Rail and Weather Disruptions Hit Amarillo Area
Flooding across Kansas and Oklahoma slows rail and telegraph traffic. Santa Fe trains arrive late from Kansas. Rock Island reports similar delays west of Oklahoma City. Some routes resume as waters recede. total April moisture in Amarillo was 1.10 inches.
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Oklahoma
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Wellington
United States Weather Bureau
Panhandle wheat harvest prospects rely on late season weather
Rain has firmed in the Panhandle with most areas reporting at least a half inch over the past weekend and two days. If hot winds do not dry out the wheat fields, a profitable harvest this summer is expected, according to regional reports from Danhandla farmare sanla.
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Wineat
Danhandla Farmare
Sanla
Germans' Paris assault repelled. Plauen falls toward Czech border
Germans launched a heavy attack on the Ninth Army Elbe bridgehead toward Berlin. The Americans repelled the assault without terrain loss. To the south the Third Army seized Plauen in Saxony and reduced the gap to the Czechoslovak border.
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Niesky
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Bohemian
Schwedt
Stettin
Austria
Moravia
Rain Spurs Moisture Boost for Panhandle Wheat
Storm totals varied across Texas Panhandle with Amarillo reporting 37 inches? Rain fell over the weekend as the Weather Bureau notes ample moisture. Temperatures dipped to 33 degrees but did not freeze. Light hail touched several sections yet crops remained unharmed as fields soaked in rain and moisture improves wilted wheat on both North and South Plains.
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Adrian
Pampa
Lubbock
Dalhart
Clarendon
Weather Bureau
North Plains
South Plains
B29s Hammer Jap Airdromes And Okinawa Fighting
Allied air fleets blasted Kyushu airdromes while Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations continued. Japanese losses rose as U S forces seized Ie Shima and pressed the Ryukyus drive with 24th Corps units. Across Europe Allied Second Front actions near Leipzig and Bremen pushed toward Berlin as German defenses weakened significantly.
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Ryukyus
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Anxious To Meet Leaders Open to Early Allied Talks
President Truman said at a news conference he would be happy to meet Allied leaders including Churchill Stalin Chiang Kai-Shek and De Gaulle soon. He outlined foreign and domestic priorities backing Bretton Woods monetary agreements and reciprocal trade while signaling no immediate move to convene a new summit.
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China
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France
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Russia
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Congress
Snyder Named Federal Loan Administrator by Truman
President Truman appoints John W. Snyder of St. Louis to be Federal Loan Administrator succeeding Fred M. Vinson. Snyder, a longtime friend, has held senior roles in banking and public credit agencies since World War I, including RFC executive vice president and Defense Plant Corporation director. He was born June 21, 1886 in Jonesboro Arkansas and attended Vanderbilt University.
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Truman
John W. Snyder
St. Louis
First National Bank of St. Louis
Snyder
Fred M. Vinson
James F. Byrnes
U.S
St. Lou's
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Defense Plant Corporation
St. Louis Bank
Jonesboro
Ark
Vanderbilt University
U S Planes Hit Tactical Targets In Germany
American air forces report massive German air force losses with 1305 planes destroyed or damaged in the latest raids. Eighth Air Force losses were light. RAF forces conduct widespread night raids from the Baltic to Berlin to support American and Soviet offensives. General Carl Spaatz announced the strategic bombing campaign achieved its objective.
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U.P
Germany
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Sth
Eighth Air Force
Munich
Prague
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Swinemuende
Stettin Bay
Red Army
Berlin
Carl Spaate
Europe
Measure Advances By Yards In Italian Allied Drive
Fifth Army troops pushed through bitterly defended and mined areas south of Bologna advancing by yards in the second day of the Allied offensive in Italy. Eighth Army drove toward the Po Valley and took 6,000 prisoners since April 9. Gurkha units bridged the Silaro, entering Cartura near Bologna as Polish troops moved northwest and west. Air forces supported with over 1,100 fighters and bombers.
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Italy
Jucitan K. Truscott
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Massa
Cartura
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Argenta
Bastia
Mediterranean
President Nominates Patton and Hodges For Four Star Ranks
President Truman named George S. Patton and Courtney H. Hodges to four star generals, the first Army commanders promoted to this rank. The slate also included nine major generals nominated as lieutenant generals, among them Joseph L. Collins and Lucius Clay.
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Walton H. Walker
Levin H. Campbell
Wade H. Haislip
Eugene Reynolds
Churchill cancels war review address in Parliament
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament he will not participate in the planned Thursday war review. He canceled the proposed address as unwise given the current military and political situation in Poland and the broader war effort.
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German Generals Reported to Have Committed Suicide
Unconfirmed reports from Ruhr pocket and German broadcasts claim Marshal Walter von Mode1 on the Western Front and Lt Gen Kurt Dittmer, a high command commentator, killed themselves. London monitors say the radio report was not corroborated.
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London
The
Evening Standard
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War Plant Workers Strike In Detroit Idle Thousands
Nearly 10 000 war plant workers were idle today in Detroit as management disciplined a smaller number of employees sparking a broad strike.
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Detroit
War Plant
City Commission to Convene Tonight with Two Rezoning Hearings
The city commission will meet at 7 30 o clock tonight. The agenda includes two rezoning hearings and a taxicab driver's license case.
Regal Co Real Estate and Loans
Regal Co. remains focused on real estate services and loan options, offering financing solutions and property listings for clients seeking commercial and residential opportunities.
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Cenaressmen Get Their Bread Without Butter
In Washington on April 17 the House of Representatives restaurant ran out of butter for the first time since rationing began. Management attributed the shortage to no points. The item mentions Oak flooring and references John Maynard Shr Co and Russell Stationery Company.
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House of Representatives
John Maynard Shr. Co
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Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy today then clearing in the late afternoon and cooler. Fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer conditions. West Texas stays fair with cloudiness in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico sees fair conditions with a frost possible in the north central area tonight. lows 30s north to 45 south, highs 50s north to 75 south. Temperature readings show 24 hour high 57, low 30, noon 43, precipitation 0.37 inch.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
North End
Chaplin Trial to Jury in Berry Paternity Case
Los Angeles April 17 The second trial to decide if Charlie Chaplin is the father of Joan Berry's 18 month old Carol Ann goes to a jury today in this ongoing paternity action.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
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Massacre by Japanese in Manila Verified by War Department
War Department reports sworn accounts and captured documents detailing a February campaign of terror in Manila. American officers and survivors describe massacre methods including shooting bayoneting burning starvation and suffocation. General Romulo described the events to Congress as verification efforts continued.
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Uura
Manila
Department
War Department
MacArthur
Carlos P. Romnilo
The
Philippines
Congress
Telephone Strike Looms In New York City Area
In New York City an 18 000 telephone operators may strike over a $3 weekly raise ordered by the War Labor Board. Union executives meet today to decide on a strike mandate, seeking a larger $5 proposed by the unions. The companies offered $4, the WLB set $3, and a reconsideration request was denied.
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New York City
War Labor Board
WLB
Photographs Live Forever Autry Studio Exhibit
Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance promotes photographed portraits at Forever Autry Studio located at 116 East 4th with contact via phone 2-1922.
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Forever Autry Studio
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