USO Trouper Finds Alaska To His Liking
USO performer Will Ahearn and his troupe bring camp shows to Alaska soldiers. He notes uniforms and services blur as audiences include Army Navy and Red Cross members. After a Miami start, Alaska weather and scenery exceeded expectations, delaying their planned two month tour.
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Alaska
A.P
Will Ahearn
USO
Ahearn
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Aleutian Island
Miami
Fla
South Atlantic
Lost and Found Notices From Amarillo Area
Local notices report missing tarp and child’s tricycle between White Deer and Amarillo with a reward offered. Also listed are a Pantex badge, ration books, a collie or shepherd puppy, a Navy bracelet, a housekeeper position, a stolen Lincoln bicycle, a versatile helper for hire, and a black Cocker Spaniel puppy named Tig with a reward for return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
White Deer
Amarillo
Wichita Street
38Th
39Th Avenues
van Buren Street
Tig
I Fall for Hollywood Rumors and Riffs on Stars
In Hollywood chatter, Anne Shirley and Victor Mature spar over marriage plans while Captain Clark Gable returns from service and Mike Romanoff sheds a checkered past for a polished image. The piece muses on American tolerance, Oz revival talk, and director egos amid a changing industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Anne Shirley
Victor Mature
Shirley
Mature
Anne
Christmas Mail Lines Grow at Post Office
Christmas mail is piling up with long lines in the post office. Parcels mailed late may not be delivered by Christmas and could arrive in January or February. Postmaster W D DeGrassi urges senders to deliver their items promptly to ensure delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. DeGrassi
Daily Mail
Name Reception Committee To Meet Wendell Willkie
A reception committee was named today to greet Wendell Willkie at Fort Worth and Denver station Sunday night at 9 45 oclock. Ed Roberts heads the committee with members including George Pratt Jack Slemp C 8 Lambie C V Woolley Wes Izzard J H Paul Dr R Thom son Miles Bivins B M Britain S B Whittenburg Ed Rumsey 8 E Fish J H Dunn John Kenyon Charles Keffer and W R Pumphrey. A public address system will be set up and Willkie will deliver a short talk broadcast over KGNC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Fort Worth
Denver
Ed Roberts
George Pratt
Jack Slemp
Lambie
C. V. Woolley Wes Izzard
J. H. Paul
Dr. R. Thomson
Miles Bivins
B. M. Britain
S B. Whittenburg
Ed Rumsey
E. Fish
I Bombed Japan Club Formed in Aleutians
In Adak Aleutians the I Bombed Japan club has been organized by 74 officers and men of the Army Eleventh Air Force. The unit aims to honor air crews and commemorate wartime service.
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Japan
Aleutians
ADAK
Army
Eleventh Air Force
Incomplete Prompt Summary From Historical Clip
The fragment hints at a personal reflection about consolation and praise. It mentions a person who cannot be praised from one viewpoint, implying a broader or contested judgment. No clear events, dates, or names are present to identify.
Prominent Men to Attend Amarillo Aviation Conference
Regional aviation conference set for December 7-8 draws educators editors jurists and aviation enthusiasts from five states. Notables include Clifford B. Jones Dr J A Hill Dr E C Dodd and Judge Arthur A Kelly with invitations extended to Doolittle raiders and Allied airmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Canyon
C. I. Stanton
Civil Aeronautics
E. C. Dodd
Civil Aeronautical Administration
Washington, D. C
Dodd
U S Planes Attack Central China War Area
American planes attacked Japanese targets in central China on Monday and Tuesday in support of Chinese forces. Mitchell bombers damaged ammunition and oil dumps at Yochow in North Hunan, a base with strategic value for a potential drive on Changsha.
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Chungking
Central China
Yochow
Hunan
Joseph W. Stillwell
Changsha
Ball Bearings Tested Stricter Than Diamonds
Springfield Mass U P report notes ball bearings for Navy gyrocompasses endure microscopic tests under bright light. Chief engineer Lowell Smith says 70 to 80 percent are rejected for flaws in miniature 1/16 inch balls, with testers working in a windowless, air conditioned room.
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Springfield
Mass
U.P
Lowell Smith
Package Machinery Co
Navy
Water Ambulances Serve Beachheads
London dispatch reports a combined British American water ambulance used from the Sicily landings and likely in Italy. The flat bottom craft carry up to six stretchers and several ambulatory casualties, being lowered by electric winches from hospital ships and retrieved by kedge anchors. Royal Army Medical Corps stretcher bearers operate them aboard merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Sicily
Italy
British Merchant Navy
Royal Army Medical Corps
Mass Production in Cow Industry at state college Miss
Brownie a grade Jersey cow owned by James Griffin of Columbia Miss is in quantity production. Born Aug 4 1934 on the Griffin farm she gave birth to nine bull calves in July 1937 and a heifer half in December 1938. From Feb 29 1941 to April 14 1942 she produced three pairs of twins and on July 6 last year delivered triplet bulls one died the other two survive.
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State College
Miss
Brownie
James Griffin
Columbia
Pube Farmers of America
Brownle
Griffin
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Pantex Ordnance
William Griggs
Charles Lloyd Keeton
Leta Keeton
Lorene Keeton
Teresa Keeton
N. Hayes Street
Keeson
North van Buren Street
B. Hall
Vivian D. Kinard
4Th Avenue
Big Spring
Texas
USN
Kelles Garrison
N. Taylor St
Call
Kim Ware
Wildorado
Donald Ingleton
van Buren
Jefferson Street
Robert Johnson
East
Fifteenth Avenue
Jimmie Fidler
Walter Kollaer
West Eighth Avenue
North
Cleveland Street
Cretney
East Sixth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Carmen
North East Second Avenue
O. F. Russell
West Second Avenue
Oscar Herndon
T. V. Wallis
Melrose
New Mexico
Annie
Clark Gable
United States Air Force
Gable
Captain Gable
United States
Mike Romanoff
Prince Michael Romanoff
Harry Gurgeson
Mike
Case
America
Roosevelt
Hollywood Underground
Bette Davis
Jimmie Wood Frazier
Jim W. Frazier
Morse
N. A. Wood
F. M. Frazier
Montague
Cerned
S. A
Paramushiro
Doolittle Raiders
Globe News
Mr. Stone
Clifford B. Jones
U. S
Central
China War Area
Quicksilver-Smith CO
Polk
Sam and
Sam
Ake
Na Ee
Sueou
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