Pulse Feeler asks locals if long terms in office help or hurt
The Pulse Feeler column records local opinions on whether public officials should serve long terms or rotate out. Residents including Jimmy Allison, Mrs Sloane, Oscar Thornton, Phoebe Montfort, Tommy Snell and Jane Ricketts debate two terms versus longer service, with varied views on governance and reform. Pulse Feeler invites questions for testing, paying a dollar per submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam L. Knighton
George Washington
G. F. Sloane
Oscar Thornton
Phoebe Montfort
Rosevelt
Tommy Snell
Jane Ricketts
Japanese Deep Strike Falters As Hollandia Falls In Pacific Air War
Allied reports say jungle detachments reach 40 miles from Bengal Assam rail line aiding Stilwell in north Burma. Hollandia base is blasted by 720 tons of bombs. Imphal area sees repulsed Japanese attacks while Gurkhas slow a tank thrust 22 miles from Tiddim.
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New Delhi
Bengal-Assam
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Associated Press
India
Hollandia
Bismarck Sea
Imphal
Louis Mountbatten
14Th Army
Kohima
Tiddim
Karakari
Burma-Siam
New Guinea
Fifth Army
Japan
Wewak
Solomon Islands
Philippines
Truk
Pofiape
Marshalls
U. S
Dallas Typist Recommends Stenographer Hired At $175 Monthly
A Dallas firm sought a high school typing teacher to recommend a stenographer. The teacher was offered and accepted the position at $175 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Weather Outlook Turns Warmer Tomorrow After Cooler Weekend
After a high of 60 degrees yesterday afternoon the region cools today and tonight with a low near 40 degrees last night. Temperatures rise again tomorrow as mild air returns and highs approach the 60s.
Redding charged with murder in cafe slaying
Amarillo grocer O M Redding faced a murder charge after his wife Gertrude Redding was shot three times at the Double Dip cafe on Fourteenth Avenue and Polk Street. The slaying followed a divorce filing by Mrs. Redding, witnessed by two of their children Marvin and Evelyn, as other customers fled. Redding pleaded not guilty and bail was set for later testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Redding
Amarillo
Redding
Gertrude Redding
Fourteenth Avenue
Polk Street
C. W. Carder
Justice of the Peace
Hugh Umphres
H. H. Cooper
Marvin
Evelyn
J. C. Wolf
George Tomlinson
South
Arthur Street
J. D. Cazzell
J. E. Allison
van Buren Street
New Mexico
Reddings
Billy
Oakland
Calif
Bill Adams
Justice Carder
Cooper
Umphres
L. R. Cherryhomes
Dudley White
Texas Ranger
Cherryhomes
Mosselle
Miss
East Tenth Avenue
West Sixth Avenue
North Buchanan Street
Merchant
Tyler Street
M. J. R. Jackson
Hughes Street
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Decatur
Tex
C. B
Kendrick
Lega ‘Smith
Jacksboro
R. H. Caver
Billy Redding
Bradley downplays feared losses before invasion of Europe
Lt General Omar N Bradley assured American officers in England that fears of huge casualties are unfounded. He said victory hinges on the invasion operation and warned that naval and air power will surprise the troops. He acknowledged some casualties but said the losses would be small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
United Kingdom
Weather Forecast Amarillo Vicinity and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with warmer Saturday and Saturday night. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday with scattered showers east of Pecos River and Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Cooler in Panhandle and South Plains and east of Pecos River tonight. New Mexico fair today tonight and Saturday. Cooler in northeast portion today. High 80 last night 40 noon 58.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Loses fur coat after purse recovery in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on April 7 Bearlean Benton boarded a street car, realized her purse was left aboard, and after getting a ride and retrieving the purse she remembered her fur coat was left in the stranger’s car. This brief item notes the coat loss tied to the purse mishap.
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Los Angeles
Bearlean Benton
Nazi Sieges Press on Odessa As Allies Bomb Balkans
Russian divisions press toward Odessa with 200 000 German and Romanian troops near the Black Sea coast as battles intensify near Skala Tarnopol and the Fans. American bombers strike Zagreb and other Balkan capitals while raids on Calais and northern France continue. Tirpitz sustains hits in Alten Fjord as invasion looms.
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Odessa
Black Sea Littoral
Skala
Tarnopol
Poland
Fck
Zagreb
Croatia
Red Army
Balkan
Sofia
Bulgaria
Budapest
Hungary
Bucharest
Romania
Italy
Yugoslavia
Hamburg
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reich
Tirpitz
Norway
Alten Fjord
Calais
France
Stettinius Arrives in London for High Level Talks
U S Undersecretary of State Edward R Stettinius Jr lands in London for a series of foreign policy conferences with British officials The talks may lay groundwork for another Roosevelt Churchill Stalin summit They will cover Finnish peace Spain negotiations and Allied moves to loosen Hitler’s grip on the Balkans
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R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Stettinius
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Spain
Balkan
Hitler
Roosevelt Report Shows Cost of Living Decline
President Roosevelt released a year end report stating that the cost of living is lower than a year ago under the hold-the-line stabilization program. He urged continued restraint and support for the stabilization policies and machinery while noting some measured increases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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