Fifth War Loan Parade Opens Drive Led by Amarillo Units
A massive parade in Amarillo inaugurates the Fifth War Loan with 38 soldier and WAC sections from Amarillo Field. Col. E. A. Simpson urged citizens to value dollars by supporting their sons, as Pantex floats showcased bombs and shells and convalescent servicemen rode buses, joined by Red Cross, Gray Ladies, veterans groups, Scouts, and local bands and figures.
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Amarillo Field
Potter County War Bond
E. A. Simpson
Pantex
Ordnance Plant
American Red Cross
Amarillo
Gray Ladies
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Maverick Club
Scouts
Will Rogers
Chin Up Girl contest draws 13 service wives candidates
In Amarillo the Kiwanis clubs host the Chin Up Girl contest with 13 wives of service members competing for a $500 War Bond first prize. Votes are earned via E Bonds with bonds bought at local booths and weeklong Chin Up Week proclaimed by Mayor Joe Jenkins.
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Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
Iva Estelle Duncan
Hughes Street
Frank B. Duncan
Duncan
Army Medical Corps
England
Wer
Rosalie Daley
Jimmy Daley
oJe Jenkins
Joe Jenkins
Bonita Cazzell Newby
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Bernie Arnold Dashier
Santa Fe Railway
Carlie McKnight
Rotary Club
Elizabeth Whitaker
Lions Club
Gwendolyn Alvarez
North Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Aileen Byrd
Red Cross
Bettie Brady
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Margaret “Chickie’ Eisenberg
American Legion
Irene Watson
Furr Food Stores
Bond Agencies Named for Fifth War Loan
Official issuing agencies listed for the Fifth War Loan include Cal Parsley's San Jacinto Post Office Downtown Post Office Walgreens R Anthony Co Amarillo National Bank American National Bank First National Bank Amarillo Production Credit Association First Federal Savings and Loan Association Southwestern Investment Company Amarillo Army Air Field KGNC KFDA Magnolia Employees White and Kirk Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Beane Paramount Theater Texas Theater.
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Cal Parsley’s
San Jacinto
Downtown
Walgreens, Co. R. Anthony Co
Amarillo National Bank
American National Bank
First National Bank
Amarillo
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Southwestern Investment Company
Amarillo Army Air Field
KGNC
KFDA
Magnolia
White and Kirk
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Paramount Theater
Texas Theater
Senate probes Daniel funds O'Daniel campaign plan inquiry
The Senate campaign expenditures committee opened a preliminary inquiry into Senator O'Daniel Texas about funds raised for a $5 a year subscriber newspaper project and how the money will be spent. Chairman Green Rhode Island said the probe may become a full investigation as O'Daniel says over $100,000 has already been collected to disseminate his view of government.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
O'Daniel
Texas
Green
Rhode Island
O’daniel
United States
FDR Optimistic In Bond Talk
President Roosevelt voiced optimism on radio about forcing Japan to surrender or die by their own action, outlining Allied progress in Europe and the Pacific. He cited German air losses, Soviet advances, and a shrinking Japanese shipping capability while stressing continued wartime aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Germany
Europe
France
Tokyo
Pacific
Stevenson Letter Reaches Washington After Texas Questions
Washington dispatch reports Texas PEPC regional director Leonard Brin confers with the PEPC chair on Governor Coke's letter. The secretary said a reply would be drafted to address four FEPC questions about Texas operations and policy alignment with state law.
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Washington
Leonard M. Brin
Texas
Presidents Fair Employment Practices Committee
Coke
PEPC
FEPC
Stevenson
Sn Sones
President Roosevelt Denounces Nazi Atrocities in Congress
In a message to Congress President Roosevelt condemns Nazi extermination campaigns against Jews and other minorities. He says the United States will punish participants and notes efforts to provide temporary haven for nearly 1,000 European war refugees.
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Europe
Hitler
Congress
United States
Helmet tale of a lieutenant halting a Nazi ambush
A lieutenant in a wartime skirmish defends a position with a handful of captured ammo and a rifle, recalling how a bullet explosion in his helmet halted enemy fire. The account contrasts battlefield luck with discipline as he notes tallying four enemy casualties. The piece also covers a Washington vote to strip the OPA of price control on watermelons.
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Bache
Badio
Washington
House
OPA
Red Morgan Alive in German Prison Camp in World War II
Lt. John C. Morgan the Medal of Honor recipient and co-pilot on a Flying Fortress is reported alive and apparently unhurt in a German POW camp after being shot down over Berlin on March 6. His father in New York confirms a March 9 letter from the camp.
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John C. Morgan
S. A. L. Morgan
New York
Morgan
Berlin
Red
Hanover
England
New York City
Amarillo
B. L. Morgan
Mary
Maj Sid Kring Leaves Army for Business Career
Friends and business leaders paid tribute to Maj Sidney Kring as he leaves the Army to rejoin civilian life. A Capitol Hotel dinner featured toastmaster John Boyce and a Stetson hat presentation. Kring becomes Mr Krink today, serving as general manager of R C Bowen interests with Fort Worth headquarters.
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Sidney Kring
Major Kring
Mr. Krink
Capitol Hotel
John Boyce
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Miller
Cecil Dycke
Pinkney Packing Company
Pinky Vineyard
Kring
Army
R. C. Bowen
Fort Worth
Amarillo Army Air Field
Snake at Bus Stop Caught in City Nap
Pat Aldridge of 1711 Madison Street observed a three foot snake at the Sixth Avenue and Polk Street bus stop yesterday. The reptile lay stretched near the curb and was alive when first spotted but was run over minutes later by a bus or car. The incident, cited with uncertainty about wintering habits, highlights an odd urban moment.
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Pat Aldridge
Madison Street
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Roosevelt Order Lets Probe Radio Tax Records
President Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing a House committee to study the tax records of radio stations and chains. The probe will be conducted by the committee now investigating WOLFRAM EXPORT STOP. Portugal halts all production and exports of wolfram, a key steel hardening constituent for armament.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee
Lisbon
Portugal
Fliers Home From Combat Questioned by Kiwanis Club
Four decorated veterans questioned at the Amarillo Kiwanis Club luncheon about their war service. Technical Sgt Walls Loch and Giannetta from Amarillo Army Air Field with varied citations. Lt Byers guest on leave. Memphis Belle crew member Loch and 19th Bomb Group veteran Giannetta highlighted.
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Amarillo
Harold P. Loch
Joseph R. Giannetta
Melvin Byers
Walls
Antwerp
Belgium
England
Underground
Loch
Europe
Giannetta
Philippines
Java
Coral Sea
Pyote
Tex
John J. Bissell
Amarillo Field
Cal Farley
Bill Gilstrap
Barney Easton
Gilstrap
Clay Thornton
Thornton
Fourth Term Forces Go to State Court
The Texas Supreme Court considered a petition by pro-Roosevelt forces seeking mandamus to compel certification of electors for the Democratic July 22 primary ballot. Alvin J. Wirtz led the filing after the Dallas state party executive committee refused to print 23 pro-Roosevelt electors, arguing electors are state officers and must be chosen by statewide vote. The petition claims no statute provides for convention nominating electors and seeks quick Supreme Court action to ensure eligibility for ballot printing.
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Austin
State Supreme Court
Alvin J. Wirtz
Dallas
Texas
James V. Allred
Executive Committee
Supreme Court
Cost of War Staggering
Texarkana reports June 12 with Secretary Morgenthau announcing the Fifth War Loan Drive. He says US war spending reached 3.2 trillion dollars and another 95 billion is projected this year. He cites costs from Naples to Rome, Marshall Islands, and from Marshall Islands to Tokyo as context for ongoing expenses.
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Texarkana
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Marshall
England
Treasury
Naples
Rome
Berlin
Marshall Islands
Tokyo
Republican Committee Chooses Dallas For State Convention
The Republican State Executive Committee selected Dallas for the August 8 state party convention. John W. Philp, Dallas Republican leader, said no other offers were made. State candidates will be nominated and a new state committee will be elected.
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Dallas
Republican State Executive Committee
John W. Philp
Roosevelt congratulates Lt. Gen. Mark Clark in telegram
President Roosevelt cabled Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark after the Fifth Army's success, saying the American people were very happy with their work. Clark replied that the message inspires the Fifth Army to continue unrelenting blows against the enemy.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
WFA Urges Buy More Eggs To Ease Storage Strain
The War Food Administration urged families to buy more eggs to relieve a storage crunch. The agency said 25 million dozen eggs lack cold storage space nationally.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Court Amends Negro Ruling Over Texas union registration case
The Supreme Court ordered reargument for October term on a CIO official's challenge to Texas labor registration requirements for union organizers. It also amended a prior ruling upholding voting rights for African Americans in Texas, and examined whether speech by R J Thomas testing the law violated free speech. The court posed questions on registration, injunction scope, and constitutional validity of targeted solicitation.
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Washington
CIO
Texas
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
R. J. Thomas
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas
Pelly
Tex
O’sullivan
Oil Workers International Union
O'Sullivan
Editors Cable Joan Ellis Remembered On D Day
New York June 6 Joan Ellis the young British teletype operator who sent the false invasion flash three days ago is fondly remembered by editors as D Day arrives. Expressions of support flow from James P Rosemond Akron Beacon Journal and others cabled to the London Bureau and to Ellis with wishes of luck and a call to carry on. Non partisan peace talks in Washington see Senators Connally and Vandenberg urging removal of partisan politics in planning an international organization for future peace.
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New York
Joan Ellis
James P. Rosemond
Akron, Ohio
Beacon Journal
America
Ohio
London
Mayfield
South Bend
Ind
Tribune
Indiana
Washington
Connally
Vandenberg
Senate
Alien Regains Citizenship in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a naturalized citizen has rights to criticize public figures and express objectionable views, reversing the cancellation of Carl Baumgartner’s citizenship for pro Nazi diary entries. The case involved a Kansas City man once German officer.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
Hitler
Dunkerque
Roosevelt
Carl Wilhelm Baumgartner
Kansas City
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Chicago
Novices Listed For Khiva Roll
Members of Khiva Temple plan a harvest ceremonial with over 75 novices registered to join Wednesday night. A second act by Conductor Barney Moore and the Wrecking Crew will precede the ceremony, with registration from 5 to 8 pm and supper served by John Snider.
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Khiva Temple
Mystic Shrine
Barney Moore
Recorder’s Office
John Snider
Fred Galle
Khiva
Jury Panel Excused Over Out of Court Settlement
A jury panel in 108th District Court was excused by Judge W. E. Gee after parties reached an out of court settlement and one civil suit was not yet ready for hearing.
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Gee
108Th District Court
W. E. Gee
OPA Announces Odd Lot Nonration Shoe Sale
Washington date June 12 the Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide odd lot sale offering about seven million pairs ration free from July 10 to July 29 Shoes must cost at least 25 percent less than their June 1 price Men and women footwear available boys sizes 1 to 6 but excludes children's misses and little boys shoes which were included in May ration-free period
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
AAA Says War Workers Are Reckless Drivers
The American Automobile Association declares war workers generally reckless drivers, ignoring wartime speed limits and conservation measures. The report accompanies a nationwide demonstration trip and notes widespread disregard for the 35 mile per hour wartime limit. Brig Gen Myron R Wood 51 named commander Ninth Air Force Service Command on June 21.
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Washington
American Automobile Association Today
Thomas P. Henry
Detroit
AAA
Henry
Wood
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Myron R. Wood
Ninth Air Force Service Command
General Wood
Judge Bishop Returns Home After Funeral of Colleague
Judge Henry S. Bishop of Potter County 47th District Court returned to Amarillo yesterday evening after attending the funeral services of Judge J. S. Stallings of Wetde Ulaune. The two had been friends for years.
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Bishop
Henry S. Bishop
Potter County
47Th District Court
Amarillo
J. S. Stallings
Wet de
Ulaune
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China
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Curry Motor Freight Lines, Inc
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