Amarillo and Canyon Girls Escape Hotel Fire
During the Texas Inter Collegiate Press Association convention in Huntsville the Amarillo and Canyon girls escaped a hotel fire with only light wraps and money. West Texas State College delegates aided by retrieving belongings before the Plaza burned to the ground as all 30 or 40 delegates and others at the hotel were unharmed.
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Amarillo
Canyon Girls
Huntsville
Texas Inter- Collegiate Press Association
West Texas State College
Mabel Mack
McLean
Charlotte Buchanan
White Deer
Amarillo College
Jane, Gouldy
Dora Kenyon
Elon Scott
Roy Cheatham
Panhandle
the Prairie
West Texas State
Donald Chamberlain
Robert Ewing
Stuart Condron
Cheatham
Olin Hinkle
Patent Fuss
Special Assistant Attorney General Allen Dobey testified before the Senate patents committee that a 1941 agreement with German firm Reinisch Westfaelische allowed access to Remington Arms military information and royalties on U S ammunition. He noted Remington now sells the priming tetracene to Britain, pending legality under wartime patent controls.
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Washington
Allen Dobey
Germ
Remington Arms Co
Senate Patents Committee
Dobey
Reinisch - Westfaelische Sprengstoff, A. G
Remington Arms
United States Army
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Homer T. Bone
Washington Demstrat
Russia orders total mobilization of 193 million for war effort
The Soviet government issued two decrees mobilizing all urban and rural populations including those as young as 12 to boost industrial and agricultural production. The measures aim to speed up work on state and collective farms and tractor centers with penalties for noncompliance. Reports also say Soviet forces pressed offensives on the central and southern fronts while repelling Luftwaffe attacks.
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Russia
Germany
Red Air Force
Council of Peoples Commissars
The
Communist Party
Amarillo Debates Four Bond Proposals For Local Issues
Amarillo plans a May 1947 bond referendum totaling 750000 across four propositions. City auditor J C Lilly says 36 firms inquired on wartime bonds as bids are set after the special election. Proposals cover varying interest rates and options for prior payment, with some terms allowing payment on November 1, 1947. The city expects not all funds will be needed and no absentee ballots were cast.
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Amarillo
J.C. Lilly
House Naval Affairs Committee Opposes 30 Day Delay on Labor Profits Bill
The House Naval Affairs Committee defeated a motion to delay labor and profits legislation for 30 days in a tied vote. Weather forecast calls for scattered showers and mild temperatures with a high of 72 and low of 51.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Weather Bureau
Naval Expansion Measure Approved by House Naval Committee
The House naval committee approved an 800 million dollar measure to expand naval shore facilities and aviation installations. C. W. Farr, recently ill at Northwest Texas Hospital, is reported to be improving.
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Washington
Naval
House Naval Committee
C. W. Farr
Northwest Texas Hospital
Wishful Jinx Would Kill Off Hither. End War By
Article examines wartime fortune telling and astrology used to predict the end of the war. It quotes 1917 calculations tied to presidents and rulers, then applies the same method to Roosevelt and Hitler predicting 1942 as end date. References legends, biblical verses, and prophecies.
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Lewis Nordyke
Hitler
British Destroy Rich Oil Fields in Burma
British forces under a scorched earth policy destroyed or prepared to blow up most of Burma’s oil wells and refineries as Japanese troops pressed a renewed assault near the Irrawaddy and Yen Chaung River. The action aimed to deny oil to the Japanese as 6,000 of 8,000 wells were damaged or mined. The Yen Chaung line stood 14 miles from Minbu's oil complex.
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Chungking
China
Yenangguang
Irrawaddy River
Mand
Burma
Magwe
New Delhi
King
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Irrawaddy
Yenchaung
Minbu
Army About Set For An Offensive
The United States government signals to begin an offensive in Europe this spring as Gen. MacArthur retains supreme strategic command in the Southwest Pacific. Stimson says Washington clarified MacArthur’s authority and that coordination remains joint among Allied forces with no jurisdiction dispute.
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Stimson
London
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Harry L. Hopkins
MacArthur
Washington
U. S
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Whethr
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Gen. MacArthur
United States
War Department
Pacific War Council
Fascist purge widens as Mussolini reshapes leadership
United Press reports Italy's purge against high officials of the Fascist party as ministers undersecretaries and federation presidents are swept out for war skepticism lukewarmness or proximity to Nazi partners. The movement expands with Purges described as deep and secretive amid reports of replacements under tight controls.
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Benito Mussolini
Fascist Party
Italy
Achile St
National Education
Giuseppe Bottai
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather outlook shows scattered showers this afternoon with mild temperatures across Amarillo and West Texas. Forecaster notes occasional showers and thunderstorms into tonight, little change from yesterday’s temps, with highs around the 70s and a 50s low.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
East Portion
Mountains West Portion
RAF Raids Across Channel Escalate As War Intensifies
British bomber and fighter squadrons, aided by American pilots, conducted large scale raids over northern France for a sixth day. German anti aircraft fire struck two Southwest England towns, causing injuries but no deaths. A Junkers 88 was shot down during a convoy flight over the Channel.
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London
English Channel
Channel
RAF
France
England
Southampton
United Press
Boulogne
Calais
Folkestone
Far Over Bond Quota in Potter County
Potter County exceeded the Victory Bond and Stamp quota yesterday with total sales of 23,161 dollars, nearly doubling the daily allotment.
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Potter County
Japanese Deny Tokyo Bombed By U S Planes
SAN FRANCISCO April 17 1945 U P Japanese radio denied three American planes bombed Tokyo Reuters dispatch cited as a joke by Japanese nationalists Radio Tokyo doubted reports the bombing ever occurred and Reuters had not reported it.
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Tokyo
U.S
San Francisco
U.P
Radio Tokyo
Reuters
Air Training Parley Called For United Nations Talks
President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King announced a joint plan to invite all United Nations with air training programs to a conference in Ottawa in early May to pursue closer coordination and united military effort. The statement noted progress in pooling airplane production and aims to align the British Commonwealth air training plan with the extended U S and other UN programs including China Norway and the Netherlands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie King
United Nations
Canada
Ottawa
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
United States
China
Norway
Netherlands
Russell
Large number of Allied forces missing on Bataan and Panay
The War Department reported over 65 000 troops and civilians unaccounted for on Bataan Peninsula, including 16 generals. About 35 000 combat troops and 25 000 civilians are in the category, with heavy losses possible on both sides. Nurses were evacuated to Corregidor. fighting persists on Iloilo Capiz.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Bataan
Corregidor Island
Iloilo
Panay Island
Philippines Point
Capiz
Panay
Report of UN Landing Attempt Near Crete Repulsed
An Italian High Command communique said United Nations forces tried to land on a small island south of Crete off the Greek coast but were repulsed.
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London
United Nations
Crete
Justice Dept to Probe Coughlinite Social Justice Magazine
Attorney General Francis Biddle said evidence held by the Justice Department will be presented to a federal grand jury next week for an investigation of the magazine social justice and its operations and background.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Justice Department
Coughlinite “Social Justice
Our Part In the War Our Part In the War
A brief feature on collective home-front duties and citizen efforts in supporting the war, highlighting civilian contributions and the call to duty with optimistic tone and patriotic framing. Local readers are urged to participate in light, practical efforts aligned with national wartime goals.
Darlan Named Commander as Petain Heir Amid Vichy Crisis
The United States recalled Ambassador Admiral William D Leahy from France for consultation as Vichy named Admiral Jean Darlan to command French forces and as Petain designated him heir. Observers warned Laval may seek dictatorial powers while hostages were shot in reprisal and anti-collaboration protests rose in Paris. Washington eyed Laval’s moves and possible French naval action amid fears of a broader war.
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United States
William D. Leahy
France
Vichy
Petain
Pierre Laval
Jean Darlan
Leahy
Darlan
Marshal
Laval
Paris
London
Switzerland
Germany
Washington
Philippe Petain
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