Heavy Bombings May Forecast Nazi Invasion
A May 12 report notes British and German aerial campaigns intensifying as RAF power grows and Luftwaffe targets air bases and ports. The piece links possible invasion plans to the heavy bombing of Britain, Hamburg, Bremen, Emden, and Rotterdam, while detailing Middle East actions, Soviet-Russian diplomacy in Iraq, and shifts in regional power dynamics.
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Vnchy
France
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Britain
Sear IL
Hamburg
Bremen
Emden
Rotterdam
London
Westminster Abbey
House of Commons
Middle East
Rome
Genghazi
Sollum
Tobruk
Iraq
Tass
Russia
Rashid
Ankara
Curtain Rises At 8 15 For College Play
The Amarillo College Players present Thornton Wilder on their stage at 8:15 tonight in the college auditorium. The town stage drama Our Town features J L Adams as the stage manager, Doris Mae Herrman Mrs Gibbs Dora Kenyon Mrs Webb DeWitt Drury George Gibbs and Sharleen Barker Emily Webb with Donald Clark directing and Mary Stack as assistant. Admission 25 cents students 35 cents adults. The play repeats tomorrow night.
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Our Town
Thornton Wilder
Amarillo College Players
College Auditorium
New Hampshire
J. L. Adams
Gibbs
Doris Mae Herrman
Mrs. Webb
Dora Kenyon
George Gibbs
DeWitt Drury
Emily Webb
Sharleen Barker
Donald Clark
Mary Stack
Armed Forces Will Need All U S Supplies
Washington May 12 U P S W L Batt deputy director of the OPM production division said the armed forces will use all available aluminum in 1942 with none for civilian or indirect military needs. He noted aircraft production has not been blocked by aluminum shortages for long but civilian suffering is evident. He projected a 40 percent auto output cut may be needed for defense and explained 1942 needs total 1.2 billion pounds of military needs with 310 million pounds of secondary metal and 110 million from Canada.
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Washington
U.P
W. L. Batt
OPM
Senate
Defense
Batt
Harry 8S. Truman
Missouri
Canada
Battle over oil proration eyed in Texas Senate clash
In Austin on May 12, the Texas Senate failed to set a special time for oil proration consideration by 9 to 15. The debate centered on extending proration time without changing methods, with talks on recycling plant products and type-specific proration. If no bill passes, proration ends Sept. 1, as set by the prior legislature. The session eyed continued activity into next week with a night session planned to tackle uncontested or local measures.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Senate
Coke R. Stevenson
Railroad Commission
Senate
Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Shivers
House
Senate panel backs ship seizure bill with limits
Senate Commerce Committee approved a plan to seize idle foreign ships in U S harbors with a ban on taking vessels owned by foreign governments except by purchase. Chairman Bailey said none derisively owned by states. Hull urged no new limits while Wheeler accused administration of pressuring Ireland and repeating Yugoslavia errors.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Bailey
North Carolina
Democrat
Hull
Britain
Department of State
Wheeler
Montana Democrat
Ireland
Yugoslavia
Eire
San Jacinto and Hitler in a Texas fight for freedom
Dorothy Thompson interprets the San Jacinto battle, framing Santa Anna as a dictator who tried to enslave a liberty-loving people, the Texans. The piece positions the decisive 16th battle as a turning point, highlighting the rebellion and the overthrow of the dictator, with reference to current history on page 11.
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Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Dorothy Thompson
Damp Days Forecast for May Sees Eight Left
The seventh of May marks the expected 15 moist days for the month with eight remaining. Rain began May with four wet days, then clouds and showers persisted through Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Collman notes unsettled weather with little chance of further significant moisture, and temperatures will hover around 65 during the day and fall to 50 at night.
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Mr. Collman
Panhandle
Air Corps prepares for trial by battle say Arnold
Washington May 12 Maj. Gen. Henry H Arnold chief of U S army aviation said the Air Corps is rapidly getting ready for trial by battle.
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U. S. Air Corps
Washington
U.S
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Aviation
Air Corps
Perkins Ouster Asked by Ford in House Petition
Rep Leland Ford a California Democrat urged House members to sign a petition to President Roosevelt to remove Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. He criticized labor strike handling and said the public believes defense funds are being carelessly managed.
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Leland Ford
California
House
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Ford
What, No Ideas? Your Ideas Editor Feels Pressed
The Globe reports a sparse idea supply for YOUR IDEAS EDITOR with Friday leaving the reserve empty and weekend mail unhelpful. Readers are invited to submit ideas for a $1 daily payout as ideas are published.
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Globe
Dr Brinkley to Run for Senate in Texas Vacancy
Dr John Brinkley, Del Rio gland surgeon, announces intention to run for the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of late Senator Morris Sheppard. The disclosure came from his wife Mrs Brinkley in San Antonio on May 12.
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San Antonio
John Brinkley
del Rio
United States Senate
Morris Sheppard
Brinkley
Only Wanted 72 Beans
A SEDAN Kansas customer entered J. M. Gwaltney's store and ordered 72 beans, intending to plant four hills with 18 beans each. He paid two cents for the quantity.
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Kan
J. M. Gwaltney
Petty thieves haul varied loot in Amarillo over weekend
Thieves raided parked cars and two service stations in Amarillo over the weekend, taking a portable typewriter, several checks, a gun, luggage and a radio. Burglars also hit A C Youngblood station at 718 Taylor Street for 4.20, Edwin Simmons Station at 1301 Polk for two boxes of sparkplugs, and a radio shoplift at Amarillo Electric on East Eighth. Roy Beard reported four checks stolen from his car at 615 Polk Street.
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Amarillo
A. C. Youngblood
Taylor Street
Edwin Simmons
Polk Street
C. B. Dooley
Herring Hotel
Fountain Avenue
J. C. Paul
Harrison Street
A. M. Spearman
Fourth Avenue
Amarillo Electric
East Eighth Avenue
Roy Beard
Hanson Post
American Legion
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
The Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies with possible scattered thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday, slightly warmer Tuesday. West Texas shows fair conditions in the extreme southwest with more clouds elsewhere and scattered showers and thunderstorms later Tuesday. warmer north portion Tuesday afternoon. New Mexico expects scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms with fair conditions otherwise tonight and Tuesday and warmer east portion Tuesday afternoon. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours ranged from 50 to 65, with noon reading at 67.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pallium Conferred On Archbishop Lucey
Pope Pius XII conferred the palliums on twenty archbishops in a secret consistory. Recipients include leaders from San Antonio Texas Montevideo Ottawa and Montreal. Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio was absent and his pallium was received for him by two officials.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
San Antonio
Texas
Montevideo
Ottawa
Montreal
College of Cardinals
Robert E. Lucey
Rights of Goat Are Recognized
Tulsa officials ruled to allow two goats per household replacing the prior limit of one. A citizen argued the nanny goat’s loneliness caused constant bleating and neighbor annoyance, prompting the City commission to amend the law.
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Tulsa
Okla
Big Things Happenings To the Little People
London May 12 A sketch of ordinary Britons facing wartime upheaval and danger. A flower seller bombed from her corner relocates again and laments constant moving. A naval wife widowed by sea duty helps fires at night, offering tea and comfort. An ambulance driver born in Germany serves Britain. A demolition worker recounts digging for a child and finding an 80-year-old man. Small events carry big meaning.
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London
Gina
Germany
Britain
Education rule change opens air corps enlistment to eighth graders
The war department lowered enlistment standards for the regular army air corps from high school graduation to an eighth grade education and a passing score on the classification test. Enlistees can learn aviation trades at air corps technical schools and choose assignments at March Field Fort Sill or Lowry Field. Recruiting stations are in Amarillo Plainview Childress Pampa and the main office in Lubbock.
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Air Corps
War Department
Army Air Corps
March Field
California
Air Base
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Lowry Field
Colorado
Amarillo
Plainview
Childress
Post Office
Pampa
Lubbock
Tinfoil Pile Grows In Polk Street Show Window
At night the Polk Street lights reflect on a display window two doors north of the Ladies' Store where Ollie M. Childers demonstrates the Ton of Tinfoil campaign. Colored tinfoil wrappers and aluminum caps compete for space as residents are invited to drop scrap metal into a front box. The Rule Building Garage offers a free wash and grease to the top saver per week. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Polk Street
Ollie M. Childers
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