Amarillo plans liquor store closures for V J Day
City officials and organizations agreed to close liquor stores during any V J Day emergency until officials announce an end to the war. Closures depend on timing of the national notice and extend through the next day if needed. Police and military police would bolster enforcement with cooperation from Amarillo Army Air Field.
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Japan
Joe A. Jenkins
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
Eugene H. Judd
Judd
Won't Call Legislature Won't Call Legislature
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson said reconversion plans are a national matter and no special session is needed at this time. He expects industry to reemploy workers as peacetime operations begin and would support accepting a Japanese peace offer if it aligns with world peace goals and our international understandings.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Potsdam Proclamation and Japanese resolve cited in broadcast continuation
The text notes the Potsdam Proclamation terms and claims the emperor sought world peace and subject welfare. It stresses the Japanese nation's immutable conviction to uphold Japan in war or peace, and that the transmission broke off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
Japan
Texas Used Car Men Meet Here August 27
Panhandle Used Car Dealers Association will host a state meeting in Amarillo on August 27 Earl Davis president of the Panhandle group announced after a meeting at Freeman Motor Company 223 West Sixth O B Hunt C B Shaw of Borger and Red Rider of Pampa attended the session Regular business was discussed and plans for the state gathering were laid out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Used Car Dealers Association
Amarillo
Earl Davis
Panhandle Group
Freeman Motor Company
West Sixth
O. B. Hunt
C. B. Shaw
Borger
Red” Rider
Pampa
Picnic Tables Installed in Five City Parks
Amarillo parks add 21 picnic tables across Ellwood San Jacinto Buchanan North Heights and Sanborn parks. Each table seats eight, is six feet long, and painted dark green enhancing park dining areas.
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Amarillo
Ellwood
San Jacinto
Buchanan
North Heights
Sanborn Parks
Soldiers Go Wild on Okinawa After Potsdam News
On Okinawa American troops celebrated Japan's surrender ultimatum with loud firing, flares, tracers, searchlights, and machine gun fire. Soldiers yelled, beat buckets, and predicted imminent homecoming in the wildest celebration seen in the Western Pacific.
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Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Potsdam
Western Pacific
Navy recruiting stalls as war drags on awaiting word
The local Navy Recruiting Station reported no applicants for enlistment in a morning, while draft boards saw inquiries about peace effects. Officials noted some men have passed physicals and others were inducted, with policies likely unchanged until headquarters issue orders.
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Navy
Harry F. Longabagh
Selective Service Board
Selective Service
O. E. Broome
Naval Reserve
Dallas
Cloudy Weather Forecast With No Rain Expected
The weatherman predicts cloudy conditions for this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with no rain. Measured moisture fell last night in Panhandle towns including Dumas .14 Follett .12 and Spearman .12 inches.
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Panhandle
Dumas
Follett
Spearman
Petain Case Heads to Jury After Final Testimony
Direct evidence closed in the treason trial of Marshal Petain in Paris. General Delamaarien offered emotional final testimony, saying a conviction harms only those who condemn. Prosecutor Mornet, who secured Mata Hari’s death sentence, will begin summing up, with a jury verdict expected by 6 P.M. Tuesday.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Emile Delamaarien
Andre Mornet
Mata Hari
Navy Casualties Rise Sharply in Latest War Totals
In a report issued last night the Army and Navy tallied 1 068 216 combat casualties for all armed forces up 7 489 from the prior week. Naval losses contributed to the increase as the figure reflects ongoing wartime losses.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Submarine Lagarto Presumed Lost After Patrol
The U S Navy announced that submarine Lagarto is overdue from patrol and presumed lost. Next of kin of casualties have been notified.
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Lagarto
Washington
VU. S
Navy
War Declared on Japan By Mongolian Republic
Radio Moscow announced that the Mongolian Peoples Republic has declared war on Japan. The report notes historic oil pools in Trans but says British interests secured a concession in 1901.
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Japan
Mongolian
London
U.P
Radio
Moscow
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Tran
Atrocity Films Shown Here Prompts Public Showing Plans
Congressmen Worley reviews grim film footage from the War Department depicting German brutality. Following a restricted Paramount Theater showing he seeks War Department prints and asks Legion posts to sponsor public screenings for widespread access.
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Paramount Theater
Gene Worley
War Department
Congressman Worley
American Legion
Germany
Filler Item Spurs Family Tale On West Virginia Church
A filler item highlights Miss Addie Whitcomb of White and Kirk linked to Rehoboth Church near Union West Virginia. The 1786 log church sits on five acres once part of Edward Keenan’s plantation. Keenan funded construction and his grave rests near the churchyard. His son Samuel endowed maintenance and funds funded roofs. a new church now stands, with annual services in the old log building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Addie Whitcomb
White & Kirk
The
Alleghanies
Rehoboth Church
Union
W. Va
Miss Whitcomb
Edward Keenan
Drouth
Samuel Keenan
Timetable of Redeployment Timetable of Redeployment PARIS Ave
US Army divisions outline redeployment with ships and ports. 30th Infantry advances to Le Havre with 119th Regiment leaving Le Havre this weekend and rest via Southampton on Aug 17 aboard Queen Mary. 13th Airborne advance party at sea. main body moving from Camp Pittsburgh Reims to Le Havre. 45th Infantry advance party at sea. bulk expected to depart Camp St Louis Reims area for Le Havre Sunday. 35th Infantry advance party home. main body at Camp Norfolk Reims area en route to Le Havre mid next week.
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Paris Ave
U.P
30Th Infantry
le Havre
Southampton
Queen Mary
13Th Airborne
High Seas
Camp Pittsburgh
Reims
45Th Infantry
Camp St. Louis
35Th Infantry
Austin Woman and Soldier Held on Mann Act Charges
Mrs. Robert Cole of Austin Texas aged 22 and Robert Goldstein 24 a former NYU student face Mann Act charges awaiting trial in East St. Louis Illinois Special FBI Agent Melvin Traynor said Goldstein a soldier accompanied Cole as his wife when he transferred from Austin to Scott Field Belleville Illinois last December Cole's husband has been overseas with the Army since 1942
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
Robert Cole
Austin
Tex
Robert Goldstein
New York University
FBI
Melvin Traynor
East St. Louis
Traynor
Goldstein
Firemen Make Runs To Grass Fire And Appliance Blaze
Amarillo firemen responded to two calls last night. A grass fire at 104 Rose Drive in Pleasant Valley was extinguished at 9 34. A second fire at 103 Alabama was caused by a defective refrigerator at 10 18.
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Amarillo
Rose Drive
Pleasant Valley
Alabama
Markets dip as grain futures drift lower across Wheat Corn and Oats
Chicago and Kansas City grain futures close lower with September wheat at 1.47, December corn 1.15, and oats down 1 to 2 cents. Livestock markets show steady cattle and hogs with mixed results and strong beef demand in Chicago and Kansas City.
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Chicago
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Canning and Food Preservation Class at YWCA
A Red Cross and YWCA canning and food preservation class meets next Wednesday at 10 in association headquarters 501 Lincoln under Mrs Abbie Burch. Students bring products and perform canning during the session. The course is free but participants are asked to join the YWCA to use the kitchen facilities. Each class lasts about two hours and runs for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
YWCA
Association
Lincoln
Abbie Burch
Y-Ettes Plan Swimming Party and Picnic Monday
Program notes for the Y Ettes regular meeting include a swimming party and picnic supper at Gem Lake. Members and guests meet at the YWCA at 6 30 PM with dinner served by Don Briscoe Estelle Stephens Ellen Blake and Betty Phillips handling reservations at YWCA headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y-Ettes
Business Girls Club
Gem Lake
YWCA
Don Briscoe
Estelle Stephns
Ellen Blake
Betty Phillips
Texas Highway Commission Sets Amarillo Visit This Fall
Members of the Texas Highway Commission led by John S. Redditt will visit Amarillo this fall. A letter from the chair to Rex B Baxter, chamber of commerce manager, indicates the highway committee of the local organization will host the visiting panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Commission
John S. Redditt
Lufkin
Amarillo
Rex B. Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Market Rush as Japan Surrender Rumor Shakes London
A London Stock Market rush to buy East securities followed reports of a surrender offer from Japan. Investors scramble for shares as traders weigh potential postwar shifts and the impact on prices.
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London
Oye
Japan
Get a Railroad Job now slogan to appear on mail
The U S Post Office will stamp mail with Get a Railroad Job now beginning August 15 to push the recruitment of 65 000 rail workers in August. Amarillo is among cities needing brake men switchmen blacksmiths boilermakers car inspectors mechanics sheet metal workers telegraphers and signalmen as part of a joint campaign by the Army Railroad Retirement Board Office of Defense Transportation War Manpower Commission and western railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
U. S. Post Office Department
Amarillo
Pacific
Travel Eases as Japan Surrenders Warns of 60 Day Hurdle
Washington says travel restrictions will be eased quickly after Japan surrenders. Col. J Monroe Johnson, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, notes a staged relaxation with a likely tough 60 day period and step by step implementation as urgency fades.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Japan
J. Monroe Johnson
ODT
Indict Three For Espionage
A federal grand jury indicted Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen Andrew Roth and Philip Jacob Jaffe on a conspiracy to steal government records and files. Larsen a State Department China specialist Roth a naval lieutenant and Jaffe editor of Amerasia were named. arrests occurred June 6 in New York and Washington. The FBI also detained three others not charged.
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Washington
Justice Department
Naval Reserve
State Department
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
Washington, D. C
China
Office of Far Eastern Affairs
Andrew Roth
Arlington
Office of Naval Intelligence
Philip Jacob Jaffe
New York
Amerasia
FBI
Build Frames Remodel For Photography Salon
Bill Askew secretary treasurer of the Amarillo Photographic Society built three eight foot high wooden frames to display 30 to 40 pictures each for the Amarillo International Salon of Photography. The show runs September 16 to 30 in the arts and crafts room of the Municipal Auditorium. Askew also supervises refinishing interior woodwork and painting the walls. floors will be painted tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Askew
Amarillo Photographic Society
Amarillo
107 Ships Stricken From Navy Register
The Navy announced 107 vessels are stricken from the Navy register due to loss or damage from enemy action or perils of the sea. Destroyers Parrott Tucker Worden. submarines S-27 S-36 S-39. plus 46 patrol torpedo boats and other ships. Large vessels listed include Thomas Stone Helder Aludra Deimos Montgomery Erie Atlanthius Rescuer Genesee Grebe Hornbil Crow Bunting YMS-137 Robert L. Barnes Ronaki.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Register
Parrott
Tucker
Worden
Thomas Stone
Helder
Aludra
Deimos
Montgomery
Erie
Atlanthius
Rescuer
Genesee
Grebe
Hornbil
Crow
Bunting
WLB Policy Changes Likely After Washington Session
Cliff W. Potter vice chairman of the Eighth Regional War Labor Board said WLB policy today may be dead by Monday. He announced the national War Labor Board was in secret session in Washington and canceled an information forum in Dallas. A conference of 12 regional WLB chairmen in Washington was also canceled and further meetings were tentatively postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Clifford W. Potter
Eighth Regional War Labor Board
War Labor Board
Potter
National War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
Foreclosure Notice in Potter County Court
The 108th District Court of Potter County Texas orders Lou A Roll and heirs and all claimants to appear at the next term in Amarillo on September 3 1945 to answer a petition by Amarillo Independent School District The case seeks foreclosure of a tax lien on Lot Seven Block Fifty Four Glenwood Addition Amarillo for 1935 1944 taxes totaling 6 84 plus interest penalties and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Texas
Potter
Lou A. Roll
108Th District Court
Potter County
Texas
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School District
Glenwood
Save $50,000 By Amendment
Potter County officials warn failure of a proposed fund reallocation on August 25 could raise next year’s taxes by about 50 000. Current 60 cent rate on 100 value yields 240 000 from 40 million valuation. proposed 80 cent rate with 30 million valuation would not save taxpayers. State rate is 72 cents. effects on homestead exemptions vary. Absentee voting started with seven ballots cast and single voting box at the courthouse.
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Utilities
New York ST
Yes Bach. Perce
Enner Beane
Tel & E
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco Secuseee
Bendix Aviation Tena Oes
Bethlehem Steel Ee
Borden Ee
Braniff
Briges Mfg
Buda Ee
Burroughs
Chrysler Tee
Sinclair
Deere & Co
Uglas
General Electric
Generalators
Ginette
Goodyear
Nat
Sawnee
Y Shipbuilding
Ohio Oil Erect
Packard Pan American Airways
Pure Oil
Radio Corp
Ep Steel Jd
Oil & Gas
Union Oil
Indanne
Steno
Tudebaker
Wereere
Idewater
Union Carbide Va
United Aircraft
Ubher
Usteel
Wilson Eens
ATM Whitesleeve
Bros Ee
Warner
Western Union
Eeenene
Woolworth
Potter County
Texas
Turning Earth Axis Affects Long Range Gunfire
Acknowledging the Earth's rotation is essential in precise long range artillery. Ballistic calculations must account for spin effect to improve targeting accuracy.
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Gordon Morrison
Amarillo Credit Association
Sid Harper
R. C. Snodgrass
Alliance
A. P Hancock
Capt
Polk Ivy
Nelson Higginbotham
Texas Highway Patrol
Leo Aseling
Hayden Goodnight
Texas Liquor Control Board
Mr. Morrison
Jenkins
Snodgrass
FCC
By Russell Annabel
Lewis B. Hershey
Petain
Globe News
Financial Industrial Fund
Tyler
Gouldy Bros
Johnson
Ben Smith
Eleanor Blohm
Pamela Gay Newman
Mrs
D. G. Newman
Ger
E. W. Acuff
Fillmore
Creamery
Miracle Market
Folger's
Texson
LUX
Jemima
Mstnett
Meadolake Lb
Jupes
Frazier
Roma
Fairview
AB Liquor Store
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