Goering speech outlines second front and war aims
Neutral observers summarize Reich marshal Goering's Oct 4 address as urging a second front to end the war by next summer, warning of harsh German defense plans, while stressing unity and discipline. Scrap-metal drives and Ford comments on peace accompany the dispatch.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reichmarshal Goering
al- Hed
Europe
Germany
Goering
Russia
Hitler
Market Report and Livestock Prices from Chicago and Kansas City
Stocks and bonds show slight gains as utilities lead. Chicago livestock reports hogs steady to down, cattle and calves mixed with gains in fed steers and yearlings, while Kansas City notes slow hog sales and firmer grain-fed steers with scarce supply and steady to higher prices.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City
Fed
October Month To Mail Gifts To Soldiers
Reminding Amarilloans that October is the month for mailing Christmas parcels to service men abroad. The post office and Red Cross issue requirements for parcels. Size limits 18 inches long, six pounds typical, eleven pounds absolute maximum. Include name rank serial number branch and APO, sender address, and ensure easy inspection. Perishables intoxicants flammable matter and poisons are forbidden.
Rex Theater Opens Scrap Drive For Free Show
Maverick Club director Ralph Dykeman says about 70 passes have been issued since Saturday for a Tuesday night performance of Take a Letter Darling. Donors bring 5 to 100 pounds of scrap for Rex tickets with top giver winning a War Stamps book and other passes allocated to leaders.
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Ralph Dykeman
Maverick Club
Dykeman
Darling
Rosalind Pussell
Pred MacMurray
Mavericks
Jim Golding
Rex
If George Doesn't Like Dogs They Can Blame Themselves
George Hoferek was bitten twice by dogs while strolling in Bloomfield New Jersey on October 5. He was treated at Montclair Community Hospital and walked home, then rode in a taxi after a second bite on the left leg.
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George
Bloomfield
N. J
George Hoferek
Montclair Community Hospital
Spitz
Maferek
Stalingrad Battle Report From Amarillo Glance
Soviet forces fend off German thrusts northwest of Stalingrad as Timoshenko counter‑offensive persists. Russians claim daily blows on German units with heavy losses to tanks trucks and planes. Pravda cites Hitler aims to subjugate the city and seize Baku oil, while Stalingrad leaders urge steadfast defense.
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Amarillo
Texas
PAGE
Stalingrad
Timoshenko
Karpov
Pravda
Hitler
Baku
Caspian Sea
Fatherland
Trict
Neo
Enem
Boy Scouts To Hold District Meeting Tonight
The Dallam Hartley Sherman County District Boy Scouts meet at the Dallam County courthouse with Rev. Sam Thomas presiding. The monthly court of honor will follow.
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Dallam - Hartley - Sherman County
Dallam County
Sam Thomas
Court of Honor
Junior High Band Parents Organize
Parents of Central Junior High School band members meet at eight this evening to organize a band parents association. The group aims to supply full support for the new band, according to principal Miss Elizabeth Nixson. All band member parents are urged to attend.
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Central Junior High
Elizabeth Nixson
Drafting Course Enrollment Open at Amarillo College
Enrollment is open for a free government sponsored drafting course at Amarillo College. The program, supported by Texas Tech and the U.S. government, aims to train men and women for wartime draftsman roles in industry. Prerequisites include high school graduation with two years math including geometry. Classes run 7 to 10 PM on Monday Wednesday and Friday for 16 weeks, reporting to the drafting room at the Amarillo College National Defense School.
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Amarillo College
Texas Tech
United States
National Defense School
Chih-Chen-Loh Speaks in City
Homer Chih-Chen-Loh visiting Amarillo en route to Oklahoma City from Canyon spoke at West Texas State College on world student aid. He represents the World Student Service Fund and urged Allied nations to aid each other to defeat the Axis, noting few Chinese students remain.
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Homer Chih-Chen-Loh
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Canyon
World Student Service Fund
West Texas State College
Oklahoma City University
China
Twenty One Injured When Bus Overturns Near Conroe
A Bowen Motor Coaches bus en route to Dallas overturned on U S Highway 75 ten miles south of Conroe injuring twenty one passengers. The most seriously hurt were Estelle Few 23 and Fay Biddy 25. Driver R T Amsley was unhurt. ambulances from Houston and Conroe rushed victims to Montgomery Hospital. The wreck occurred as brakes were applied on wet pavement and the bus slid into mud.
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Conroe
Tex
Montgomery
Bowen Motor Coaches
Dallas
Here
Estelle Few
Fay Biddy
Paducah
Houston
R. N. Blackwell
Bowen
R. T. Amsley
Amsley
Blackwell
Few
Miss Biddy
Wesley Daniel
Buffalo
Ada Hite
Akron
Ohio
S. Black
Huntsville
Adam Bryant
Marieda Carpenter
Emma Dargin
Willis
Ethel Lee Kindle
Seguin
Thomas McWashington
Abe Brown
Brady Kindle
Navy Rejects 10 Year Old Amarillo Boy
Bill Gunderson a ten year old from Amarillo writes Roosevelt he wants to join the navy. Randall Jacobs chief of naval personnel replies there is no place for him now but offers advice to stay in shape study hard and improve fitness. Bill plans to try the army air corps coast guard and marines next.
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Bill Gunderson
Bill
L. M. Gunderson
Fillmore Street
Wilson School
Roosevelt
President
Navy
Defense
Coast Guards
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
F. A. Hardy
Army
Air Corps
Coast Guard
Marines
Spanish Americans Join Scrap Drive at Dwight Morrow School
A. B. Lewis notes Latin American students pledge To Put Up a Scrap for the Scrap to aid Uncle Sam. Five companies led by officers from Major Lewis to Captains McQuirk Burdine recruit pupils collecting batteries, tires, plates, shafts, locks, nails and other scrap. Active leaders include Polo Morin Pete Gonzales and Dee Espitia.
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A. B. Lewis
Dwight Morrow School
Uncle Sam
Lewis
Virginia McQuirk
Mary Edna Burdine
Polo Morin
Paul Olivo
Petra Heredia
Mrs. James W. Howze Dies in San Antonio
Funeral services were held for Mrs. James W. Howze 50 formerly of Amarillo who died at her San Antonio home Saturday. Survived by three daughters and a son Mrs. Jim Keaton of Amarillo is among her noted offspring.
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San Antonio
James W. Howze
Amarillo
Howze
Jim Keaton
Springfield Musket Goes Back to War
An Amarillo donor returns a 1873 Springfield Arsenal musket to the Maverick Club scrap drive. The single shot long barrel weapon, with bayonet, dates from the Civil War era.
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Springfield
Maverick Club
Amarillian
Springfield Arsenal
Stalingrad Front Holds as German Reserves Pour In
Russian forces repel street fighting pressure in Stalingrad while the German effort concentrates across the battle zone. Allied dispatches report 1,000 plus air sorties and dozens of tank and motorized divisions applying intensified pressure, with Marshal Timoshenko advancing steadily.
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Stalingrad
Semyon Timoshenko
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