Patent Seizing Big Boost for War Factories
President Roosevelt announced a wartime order seizing enemy owned patents including German patents on synthetic rubber and fuels. The move aims to tap Axis innovations for U S war needs and keep rights from reverting after the conflict. Officials say research is already under way on forbidden processes for rubber fuels foods fabrics drugs and engines.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Leo Crowley
I. G. Farbenindustrie
DeGaulle as Modern Male Joan of Arc endorsed by French scholar
Count Byron De Provok, in Amarillo, argues De Gaulle embodies French resistance to Nazi rule. He envisions a popular uprising aided by Britain and the United States, praises General Catroux, and urges US recognition of the Free French government. He cites past prophecies on Major Glubb and notes Arab Jewish harmony under shared goals.
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Byron de Provok
Amarillo
Canyon
West Texas State College
Count de Provok
Bitain
America
Hitler
de Gaulle
General Catroux
France
United States
Major Glubb
Lawrence of Arabia
Glubb
Arabia
Holy Land
Drive Back Nazi Guards Storms Coast in Allied Raid
British Commandos attacked the coast near Boulogne in occupied France and withdrew after about two hours. The action followed a dawn cannonade over the Dover Strait and was described as the first combined raid since St Nazaire. Casualties were said to be light and German trawlers damaged.
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Associated Press
Britain
Boulogne
Dover Strait
St. Nazaire
U S Troops in India to Aid Defense Amid Cripps Mission
New Delhi April 22 US defense of India prioritized with troops already there and more to come said Louis Johnson head of the US advisory mission. He noted American technical skill will meet the challenge and referenced Sir Stafford Cripps mission without detailing the outcome.
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New Delhi
India
United States
U. S
Louis Johnson
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Johnson
City sells bonds for $670000 of authorization
Bonds totaling all but 80000 of the 750000 approved were sold to F. Childs & Company of Chicago on a 24 percent straight basis. Associates included Paine Webber, Stern Brothers, and The State Investment Company. Total interest cost 153855, premium 2345, net 151510. Second bid from Stranahan Harris & Co of Toledo at 24 percent with 2144 premium.
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City Commission
F. Childs & Company of
Chicago
Paine Webber & Company of
Stern Brothers & Company of
Kansas City
State Investment Company of
Fort Worth
Childs & Company
J. C. Lilly
Stranahan, Harris & Company of
Toledo
Trusty Writes Own Release From Dallas County Prison
Samuel Edwin Godwin, held on three forgery charges, used his jail honesty to hide a escape by inserting his name into a release form and walking out a month before his trial was called.
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Trusty
Dallas County
Dallas
U.P
Samuel Edwin Godwin
Allied Fighters Down Under Win Battle Over Port Moresby
Allied sky fighters were credited with a 4–0 victory over Japanese zero planes in a battle over Port Moresby New Guinea. MacArthur headquarters said Allied fliers shot down four planes and set fires at wharves and buildings in an attack on Rabaul.
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Associated Press
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Panay Island
Philippines
Lambunao
War Department
Antique
Panay
Negros Island
Cebu
Manila Bay
Fort Hughes
Fort Drum
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Fort Moresby
Rabaul
New Britain
George H. Brett
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Yenangyaung
Pinchaung River
Weather forecast for Amarillo area and West Texas
Slightly warmer this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers. West Texas sees scattered showers and mild temperatures. New Mexico reports showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with mild temperatures. Temperature extremes over 24 hours end at 6:30 AM ranged from 48 to 61 degrees. Noon reading was 54 degrees.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Sugar rationing to begin May 5 under OPA plan
The United States will start its first food rationing by stamps on May 5 with one pound of sugar per first four stamps in Book No. 1. Restaurants and hotels face a 50 percent cut from last year while bakers and dairy producers face a 70 percent limit. Household registrants will occur May 4-7 at grade schools nationwide. Retailers and institutions register April 28-29 at high schools.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Vichy and Russian Front Reports Dominate World News
Reuters notes Vichy reporting British naval forces entered the Mediterranean via Gibraltar. Pravda cites guards breaching German lines, advancing on the central front with 40 occupied sites. Red Star claims heavy losses in March and April as Soviet forces push on the northwest front and Karelia. Izvestia reports Finnish retaking attempts on the extreme northern front.
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London
Reuters
Morocco
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Kuibyshev
Pravda
Red Star
Netherlands
Flanders
Izvestia
Amarillo Man Celebrates on Corregidor
A group of 25 Texans on Corregidor celebrated San Jacinto Day with a water toast as bombardment eased. Texas officers and veterans including Maj. Tom Dooley and Maj. Gen. Frank Moore joined celebrations, with numerous Texas-born soldiers listed by home towns and ranks.
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Washington
U.A
Corregidor
San Jacinto
War Department
Association of Former Students of Texas A. & M
Tom Dooley
McKinney
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Lone Star State
Frank Moore
San Francisco
Texas
John V. King
Bryan
Stockdon D. Burns
Louise
Roy M. Vick, Jr
Wilbert A. Calvert
Archer City
Willis Scrivener
Taft
Henry J. Schutte, Jr
Houston
Graham M. Hatch
Dallas
Jerome A. McDavitt
San Antonio
John McCluskey
Anderson
David Snell
Lewis B. Chevallier
Marshall
Stanley Friedline
Grand Saline
Carl Pipkin
Beaumont
Clifton Chamberlain
Wichita Paris
William Hamilton
Chariton Wimner
William Boyd
Amarillo
Andy James
Dalhart
Trent
Urban C. Hopmann
Hugh Hunt
Carthage
P. A. Brown
Galveston
Departing Clouds Bring Warm Near-Record Temperatures
Weather bureau forecasts warmer conditions for today and tonight as skies clear. Yesterday’s high reached 61 degrees with a 48 degree low this morning.
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Weather Bureau
Marshall discusses invasion plans in London Lords talk
A government spokesman in the House of Lords indicated Gen. George C. Marshall discussed a possible American and British invasion of Europe during a London meeting on April 22.
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London
Europe
George C. Marshall
House of Lords
British repulse raid on Boulogne and reports on peace talks
Reports from Dover Strait speak of heavy firing in mist near Boulogne as a small reconnaissance force tested the coast. British communiques claim German troops were driven back with no British ships damaged. In parallel, rumors of an Axis peace offensive surface via Ankara and London News Chronicle sources. In Vichy, German authorities announce executions of French civilians and soldiers in reprisal, raising totals past one hundred in a week.
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Dover Strait
Kent
Boulogne
England
Vichy
Paris
Italian peace hopes rise as German focus shifts to Russia
A British dispatch reports Italians believing summer would free them to seek peace as Germany bears down on the Russian front. Mussonini’s prestige is seen as crumbling, potentially allowing a royal peace bid. In Paris, German authorities execute hostages while Vichy reportedly seeks reprieve for St Nazaire prisoners amid curfew and closures.
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Britain
Mussolini
Army and Navy Fight Slowdowns in War Production
Congress and agencies including the army navy maritime commission War Production Board and labor offices unite to curb work slowdowns in vital war plants. Senator Byrd blasts delays as reprehensible and seeks a full Senate inquiry if immediate fixes aren’t found. Ring cites two slowdown types and a uniform program under development.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Byrd
Virginia
Daniel S. Ring
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
C. W. Fisher
Maritime Commission
Ring
Army, Navy
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Labor Department Conciliation Service
Bureau of Labor Standards
Amarillo Exam Center Hopes For Induction Site Designation
Prospects for Amarillo becoming a regional induction center look strong as draftees would come here for final physicals under a possible new building to house an expanded laboratory. Dr H W Bohs of the Pasteur Institute visited officials but had no public statement. Bargain ads hawk cheap rates for want ads and office supplies from Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
Selective Service
Texas
H. W. Bohs
Pasteur Institute
Hygenic Laboratories
Austin
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Charles DeGaulle
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U.S
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First National Bank
J. C. Paul
American National Bank
Charles Ware
Amarillo National Bank
Ross Logan
The
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Down Under
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Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Pyinmana
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Nidway
Rangoon
Trinitys River
Corinth Street
Downstate
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Granny” Morris
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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Russia
Moscow News
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Turkey
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