Japs Plan Last Man Battle as Morale Stays Iron
Dispatch from Russell Brines reports Japanese militarists mobilizing East Asia for a potential fast war, expanding defense lines from Burma to Manchuria. They press raw materials to war production while forcing labor. morale remains unshaken amid censorship and propaganda.
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Russell Brines
Associated Press
Port Elizabeth
Union of South Africa
East Asia
Manchuria
Russia
Netherlands East Indies
Malaya
Asia
Japan
Burma
China
Siberia
United States
Philippines
Miners Hold Out For Contract Amid Idle Metropolis News
Wounded in May and awarded the Purple Heart William M Fansler is now missing in action since Oct 26 serving as a flight engineer on a Liberator in the Southwest Pacific He is a native of Amarillo and was a technical sergeant at the time of his wounding He had worked for Klock Construction Company before enlisting in the Army in 1942. The nation faces coal mine strikes and stalled wage talks as 530000 miners stay idle awaiting a deal with government overseers led by Harold Ickes and John L Lewis. A local Armistice Day parade controversy over wearing WWI uniforms drew boos from Hanson Post members.
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William M. “Max” Fansler
D. F. Fansler
North
Roosevelt Street
War Department
Southwest Pacific
Max Fansler
Amarillo
Klock Construction Company
United Mine
Farflung
Washington
Pittsburgh
Republic Steel Corporation
Kentucky
Harlan County
Pennsylvania
Alabama
West Virginia
Ohio
Illinois
UMW
John L. Lewis
Harold Ickes
Lewis
Ickes
Maynard Drake
American Legion
Hanson Post
Drake
Post
Wins Pillow Fight With A Prowler
Mrs. A L Anderson of 507 North Johnson Street repelled a prowler who reached through their bed window. She hurled a feather pillow which knocked the flashlight from the burglar, causing him to flee forgetting his trousers.
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A. L. Anderson
North
Johnson Street
Death Claims Mrs. Jersig Pioneer of the Panhandle
Mrs. Anne Shelby Jersig mother of Mrs. Ben Manning of Amarillo died at 4 30 this morning at St. Anthony's Hospital after two weeks of illness. A Panhandle pioneer she had lived in Bovina and was longtime resident in the region.
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Anne Shelby Jersig
Ben Manning
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Panhandle
Jersig
Bovina
Sedalia Native Mrs Jersig Dies at 35 in Texas
Born in Sedalia Missouri daughter of Confederate General Joseph O Shelby she married William Frederick Jersig in Kansas City 1897 and moved to Texas 1908. Survived by two children Capt Jo Shelby Jersig US Marines in the Solomon Islands four grandchildren four brothers and a host of relatives. Body in state at Boxwell.
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Sedalia, Mo
Joseph O. Shelby
Mexico
William Frederick Jersig
Kansas City
Texas
Jersig
Presbyterian Church
United Daughters of the Confed
United Daughters of the
Confed
Manning
Jo Shelby Jersig
U. S. Marines
Solomon Islands
Shelby Anne Jersig
Mae Jersig
Bovina
Ben Manning, Jr
Peggy Manning
Amarillo
Ben Shelby
Sam Shelby
John Shelby
Webb Shelby
Butler
Boxwell
Teachers Say Happy Children Make Better Students
Amarillo school leaders debated humor in learning at a principals and supervisors meeting. A panel including Miss Elizabeth Nixson and others discussed how free laughter speeds learning and that happy children learn faster. A report on relaxation in teaching was reviewed, presenting a magazine article on excessive fatigue. The item ends with a funeral home notice for the Brothers.
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Amarillo
Elizabeth Nixson
J. W. Hill
I. D. Maharon
A. B. Hays
Ola Poyles
Educational Methods Magazine
Home Made Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief and Savings
A nostalgic home remedy ad touts preparing a cough syrup in the kitchen using sugar or honey with Pinex from a drugstore to yield a pint of syrup. It claims fast relief, mucus loosening, and soothing airway irritation, with a money back promise if unsatisfied.
Armistice Day Parade Plans With Legion Ambulance Followup
Miss Violet Davidson led a singing group with Miss Gertrude Elliker at the piano. A talk on remedial guidance was given. Legionnaires considering marching on Armistice Day Nov 11 may fear fatigue. Horace Griggs of Griggs & Sons announced an ambulance to follow the unit and assist veterans who fall out. About 70 percent of body weight is water.
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America
Cards
Violet Davidson
Gertrude Elliker
Horace Griggs
N. 8S
Griggs
Legion
Eye Do's for War Workers Ad Script
Eye care notice for workers detailing eye hygiene tips and cautions. It promotes Lavoptik as a quick soothing remedy for inflamed or irritated eyes with a money back guarantee and claims decades of success, urging purchase at drug stores.
Keeping store and human nature in wartime talk
A reflection on postwar rationing and consumer behavior. The speaker argues that allowing access reduces hoarding, citing coffee and beer in Army exchanges as examples. He suggests freedom to choose fosters moderation, contrasting with stricter controls that drive demand.
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Sam Abernethy
Sam
OWI
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Brines
Tokyo
Inet
United Press
St. Joseph
Death
Mrs. Jersig
Tommy
Tommy Bird
Dorothy Gray
Brothers’ Funeral Home
Joe Marsh
Brewing Industry Foundation
WACS
Wes Izzard
Anthony
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