British Raid On France Signals New 1942 Offensive Tactics
British paratroops and infantry crossed the English Channel in a bold 100 mile invasion near Le Havre. The operation destroyed a German radio center, captured prisoners, and returned with very light casualties as RAF and navy support backed the land sea and air assault.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
France
English Channel
Germany
RAF
Royal Navy
le Havre
Neval
Les
P. C. Pickard
Paris
Brittany
Bruneval Beach
Fighter Command
Asmuch
Netherlands
Air Transport Command
Admiralty
War Office
Texans in Java Sent Greetings From Amarillo Leader
Fort Worth Feb 28 Texans aiding the Dutch defend Java received 6 000 000 Texans’ cable salutations of support. Governor Stevenson and the Star Telegram conveyed the message to Lieut. Col. Blacher Tharp at Batavia. Tharp, Amarillo resident, served in World War I with Troop B of the 131st Field Artillery. Navy reports describe Allied and Dutch forces repelling air raids and sinking several Japanese vessels near Batavia in the Java Sea.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
White House
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Navy
Maritime Commission
Mediterranean
India
San Juan
Boston
New York
WPB
Walter Reuther
CIO
Bantam
Java
Fort Worth
Texas
Blacher
Tharp
Batavia
Stevenson
Star-Telegram
Amarillo
Ireland
John B. Golding
National Guard
Army
Nso
Indies
Bandoeng
East Indies Army Command
Banedoeng
Donley Club Boys Enter 29 Calves for Amarillo Show
Donley County 4-H and FFA members bring 29 calves to the Amarillo Fat Stock Show with 17 4-H entries under H M Breedlove and 12 FFA entries under J R Gillham. They hold a local fat stock show in Clarendon before the Amarillo event, judged by E R Duke. The wider expo opens March 9 to 13 with hundreds of calves pigs and lambs from 23 counties.
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Johnny Leathers
Clarendon
Amarillo
Johnny
W. QO. Culbertson
Uncle Sam's Army
Texas
Donley Club
Panhandle
Fra
Newsom
Mason County
Donley County Club
H. M. Breedlove
Future Farmers of America
J. R. Gillham
Clarendon High School
Donley County
Amarillo Show
E. R. Duke
FFA
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Report February 28 1942
Temperatures rise slowly as snow gives way to rain in Amarillo and West Texas while Panhandle sees light to moderate snow or freezing drizzle with showers south toward Pecos Valley and Big Bend. Heavy snows ease in northeast New Mexico and mountains stay cold with wind. all areas east remain cool and windy. Temperature readings show highs near 31 and lows around 26.
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Texas
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Big Bend
Elee
New Mexico
Amarillo
Ae Dell. Sande Cael
Ees Alten Ll
M Free Ie
Panhandle Concert Week features Van Vliet Rubinoff events
The Philharmonic Orchestral Association sponsors three concerts this week in the Municipal Auditorium. Thursday hosts the symphony with cellist Cornelius Van Vliet. Friday offers Rubinoff violin for students at 4 pm, and a formal evening concert with pianist Alexander Makofka at 8:15 pm. Ticket prices range 25 cents to $2 with various seating notes. Tickets on sale via chamber of commerce. mail orders accepted.
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Municipal Auditorium
Cornelius van Vliet
Cretney Drug Store
Rubinoff
Alexander Makofka
Chamber of Commerce
Dollar Day Returns Monday in Amarillo
Tomorrow marks Dollar Day in Amarillo alongside Texas Independence Day. Merchants promise outstanding values unlikely to be matched for months as shoppers read ads in The Amarillo Sunday News Globe and plan their lists.
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Amarillo
World War II Battlefronts Report From Java Sea and Beyond
February 28 1942 dispatch details Allied naval actions in the Java Sea where U S ships fought Japanese forces and claimed damage to Mogami and three destroyers while repelling an invasion armada. Also notes Burma Rangoon line disruption Wake Island air attack Le Havre raid and Soviet resistance near Staryaya Russa with German counterattacks.
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Java Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Hitler
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Osten
Dover
Air Ministry
RAF
Brest
Norway
French
Narvik
Bay of Biscay
Russia
Helsinki
Netherlands
Northern
Ireland
Finland
France
BEF
Churchill
BBC
United States
Java
Aneta
Batavia
Bantam
Bay
Saramaju
Rembang
United Nations
United Nation
East Indies
U. S
Southwest Pacific
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Gantlet
Pacific
F. N. Cook
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Pusiliers
South Wales Borders Home Forces
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Russell Stationery Company
Associated Press
Snramaju
Soerabaja
Naval Base
Indramaju
Netherlands East Indies Army
C. T
Lfrich
Imperial
Amarilloan
Island
West Java
Tandjeng Priok
Donley
Amarillo Daily News
The
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Burma
Rangoon
Rangoon-Mandalay
Bataan Peninsula
Tokyo
Japan
Wake Island
Honolulu
Starraya Russa
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