NLRB Hearings Start Here For Three Phillips Divisions
AFL unions seek to represent employees of Phillips Petroleum Company units in Borger Texas and the Texas Panhandle nine-county district. Hearings in Room 316 of the post office assessed bargaining unit inclusion for confidential and supervisory staff.
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National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Phillips Petroleum Company
NLRB
Post Office
AFL
Borger
Phillips
Phillips Plains
International Union of Operating Engineers
Philblack Carbon
Texas Panhandle
Rampant Yank Offensive Pushes Germans Toward Cologne
Allied forces on the Western Front surged toward Cologne as the U S First Army crossed the Erft River near Modrath and pressed through German defenses. General Hodges's troops advanced rapidly while General Simpson's Ninth Army moved on Muenchen Gladbach despite a news blackout. German King Tiger tanks were deployed to slow the American advance.
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Eisenhower
Cologne
U. S. First Army
Erft
Modrath
Rhine
Hodges
First Army
U. S
Ninth Army
Simpson
Muenchen-Gladbach
Canucks
Duesseldorf
Ninth
Calear
Zanten
Ruhr
Wesel
Roer
Patton
Third Army
Bitburg
Trier
Germany
Rhine drive presses toward Cologne as German resistance falls
Allied forces push toward the Rhine with First Army Breaching across the Erft and advancing near Cologne. Canadian and American units report thrusts toward Wesel and Trier while Luftwaffe and artillery efforts weaken under heavy U.S. bombardment and renewed tank assaults.
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Muenchen- Gladbach
Ruhr
Waldniel
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Erft
Germany
Normandy
First Army
Cologne
Beginnings of Tokyo Destruction Hit by U S Bomber Raid
The 240 block industrial area of Tokyo was left blackened by a Sunday raid. A B 29 daylight strike amid a snowstorm hit two subordinate aircraft plants and set 667 acres of fires as reconnaissance photos showed precise American bombing. The attack disrupted rail centers and portend continued pressure on Japan's war production as factories are dispersed.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Tokyo
Japan
U. S. Navy
Emperor Hirohito
Curtis le May
Ueno
Manchuria
China
Churchill Sees King in Private Buckingham Palace Audience
Prime Minister Churchill met the King at Buckingham Palace and was his dinner guest in a private audience this evening. The visit follows London events as officials discuss wartime matters.
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London
Churchill
Buckingham Palace
Seabees Repel First Japanese Parachute Attack
The Navy reported the first Japanese parachute attack on a Seabee camp in the Philippines was repelled. Airfield and camp sections came under airborne assault but were met with heavy machine gun and small arms fire. Reinforcements from the Army then joined, and over the next 72 hours 259 Japanese were disposed of with minor Seabee casualties.
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Washington
Navy
Philippines
Turkey and Egypt Join United Nations Attending Security Meet
Turkey and Egypt became United Nations members boosting expected participants to 44 at the San Francisco conference on the world security organization. The move marks a widening of global representation ahead of the security talks.
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Washington
Turkey
Egypt
United Nations
San Francisco
Red Cross Drive Focuses On Amarillo One Day Campaign
A five dollar contribution with a Stars and Stripes clipping from Iwo Jima was shown as the war image. The Red Cross drive aims for a 154100 quota across the county with a noon to 10 pm bank-only window Friday. Banks post offices hotels and PS Co offices will accept donations with all funds due by Friday. The one day drive replaces the usual active fundraising due to manpower shortages. The campaign relies on countywide cooperation and the Red Cross services are cited.
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Red Cross
U. S
Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Daily News
Amarillo
Southwestern Public Service Company
Capitol
Herring
Iwo’s Main Town Falls To Charging Devildogs
U S Pacific press recounts a major Marine advance on Iwo Jima, with the Devildogs seizing Motoyama and a central airfield while pushing 500 yards and reaching a third airfield. Over 1,000 more Japanese killed in six hours. total enemy dead to 4,784.
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Iwo
U. S. Pacific
Guam
Mar
Motoyama
Pacific
Holland M. Smith
Graves B. Erskine
Third
Keller E. Rockey
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Weather report notes Thursday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Fresh to strong winds, colder tonight with occasional rain. West Texas remains mostly cloudy Thursday and Friday with light rains in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east Pecos River. Also includes yesterday’s temperatures and sunrise sunset times.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Peccs
Isa
Red Cross Campaign Phone Contact Listed
Information on the Red Cross drive and campaign supplies is available by calling headquarters at 24736.
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Red Cross
State Also Sings Smokeless Blues
Austin reports cigarette stamp revenue fell from 964 716 to 739 882 this February due to cigarette shortages. Beer stamp sales also declined from 224 219 to 217 219 year over year. Liquor and wine revenues rose, lifting total stamp revenue from 1 786 156 to 1 858 444.
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Austin
State Treasury Department
FDR Plans Address From Congress on Crimea Peace
President Roosevelt returns from Yalta and will tell Congress at 11 30 A M Central War Time about hopes for a secure peace and a gradual cut in armaments. The joint session will hear his victory and peace mission to the Crimea.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Yalta
Congress
Crimea
Air War Roars to Climax as February Bombing Peaks
Berlin faced a ninth straight night of Mosquito attacks dropping two-ton blockbusters as Britain based air forces and the U S Eighth Air Force pressed a record bombing campaign over Western Germany during February. Allied raids hit rail yards and refinery targets from Kassel to the Ruhr while German defenses warned of further strikes at Brandenburg Berlin and beyond. The two week onslaught totaled about 42 000 tons of bombs with 100 000 sorties by Allied air forces in Western Germany.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Germany
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Brandenburg
Reich
U. 8 Fighth Air Force
Rhine
Gelsenkirchen
Kassel
Ruhr
Soest
Hamm
Schwerte
Hagen
Siegen
Cologne
Britain
Western Reich
15Th Air Force
12Th Air Force
Italy
Hitler
15Th
Brenner Pass
Field Marshal
Kesselring
Australia
Villach- Linz
Ninth Air Force
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the Rock
Jonathan M. Wainwright
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Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Balete Pass
Santa Fe
Vigan
Marshal von Rundstedt
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Pellingen
Pruem
Sindorf
Linnich-Cologne
Hausen
Esch
Berg
Wettweiss
Dueren
Dickerscheid
Geisdorf
Schleiden
People's Army
Marianas
Snss
Smith
Kansas City
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Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
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Saar
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