North American Aviation opens huge Dallas factory complex
A massive $7 million North American Aviation plant near Dallas and Grand Prairie formally opens as wartime production begins. The six-unit, windowless complex employs up to 10,000 workers and aims to produce several hundred planes monthly for U.S. and British forces, with security and citizen pledges for attendees at the dedication.
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North American Aviation, Inc
United States
Great Britain
North American
Grand Prairie
U. S. Army
Hensley Field
Army
Navy
Avion
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
The Weather Bureau predicts fair and colder tonight with lows around 36. Tuesday should be fair and warmer with a mild afternoon. In West Texas west of the 100th meridian fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer Tuesday afternoon. Northern Rio Grande Valley may see light frost tonight. Temperature extremes over 24 hours end 6 30 A M show a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 68 with noon at 59.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Senate trims driver license fee to five dimes
The Texas Senate voted 14 to 11 to reduce the proposed drivers license fee from 75 cents for two years to 50 cents for two years. Present licenses were issued for three years for 25 cents. The bill, printed differently from the committee plan, was postponed for further consideration.
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Texas Senate
Senate
Senate Committee
Highway Patrol
House
Avert Strike Ends as Steel, Coal Labor Talks Continue
The United States Steel Corp and the CIO Steel Workers organizing committee agreed to extend current contracts to April 15, keeping mills at work. SWOC aims for retroactive wage changes to April 1, after a previously threatened midnight strike. In other action, Allis-Chalmers unionized, Ford labor tensions persist, and new coal agreements surface while South unions resist.
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Perkins
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
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New York
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CIO United Mine Workers
Southern
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Ford
River Rouge
Income Tax In England 50 Per Cent Tax For War Finances
Britain imposes a 50 percent income tax to fund the war as a record budget of £4.21 billion. The tax exempt threshold is lowered by £10 to £110 annually, bringing about 2 million additional low wage earners into the tax rolls. Sir Kingsley Wood told Parliament the levy is essential to meet finances and curb rising consumption, prices, and wages.
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London
Britain
Kingsley Wood
Exchequer
House of Commons
J P Brooks Wins Dollar for Your Ideas
J P Brooks of 412 West Seventh Avenue wins the daily dollar for the best idea printed in YOUR IDEAS on Page 11. He says his suggestion about the proper designation of great and un great men came from a magazine article and was shortened to fit space.
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J. P. Brooks
West Seventh Avenue
Brooks
Globe
Globe-News
Burglar Frying Stolen Steak Strikes in Columbus
Mrs. May Speakman reported a break in at her Columbus home last night. The intruder fried the stolen steak, opened a can of soup, ate, and fled, leaving the meal unfinished. Police investigations are underway.
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Columbus, O
May Speakman
Beatrice Huntington Davenport and Her Wealthy World
A serialized tale introduces Beatrice Davenport a 20 year old socialite with a dazzling life. She flaunts a mink coat a black limousine a Miami Beach mansion a Park Avenue apartment a vast Fifth to Sixth Avenue department store and a trust company overseeing her assets. The story promises drama as Beatrice’s temper and power clash with her entourage.
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New York
Newport
Indian Creek
Miami Beach
Fla
Park Avenue
Beatrice
Fifth Avenue
Sixth
Trust Company
Amarillo Woman Dies In Highway Wreck Following Car Flip
Centhia Amine Robertson of 314 North Fillmore Street died at 3 40 this morning when a car overturned twice on a straight stretch of Highway 10, ten miles south of Amarillo. She was 22. Four others were injured including Mrs Helen Stuckey and T P Rozell. All were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital. Investigators said no other vehicle was involved and Rozell claimed the car belonged to him while Griffin drove. This marks the 18th traffic fatality in the Panhandle this year. Robertson's body lay at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel. Survivors include her husband O W Robertson, parents Mr and Mrs John Davis, a brother William Davis, two sisters Mrs Ethel Blanton and Miss Mary Davis. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Centhia Amine Robertson
Fillmore Street
Amarillo
Helen Stuckey
West Fifteenth Avenue
T. P. Rozell
McMasters Street
O. B. Griffin
Alabama Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Griggs
Rozell
Griffin
Panhandle
Ethel Blanton
Mary Davis
Wewoka
Oklo
Beggar Plays Portable Phonograph on Amarillo Streets
A blind man on Amarillo streets this morning played a portable phonograph to wheedle coins from passers-by. The note of the improvised concert drew attention as pedestrians paused to listen. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
What's Matter Grandpa Getting Old Fashioned
CLINTON Missouri Louis Schneider, a 62 year old farmer, has won four cars in contests since 1933 but plans to keep his feet on the ground and now puts a for sale tag on his airplane. Telephone list finders Russell Stationery Company.
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Clinton, Mo
Louis Schneider
Farmer Schneider
Twelve Down Two To Go Is Axis Score
A roll call of the invaded and vanquished lists the axis conquests from 1939 to 1941. Nations named include Czechoslovakia Poland Denmark Norway the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg France Greece Romania Hungary Bulgaria Yugoslavia with invasion and conquest dates and durations.
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Poland
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Greece
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Rover Uses His Head And Finally Gets Home
In Chicago Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Silber celebrate Rover, their collie who vanished three and a half years ago. A bedraggled Rover was found at the Silber daughter’s home, suggesting he traced his way from the old residence to the daughter’s place, aided by memory of a familiar location.
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Chicago
Sidney Silber
Rover
Silbers
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