War talk and wildlife tales aboard the McKinley voyage
On the McKinley in Puget Sound officers and passengers discuss a possible war with Japan while observing a Russian freighter and a battle‑gray destroyer. The column narrator muses on salmon and eel life cycles, Alaska travel, rain patterns, and a Texas dog named Bozo as he heads toward ptarmigan hunting with Field & Stream notes.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Bozo
Panhandle
Texas
Alaska
Field & Stream
Help Wanted and Notices in a Local Item
A reader seeks a north side caregiver for two children, calling after six. A reader offers five two month old kittens to first taker. A note seeks owner of lost gold rimmed glasses found near the Rule Building. Mrs Bessie Davis seeks a mid dle aged housekeeper for general chores and care of a two year old, with 4 dollars daily. A reader seeks an unincumbered man for farm chores including milking, hogs, and chickens.
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Tack
Rule
Bessie Davis
Tack T
Kentucky Street
Health Units Merger Urged
Morris Browning county commissioner urges consolidating city and county health departments. He cites potential annual savings near 45 000 and notes possible shared doctor duties and reduced clerical and supply costs. Browning proposes a joint plan workable without bias and hopes to start by Oct 1 city fiscal year or Jan 1 county year.
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Morris Browning
Browning
British Capture German Submarine
A German submarine was captured in the Atlantic after an aerial attack forced it to surface. British ships reached the scene to secure the prize and bring it into harbor. The note did not confirm any link to the Greer incident or provide attack location or date.
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London
Atlantic
Admiralty
Air Ministry
U. S
Greer
Four Good Men Sought for Amarillo Flying Unit
Sergeant Short seeks at least four men to form an Amarillo flying unit authorized by the Army Air Corps. A group of 20 air cadets is needed to stay together through training. 16 are on the waiting list. An army examining board will visit Amarillo once 20 applicants are ready to demonstrate qualifications in English, math, plane geometry, and plane trigonometry, with options in history physics chemistry or a modern language.
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McKinley
Japan
United States
Steamship Line
Orient
England
China
Churchill
Roosevelt
Alaska
Army
Army Air Corps
Amarillo
Air Corps
Short
Switchman In Critical Condition After Freight Car Incident
William R. Collier, a Santa Fe switchman, remained in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after a crushed leg and severe shock when two empty freight car trucks passed over his legs early Saturday.He fell under a moving freight car.
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William R. Collier
Santa Fe
St. Anthony's Hospital
AP Man Says U. S. Better Informed On War News
Bolton Landing New York September 8 Charles EF Honce general news editor of the Associated Press told the New York State Publishers Association Americans are better informed about war news than any other people. He noted censorship and transmission difficulties but concluded that the news gets through nearly all of consequence.
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Bolton Landing
N. Y
New York State Publishers Association
Charles EF. Honce
Associated Press
Honce
Army Air Corps Still Popular Among Panhandle Youths
Sergeant Short, recruiting officer, reports enlistments from Lindsey W. Morris of Carnegie Oklahoma and Michael W. Wilson of Borger who join Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Robert D. Johnson of Turkey Lavoice H Carroll Borger and Carl E Thompson of Parnell assigned to Sheppard Field Wichita Falls with wages room and board. Write to Box 314 Vega Texas. Dear Tack help find lost white dog injured on Jackson Street 1600 block Thursday Sept 4 call 1608 Jackson Street or phone 2 2632.
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Seargeant Short
Army
Lindsey W. Morris
Carnegie
Okla
Michael W. Wilson
Borger
Jefferson Barracks
Robert D. Johnson
Turkey
Lavoice H. Carroll
Carl E. Thompson
Parnell
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Jackson Street
Spy had Norden bombsight details claimed in trial
U S Attorney Kennedy said a defendant provided Germany with Norden bombsight specifications in 1938 while allegedly spying for years. The Brookyln federal court trial of 16 accused Nazis resumed after recess with over 100 witnesses anticipated.
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New York
U.P
United States
Harold M. Kennedy
Germany
Brooklyn
Kennedy
Frederick J. Duquesne
Duquesne
War Department
Amarillo College Students Eligible for Flying Training
Thirty Amarillo College students may enter the Civilian Pilot Training program this fall under CAA quotas. Amarillo College received 10 openings for the elementary course and 20 for the secondary course as Texas quotas for 10 schools were announced.
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Amarillo College
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Texas
Mexicans Warned About Seeding Traffic Violations
Speed-loving Mexicans were warned that two consecutive traffic violations could bring six months in jail and a 100 peso fine. District Attorney Octavio Vejar Vazquez said these penalties would curb reckless driving in Mexico City. A separate note mentions a black car clearing rats and mice at Huguenot station in South Africa, named Blitzkrieg Kitty.
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Octavio Vejar Vazquez
Huguenot
South Africa
Reptile fossil found by Amarillo paleontologists
A month of fieldwork by three amateur Amarillo paleontologists and Spur Texas retiree Dr. W. J. Elliot yielded a 10 foot fossil amphibian skeleton likely from the Buttnera family. The find, from a lakebed era 140 to 150 million years ago, will be studied at Spur for identification.
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Amarillo
Spur. Tex
Buttnera
Panhandle
W. J. Elliot
R. E. Rose
Rose
Dr. Elliot
A. J Snyder
O. W. Moore
Amarillo Fleets Enter Safety Contest
Amarillo's thirty commercial fleets entered a safety contest sponsored by the Safety Council. The announcement came from committee chairman Henry 8. Wilson. The safety contest closes on the...
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Amarillo
Safety Council
Henry 8. Wilson
Amarillo College Opens Fall Enrollment Record Likely
Enrollment at Amarillo College began with a record-typing turnout as classes for the 1941 42 term are set to start Wednesday. Registration continues this week for new students with late entrants warned to catch up on missed work amid national defense disruptions.
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Amarillo College
Still Fall But Snow Comes To Montana
Weather fronts bring snow to Bitter Root Mountains and Continental Divide while Western Montana reports frost and rain. Eastern Rockies receive up to 2.48 inches of rain in 18 hours at Miles City as Kansas and Nebraska face high water and road closures. Amid dust storms in Kansas southwest, organizers note entry deadlines for Amarillo Safety Council still open.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Continental Divide
Rockies
Miles City
Kansas
Nebraska
FASTEETH Provides Comfort For Dentures
FASTEETH is an alkaline denture powder that freshens plates and controls denture breath. A small sprinkle on dentures reduces odor and makes eating and talking more comfortable. Available at drug stores.
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