Lake Marvin Opens With Avengers of Pearl Harbor Ceremony
About 100 Panhandle men will be sworn into the United States Navy at Lake Marvin near Canadian at 1 PM in a ceremony tied to six months since Pearl Harbor. Ensign Gerald Pope will administer the oath as crowds watch boat races and Navy Army events.
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Pearl Harbor
Pat Flynn
Wiiter
Panhandle
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Midway
Navy
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America
Hawaii
Department of Agriculture
Panhandle Lakes
Cy Laker
Alan F. Furman
Jimmy Caserta
J. D. Suggs
H. H. Finnell
Washington
Finnell
Plains Boat Club
Army
Amarillo
Col
BE. C. Black
E. A. Simpson
Ensign Pope
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United States Navy
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Maxoil Company
Canadian River
Plains
Lake Shores
Simpson
Seabees and Avengers Mobilize for Lake Marvin Navy Day
Seabees and the Avengers of Pearl Harbor organize transportation to Lake Marvin with Army trucks and a chartered bus, departure at 9. Major Art Hawks and Capt. Raymond Holbrook are among officers saluted. Mayor Cavylor proclaims Navy Day. Lake Marvin program outlines travel routes, free events, and a closing blast of ceremonies.
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C. M. Norman
Amarillo
Canadian
The
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Pearl Harbor
Lake Marvin
CC. M. Norman
Norman
Amarillo Navy
H. B. Jones
Fces
Mobile Sound
W. W. McEntire
Maxon Company
Houston
Panhandle
Avengers
Art Hawks
11Th Squadron
Texas Defense Guards
Raymond Holbrook
Jack Lawrence
Globe News
John Cavylor
Six Months Of War Bring Mixed News From Pacific Front
A six month wartime summary notes Pearl Harbor failures contrasted with Midway victory and rising American production. It cites battles like Macassar Straits and Coral Sea, Japanese losses, and Doolittle raids. The piece also mentions convoy success and submarine losses, plus a local USO show with Col. Olivia Eastus at 8:30.
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Malaya
Singapore
Dutch Indies
Philippines
Burma
Guam
Wake Island
Macassar Straits
Coral Sea
Japan
America
Jimmy” Doolittle
Convoy Record
China
Russia
Australia
England
Midway Victory Signal as Japanese Fleet Takes Heavy Loss
News from Admiral Nimitz reports 13 to 15 Japanese warships sunk or damaged including two to three aircraft carriers and several battleships and cruisers. Pearl Harbor is avenged as U.S. forces press toward reducing Japanese sea power in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
United States
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Midway
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
Coral Sea
Oahu Island
Western Pacific
U. S
Pacific Ocean
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Hawaii
Chester W. Ni
Weather outlook for Amarillo area with scattered showers
Mild temperatures prevail with scattered showers Sunday in Amarillo and the West Texas New Mexico region. Thunderstorms are possible across the area with similar highs to Saturday and temperatures ranging around the mid seventies.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Amiarillo
Park Fountain In Operation In Amarillo
The Oliver Eakle Park fountain began its first operation of the season with rainbow colored water formations lit by electric lighting. Fire alarm superintendent Glenn Bowen activated it, announcing nightly runs from dusk until 11 o'clock. The Sanborn Park fountain also started operating Friday night.
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Amarillo
Oliver Eakle
Glenn Bowen
Sanborn Park
Naval victory looms near Midway as Japanese fleet withdraws
A major U S naval win appears near Midway Island as a large Japanese fleet withdraws after heavy damage. Japanese claims of capturing Chuhsien are contradicted by Chungking reports of repeated Japanese reverses. The British press advances Tobruk offensive and German transports are sunk. RAF strikes Ruhr and a Japanese submarine tally reaches eight.
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United States
Midway Island
New Dispute Opens Over Surplus Wheat Sale Plan
Washington reports a conference committee failed to agree on an amendment to the farm appropriation bill allowing the sale of surplus wheat for livestock at about 83 cents a bushel and sent the measure back to the House. Debates centered on parity payments and soil conservation credits amid proposed increases to Farm Security Administration funding and administration objections.
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House
Senate
Senate House
Roosevelt
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
FSA
Farm Security Administration
Price Control Meet Thursday in Panhandle
War price and rationing boards from 25 upper Panhandle counties will meet at the Herring Hotel at 10 tomorrow to discuss duties under new price control provisions. State Director Mark McGee urged attendance and noted similar meetings in Childress Lubbock and Amarillo with Office of Price Administration officials present.
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War Price and Rationing Boards
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Mark McGee
Childress
Lubbock
Office of Price Administration
Amarillo
Herring
McGee
Eleven Die in London Blast Ravaging Elephant and Castle
Eleven people are believed killed and many injured after an explosion in southeast London’s Elephant and Castle district. Buildings were wrecked and windows shattered across a wide area. witnesses compared the blast to wartime air raids. Cause not announced.
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Elephant and Castle
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Ruhr
Russell Stationery Company
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