of Americans during the war. He said even those groups who spend all earnings on so called necessities face hardship.
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Treasury
Randolph Paul
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Ways and Means Committee
Grieving Father Slaps Woman Over War Hopes on Bus
An Amarillo bus tale shows a grieving father slapping a woman who wished the war would last long. He says the first slap is for his Pearl Harbor son and the second for his son in the Philippines, then returns to his seat as silence falls.
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Philippines
Thousands Killed in MacArthur Subic Bay Raid
General Douglas MacArthur reported that thousands of Japanese soldiers were drowned when three large transports carrying troops were sunk during a surprise air strike on Subic Bay north of Bataan. The war department release noted no American losses and said a separate Japanese bombing raid on Honolulu caused no damage.
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Philippines
Short On Oil Short On Oil
Washington March 5 UPI Harold L Ickes said a definite word on nationwide gasoline rationing may come this weekend to ease growing oil shortages on both coasts.
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Third Philharmonic Concert Is Tonight
Amarillo adds a third concert of the season by the Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra at Municipal Auditorium at 8 15 tonight with Cornelius Van Vliet as guest soloist and Robert Louis Barron conducting. Admission is by season card or 85 cents at the box office. The program blends standard symphonic pieces and a light opera medley. The list of principal players includes Marion Burnett as concertmaster and Grace E Hamilton on piano with Henry L Robinson as assistant conductor and librarian Ray Cox.
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Philharmonic Symphonic Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Cornelius van Vliet
Robert Louis Barron
van Vliet
Saint-Saens
Marion Burnett
Frances Askew
Edward Melin
Minnie Wells
Josey
Clet
Linda Holland
Virginia Middleton
Lois Strickland
Betty Jane Wheat
Martha McCartney
Marjorie Welch
Katherine Brooks
Hollis van Doren
Irving Tolzien
Pat Devine
Alf Lindbloom
Margaret Welch
Helen Strite
Ruth Thornton
Ada Morris
Maurine Thoen
Rubinoff Concert Tickets Go Fast
All seats for Rubinoff and His Violin tomorrow night are reserved though not part of the season. Tickets at the Chamber of Commerce range 1 to 2 dollars tax included. A school children matinee at 4 pm features Rubinoff Alexander Makofka and the Amarillo High School Band.
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Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Chamber of Commerce
Alexander Makofka
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Weather and Revenue Report for Texas and New Mexico
Amarillo area sees warmer conditions this afternoon with milder tonight. West Texas warmer this afternoon and cooler tonight. Panhandle and Pecos Valley temperatures rise this evening. New Mexico similar to yesterday. Texas revenue deficit stands at 29.34 million dollars, down 240 thousand since Feb 20, with warrants totaling 1.453 million issued to April 14, 1941.
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Pecos Valley
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U.P
Texas General Revenue Fund
Jesse James
Stimson Reports Increased Air Reinforcements to Java
Secretary of War Stimson said that material air reinforcements were sent to Java in the last week. He stressed that the shift of General Wavell did not change American or British resolve to aid the Dutch, and that air support had actually increased. He declined to detail reinforcements or comment on MacArthur’s raid on Subic Bay.
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