Five Men Go on Trial in Avenger Field Fraud Case
In Abilene on April 15 five men faced federal court in the first of three actions tied to Avenger Field Sweetwater and Wright Glider School Lamesa built under fixed fee cost plus contracts. Defendants include Prosser Prince Nelson Young Edwin Nelson and others from Los Angeles and Sweetwater. Prosecutors seek speedy trial on a companion conspiracy case with eleven Texans and one more Texan named Beall also charged in a civil penalty suit set for April 28.
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Abilene
U.P
Avenger
Sweetwater
Tex
Wright
Lamesa
T. Whitfield Davidson
Joe B. Prosser
Charles A. A. Prince
Victor J. Nelson
Robert
Davidson
Japanese Claim Big Victories in Pacific War Report
An Imperial Japanese communique broadcast via Tokyo and relayed by AP in London claimed the navy and air force sank over 100000 tons of Allied shipping in the Pacific in the last 15 days. Allied sources did not confirm the claim. Vice President Wallace had a busy day in Lima outlining South American resolve to cooperate against Nazi fascism.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
London
Pacific
Wallace
Lima
Peru
Henry A. Wallace
South America
Ration Book No 3 To Be Issued Soon
OPA officials said Book No 3 will be issued likely in late July and used mainly for shoes sugar and coffee once Book No 1 stamps are exhausted. It could also cover a few months of canned goods and meat stamps and may handle both point and unit rationing systems. No plan to ration new commodities was stated.
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Washington
OPA
Anne Adams Pattern 4324 Offers Slimming Bodice Style
Anne Adams pattern 4324 features long curving bodice sections with a center panel and optional sleeve tabs. Available in women's sizes 36 to 50, with fabric yardage noted for size 36. Order by writing size name address and style number with coins and receive pattern book option for ten cents more.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Design Stage Suggests Little Need for New Rationing
In the design phase no. 3 would likely be unnecessary for any future rationing if it becomes required. The comment implies minimal early impact and possible avoidance of additional measures.
United States Aims Siberian Bases for Bombing Japan
The Glacier Priest of Alaska Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard said in Chicago that the United States will obtain use of Russia's Siberian air bases to bomb Japan, by force or with the Russian government’s consent.
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Chicago
United States
Russia
Siberian
Japan
Bernard R. Hubbard
Alaska
Britain and Haly Swap Prisoners
Paris radio reported two Italian hospital trains carrying 450 wounded British soldiers left for Modane France to be exchanged at Lisbon for Italian prisoners repatriated from England.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Modane
France
Lisbon
England
Bombing Handbills Warn Panhandle Residents War Bonds
Amarillo and 34 Panhandle towns received handbills from an advanced flying school urging purchase of war bonds. The messages warned of potential destruction by Nazi or Japanese raiders, linking local risk to wartime headlines. A second item reports two pilots, Robert E. Kuhn of Chicago and Robert O. Fechtner of Boling, killed in a Brooks Field crash near San Antonio.
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San Antonio
U.P
Brooks Field
Robert E. Kuhn
Chicago
Robert O. Fechtner
Boling
Texas
All Wood Plane Plant for Douglas Aircraft Opens
Chicago AP reports Army engineers are backing a new all wood factory for Douglas Aircraft Corp to build giant cargo planes. The plant will be timber framed with laminated columns, wood siding, and no metal except steel pipes. wood reduces steel copper and aluminum usage by about 30,000 tons.
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Chicago
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Army
Ployee
Lighting Refits Yield Raw Materials For Ammunition Production
The project reuses fixtures to save copper and aluminum enough for 95 000 cartridge cases and 110 000 fuse primers. Plastic fiber and asbestos pipes replace steel in process water lines. Wooden pipes substitute reinforced concrete in the drainage system.
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Mattee Globe-News
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Michigan
America
Britain
Haly
Amarillo
J.B. Coe Lumber CO
Lincoln
Levine
Royo" Satin
Others
Aad Rd
Levine’s
Deva Satie
Pier Be
Weatherbird
EMNA
Dad
Fortune
Resistos
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