Albuquerque Plane Missing
An army light attack bomber with two crew is 24 hours overdue from Albuquerque air base amid central Rio Grande Valley weather. Major A. D. Smith said planes would be sent out soon. On board are Lt. Seldon T. Miller and Staff Sergeant Howard L. Edwards. The trainer took off at 10:47 A M yesterday on a local flight with no objective. The base expects search within about 70 miles radius.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande Valley
A. D. Smith
Seldon T. Miller
Bellevue
Texas
Howard L. Edwards
Smith
Third Annual Cathedral Carnival Closes Tonight
Several hundred attendees enjoyed a turkey dinner and carnival events at Cathedral Hall 119 Washington Street. Dinner runs 5 to 8 pm before the midway opens with games, displays, and concessions. dinner costs 50 cents per plate, with no admission charge for the event hosted by the Altar Society.
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Cathedral Hall
Washington Street
Ladies of the Altar Society
Sam Houston Band Parents Plan December Rummage Sale
The Sam Houston Band Parents Association will host a rummage sale on December 12. Mrs. R. B. Groves announces that band parents may donate clothes to 606 or 607 Fairmont Street or call 6612 or 2-2441. The association meeting time shifts from 8 to 7 30 PM every other Monday.
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Sam Houston Band Parents’ Association
R. B. Groves
Fairmont Street
Port Oxford fisherman profits from soupf in ear river trip
Port Oxford trader FE Smith hustled to the Columbia River to claim profits from a soupf in ear river fishing venture. He bought a $3500 boat, rigged and crewed it, returning in three days with liver-worth over eight dollars per pound, enough to cover costs and yield profit. Meanwhile reports note English balloon barrage workers begging for mouth organs and Argentina censoring film trailers.
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Port Oxford
Ore
Wales
Eark River
FE. Smith
Columbia River
Biblical Proof Hitler Cannot Win Claims Restored Rome
O and Strickland of 1405 Buchanan Street asserts biblical proof Hitler cannot win the war and dominate the earth. He cites Daniel 7 on four beasts and argues there will be no fifth empire, implying Rome will be restored per Revelations 13:3.
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Strickland
Buchanan Street
Hitler
Daniel
Babylon
Nebuchadnegzar
Roman Empire
Mr. Strickland
Rome
Civic Leader Cunningham Dies in Big Spring at 64
C W Cunningham 64 longtime civic figure and former mayor of Big Spring died in a local hospital after being stricken ill on a deer hunt in the Chisos Mountains. He led the school board, ran a drug business since 1919, and earlier served as Winters superintendent and Glasscock County judge. Survived by widow Minnie Bell Cunningham and daughter Doris Waddell of California.
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Big Spring
C. W Cunningham
Chisos Mountains
Cunningham
Augusta
Tex
Sam Houston Normal
Winters
Luflin
West Texas
Glasscock County
Minnie Bell Cunningham
Doris Waddell
California
British Patrols Active in Libya Reported
New York dispatch notes a United Press listening post report describing great British patrol activity on the Libyan frontier with patrols penetrating deeply into enemy positions. The item recalls prior major offensive operations in Libya beginning with similar patrols.
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New York
United Press
Libya
Richard Bennett Begins Second Fifty Years as Actor
Hollywood observes Richard Bennett celebrate the start of his second half century in acting. The veteran performer, father to Constance, Joan and Barbara Bennett, marked the anniversary amid fanfare.
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Hollywood
Richard Bennett
Constance
Joan
Barbara Bennett
Injuries Trim Southwest Elevens Before Finales
The Associated Press reports Southwest Conference teams assessed injuries as they prepared for upcoming games. SMU had no injuries from the Arkansas game, but Bob Maddox remained dangerously ill in a Dallas hospital. Missing or limited players included Howard Maley, Joe Pasqua, Barron Ellis, Odell Griffin, W B Godbold, Wenzell Gandy, Jack Wilson, Jack Russell, and Frank Kring. Texas Longhorns expect Jack Crain to be ready for the Texas A and M game. Arkansas and TCU also faced notable knockups.
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Southern Methodist
Arkansas
Bob Maddox
Dallas
Howard
Jack Wilson
Jack Russell
Arkansas Razorbacks
Mississippi
Frank Kring
Texas Christian
D. X. Bible
Texas Longhorns
Jack Crain
Texas A
M. Fracas
Publicity muse and Severin as All-American lure
A Sport Parade column recounts a writer’s dramatic fainting spell sparked by a long letter from Bob Madry, North Carolina’s publicity man, praising Severin and other college heroes. The piece riffs on Madry’s prose likening it to Hemingway and Wolfe, and recalls past All-American campaigns for Dudley and Moser.
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Florida
Doc
Bob Madry
Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Madry
North Carolina University
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Wolfe
Severin
Séverin
Mr. Madry
Thorpe
Gipp
Grange
Stinchcomb
All American
Bill Dudley
Virginia
Derace Moser
Texas Aggies
Jim Lumpkin Returns to Assistant District Attorney Role
Jim Lumpkin, who spent a year as a first lieutenant in the 142nd Infantry of the 36th Division, will resume his post as assistant district attorney on December 1. He was retired from active duty after serving with the National Guard and remains an officer in the Texas National Guard. Prior to active duty he had served as assistant district attorney since 1937, having taken leave when he entered the army.
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Jim Lumpkin
142Nd Infantry
District Attorney
National Guard
Lumpkin
Texas National Guard
Army
American Eagle Squadron Commander Named
London, Nov. 18. Flight Lieutenant G. C. Peterson of Salmon Idaho has been appointed to command the American Eagle Squadron of the Royal Air Force. He is the first American to lead the Eagle Squadron and recently received the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry. At 21, he has been in Britain a year and flew in over 40 RAF sweeps over northern France, with credit for five enemy aircraft downed. Pilot Officer G. A. Daymond of Great Falls Mont. is the only other member of the squadron credited with five kills and also holds a DFC.
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London
G. C. Peterson
Salmon
Idaho
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Peterson
Britain
France
G. A. Daymond
Great Falls
Mont
Proud Day for Two Cox Families
The Cox families welcomed two newborn sons yesterday at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Mr and Mrs Eli P Cox of 1309 Fillmore Street had a boy in the morning while Mr and Mrs Oscar Cox of 1696 Johnson Street had a son in the afternoon. The two families are unrelated and had not known each other before yesterday.
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Coxes
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Eli P. Cox
Fillmore Street
Oscar Cox
Johnson Street
Relative of John Arnot aids prisoner of war food drive
In a Monikie Scotland letter Mrs John Fairlie niece of John Arnot recounts Lieut John Fairlie captured at Crete and imprisoned in Oflag Germany. She appeals to Red Cross to send care boxes, 2.40 dollars per box containing milk biscuits cheese cocoa sardines meat and tobacco. Boxes delivered unopened to prisoners who share with others.
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John Arnot
Crete
Red Cross
Monikie
Glamis
Scotland
John Fairlee
Lincoln Street
Oflag
Germany
England
Arnot
Ofaly
U. S
The
Geneva
War Office
All American Selections Reported From Various Colleges
A letter from Mr. Madry states the University of North Carolina football team has had a poor showing, and none of its players will be recommended for the all American first team. The narrator recalls arranging mail and receiving the note as the scene unfolds amid strings of all American candidates.
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Frank Sinkwich
Georgia
Frankie Albert
Stanford
Steve Lach
Duke
Edgar Jones
Pittsburgh
Chub Peabody
Harvard
Macy
Mr. Madry
University of North Carolina
Weather forecast for Rose Bowl day in 1942
Pasadena bulletin reports sunny conditions for January 1, 1942 with afternoon highs around 76 degrees after a rainy spell. Forecaster Dr Irving Krick of Caltech credits improvements to long range methods and notes a 43 day advance forecast effort.
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Pasadena
Calif
Irving P. Krick
California Institute of Technology
Krick
Adyvante
New Rules Slash Consumer Debts Slashed From Small Firms
The commerce department estimated that installment credit regulations cut about 10 million dollars from consumer debts owed to small man companies during September and October the first two months of the new rules. Loans must be repaid within 18 months under the regulation.
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Waominuiun
Commerce Department
Gophers Top AP Football Poll Amid Margin Shift Also Adds Missouri Rise
Minnesota remains No 1 in the AP college football rankings with 112 of 129 first place votes and a total 1279 points. Texas A M follows as runner up while Duke retreats to third as Notre Dame and Missouri climb with Missouri jumping from sixteenth to eighth after a 28 to 0 win. Stanford falls from a Big Ten berth to seventeenth as other shifts occur across the poll. Common rights on Handley land were surrendered in 1575 to allow wheat farming.
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Minnesota
Norsemen
Associated Press
Scribes
Texas A. & M
Texas Aggies
Duke
Notre Dame
Blue Devils
Gophers
Texas A & M
University of Tex
Texas Christian
Longhorns
Missouri
Tigers
Oklahoma
Stanford
Handley
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Harry Ferguson
Vanderbilt
Elsie
Minnis Hall
W. J. Morris Agey. Insurance
Casualty and Allied Lines
Amarillo
First National Bank of
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Meyer
E. B. Meyer
West 6Th
Miwrcley
Rgus Wer
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CROW
Old Crow
America
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N.Y
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N. Taylor St
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Texas Panhandle
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
Ersons
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