Weathered jokes and notes from Amarillo Panhandle winter
Long column of jokes letters and anecdotes from Amarillo Texas including Stanberry remarks, Woolsey dove hunt, Scotch jokes, and reader letters. Mentions Temple Robinson tree parks Hendersonville and local wage concerns in war economy with social observations and trivia.
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H. Bank Jones
Amarillo
Temple Robinson
Hendersonville
North Carolina
Government Forests
Eighth Service Command Moves to Dallas
Dallas becomes the military headquarters of the Southwest as the Eighth Service Command relocates from San Antonio. Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan will move with more than 1500 officers and families to Dallas, following the Washington order issued by under secretary of war Robert Patterson. The command covers Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and New Mexico.
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Dallas
J. Ben Critz
Chamber of Commerce
Eighth Service Command
San Antonio
Washington
Richard Donovan
Robert Patterson
Southwest
Donovan
Eighth Corps Area
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Recruits Shipped By Coast Guard Army Navy Involvement
The coast guard will ship from 20 to 25 men on Monday. The army was preparing five men for shipment late today. The navy sent out William H. Hawkins of Skellytown and A. Cates of Quitaque. The item includes scattered notes on military mobilization and other unrelated bits.
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Coast Guard
Army
Navy
William H. Hawkins
Skellytown
A. Cates
Quitaque
Help Wanted In Home Duties And Boarding Seekers
Classified notice shows multiple readers seeking domestic help and boarding roles. Listings include a woman 35 to 45 for girl duties with room and board at 2402 Buchanan Street, a need for a middle aged houseworker with references and health certificate by October for a ranch, and a reader seeking strawberry plants preferably Giant Gems. Contact numbers included.
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Tack
Amarillo receives first letter from prisoner Gayle Neal in Japan
Mrs. Neal and her son Pfc. Gayle Neal of the U S Marine Corps, held at Zentsuji Prison Camp since January 15 after Guam's fall, writes from Tokyo with details of camp life and requests for fruit cake dried fruit tobacco underwear and work shoes.
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Leslie Neal
van Buren Street
Pfc
Gayle Neal
U. S. Marine Corps
Guam
Zentsuji
Japan
San Diego
Tokyo
Amarillo
Mercy Ship Waits Jap About Face
In San Francisco a Red Cross relief ship the Kanangoora sits full of supplies for American prisoners in the Orient as Tokyo broadcasts claimed Japan refused passage. Officials provide no comment but one executive hopes Japan may change stance while the ship stays chartered to the Red Cross awaiting permission or a guaranteed safe voyage.
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San Francisco
Orient
Kanangoora
Pacific Area
Red Cross
Tokyo
Japan
Oriental
Spain says Suner affair is routine
Arriba the Falange party newspaper described Ramon Serrano Suner’s dismissal as a mere changing of the guard. It said Franco’s substitution of Suner and two other cabinet ministers would not alter interior or foreign policy and that Franco now holds full personal control of the Falange.
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Madrid
Ramon Serrano Suner
Generalissimo
Franco
Spain
Falange
Arriba
Suner
el Caudillo
The
Sharp Quake Recorded Far From New York
A sharp earthquake 2,180 miles from New York was detected by Fordham University’s seismograph. Father Joseph Lynch, a seismologist, said he could not specify the location but suspected it was southwest of New York. Some Cornish tin mines are tunneled under the sea floor.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Blast Rocks Penthouses in New York Apartment Building
An explosion at the Buchanan apartments on East 48th Street killed Mrs. Davis Oswald, 28, and injured her maid Margaret Burke, 36, and several others. The blast damaged four floors of the 15 story building, with the cause suspected to be gas and an investigation under way.
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New York
Buchanan
Davis Oswald
John J. McCarthy
East 48Th Street
Third Avenue
47Th
48Th Streets
Seek Doctor Using Tires For Jaunt
In St Louis on Sept 4 authorities in Salt Lake City were asked to intercept a local physician on a pleasure trip and seize four new rationed tires. Matt Morse, a St Louis rationing board member, disclosed the doctor had been granted a permit last week for tires to drive to his patients. The physician’s name was not released.
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ST. Louis
Salt Lake City
Matt Morse
Casual Remark Triggers Sabotage Probe in War Plant
St Louis report says a worker, 22 year old Robert W. Schmidt, told supervisors many were fooling around like him. He admitted breaking off drill ends into airplane wings and pleaded guilty to destroying vital war materials. He is bound over to a grand jury on $15 000 bond. The case prompts broader federal probe into sabotage and carelessness in area plants.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Robert W. Schmidt
Schmidt
John A. Burke
U. S
President Plans War Plant Visit
Reports say President Roosevelt may tour war industries and army camps in early fall. White House declines comment. Advisers reportedly favor a nationwide trip possibly reaching the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pacific Coast
Willkie Says War Censors Too Strict
Wendell Willkie met King Farouk in Cairo along with Alexander Kirk and delivered a Roosevelt message on a tour to Chungking and Moscow. He urged less censorship, saying American correspondents in the Middle East are not getting adequate coverage and that the censorship is too strict.
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Cairo
U.P
Wendell Willkie
U. S
Alexander Kirk
Farouk
Roosevelt
Willkie
Chungking
Moscow
Mustafa Nahas Pasha
Middle East
Pal
170 Canadians Die in Dieppe Raid
Maj. Gen H F G Letson announced 170 Canadian soldiers died in the Dieppe raid with 626 wounded and a much larger number missing. He noted missing personnel failed to return to England and may have been killed or wounded. the list includes those killed in action and those who died later from wounds. The year’s Chinese New Year date then changes annually.
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Ottawa
H. F. G. Letson
Dieppe
France
Letson
England
McCoys Enlist in Marines as Hatfields Remain Sought
Sergeant F M Bell of the Marines reports McCoys in his unit at Parris Island while Hatfields are still missing. He notes Ray J Roy G and Cecil R McCoy enlisted in 1942 and Bobby McCoy joined recently, all from Canyon with sharp rifle aim. He seeks Hatfield recruits.
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F. M. Bell
Marines
Leatherneck
Marine Magazine
Corps
Hatfield
McCoy
Parris Island
Bell
McCoys
Ray J
Roy G. McCoy
Cecil R. McCoy
Bobby McCoy
Hedley
Roy G
Canyon
Kentucky Mountains
Joe Lopez Charged In Shooting Case
Joe Lopez was charged today with assault with intent to murder after a shooting of Resendo Ornelas near 1223 Arthur. Ornelas was shot twice in the hip. bond set at 2500 by Justice of the Peace Car der.
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Joe Lopez
Resendo Ornelas
Arthur
Ornelas
Justice of the Peace
Carder
Lopez
IRA Guerrillas Attack Police Barracks on Border
IRA gunmen attacked Beebek police barracks on the Ulster Eire border in a brief gun battle. Police repelled the raiders, ending the clash without details on casualties.
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IRA
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Beebek
Ulster
Eire
First WAACs Leave School For New Post
A Washingtonian Edna L. Cox from Seattle and Ruth R. Jenkins from Pay Tex are among the first WAAC officers to depart the training school at Fort Des Moines for duty at Fort Riley Kan. They join eight others in a cooks and bakers school opening Sunday. Willie Belle Brennan Barry of Laredo Texas also leaves later today. All are slated to become mess officers.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
United States
Fort Des Moines
Women's Auxiliary Corps
Edna L. Cox
Seattle
Ruth R. Jenkins
Tex
Fort Riley
Kan
WAAC
Willie Belle Brennan Barry
Laredo
Texas
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Amarillo Hotel
C. S. Pryor
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Maine
Britain
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George White
Washington Street
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Globe News Want
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Optometrist
Eae
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Schenley
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Monroe Street Package Store
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