Texas Veterans Seek Congress Inquiry Over Rapido Battle
Brownwood hosts 36th Division veterans for a peacetime reunion as officers plan to push a resolution calling for a congressional investigation into the Rapido River clash in Italy 1944. The motion targets General Clark with testimony from veterans, while 34th Division casualties are detailed.
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Sarah McClendon
Daily News
Washington
Texas
34Th Division
36Th Division Association
Brownwood
Mark W. Clark
Mediterranean
Italy
Fred L. Walker
War Department
Rapido River
U. S
Cassino
Walker
Army
General Clark
Clark
Rapido
Geoffrey Keyes
36Th
34Th
Veterans of
36Th Division
Carl Phinney
Dallas
Fort Worth
Stevenson
36Th Division State Park
Camp Bowie
Wendell Mayes
Amarillo First to Beat its Quota in Clothing Drive
Amarillo surpassed its regional goal in the Victory clothing collection and led the Texas Oklahoma Arkansas area by rolling over the quota. Chairman Carl Jenkins cited wide civic cooperation and donations from schools and fire stations while noting the drive ends today and final counts will be released next week.
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Amarillo
Victory
Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas
P. N. Binford
Carl Jenkins
Philippines
Far East
Europe
Mr. Jenkins
Dallas
Weather Summary Amarillo And Vicinity And Regions
The report notes partly cloudy conditions with a mild night and colder by Sunday. West Texas expected clouds with rain in Pecos Valley eastward and cooler conditions except Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with high around 40 to 50. Yesterday’s highs around 40s and 30s with 0.01 inches precipitation. sunrise at 7:54 a.m. and sunset at 6:02 p.m.
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Amarillo
Mass of Clouds Yields Only Sprinkle for Area
A weather update reports Amarillo received about 0.1 inch of rain with a similar sprinkle across the Panhandle. Snow on the ground will melt without more rain while the Pecos Valley region stays cloudy with scattered showers eastward. In midweek holiday crowds, 5,000 schoolboys engaged in a snowball exchange as snow persisted in New Mexico and Albuquerque anticipated more.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Gion
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Meat strike talks falter as fact-finding set to hear case
Washington reports no quick settlement in the 268000 packinghouse workers strike as conferences end without an agreement. A federal panel will hold public hearings in Chicago Tuesday while wage deadlock persists and no government seizure plan exists. The Big Five companies and AFL CIO unions remain far apart on pay.
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Washington
Labor Department
Chicago
Edwin E. Witte
Armour
Swift, Wilson
Cudahy
Morrell
AFL
CIO
Witte
Wagecenid
Truman
U. S. Steel
United States
White House
Charles G. Ross
Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Joseph Goney
USW
U. S. Steel Corp
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
Rensit
Consolidated Edison Company
Greyhound Corporation
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
KGNC to Boost Range With New Frequency and Power
The FCC approved Plains Radio Broadcasting to move KGNC from 1440 to 710 kilocycles and raise power to 10 kilowatts day and night. The change, likely in six months, will extend coverage beyond Lamesa toward the south, with Lubbock currently the limit. Equipment delays due to wartime shortages may affect the schedule.
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KGNC
Federal Communications Commission
The
Plains Radio Broadcasting Company
Raymond Hollingsworth
Lamesa
Lubbock
Bill Torey
Torey
Draft move sparks clash over extended service period
Washington January 18 A Selective Service recommendation to extend the draft collides with Senator Johnson’s prediction that it would be out of the window May 15. Draft director Maj General Lewis B Hershey argues for a longer tour of duty and lower physical standards to ease replacements and demobilization pressures. Johnson warns against commitments beyond May 15 and signals possible end of the draft.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Johnson
Colorado
Hershey
Revercomb
West Virginia
E Friggs
Missouri
Glasses Danelling
Congress
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Selective Service
Lubbock approves bond sale for city improvement plan
Lubbock city commissioners authorize the sale of 1.5 million dollars in bonds toward the citys approved 5.894 million dollar improvement program. The plan includes water supply expansion led by Parkhill Smith and Cooper with surveys at no charge.
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Lubbock Spurs
Lubbock
Homer Hunter
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
Curley Convicted of Mail Fraud in Boston Case
James M. Curley former Boston mayor and Massachusetts official along with two others were found guilty by a district court jury of using the mails to defraud.
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Curley
Washington
James M. Curley
Boston
Massachusetts
Hitler and Eva Braun Owe Munich Unpaid Bills
Frankfurt dispatch reports Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun owed Munich 1 009 marks in unpaid electric light bills. Munich city records show Hitler 600 marks and Eva Braun 400, but the debts are listed as uncollectable since both are believed dead in Berlin.
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Frankfurt
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Munich
Dana
Treasury
Hitler
Berlin
Eisenhower pledges demobilization plan for homebound GIs
General Eisenhower told a national audience that the revised demobilization schedule will be carried out to the letter while warning the Army may abandon occupation tasks to keep 1.5 million men by July 1. He urged patience and maturity to secure a peaceful future and explained the plan and its implications for families awaiting loved ones overseas.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Fisenhower
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Amarillo Daily News
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