Texas Nears 254 Million Pounds Scrap in National Drive
Texas edged toward the 254 million pound target as the statewide salvage drive reports tallied totals well above 100 million pounds. Wichita County alone reported 9.7 million, with mills on line repairs and multiple counties adding hundreds of thousands to millions of pounds.
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Associated Press
Texas Today
Thornton Hall
Texas
Wichita County
Montague
Foard
Cottle
Baylor
North Young County
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Smith County
Tyler
Bell County
Temple
Belton
Holland
Rogers
Troy
Schwartner
Killean
Sparks
Harrison County
Marshall
Midland County
Big Spring
Hidalgo County
Jefferson County
Port Arthur- Beaumont
Anne Adams Pattern 4235 Junior Miss Dress
Anticipated new Anne Adams Pattern 4235 for junior miss sizes 11 to 17 described as simple to sew. Details include short and longer sleeve dress options, fabric yardage for 35 inch fabric or nap fabric, and braid amounts. Order requires sixteen cents per pattern plus pattern book offer and address details for The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo
Scrap drives sweep nation in war effort and odd tales
A Missouri jail joins scrap metal drive, while Coffeyville bars become piles for recycling. Oakland destroyers, a diesel engine from a German sub, and a Rolls Royce donated at Beverly Hills illustrate war efforts. Texas data show 610.6 million pounds of scrap sent to mills as schools and hotels hike salvage totals.
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Kingston
Coffeyville
Kan
Oakland
Cal
Fred Parr
U. S. S. Oregon
Portland
Oglers
Anderson Brothers
W. O
J. I
Andersons
Texas
Manville
Wyo
Morris H. Block
Pueblo
Colo
Eugene Clair Flatto
Beverly Hills
Herbert Temmer
Denver
Temmer
U S Stronger In Solomons
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports confidence in holding and expanding positions in the Solomons after visiting Guadalcanal and other island bases. He says no Japanese prisoners were seen and commends the alert, hard working U S forces as he surveys zones and positions in the Solomon Islands theater.
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Walter Clausen
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester W. Nimitz
Solomon Islands Battle Zone
Robert L. Ghormley
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Pyorreha Follows Neglect Drug Ad Adverts
An Astringent with antiseptic properties from Cretney Drug promises to please the customer and refund money if the first bottle of Letos fails to satisfy.
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Cretney Drug
Amarillo camp paper to be published by N Ewing
Norris Ewing returns to Amarillo to publish a new camp news paper for Amarillo Field. The paper will be named via an ongoing contest and printed by Press Publishing Company at 2814 West Sixth Street. Ewing’s prior roles include Globe-News assistant general manager 1925 1937 and Wichita Falls Times and Record-News advertising director for five years. He has been active in civic life here, serving on the Chamber of Commerce board and Presbyterian elders group, and is a former Rotary president and Khiva Temple past potentate. Mrs. Ewing and their daughter will stay in Wichita Falls through the school term.
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Norris Ewing
Amarillo
Amarillo Field
The
Press Publishing Company
West Sixth Street
San Jacinto Press
Ewing
Globe- News
Wichita Falls Times
Record-News
Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
Rotary
Khiva Temple
Wichita Falls
Marines Face Tough Indonesian Jungle Fight
Admiral Nimitz notes the Marines meet a capable foe in jungle warfare as Pacific battles shift from Guadalcanal toward Tokyo. He compares distances from Guadalcanel to Pearl Harbor and Guadalcanal to Tokyo and says Japanese supply lines from the Dutch East Indies to Rabaul are a growing problem for Tokyo.
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Nimitz
Guadalcanel
Pearl Harbor
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Rabaul
New Britain
Sage College creates new French course for wartime needs
Russell Sage College institutes a French course for war emergency, training students in translation and interpretation alongside their majors. The program uses up-to-date reading and translation materials to meet demands for qualified translators, interpreters, scientists, and media workers. The Finnish government, facing the war, has established emergency bureaus employing over 15,000 people.
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Troy
N. Y. UP
Russell Sage College
Big Tax Bill Advances For Broad Reach In Revenue Rise
Washington reports the joint committee hopes to finish work by early next week on a sweeping tax bill. It would raise cigar and cigarette taxes, distort whisky taxes, and double rail air and bus ticket levies. Telephone tolls would face a 20 percent federal charge. Estimates put annual yield around 6.8 to 7.9 billion dollars and total federal revenue near 24 to 26 billion.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
I Am to Dance for a U S O Show
Fragmentary note expressing plans to dance for a U S O show at an unspecified venue with warm sentiment and peaking enthusiasm. The text seems personal and lacks concrete details about place date or participants.
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Jerry Vinson
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Wichita Valley
Waurika
Okla
Ennis
Robstown
van Horn
Snyder
Anson
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McKinney
Graham
Elgin
Lamakoff
Brady
Third Army
Red Bluff
Lomeza
Colorado
NBC
Army Hour
Lampasas
San Saba
Wildcat
Brazos
Calvert
Third Army Engineers
War Production Board
Automobile Gravevard Division
WPB
Conservation
Thomas L. Mullican
Tim Gentry
Rodney Burt
Dallas
Tim
Rodney
SSS
U.S
Solomons
First National Bank
Amarillo Printing CO
Rex Theater
LA Nell
America
California
John Payne
Judy Garland
Adolphe Menjou
Jane Russell
Captain Rogers
Huddle Club
Nigel Bruce
Universal Studios
Wilson Camera Store
Polk
LL Drug
Artid
American Institute of Laundering
CIA
MU America
Pudueiser
Svity
Anheuser-Busch
Baker’s Yeast
Adolphus Busch
Budweiser
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