Britain reveals Africa Middle East campaign troops losses
In parliament, War Secretary Margesson cited 525 British army casualties in Africa and the Middle East. He listed 438 killed, 87 missing, and 1,249 wounded, noting exact budget figures are secret. Japan and France Indo China Thailand peace terms show remaining details to be settled soon.
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Italy
Africa
Middle East
H. D. R. Margesson
Margenson
Japan
Thailand
France
Amarillo Weather and Civic Dreams Amid War Talk
The column notes clearing weather with dust storm risk fading, and praises spring moisture for wheat. It urges natural fashion over flashy styles, touts booming cowmen’s conventions and irrigation gains, and envisions a Coliseum to boost stock farming in Amarillo while hinting at war policy and Roosevelt’s stance on Japan.
War Dept letters reveal aviation training field plans debated
A letter from Corpus Christi's George Broome asks Washington to consider adding to veterans' hospital capacity as defense programs rise. He doubts any chance for years until defense slackens. The piece quotes various cultural notes, tech tidbits, and economic retail findings from a broad world-slice of 1940s headlines.
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George Broome
Corpus Christi
Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
George
Tack Classified Then And Now
Reader seeks two children to keep in home and provides references. A middle aged man seeks farm work with references. A middle aged woman seeks practical nursing with references. A reader wants two day work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A caller seeks hourly or daily work. Another reader seeks an apartment and work.
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Tack
South Pierce Street
Arthur Street
R. D. Evans
East 13Th Avenue
Jackson Street
Lottie
Tack Tam
Leon Dennis
Ong St
Rear
F Riggs Dies At Family Home In Amarillo
C F Riggs 68 longtime Amarillo resident died suddenly at the family home on East Fourteenth Avenue. He was a Methodist church member, survived by his wife a son Robert Riggs of Camp Bowie and a sister Mrs Elizabeth Wright. Body in state at the Blackburn Shaw Chapel awaiting arrival of the son.
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C. F. Riggs
East Fourteenth Avenue
Amarillo
Methodist Church
Robert Riggs
Camp Bowie
Tex
Elizabeth Wright
Blackburn-Shaw
Stolen Firearms Reported by Dean White
Dean White reported two firearms and a camera stolen from a car at his home 2207 Hughes Street. He named a Remington rifle and a Colt special pistol both .22 calibre, each in leather cases, and the camera in a leather case.
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Dean White
Mr. White
Hughes Street
Amarillo Chest Workers Meet This Afternoon
Campaign workers of the Amarillo Community Chest were scheduled to meet today at 3 45 in the Blue Room of the Amarillo Hotel. Details of the campaign were to be discussed and all members urged to attend announced by C W Farr president Amarillo Community Chest.
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Amarillo
Boy on Bicycle Boots Bulldogged Runaway Horse in Los Angeles
In downtown Los Angeles a messenger boy on a bicycle bulldogged a runaway horse. John Bishop overtook the animal, leaped to the reins, and halted the steed. The horse had thrown and injured its rider, Isaac Sacks, 82, seriously.
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Los Angeles
John Bishop
Isaac Sacks
Four Have Hearing Restored Suddenly
BELLEVILLE Ul March 6 Four boys had their hearing restored instantly when a physician examined 93 hard of hearing school children. A deeply imbedded head was removed from one boy ear while another had a piece of lead pencil removed and two more received cotton wads and rent change for an apartment as the ear remedies.
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Belleville
Great Medicine for Kidney and Bladder Suffering
An old advertising piece touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic for kidney and bladder weakness. It claims immediate action, relief from pains and backache, and swollen ankles, urging readers to buy the original product for 35 cents at their druggist.
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Haarlem
Boerhane
Ormita
Markets Close Indicate Mixed Dow Jones Activity
Stocks show uneven moves with many components listed on the New York Exchange. Major industrials and utilities fluctuate while specific names like Am Tel Tel, Chrysler, and General Electric trade within narrow ranges amid overall modest shifts. Kansas City livestock report notes hogs and cattle prices, with calves and sheep seeing limited movement and a financial security fund price quoted.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Treasury Department
North America
Africa
Asia
New York City
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Swan
Lotus
Surf
Kansas City
U.P
Chicks Bought for County Farm Plan
The county commissioners court authorized purchasing 200 fifteen day old chicks for the county farm to support its Sunday dinners and farming operations.
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County Farm
Commissioners Court
Woman blown from cliff in Santa Cruz tragedy
Mrs. W. Raymond Stelling, 33, was killed when a sudden gust swept her from a 35 foot cliff into Santa Cruz Bay. She had told her mother she was all right before the accident as she took photographs from the bluff. Her body was recovered from a sheltered cave.
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Cliff Santa Cruz
Calif
W. Raymond Stelling
Santa Cruz Bay
Britain and Norway raid Lofoten Islands in bold operation
British and Allied forces sank eleven German ships and captured 225 prisoners during a surprise raid on the Lofoten Islands off Norway. The operation aimed to destroy a fish oil plant sink ships and seize personnel. Nine German merchant vessels were sunk along with a German armed trawler, totaling about 18 000 tons.
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Greece
Jugoslavia
Britain
Lofoten Islands
Norway
Lofoten
Narvik
Lofotens
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