Senate probes food shortages and meat supply fears
A Senate inquiry call cites a shrinking meat supply endangering Army Navy and civilian needs. Senator Wherry urges a five member committee to study food production and a second panel on exports and imports as witnesses blame OPA rules for losses in the meat trade and hog production hits a record crop last year aided by a corn freeze and penalties on heavy hogs.
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Washington
Congressional
America
Senate
Army
Navy
Wherry
Nebraska
Alse
Senate Ranking Committee
G. L. Childress
American Meat Institute
Plan
Nater O'Mahoney
Wyoming
O'Mahoney
Mead
New York
War Investigating
Banking
Childress
Houston Texas Packing Company
OPA
Sen
Americans Ram Lines East in Steady Advance
American forces on the Western Front push deeper into Germany near Remagen and the Saarland. First Army mop up along the Rhine advances toward the Frankfurt Cologne highway while Seventh Army drives into the Saar region gaining miles on a seven mile front. Air and artillery support disrupt German defenses as engineers repair the Remagen bridge.
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Paris
U. S
First Army
Remagen-Erpel
Frankfurt-Cologne
Hodges’ Doughboys
Rhine
Ludendorff
SHAEF
12Th Army Group
Ruhr
Duisburg
Leverkusen
Ninth Army
Seventh Army
Germany
Remagen
Cologne
Hodges
Honnef
Notscheid
St. Catherinen
Ginsterbahn
Linz
Hitler
Seventh
Don Whitehead
U. S. Seventh Army
Saarbruecken
Saarland
Stiring-Wendel
Forbach
Doughboys
Sear
Saarbrucken
Petite Rousselle
Krughutt
Patch
Lippe
Taurs
Moselle
Third Army
Coblenz
Trier
Saar
Moscow
Oder River
Berlin
Reich
Marshal Zhukov
Reuters
Oder
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Wage Stabilization Office Information in Amarillo
Wage Stabilization representatives were in Amarillo and Dallas to enforce the Wage Stabilization Act. Inspectors from WLB and Wage and Hour visited hundreds of firms in the area with over 150 employers seeking help at the Herring Hotel. After Friday noon, inquiries may be directed to the U S Department of Labor or to Edmund G Notestine in Amarillo.
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Dallas
War Labor Board
Amarillo
WLB
Herring Hotel
U. S. Department of Labor
Rio Grande National Building
Main Street
Edmund G. Notestine
Federal Building
Tests of V-1 Unroof Town
Troops of the Fourth Armored Division in Germany captured a V-1 launching site near Buchel. Residents report V-1 bombs fell within a mile and a half, causing damage to buildings and trees as early "vengeance" bombs plunged to earth from rooftops.
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Fourth Armored
Germany
Fourth Armored Division
Buchel
Detective Lem Savage in Critical Condition After Shooting
Ama rillo city detective Lem Savage remains in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after three gunshot wounds. In connection with the shooting, FE M Thompson and Elbert Day were indicted for assault with intent to murder by the Potter County grand jury. Thompson Day Billie Joe Kunkel face federal counts for kidnapping and Dwyer Act violations with bonds set, all jailed.
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Lem Savage
Amarillo City
St. Anthony's Hospital
FE. M
Eddie) Thompson
Elbert Day
Savage
Potter County
Grand Jury
Thompson
Day
Billie Joe Kunkel
East Fourth
McKellar Falls Ill After TVA Funding Debate
Senator McKellar of Tennessee, 76, fainted after a floor attack on the TVA revolving fund as the Senate recessed. The incident delayed the $3.15 billion independent offices appropriations bill while McKellar shifted tactics on TVA funding, proposing a separate bill requiring only a majority vote.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Independent
TVA
Treasury
Juvenile Prison Death Sparks House Action
Rep Rabaut described a Seattle King County juvenile death after alleged torture in a kangaroo court within a state jail. He urged federal corrective legislation to protect youths in custody and called county jails a cancer on government.
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West “East
Rep
Rabaut
Michigan
Justice Department
King County
Seattle
Wash
John Emberg
Flag raised as Iwo Jima falls under U S control
American forces report the flag raised on Iwo Jima signaling tactical conquest of eight square miles near Tokyo. Over 20,000 Japanese deaths, with 5,732 Navy casualties and 2,050 Marine deaths cited by officials. Ground progress continued against caves and booby traps as air bases are established.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Ihe Island
Tokyo
Navy
Nimitz
D. A. Stafford
Spokane
Wash
Iwo
Forrestal
Washington
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Income Tax On Deadline
Local Internal Revenue workers report many people underpaid their 1944 income. Eleven deputies work from 8:30 a.m. to midnight in room 328 of the Federal Building to push forms to completion as national officials note 50 million Americans will have filed by midnight.
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Internal Revenue
Federal Building
National Department
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
The bulletin reports partly cloudy skies in Amarillo and vicinity with a cooler trend tonight. West Texas areas including Del Rio Eagle Pass show partly cloudy conditions Thursday and Friday with cooler temperatures. Hourly observations from yesterday may show low temperatures near 58 to 38 degrees, a total 24 hour precipitation of .35 inches by 4 P.M., with sunrise at 7:58 A.M. and sunset at 7:54 P.M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Bearses
Reds Speed Push On Baltic Flank
Russian forces push along a 7 mile East Prussia front near Koenigsberg driving to the Frisches Haff and three Baltic bastions while roving units seize 14 localities and press toward the coast. In Slovakia the capture of Zvolen, a rail junction near Banska Bystrica, was announced by Stalin.
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London
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Zwolen
Moscow
Berlin
Frisches Haff
Braunsberg
Heiligenbeil
Brandenburg
Sian
Bay of Danzig
Danzig
Gdynia
Vogelsang
Slovakia
Red Army
Hron River
Zvolen
Stalin
Banska-Bystrica
Bratislava
Moravska-Ostrava
Moravian Gap
Vienna
Prague
Conservationist Tom Main To Speak To Panhandle Tonight
Canadian conservationist Tom Main arrives in Amarillo to address Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club tonight at 8 in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. He shows a film on protecting ducks and geese on breeding grounds in Saskatchewan Alberta and a talk is free. Federal and state game experts will discuss a Panhandle fishing plan and a trial cooperative effort.
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Tom Main
Panhandle
Amarillo
Pampa
Mr. Main
The
Herring
Main
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gillette Hill
Houston
RAF Unveils 11-ton Superbombs In German Rail Strike
Allied air forces led a massive assault on Germany using the world’s largest bombs, an 11 ton device dropped by four engine Lancasters to hit a Bielefeld rail viaduct and other targets. The operation involved nearly 2,000 heavy bombers and fighters. U S Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force aircraft also attacked airfields and rail hubs while missions from Italy supported the effort.
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Luzon
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Masilay
Harlow
Tumaga
Mercedes
Basilan Island
Formosa
China Sea
Borneo
Romblon Island
Tablas
Sibuyan Islands
Simara Island
London
Reich
Bielefeld
Muenster
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Heavies
Zweibruecken
Homburg
Saarbruecken
Air Ministry
Tion
U. S S
Ninth Air Force
Remagen Rhine River
Coblenz
Italy
15Th Air Force
Rundstedt Seen Drinking, Von Model Commands Front
Rumors from the U S First Army on the Rhine claim Field Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt has been drinking heavily and that Walther von Model now holds supreme command of German forces on the Western Front. Reports say Rundstedt’s alleged alcohol problem followed his December offensive failure in Belgium.
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U.S
Rhine
First Army
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Walther von Model
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Twister Hits Abilene Injuring Man and Damaging Structures
A twister at Abilene Army Air Field struck about 7 PM injuring one person and damaging several structures. George Elliott suffered head and leg injuries when a heavy sign toppled onto him. He was rushed to an Abilene hospital as the storm moved north to Haskell and Sliford.
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Abilene
Abilene Army Air Field
Haskell
Sliford
George Elliott
Churchill pressuring Stokes over tank charge in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill challenged Labour MP Richard Stokes to repeat a charge that he lied about British tank quality. Stokes apologized in the Commons, ending the dispute.
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London
Churchill
Richard Stokes
Commons
Stokes
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Mindoro
MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Leyte
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Balete Pass
Cagayan Valley
J. Morris
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Reds
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West Bank
Stettin
Guben
Forst
Neisse
Marshal Konev
Rokossovsky
RAF
Rundstedt
Twister
Laborite
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