O M Redding Held After Double Dip Shooting
O M Redding former owner of Live and Let Live Markets shot his wife to death in the Double Dip Amarillo. He was taken to the city jail and no charges filed. Witnesses say a struggle with Marvin Redding occurred as three others tried to disarm him.
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Redding
Fourteenth
Polk Street
Harper
Reddings
Evelyn
Marvin
J. C. Wolf
East Twenty-second Avenue
South Arthur Street
U. S. Army
Tomlinson
Hughes Street
M.J.R. Jackson
Amarillo
Nth Avenue
Tyler Street
New Mexico
U S Navy Secretary Warns of Renewed U-Boat Attacks
Secretary of the Navy Knox warns at Bermuda that a large scale renewal of German U-boat attacks on Allied shipping is possible soon. He credits Bermuda as critical to anti submarine effort and notes the base cost over 34 million dollars plus Sea Bee labor, established three years ago under a 99 year lease.
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U.S. Naval Base
Bermuda
Knox
Atlantic
Germany
Pearl Harbor
United States Naval
Great Britain
Demobilization Plan Outlined by Hershey
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey outlined a slow demobilization of Army and Navy to keep U S military strength at the peace table. He urged a permanent system of armed forces and continuous mobilization of replacements to ensure proper age men and reduce unemployment.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Navy
United States
National War Veterans Conference of the United Automobile Workers
CIO
Hershey
Bombers Hit Europe With Heavy Allied Strikes Across France and Yugoslavia
American Liberator and B 17 crews hammered Pas de Calais and Yugoslav targets in April raids. British based heavies reported no losses amid moonlight attacks on France and Germany. Luftwaffe counters claimed sightings over North Germany as RAF strikes damaged Toulouse repair plants.
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ras-ae-Valais
Marburg- Zagreb
15Th Air Force
Germany
RAF
Toulouse
France
Air Ministry
Vichy
London
Strait of Dover
Pas-de-Calas
Yugoslavia
Eighth Air Force
Fortifica SS. St
Cattle Rustling Waning in Wyoming Says Secretary
Russell Thorp of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association reports that cattle rustling, which increased in 1943, is waning in 1944 in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Russell Thorp
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
British Strike Setback in Yorkshire Mines
The Yorkshire mine strike of 60,000 workers faced pressure from public opinion and government warnings. Minister Gwilym Lloyd George announced 60 percent of Yorkshire pits operating, signaling a slow return to work and a possible avertable showdown.
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London
Gwilym Lloyd George
Reds Closing In For German Kill
Russian troops tighten nooses around encircled German forces at Tarnopol and Skala on the Ukraine front while advancing toward Odessa. Soviet communique reports Skala captured and many nearby positions taken, with Tarnopol area heavy German losses and street fighting continuing. Moscow also notes advances on Kishinev front and rail advances toward Odessa as German rescue efforts falter.
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Tarnopol
Skala
Ukraine
Red Army
Odessa
Black Sea
Czernowity
Tarmamite Mf TE Raach Wierdodmenn
Garbovo
Razdelnaya
Goroshilovo
Sverdlovo
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Moscow
Rumania
Balkan
Romania
Korsun
New York and California GOP Ticket Considered After Willkie Exit
A Dewey Warren ticket gains traction as Wendell Willkie withdraws from the race. Dewey’s NY delegates rise to 83 of 85 unpledged, with a national path to the 276 needed for nomination. Warren praised as potential VP candidate, with California backing and Cabinet prospects discussed.
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New York
California
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Earl Warren
Willkie
Pei Bee Weeneen
Truman to Speak at Unity Rally in Lubbock Texas
Eastern New Mexico and West Texas Democrats plan a unity rally in Lubbock with U S Senator Harry S Truman as principal speaker. Truman will urge party harmony, tour Army air fields and Texas Technological College, and attend a public open house and buffet supper with regional leaders.
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Tex
New Mexico
West Texas
United States
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
S. Underwood
Dallas
L. O. Ellis
Lubbock County
Democratic Executive Committee
Mark Halsey
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Missourian
Army Air Fields
Texas Technological College
Phoenix
Ariz
Abilene
Big Spring
Amarillo
Kansas City
Fourth Term Is London Angle
The London Evening Standard's Londoner’s Diary reports Wendell Willkie, after Wisconsin defeat, may push for a fourth term for President Roosevelt. If Roosevelt agrees, Willkie could rally Republicans to back a fourth term, though some fear his shift would reduce his votes. Some observers also speculate Roosevelt might offer Willkie the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket.
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Gearhart
California
United States
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Rep
Dirksen
Ilinois
Columbus
Willkie
Bricker
Indianapolis
Chicago
West Coast
Harold EB. Stassen
New York
Dewey
York
Neb
Indiana
Grant
Wisconsin
London
The
Evening Standard
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Middle West
Mr. Roosevelt
Boston
Boston Post
Washington
Wendell Willkie
Hollandia Raid Wrecks Town
Allied air forces bombed Hollandia in New Guinea on Wednesday using 250 plus aircraft and 320 tons of explosives crippling the Japanese air base. No enemy planes contested the raid and Allied losses were none.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Wewak
Interscholastic League District Meet Set in Amarillo
Five Panhandle Plains high schools including Quanah Borger Pampa Chil dress and Amarillo will enter about 300 entrants at the district meet hosted by Amarillo High School. Events span track field debating and slide rule contests with winners advancing to the regional meet on April 22 in Canyon.
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Panhandle Plains
Amarillo High School
Quanah
Borger
Pampa
Childress
Amarillo
Amarile
Canyon
Army Reaches Top Strength in World War II
The Army has reached full strength of 7 700 000 men, but draft calls stay high to expand the Navy and allied services. The War Department says peak Navy including Marines and Coast Guard will hit 3 600 000 by September 1, with a need to draft 75 000 to 100 000 men monthly through 1944 to sustain force levels.
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Washington
Army
Office of War Information
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
War Department
OWL
Red Skelton to Marry Actress in Los Angeles
Comedian Red Skelton and actress Muriel Chase applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles. Muriel is the daughter of the late Charles E. Bredenham of Evansville Indiana.
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Red Skelton
Los Angeles
Richard “Red” Skelton
Muriel Chase
Charles E. Bredenham
Evansville
Ind
Weather summary for Amarillo region and Southwest
Weather notes show partly cloudy cooler conditions in Erie as strong winds ease. West Texas sees partly cloudy days Friday and Saturday with cooler Panhandle South Plains and El Paso, stronger winds Friday. New Mexico forecasts generally fair and cooler across areas, with highs around 78 and 80, lows near 37 to 43, sunrise 7 25 a m and sunset 8 13 p m.
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Amarillo
Erieas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Séavass
Emma
Japanese Defences Fail to Halt Allied Burma War Effort
Allied jungle troops ambushed Japanese units near Imphal and along the Assam front inflicting losses. Chinese forces in Northern Burma push the enemy southward while Burmese and American led air strikes destroy 24 Japanese planes at Aungkan and Nagorn Sawarwn. The Japanese threat to Dimapur receded as supplies continue by rail and river routes despite the attacks.
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India
Imphal
Assam
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Upper Burma
Brahmaputra
Tiddim
Burma
Mogaung
Wakawng
Mihloigar Tawng
Maranga Tawng
Laban
Myitkyina
Sumprabum
Tiang River
Aungkan
Nagorn Sawarn
Moulmein
Burme
Aungban
Philip Cochran
High Plains Hit 80 Degree Warmup Sets Year Peak
Old Sol pushed the temperature to 80 degrees yesterday afternoon at 4 15 PM the warmest since the year began The Weatherman warned the spell of summer weather would end today with a partly cloudy cooler day and the chance of fresh to occasional strong winds across the region
Navy cuts pilot training and tightens entry rules
The Navy announced a reduced pilot training target for 1944 1945 and 1946 citing a lower attrition rate. It will emphasize pilot quality with new requirements including three college terms in the V 12 program before aviation training. Pre flight and flight preparatory phases will be eliminated next summer and civil aviation involvement will wind down.
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Washington
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Naval Fight Prepared
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