W Rusk Elected President of Amarillo Rotary Club
W Rusk assistant to the general manager of the Amarillo Gas Company was elected president of the Amarillo Rotary Club at the annual officers election held at the Amarillo Hotel. Board members named were John Kenyon Dr J H Vaughn Perry Burks George Vineyard and Earl O Keefe. Augustine Turner of Valparaiso was guest speaker on Latin American relations as Dwight Morrow School students presented Spanish songs and dances. Dr W B Stevenson presided.
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W. W. Rusk
Amarillo Gas Company
Amarillo
FDR Fireside Chat Delayed For Inflation Message
Washington April 23 The White House signaled Roosevelt will likely send the anti inflation address to Congress on Monday but postponed the fireside radio talk on the same subject to a later date. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the president was moving to craft the message and could not specify the chat day.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Early
American Troops Hold Out Atop Philippine Mountain
Tokyo dispatch from Asahi reports five to six hundred American and Filipino troops are holding out in jungle on Mt Baloy, Panay Island, the island’s highest peak. Resistance on Panay is said to have collapsed except for this force in the central area.
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Tokyo
Baloy
Panay Island
Asahi
Panay
Money risks delay silver power wires for war plants
Secretary Morgenthau said theft fears delay use of silver wires for powering war plants. Treasury lent about 1 billion ounces of silver to war industries for wiring, but none borrowed yet due to theft concerns. Also notes Doo little nomination for brigadier general and a lost wallet case in Amarillo with contact for recovery.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Year of Freedom Is Asked for Convict
The state board of pardons recommended a year of liberty on parole for Blackie Blackshear, a Houston white man serving 50 years for daylight robbery, citing information that other men had confessed to the crime.
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Austin
State Board of Pardons
Blackie Blackshear
Houston
Pursuit Flying Family Tradition at Moore Field Graduation
MOORE FIELD April 23. Pursuit piloting becomes a family affair as Col. Albert C. Foulk, commander of the new air corps advanced flying school, attends his son Aviator Cadet Donald C. Foulk’s graduation at Luke Field Phoenix Ariz. The elder Foulk, commissioned as a flying second lieutenant in March 1918, will witness his son receive his wings.
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Moore Field
Albert C. Foulk
Air Corps
Donald C. Foulk
Luke Field
Phoenix
Ariz
Foulk
United States
Fake UT Doctor Faces Charge
Charles Peter Wisotsky who posed as Dr David Walton Fell while on the University of Texas medical faculty is indicted at Laredo for alleged Harrison narcotic law violation Assistant U S District Attorney William Eckhardt said today.
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Houston
Charles Peter Wisotsky
David Walton Fell
University of Texas Medical Faculty
Laredo
U. S
William Eckhardt
Mann Rules Out Corpus Christi Bull Fight
Texas Attorney General Gerald C. Mann ruled that a proposed bull fight at Corpus Christi cannot proceed even with a nonlethal wooden sword. The state penal code forbids any bull fight, and the opinion, written by Asst. Atty. Gen. William J. Fannin, was approved and sent to Corpus Christi.
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Austin
Tex
U.P
Gerald C. Mann
Hal F. Rachel
Corpus Christi
Attorney General's Department
Asst
William J. Fannin
Mexico
Send-Off for Bond Drive Is Mapped
Washington April 23 The new voluntary war bond sales campaign will be launched tonight with a special radio program featuring Secretary Morgenthau and leaders from business agriculture and labor. The campaign aims to invest at least 10 percent of each American's income in war bonds. Broadcast over Blue Network from 9 to 9 30 PM Central War Time.
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Washington
Cows killed by same lightning bolt near Jenkins farm
A bolt struck J. C. Jenkins home at Waller causing a lightning damage and killing two cows that stood 100 yards apart in a pasture beside his house. In Washington, the agriculture department announced a waxy corn substitute for tapioca, planned for commercial production next year due to wartime shortages.
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Waller
J. C. Jenkins
Washington
Agriculture Department
Pacific
Department
Commercial Sugar Users Get Application Blanks
Sugar users lined up at the county school superintendent's office today for ration forms. The office will reopen tomorrow for this task. Consumers for home use wait later. all firms and individuals supplying sugar for resale must file today or tomorrow, with consumer registration set for May 4 to 7. Moonshine makers must sign up.
Foreign Shipping Loss Rate Hiked
New York April 23 marine underwriters raised war risk charges for cargo between the Americas and the east coast of India and Ceylon via the Cape of Good Hope to 30 percent from about 25 percent. Shipments to and from the United States and Canada rose from 9 to 12 percent, while the 9 percent rate for U S Gulf ports stayed unchanged.
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New York
Americas
India
Ceylon
Cape of Good Hope
United States
Canada
U. S. Gulf
Markets and Livestock Report From Kansas City and Washington
Markets show Dow Jones components with mixed moves while Kansas City livestock markets report higher hog prices and steady cattle and sheep values amid strong demand. Washington notes Emory Land cites internal agitation among shipyard workers and delayed steel plate deliveries slowing shipbuilding.
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Kansas City
Arizona
Washington
Emory
Land of the Maritime Commission
Two Bomber Waves Sweep Over Danish Capital
Two waves of bombers swept over Copenhagen shortly after midnight in the first attack on the Danish capital since 1940. Anti air craft fire brought down bombs and 50 persons were sent to hospitals.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.R
Copenhagen
Radio Ears Guard Coast In World War II Era
Secretary of War Stimson announced efforts to deploy coastward radio detector devices able to spot enemy ships and aircraft over 100 miles away. He cited tests at Fort Monmouth showing an approaching plane 60 miles out. Changes include expedited commissioning for physicians under 45, corps area realignments for four states, and officer candidate access for certain reservists with active-duty time.
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Washington
Stimson
Fort Monmouth N. J
Fort Monmouth Signal Corps Training Center
Arkansas
Louisiana
Arizona
Colorado
DAR to Broadcast Historical Markers Program in Potter County
The Llano Estacado chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will present a radio program on historical markers in Potter County. The 5:15 PM Friday broadcast on KGNC will be hosted by Mrs. Fancher Upshaw, organized by the DAR historical department.
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National
Llano Estacado
Daughters of the American Revolution
Potter County
KGNC
Fancher Upshaw
Historical Department of
Order for Freezing Sugar Stocks Still Stands
OPA officials said today that retail sugar sales would be halted April 27 and all retail stocks would remain frozen until consumer rationing begins May 5. The action aims to prevent a rush before rationing and allow retailers to adjust stocks for rationed sales.
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Washington
OPA
Puts Gun Under Pillow, Awakes With Headache
Fort Worth April 23. M C Lewellen a 52 year old grocer slept with a pistol under his pillow. He awoke with a bullet in his head and told his wife he must have been having a nightmare when he fired the shot. Doctors at the hospital were undecided about removing the bullet at the base of his brain.
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Fort Worth
M. C. Lewellen
Beville Transferred from Buffalo to Waco
R Harwood Beville Amarillo attorney with long government service since before Pearl Harbor was moved from Buffalo New York to Waco Texas. Formerly with the internal revenue division before his emergency service call. Details of his present duties are not disclosed by censorship. Mr and Mrs Beville have two sons, both lieutenants in the army.
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R. Harwood Beville
Amarillo
Pearl Harbor
Buffalo
N. Y
Waco
Exeville
Internal Revenue Department
Beville
Army
Big V's Propaganda V Design Stirs West Texas Area
Stamford dispatch reports ten foot V symbols made from scrap paper in red white and blue on public boards to boost wartime morale. The outdoor advertising operator says the banner is a counter Axis message across several local towns amid persistent war conditions.
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Stamford
Axis
Fire Prevention Course Cuts Insurance Rate
State Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall announced a prescribed fire prevention course taught in 745 Texas schools last year. Cities that completed the studies were granted a 3 percent reduction in key insurance rates.
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Austin
Texas
Marvin Hall
Man and Automobile Go Two Fast Rounds
Thayer Nelson drove his car in reverse down a Wichita street when the runaway vehicle crashed into another car shifting to low. The car then chased Nelson and caught him. He was hospitalized for shock.
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Wichita
Kan
Thayer Nelson
Nelson
Labor Situation Said Infernal Agitation In Shipyards
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land told the Senate defense investigating committee that the government should stabilize labor management relations in shipbuilding to end the infernal agitation over the closed shop and related issues. He predicted shipyard production could rise 12.5 percent this year and 25 percent next year with improved morale, warning that disturbed relations would hurt morale.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Land
Maritime Commission
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Promotion Honors Mark Brooks Field Aide Who Aided Foster
FOSTER FIELD April 23 A former Bartlesville Oklahoma native Clyde L Griffith long associated with Brooks Field receives a master sergeant promotion He helped remove Lieut Arthur J Foster from wreckage at Brooks Field 17 years ago Col Warren R Carter then lieutenant at the field recalls the incident Arthur Foster Jr son attends the named field Griffith serves as president of the NCO Club and re enlisted in 1940 after a 11 year gap in service.
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Foster Field
Brooks Field
Texas
Arthur J. Foster
Foster
Clyde L. Griffith
Bartlesville
Oklo
San Antonio
Griffith
Army
Warren R. Carter
Air Corps
Actress Mary Astor in wartime tire disaster near studio
Hollywood dispatch reports actress Mary Astor, winner of the 1941 supporting actress Oscar, involved in a collision en route to her studio. Her car blew a front tire, a rear tire then failed, leaving her shaken but uninjured as another driver offered to take her to the studio.
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Hollywood
U.P
Mary Astor
New Flying Field to Graduate First Army Bomber Pilots
Williams Field in Phoenix Arizona will graduate its first class of U S Army twin engine bomber pilots tomorrow. The field, once only on blueprints ten months ago, marks a rapid buildup of military aviation training near Phoenix.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Williams Field
U. S. Army
War Bond Sales Fall Short of Daily Quota in Potter County
War Bond and Stamp sales totaled $10 125 in Potter County yesterday, missing the daily quota by over $2 000. Local authorities urge residents to support the campaign as shortages continue to hamper funding for the war effort.
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Potter County
Texas Flood Toll Mounts
Dallas County flood damage reached about 1 million dollars as weather officials warned of rising waters and possible new high floods within 24 hours. Six hundred families slowly returned to homes in the low industrial area while authorities cited road and bridge losses totaling around 100 thousand dollars amid forecasts of severe local storms.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
A. M. Hamrick
R. H. Clinger
Trinidad
U S Must Take Offensive Now To Win In 1943
Captain H W Underwood naval ROTC commandant at the University of Texas says the United States must go on the offensive in 1943 rather than wait for armament and merchant ship completion to achieve victory. He spoke at a luncheon in Austin urging decisive action this year to ensure success a year hence.
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Austin
H. W. Underwood
Naval R. O. T. C
University of Texas
Underwood
United States
Woman Succeeds Husband As Texas Sheriff
Henderson April 23 Mrs W L McMurray today succeeded her late husband as sheriff of Rusk County the first woman peace officer the county ever has known The commissioners court appointed Mrs McMurray who took the oath of office and made official bond a few minutes later McMurray serving his fourteenth year as sheriff died in a Dallas hospital Monday.
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Henderson
W. L. McMurray
Rusk County
Commissioners Court
McMurray
Dallas
Congress Awaits Roosevelt Plan On War Economy
Washington April 23 Congress, joined by the economic control program, paused action as President Roosevelt prepares to outline how wartime measures will affect households and markets. Tax, labor, profits and price bills wait for the White House guidance, likely next Monday.
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Washingtonn
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Gets His Man on Bicycle Makes Prisoner Pedal
Key West deputy sheriff Willie Kemp captured a prisoner by bicycle. He rode with the prisoner pedaling on the rear cross bar while Kemp sat on the cross bar. Kemp joked that the tire and gasoline ration ban won t worry him as long as the old wheel stays usable.
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Key West
Fla
Willie Kemp
Kemp
Engagement Ring Buried Forty Years Found by Rain
In Paris on April 23 a diamond engagement ring lost about thirty years ago was recovered by Mrs. Roscoe John son when a yardman clearing a terrace washed by rains unearthed it. Five die in bus crash in Guadalajara on April 23 when a passenger bus struck a bridge edge as the driver aided a carsick woman, killing five and injuring nine seriously.
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Paris
Roscoe Johnson
Guadalajara
Mexico
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club meets for Texas program
The Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club met atMrs W N Martin s home with roll call on What To Like to See in Texas and topics Pioneer Days Legend of the Blue Bonnet Texas quiz and Texas Petroleum. Refreshments served. May 13 meeting set at Mrs Jerman s 118 A Central Ave. plus defense stamps winners and club guests noted. Clerks Auxiliary to meet for luncheon at 11300 Beverly Drive with Mrs J W Cotten hostess. A custard sauce recipe suggestion ends the page.
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Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
W. N. Martin
Texas
W. T. Willis
Martin
Lee Williamson
L. ©. Biggers
Texas Petroleum
A. P. Black
P. Jones
PL. Gristy
Elgin Reid
E. L Gibson
B. F. Tate
R. C. Martin N. M. Proffer
I. E. Osborn
J. H. Johnson
Otis Armstrong
C. Talley
Jack Jerman
Post Office Clerks’ Auxiliary
Beverly Drive
J. W. Cotten
Service Men's Civic Center
Kiwani Anns Host Weekly Meeting in San Jacinto
The San Jacinto Kiwani Anns met at Mrs. C I Hood’s home at 893 Mississippi Street with co host Mrs. Joe Benson. Members brought cookies for the Service Men's Civic Center and planned a games party for 8 o clock next Tuesday at Mrs. George Kercher’s home. The next regular meeting is set for May 5 at Mrs. K G Kohler’s residence on 801 Mississippi Street.
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San Jacinto Kiwani-Anns
C. I. Hood
Mississippi Street
Joe Benson
Service Men's Civic Center
George Kercher
K. G. Kohler
J. M. Bulloch
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Rotary Club
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Philippine Mountain
Doolittle
James H. Doolittle
Pres. Roosevelt
Richard L. Bynum
Guy Victory
Polk Street
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Spode
Chelsea Gardens
Bone
China
Polk
Additi Amarillo Hardware CO
Gerald Mann
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Lud Steel Swat
Allis Chalmers
Anaronda
Armour & Co
Amer T & T
AT & SF
Aviation Corps
Ala Baldwin
Bendix Aviation Os
Bethelehem Steel
Borden
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
Genl Foods
Gen! Motors
Greyhound
Houston Oil Deere
Int Harvester
Int Power & Pap St
Kennecott Copper Ee
Marshal Field Weeee Mid Cent
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Railway
Ohio Oil Midian
Packard
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
C Penney
Penna
Phillips Pet
Plymouth Oil
Remington Rand
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union
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Secony Vac Sae
Ita
Southern Pacific
California
Indiana
Vy Studebaker S
New Jersey
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Billa Tex Pac Coal
Union Carbide & Oh
U Telce
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
Chicago
Guard Coast
DAR
Big V
West Texas
Hiving
Ree
Amarillo Paint and Wallpaper Co
A Polk
Mei Io
N.Y
Ong Island City
Pepsi-Cola Company
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
HD Club
F. Branson
H. E. Watson
H. D. Himmell
Dick Hennessee
Arlie Speer
Sam Ratliff
K. G. Koechler
C. C. Cunningham
E. E. Boxwell
Floyd Hissong
B. 8. McClendon
W. E. Haley
Charlie Copeland
F. W. Ansley
Bill Beechler
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