Weather and war notices from Amarillo Panhandle letter
Weather dominated the Panhandle week with a 66 mph record in Amarillo and major damage from tornados while fires hit the Wilborn Tank Co. Local war registrations and rationing began, plus school events and a publicized USO drive. Clovis leads the West Texas league. Gold Sox beat Lamesa. Pampa’s young pitcher shines.
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Panhandle
Pryor
Okla
Crowell
Foard County
Texas
Amarillo
Craig
Paramount Theater
Amarillo High Ool
Lord Fauntleroy
O. C. Spears
Wanda Jones
Butch Boyter
Dean Wright
Denny Plumlee
Milda McSwain
J. R. Barnhill
Potter County
Draft Board No. 1
J. Watt Page
Selective Service
Barnhill
Page
Washington
USO
Weather Bureau
Seventh and Taylor
Clovis
Floyd Hatcher
Dorman
MacArthur reports sharp air strikes on Rabaul and Lae bases
General MacArthur announced United States air forces including B 17s and Catalinas blasted two major Japanese invasion bases at Rabaul New Britain and Lae New Guinea. Up to 30 Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged. Brig Gen Martin F Scanlon from Scranton led the raid on Rabaul amid rough weather.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japan
Lae
New Guinea
Martin F. Scanlon
Scranton
United States Army Air Corps
Rabaul
United Press
Scanlon
Southwest Pacific
United States
Port Moresby
Can We Make The Quota A Potter County Bond Drive
The story notes Potter County sales toward a monthly bond quota of 277 800 with yesterday at 7 481 25 and a total May sales figure 32 916 50. It highlights a theater remodeling permit at 608 Polk Street for 4 500 the largest Amarillo permit since a defense construction ban.
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Potter County
Polk Street
Amarillo
H. S. Leon
Finklea Jewelry,Vv
Agriculture announces SCS regional office closure in Amarillo
The Soil Conservation Service dissolves the South Plains Region centered in Amarillo as part of a federal reorganization announced in Washington. Officials say the move was not surprising but came sooner than expected and limited local notice, with details first learned via Associated Press reports.
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Amarillo
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture
South Plains
Associated Press
Amarillo Loses Third Major Agriculture Office
The Soil Conservation Service office marks the third major Department of Agriculture unit to close in Amarillo in months. Earlier reorganizations abolished the Southern Great Plains Region coordinator and closed the regional headquarters, while the Bureau of Agricultural Economics also shut and moved staff elsewhere.
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Soil Conservation Service Office
Department of Agriculture
Amarillo
Great Plains
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Soil Conservation Service reorganization announced during war emergency
Washington announced a reorganization to cut overhead and nonmilitary services. The Amarillo regional office may see transfers as 193 regional staff of about 750 are reassigned. Kansas joins the Northern Plains, eastern Colorado and New Mexico join the Southwestern Region, and Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles move to the Western region. No official Amarillo notice yet.
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Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
H. H. Finnell
Amarillo
Texas
Dust Bowl
Washington
Kansas
Northern Plains
Lincoln
Neb
Colorado
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Panhandle
Oklahoma
SCS
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast predicts strong winds and mild temperatures followed by cooler conditions this afternoon and much colder tonight. West Texas will be cooler than yesterday with scattered showers east of Pecos River and Del Rio Eagle Pass, windy in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico cooler tonight, not as warm as yesterday afternoon. Temperature extremes 24 hours ending 6 30 A M show a 57 to 79 range. Vo Repair Now John Maynard Lbr Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Japanese Drive Through Back Door of China
Japanese forces advancing from Burma into China threaten Lashio and Wanting while Chinese units under Stilwell attempt to halt the push through the Burma Road corridor. Chinese mobilization escalates as guerrilla actions and heavy fighting persist, with Chungking vowing no withdrawal until victory.
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China
Chungking
Yunnan
Burma
Wanting
Yungchang
Mekong River
Tokyo
Asahi
Rangoon
Lashio
India
Bhamo
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Atunggyi
Free China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kutkai
Seamen Die When Axis Torpedo Sinks UN Vessel
Seventeen seamen were killed when a United Nations merchant ship was torpedoed off Cocoa Florida. Forty eight survivors were rescued and one missing after the attack. a British vessel was torpedoed nearby. Survivors recounted frantic efforts to lower a lifeboat and shell the submarine before abandoning ship.
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United Nations
Jock Halliday
Adelaide
South Australia
Sid Webber
Beamsville
Ont
News Tip Prize Won By Earlene Jenkins
Earlene Jenkins wins first prize of 5 dollars in the week’s tip contest for a tip about W A Thompson of Wellington registered for selective service last Monday by the same registrar who registered him in 1917. Fay Barton secures 3 dollars for a tip about an Amarillo woman injured by high winds. R P Miller gets 2 dollars for tipping the large plane that nosed over on landing at English Field.
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Earlene Jenkins
Pierce Street
W. A. Thompson
Wellington
Fay Barton
North Cleveland Street
Amarillo
R. P. Miller
Jackson Street
English Field
W. O. Mask
Brooks Street
W. C. Green
Fox Drug No
British and Reds Attack in Ukraine and Europe War Updates
Allied and Soviet forces clash on a 400 mile front with Red Army strikes near Kursk Kharkov and Taganrog while Leningrad defenses endure the Nazi siege. RAF bombs Skoda works at Pilsen Vichy and Stuttgart targets draw fire as German night raids hit the English coast.
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Associated Press
Semeon Timoshenko
Red
Ukraine
Kursk
Kharkov
Taganrog
Leningrad
Timoshenko
Sea of Azov
Moscow
Red Army
Skoda
Pilsen
Czecho-Slovakia
Vichy
France
Stuttgart
Germany
Clermont-Ferrand
RAF
Nantes
Holland
Norway
English
Cowes
Eastbourne
British
Air Ministry
Hitler
Europe
Hubby Draft Hubby Draft
Washington report notes a draft development with references to husband and draft status dated May 5. The brief item provides minimal details and lacks clear names or entities beyond the general draft context.
Taft proposes dependency based draft classes in new bill
Sen Robert A Taft Republican of Ohio today introduced legislation to draft men by dependency status while preserving current occupational and physical deferments. He said local boards caused confusion by varied dependency rules and outlined classes for under 35 unmarried childless or those married after Sept 16 1940 and 35 to 45 unmarried childless or married by Dec 20 1941 with See DRAFT Page 5.
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Robert A. Taft
Republican
Ohio
Army
Senate
Taft
Selective Service Act
Madagascar Invasion Sparks Early Fighting At Diego Suarez
British sea borne forces struck toward the Diego Suarez naval base in Madagascar after a surprise landing at Courier Bay. French authorities urged troops to resist, while German and Japanese reports noted casualties and uncertain outcomes.
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Associated Press
Madagascar
Diego Suarte
France
Petain
Darlan
London
Courier Bay
Diego Suarez
Bay of Bengal
Armand Annet
South Africa
Middle East
India
China
British War Office
United Nations
Washington
Victory Garden Goes Hot as Water Heater Mix Up
Mrs. John R. Mayo of 2106 Hayden Street tended a Victory Garden using tips from Victory Backyard Gardens. A plumber’s error connected outdoor hydrants to a hot water line, heating irrigation to deadly degrees and making vegetables scorch. The garden is replanted and the effort continues.
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John R. Mayo
Hayden Street
Victory
Victory Backyard Gardens
John Scott
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U.P
East Coast
Pacific Northwest
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New Delhi
Mingaladon
Lewis H. Brereton
Brereton
Irrawaddy Delta
Robins
ST. Louis
FP. W. Duenckel
Helper
Utah
Eddie Williams
Eddie
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Frank Nuniz
Norfolk
Cocoa, Fla
Navy
Thomas Jones
Birkenhead
Eng
Jones
John F. Gray
Champaign
Ill
James Wesley White
Jacksonville
Fla
Gray
White
Henry Williams
North Polk Street
Luther Rankin
West Seventh Avenue
L. L. Lloyd
J. E. Parker
North
Cleveland Street
R. M. Jordan
North Jackson Street
Virginia Ive Zollers
Taylor Street
Harold F. Dean
West
Fifteenth Avenue
M. Anthony
Buchanan Street
J. B. Mulkey
Ninth Avenue
Billy Jane Vermillion
A. M. R._ Larsen
Roy Bradburn
Harrison Street
John Whitehead
C. M. Lance
Tyler Street
Laula Anderson
L. B. King
East Sixth Avenue
S. V. Hollis
East Tenth Avenue
Paul Wilson
Bob Kesterson
Bosch Electrical Works
Daimler and Benz
DNB
Boorum & Pease
Russell Stationery Company
Victory Garden
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