Ration rally spurs mass drive for gasoline rationing
A wide cross section of the public volunteered to assist Uncle Sam’s gasoline rationing program. Registration surged as hundreds sought to enroll, with county officials moving the process to the school tax office and Barb ar a May coordinating forms. The plan aims to conserve rubber while keeping business moving and work forces intact.
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Uncle Sam
Ruth Frazier
Barbara May
Randall County
Potter County
New Mexico
Donley County
Miss May
Bill Gilstrap
Star Chamber
Pinkney Sells No More Beef Until January
The Pinkney Packing Company of Amarillo cannot sell beef until after January due to government meat quotas. Only pork and sausage items are available, with a 70 percent beef quota already sold this year. Cecil Dyke notes new quotas take effect after the year starts.
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Pinkney Packing Company
Amarillo
Cecil Dyke
Pinkney’s
Russian Offensive Advances Near Stalingrad Deepens Axis Crisis
The Soviet drive north and south of Stalingrad pushes 30 to 40 miles, threatening German supply lines east of the Don and possibly encircling forces at Stalingrad. Allied operations in Africa and the Pacific press the Axis on multiple fronts as air campaigns and landings intensify.
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Joe Alex Morris
London
Axis
North
Africa
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Near East
Gibraltar
Spain
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Hitler
England
Bizerte
Europe
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Germany
Brenner Pass
Norway
Murmansk
Russia
Reich
Japan
Pacific
Stalingrad
Don
Caucasus
Lake Simen
Eighth Army
Agedabia
Jedabya
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Tunis
Royal Air Force
Stuttgart
India
China
Burma
Indo-China
Red Army
Ture
Serafimovich
Abanerovo
Kalatch
Communist Party
Pravda
Gafsa
Gulf of Gabes
Radio
Morocco
Bizerte- Tunis
Berlin
Hammamet
Oran
Leo S. Disher
United Press
Lloyd R. Fredenhall
Bosch
Hamburg
Gernahs
John Maynard Lbr, Co
City
Ranch Loens
Russians Press Stalingrad Encirclement as Axis Struggles
Germans retreat before Stalingrad as Soviet counteroffensive tightens around the city with heavy casualties for the Nazis. Allied forces push through Tunisia, Rommel’s Libya lines bend toward El Agheila, while Pacific front sees Buna Gona clashes and air forces sinking ships and destroying planes.
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First Army
Bizerte-Tunis
Tunisia
Libya
Rommel
el Agheila
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
MacArthur
Sky-Dragons
China Command
Haipong
French
Indo-China
Clifford Assumes Post as President of Amarillo Bank
N. M. Clifford today assumed his new duties as president of The First National Bank of Amarillo. No personnel changes are planned. Clifford, with twenty five years in banking, aims to keep the bank growing as a community institution amid Plains country development.
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Clifford
Amarillo Bank
N. M. Clifford
First National Bank of
Amarillo
First National Bank
Clifford elected president as bank reorganization announced
Mr. Clifford arrives from Wichita Falls with daughters Dorothy and Betsy to lead The First National Bank after a board vote. He and G. H. Clifford have acquired most of West Texas Mortgage Loan Company stock and the bank's common stock. He has long been active in West Texas banking and cattle, oil, and farming interests, including Electra State Bank, where he is president.
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Mr. Clifford
Clifford
Plains
Texas
Restan Detacin
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Dorothy
Betsey
Colorado University At
Boulder
Miss Betsy
N. M. Clifford, Jr
University of Texas
First National Bank
West Texas
Frank Kell
Electra State Bank
R W Norman Wins Globe Tip Prize For Amarillo Heart Attack Notice
R W Norman of the Western Union office wins the $5 first prize in the Globe news tip contest for calling in the Amarillo man’s heart attack incident in downtown Amarillo on Thursday afternoon. Second prize goes to Jean and Bobby Watkins for the dog’s return and to Mrs Hassler for reporting bank change excess.
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R. W. Norman
Western Union
Amarillo
Jean
Bobby Watkins
Hayden Street
Hassler
East Eleventh Avenue
George Jones
Bowie Street
Mattea McClurkin
van Buren Street
Florence Gochnauer
West Twentieth Avenue
A. C. Fristoe
North Buchanan Street
Hugh Audas
North Wilson Street
L. W. Kreidler
Agreement Reached With Martinique
Secretary Hull announced a satisfactory agreement with Martinique avoiding American occupation of the French Caribbean possession. The pact covers all French possessions in the western hemisphere and renews the 1940 accord with Admiral Robert, adding key modifications.
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Washington
United States
Martinique
Hull
French Guiana
Robert
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Ration Rally
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Pinkney
Social Security Record Systems
Russell Stationery Company
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Peter Masefield
RAF
Harrison Salisbury
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Gona
Associated Press
Ordzhonikidze
Black Sea
Oslo
Social Demokraten
Tiddingen
Tunis- Bizerte
Britain
Lae
Buka
Solomons
New Delhi
U. S Army Air Force
Asiatic
Mandalay
Mingadaladon
Rangoon
Toungo
Haiphong Harbor
French Indo- China
Gulf of Sirte
Benghazi
8Th Army
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Dee Stationery
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