Fighting French Puzzle Delays Over De Gaulle Visit
Dispatches from Algiers report Eisenhower expressing surprise at the French National Committee’s delay in de Gaulle’s North Africa visit. A Fighting French spokesman says the committee explained De Gaulle’s postponement while negotiations with Giraud on unity of forces continue.
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London
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles DeGaulle
North Africa
Eisenhower
Natinal Committee
DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Giraud
National Committee
Fisenhower
Solomons Air Battle Ends Japanese Hope Near Guadalcanal
In a fierce two day air clash near Guadalcanal a Japanese force of 50 bombers and 48 Zero fighters fought American interceptors. The Japanese left behind 21 Zeros five dive bombers and 11 other planes. U S losses were one Bell Airacobra and six Grumman Wildcats with one American pilot rescued.
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Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
U. S
Vila
Catalina
Kahili
Shortland Island
Choiseul Island
Santa Isabel Island
Rain and hail boost Plains rainfall. Amarillo cools after wet spell
The North Plains received soaking rains with .75 inch at Amarillo airport and reports of hail in San Jacinto and English Field. A Hartley County farm suffered a small but furious twister, while towns like Spearman and Dalhart logged 1 to 3 inches of rainfall. Cool, damp air lingers with a slight cool-down tonight after a 68 degree high and 44 low.
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Amarillo
North Plains
San Jacinto
English Field
Dalhart
Hartley
Spearman
Clayton
Aye City
Guymon
Clarendon
Hereford
Dumas
Weather Bureau
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Kansas City hogs 2 000 top 15.35 with good and choice 180 pounds and up 15.15-15.30. cattle 2 200 with fed yearlings around 16.50. sheep 9 000 with best wooled lambs near 15.75. Chicago hogs 12 000 top 15.90. cattle 4 500, calves 800, with fed steers and yearlings weak but some highs to 17.25. sheep 7 500 with fat lambs 16.00-16.50 and sheep steady about 8.50-9.25. Financial Industrial Fund: prices based on closing quotations, liquidating 1.74-1.91.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
D. A
Kansas
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Army Band Replaces Mess Juke Boxes at Atlantic City Base
Trainees at the Army Air Forces base may not get canned food but they now receive live music as post band units replace squadron mess juke boxes. Officers warned the change stops at music and chow rules remain strict with no dawdling and officers cautioning the similarity to bathing beauty days ends at the morale boost.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Army Air Forces Base
Beach Front
Rain brings fresh moisture to Plainview area fields
The April 8 report from Plainview notes 0.92 inch of rain across Plainview and nearby towns including Lockney Abernathy Floydada and Hale Center with light hail causing minor damage to blooming fruit trees. The moisture boosts wheat and subsoil conditions and paves the way for new planting while victory gardeners enjoy better moisture for their plots. Alaska has a longer coastline than that of the United States itself.
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Plainview
Lockney
Abernathy
Floydada
Hale Center
Victory
Alaska
United States
Socialite Ordered To Pay For Alienation of Husband
Bridgeport court orders Marjorie Gould Drexel Gundry to pay 12500 dollars to Margaret Danielson for wrongful and intentional alienation of her husband Axel Danielson. The suit claimed 200000 dollars. Gundry did not contest. Judge Quinlan noted the damages reflect loss of affections, support and companionship.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Marjorie Gould Drexel Gundry
Miami
Nassau
Philadelphia
Superior Court
Edward J. Quinlan
Margaret Eleanor Danielson
Greenwich
Axel Danielson
Danielson
Gundry
Quinlan
Funeral for Flying Officer Webb Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for Flying Officer J E Webb Jr who died in a Santa Rosa New Mexico crash will be at 3 pm tomorrow with Blackburn Shaw in charge. The 22 year old Amarillo native married five weeks ago to Martha Kelley of Amarillo and survived by his parents two brothers and a sister. The bride was en route home when she learned of the accident and had been visiting Amarillo relatives.
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J. E. Webb, Jr
Santa Rosa
N. M
Blackburn-Shaw
Amarillo
J. E. Webb
Louisiana Street
Air Forces
Martha Kelley
D. O. Webb
Mexico
B. L. Webb
Levelland
F. W. Axtell
Webb
Farm Labor Hearing Signals Political Pressure On Subsidies
Senators Wheeler and Gillette cited dangers of government subsidies in a Senate hearing on farm policy. Brown pressed the Pace bill while opposing parity inflation, claiming farmers are better off now. Chairman Smith warned the session would resume next Monday as Bankhead and Pace measures face delays behind wage increase reviews.
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Wheeler
Montana
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Brown
Agriculture
Wickard
Smith
South Carolina
Mendaco Promises Relief For Asthma Sufferers
A physician prescribed Mendaco claims to ease asthma by circulating in the blood to loosen thick mucus in airways. The ad asserts faster breathing and better sleep with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
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Mendaco
Recurt
Reed
Artes Penne Ree
Federal Agencies Shift Employes In War Mobilization
The federal government reassigns about 20 000 workers from agencies to other posts including the armed services. In the West Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Pan handle region 42 FSA staff face transfer while Amarillo offices lose eight. Farm Security says county offices will not be disrupted and war food programs continue. Nationwide 1700 FSA workers affected.
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Armed Services
Department of Agriculture
Slone
Jessie B. Gillmer
Farm Security
FSA
West Texas-New Mexico
West Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Amarillo
Gilmer
Petting Parties Prompt Early Amarillo Park Patrols
Lights in Amarillo city parks were repeatedly broken as spring arrived causing officials to plan park patrols before May end. City electrician Jack Coffey told police he suspects petting parties are behind the vandalism. Police will receive help from military police in monitoring the parks.
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Amarillo
Jack Coffey
City
Weather Building For Health Unit in City Hall
Prospects remain favorable for using the weather bureau building at Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street to house a health unit. The move would involve cooperation with the Federal Works Agency and the U S Public Health Service, with part of the operation financed by the Public Health Service and state health officials. If obtained the building would be modernized. The city seeks state and federal funds to support expanded work including laboratory tests for Selective Service registrants and VD clinic operations beginning April 1 for three months.
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Weather Bureau
Seventh Avenue
Taylor Street
City Hall
Federal Works Agency
United States Public Health Service
U. S. Public Health Service
State Department of Health
City Health Department
Panhandle
American air force destroys seventy German planes in daylight raids
The United States Air Force reports 70 German aircraft shot down during daylight bombing of Renault factory near Paris and Antwerp. Eight bombers were lost. Forty seven fighters, largely yellow-nosed Focke-Wulf machines from the Goering squadron, were downed in the Renault plant raid.
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London
United States Air Force
Renault
Paris
Antwerp
Goering
Renault Tank
Old-Time Bandits Hold Up Bus
Two bandits robbed a Santa Fe Trailways bus near Checotah heading toward Muskogee Oklahoma. One brandished a revolver at a stop near Summit while the other searched passengers taking money and jewelry. They fled on foot with the loot. 15 passengers were aboard. Police sergeant C Purdin reported no injuries.
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Muskogee
Okla
Santa Fe Trailways
Charlies Purdin
Amarillo Tax Office Hits High Collection Record
Perry Burks Amarillo assessor-collector says the city has the best tax collection rate in Texas with only about 4.31 percent uncollected from roughly 875000 on the 1941 roll. He notes 17 Texas cities were surveyed for comparison and credits staff efficiency and delinquent collection efforts.
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Texas
Amarillo
Perry Burks
Burks
Henry Beryerly
Letter Writing Campaign Opens
A national effort launches to write at least five million letters to Russians through Russian War Relief. Edward Carter announces the program urging Amarillo community groups to spread the word. Letters target classes like A Red Army Soldier and A Russian Worker and will accompany relief shipments to the Soviet Union. The campaign ends June 22, marking three years since the invasion of Russia.
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Russia
Edward ©. Carter
Russian War Relief
Amarillo
Amarillo Cadet Hurt in Crash Tragedy
Aviation Cadet Lonnie V. Crumbley of Rome Georgia was killed in yesterday's Perrin Field training plane crash. Cadet F L Banner of Amarillo Texas sustained a broken right leg and hip and facial lacerations. the incident was reported by the Perrin Field Public Relations Office.
Doolittle Air Force Sinks 9 Axis Ships in Week
Allied Northwest African Air Force under Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle scored bomb hits on 62 Axis ships in the last week. Nine vessels were sunk immediately and many more left ablaze or sinking.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
James H. Doolittte
Northwest African Air Force
Nurses Aide Class Graduates 26 Tonight at Blackstone Hotel
The 26 women of the fourth and fifth Nurses Aide Classes will be capped in a ceremony at 7 30 tonight in the Red Cross Chapter Annex of the Blackstone Hotel. All friends and patrons of the Red Cross are urged to attend.
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Red Cross Chapter
Blackstone Hotel
Red Cross
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