Pioneer real estate man E W Miller dies at 71 in Amarillo
E W Miller a Panhandle real estate and investment merchant died at his Amarillo home at 2:45 AM after several years of illness. Funeral services are set at Polk Street Methodist Church with burial in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, four daughters, a sister, and 12 grandchildren. The notice notes his move from Clarendon in 1920 and a long career on the Plains. Also, Miss Carrie Yater sworn into WAVES at the local naval recruiting station and aiding applicants as Seabees and young enlistments surge.
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E. W. Miller
Panhandle
Amarillo
Taylor Street
N. 8
Griggs & Sons Funeral
Polk Street, Methodist Church
Earl G. Hamlett
Polk Street Methodist Church
Kenneth Pope
First Methodist Church of
Austin
Llano Cemetery
Miller
Clarendon
Plains Country
Texas
Oklahoma
Carl Miller
Francis Miller
Sudan
Pearl Armstrong
Albany
Arthur S. Martin
Santa Ana
Calif
J. M. McCasland
Alma Miller
Lubbock
Viola J. Peterson
San Diego
Carrie Yater
Palo Duro Street
Select Jury for Welsh Trial in Kansas City
An array of legal talent began selecting a jury for the murder trial of George W. Welsh Jr. in Kansas City. Three panels totaling 950 prospective jurors were summoned before Circuit Judge Albert A. Ridge, with jury selection expected to take two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
George W. Welsh, Jr
Leila Adele Welsh
Albert A. Ridge
Lower Point Values And Lower Prices
The OPA ruled that reductions in point values for meats and rationed fats must be matched by lower retail prices. Butchers may cut point values without price cuts only to prevent spoilage. Retailers must cut prices at least 25 percent below established ceilings when lowering point values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Negroes Held In Gang Fight In Dallas Street Car
Four negro soldiers from Hensley Field were detained by military police after a gang fight aboard a downtown Dallas street car. The disturbance left officers bruised and prompted Captain Heaton to consider disciplinary action.
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Dallas
Tex
Hensley Field
H. C. Holder
William Giggio
J. W. Hill
Charles Heaton
Dallas Military Police
Earl Massey
Henson
Heaton
Throckmortons Attend Niece's Funeral in Missouri
Mr and Mrs Louie G Throckmorton of 619 North Lincoln Street returned from Newberg Missouri where they attended the funeral of their niece Miss Ruth Prewett who died there last Tuesday The Globe regrets that a prior column mis stated the purpose of their visit by Duke Nally On The Railroads last Friday.
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Louie G. Throckmorton
North
Lincoln Street
Newberg
Missouri
Ruth Prewett
the Globe
Duke Nally
Government sets common grading and pricing for meat
The OPA requires uniform farm to retail meat grades and prices. Federally inspected beef carries marks such as choice and good. non inspected meat uses AA A B C. Retailers must keep marks and post maximum prices. sausage and variety meats are temporarily exempted. ground and cubed steak must be purchased as cuts and processed by the buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Elkinton
Soviet Air and Ground Offensives Report Progress on Multiple Fronts
The midnigh t communique details losses for German units near Smolensk and Belgorod with 70 officers captured and 34 pillboxes destroyed. Two Soviet women pilots claimed two bombers each while Zubnachevskaya parachuted to safety. In the Taganrog area 60 Germans fell, and in the Taman Peninsula the Red Army breached a suburb, killing 250 and seizing guns and mortars. Red Air Force intercepted raids over Rostov and shot down enemy aircraft.
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Amarillo
Terab
Smolensk
Mos
Belgorod
Tamara Pamyatnykh
Raya Zubnachevskaya
Miss Zubnachevskaya
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Taman
Rostov
Red Air Force
Tunisia Front Commands Drive Axis Forces Back
In northern Tunisia the British First Army and French units cleared Cap Serrat 36 miles west of Bizerte and patrolled enemy lines. Southwest of Picha 9 French artillery repulsed local attacks as Gabes area saw limited activity while Eighth Army prepares a frontal push against German troops by Wadi Akarit near the Gulf of Gabes.
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Bir Mrabott Pass
Tunisia
First Army
Cap Serrat
Bizerte
Tunsia
Picha
Kairouan
Frech Artille
Gabes Gay
Eighth Army
Wadi Akarit
Schott el Fedjadj
Salt Lake
Gulf of Gabes
Morgenthau reveals plan for international currency stabilization
Secretary Morgenthau lays out a postwar gold anchored stabilization scheme to form an international bank funding currency loans. Countries would contribute to a $5 billion capitalization with 25 percent voting rights cap, pegging currencies to gold to equalize dollar value worldwide. Final details await input from 34 invited nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Morgenthau
Senate Group
Byrd
West Virginia
Johnson
Colorado
Shipstead
Minnesota
House Banking and Foreign Affairs
Treasury
Traffic Safety Film Shown at San Jacinto School
Several hundred pupils at San Jacinto School viewed a talking traffic safety film borrowed from the state safety department. Capt. H. H. Thomas of the Amarillo police led the presentation as the school plans to borrow more films for future shows.
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San Jacinto School
State Department of Public Safety
H. H. “Tommie” Thomas
Amarillo
Central Junior High
Austin
Thomas
Mr. King
Army Hoarding Probed by Senate War Panel
Senate war investigating committee plans behind closed doors testimony from army quartermaster officials over claims of army hoarding of canned goods and other items. President Truman cited information that the army over bought, tightening civilian markets and seeking release of supplies.
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Washington
Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army Quartermaster Corps
Mad Dog Victim Sought Nationwide for Treatment
Pvt Terentino Scarpino of Pittsburgh was bitten by a mad dog while on furlough and authorities sought him nationwide for rabies treatment. The dog did not break the skin, trousers were ripped, but two other bite victims were found and treated.
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Amarillo Army Air
Frank Nezovich
Brady's Bend
Pittsburgh
Camp Groton
Conn
Terentino Scarpino
Scarpino
la Junta
Colo
I. Hope Alexander
Pvt
Alexander
Navy Recruiting Expands for 17 Year Olds Nationally
Chief Harry Longabach announced four volunteers from Amarillo Borger and Canadian will ship today for general service. Dallas interviews were set for several applicants in Amarillo and Dumas, with many more reporting for weekend general naval service across towns including Amarillo Dumas Phillips Dalhart Stinnett White Deer and Turkey. The navy seeks 17 year olds for general service and 100 branches of possible assignments.
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Navy
Harry Longabach
Harold E. Devore
Borger
James C. Stoffle
Pat B. Walthall
Amarillo
Ray M. Swires
Dallas
U. S. Navy
Lowell Brooks
Jack Wright
Pat Armstrong
Tim Kirk
Dumas
General Naval Service
Marion Ross
Robert Thompson
B. F. Mansfield
Clarence M. Hemphill
Roscoe Conklin
Phillips
Joseph B. Miller
Turkey
David L. Green
Briscoe
Edgar L. Mariott
Dalhart
Jake F. McFarren
Stinnett
Howard L. Termin
Billy Gene Hill
White Deer
Clarence M. Wright
Machinists Return After Protest at Northwest England Factory
Seven hundred machinists who quit work at an aircraft factory in northwest England returned to their benches after protesting against management snooping methods. The walkout began Friday and ended today with workers resuming duties in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Bombing Raid Harms Renault Works As Fortresses Strike
Allied bombers hit the Renault works suburb of Billancourt near Paris, with missiles concentrating on the site. The raid caused fires while smoke hid details. Fortresses lost four aircraft after fighting German fighters. 25 enemy planes were shot down. Allied fighters destroyed eight more German planes but lost seven. Paris radio claimed 100 dead, hundreds wounded, and many dwellings destroyed. Marshal Petain denounced the raid as unjustifiable aggression.
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French
Paris
Bilancourt
Renault
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
OPA Ceilings Aimed at Fair Retail Beef Prices
Charles Elkinton OPA meat price executive explains the ceiling policy links prices to five grades of beef four grades of lamb and three grades of mutton to prevent overcharging by large stores while reflecting different operation costs retailers mostly approve after meetings though some protest the differential and grading requirements.
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Charles Elkinton
OPA
Elkinton
Department
Soviet War Brief Signals German Offensive Likely
Izvestia reports observers expect a German attack to open on the southern front with strong rail links. By securing the Donets Basin the Germans maintain a springboard for offensive moves toward the Don, Caucasus, or northeast, as Soviet troops report a night action.
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Izvestia
Donets
The
Don
Caucasus
Theater Red Cross Collection Reported
The total collections in four Interstate Theaters for the Red Cross war fund totaled 3974 dollars. A cashier's check for this amount was turned over to the Potter County Red Cross chapter and will be added to the county war fund, which reached its quota just before March 31.
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Red Cross War Fund
Potter County
Red Cross
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Death Takes
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Saneman Health
Detroit
Ford
Throckmortons
Dickson Drug
Polk St
To & Sry
McKnight
Browne
Ovine
Otheroame
Iene
Bozeman
Blackburn
Printing & Letter Service
Howdy
Archie Castleberry
Oliver Eakle
Ance CO
ORD, Pres. CE
J. M. Hyden
W. 7Th St
P&g
Per Carton
West 7Th Ave
Prorive
Cn Rag
Amatillo
Credit Managers Association
Theater Red Cross Collection
Belishein Cleaning
Bell's
Receiving and Shipping Department
Belishein
Bell Tailors, Inc
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