Classified Ads Mix of Offers and Inquiries
A jumble of want to buy and for sale notices lists requests for a clean 36 Ford or Chevrolet, vacant house for sale, a one room furnished house, a NICE BEDROOM setup, and household items like a SIX FT Frigidaire and a Simmons bed springs. Contact details include 6038, 1612 Polk, 800 Georgia, and 2 4988 with times after 6:30.
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Ford
Chevrolet
Pierce
Polk
Simmons Bed Springs
Georgia
Iron Bottom Bay Dedication Honors Navy and Allied Ships
The Iron Bottom Bay dedication on Florida Island near Purvis Bay honors U S and Allied naval personnel who perished in Solomons engagements. Rear Adm Hayler presided as bronze plaque recalls ships sunk including Astoria Quincy Vincennes Atlanta Juneau Northampton Chicago and many destroyers and transports.
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Washington
United States Navy
Iron Bottom Bay
Iron Bottom Bay Club
Port Purvis
Solomon Islands
Purvis Bay
Florida Island
Bottom Bay Club
Robert W. Hayler
Muncie
Ind
Tassafaronga
Astoria
Quincy
Vincennes
Atlanta
Juneau
Northpton
Chicago
Arvis
Blue
Duncar
Barton
Cushing
Laffey
Monssen
Preston
Walke
Benham
Dehaven
Aaron Ward
Salhoun
Gregory
Kanawha
John Penn
Seminole
Reporter shoved, told to stay in seats at Hazel Scott reception
A young woman reporter covering Hazel Scott’s Bronx high school reception was shoved by a teacher who warned her to obey orders or face after school. The scene included another push and a finger wag as students were urged to remain seated.
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New York
Hazel Scott
Bronx
Miss Scott
Allies Liberate Rome as War Reaches Italian Heartland
Allied forces open Rome’s gates marking the first enemy capital freed in this war. The liberation follows the earlier Salerno Naples push and Anzio advance, with Rome’s fall reshaping Italian government and signaling a new political era while Pope Pius XI gains freedom.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Rome
Catholicism
Italy
Eighth Army
Sicily
Salerno
Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Anzio
U. S
Napoleon
Pius XI
Vatican City
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Pietro Badoglio
Eternal City
Tiber
St. Peter's
Vatican Palace
Vatican Gardens
San Francisco
Europe
Colosseum
Pantheon
Forum
Fortuna Varilis
Mars Ultor
Castor and Pollux
Concordia
Romulus
Tiber Valley
B.C
Carthage
Rise and fall of Rome through empire to modern Italy
The passage surveys Rome from its imperial height stretching across Africa and Europe to its capital authority and roads as arteries of power. It traces Caesar and emperors, the Senate, culture and slavery, decline amid barbarian invasions, sackings in 410 and 455, medieval links to the Vatican, Charlemagne, 800 sacking, 1527, 1797 occupation, and Italy’s unification under Savoy in 1861.
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Africa
Egypt
Spain
Gaul
Britain
Germany
Balkans
Asia Minor
Assyria
Mesopotamia
Caesar
Cicero
Cato
Mark Anthony
Sulla
Augustus
Colosseum
Rome
Alaric
Gaiseric
Vatican
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Italy
Camillo Benso Cavour
Garibaldi
House of Savoy
Officers Renew Plea for Aid in Murder Case
The county urges public tips in the Dorothy Snelson murder case as officers report no new leads yet continue to receive hourly calls. A $1,050 reward is offered for information from anyone besides the killer or Mrs. Snelson. Detectives seek sightings in the 1200 block of Buchanan near the time of the crime.
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Dorothy Snelson
Less Whitaker
Sid Harper
Bill Adams
Snelson
Buchanan
Discharged Veterans Seek War Jobs Across Industries
Three quarters of veterans are seeking jobs different from their prewar roles and are entering industry at about 70 000 monthly, mainly into war production. Radio engineering leads vocational training choices, followed by electrical engineering accounting aircraft business administration and drafting. Industry hires veterans including the physically handicapped and a Guadalcanal veteran with a lost leg reduced quits after taking over exit interviews.
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Washington
War Information
Tony
War Manpower Commission
OWI
WMC
Guadalcanal
Marauder Gains Highest Favor After Widow Maker Days
Dodge City Kansas June 4. The Martin B 26 Marauder once called the Widow Maker is now trusted by airmen after six months with zero fatal accidents in flights totaling over 20 moon trips. Women accepted pilots from the Sweetwater Texas WAFS training and now mockups float over the Gulf towing targets as new officers master two 2000 horsepower engines and a 21 instrument cockpit.
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Dodge City
Kan
Army Air Forces Training Command
RAF Training Command
AAF Training Command
Women’s Air Force Service Pilots School
Sweetwater
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Uncle Sam
C. B. Root
Madison
Wis
Dr V E H Reed Dies at Austin Bank Leader
Dr V E H Reed a former Austin resident died at his home in Austin Saturday afternoon He was the grandfather of Dr W V Thomas of Amarillo Reed had been bank president in Holland Texas for over 20 years Burial will be in the Rogers Texas cemetery
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V. E. H. Reed
Austin
W. V. Thomas
Amarillo
Reed
Holland
Tex
Rogers
Senators Favor Manpower Plan
Senators agreeing with the explanation of the manpower program foresee its viability with federal employment service control starting July 1. Republican support cites broad backing from agriculture, industry, and labor, while a Democrat questions its feasibility. Senator Burton of Ohio expresses confidence, noting backing makes it preferable to compulsory action.
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Washington
Federal Employment Service
Burton
Ohio
Gems on Companions and Learning Across Voices
A collection of aphorisms from Taylor Chesterfield Bacon Eddy Gosse and Lang on provident time choosing company exercising restraint in crowds the role of faces versus true company and finding harmony through books and shared aims.
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Jeremy Taylor
Lord Chesterfield
Francis Bacon
Mary Baker Eddy
British Boost Plane Output
London reports the United Kingdom produced 27 273 planes in the year to last March plus 16 000 major repairs, totaling about 45 000 planes. Sir Stafford Cripps notes 16 new types not produced in 1940 and expects more in 12 months while stressing bomber effectiveness and striking power.
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London
United Kingdom
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
Sir Stafford
Amarillo air field awards air medals to two veterans
Col William J Hanlon pinned air medals with oak leaf clusters on Technical Sgt Mervin E Johnson and Staff Sgt Archie L Bryan at Amarillo Army Air Field Saturday. Johnson logged 60 missions as gunner and engineer. Bryan 25 missions over Europe. Both already hold Distinguished Flying Crosses.
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William J. Hanlon
Amarillo Army Air Field
Europe
Africa
Mervin E. Johnson
Archie L. Bryan
Johnson
Northwest Air Force
Bryan
Amarillo
Herbert E. Hart
John A. Leonard
John Dzingili
Richard L. Odenweller
California-Western States Life Insurance Granted Texas Authority
Certificate issued by Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners certifies California Western States Life Insurance Company of Sacramento complies with Texas laws and is authorized to do business in Texas for the year ending May 1945. Chairman Co. P. Lockhart signs with seal in Austin.
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Board OF Insurance Commissioners
Austin
Texas
P. Lockhart
Rendering Unto Caesar
A farmer in Burlington North Carolina sought a money order after learning he underpaid income tax by one cent. The clerk advised enclosing a penny but he refused saying it is worth 13 cents to obtain a receipt to stop government dunning letters.
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Burlington
N. C
Commando Kelly and Childers Reach Fort Worth for Rest Stop
Fort Worth hosts Sst. Charles B. Kelly and Lt. Ernest Childers on tour after receiving the first Expert Infantryman Medals and Congressional Medal of Honor ribbons in the nation. They arrived from Austin and will proceed to Camp Walters tomorrow for their final appearance.
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Fort Worth
Charles B
Kelly
36Th Infantry
Italy
Ernest Childers
Austin
Camp Walters
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Crockett
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Dr. V. E. H. Reed
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