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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
13
The Office of Price Administration announces a ration-free release of odd lot shoes July 10 through July 29 totaling about seven million pairs. Men women youths and boys sizes 1 to 6 will be available with no ration stamps required and dealers must cut prices accordingly.
The District Office of Price Administration in Lubbock urges custom combine operators to file applications for gasoline to cover the entire harvest period and to obtain additional rations if needed.
In a nationwide drive carrier boys sold 1 175 267 407 ten cent war savings stamps through June 8 with Kansas City Star carriers leading at 90 117 755 stamps while Pennsylvania topped state totals and a contest offers a Liberty ship christening as top regional performer. The American Red Cross reports 97 percent of wounded soldiers recovered using blood plasma.
Pampa Community Concert Association announces a four program series at the junior high school auditorium. October features Bartlett and Robertson on two pianos. February brings Mia Salvenska with a dance ensemble, then Patricia Travers on violin, followed by Alexander Kipnis in a final concert. The association has 919 members.
Seattle June 22 The Army Air Forces permitted disclosure that the new B 29 Super Fortress bombers are equipped with pressurized cabins and heating facilities. The system frees the crew from wearing oxygen masks and protects them from subzero cold at high altitude.
A depot near Nairobi trains African boys into tradesmen for the East African Army. It turns them into shoemakers storemen mess servants blacksmiths tailors and camp policemen.
From the front in France June 12, the Second Infantry Division impressed as it hit the beachhead. The unit, long based in San Antonio, advanced swiftly behind the First Infantry Division, captured Trevieres, and pressed toward the Cerisy Forest. Commanders noted its lineage from World War I and its distinct training history.
In Muskogee Oklahoma a pound gas chamber killed 49 other dogs while Frisky escaped when Poundmaster Bush Goins opened the door. He spared her and she becomes the pound mascot as the sole survivor.
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