Greek retreat and evacuation prospects face new German pressure
United Press reports from London and Athens outline British and Greek efforts to evacuate troops from Greece as German advances threaten strategic ports. Evacuation challenges include Luftwaffe interference, scattered embarka tion points, and potential transfer routes via Crete and Alexandria to preserve forces for North Africa.
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GM Defense Strike Looms at GM Plants
GM president Charles E. Wilson warned of a possible strike on defense orders totaling about 750 million dollars. The CIO United Auto Workers filed intent to strike roughly 160,000 workers in 61 GM plants except those in defense, seeking wage gains and contract changes.
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Vast Program To Build New Defense Plants
Washington reports a new defense plant program valued around 1.5 billion dollars aims to double existing capacity. It plans to equip an army of 2 million with full gear and provide critical items for a force twice that size, plus boost munitions output for Britain, notably long-range bombers. Approval steps include the Office of Production Management and the President.
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Foreman Won't Quit WPA To Start Panning Gold
A WPA foreman in Belleville Illinois refuses to quit his current public works job to pursue gold panning. He has found only 1.25 dollars in gold from sand and clay nearby, recalling a prior California outing where 16 cubic yards yielded 50 cents. The piece notes the enduring lure and heartbreak of prospecting.
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Poe Underground Railway In U S Discovered by FBI
The New York Daily News reports FBI probes into an American funded underground railway aiding German prisoners from Canada. A Detroit headquarters allegedly controls the escape mechanism while Baron Franz Von Werra fled to Peru after bail of 15000 dollars. About 112 prisoners benefited, with all but eight recaptured.
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Nazis Discover Dynamite Plot in Narvik
Swedish press dispatches from Oslo say German occupation authorities in Norway uncovered a plot to blow up a German munitions depot in Narvik. Several arrests followed raids and thefts from Narvik arsenals are claimed. Residents of Narvik and nearby districts are ordered to stay indoors from 10 PM to 6 AM.
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Wayne Coy Named Head of Emergency Management Office
President Roosevelt named Wayne Coy of Indiana to head the new office of the emergency management linking all defense efforts to the White House. Coy becomes special assistant to the President with a $9,000 annual salary, succeeding William McReynolds who moves to civil service personnel duties.
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Pope Pius XII calls for peace prayers throughout May
In Vatican City on April 24 Pope Pius XII urged Catholics worldwide to pray for peace in a letter to Cardinal Maglione. He asked that the month of May be devoted to peace prayers and called for solemn prayer across the church.
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Bargain Ad Offer for Tomorrow's News
Classified notice promoting a sensational bargain for small ads. offers 15 words 7 days for $1.00 and 15 words 3 days for $1.05 with regular prices cited. encourages phone contact at 6262 to start in the next issue. rental sale buy swap option implied.
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Treasury proposes heavy surtaxes to fund security effort
The Treasury asks Congress to cut non-defense spending by up to 1 billion and raise about 3.6 billion in new revenues through broad surtaxes on middle and lower middle class incomes. It outlines a 11 percent minimum surtax on the first dollar plus new taxes on corporate income, luxury goods, and stronger estate and gift taxes.
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Tax Measure Slowed by Exemptions Amid Debate
In Austin on April 21 the Texas Senate delayed action on a broad gas and utility tax package as amendments sparked lengthy debate. A gas gathering tax was rejected while a 5 percent tax on the first sale of imported Texas gas was approved, with exemptions and rate-structure tweaks discussed for utilities and chain-store taxes. The session recessed with talks on autos and used-car exemptions ongoing.
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Housing Authority Seeks Dumas Defense Crew Houses
Four Amarillo contractors and two Oklahoma City firms bid on a contract to build 100 defense crew houses at Dumas. Four regional HUD representatives visited Amarillo architects Townes & Funk to review six proposals. no award announced yet. The project will house zinc smelter workers.
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Neill Singleton to Build Fort Sill Laboratory
The War Department awarded Neill Singleton of Amarillo a $14 700 contract to construct a clinical laboratory at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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War Department Today
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Fort Sill
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Stew at School Burns Questionable Kitchen Fire
Firefighters from central station responded to a blaze alarm near the city hall after a smoke hazard was found at a colored school on First Avenue and Jackson Street. They reported no damage beyond the stew burning.
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Coal stoppage widens as grain of delay hits defense outputs
Ezra Van Horn adjourns the Appalachian coal wage conference pending chair call, as certification of the bituminous case to the National Mediation Board signals further delay. War Department reports tie coal shortages to drastic curtailment in ammonia, steel, wool, and cotton outputs essential to defense. Major blast furnaces shut. steel ingot production falls by over 1.0 million tons by April 28 and over 2.5 million tons monthly by May 5.
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National Mediation Board
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Solvay Process Company
Hopewell
Stamp Licker Idea Winner
The Daily Dollar names Bobbie Hall of 108 East Fourth Avenue as winner for best idea printed in YOUR IDEAS on page 10. Hall suggested mechanical stamp lickers for the postoffice lobby tables, a practical idea with easy money offered to readers by the YOUR IDEAS EDITOR at Globe News.
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Globe News
Texas Woman Sees Exposition After Early Arrangements
John Servas, manager of a house and garden exposition, rose at seven in the morning to escort a Texas woman through the exposition before she boarded a plane, allowing her to view the exhibits before the usual 1 P M opening.
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John Servas
Texas
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday
Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 45 and a Friday turn to fair and warmer. West Texas shows mainly cloudy to partly cloudy skies with occasional rain in the southeast and central areas tonight and Friday. The Panhandle and southwest regions trend toward gradually rising temperatures. New Mexico forecasts fair conditions in the west and north, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers Friday and occasional rain in the southeast, with warming trend. 24 hour extremes recorded: low 43, high 51. Noon temperature 54.
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