Rumor and War News From Washington Panhandle
Column recounts wartime rumors about Congressman Worley, F B I investigations, rubber and gasoline shortages, rationing plans, and Texas as a strategic war area. It notes public sentiment for nationwide controls, street-car reliance, and possible future coupons while profiling Don Swander and June Hershey creators of Deep in the Heart of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Soldier and Sailor Boys
Nevada
Don Swander
June Hershey
Don
Don Martin
Los Angeles
Washington
Roosevelt
City Responds To USO Drive Surpasses Earlier Totals
City and county leaders report $7 606 75 raised for the USO toward a $22 000 goal. Campaign chair L H Puckett notes more donations as Amarillo aids armed forces and a new USO club site is proposed on the old weather bureau site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City County
L. H (Cedar) Puckett
John F. Guide
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
USO
Puckett
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Gun Battle Rages in Paris Amid Youth Organization Clash
London dispatch says a gun battle in Paris between Marshall Petain's youth organization and police and hostile elements was ongoing. Radio Paris reportedly indicated youth members were attacked while passing through the Latin Quarter with no further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Paris
Marshall Henri Philippe Petain
Radio Paris
War Production Board Orders Army Fish Pack
The War Production Board ordered canners to set aside the entire 1942 pack of salmon sardines mackerel and Atlantic herring to meet military and lend-lease needs. Officials added that any unused portion could be released for civilian use if military and lend-lease requirements are fully met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
WPA
More Than One U Boat Attacked Near Fortaleza
A May report says several U boats were attacked in the Fortaleza area off Brazil's northeast coast three days earlier, with at least one submarine allegedly German sunk by U S planes. US anti submarine actions followed by Brazil heightening defense measures. A second item notes John Barrymore's condition improving at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Fortaleza
United States
Hollywood
John Barrymore
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
AVG Fliers Destroyed 5,000 Japanese Planes Says Glover
Byron A. Glover, Curtiss Wright official who supervised AVG plane assembly in Burma, said AVG pilots destroyed 5,000 Japanese planes with few losses. He noted AVG losses: six pilots killed and six captured out of 100 planes, many grounded for parts. He described P-40s taking hits yet returning, while Japanese planes lacked durability. He also praised Japanese skill and recounted AVG tactics and a display of Warhawk and Curtiss Command planes at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Byron A. Glover
Curtiss- Wright Corporation
Burma
AVG Filiers
AVG
Rangoon
Glover
B. S. Wright
R C Gower Child Dies In Amarillo Area
LaWanda Joy Gower seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Gower died this morning at 8 30 o clock after a brief illness. She is survived by her parents a brother Richard Gower of Amarillo and her grandmother Mrs Janie Qualls of Priona. The body is in state at the Blackburn Shaw Chapel pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaWanda Joy Gower
R. C. Gower
Amarillo
Richard Gower
Janie Qualls
Priona
Blackburn-Shaw
Heat Wave Pushes Temperatures Past Ninety in Southwest
A 91 degree high set a yearly record while a record low also marked the morning. Winds will pick up this afternoon as Roswell New Mexico reached 96 and El Paso 95 yesterday highlighting extreme heat across Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Roswell
New Mexico
el Paso
Amarillo
Labor Union Bill Is Approved by House Judiciary Committee
The House judiciary committee approved a bill to bring labor unions under the anti racketeering law and make obstruction of commerce a felony. The measure aims to curb racketeering influence in union activities and enforce broader federal penalties.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Help Wanted Classified Ads Reach out for jobs
Series of brief requests from readers seeking domestic help farm work and other odd jobs. Posts include a middle aged housekeeper with confinement case experience at 1804 N Cleveland St and other ads for ironing cleaning caring for children farm work and general labor in Vega Texas and nearby streets.
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Tack
W. F. Pierce
Cleveland St
Charles J Ware To Victory Group
In Dallas on May 26 appointments to the Victory Fund Committee of the Eleventh Federal Reserve District were announced by R R Gilbert. Named are W Russell Barrow Walter B Jacobs from Shreveport Charlies T Ware Amarillo and Charles Eubank Waco. The committee is among 12 nationwide created to support the treasury war financing program.
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Amarillo
Jimmy Doolittle
George C. Marshall
Washington
General Marshall
Col
8S. H. Sherrill
War Department General Staff
Maj
Frank McCarthy
U.S. Army
General Dooittle
Japan
Army
Capitol Hotel
Dallas
Victory Fund
Eleventh
Federal Reserve District
R. R. Gilbert
W. Russell Barrow
Walter B. Jacobs
Shreveport
Charlies T. Ware
Charles Eubank
Waco
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Lud Steel
Allis Chalmers
Smelt
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Aviation Corpo A
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden Breesee
Budd Mfg
Tee
Os Fla Aly Chrysler
Consol
Oil
Curtiss Wright
Fly Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
Electric Boat
General Electric Oesee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Seevice
Tnt Harvester Seewee
Int Power & Pap
Gia Kennecott Copper Sateen
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Railway
North American Aviation
Onio
Packard
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
J C Penney
Penn RR
Phillips
Plymouth
Y Texas Corporation Ay
Texas Gulf
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Allied prospects and strategists weigh second front timing
Browne Cunningham asserts a possible four-stage plan for the Mediterranean and hints at a second front against Italy as Allied air and sea power balance shifts. Eisenhower and Clark are named as U S Army leaders involved in war planning while Britain weighs Malta raids and Axis supply activity in the central Mediterranean.
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Drew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Washington
Italy
United States
Arnold
Towers
Kharkov
Russia
Browne Cunningham
Malta
Eisenhower
Tank Corps
France
Clark
Acrylic teeth: new material hides from cameras
Dr. LaMar W. Harris of Chicago told the Missouri Dental Association convention that a newly developed organic plastic called acrylic promises fillings inlays and even false teeth that are virtually undetectable to the naked eye and to closeups, offering secrecy for patients.
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ST Louis
LaMar W. Harris
Chicago
Missouri Dental Association
City Commission to hear bids on Word Ranch land sections
Amarillo officials plan to accept bids tonight on six Word Ranch sections totaling about 397 acres with leases on five and a half sections. The city could retain ownership of park areas and water site portions, while debates over sewer extensions and bond funds accompany the session.
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City Commission
Word Ranch
Amarillo
Palo Duro Creek
Bill” McSpadden
Marshall Oldham
Austin P. Hancock
Water Works Department
Real Estate Board
Taxpayers’ League
M. J. R. Jackson
Randall County
Hugo H. Loewenstern
W. B
Willie” Stubbs
Taxpayers Group Today
Market rates and livestock sale report from Kansas City
Market summary shows Dow Jones levels at 1 P M with gains across industrials and rails while US Stocks edge up. Kansas City livestock data report hogs and cattle sale totals, prices range for hogs, steers, heifers, calves, and sheep with mixed trends and bid activity.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
U.P
AMA
Webb Testifies in Slaying Trial in New York
Madeline Webb, a dark haired Oklahoma girl, testified in her general sessions trial on first degree murder charges. She took the stand shortly after noon to defend herself against accusations tied to the slaying of a woman refugee, with two men also implicated.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Small Business Measure Passes War Contracts Program
The House approved a bill by a 344 to 0 roll call to speed war contracts for small business. Patman said the measure aids small firms more than any prior bill. The Senate already approved a similar form creating a War Plants Corporation with 200 million dollars in working capital to win and allocate contracts for war and civilian goods.
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Washington
House
Senate
Patman
Congress
War Production Board
Radio Engineer Dore Frantz Ships to Australia for War Duty
KGNC radio engineer Dore Frantz has completed two and a half trips as a radio operator aboard a tanker between Texas and Atlantic Coast ports and plans another voyage to Australia. He reports encounters with merchant ship wrecks, tight weather changes, and awaits next assignment details from the American Communications Association.
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KGNC
Dore Frantz
Texas
Amarillo
Australia
Frantz
Gulf
Atlantic
Dore
Morro Castle
New Jersey
American Communications Association
C. I. O. Union
Martime
North Atlantic
Ohio
WAAC Officers Recruiting Opens for First Officer Candidate School
The War Department announced that WAAC officer candidate school applications open tomorrow at regular army recruiting stations nationwide. Applications must be filed by June 4. The school will begin about July 15 at Fort Moines Iowa under Col Don C Faith.
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Washington
War Department
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort
Moines
Iowa
Don C. Faith
Notable aviation pioneers and wartime flight histories
The text profiles Eisenhower from Denison Texas who attended army tank school after service in the first tanks. It notes Arnold’s 30 years in military aviation and his role among the first army air corps pilots. It also recalls Towers leading 1919 navy seaplanes on the first transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Plymouth, with NC-4’s route via Azores to Portugal.
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Eisenhower
Denison
Tex
Army Tank School
Arnold
First
Army Air Corps
Towers
Navy
Tespassoy Bay
Newfoundland
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Moore
Tack T
Tam
Mirror Street
Tack Tam
H.R. Southerland
McMasters Street
Washington Street
Airdale Puppy
Bobby
Billye Hillburn
Vega
Charles J. Ware
Victory Group
Armada
Germany
Hunsley
House OF Color
Financial Industrial Fund
WAAC
HiWay 66
N. Fillmore
the Boss
Bill Dee
Dee Stationery
Plains Office Supply
John Alcock
A. W. Brown
Ireland
Royal Air Force
Amarillos
Blackburn
Shaw
T Memorial
Hugh Uc
K. Rubber Welding Process
Adkinson - Baker
Tyler
Louisiana
Texaco Products
General Tires
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