Wheat quotas defend market stability says Texas farmer
Charlie L. Thomas of Pampa argues against repeal of wheat marketing quotas. He says quotas protect collateral value and make loans possible, noting Texas farmers approved quotas by over 90 percent and Panhandle by over 98 percent. He compares quotas to traffic lights to prevent market chaos and urges cooperation.
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Texas
United States
Canada
Congress
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Victory V In the News and Its Morse Significance
The Amarillo News adopts a new three-dots-and-dash mark signaling victory over Germany and endorses Britain’s V for Victory campaign, a move raising concern among German authorities across occupied Europe.
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Ience
Amarillo News
Amarillo
Great Britain
Europe
House Lifts Wheat Penalty
Law changes break penalties on excess wheat production for farmers with crop failures and allow sale of normal output under quota. Measure, now headed to the Senate, adds penalty-free sale up to normal production on excess acreage. Agricultural officials outline 1942 quota adjustments and permission to market excess winter wheat this fall.
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House
Ross Risley
Guymon
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Senate
Agriculture Department
AAA
Escaped Texas Convicts Sought After Prison Farm Break
Four convicts who armed themselves with a butcher knife escaped Harlem prison farm near Sugarland by stealing a chaplain's car. A search stretched across Southeast Texas as authorities pursued the escapees.
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Texas
Sugarland
Harlem
Here
Victory Brick Drive Boosts Panhandle Museum Fund
A Victory observance and brick drive in Canyon raised funds and bricks for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society museum project. Donors include Clyde W Warwick of Canyon 250 dollars Southwestern Public Service Co Amarillo 200 dollars bringing 400 dollars total from the firm plus 100 dollars from Panhandle Laundry and 20 dollars from Canyon Lions Club.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Amarillo
Panhandle Laundry
Canyon Lions Club
Taylor and Sons
Canyon
J. A. Hill
L. F. Sheffy
Globe News
Pat Flynn
Boone McClure
McClure
Panshandle
U. S. Highway 66
Flynn
West Texas College
Maverick
Panhandle
WPA
Grady Hazlewood
Booker Smashed By High Winds
A fierce windstorm hit Booker around 1 30 pm lasting an hour. The north wall of Clark's Grocery blew out and stock was damaged while the skating rink roof and several residences lost roofs. Plate glass shattered as damage mounted to about 50000 dollars. The storm was localized with no injuries reported.
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Booker
Clark's Grocery
Perryton
Here
van Stewart
Ochiltree County Herald
Stewart
Main Street
Aluminum Salvage Drive Boosts War Production Efforts
The United States launches a nationwide salvage campaign urging Americans to donate aluminum scraps to support defense needs. Early reports exceed expectations with Washington officials revising targets upward toward 30 to 40 million pounds. Citizens nationwide, from chorus girls to Philadelphia residents, contribute aluminum disks and other items to fund aircraft and weapon parts. The St Louis Cardinals announce used aluminum items will admit women to a ladies day game, and theaters in the city accept aluminum as entry tickets.
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Defense
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New York City
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Varied Congressional Debate on Roosevelt Draft Message
Congress split over Roosevelt's plea to declare a national emergency to keep army selectees guardsmen and reservists in service. Resolutions sought unlimited selectee terms and extended existing enlistments to sustain national defense while reporting on front line actions near Smolensk Nevel and Leningrad and German claims of battlefield gains against the Soviets.
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Next Nazi Move Draws Warning
The United States warned Germany plans new aggression against remaining independent states in Europe. Spain Portugal and North Africa were named as possible German targets as Congress debates selective service. Welles and Marshall stressed US backing for Latin American defense and noted actions against German agents near the Panama Canal.
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Portugal
French
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Roosevelt
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Rio Grande
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Latin America
Francisco Franco
Santos
Colombia
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Commerce Department
Paul von Bauer
Spanish America
Amarillo Hit by Heavy Rain Delays and Damage
A heavy downpour drenched Amarillo for about ninety minutes causing traffic delays and a postponed baseball game. The city experienced power outages in the north area due to a line break, with fires sparked by a power pole at Seventh Avenue and Travis Street and a lightning strike igniting a fence at 1801 Van Buren Street. Nearby towns reported scattered showers and hail including Dumas Spearman Perryton Tucumcari Clayton and Dalhart. The storm cut electricity citywide briefly and radar showed rainfall extending up to six miles in several directions.
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English Airport
Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Spearman
Perryton
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Tucumcari
Clayton
Dalhart
Seventh Avenue
Travis Street
van Buren Street
British aerial offensive over Europe roars toward crescendo
London reports the RAF plans the heaviest air raids in history against Germany in the next three months. Britain reserves large scales of bombing from Ruhr to Prague using heavy bombers to destroy railways and coastal defenses while continuing daylight attrition against Luftwaffe and shipping.
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Ruhr
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Cologne
Bremen
Luftwaffe
Fockewulf
Middle East
Flanders
Bolivia reports arrest of Bolivian officers tied to Nazi plot
General Candia arrived in La Paz to brief President Penaranda on the arrest of several senior officers amid a probe into an alleged Nazi conspiracy to seize power. Ultima Hora alleged arms and ammunition were imported via a German firm and cached in multiple provinces.
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Miguel Candia
Cochabamba
Enrique Penaranda
la Paz
Bolivia
Penaranda
United States
General Candia
Ultima Hora
Roosevelt seeks 1 578 500 for helium plants
President Roosevelt requests a supplemental interior department appropriation of 1 578 500 dollars chiefly for building helium plants to support immediate needs of the army and navy fighters. Budget Director Harold Smith explains added facilities are needed to augment Amarillo plant production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Army
Navy
Harold Smith
Amarillo
British aerial strength vs Luftwaffe cited in reports
Experts doubt Nazi air strength reaches 4000 planes as Aeroplane magazine estimated. British assessments indicate more operational aircraft than the Luftwaffe due to reassignments and superior American models like the Havoc and large Boeing bombers. Full British air superiority expected before mid winter.
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Aeroplane
North Africa
Luftwaffe
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