Plan for U S dictatorship to meet war needs
The article argues a bipartisan push to give the President wartime powers over prices, production, and civil freedoms in a national emergency. It warns of conscription, rationing, wage and price controls, and licensing to ensure total war effort. Senator Borah denounces arms embargo repeal as intervention.
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U. S
War Authority
War Games
Ray Tucker
Washington
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Jones
SEC
AAA
Congress
Mussolini
Hitler
Sam
Senator Borah
Idaho
Europe
America
Borah
Senate
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Compton Battles Prosecutor During Life Trial Testimony
Compton disrupted his life trial by ranting at state attorneys and denying attacking a 13 year old Amarillo girl. He accused Assistant District Attorney Jim Lumpkin of calling him crazy and claimed Lumpkin witnessed the victim identify him in a room with others. The prosecutor testified the victim’s mother spoke, not the girl, and Compton shouted that Lumpkin was a liar. The judge ordered him quiet as officers watched.
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Jack Compton
Compton
Amarillo
Jim Lumpkin
Anti profiteering law draft outlined by justice department
Attorney General Murphy disclosed that the justice department is drafting anti profiteering legislation to curb price gouging in essentials. He said the measure would build on wartime flaws and expand government control, with eight to ten boards directing actions under an Advisory Defense Council era.
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Sider
Hull
Justice Department
Murphy
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
Washington
Department
War Prospectus
Advisory Defense Council
Army
Navy
German U Boats Chalk Up 18 Ships in Warfare at Sea
German submarines struck twice at English merchantmen around the British Isles, raising British losses to 18. Total ships lost this war reached 32, including one French and four neutrals. Latest victims were the tanker British Influence and the freighter Vancouver City. both crews were rescued. Naval warfare remained severe along the Irish coast.
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Associated Press
Germany
British Isles
Norway
Vancouver City
Reardon Smith Line, Ltd
Ireland
U. S
Roosevelt
British Tanker Co., Ltd
London
Ida Bakke
Manhattan
French Push Near Saarbrucken Reports Strong Advance
Paris reports a strong French drive forcing German retreat toward Saarbrucken with many prisoners. French forces pressed the Siegfried line and Saar industrial valley as German batteries shelled lines south of Saarbrucken. Local advances yielded prisoners. Germans warned of possible counterattack while highways and rail lines were heavily bombarded.
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Paris
Saarbruecken
Siegfried Line
Saarndustrial
Saarbrucken
Tri State Heads Shape Schedule for Amarillo Fair
Mil ton Cox reports 27 delegations with bands scheduled for the Tri State Fair in Amarillo opening Monday. The tentative lineup includes Shamrock for the opening ceremony and delegations from Groom Wellington White Deer Tuesday Spearman Dumas Canadian Wednesday Claude Clarendon Hereford Panhandle Phillips Thursday Canyon Tulsa Happy Borger Dalhart Plainview Wheeler Stinnett Dimmitt Friday Stratford Miami Floydada Tucumcari Saturday Goodwell Guymon.
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Amarillo
Milton Cox
Shamrock Band
Groom
Wellington
White Deer
Spearman
Dumas
Claude
Clarendon
Hereford
Panhandle
Phillips
Canyon
Tulsa
Happy
Borger
Dalhart
Plainview
Wheeler
Stinnett
Dimmitt
Stratford
Miami
Floydada
Tucumcari
Goodwell
Okla
Guymon
War Buying Lifts Texas Ranch Product Prices Amid Spurts
War buying drives Texas ranch markets higher as wool, mohair, feeder lambs and calves rise. Wool gains surge with twelve month wool up from 28 to 34 cents a pound in ten days and large clips held for expected advances. Mohair climbs to 50 cents for grown and 80 cents for kid as buyers push prices upward while overall market steadiness persists.
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Texas
Sonora
Nazi Horde Faces Biggest Battle Over Ukraine
The Associated Press reports a fifth day of heavy fighting in Polish Ukraine as German forces press a large Polish defense north of Lodz and along the Lublin to Lwow corridor. Gdynia surrendered after a 13 day siege while Warsaw remains encircled, and German claims of sealing the Warsaw ring are noted.
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Associated Press
Polish Ukraine
Lodz
Berlin
Poland
Lublin
Lwow
Ukraine
Warsaw
Germany
Dewitt MacKenzie
Gdynia
Nalenczow
Brzesc Nad Bugiem
Brest Litovsk
Chelm
Zamosce
Kawaruska
Tomaszow
For Sale Washing Machine A-1 Condition
Globe-News Want Ads promote daily bargains with a washing machine listed for sale at 15 dollars in a brief ad. The call is to check the daily want ads for more bargains.
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Want Ad
Globe-News
Farmers Spurn Profit Hold Their Wheat
The Panhandle Plains wheat market rose but farmers with federal wheat loan certificates kept them unredeemed. Amarlillo loan value stands about 67 cents per bushel, with storage and interest costs adding roughly three cents. Loans issued during harvest to lift prices run seven months, until next April, but farmers may redeem anytime by paying principal plus interest and storage.
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Panhandle Plains
Armarillo
Amarillo
Galveston
Idle U S Money Goes Higher
The Federal Reserve Board reported excess reserves in member banks totaling five trillion two hundred seventy million dollars as of September 13. The rise, reflecting a liquidity boost, accompanied a week of bond selling and gold inflows from Europe, signaling support for the government bond market during weakness.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Europe
Treasury
Weather summary for Amarillo region Friday forecast
Weather notes indicate generally fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with west Texas sees scattered showers in the extreme west and New Mexico remaining fair. Hourly temperature readings from yesterday show high near 89 and low around 38 with precipitation measures reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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Music Corporation of America
Tri-State Fairgrounds
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Clyde Lucas
MCA Orchestra
Spec
Spot
Patsy Marr
Barry
Breen
Wyler
Dorothy Byron
Exposition Grounds
Anh
Ong
Stars On Parade
Warner Brothers
Barry, Breen and Wyler
Beutler Brothers
Toots Mansfield
Bandera
Juan
Tony Salinas
Encinas
Clyde Burke
Okemah
Buck
Jess Goodspeed
Comanche
Andy Curtis
el Reno
Lonnie Rooney
Wilson
Cox
Gus B. Stephenson
Jay
L. C. Sloan
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