Reinforcements Bolster Anzacs in Australia War Surge
New Zealand troops and airmen joined Australian and United States forces massing to repel a Japanese invasion. Gen Sir Thomas Blamey warned the next year would decide Australia’s fate. Allied bombers hit Koepang in Timor setting a Japanese ship ablaze, while Darwin suffered its seventh raid. Port Moresby faced an initial enemy attack with minimal damage and losses. London reports U-boat successes.
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Vern Haugland
Melbourne
New Zealand
United States
Thomas Blamey
Australia
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Darwin
Port Moresby
New Guinea
London
Blamey
Douglas MacArthur
Burma
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Limited Profits Bill Advanced Amid War Dispatches
Sydney correspondent cites sources claiming U S marines hit Japanese supply lines sinking five destroyers and an aircraft carrier and damaging thirty transports near Australia. Allies plan for possible Darwin invasion while New Zealand and Australian forces return to defend homeland.
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London Star
United States
Australia
Netherlands Indies
Brisbane
New Zealand
Tobruk
Crete
Libyan Desert
Malaya
Singapore
Darwin
Army Day Parade to Honor Seven and Six-Star Mothers
Across the nation cities will salute seven and six star mothers as guests of honor in the All Panhandle Army Day celebration from Amarillo to Sweetwater San Diego and Alton. The Panhandle will host Mrs George M Baker Friona and Mrs John F Giles Athens Tenn with expenses paid, while Mrs Flora Gray of Alton joins as the nation’s three honored mothers. The event features a massive parade with bands floats wagons and a luncheon by Gene Howe.
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Panhandle
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Friona
Western Panhandle
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Athens
Tenn
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Sweetwater
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Texas
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Baker
America
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White
Kirk
Kansas City
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Gene Howe
Will Rogers Range
Happy Uncle Sam
Glenwood Rhythm Band
Globe News
Heath Furniture Company
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Silver Grill
Amarillo Federation of Women
Fern Division
Work For Victory Campaign Aims to Mobilize Amarillo Amid War
A city wide effort named Work For Victory launches in Amarillo led by Mayor Joe Jenkins and KGNC with Braniff Airways executive Bar ney Ogle coordinating ideas. Citizens, religious groups and clubs are urged to submit plans to support the war effort from April onward across the Panhandle.
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Ogle
Amarillo
Mr. Jenkins
Jenkins
Work For
Rule Building
John Ballard
Raymond Hollingsworth
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Chinese Grapple With Invaders In Toungoo Burma
Chinese high command reports bitter hand to hand fighting as Japanese forces infiltrate the southwest corner of Toungoo 120 miles north of Rangoon. Allied lines around Prome and Yenangyaung oil fields hold with British adjustments described amid growing combat in central Burma.
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Toungoo
Chinese High Command
Rangoon
Burma
Prome
Yenangyaung
Germans Declare British Raid At St Nazaire Failed
Berlin reports the St Nazaire raid as a modeled WWI operation, noting no heavy damage to the French base, several British craft escaped, and German torpedo boats scored five hits while destroying or capturing enemy boats. The high command says all attacks were repelled and troops were wiped out.
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Germany
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Normandie
England
Todt
Commandos Raid Targets St Nazaire Dock Gate
Britain's combined force including Commandos airmen and sailors carried out a bold dawn raid on the St Nazaire dock complex using the former U S destroyer Campbeltown loaded with five tons of high explosives. The operation aimed to blow the main gate of the 35,000 ton Tirpitz docking facility and cripple a key Atlantic submarine base.
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Associated Press
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St. Nazaire
Atlantic
Eet Ae
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Berlin
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Tirpitz
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Zeebrugge
Belflan
Germany
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Europe
Norway
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le Havre
Battlefront Rapid Reinforcements and Major Raid Claims
A quick view of the situation notes reinforcements into Australia aiming to pressure Japanese advances. British imperial lines firm at Prome Burma with Chinese allies at Toungoo engaging the Japanese in hand to hand fighting. Corregidor gunners down a Jap bomber and hinder others with high shots. Petain Laval talks hint at France Germany ties. British Commandos raid St Nazaire, converting a US destroyer into a time bomb to pierce the U-boat base gate. Russians repulse Nazi counterattacks along the front.
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Prome
Burma
Toungoo
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Forenoon Cool to Warming
The Amarillo area will see continued cool forenoon conditions with rapid warming by afternoon. West Texas temperatures stay similar to Saturday with Del Rio Eagle Pass region slightly warmer. Local midday readings show 46 to 50 degrees, with afternoon highs around 50. Circulation note shows March 28, 1942.
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West Texas
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Eagle Pass
Mic
Proclamation Calls Amarillo to Work For Victory Month
The mayor proclaims April as a Work For Victory campaign to mobilize Amarilloans. Citizens are urged to sacrifice, join religious and fraternal efforts, welcome newcomers, and find constructive tasks beyond buying bonds or serving as wardens. Barney Ogle appointed coordinator to organize efforts.
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Amarillo
Barney Ogle
Defense Guard
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