Overseas style cap sparks WAC hat debate
A neighborhood letter column in Amarillo asks whether changing the WAC cap to an overseas style would recruit more women, prompting mixed views from residents and Lt. Farris of the WAC Recruiting Service. Mrs Painter initiates the discussion by posing the question and inviting readers to mail in questions for a dollar.
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Wacs
Katherine Stillman
G. H. Smith
Dolores Darby
Mamie Bolton
Farris
WAC
Messenger Girls
Mercs
Victory By June? Ford predicts wartime end in two months
Henry Ford, visiting Georgia en route to Michigan, told the Atlanta Constitution he believes the war could end in two months. He declined to reveal his reasons, said a postwar aviation boom could replace railroads, and urged youths to learn the war’s cause to stop future conflicts.
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Atlanta
Henry Ford
Atlanta Constitution
Michigan
Richmond Hill
Hile
Ford
The
Constitution
Amarillo Aims for Record Waste Fats Campaign
Reports show Amarillo could ship over 200000 pounds of waste fats in March, potentially more than three pounds per person. Through March 15 shipments reached 128887 pounds, with Pinkneys and Dotys packing firms contributing large totals and officials crediting local housewives for future deliveries.
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Amarillo
Pinkney Packing Company
Pinkney’s
Pinkney's
Doty Packing Company
Doty
Lewis P. Fields
Fatl Salvage
Potter County
Mr. Fields
America
Allied Attack Presses German Holdouts at Continental Hotel
Allied infantry and armor pressed the ruins around the Continental Hotel on the town’s fringe. About 100 German prisoners were reported captured in the hotel battle where a second tank was knocked out. Fifth Army held the railway station to the south amid heavy shelling. Bombers for the largest air assault yet from the theater struck Klagenfurt Graz Knin and Metkovic. One third of enemy fighters were shot down in Austria as RAF Hallifax Liberators and Wellingtons supported the effort.
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Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Fifth Army
Klagenfurt
Graz
Austria
Knin
Metkovic
Yugoslavia
Alps
Monfalcone
Trieste
Italy
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
Rome
Orion
Littoria
Anzio
Germans claim line of defense around Europe to deter Allied landings
German agents describe a vast coastal and inland fortification system from Hendaye to Petsamo. They say 1 million troops, 6,000 coastal guns, 3,000 mobile guns, and millions of mines guard the shoreline and fjords. Barriers extend from the Picardy plains to the Siegfried Line with 10 million tons of concrete in the Atlantic Wall and reinforced Mediterranean defenses inland.
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New York
U.P
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Spain
Finland
Baden Baden
Hendrye
Hague
Netherlands
Petsamo
Hendaye
Picardy
Somme
Flanders
Argone
Rhine
Atlantic Wall
Alps
Pyrenees
Certain-feed Officials Arrive Wednesday To Inspect Pantex
H Dowd newly elected president and Bror Dahlberg board chairman of Certain-feed Products are due Wednesday night by airplane to inspect Pantex operations where Certain-teed serves as the operating agency. They plan to stay two days.
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H. Dowd
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Bror Dahlberg
Pantex
Certain-teed
Mr. Dahlberg
Mr. Dowd
Canadian Airlines Plane Down on Drifting Ice Floe
A Canadian Pacific Airlines plane with three men aboard is down on a drifting ice floe in the St. Lawrence near Harrington Harbor Quebec. The craft carried one passenger and a two man crew. It was forced onto a large ice pan Tuesday night and located by air on Wednesday but contact was lost later that day and no further sighting occurred.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Airlines
St. Lawrence
CPA
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Harrington Harbor
Que
Barrett Winners News Tip Award
June Barrett wins 5 dollars for the best news tip about birds stopping a theater show by flying into a projection machine. Marie Bennett takes 3 dollars for reports that ration tokens were used as nickels in bus meters. Mrs I C Williams wins 2 dollars for an accident where a child fell from a truck and was run over.
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June Barrett
Tennessee Street
Marie Bennett
Hughes Street
I. C. Williams
Orth Roosevelt Street
Morgan Missing In Action Over Berlin Raid Dies Mentioned
Lt. John Cary Morgan Medal of Honor recipient is reported lost after his Flying Fortress was hit by German flak near Berlin on March 6. Details from Brig. Gen. Wilson and eyewitness accounts describe Morgan fighting to control the aircraft before it went down in haze with three other ships lost to flak.
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U. S
England
U.P
John Cary
Red) Morgan
America
Berlin
Russell A. Wilson
Decatur
Morgan
New York City
Amarillo
A. L. Morgan
Hannover
Germany
Fred Rabo
Chico
Cal
Walter M. Haynes
Sanford
Fla
Fortress
U. S. Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bremen
Paris
Emden
B. L. Morgan
Mary Tom Rascoe
David Rascoe
Red” Morgan
Wichita Falls
English Field
Forecast of Strong Winds and Cold Snap Ahead
The forecast calls for strong winds tonight and tomorrow with colder conditions. Temperatures may rise above freezing tonight after a hard freeze Saturday night to 19 degrees, with a low around 26 degrees last night. Fruit in bloom likely damaged. Tomorrow marks the first day of spring as March begins with a lamb and Easter is set for April 9.
New Zealand Forces Invade Cassino Last German Strongpoint
Allied troops from New Zealand seized the final major German position in Cassino advancing into a ruined block on the south western fringe and began mopping up remaining paratroopers.
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Naples
Cassino
400 Tickets Go On Sale For D C Annual Banquet
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announces 400 tickets for the annual banquet. Boots Adams of Phillips Petroleum will be principal speaker. Banquet set for April 10 and reservations can be made by calling the Chamber offices.
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Amarillo
Water Department Buys Double Capacity Pump for Plant
The Amarillo water department takes delivery of an 8,000,000 gallon capacity pump ordered months ago for the power plant. It will replace a 4,000,000 gallon unit, with installation planned after removal.
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Water Department
Amarillo
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions tonight. temperatures rise then fall Tuesday afternoon with fresh to strong winds. West Texas and New Mexico show partial cloud cover with scattered showers or snow flurries in the northwest and northern mountains. temperatures warmer southeast today, colder in northwest tonight and Tuesday. Highs near 148, low 26, noon 47.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Loss of Vinnitsa Reported by German High Command
The German high command acknowledged the loss of Vinnitsa in Northwest Ukraine as Russian forces broke the Dniester River line and advanced into Bessarabia, signaling a major Nazi defense collapse. Font: March 20. Location: London. Source: United Press.
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London
Vinnitsa
Ukraine
Dniester
Bessarabia
Fabulous Army Exhibit Brings Engineers to City Show
Petroleum engineers from Camp Claiborne L A arrive for the Army Service Forces Exhibit at the USO Auditorium opening Wednesday. The Medical Corps from Camp Barkeley also arrives with field hospital and first aid demonstrations. Lt Murphy says the displays will thrill crowds and boost morale for soldiers. The exhibit, shown for Red Cross War Bonds and Army recruiting, includes captured enemy equipment such as a Messerschmitt fighter.
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Camp Claiborne
Army Service Forces
USO
Engineer Corps
Corps
Medical Corps
Camp Barkeley
Francis Murphy
Murphy
Globe News
Eighth Service Command
Red Cross
War Bonds
Army
Texas
Japs Pushing Toward Imphal as Burma Offensive Expands
Japanese forces press toward Imphal Manipur as a major Burma offensive broadens. Mountbatten reports across the Chindwin river with air raids on Imphal. Allied jungle commandos regain ground near a new landing strip while Stilwell’s troops advance toward the Mogaung and Hukawng valleys amid mounting casualties and territory losses for Japan.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
Chindwin
Burma
Imphal
Manipur
India
China
Mounbatten
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Mogaung
Stilwell
Kamaung
North Burma
Irrawaddy
Ledo Road
Big Boys Blast at Germany
Large US heavy bomber force hit southwest Germany for the second time in three days. Between 250 and 500 Flying Fortresses and Liberators joined hundreds of Allied fighters in a daylight raid over western Europe. Major General James H. Doolittle led the Eighth Air Force four motor bombers as part of a persistent pre invasion bombardment through six days of operations.
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United States
Germany
Europe
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Reich
Amarillo School Board Candidates Must File by Wednesday
Two seats on the Amarillo school board will be open in the April 1 election as terms of Avery Rush and Bill Gibson expire. Rush seeks reelection after a three year term. Gibson was elected December 16, 1941, to fill an unexpired term. Applicants must file with the secretary ten days before the election, with March 22 the final filing day.
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Amarillo
Avery Rush
Bill Gibson
Rush
Gibson
Ben Meaning
School Board
Admiralty Conquest Complete In Pacific Drive
Allied forces completed the Admiralty Islands campaign after dismounting cavalry began the invasion on Feb 29. Los Negros Big Leader Harbor Lorengau and rengan were captured securing airfields and a major harbor near Truk, 1300 miles from the Philippines. Allied air operations threaten Wewak and eastern Marshalls as Kurile and Caroline targets receive intensive bombing.
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Admiralty Islands
Japan
Pacific
Truk
Philippine Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Rengan
Admiralties
Momote
Los Negros Island
Big Leader
U. S.S
Lorengau
Wewak
New Guinea
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Ponape
Kusaie
Caroline Islands
Atolls
Marshalls
Federal Ballot for Soldiers Approved Under Texas Law
Governor Stevenson telegraphed President Roosevelt that the federal ballot for soldiers voting on federal officers is authorized by existing Texas law after consulting State Attorney General Grover Sellers. The message follows the President's inquiry on the ballot's legality.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Roosevelt
Grover Sellers
Battle updates from Vinnitsa to Dniester front
Berlin reports say Vinnitsa rail hub was evacuated after destroying military installations. The German communique admits mounting Red Army pressure between the Middle Bug and the Dniester, though commanders show faint hope of stemming the advance.
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Vinnitsa
Dniester
Berlin
Middle Bug
Stem
Red Army Captures Mogilev Podolski on the Dniester
London reports that the Red Army has captured Mogilev Podolski on the Dniester as Marshal Stalin announced tonight.
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London
Red Army
Mogilev Podolski
Dniester
Stalin
Soviets Close In On Vinnitsa Amid Frontline Shifts
Soviet forces utilise a squeeze play to bypass Vinnitsa from the south and seize nearby Zhmerinka, tightening the grip on the German-held rail hub. Strishavka falls four miles from the base, isolating the city as the campaign reshapes the front along the Ukraine-Bessarabia border.
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Ming
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Vinnitsa
Zhmerinka
Poland
First Army
Red Army
Strishavka
Odessa-Lwow
Cheyenne Officials Charged With Taking Bribes For Protection
Mayor Ira L. Hanna and Police Chief Jess B. Ekdall faced Laramie County District Court charges for soliciting and accepting a bribe. An affidavit from tavern operator Nola West claims she paid $100 on March 11 in a payoff for protection.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ira L. Hanna
Jess B. Ekdall
Laramie County
Eday
Edward B. Hirst
Nola West
Partisans Rout Nazi and Chetnik Forces on Yugoslav Front
A Tito communique reports heavy defeats of German and Chetnik units by the Yugoslav Partisans after days of fierce fighting along the Serbia Bosnia border. The exact battle locations were not disclosed while clashes continued in Slovenia near Nove-Meste Kocevje and Lastva.
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London
Serbia-Bosnia
Tito
Slovenia
Nove-Meste
Kocevje
Lastva
Army Air Forces to Abandon Miami Beach to Civilians
The Army Air Forces will move all training schools from Miami Beach Florida to Sheppard Field Texas and San Antonio Cadet Counties within ten days. By July, 139 hotels used for the schools will be turned over to civilian operation.
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Washington
Army
Air Forces
Miami Beach
Pla
San Antonio
Sheppard Field
Texas
War Department
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South Pierce Street
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Jack E. Robertson
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