Time standard riddle stirs West Texas New Mexico debate
Pulse Feeler disputes boss over tardiness citing pre war clock. Readers weigh in on whether West Texas should share time with New Mexico. Residents like Oscar Pruett and Raymond Hollingsworth argue for matching time while others favor local control or keeping daylight saving. Pulse Feeler will still pay a dollar for questions.
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Oscar Pruett
Washington
Raymond Hollingsworth
New Mexico
JM Banks
Vilas Newby
Defense
Mr. Newby
Allied hold Mount Marrone as Cassino stalemate continues
Allied Italian units repelled a German counterattack atop Mount Marrone 16 miles northwest of Cassino. Heavy artillery pounded Cassino and Anzio fronts as front-line reports indicate intensified shelling and patrol clashes with no confirmed major breakthrough.
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5Th Army
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Mount Marrone
Enmy
Rescue After Night at Sea Near Truk Raid
Ten Liberator crew members say they spent a night on three rubber rafts battling sharks after a 45 minute air battle over Moen Island. Their bomber was damaged by cannon fire and flak, with five wounded, before a destroyer rescued them 15 miles from a Japanese base. Second Lt. Hubert W. Glass of Fort Wayne piloted the plane four and a half hours before crash landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
South Pacific
U.P
Truk
Moen Island
Hubert W. Glass
Fort Wayne
Ind
Philippine Leader Quezon Ill in Miami Hospital
Philippine President Manuel Quezon remains seriously ill at a military hospital in Miami Beach but has shown some improvement. He endured a chill last night yet received Rotary International members and accepted flowers for a Corregidor and Bataan defense commemoration two years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Rotary International
Geography Is Key To Burma Mystery
The report suggests Romania seeks peace as Axis forces in the Balkans weaken. An emissary traveled to Cairo to press terms with the United Nations while Allied bombing hits Bucharest and Soviet advances approach the capital. No AP confirmation.
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Burma
Rumania
Texas
Thomas B. Grandin
Cairo
United Nations
Balkans
Grandin
Romania
Associated Press
U. S
Bucharest
Berlin
Antonescu
Dewey Maintains Lead In Wisconsin Primary And National Delegates
The Associated Press reports Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York leading in Wisconsin as votes trickle in. Willkie trails, with Stassen and MacArthur in second and third, while Dewey gains delegates from Missouri and outlines GOP totals. Local contests include Milwaukee mayoral race won by acting mayor John L. Bohn and Tulsa Mayoral result favoring Olney F. Flynn. Nationally, the Supreme Court ruling on negro participation in Texas primaries prompts Attorney General Biddle to seek interpretation. Allied air forces pursue campaigns across the Pacific from Hollandia to Truk and Admiralty Islands, with ongoing bombings and ground advances in several theaters.
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Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkie
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas A. MacArthur
Dewey
Missouri
Stassen
John A. Seramur
Tulsa
Okla
Olney F. Flynn
C. H. Veale
Veale
Flynn
Biddle
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Texas Party
Justice Department
United Press
Central
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Japan
New Guinea
Truk
Carolines
South
Central Pacific
South Pacific
13Th Air Force
Dublon Island
Truk Atoll
7Th Air Force
Dublon
Eton
U. S
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Rambutyo
Manus
Bismarcks
Rabaul
New Britain
Ponape
Marshalls
Soviet Sweep Advances Toward Odessa Rail Link
Stalin announced the Red Army seized Razdelnaya cutting the Odessa rail line. Soviet tanks and cavalry pushed toward Razdelnaya and Odessa, trapping thousands of German troops in southern Ukraine. Malinovsky and Konev forces closed in from east and north while the Black Sea port area faced heavy bombardment and shipping attacks. Hungarian authorities restricted entry to Carpatho Ukraine as Russians neared the border.
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Moscow
U.P
Razdelnaya
Odessa
Ukraine
Ivan S. Konev
Rumania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Black Sea
Red
Crimea
Lower
Dniester
Prut
MTT
Budapest
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Boeing to convert Seattle plant to B 29 production
Boeing president Philip G. Johnson announced the discontinuance of B 17 Flying Fortresses at the Seattle plant and its conversion to B 29 Super Fortresses production, effective immediately. The move reshapes wartime aircraft output and redirects factory capacity to the newer bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
U.P
Boeing Aircraft Company
Philip G. Johnson
Boeing
Chamber plans mop up for renewal drive
A committee led by Herb Budke coordinates a final mail and personal contact effort to renew old members and recruit prospects for Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. The group aims to finish before the April 10 banquet as officers are nominated at Friday noon meeting. Jack Cunningham ends his president term April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Porter Receives $100 Reward For Diamond Ring
Fred Hart offered a reward for the recovery of a valuable diamond he misplaced. Porter Oliver Strickland, assigned to the second floor of the Santa Fe general offices, found the stone and turned it over to Bill Pomerenk, the building superintendent, who handed it to Hart. Hart confirmed the diamond’s owner and paid Strickland the $100 reward.
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Fred Hart
Oliver ‘Strickland
Strickland
Santa Fe General Offices
Hart
Bill Pomerenk
Man Admits Killing Wife Over Lunch Refusal
Easton Pennsylvania April 5 194? Northampton County Chief of Detectives John Trout said George Sawicha 62 confessed to kicking his wife to death after she refused to pack his lunch. Coroner David Bachman ruled death by shock and hemorrhages. The woman mothered three service members. Sawicha said he woke at 5 AM and kicked her with steel toed shoes until she collapsed.
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Easton
Northampton County
John Trout
George Sawicha
David Bachman
Sawicha
Trout
Japanese advance halted? British retreat deepens in Manipur
Report from New Delhi says Japanese forces hold Manipur Valley road north and south of Imphal with British troops falling back under heavy pressure. Mountbatten's command notes two invasion columns halted momentarily but momentum shifting to Japanese, with road blocks 30 miles north of Imphal and south of Kohima. Farther south, British Imperial forces press through a road block near Imphal to set a new line. In Washington, Roosevelt avoids the office, meeting only with Fred B. Adams of New York.
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New Delhi
U.P
Manipur
Imphal
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Indo-Burma
Kohima
Assam-Bengal
Dinapur
Tiddim
Cama
India
Tiddim- Imphal
Manipur Valley
Wichrul
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Fred B. Adams
New York
Limited Black Voter Turnout Expected in Potter County
Supreme Court ruling on voting rights unlikely to affect Potter County, where only about 150 Negroes are eligible this year. Total possible voters reach 14,110, with 10,137 poll taxes paid and 3,973 exemption certificates. Also notes Red Cross Nurse's Aides class completes interviews and schedules first session April 12 at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Potter County
Frank Hoyt
Red Cross
Paul H.streit
St. Anthony's Hospital
Childress Index Faces Draft Disruptions
The Childress Daily Index will be closed for two days this week as foreman and Linotype operator travel to Lubbock for draft examinations. Publisher Morris Higley stated the paper will lack sufficient staff, with 14 men drafted since the war began.
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Childress
Childress Daily Index
Morris Higley
Lubbock
Strafe Reich Strafe Reich 7
Allied air forces launched their first non escort sweep into the Reich with heavy raids on targets in Germany and France. Reports claim many German aircraft were destroyed on the ground while Luftwaffe avoided concerted engagement.
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London
U.P
Germany
Reich
DNB
Europe
Hitler
Balkan
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
Panhandle police gather for Texas Police Association meeting
Peace enforcement officers from the Panhandle and nearby areas convene in Amarillo for the Texas Police Association district meeting. Speakers include Col Homer Garrison and Maj F I Kerr with welcome by Mayor Joe A Jenkins. An afternoon program and public displays follow a morning session in the Municipal Auditorium.
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Panhandle
Downstate
Amarillo
Texas Police Association
Amarillo Municipal Auditorium
Sid Harper
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Maj
F. I. Kerr
Amarillo Army Air Field
Joe A. Jenkins
J. M. Sharp
San Jacinto Methodist Church
J. M. Welch
Dallas
Rex Baxter
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
E. Byron Singleton
Corporation Counsel
Gongualus
Department of Public Safety
Border Patrol
Military Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Child Welfare Association
Burl Haynie
Texas Highway Patrol
Amarillo Police Department
John Snider
Tri-State Fair Park
Municipal Auditorium
John Hentz
Dalhart
Dean R. Morley
PBI
Colonel Garrison
Jewelry Worth $3,000 Found by Passenger at Depot
At the Santa Fe depot a brown box containing $3,000 in jewelry was kicked around by passing travelers. Mrs. W. D. Brown of 1401 B West Eleventh Avenue spotted the battered package and retrieved it. She located the owner at the station between trains.
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Santa Fe
W. D. Brown
1401-B
West Eleventh Avenue
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And West Texas
Partly cloudy with little temperature change and fresh to strong winds Thursday afternoon. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies today through Thursday with warmer tonight. New Mexico clears to partly cloudy today through Thursday with no major temperature change. Expected highs 65 to 75, lows 30 to 40. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M shows high 79, low 2, noon 48. See John Maynard Ltr Co. 800 W. 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Booklet on Hostesses Skirts Careful Service Manners
New York April 5. The National Recreation Association issues a booklet "Hints for Hostesses" to junior hostesses in service clubs. It urges charm and tact while warning against overflorishes and mixing with men. It outlines three approaches to service men and notes acceptable, cautious behavior.
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Joan Younger
New York
National Recreation Association
Sonia
Temperature Hits Year’s High Mark
The temperature rose to 79 degrees yesterday, the year’s high so far, with expectations of lower 70s today. A brief 47 degree drop left the thermometer at freezing last night but no frost occurred. Winds will be fresh but not strong enough to note in the forecast.
French Communists Join National Liberation Committee
Two French communists Fernand Grenier and Francois Billoux became members of the French committee of national liberation after more than six months of negotiations between points led by General Charles de Gaulle and the French Communist party amid postwar political realignment.
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Augiers
Fernand Grenier
Francois Billoux
Committee of National Liberation
Gen
Les Ga Gaulle
Cont
Communist Party
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Porter
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Pas de Calais
France
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