Entries Nearing Record Level for Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Exhibitors rush to finish livestock preparations as Amarillo Fat Stock Show opens at Tri State Fairgrounds with near record entries. 4-H and FFA youths polish calves pigs and lambs for four days of free admission while judging sales and banquets drive prize money near 3000.
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News-Globe
Amarillo
Tri- State Fairgrounds
East Tenth
Young 4-H
FFA Club
D. Burns
Army Air Forces
Burns
Fred Hale
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Red Cross Plate Snares Diamond Ring At State Theater
A diamond wedding ring was dropped in the Red Cross collection plate yesterday at the State Theater. Edith Ziriax said it may have been a mistake and the owner can claim it at Room 506, Potter County Courthouse. The drive also raised red and blue ration points, with red tokens used for Amarillo Air Field canteen supplies.
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Red Cross
Edith Zirinx
Amarillo Air Field
Calcutta wreck survivors rescued after bomber explosion
Nine Superfortress fliers bailed out 3000 feet above the Indian Ocean 30 seconds before the bomber exploded and were saved by a submarine and two RAF Catalina flying boats. Finland declares war on Germany, Sweden reports.
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Calcutta
Indian Ocean
RAF Catalina
Allied landings push two islands to flank Luzon foes
General MacArthur announced dawn landings on Ticao and Burias islands to seal the Luzon fortress. American forces captured Iba airfield on Zambales and Ternate near Cavite as air and sea power pressed toward Manila.
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Manila
MacArthur
Legaspi
Luzon
Philippines
Sibuyan
Bicol
San Bernardino Strait
Verde Passage
United States
Bruias
Ticao
Bie
Solomons
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Little Capul
Samar
Luzon Island
Iba
Lingayen Gulf
Bataan
Zambales
Manilaay
11Th Airborne
Ternate
Cavite
Lingayen
Rhine bridges fall to dynamite as U S troops press into Duesseldorf
German demolition crews blew three Rhine bridges near Duesseldorf letting the river frontier shrink as 83rd U S Infantry Division units moved toward the rail and highway gateways. Doughboys 329th 330th and 331st captured the approaches while Italian forced laborers described plans to hit the main span before US arrival. Lt William C Shaw Jr led the Neuss side patrol as the destruction roared.
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Neuss
Germany
Rhine
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Reich
U. S
Adolf Hitler
329Th
Ninth Army
William C. Shaw, Jr
Hutchinson
Kan
Marines Reach 300 Yards From Cliff Edge on Iwo Jima
U S Pacific Fleet reports Maj. Gen. Graves Erskine commands Third Division advances to within 300 yards of the Iwo Jima cliffs as Marine forces push toward the outer defense ring. Nimitz says gains 200 to 400 yards on the west. enemy pocket at Minami slows eastward progress. supply ships use both eastern and western beaches. Carrier planes join artillery for limited advances amid heavy fire. transport planes evacuate wounded from the southern airfield. Chichi Jima and Haha Jima attacked, sinking one vessel.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Graves B. Erskine
Nimitz
Minami
Motoyama
Iwo
Kitano Point
Keller E. Rockey
Erskine
Leathernecks
Clifton B. Cates
Chichi Jima
Haha Jima
Bonin Islands
100,000 More German Prisoners To Be Sent Here
Washington March 3 The War Department announced that 100,000 additional German prisoners will be transferred to the United States, bringing the total Nazis in camps in this country to more than 400,000.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Fat Stock Show Schedule Highlights
A detailed program for the Fat Stock Show lists daily events from Monday March 5 to Thursday March 8. Activities include judging of herd bulls and calves at the Livestock Arena, Army Air Forces meat cutting demonstrations at the Sales Arena, various 4 H and pig club activities, and banquets at the Amarillo Hotel. Western Stock Yards hosts a commercial sale with auctioneer Jack Coulter.
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Jack Coulter
Western Stock Yards
Amarillo
J. P. Callihan
Conway
R. T. Alexander and Sons
Army Air Forces
Amarillo Field
Amarillo Field Central Meat Plant
Western Stock Yards New Sale Pavillion
Eddie Johnson
Jay Taylor
Panhandle
Hereford Breeders
Amarillo Hotel
Hereford Breeders’ Sale
Range Riders Saddle House
Lamb Club
Weather overview Amarillo region Sunday forecast
The Amarillo area expects Sunday to be fair and warmer with increasing winds. Sunday night will be partly cloudy and colder. West Texas forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions on Sunday with a high around 61 and a low near 30 in the following 24 hours. Sunrise is 8:13 AM and sunset 7:45 PM. Local ads note Olver Wiggin Co. lumber, Autry Studio portraits, and W J Morris Insurance services.
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Amarillo
Texas
New U Boats May Roam Atlantic
London reports packs of long range U bo ats concentrated in Norwegian waters for a final Atlantic campaign. Norwegian officials say more than 300 German submarines along with light cruisers destroyers and other warships are based in Norway's fjords protected by thick concrete block stations and ferro concrete roofs.
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London
Norwegian
Atlantic
Norway
Germany
Busy Marine on Iwo Hears Jap In Hiding
A Marine Corps correspondent reports on Iwo Jima where a marine peering into a Jap earth covered bunker, bypassed hours earlier, claims there is a Japanese soldier inside after he tossed a grenade and received a return throw.
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Iwo
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Germans Seek Peace Says Goebbels in Das Reich
Propaganda Minister Goebbels told readers that Germans "love and long for peace" in a Das Reich article. He argued the method and contents of peace matter, noting differing opinions on how it should be achieved.
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London
Goebbels
Das Reich
Field Day for Plains Shoppers Opens Fat Stock Show
Shoppers in the Amarillo area will attend a major Dollar Day tomorrow marking the start of the Amarillo Fat Stock Show and continuing the traditional first Monday sales event. Merchant ads in this Sunday edition list participants and specials ahead of Easter.
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Amarillo
More Than 150 Superforts Return To Blast Tokyo
More than 150 B 29s struck Tokyo in daylight, the eleventh raid by the 20th Air Force from Mariana bases led by Major General Curtis E. Lemay. The large group targeted urban and strategic sites in Tokyo and Yokohama, with no exact force size disclosed and further operational details awaited.
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Tokyo
Washington
20Th Air Force
Marianas Island
21St Bomber Command
Curtis E. Lemay
Federal Communications Commission
Kanto
Tokyo-Yokohama
One-Day Red Cross Drive Reaches Quota in Potter County
Potter County's one day Red Cross drive exceeded its 154100 goal without personal solicitation. As of last night 144017.26 was in hand with 11700 plus promised from out of town and theaters. Banks donated facilities and volunteers reported strong, unsolicted gifts totaling 61949.26.
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Potter County
Red Cross
Red Cross Booth
Charley Lambie
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Olver & Wiggins Ltr, Co
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Dial
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Red Cross Committee
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