Amarillo News Board Forms Rent Advisory Group
Amarillo officials along with Army representatives establish a five man rotating advisory board to monitor rents and curb jacking in the city. The panel will operate until federal rent control is set and a rental investigator is added by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Army
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Joe Jenkins
W. W
Bill) Gibson
Chamber of Commerce Economic Committee
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Col
E. C. Black
Maj
H. P Burgard
Wichita Falls
Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Simpson
Chambers Commerce
Col. Underhill
Cornel Cheney
Burgard
Colonel Black
Amarillo Hotel
Weather Data Fragments and Sun Times Report
Fragmentary weather notes include daytime temperatures and a sequence of figures. It mentions sunrise at 6 34 AM and sunset at 8 54 PM, with values like 81 65 and 74 93 among other unreadable entries.
Job Proselyting Out at Pantex Shelved by Major Burgard
Major H. P. Burgard of the Pantex Ordnance Plant warns against poaching defense workers via higher offers. He cites contractors repeatedly luring staff from one defense unit to another, urging freezing of defense labor and formal releases before changing employers to protect production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teed
Burgard
Mabel Fpuddlefinger
Bur
Congressional debate sways against nationwide gasoline rationing
Lawmakers and officials clashed with Price Administrator Leon Henderson over curbing his powers. House member Steagall questioned the wisdom of concentrating authority, while senators Brown Taft and Dana urged restraint except as a last resort. Speaker Rayburn opposed rationing, aligning with Connally and O'Daniel to resist extending the program. The Senate committee proposed rubber allocations for retreads, but Newhall defended rationing as the only feasible tire conservation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Capitol
Congress
Steagall
Alabama
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Brown
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Danaher
Conneticutt
Middlewest
Rayburn
Texas
Connally
O’daniel
Senate
Small Business Committee
Arthur B. Newhall
Pampa Druggist Enters Race Against Congressman Worley
Lynn Miller a Pampa druggist filed to run for Congress in the 17th district opposing Rep. Gene Worley who is at sea aboard a fighting ship. Miller, unpolitical before, will liquidate his Pampa drug store to fund the campaign while Worley’s name appears on ballots via friends in 28 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Miller
Amarillo
Congress
Gene Worley
Worley
Marvin Jones
Miller
Sixteenth Avenue
Polk Street
Pampa
British Warships at Gibraltar Reported By Berlin Broad Casts
A dispatch from Algeciras said the British battleship Malaya the aircraft carrier Eagle five large submarines including one under the Polish flag and six destroyers arrived today at Gibraltar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Algeciras
Malaya
Eagle
Gibraltar
Group Deadlocks On Soldier Pay
A Senate House conference committee deadlocked over pay raises for service members. The Senate backed $42 monthly basic pay, the House favored $50, with the current minimum at 32.1 rising to 30 after four months. No further meeting planned before mid June, or possibly next week per some comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Reynolds
Caroline
Johnson
Colorado
Austin
Vermont
A VIEW OF THE SITUATION ON WORLD FRONTS
May 29 1942 reports show American forces planned invasion of France echoed by Gen. George C Marshall. British lines in Libya held Tobruk area while German tanks were halted 50 miles away. Russian forces pressed advances despite Nazi counterattacks Khargov front. Chinese defenders held two major Chekiang cities amid fierce fighting. Reports say No 2 Hangman Reinhard Heydrich is dead and Czechs urged to stand firm as hostages were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhard Heydrich
Czechoslovakia
Kharkov
Izyum-Barbenkova
Moscow
Tack
Leningrad
British Repulse Desert Blows in Bitter Battles
In Egypt near Tobruk British tanks repulsed a German armored thrust within 50 miles of the border as Allied and Axis forces clash across a wide desert front. French forces at Bir Hacheim repelled Italian tanks while Spitfire aircraft bombed and strafed, with German columns split and repelled at Sidi Rezegh and El Adem.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
RAF
Bir Hacheim
Well of Wisdom
Bataillon du Pacifique
Tahiti
el Adem
Sidi Rezegh
Barrymore Near Death in Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood May 29 John Barrymore in gravest condition after a heart and lung illness. A Catholic last rites completed, Father John O'Donnell at bedside. Daughter Diana and brother Lionel visited as doctors warned end could come within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Hugo M. Kersten
John O'Donnell
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
John
Hugo Kersten
Kersten
Diana
Lionel Barrymore
Labor Department Steps Into Arizona Store Strike
In Flagstaff on May 29 the U S Department of Labor conciliation service sent Earl Ruddy to mediate a three day town wide closing. Merchants refuse to open amid union organizing activity among restaurant and buffet workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Ariz
U. S. Department of Labor
Arizona
Earl Ruddy
Conciliation Service
Department of Labor
Mounting Losses Cut Luftwaffe Strength Across Fronts
London reports that wartime losses and tougher replacements are reducing Germany s air force in numbers and quality. Current first line strength is about 5000 fighters and bombers, 1500 fewer than spring 1941 on the western front. Observers cite loss of leaders and crews but note improved planes such as the Me109F and He 190H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Luftwaffe
United States
Germany
Malta
Huge Education Plan for Adults Shaped by FDR
Washington article outlines an ambitious adult education effort discussed by President Roosevelt to reduce illiteracy among those 25 and older. Officials cited 10 million adults with less than a fourth grade education and 433000 draft-age men lacking schooling, with a potential $15 million federal appropriation and plans for night classes to boost war production and military readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
John W. Studebaker
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Studebaker
United States
Paul V. McNutt
Budget Bureau
McNutt
Congress
Education Office
Chinese Hold Major Cities In Chekiang And Contested Fronts
Chinese forces resist repeated Japanese assaults to defend key cities in Chekiang Province including Kinhwa and Sanchi. Reports say Ichang outskirts saw Chinese gains while a Japanese push into Yunnan was repelled. Nearby actions in Henan and Hupeh corridors continued as front lines shift.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang Province
Kinhwa
Sanchi
Central
Lanchi
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Yunnan Province
Lungling
Hupeh
Henan Province
Fushan
Linyang
Two Jap Bases Are Pounded
Allied planes hit buildings in Dili Timor and a night raid on Rabaul New Britain. All raiders returned safely, with Dili described as the capital and port of Timor and about 500 miles northwest of Port Darwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
Dili
Timor
General MacArthurs
Port Darwin
Rabaul
New Britain
3A Family Man Is Now 1A
In St Paul a man over 30 with a wife and two children and income $6,000 above his employment earnings was reclassified from 3-A to 1-A by a presidential ruling. Colonel J B Nelson noted the ruling carries nationwide significance and found his wife and two children were not dependent on his earnings for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
J. BE
Nelson
State Appeal Board
Colorado Captain Oversees Pantex Plant Construction
Captain C. W. Fletcher of Colorado heads construction for the U S Army Engineers at the Pantex Ordnance Plant. Born in Denver and educated at the University of Colorado, he spent six years with the Bureau of Reclamation and has served as engineering officer on a defense project in Burlington Iowa. He is married with two children Suzanna and Richard and resides at 3004 Harrison Street in Amarillo.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
U. S. Army Engineers
C. W. Fletcher
Southwest
Denver
Captain Fletcher
University of Colorado At Boulder
Fletcher
Bureau of Reclamation
University of Colorado
Amarillo
Burlington
Iowa
Suzanna
Richard
Harrison Street
Communist Party Exiles Oregon Member For Refusing War Bonds
James A. Murphy the Oregon Communist Party state executive secretary announced the expulsion of Kenneth Rabb of Portland on May 24 after Rabb refused to buy war bonds. Murphy said the action followed a unanimous vote at an enlarged meeting and labeled Rabb's stance unpatriotic and anti-labor, contrary to party policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Communist Party
Oregon
James A. Murphy
Kenneth Rabb
Murphy
Rabb
Johnson Meets MacArthur at Allied Command Post
Lieutenant Commander Lyndon Johnson of the U S Navy met General Douglas MacArthur today at Allied headquarters in Australia. Johnson, a Texas Democrat, has served since entering the services as a congressman and was then on duty in Auckland New Zealand with Vice Admiral Robert L Ghormley, supreme commander in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allies
Australia
Lyndon Johnson
U. S. Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Johnson
Auckland
New Zealand
Robert L. Ghormley
General MacArthur
Refugees Reach Australia After 530 Mile Flight Plan
Two thousand New Guinea natives staged a three night dance to stamp out a landing field for a rescue plane. Father Culver piloted an old plane then canoed toward Australia. Miss Joyce Jones aided the refugees with care for blistered feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Australia
Father Culver
Leahy
Joyce Jones
Soviet Says Repulse Nazi Attacks as Red Airs Down 113 Planes
In the Izyum Barvenkova area Soviet communique reports repulsing steady Nazi tank and infantry charges while Red airmen claim 113 German planes shot down over two days. Barents Sea action sinks a 12 000 ton transport and an 800 ton trawler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ukraine
Izyum- Barvenkova
Barents Sea
Russia
Leningrad
Black Sea
Kalinin
Red
BBC
Moscow Radio
Kharkov
Izyum
Barvenkova
Donets
Timoshenko
CBS
Izyum-Barvenkova
Gestapo Killers Avenge Heydrich Inside Europe
German firing squads executed 12 more Czechs today for the Heydrich assassination bringing total to 18. Heydrich remained in critical condition with bullets in his spine. Six of the executed were women and others hailed from Brann and nearby areas. Hostage seizures and reprisals were reported as Berlin pressed for punishment.
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London
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Europe
Heydrich
Stefani
Prague
der Henker
Germany
Brann
Moscow Radio
Adolf Hitler
Bohemia
Moravia
Berlin
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Oliver Eakle
Theantex Certain-feed Company
Emily Tucker
Youngady
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Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Certain-feed Company
H. P. Burgard
America
Gard
Sunday News Globe
Dial 6262
Modern Stock Record Systems
Russell Stationery Company
George ©. Marshall
France
Libyan Desert
Khargov
Chekiang
Labor Department
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Melbourne
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