War era boom predicted for Panhandle as towns brace for newcomers
A March forecast in the Panhandle warns of strong winds and a coming wave of workers for wartime plants. The piece cites Joliet’s ordnance plant as a model, predicts labor absorption, housing demand, and shifts in local economies. It notes Amarillo’s looming growth, Lubbock competition, and local radio commentary on defense and national resolve.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Springfield
Ill
Joliet
Texas
Class To Instruct Victory Command
Victory Command members meet at the Social Center for Girls tonight from 7 30 to 9 30 for a training class. They will learn mixers community sings and forms of entertainment to aid in entertaining visiting service men. WPA Recreational Project provides instruction and leadership and a later dance follows.
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Victory Command
WPA
Land bids spark questions on state land ads
In Austin on March 12, discussions center on Bascom Giles state land sales as the Land Commissioner answers ad letters asking whether the land carries oil beneath it. Public interest grows over property rights and subsurface potential.
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Austin
Bascom Giles
Dear Tack Tama Seeks House Cleaning Work
A colored girl writes seeking part time employment for house cleaning two or three days weekly. She asks to meet between 5 and 7 PM at 209 Jackson Street rear A reader.
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Tama
Jackson Street
Hollywood burglar chess tale ends in court
James Bartram tells judge of a bizarre break in while he played chess with his sister in law Ellen Compton. A burglar entered, brandished a cannon, and proposed a chess move debate over a dollar at stake. The trio argued defense plans, a chased purse, and a comic encounter ended with Ellen winning the contest. Tomorrow in Superior Court more on Mr B’s life and case.
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Frederick C.othman
Hollywood
U.P
James Bartram
Ruth Chatterton
Bartram
Juliette Compton
Ellen
Superior Court
Mr. B
Rev Joe Strother To Give Recital At Polk Street Church
Rev Joe Strother former assistant pastor at Polk Street Methodist Church will present an organ recital tonight at 9 at Polk Street Methodist Church Amarillo He is in town to lead a hymnology course tied to the church workers training school ending tonight at Polk Street Church Strother now leads Elk City Oklahoma Methodist Church He served Polk Street in 1929 1930
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Joe Strother
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo
Church Workers’ Training School
Strother
Elk City
Okla
Salom Rizk Speaks at Amarillo High School
Assyrian born American lecturer Salom Rizk spoke at Amarillo High School’s student assembly under Readers Digest sponsorship on the topic My Americanization. He described postwar poverty in his homeland and noted a curious line about hair growth versus eyebrow hair.
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Salem Rizk
Amarillo High School
Readers Digest
Youths Attend Pampa YMCA Conference
About 40 Amarillo Hi Y boys will attend the Y M C A Older Boys Conference opening tomorrow at Pampa with a Student Roundtable on Clearing the Debris led by Dan Powers of Lubbock High as chair. R A Selby of Amarillo Public Schools will speak at the opening banquet. more sessions, sports, and sunday services follow led by regional Y M C A leaders and local clergy.
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Pampa
Amarillo
B. A. Norris
The
Guardsmen Change Place of Drill
Company C of the Texas Defense Guard moves Friday night drill to 7:30 at the high school armory Thirteenth Avenue and Tyler Street. The unit begins manual of arms practice and received high praise from Major Lou Roberts after its first inspection Tuesday night. Capt. Sam Davis leads, with First Lieutenant Jack Rogers and Second Lieutenant Stanley Blackburn as officers.
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Texas Defense Guard
Cathedral Hall
High School
Thirteenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Lou Roberts
14Th Battalion
Sam Davis
Jack Rogers
Stanley Blackburn
Better Turn In Hoarded Sugar
County School Superintendent Grady Wilson announced sugar rationing will require immediate return of hoarded sugar. Each family may keep two pounds per person and all residents must register at elementary schools on a single national registration day. Registration, an oath on on hand sugar, is mandatory to receive sugar.
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Treasury Department
Detroit
War Production Board
Britain
Tin Pan Alley
New Haven
Grady Wilson
Five Tires for Sale with Car in Beaumont Ad
A newspaper for sale ad from Beaumont dated March 12 offers five tires equipped with radio and heater for a 1941 DeLuxe Convertible Coupe. Car is A-11, owner is 1-A. Asking price is 1300 dollars, with a possible 1200 dollar offer considered.
Uncle To Get Present From Girl Scouts
American Girl Scouting marks 30 years with half a million members giving defense stamps as presents to Uncle Sam. In Amarillo 650 scouts plan to buy about 200 dollars worth of stamps, each girl contributing 30 cents. A KFDA broadcast from 8 to 8 15 p m features a skit on Elizabeth Blackwell with Troop 25 and local leaders.
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Uncle Sam
Amarillo
Shirley Jackson
Mary Lou Hamlett
Alice Lee Gist
Lou Anna Price
Mary Anne Smith
Betty Nan Kelly
Mary Nell Gibson
Patricia Jones
Barbara Boxwell
Donda Dodson
Amarillo Boy Scouts
Juliette Low
Savannah
War updates from theaters across Europe and Asia
War reports from Shantung to Chekiang describe coastal incursions and bold sea landings. Tokyo claims 210,000 Allied prisoners 20,000 tanks and vehicles captured and 130 Allied ships sunk while 27 Japanese transports and 19 warships are listed lost. Red Army reports a Kalinin front victory near Moscow with heavy German casualties and breached defenses. Mediterranean theater notes follow.
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Siangshan
Chekiang Province
Tokyo
Diet
Japan
Russia
Red Army
Kalinin
Moscow
Hitler
British and Axis War Updates Streak Across The Front
Propaganda claims three British cruisers torpedoed and one sunk in a convoy attack. Rommel may play a major role in a near spring offensive. Britain ends civilian gasoline rations as it braces for a north Atlantic battle after clashing with Tirpitz. Lyttleton named production minister as war cabinet notes. In New Guinea fighting heats up with Japanese invasion plans, while Rangoon sees stiff but indecisive action. Evacuations from Ceylon ordered. Bangkok radio notes possible Chinese forces crossing into Thailand.
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Erwin Rommel
Axis
North Africa
Fast
London
North Atlantic
Tirpitz
Norway
Oliver Lyttleton
Far East
New Guinea
Australia
Port Moresby
Burma
Rangoon
India
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Japanese cruiser blown up in Hong Kong harbor
Report from Chungking says a three-finile Japanese cruiser was blown up in Hong Kong harbor January 26, likely by a daring U S submarine. On the Russian front the Germans admit fierce defensive battles near Orel, about 200 miles south of Moscow, while Russians claim huge successes on the Kalinin front.
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Chungking
Hong Kong
U. S
Orel
Moscow
Kalinin
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