Rail freight rate parity granted from East to Far West under ICC order
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered uniform class rates nationwide east of the Rockies and parity with the Far West, directing temporary relief measures of a 10 percent class rate rise in the East and equal 10 percent cuts among Southern Western and Southwestern territories. The decision, seen as historic, awaits full classification changes possibly taking two years.
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Rocky Mountains
Interstate Commerce Commission
Far Western
Rockies
Far West
Eastern Territory
Commission
Eastern
United States Supreme Court
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
ICC
East
Fast
Foochow Reoccupied by Chinese Forces Coast Port Free
Chinese high command said Foochow on the east coast was reoccupied by assault forces, reclaiming a key treaty port from Japan. The reconquest marks the port’s second return in four years and restores control 125 miles from Formosa, the former Fukien capital.
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Chungking
Foochow
China
Formosa
Fukien
Japanese Forces Withdraw From Chinese Coastal Region
Reports indicate Foochow in the coastal defense zone may have been abandoned by the Japanese since October 1944 after five months of occupation in 1941. Signs point to enemy pullouts toward Wen Chow Amoy and Swatow as Allied forces eye an invasion along the Chinese coast.
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Foochow
Wenchow
Amoy
Swatow
Independen
Shanshai
Chinese Forces Reoccupy Foochow After Japanese Rout
Chinese communique reports Foochow with a population of 322 720 fell to a Chinese assault that crushed Japanese resistance. By Friday dawn Chinese troops had entered and secured the city after beating back a garrison of about 1 000, with Japanese forces retreating northward along the Min River toward Shanghai.
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Eeeepeaou
Min River
Jin River
Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill intensifies as Okinawa clash rages
Marines of the Sixth Division beat back a Japanese counterattack east of Takamotoji in the Sugar Loaf Hill fight, a key Okinawa moment amid fierce hand to hand combat. Nimitz reported 30,526 American casualties overall, with 8,310 killed or missing and 22,216 wounded.
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Guam
Takamotoji Village
Sugar Loaf Hill
Okinawa
Admiral Nimitz
Okiawa
Lemuel
Shepherd
Drs
Leathernecks
Naha
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
10Th Army
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James L. Bradley
Conical Hill
Yona- Daru
77Th Infantry
Shuri Fortress
Pedro A. del Valle
First Marine
Andrew D. Bruce
Tith Infantry
Nimitz
Spectacular Airborne Raid Spurs Seventh War Loan Effort
Amarillo hosts free air show demonstrations at English Field and Butler Field as part of the Mighty Seventh War Loan campaign. Veterans perform aerial demonstrations, a future “Victory Bond Flight” contest offers trips to New York, Hollywood, and Mexico City, and fund-raising totals rise with local business participation.
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Amarillo
Butler Field
News- Globe
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Braniff
New York
Hollywood
Mexico City
Guy Saunders
Potter County War Finance Committee
Ideal Food Stores
Kearns Grain and Feed
Amarillo Sash and Door
National Shirt Shop
Franklin Stores
E. S. Cowie Electric
Taylor and Polk
Eighth Avenue
Amarillo Field
Sky Troops
Will Rogers
Mr. Saunders
Joe Jenkins
Col
Dave Smith
KFDA
Allied Planes Sweep Pacific from Formosa to Dutch East Indies
Allied air and sea actions crippled Formosa targets from At suyama to Takao, hitting airfields and factories including alcohol and cement plants, copper works, and the Shoka assembly center. Bombers swept the China Sea, damaged rail and roads, destroyed three offshore freighters, and caused large fires with ships and coastal traffic harassed.
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Formosa
Dutch East Indies
Luzon
Atsuyama
Takao
Shoka Aircraft Assembly
MacArthur
China Sea
Yangtze River
Nanking
Taxi driver dies after Knife attack in city
Homer J. Beck 54, taxi driver, died in a local hospital after being stabbed near 1600 North Houston. Marvin R. Duffie 1510 North Cleveland held without bond on an assault with intent to murder charge. Beck died three hours after the 7:30 p.m. attack as he returned home with his grazing cow. Duffie face murder charges. knife found at his home. The body lies in state at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Homer J. Beck
North
Houston
Marvin R. Duffie
Cleveland
Potter Count
Bill Adams
Duffie
C. W. Carder
Adams
J. B. Crump
Dick Vaughn
Vaughn
Beck
Sixteenth
Boxwell Brothers
Boxwell Brothers’ Funeral
Subsidies May Increase Beef Supply by August
Washington on May 19 a government subsidy plan is expected to boost beef supply by August said a spokesman for meat packers. The plan aims to help housewives with better beef while pork output rises slowly. Critics warn the move does not solve all price control issues and some lawmakers seek broader liberalization.
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Washington
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Fred M. Vinson
Congress
OPA
Anderson
New Mexico
House Food Investigating Committee
Taft
Ohio
Scrap books and photo albums
Russsell Stationery Co. phone 2-1257 offers scrap books and photo albums in a local stationery shop listing.
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Russsell Stationery Co
France Asked To Leave Italy
Paris reports say the United States and Britain press France to withdraw troops from forward positions near the Italian border after Allied demands that Yugoslavs pull back from the Trieste region. It remains unclear if formal talks with General De Gaulle occurred. The move tempers French reaction to President Truman's plan to hand part of the American occupation zone in Germany to France. France seeks Cologne and Stuttgart but is said to be pleased with the American decision.
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United States
Britain
France
Trieste
Charles de Gaulle
Italy
Truman
Cologne
Stuttgart
200 More Housing Units Approved for Amarillo
Amarillo will gain 200 more housing units under the H-2 program with No occupancy restrictions and price ceilings of 7500 dollars for sales and 65 dollars for rent. Rex Baxter notes strong demand and FHA oversight, with owner-occupied builds encouraged and potential sale of 150 units.
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Amarillo
Project W
Chamber of Commerce
Ate Housing
National
Rex Baxter
Joseph Tufts
Dallas
Nha
FHA
Baxter
Amarillo Area
Federal
Tito Keeps Trieste Seal Despite Allied Demands
ROME May 19 Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander said Marshal Tito aims to force Yugoslavia's claim to Northeastern Italy and Southern Austria. Belgrade radio quoted Tito that Yugoslav troops may stay in disputed zones until a peace conference finalizes borders. Authorities report Yugoslavia rejected a written Allied plan to withdraw troops and pressed to retain Trieste port and surrounding areas.
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Harold Alexander
Marshal Tito
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Mussolini
Japan
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Tito
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Ministry of Information
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Littoral
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Alexander
Mediterranean
Issuec
Fiume
W. D. Morgan
Allied
Morgan
40000 Yanks Await Freedom in Allied Prisoner Talks
Paris dispatch reports Supreme Headquarters saying negotiations for freeing Allied prisoners in Russian zones progress satisfactorily. Lt General Lucius D Clay cites about 40000 Americans among the released and 9000 other Allied prisoners. Talks involve SHAEF American and British groups with the Soviet Union.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarts
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
SHAEF
Soviet Union
Federal Court Opens as Judge Wilson Arrives for Texas Session
U. S. district judge James C. Wilson is expected to arrive tonight to convene federal court for the Northern District of Texas. He will open the session and call the docket at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, with the petit jury panel not summoned until May 28.
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James C. Wilson
U. S
District of Texas
Wilson
New Ice Boxes Are on the Way
The War Production Board announced 530 000 new refrigerators will be manufactured this year at popular prices. Gas and electric machines may restart July 1 after a three year shutdown, but units likely reach the public early next year.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Rate Order Mixed Reactions From Amarillo Leaders
Mixed reactions followed a major Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate order. Amarillo leaders saw value in competitiveness though effects on raw materials remain limited. Local officials claim broader gains toward industrial conversion and postwar transitions.
Orders Given Hitler Killer In Last Hours
Berchtesgaden Germany May 194 - Gerhard Herrgessel a 36 year old secretary who shadowed Hitler from 1942 until days before his reported death says an SS colonel was assigned to kill Hitler and dispose of his body to prevent Russians recovery. The triggerman named as Colonel Guensche an SS adjutant in charge of the underground chancellery.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Gerhard Herrgessel
Berlinreichschancellery
Guensche
Herrgessell
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy in Amarillo area with Sunday and Sunday night periods. Warm with high temperatures and winds up to 35 mph in the afternoon. Panhandle and South Plains expect similar conditions with fresh to strong winds. Temperatures show a mild variation from yesterday with sunrise at 6 4 and sunset at 8 47.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
B 29s Strike Hamamatsu Nagoya Area In Major Raid
More than 300 B 29 bombers hit Hamamatsu and surrounding Nagoya area, dropping at least 2100 tons in a noon raid. Two prior assaults on Nagoya this week left large portions of the city burned. Mitsubishi aircraft plants and key railway shops reportedly damaged as 5.9 square miles burned in Nagoya.
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Hamatsu
Nagoya
Japan
Hamamatsu
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Wakasa Bay
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