Black market surge noted in New York and beyond
An American observer describes a growing national black market tied to cash hoards and tax evasion. The piece cites New YorkCity cigarette convoys guarded by armed guards, rising large‑bill circulation, FBI scrutiny, and fears of systemic graft echoing European corruption, with Russia as a contrast.
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New York
Europe
China
America
Jersey
New York City
FBI
East
United States
France
Italy
Spain
Ernie Pyle Remembered for War Front Reporting
Mrs. Geraline Pyle confirms her husband Ernie Pyle is dead. The famed war front reporter, known for writing about GIs in foxholes, influenced pay raises for combat troops and earned an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Indiana University.
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Pyle
Ernie
North Africa
He Was Native Of Indiana Pyle Born Aug 3 1900
Pyle, a native of Dana Indiana, was born on August 3 1900 on a family farm near Dana. His father William C Pyle still lives on the same farm.
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Indiana
Pyle
Dana
Ind
William C. Pyle
Backed Against the Wall United States Moral Question
The author argues the nation faces downfall without a sweeping revival of political and business honesty. He contends leadership and public virtue are reflected in money, asserting a depreciating dollar signals deteriorating morals and warns of looming collapse without reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reading to discern truth in public questions
A call for citizens to study public issues and develop the ability to distinguish truth from propaganda. It urges selecting public men who serve the country over those pursuing personal gain.
The Life of Ernie Pyle An American War Reporter
The piece recounts Ernest Taylor Pyle born in 1900, his marriage to Geraldine Siebolds in 1925, and his career from LaPorte to Washington to aviation writing and roving reporting. It covers his travels around the U S Canada Mexico Alaska Hawaii Central and South America plus Europe during WWII, and notes his England dispatches and marriage and family details.
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Ernest Taylor Pyle
Taylor
Geraldine Siebolds
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Stillwater
Minn
Pyle
Albuquerque
N. M
The
News
Jerry
United States
New York
Ernie
Evening World
Evening Post
Washington News
Scripps-Howard
Pyles
Arizona
Heywood Brown
G. B. Parker
Scripps - Howard
United Feature Syndicate
Scripps Howard
Canada
Mexico
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Central
South America
Molokai Island
Yukon
Bering Shore
Texas
Mexico City
the Great
England
Scotland
States
Edmonton
Honolulu
Manila
Honk Kong
Australia
Pearl Harbor
British Isles
Ireland
Africa
Ernest Pyle War Correspondent Achieves Major Honors
The article chronicles Ernie Pyle the famed combat journalist, noting his frontline service from Sicily to Normandy D Day plus one and his widespread newspaper reach. It lists his awards including the Pulitzer Prize in 1944, headliner's club awards in 1943 and 1944, and honorary degrees from the University of New Mexico and Indiana University. It also mentions his book Brave Men chosen by Book-of-the-Month Club in December 1944.
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Scripps-Howard
Ben Robertson
The
Herald-Tribune
Barney Darnton
New York Times
Ernie
Pyle
Sicily
States
Mediterranean
Fifth Army
Italy
England
Normandy
Army
Stars and Stripes
Paris
Albuquerque
Hollywood
Pacific
Sons of Indiana of New York
University of New Mexico
University of Indiana
Sigma Delta Chi
Raymond Clapper
Pope Urges World To Pray For Peace Organization
Pope Pius XII warns that victors and vanquished will bear grievous consequences of a new war unless a fair peace organization is formed. He appeals for prayers for peace and for an international peace body ahead of the World Security Conference in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pius XII
San Francisco
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
County Office Adds Stenographers from Deep South
County Attorney Tom Seay and assistant Roy Snodgrass hire new stenographers. Mitzi Curtiss of Miami Florida joins the office replacing Lillian Pope who leaves for Columbus Georgia next week. The former stenographer was a native Texan.
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Tom Seay
Roy Snodgrass
Deep South
Mitzi Curtiss
Miami
Fla
Amarillo Field
Lillian Pope
Columbus
Rainy spell nears end across Panhandle and South Plains
Light rain is forecast for this afternoon across the Panhandle and South Plains with cloudy damp conditions into nightfall. The weatherman expects the spell to end tonight as skies partly clear and lows reach near 40 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Plains
Students on toes in drive to sell war bonds
Enthusiasm runs high at Alice Landergin School as students form teams to sell Series E Bonds in the Seventh War Bond drive. Miss Violet B Davidson coaches despite a hurt ankle, with a bulletin board chart tracking team totals and a puppet show planned for next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet B Davidson
Alice Landergin School
J. W. Hill
Humphrey Highland School
Ola Boyles
Bivins School
Tall Slim Fellow Again Spotted Near Panhandle
A tall slim man in a dark suit described by many appears linked to liquor finds and a still operation in the Panhandle. Sheriff Adams reports another similar suspect passing bad checks. a man described as five and a half feet tall, about 185 pounds in a gray suit was found after a search.
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Daniel W. Lowe
Texas Liquor Control Board
Panhandle
Bill Adams
Stamp 13 Required for Canning Sugar Forms
All sugar applications must include Stamp 13 equal to family members for whom sugar is sought. Eight blood relatives max per family, up to 120 pounds total. Demand eased as forms remain scarce. Potter County has not received the new order. Submit or mail applications to the county home demonstration agent on the courthouse first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Work by Day Pay by Day At Ohio Defense Plant
The Union Malleable Manufacturing Company in Ashland Ohio implements a new labor policy. Workers are paid daily for the tubes they package for overseas shipment, and may work only when they can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Defense Plant
Ashland, O
Shortgrass and Longhorns Third Printing Is Off
Third printing of Shortgrass and Longhorns by Laura V. Hamner is on sale in Amarillo book stores after fast selling first two printings. The Panhandle history covers ranch life and railroads through 1887 1888 and has drawn national praise. Hamner also wrote No Gun Man of Texas a life of Col. Charles Goodnight now a supplemental history reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura V. Hamner
Amarillo
Panhandle
Miss Ham
Traffic School Attends FBI Led Session in Austin
Hugh Shaw state highway patrolman visits Austin this week to attend a traffic school run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Highway Patrol. Capt. Polk Ivy from the Amarillo district is among the instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Shaw
Austin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas Highway Patrol
Polk Ivy
Amarillo
Lieutenant Lovett Receives Wings on Cadet Graduation
Lt. Hubert Lovett, 313 Georgia, is on a 10 day leave to visit his wife and two children after graduating from aviation cadet school at Pampa Army Air Field. He received pilot's wings and a commission last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Lovett
Georgia
Aviation Cadet School
Pampa Army Air Field
General Gibbons of Fort Worth Killed in Action in Germany
Brig. Gen. Lloyd H. Gibbons, assistant commander of the 69th Infantry Division, reported killed in action in Germany. The 49-year-old Fort Worth native began as a private in World War I, rose through the ranks, served in the Philippines, and returned to overseas duty last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Lloyd H. Gibbons
Germany
Marion Gibbons
Philippines
Texas Bluebonnets bloom despite sleet and snow
Mrs. Howard Black of 1716 Jackson brought a bouquet of bluebonnets to the county clerk this morning. The flowers grew in her front yard and withstood recent snow and hail in the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
Howard Blackburn
Jackson
Mrs Brockette Divides 50 Pairs of Hose With Friends
Hillsboro Texas widow Mrs M L Brockette shares a hoard of 50 pairs of stockings sent by her husband Lt Brockette. They were bought at 5 cents a pair after being seized from a German warehouse.
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Hillsboro, Tex
U.P
M. L. Brockette
Brockette
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