Panhandle News Roundup From Amarillo Field to Social Notes
A Panhandle update from Amarillo highlights Col Edgar Seltzer joining Amarillo Field as executive officer to General Haddon after serving in the South Pacific. Gilmore Nunn is named vice-consul to Portugal, while Boys' Ranch near Old Tascosa expands by 725 acres funded by Dutch Mantell's estate. A new Old Tascosa cafe opens in the Herring Hotel basement with murals by Harold Bugbee. The Philharmonic Orchestra opened its season with Braggiotti Shaw and a Boogie Woogie classical fusion. Sports reports cover Amarillo Sandies’ 20 0 win over Lubbock, district standings, and area golf and bowling results, plus social notes and upcoming weddings and engagements.
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Panhandle
Air Corps
Amarillo
General Haddon
Amarillo Field
Col
Edgar Seltzer
Bromo” Seltzer
South Pacific
Gilmore Nunn
Lindsay Nunn
al Morris Place
Herring Hotel
Tascosa
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
Bugbee
Washington, D. C
Philharmonic Orchestra
Braggiotti
Shaw
Jacques Fray
New York
USO
USC
Legion
Lubbock
Sandies
E. J. Watson
Carroll Hall
Hall
Ray Daniel
Brownfield
Butler Field
Borger
Pampa
Plainview
Vernon
Graham
Wellington
Shamrock
Phillips
White Deer
Electra
Quanah
Wichita Falls
Childress
West Texas State
New Mexico University
Albuquerque
Buffs
Lubbock Army Flying School
Buffaloes
Canyon
Pete Layden
Texas University
P. F. Sapp
J. S. Evans
Amarillo Country Club
J. A. Jennings
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Diamond Shop
Rio Grande Steel Company
Nat
Seldon Simpson
E. A. Simpson
Martha Nell Stack
Bruce Miner
Katherine Lewis Reppert
Charles Field Wetherbee
Geraldine Black
Hermen Dye
Registration for gasoline rationing to start Thursday
Potter County schools will conduct gasoline rationing registration Thursday to Saturday with 8 am to 5 pm windows. Supt. Charles M. Rogers urges all who can to register, with extended hours on Saturday. Registrations require filled forms, tire serial numbers, and license receipts.
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Potter County
Charles M. Rogers
Rogers
Central
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and nearby areas expect not quite as warm this afternoon and little change tonight. West Texas warmer this afternoon than yesterday Panhandle and South Plains cooler tonight with continued warmth elsewhere. New Mexico sees continued warmth this afternoon especially south, warmer than yesterday elsewhere and much colder tonight. Extremes over 24 hours end 6:30 AM show a low of 36 and high of 69 with noon at 62.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Pacific Victory Signals Major Wartime Shift
Allied forces push into Tunisia from the south while a large American British force drives north in North Africa. In the Pacific a three day sea battle near Guadalcanal sees heavy Japanese losses and U S naval supremacy declared by Admiral Nimitz, with a warning of potential further rounds.
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Tunisia
London
Hitler
Balkans
Middle East
North Africa
Japan
South Seas
Guadalcanal
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
War at a Glance 3v The Pacific Solomons Battle Signals Victory
Secretary Knox calls naval action a clear two point win for the United States in the Solomons, while Nimitz hails the triumph as a peak of the war. MacArthur directs near Buna in New Guinea as Allied forces push forward against Japanese bases. In Africa the Libyan front stiffens with Derna and El Agheila holding, while U S desert air forces seek enemy planes. Soviet and Libyan fronts show heavy fighting as the war widens. Gasoline ration cuts move toward Atlantic states with fuel oil safeguards.
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Knox
Solomons
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
United States
The
Nimitz
MacArthur
New Guinea
Buna
Africa
Tunisian
Tunis
Bizerte
Tripoli
Rommel
8Th Army
Derna
Africa Corps
el Agheila
Desert Air Force
Russia
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas Eblamey
George C. Kenney
Awala
General MacArthur
Bataan
Ioribaiwa
Papua
South Seas
Tokyo
Volkhov
Bengasi
Tripolitania
London
B. L. Montgomery
Day in Scotland Highlights Women Workers and Canteens
A visitor describes a busy Scotland schedule observing women workers, shifts, and canteens, noting unmarried women face fewer home pressures while married women pose challenges. The day includes factory visits, shipyard Clyde views, speeches by Sir Harry Lauder, and a stop at the Women's Voluntary Services exhibit on scrap collection and wartime reuse.
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Lord
Lady Weir
Lord Roseberry
Scotland
Clyde
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Women's Voluntary Services
Norwegian Merchant Vessel Torpedoed Off South America Coast
A medium sized Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America in mid October. All 43 crew members were saved after reaching a Caribbean port in two lifeboats following five days at sea. Survivors landed at a U S East Coast port.
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Washington
Atlantic
South America
United States
Caribbean
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Philip pine Escape opens on front page front
The article announces the first installment of Philip pine Escape to run on the front page tomorrow. It promises readers a thrilling adventure across 1,500 miles of Jap infested land and sea, aiming to give everyone opportunity to read.
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Lgas
1Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
U. S. Pacific
Greece
Mediterranean
Berlin
Spain
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Navy
Frank Knox
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Algeria
Britain
Mekili
Erwin Rommel
Gulf of
Sirte
United Nations
Jutland
Admiral Nimitz
Kumisi River
Halsey
Callaghan
William F. Halsey
Daniel J. Callaghan
White House
Seven Seas
Lae
Salamaua
Seaboard
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Atlantic Coast
Russell Stationery Company
Eleanor Roosevelt
Weir Factories
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Sir Harry Lauder
Stephen Piggott
Sir Harry
Mr. Biggar
Scottish Royal Institute
America
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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