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TUESDAY. MARCH 10. Millions of Will Aid Defense WASHINGTON, March 10 i i a war inventory of the nation's human resoince.s declared today that millions ot women would have to be shifted from housework to munitions factories In the expansion of war Industries. The Biirvey wus made by the bureau census. It contained no specific mention of proposals that American women he drafted Into factories as women are In England but asserted: "The maximum movement into the mate labor force can hardly txctrd 2,000,800 men, A tarier m- lunsion of the total labor supply evidently ean be achieved only by drawing millions ot women into the labor force." The report said that 15,600,000 housewives between 18 and 44 years old represented the principal from which additional war labor might be drawn.

"An enormous amount ot manpower will be needed for replacing workers i a Into the armed forces ami for exnandin, the output of war materials," It stated. "Some of these needs can be met by utilizing tiie workers who are Elm unemployed, by lengthening working hours anci hy transferring from non-essential civilian the however, such measures will not be sufficient As in World War millions of pco- pie who are not. ordinarily workers must he drawn into the labor force." The report acknowledged that many women were prevented from taking jobs by a i responsibilities, but said a "The groups from which most of! the additional workers must be drawn are the women engaged in home housework or not in the labor force for other Although the report predicted a shift of young, unmarried women from rural areas Into cities where they could be directly employed in war Industries. It said that the great majority of the needed Increase in the labor supply must come from women in urban and rural non- farm areas. When the population count was made on April 1940, there were 50.600.000 males over 14 years of nge, or whom 30.9 already were In the.

labor force. Of the remaining number, nbnut 4,000,000 were 14 to 11 years and in school, 3,000.000 were unahJe to work because of old age. chronic or disability. 800,000 were in penal and mental Institutions. About 1.000,000, the bureau said, were students IS or older, the most Important group from which new labor might be drawn.

Another 1 000,000 were not In the labor force for various reasons anc Included many potential war workers. AMARILLO GLOBE, AMARILLO, TEXAS SERVICE IN SALVAGE--Oivl Scouts arc collecting Ions of waste paper as pai-l of their effort to win the war. Because they have been trained to he i the girls were to umlci-stand the value of saviiiif discarded materials and i them back to work for victory, says Mrs. Erwin C. Oclisnei-, local commissioner.

Start Work on Defense Heeds Now a rumors of big industry and other activity for this area are developing Into facts. Amarlllo Is losing no time to "measure up" and meet many obligations and provide necessary services. Tills morning behind closed doors at ihc city hall. Joe Jenkins, the mayor, who has Just returned from Washington, and other members of the commission met business ami professional leaders to discuss finances. And within less than three hours after yesterdays announcement by the war department approximately 50 Chamber of Commerce members met to name price control and business men's committees.

W. w. -Bill" Cflbson will head the price control committee, working i i Jay Tai'lor. Lindsay Nitmi. otwc-y Ashcron, Herb Euctke.

Clay Thornton. Harvey Allen, George Vineyard, Hal Brown. Tom Cotten and Hugo Charles Ware heads the business men's committee, other members are Ed Hardin. Oscar Randal, John Boyce. C.

W. Purr and Col. K. A. Simpson.

Chamber of Commerce president, who called the meeting. Plans also were made for the Chamber of Commerce fund-raising campaign and John Mccarty was appointed the campaign ehnirm.in with the power to select a committee. I Girl Scouting iOiie War Baby That Grew Up Girl Scouting was OUR "war baby" that, lived on after the First World MARKETS IPlans Unfold For Dances For Cowmen The best STUCK A A iFurnlshcri hy ir Fenner At I 1 30 i i i 101.77 olt 20 RaUrontls 15 12 no otr War and grew into a hartly i 65 3475 off 1 Snips at 1 P. 25D.OOO Plans continue 10 unfold for three cattlPmen-filled dances In the Herring and Anmrillo Hotels, with the Service Men's Center organizing groups of volunteer workers to supervise the.se entertainments Net chr i iroce ds these six dances i to the Center, as as profits from the check-room facili- ties at both hotels. Admission prices at tlie door will ed chief of staff to Generalissimo a Kai-shek In the China war zone, efipctive immediately, the ministry of Information announced toc.ay.

was announced also that Gen. Shiung Sriih-Hul, former governor Kiant's. Province, will head a Chinese i i a mission to Washington and that China and India will exchange representatives in ihelr first formal diplomatic contact, aimed at coordinating war efforts. PAO1 THRM lor the second time In week, a Japanese light cruiser hurled shells into the city, but a "only slight damage was inflicted." Cebu. lying In ilis heart of the Philippine Archipelago, Is 300 miles south of Manila and central point of Ihc Visayas Islands.

dominates the passages i to Japan's mo bad been loaded with native "The withdrawal from Rangoon was precipitated by a temporary isolation of part of our force at Pegu and a landing by the enemy OH the north shore tile Baklr River and the west bank ol the Hnngoon River," the commentator said. "In the Pegu area the enemy supplies ami reinforce- i i a through our lines near eiii-s and (o rtie Sulti Sea. and linving isolated the Pegu A foreboding calm over tlie force, struck west with a strong Batann jungle battlelront. the a force Urn included armored ve- The i a i chief, Wang department wht-re MacArthm's hides." Shin Chieh, said military mission uotild participate Iti Hie Pacific war confciences and would strive to wn Ind India aid then more have met and 'i-i neither ground nor 'T'' lvils Ba i 1 sim Mo a communique. It was slated.

nese offensive that may a a a any they ensure closer Chinese-American 1 crushed in their 13 weeks of amaziii" i i a cooixraUon. resistance, titilwell rained by President Roosevelt to -special mLssion." arrived in i i several days ago, Chunnkint; sources said the American probably major part military operation in the i a area, and help prcpat China proper as a springboard for a counter-invasion of Japan SlilweJ), a native of Florida, now only nine days from his 60th i a He is a 1901 a a of Point jmi Is a in in ARMISTICE ASKED braced for a azi- iyic" jaon- i Latcst reports )dlcate th dur the of our forces Rangoon tlie enemy managed to cut ttir- nangoon-Prome road in the vicinity of Hmawbi, 25 mllos air.rtJi hp said, 'Tanks and i wore nut into (he at- luck. The first attack Jailed to dls- Tlie light cruiser which I the enemy but another at- ajipfareil Ciijn i sevenl I lack was in later and after shells into the city of nbuut H5 fierce with heavy casual- 000 popvilalion. lies on both sides, we finally broke Jist Tuesday Mac-Arthur reported I H'rousli." that Japanese naval vessels Incllld-i WI AZ BBHVB Philippines, incliKiing Ccbu City anil Agrao on cebn Islam). Military officials Lieut.

Gen. Gomnyuki Ifarnashlta, fresh from Aiolt deep aWi MELBOURNE. Australia. March full-scale assault hi the 10 officers, ar- at the earliest opportunity. riving from Java, confirmed today! Yamashlta, to replace Lieut.

thai the Dutch forces had asked Gen- Masnharu Hoinnm re- aJi armistice in the Bandoeng area! ported to have committed hani- I.ONDON, March Hitler was reported into his reserves of rnr ami moving up his to gatitic spring offensive from Lenin gnul to Rostov to smash Russia and end a growing ihrcat to Germany roper. Genjinns were said to fear i a ii a i went wronj around Leningrad the Russians might smash some troops and practically; escape disgrace because of the entire European population, in- his military failures, imcioubtedly eluding many women ami DOre instructions from Japanese BILL GIBSON were trapped. It was not know the small United States force and 1 (lie British and Australia forces 1 Indies a had been affected by tfie armistice. The Dutch officers told a tragic which led to the Bandoeng armistice plea. "Battalion a battalion broke leaders in Tokyo to crush MacAr- here whether! th ll ivt Cus ts 1 nnril-orlvmg commnnder, a Prilssl111 hts a 011 Japnnese in busily reorganizing Japan's 200,000 or more troops in War department quarters Miey- Wife GJ Divorce From Dirty Husband despair at never seeing a airplane the one said.

friendly! i. Heavy emphasis on German right through the Baltic States Into Germany. Reliable sources said confidential advices coming from so a quarters iruit they aye "almost certainly accurate" indicate the Germans had abandoned earlier plans for defensive war in the north and Fiiarp offensive in the south. Instead, these informants said, Hitler appears to be planning a general attack because of the Red Army's unexpected su-ceases ir Staraya Russia area and a weakening of the Finns. LAND ON NEW GUINEA SYDNEY, Australia, March 10 estimated a the Japanese! Germany a year ago lo studv Nazi had landed another 50.000 men in tactics and became an ardent chain- Java last Saturday and that, i of "blitz" warfare.

He began had now three divisions, or up to; indoctrinating the' Japanese army 60.000 men, near Soerobaja, the a these methods upon his returii val base at east end of a a to the Orient and used SUIT" methods learned when he visited i--Japanese forces made their tnird HOUSTON. March 10 (U.P.)---A 33-' The Dutch officers said Japanese cessfully In his whirlwind conquest from the Australian mainland. group of half a million American! girls prepared nnrt eager for eerv-: ice in World War H. i Girl Scouting lived on through the Twenties, the Thirties and be 75 cents per person, and though went before District! troops were treating of Singapore. S'KW STOCK KXrH.INT.K the dances have been free each year! i McCalla today ask-1 roughly mid natives relatively well, the Forties--because it trained girls chVi for active democratic citizenship im-i A der all kinds of circumstances.

It lm trained for service to mankind in the quiet round of every-dfty living, as well as in the exciting moments of national emergency. Only five years old when i by A i a Steol i Roll i SrnpJt A- P.cf Am Lead present, cattlemen have ich. PicicM expressed lhe opinion a they will rV willingly pay this a as It is lor cic-se a good cause for the i Pan- inp; a divorce from her 41-year-old! encouraging husband on grounds of There were no children a aid he do that cruel? 1 icHyJ hail shown 1 Du(ch those elements which dissatisfaction nJtli handle. McCalla, i in ihc type of soldiers a "Judge, he just never take A a i visit Hie Center occurred yesterday I a bath," the wife asserted. "We were United States entered the First World War, the Girl Scout i Co A I A i a i CoTfi Tel Tel Jinidwtii Locomotive I 2 2 1 2 8 Stcrl bership doubled nnci trebled I wo years.

Now, the Second in i i i Mia" your liinonev GALUGHER BURTON'S BLACK LABEL I SPIRITS 8t PROOF Nt PHIll PI World War finds Girl i I Cr the "United States celebrating Its! coSt OH Dei 30th anniversary, 30 years of service. I curtiss wtigt Tlie little group of eight girls and CPn Co one leader who made up the total membership on March 12, 1912. has grown to more Uiaii half a million i Gen foods girls. Motors "Be Prepared" Is the Girl Scout. i motto and they were.

Before the war, Amarillo Girl Scouts already had established a service bureau to coordinate Girl Scout activities with those of other grouiw. More than 7.0CO hours of service were given to various Amarillo agencies by local Girt Scouts in 1941. Since the declaration of war, the Amnrfllo Girl Scout Council has or- A Pnp Copper whon trainees entered the lobby. Instead ot the a i i a khaki, wore uniforms of dusty blue. They were trainees from Scotland' in the United States for a short oe- nod.

Tne popular phase of service 2 offered continues to be the "clean- 5 1 rcxmis offered free to soldiers 1 1)JI i hotel management. Here 2 0 i men may shave, bathe, take ft or listen to the radio recently donated by the Tolzien Music Store. 11 One of the visiting cattlemen stopped Mis. James Bush, secretary 3 4 the to say that he u. recently di-ove a group of service mo from Henrietta (o Wichita and all the boys talked married six years and he never did take a bath in all that time and he told me he had never taken one in his lite.

They asserted that the Allied flir forces In Java, severely reduced before the Japanese invaded the island, were obliterated during lhe first few days of fighting. Netherlands officials who had arrived here to organize continued I Dutch resistance, expressed convic- room atic lock the door and splash water around--and then he would 1 conic out just as dry and dingy 0 Uc Gov. Hiilicrtus J. Vnn Moot, ever," she said. The buthless pands Indies government leaders, lii- tended to continue on to Washing- previous divorce.

The' reason did not appear In court records 2. Greater use of planes against MacArthur's little army, which possesses only a handful of IMQ ers, Yfunashlta In 1040 became director general of the Japanese army's air corps inspectorate headquarters and stressed wide uses of sire-raft, such ns using it as artillery. Recently Japanese heavy bom'jerg and dive-bombers were reported to have beeti withdrawn from the Philippines and shifted nearly 2.000 opportunity to strike at Japanese landing today on New Guinea at Finschafen, CO miles west of Lae. Fneiny bombers continued their almost incessant bombings of Port Moresby today, 3t was the tenth raid on the airport only 280 miles The Australians gave no official details of the strength of the Fin- zchafen landing. A -small airdrome 35 there and the harbor is suitable for moderate sized vessels, 3i' a entire i was the hos- gnnized a Senior Service Group for Senior High School girls.

There are more than 100 girls hi this training. Mrs. Erwin C. Oclisner, commissioner, says. "We could rio a lot more more women--and men, too --would realize that democracy's future depends upon the proper training of its youth.

If America is to win the peace as well as the war, ay's boys and girls mus 'Be Prepared' to do the job." ''The Scouts need women to serve! on committees, to act ns advisers to lead troops. Scouts can use lots! of volunteers to help them start the! next 30 years off Mrs, Ochs-' ner adds. Montgomery W.IK! "5 Xnsh a i i National Dairy New York Central R.i1l-.Viiy Nfictli A i a i 12 Oil fi Pnv-kard shipping Iti Subic Bay where five vessels totaling more than 30,000 tons were sunk without challenge om TMTM? ja 5e planes and possibly otliecs soon may returned to the Philippines, milt- i '-Attorney General tary mc believe 1 Herbert Vere Evatt, who is prepar- 1 WHS he afraid of water?" i to leave for Washington soon nskert. on a S(jec a i mission, at once got "Oh, no," the wife said. "He conmiunication with Van Nfook a baili for 41 is a marital Pan Amerlvi A 9 a i of Amarillo.

2v! i AIrs Dllsh announced Center is out of cookies, and that antl Granted the divorce, i housewives in Amarillo who! -J a find time to bake some maylTwft 2 them at the Center or phone' (the" desk there. They will be appre-'lfl tar drink water and he would even go a arranged for him to meet Prune in but he just didn't be- Minister John Ciirlin Thursday licvu In baths." i McCalla ruled that going without i i i i a i i said iys 14 for or anytime-pinwheels the KARO way You've dreamed about biscuits like these tender pimvheels ith lu fruit ana spice filling every Iftok complicnted, hut they're really easy (o make. Treat the apICCC a i to a batch tonight I anunouni Picture: Penney Penn RR Pure Oil Remington. Rncul A i Stocl Sears Roebuck Shell Union Oil Socony Vacuum Soiithrrn a i i Stniitlnrrt Brands OU Calirornla Sttitui OU New'joisei Texas Corporation Tpxas i Ttfle a Oil TPX IMc Coil ft Oil Union CnrbJcfe- United A i a Rubber Steel Tel White Motor Wilson i Co. Wcoiworth A CITY I I KANSAS CITY.

i i 10 I A i HORS (iiirl 2 17 5 1 30 1 3 Services Scheduled For C. H. Pulliam Charley Price, motorcycle officer for tiie Atnarillo jxlice department and Mvs. Pparl 407 North Polk Street, were Injured slightly early yesterday evening in a cm- crash on Vernon Street, past of ihc a Australia was ready to give the Netherlands East Indies lenders all Resistance to conduct their business from Australia. BOMB PORT MORESBY CANBERRA.

March K) (U.P.) -Japanese air squadrons bombed Port Moresby, on the South Coast of New Guinea, again today in what officials described ns tlie prelude to heavy invasion blows against Northern Australia. The Australian air force is "suing REVOLT AIDS JAPANESE LONDON, MnrcJi 10 (UP)--Burmese revel utionaries have allied themselves i the invading Japanese, a military commentator revealed today. Tlie discovery that Burmese were Hiding Japan was mndc when British Hindustan surprised a i landing pally at the mouth of Ihei Rangoon Rtvtr. March 6, and cup-t lured one of the big flat-bottomed boats. In it was one Japanese officer: and 55 Burmese soldiers.

The other! boats scattered and escaped. Latr they were machine-gunned by RAI (Hers but (hey already hnd a Texas Company's refinery. Officer resource" in counter-allflcks it Price was driving a scout car a the Japanese but necessarily j.s'^^^^. Evans was passenge car registered their troops. The commentator said presumed those boats also Printing, too-Must Be Attractive Style in printing anrt type faces change almost as rapidly as mi-lady's hair do.

Depend upon us to keep your printed forms up-to-date and in the best of taste. Or our Mr. Teasley will be glad to call with samples, I PRINTING CO. Fill more Phone 4S33 Sunday night at a Clayton, N. in Altus, OXla, iti a i i a delaying action, it "was hos He vvas foreman of the Port 1 Worth and Denver Railroad rouncl- house at Texlhie.

IMI a his home here at 1905 Jackson Street. He a member of the Baptist War- (CONTINUED PROM PAGE 1) Church, tho FJks soon after Minister Arthur S- Drankeford disclosed that pilots had been brought home from over-seas war to strengthen tlie nation's defenses. "There had been proposals previously for return of Australian from Englniid nnd North ment belonging to units ot the 16th(Africa. German army which have been cx- Ixxlge and the terminated or forced back I in- Today's raid a the 10th on I Port Moresby, which lies 350 mil a Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. tc or IwsUmti.s.

from Australia. The port was also Survivors Include his i Mrs Pl a a i stnrnyn Rus-! bombed ywtertiny. i i Pulliam. a teacher at' San- llncs WBS saicl be born whool; his Apple i i of San Petna daughter. Mrs.

Thclma Driskeli' 'f PHILIPPINES CITY SHELLED Lcttcis found on Ornnnn piison- reported Hint (lie WASHINGTON. March ion of trapped Oennaus was Chinese cruiser hns sliellod Hie Im- Welcome CATTLEMEN AND STOCK SHOW VISITORS! May your visif Tn Amarlllo be 4 pleasant and profitable one! Again, Welcome! For Bttlfr Whetl All nmenl and Brake Service Set I IVHKtT, AMG.VME.VT i A SEHVICE 210 Phone -1511 u.ft): is i i i I 1 S.1501r!.25; gool lo rholcr vralpri 11 10 lr il5 in an to rolirve pressure and'" 1 0 i i 1 troops but large nuni- bers of Sovirt were said to Bwrlnl will be in Llano Cemetery. fllsptirsl lht TM a i be Whltc, Carl Gvln, Goorgn W. Wvip" Murk Perry, George Hlrsch, Gene Jordan. 25.

Shrep i i i ckrro rul toial 7 IKK) onc WOlTIGn lO tsftOQH cinnamon prunes, Ara'mrd and fttofifieti I I I I I 2 cMpi aU-ptirpose flour 3 tablespoons butler 3 2 cup KA KO (blue Yi ttatpoon salt fHfl shorlexinf Vi CUP Milk cup canned rtJ cherries, drained and chopfted Sift flour with hakini powder and Cul in nhort- eniflH. Add milk slowly, to form sod dough, noil out on lijthtly Roured hoard i i A recianjile about VI inch cream i i i A cinnamnn, a i i well cinntiineit. Stir in anti Spread i i i i roll up as for a roll. i into pieces, and place in a greased a i Kak in hoi oven (425 1 .) I I 2 0 i i or i Makes I 1 dozen tea biscuit pirmhveh. A I CHICAOO.

10 i' Whc.u Open a M.U' l.M^-i, i.j a 1.301, 1.3I)1 4 1.2JV Sp 1 132 1.31'. Corn May July f- BE, FE FOOO Aff a irist -111C Cn they me nlilc lo attack Kiiisslan 1 ground An important victory was rfix)i't- ed on Hie central fi'ojit where ii wn.s saM (hat .1 German conitntiti(cations Amarillo unit of the Tri- i tli1K 1)Ccn broHght under lire. State Association of Credit Wompn! IR heavy, a i re- will nieer at. a dinner-session to- pons, tlmt i a i tlie 1 nt 7:30 o'clock nt- the Cnpttol i rtl haKrcl. tin- Imuie for i comnnihicn- W.

We.st, Southwestern Drug lions line, it was stud, 2,000 Gerp will be guest speaker, i mans ucre killrd in hand to htmci speaking on -The Increasing Tm- ponance of Women in Credit A roumlt.ible discilwlon of credit problems will follow. bnyonel i i CHIANG I March I I I A I (1.1090. orrerli Fl'NIl 3 2 More Canadians Arriving On Tighl Little Isles March lo (tl.Ri-- Cann dlan army reinforcements have ar- Jn Britain. It, wns dl.sclosed of- lorlny. Aimoreil corps wpro I newly rived Canadian i inrludnd i i i a I I forrstry corps, and medical corps.

The is an MaJ. Grn. Jo.sppb W. the lion of women employes of credit United Army has been tmm- Iniroaus nnd rrrdit departinpntA of I I i and wlioleKalo huslripRs c.i- taljUshmrnl.s. All nii-mbfrs nnd DIGNITY and SIMPLICITY BLACKBUKN SHAW FUNERAL DIRECTORS h.

I Knglanrt now has a Rhorlae JoJt MAXWELL HOUSE Maxm-iJ Ilmine ii mini, in Ihc Viln- Fresh varuuni tin. No air rm in--no no r.in mil! And to.l«jr In ill.I famoun bin Maxwrll lirt jou yi-i mkrr flavor fitc money mor, flayer In tin MajM4l HWIK far rtckar hi All Ii by MM uncial A DROP.

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