First Combatant Seacraft PC501 Launches from Texas Coast
The 110 foot Navay sub chaser PC501 a launched at Seabrook Yacht Corp marking intensified U S war shipbuilding. Ensign John H Stafford ready to command detailed with depth charges and torpedoes. Mrs Albert Fay christened the vessel Margie in honor of Stafford's sister.
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William T. Rives
Associated Press
Seabrook
Texas Gulf Coast
United States
Seabrook Yacht Corporation
Navy
Dallas D. Dupre
Houston
Jjupre
Rice Institute
Cavite
Bulkeley
John H. Stafford
Stafford
Albert Fay
Yacht Corporation
Fay
Margie
Abandonment Approved For Texas and New Orleans Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Texas and New Orleans Railroad to abandon 146 miles of branch line from Laing to Lockhart Texas.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
Laing
Lockhart
Texas
Camp Bowie Soliders Set Fast Obstacle Course Time
At Camp Bowie near Brownwood Texas 400 men labored eight hours daily for a week to build a 600 by 365 foot obstacle course with barbed wire and a six foot pole fence. A 42nd infantry squad carried 48 pound packs and 1M pound rifles and cleared ten barriers in one minute ten seconds narrowly missing a faster time at another Texas camp.
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iBy
Associated Press
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Texas
Aman
42Nd Infantry
Bowie
Enterprise Fallout: McNarney and McCoy Face Duty Inquiry
A wartime board investigated dereliction claims against Maj. Gen. Frank B. McCoy and Brig. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney after Pearl Harbor. The probe reviewed warnings from Knox Stimson and Stark, noting timely alerts to Short and Kimmel, and found no blame attached to other officials.
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Frank B. McCoy
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Corps
Short
Kimmel
Navy
Army
Knox
Stimson
Wse
Benefit Dances Set To Aid Crippled Children Of Lubbock
Four dances at Hilton and Lubbock hotels Old Hayloft Cotton Club start at 9 pm Friday to aid Crippled Children's council. Ticket price 50 cents covers all four venues. Council spent beyond receipts in 1941 and will keep all proceeds locally. Alex McDonald presides, C I Wall leads ticket sales, music by Texas Rangers Cotton Club orchestra and others.
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Lubbock
John W. Broome
Crippled Children’s Council
C. I. Wall
Hilton
Battle In Malaya Report Hints at Fluid Roles
Reports describe a Malaya flare as planes cross the sky and Japanese jungle infiltrations meet Australian patrols. Front line dispatches note confusion between hunter and hunted as counter attacks unfold on western coasts and truces of Indian and Australian parties return with heroic tales awaiting fuller clarity.
Rationing Of Sugar Continued From Page One
The department announced that stores requiring customers to buy other products to obtain sugar could face anti trust prosecutions. Penalties include up to a $5,000 fine a year in prison or both. Supplies will also be rationed to commercial users.
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Justice Department
General Offensive Rumors From Western Malaya Reported
A Tokyo broadcast claimed Japan began a general offensive in western Malaya after Parit Sulong fell near Batu Pahat. The piece says Hawaii prepared plans for an emergency, while a commission faulted commanders for not executing warning orders before Pearl Harbor. Officers and men reacted with initiative when the attack began.
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London
Malaya
Parit Sulong
Batu Pahat
Chief of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations
Navy
Army
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Short Declines Comment On Pearl Harbor Report
Oklahoma City January 24 Lieut Gen Walter C Short refused to comment on findings of a special commission accusing him and Admiral Husband E Kimmel of dereliction of duty before the Pearl Harbor attack. When asked to speak he said not a word. Mrs Short accompanies him visiting her parents in Oklahoma City.
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Philippines
Thailand
Kra Peninsula
Borneo
Kimmel
Director of
Naval Intelligence
Washington
Short
Japan
United States
Pacific
Ernest J. King
Atlantic
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Nimitz
Fredericksburg
Tex
Roosevelt
Delos C. Emmons
Air Force Combat Command
Havaiii
Hawai
Harold R. Stark
Stark
14Th Naval District
C. C. Bloch
Roberts Commission
Pearl Harbor
Roberts
Army
Hawaii
Far East
War Department
Hull
Knox
Stimson
State
War Departments
Admiral Stark
Army Chief of Staff
George C. Marshall
Oklahoma City
Walter C. Short
Husband
Jap Who Sank Panay Is Awarded Medal
A Berlin radio report cited by the Associated Press says Col. Kingoro Hashimoto, responsible for the 1937 Panay attack on the Yangtze River, received the Kanshi Kinsho medal after being censured following the December 13 1937 incident.
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Panay
New York
Japan
Col
Kingoro Hashimoto
China
Yangsze
U. S
Hashimoto
Berlin
Associated Press
What Next Wonders Unlucky salesman in Schenectady
SCHENECTADY N Y January 24 The week ends with Harlow K Smithers a salesman left puzzled by a run of misfortunes His overcoat was stolen from a restaurant his car damaged in an accident he received two illegal parking tickets and then his automobile was stolen all within a short span.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Harlow K. Smithers
Ilegal
Stabbing Near Avenue A Leaves One Injured
Dhe Fontaine, 37, a Cone community Black man, was stabbed once through the heart and once in the back by a 28-year-old Black woman at 12 15 this morning on the 1700 block of Avenue A. He was transported by Plains ambulance to Lubbock sanitarium, treated and dismissed. Police sought the assailant.
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Dhe Fontaine
Avenue A
Plains
Lubbock Santarium
Autos Output Slips From Week To Week
Pi-Auto motive News reports total motor car and truck production this week at 72,317 units, down from 73,070 the prior week. Yearly comparison shows 120,070 vehicles produced in the same week last year.
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Detroit
Pi—Automotive News
British Minister Bateman Arrives in Mexico City
Charles H. Bateman the new British minister to Mexico arrived by train from the United States today in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Charles H. Bateman
United States
Poland Recognizes Free Polish Government in London
Mexico recognizes the Free Polish government headquarters in London. US passenger car registrations have risen by about 5 060 000 since 1935, with most growth among families earning under 30 dollars weekly.
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Poland
Mexico City
Mexico
London
United States
Government Printing Office Plant Covers 33 Acres
The Washington Government Printing Office site spans 33 acres. The facility, noted for its size and governmental role, constitutes a major federal printing complex in the capital.
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Government Printing Office
Washington
Price Of Gasoline Is To Be Controlled
The Office of Price Administration announced that the government will fix the price of gasoline and refined petroleum products at levels prevailing on November 7. Crude oil price ceilings will be issued at levels from October 1. New schedules will consider special regional conditions and may not be final. OPA investigations into crude oil production refining and distribution continue.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Produce Or Else Nelson Tells War Board Chiefs
Washington January 24 Donald M Nelson placed the entire staff of the War Production board on a produce or else basis and said he would accept no alibis Only results will be accepted He emphasized 1942 goals and warned excuses would not be tolerated at the meeting with executives and branch chiefs
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
New War Production Board
First Aid Class Gets Off To Flying Start
In Orleans Nebraska on January 24 the Red Cross first aid course began with an eventful opening session. Volunteer firefighters rushed out amid a mistaken locomotive blast alarm and a citizen brought in a sudden illness case for Dr. K C McGrew. Two students arrived with a fallen woman in need of aid.
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Orleans
Neb
Red Cross
K. C. McGrew
Submarine Overhead Reported By Woman Air Spotter
Salisbury Maryland January 24 a woman air raid spotter reported two planes and a submarine directly overhead. The Navy did not confirm whether a blimp was in the area.
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Salisbury
Navy
Sheriff First to Lose Auto Use Stamp in Adams County
Gettysburg Pennsylvania January 24 sheriff Daniel J. Wolff reports the first theft of the new federal automobile tax sticker in Adams county. The sticker was taken from the sheriff's own car.
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Gettysburg
Daniel J. Wolff
Adams County
Sam Thomas Counts Calves Pigs and a Daughter News
In Van Alstyne on a cold day farmer Sam Thomas returned to town with four calves born during the chill, a sow delivering eleven pigs, and a daughter born to Mrs. Thomas. He kept the brood warm around a stove and said the run kept him busy at home.
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van Alstyne
Sam Thomas
Sam
German U boat activity reported in U S waters
American dispatch reports Berlin high command stating 18 merchant ships totaling 125000 tons were sunk in an unspecified period. This contrasts with U S Navy figures indicating six ships torpedoed along Atlantic coastal lanes since January.
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New York
High Command
U. S. Navy
U.S. Atlantic
Fire at Richmond Penitentiary Garage and Storage
Fire broke out in two sections of the Virginia state penitentiary garage and storage building causing substantial damage to the single story structure. One fireman was injured by falling ironwork during the blaze.
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Richmond
Dan
State Penitentiary
Lubbock Man Seized for Forgery by Parker County Officials
A 27 year old Lubbock man was arrested by police for forgery as Parker County officials seek custody. Weatherford authorities plan to retrieve him early this week. He was jailed by Aubrey Fawyer and Grady Harrist. Sheriff Tom Abel also placed a 15 year old boy in the state reform school in Gatesville after an alleged assault on his mother. Police reported a quiet bicycle hide and seek game with three stolen bikes recovered and none missing.
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Lubbock
Parker County
Weatherford
Aubrey Fawyer
Grady Harrist
Tom Abel
Gatesville
State Reform School
British Forces Clash With Rommel In North Africa Battle
Cairo dispatch says mobile columns of the British eighth army struck Rommel's forces in a large desert engagement on the Cirenatean front. The triangle area bounded by Agedabia Saunan and Antelat hosted heavy tank actions as RAF in the desert conducted bombing and strafing runs on enemy transport.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
Saunan
Antelat
Desert
Agedubia
American faults in self reliance and social quirks
The passage lists traits popular American self perception including gum chewers with a gap, dollar watches, trial and error work habits, grapefruit and griddle cakes causing stomach issues, sparse fruit in Germany, driving tin Lizzie cars, confusion of civilization and culture, political parties to boost culture, bluffness about wealth, and a sense of superiority as the crown of creation.
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Germany
New slogan from Hamburg workers becomes grim saying
The BBC reports from smuggled Reich sources that German factory workers in Hamburg adopted a slogan proclaiming We are Winning ourselves to death. The line reflects wartime morale and propaganda under Nazi rule.
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New York
Hamburg
BBC
Reich
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George
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Nelson
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