Auto plants resume 1946 production amid shortages and strikes
Detroit reports limited production restart across several plants as 1946 output aims for about 3.5 million vehicles. Ford Chrysler Hudson and Studebaker resume, while GM, after 43 days idle, confronts wage talks with the CIO UAW over a proposed 30 percent rise. Ford of Canada ends a 99 day strike with arbitration. Packard remains closed due to parts shortages.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford of Canada
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
Packard Motor Car Company
Amarillo to Expand Exposition Complex and Auditorium
The Overall Planning Committee voted to place the livestock coliseum at the Tri-State Fair Grounds and to enlarge and modernize Amarillo downtown Municipal Auditorium. The project aims to house stock shows, exhibitions, rodeos, stage shows, concerts, and conventions with land acquisition for expansion and a possible youth center.
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Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Jay Taylor
Virgil Patterson
Taylor
Tri- State Fair
Pat Stock Show
Fair Grounds
Fort Worth
Will Rogers Coliseum
L. PB. Gill
The
News-Globe
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Epperson
A. P. Hancock
John Crudgington
Lou Sellars
Jack Swann
H. O. Starks
Rex Baxter
Potter County Taxpayers League
Bob Douglas
Hugo Loewenstern
Charley Crowe
A. N. Olver
Bill Beechler
Harvey Allen
W. M. Gould
Packinghouse Strike Sparks Wage Debate Across Industry
Union leader Clark argues workers face stagnant wages since before Pearl Harbor and seeks a 25 cent an hour rise with a 17 cent initial hike. He cites Hormel as a model for staged increases while Swift and Company signals ongoing negotiations as the strike threatens meat supplies and livestock purchases.
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Pearl Harbor
Clark
Hormel Company
Austin
J. E. Wilson
Swift and Company Meat Packing Plants
Upwa-Cio
Swift and Company
Union
British Officer Denies Bormann Arrest Rumor
In PLOEN Germany a senior intelligence official of the British Eighth Corps stated no person in custody in the corps area is or has been suspected of being Martin Bormann. He dismissed rumors that a man named Marius was arrested in Neumunnenster Schleswig Holstein and identified as Bormann.
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Ploen
Germany
Eighth Corps
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Bormann
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Marius
Neumaenster
Schleswig-Holstein
New Year Violence Hits 49 Texas Deaths Across State
Texas logged 49 violent deaths from midnight Friday to 10 am today according to the State Department of Public Safety. The toll includes 22 traffic fatalities, 15 homicides, 4 suicide-like crises, 1 drowning, 3 fire deaths, 3 asphyxiations, and 1 tree-fall death. A freight train collision near Cuero caused five traffic deaths.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Cuero
Two-Headed Baby Girl Born in England
A 21 year old wife of an American soldier gave birth to a two headed girl six weeks premature at Selly Oak Hospital England. The infant weighed five pounds eight ounces and feeds from two mouths while two heads breathe at different rates. Survival chances are slim but slight improvement noted as doctors monitor for two hearts and two respiratory systems.
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Birmingham
Ongland
Jane
Alice
Selly Oak Hospital
America
Information Bureau
New York Academy of Medicine
Bureau
Fighting Ships End Troop Runs
The Army returned 4 645 000 soldiers to civilian life between V E Day and December 28. The Navy will withdraw 103 of the 353 ships from Pacific troop transport within two months, demobilizing crews and reducing the Magic Carpet fleet to 250 ships. Remaining ships will include 221 assault transports and seven carriers, ensuring future schedules.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Army
Atlantic
Stalin and Molotov Named Soviet Election Candidates
The Moscow radio announced that Generalissimo Stalin and Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov were nominated today as candidates for the Supreme Soviet by their electoral districts in Moscow.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Forrestal Signals Planned Resignation This Year
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal said he plans to resign sometime this year. The remark follows prior reports he sought to leave the post, though President Truman hoped he would stay longer. Forrestal, a former New York banker, arrived in Miami after visiting Caribbean bases and plans to return to Washington after a Palm Beach stop.
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Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Miami
Fla
Lever
James Forrestal
Truman
Navy
Forrestal
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Knox
New York
United States Navy
Caribbean Sea
Trinidad
Guantanamo
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Palm Beach
Washington
Amarillo cattle sale receipts near nine million dollars
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co reported 1945 receipts totaling 8,839,640, with 143,897 cattle passing through the ring, the tenth straight year of regular auctions in Amarillo. The Panhandle and western Kansas supplied stock from New Mexico, with California and northern feed lots among destinations.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
E. B. Johnson
Hereford
Western Stock Yards Corp
Johnson
New Mexi
Panhandle
Kansas
Illinois
California
Jack Coulter
Ring
Mr. Johnson
Jay Taylor
Tire Shortage Lingers As Texas Dealers Report No Tires
Associated Press survey shows tire rationing lifting but Texas dealers face depleted stocks and long lines. Passenger tires sold out in Corpus Christi and Austin, with waiting lists forming in Wichita Falls. Truck tires plentiful, voluntary rationing continues, and servicemen receive preference in Galveston. Kilgore and Big Spring report scarce inventories as demand remains high.
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Associated Press
Texas
Galveston
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Allen Vanney
Wichita Falls
Austin
Big Spring
Shreveport
Haw Haw described alert on eve of treason execution
William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was described as alert and cheerful on the eve of his execution for treason. He is to die at 9 A.M. tomorrow. The item is filed from London with this brief note on the pending sentence.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Nazi
Milk Strike Threat Looms Over Amarillo January
Amarillo faces a potential milk strike set to begin Saturday January 12 after a meeting of local milk producers and city officials. Producers demand higher OPA ceiling prices. if no action is taken deliveries will be limited to hospitals and doctor prescriptions.
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Amarillo
Amarillo City
OPA
Joan Gillham
Clarendon
Joe A. Jenkins
Gillham
Pinky Vineyard
Borden Company
Commission
Jenkins
Waco
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Earl Burtz
Albert
Jap Says Gls Hated Buddy at War Crimes Trial
Japanese interpreter Sara kichi Oi testified at Lt. Kel Yuri’s war crimes trial that at least two American prisoners urged the commandant to kill U. S. Marine corporal James Pavlokos of Chicago. Pavlokos died after solitary confinement and possible poison, while Pvt. Noah C. Heard of Salinas, California, was previously described as bayoneted.
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Yokohama
Sarakichi Oi
Kel Yuri
Yuri
James Pavlokos
U. S
Chicago
Pavlokos
Murao
Russell Stationery Co Offers Dictaphones and Calculators
Russell Stationery Co showcases dictaphones adding machines and calculators for business and office needs. The lineup features portable and desktop models with varying capacities and pricing for professionals upgrading their workspaces.
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Russell Stationery Co
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Eate
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Steelmen
Conciliation Service
Ross
Steelman
Plan
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Cudahy
American Airlines
Consolidated Vultee Corp
Jack LoRelie
Fillmore
England
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
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