Top Notchers Vie for Roping Honors
The Amarillo Globe reports a major calf roping match at the Tri-State Fair Grounds featuring Earl Moore of Quervo New Mexico and Cotton Lee of Rankin Texas. Each competitor will rope 10 calves with time averages determining the winner as Will Rogers Range Riders sponsor the event.
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Amarillo
Thenas
Lee
Earl Moore
Quervo
N. M
Cotton Lee
Rankin
Texas
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Moore
Will Rogers Range
Black market gasoline coupons eyed for ration cut
An OPA official told a House sub committee that illegal gas coupons and black market theft may force civilian ration reductions. 2.5 million daily gallons diverted could boost A and B limits for business drivers. East and Pacific regions most affected. Capt Maurice Britt, Medal of Honor recipient, is pictured with his wife after war injuries.
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Shad Baker
Office of Price Ministration
Interstate
Polier
California
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Wopa
WACs May Be Sent Overseas Without Request
Lt. Cora Lee Morrow announces new War Department directives allow any WAC to be sent overseas any time where service is required. The local recruiting station now has complete information on the Army Nurses Corps.
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Cora Lee Morrow
War Department
Morrow
Army Nurses Corps
Townsend Club Meeting Schedules Regular Session
The Townsend Club will meet in regular session at 2 30 PM Sunday on the courthouse fourth floor. The public is invited and members urged to attend promptly to hear latest air mail news.
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Townsend Club
War Brides Welcomed to This Country
In San Francisco 90 Australian war brides and sweethearts of U.S. servicemen arrived, with many pregnant or with babes in arms. They plan to become U.S. citizens under the Cable Act, and their children will also gain citizenship on entry. The brides face red tape including six month delays unless pregnancy allows immediate wedding and require certificates and references for eligibility.
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San Francisco
U.P
South Pacific
U. S
John Curtin
Australia
United States
Jeanie McCullough
Robert McCulough
Cleveland
Army
Navy
Boy Leads to Capture of German POW
In Waco on April 20 a 12 year old Negro boy named Roosevelt Slay led to the capture of Josef Timmler a 23 year old escaped German prisoner of war. Federal Agent A A Dewey cited Slay hearing Timmler's description and spotting him near a highway then guiding officers to the Roberson farm where the Nazi was taken.
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Waco
Roosevelt Slay
Josef Timmler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. A. Dewey
Texas
Slay
Mexia
Troy Roberson
Roberson
Dewey
British War Films Offered Through Community Chest Office
Katherine Young of the British consulate in Houston says war information films are available to program committees and others in this area. Applications may be made to Fred DeCoster, secretary-manager of the Community Chest.
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Community Chest
Houston
Katherine Young
Miss Young
Fred DeCoster
Too Many Children for Him To Remember Names
A Dallas father could not recall his year old baby's name when admitting at Parkland hospital. He said he is a truck driver with five children and is on the road most of the time, making it hard to keep all their names straight. The article also notes the United States milk production goal for 1944 as 56 billion quarts.
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Maurice Britt
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mignano
Italy
Britt
U.S
Arkansas University
Detroit Lions
Lawson Hospital
Atlanta, Ga
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
United States
Elveve Base and Soothing Chafe Treatment
A medicated coat provides protection between skin and chafing sores. The product claims to soothe and relieve irritation with a protective bed of soothing powder.
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China
India
John Ferris
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nettuno
Chicago
WACS
Johnnie Walker
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
New York, N.Y
Bargain
Seersucker
Polk Amarillo
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