Panhandle Cap and Gown Days Bring Hundreds of Graduates
Panhandle schools and colleges race to close the year with baccalaureate sermons and commencement exercises. Amarillo High School holds tonight in Municipal Auditorium with Dr Earl C Hamlett preaching the class sermon. West Texas State College in Canyon hosts baccalaureate at 11 this morning and commencement at 8:30 tonight with speaker John McCarty of Amarillo.
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Amarillo
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West Texas College to Offer Pre-Flight Training for High School Instructors
Dr. J A Hill announced a six week summer course at West Texas State College beginning June 15 to train Texas high school teachers to deliver pre-flight work sponsored by the War Department. The program covers aviation history and flight fundamentals to prepare students for Air Corps training and the air age.
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J. A. Hill
War Department
Texas
Air Corps
Comortion
Panhandle
Ed Quigley Arrested for Disturbing Court Sleep
New York May 23 U P Ed ward Quigley 28 year old dock worker was arrested today for disturbing the peace after dozing off in a Staten Island magistrate court His snoring reportedly disturbed the judge Do not output extra lines.
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U.P
Edward Quigley
Staten Island
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Scatter showers or thunderstorms expected Sunday across Amarillo and West Texas with temperatures similar to Saturday. The Panhandle and South Plains regions, El Paso area, and New Mexico also anticipate scattered showers, windy conditions, and mild cooling in the northwest portion.
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Amarillo
Dive Bombers Rally for March Strike on 10 Jap Ships
A first hand account aboard a U S Pacific Fleet ship of a March 10 air attack on Japanese forces in New Guinea near Salamaua and Lae. The raid destroyed or crippled ten vessels including two cruisers and several transports and destroyers while suffering only a single scout plane loss.
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Macassar Straits
Coral Sea
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Washington
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U. S
Salamaua
Lae
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Australia
Port Moresby
Salamaua Harbor
Joe
Randall Added To Rent Area
The Office of Price Administration expanded six defense rental areas including Amarillo Texas to include Randall County. The move aims to preempt rent hikes as war production grows and army camps arise. Authorities have 60 days to set action. if unmet, federal rent control will be imposed.
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U.P
Office of Price Administration
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Tex
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Randall County
Army Changes Plane Insignia to White Star Target
The War Department announced a redesign of US Army aircraft insignia from a red circle to a white star within a blue circle to avoid confusion with Japanese markings. Red and white tail markings are eliminated as new insignia appear on all combat aircraft.
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Washington
War Department
Southwest Pacific
Italian Attack for Seizure of French Possessions Seen
Diplomatic circles in Bern report growing speculation that Italy may seize or attack French possessions such as Corsica, Tunisia and Nice. The Fascist press had harshly attacked France but recently softened on the issue, mirroring its Albania coverage prior to the invasion.
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Nazi Skipper Dips U-Boat To Save Man
KEY WEST May 23 A German U boat commander surfaced during shelling to rescue an injured seaman from the sinking American merchantman in the Caribbean on May 16. The skipper apologized saying You can thank Mr Roosevelt for this. Five crewmen were killed and one missing. Passengers Mr and Mrs L E Cupples of Mt. Goy Ohio and their 16 month old son were aboard.
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Senate House group agrees on soldier pay raise to forty two
A Senate House committee backed a 42 dollar monthly minimum for enlisted troops and officers, rejecting 50 dollars. The plan, likely to pass both chambers, would raise base pay for second lieutenants and ensigns, increase officer rental and subsistence allowances, and make the raise permanent. Estimates show annual costs around 285 million, with substantial future service growth since January. The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps pay question remained unresolved.
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Nazi Tank Raid Halted Says Reds
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet High Command announced completion of Kerch Peninsula withdrawal in orderly fashion. Other fronts show mixed results with Kharkov battles continuing and German forces asserting counterattacks along the southern front.
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Black
Semeon Timoshenko
Pittsburgh
Russia
Battlefront Situations May 23 1942 Aerial and Ground Actions
The Red Army evacuated the Kerch Peninsula while Kharkov saw chaotic fighting as both sides poured armaments into a brutal attrition. Chinese forces claim 12 500 Japanese dead in Chuanshih Island landing in Fukien Province. RAF and Allied bombers hit targets in France Japan ships sunk or damaged. Mexico moves toward war as Congress planned. India strikes at Akyab. a first hand account reports an American bomber raid sinking 10 Japanese ships in New Guinea.
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Texans Shared Epic Flight
Two Texans in Patrol Wing 10 are hailed for heroism across the Pacific from the Philippines to Australia. Clarence J. Bannow Jr. of Menard and Houston R. Cannon of Bishop are cited in Navy eye witness accounts as the wing faced heavy losses, with 40 of 42 planes lost but most personnel surviving.
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Navy
Patrol Wing 10
Pacific
Philippines
Australia
Clarence J. Bannowsky, Jr
Menard
Houston R. Cannon
Bishop
Carson County Becomes Wet After Local Option Vote
Carson County voters approve local option showing 580 to 512 to end dry status. Six of nine precincts cast dry ballots while White Deer and Conway stayed dry previously. Ten percent of qualified voters petitioned for the election.
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Panhandle
Carson County
White Deer
Conway
War Board Urges Wooden Grain Bins as Lumber Shortage Persists
The War Production Board urged farm equipment makers to maximize wooden grain bin production but did not guarantee lumber supply. Despite a 1940 output cap, WPB allows wooden bins with small metal parts due to high demand for the year. William R. Tracy, WPB official, notes the exception for such bins.
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Washington
War Production Board
William R. Tracy
WPB Farm Machinery and Equipment Branch
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