Pulse Feeler polls on free marriage licenses and divorces
The Pulse Feeler asks Amarillo residents if marriage licenses should be free and if divorces should cost money. Read responses from local figures and travelers, noting no refunds for the 1,396 licenses issued Jan 1 to Oct 31 1943. Pulse Feeler offers $1 per question published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Anne Lewis
TWA
Texas
Louise McClusky
Pat Appleby
Madelyn Lea
G. Anderdown
Roswell
Nab Last Skulking Japanese Nab Last Skulking Japanese
The kitchen police capture what may be the last Japanese soldier on Attu. A 97 pound emaciated survivor was hauled in after noises from a garbage can. Since Japanese forces were driven off, Attu has become a model base with wired lights, libraries, radios, and modern housing for American troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Annabel
Alaskan
U.P
Attu
Army
Kurifles
Japan
Bougainville Invasion Advances Amid Aggressive Push
U S Marines and army troops expanded Bougainville beachhead on the island's west shore as combat conditions proved dire with high Japanese casualties. Admiral Halsey praised progress while forecasts warned of possible new flanking attacks from Japanese barges. In New Guinea operations, heavy Allied air raids supported ground advances toward Madang and Ramu River Valley with substantial enemy losses.
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Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Madang
United Press
Frank Tremaine
U. S
Tremaine
William F. Halsey, Jr
Treamaine
Berlin
Tokyo
Ramu River
Pearl Nesselroad helps war effort at Pantex Village
Pearl Nesselroad a 63 year old Panhandle farmer moved with his wife to Pantex Village after taking an engineering job at Pantex. He joins family already serving the war effort including son in the Seabees and sons in law helping fuel and supply lines. The story ties local labor to national bomb production during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildorado
Pantex
Pearl
W. P. Nesselroad
Ben
Seabees
Williamsburg
Erma
J. W. Kelly
Clay Fuqua
Alaska
Alean Highway
Pearl Nesselroad
Panhandle
West Virginia
Amarillo
Santa Fe Railway
Belen
Nesselroad
Idea Chest Apathy Seen Behind Fund Shortfall
The Globe News calls for public ideas as the Idea Chest nears a $173 000 goal with $50 000 still needed. Readers urged to send opinions on whether door-to-door canvassing or a radio appeal could boost support or dissolve the campaign.
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War Chest
Idea Chest
Globe News
The
Weather summary for Amarillo and vicinity period
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday with temperatures below freezing tonight and continued cold Tuesday night. West Texas and Panhandle show fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered light rains in other areas, cooler in Panhandle this afternoon and south plains tonight. New Mexico remains partly cloudy with widely scattered light showers south and east. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M high 66 low 35 noon 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhanale
South Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
News Tip Prize Won by E G Norton in Alaska Coverage
E G Norton city policeman won first prize this week with his tip about Governor of Alaska at a bus station. Five dollars will be mailed to him. Second prize of three dollars goes to Mrs Ruby Pope for a tip about a pressure cooker explosion injuring no one. Third prize of two dollars goes to W L Hickerman for detecting a burglar who stole J L Young's trousers and money while a cocker spaniel slept nearby. Additional tips came from many residents listed by address and name.
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E. G. Norton
Alaska
Ruby Pope
Route 1
Iss
W. L. Hickerman
Tyler ‘Treet
J. L. Young
British Beat Off Attacks By Nazi Parachutists
British troops repelled German parachutist and sea-borne infantry assaults and strengthened positions on Lero, with RAF bombers targeting Nazi shipping and troop positions. Long-range air attacks hit Antali Cape, Gur na, Suda bays as Crete and Rhodes airfields were pounded. one enemy plane was shot down and nine RAF aircraft missing.
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London
U.P
Lero
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Antali Cape
Alinda
Gurna
Suda
Crete
Rhodes
Below Freezing Weather Predicted for Tonight
A cool snap brings below freezing conditions tonight with colder temperatures tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 66 while the morning low was 35 as moisture builds in parts of West Texas.
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Borger
West Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo To Be Stop For Sky Freighters
Amarillo becomes one of six coast to coast stops for TWA sky freighters on a regular schedule. Ray Blaker announces the first regular all cargo run with arrivals from New York at 12 14 pm and 11 21 am tomorrow. Stops include Pittsburgh Chicago Kansas City Wichita Albuquerque and Los Angeles and San Francisco on the route.
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Amarillo
Ray Blaker
TWA
New York
Sky
English Field
Bloker
Kansas City
Los Angeles
California
la Guardia Field
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Wichita
Albuquerque
Texans Come Home From Bloody Beach
Soldiers of the 36th Division returning to Texas from Italy arrive at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple. They relay tales of Salerno’s rough landings and heavy German resistance, with Pvt. Pollock, Sgt. McFarland, and Pvt. Knittel among those recalling the fighting and its costs.
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Temple
Tex
API
Texas
Italy
McCloskey General Hospital
Army
McCloskey
Oklahoma
Salerno
Bay of Salerno
Charles McFarland
Killeen
Belton
Rawlins
Pollock
Thad Knittel
Burton
Washington County
Knittel
3Th
Howard Robertson
Abilene
el Guetar
Tunis
Robertson
Theo Thames
Waco
Ceramic Thames
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Red Cross
Pulse Feeler
Amarillo Globe
Sgt
Thomas Bell
San Antonio
Ukraine
Halsey
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Irland
China
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Hurley
Chiang
Far East
A Neely-Greenhill -Lowndes Insurance
Bulgaria
Northwest African Air Force
Sofia
Balkans
Hungary
Romania
Greece
Jugoslavia
Mediterranean
France
Cannes
RAF
Russia
Pravda
Germany
Moscow
Baranovska
Fof Zhitomir
Old Poland
Rowne
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Great Bend
Kiev
London Radio
Dniester
Bug
Poland
Crimea
Kerch
Fifth Army
Isernia
Eighth Army
Sangro
Adriatic
Pete Easley
Buttons
Lincoln Street
Floyd Roberts
Post Office Drug
Taylor
News Tip
Doss Thompson
Brooks Street
J. W. Jowell
Lincoln
A. E. Stephens
West Eleventh
H. L. Mauldin
East Twelfth
Mary P. Moore
Canyon
Jay Carver
Ong
Martha Dysart
Bowie
Kenneth Hamilton
Washington
A. H. Cooper
West Ninth Avenue
B. R. Hickman
North East Fourth
Edgar Phillips
North Monroe
Kermit Hamilton
B. O. Chumley
North Grant
E. B. Perryman
Polk
John Maynard Lor. Co
W. Sth
Russell Stationery Company
Mr. Bloker
Bloody Beach
McFarland
Pvt. Rawlins
Snyder
June Rawlins
Awlins
North Africa
George Pollock
Groesbeck
Mexia
National Guard
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