Weather and political musings from a Swarthmore column
A wide ranging, opinionated weather column notes a stalled cool spell in the Northwest with Montana near freezing and daytime highs around 99. It shifts to politics noting Texas voter qualifications, labor unions, and conjectures on Dewey versus Truman with regional implications. It includes light celebrity trivia about Gary Cooper and humorous quips from Army camp jokes and other miscellany.
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Montana
Panhandle
April to December brides and weight loss satire mix in old column
A humorous, dated survey of brides by month describes traits from April to December while a sign from a weight loss display questions bathing suit appearance. The piece also notes marital dominance claims in Britain and divorce rates in Britain and the United States, plus a boosted gasoline rations update from OPA on August 15 with four gallon stamps replacing three.
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Great Britain
United States
Washington
OPA
Lost and Found Notices and Personal Ads
Multiple readers seek lost money and items including a purse on Taylor Street or North Fillmore Street and a billfold on Sixth Avenue. Others request a kitten, a widower partner, or housework help, with contact details and rewards offered where provided.
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Taylor Street
North Fillmore Street
Ernest Jacobs
Globe News
H. W. Busch
Sixth Avenue
Asia
Sasueda
Taylor Market
Nada Yankowske
North West
First Avenue
Eisenhower takes field command in final Normandy push
London broadcast reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower has gone into the field to personally command Allied forces in the late Normandy battle stages. He takes direct command as the push toward victory accelerates.
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London
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Bombers Pound 10 Air Bases in Europe
American heavy bombers nearly 1,000 strong attacked seven Luftwaffe bases and three airdromes in Germany Belgium and Holland. Thunderbolt and Mustang fighters accompanied the raid which used visual bombing in clear weather with good to excellent results as the Second Tactical Air Force reported.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Holland
France
Cologne- Osthein
Wiesbaden - Erbenheim
Frankfort - Eschborn
Wittmund- Ardorf
Zwischenahm
Vechta
Handorf
The Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
The Associated Press lists front line stretches: Russian front about 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs. Italian front about 603 miles from Florence. French front about 626 miles from Seignolles.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Seignolles
Executions of 32 Polish Scouts Reported by London HQ
London headquarters of the Association of Polish Scouts and Guides says 32 Polish Boy Scouts were executed by German occupation authorities after a mass arrest in Nowy Sacz during a probe into Scout activities. Yugoslav Army advances near the Italian border claim five towns. Japanese authorities in Korea abandon sirens for Emperor Hirohito worship due to air raid fears. Army Air Forces report over 250000 bombing sorties and 200000 tons of bombs dropped on German targets from Jan 1 to May 15, 1944.
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London
Association of Polish Scouts and Guides
Poland
Nowy Saez
Marshal Tito
Slovenia
Tito
Gornjograd
Smartno
Ljubljana
New York
United States
Korea
Hirohito
Keijo Radio
Office of War Information
Postwar economy warns against job shortage turning peace into peril
The author argues that without enough jobs for veterans and workers, postwar plans for world peace fail. He warns unions and management to avoid rigid demands or lockouts, or risk inflation, unrest, and potential political upheaval, urging cooperative solving of labor capital tensions. Miss Mary Sitton and Miss Jo Henderson are abroad on leave, and Quanah visitors are noted.
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United Automobile Workers Union
Sll Cio
UAW
John Smith
Texas
Franklin Roosevelt
Tom Dewey
Joe Glutz
United States
U. S
Change in govern requested at Amarillo drug stores
All good drug stores everywhere in Amarillo remain open with no disruptions noted at Cretney Drug as community leaders discuss broader governance questions affecting local commerce.
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Amarillo
Cretney Drug
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News-Globe
Saturday Evening Post
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
AFL
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CIO
Dewey
Middle West
Illinois
Swarthmore
Mr. Nordyke
Winchell
Gary Cooper
Gary
Mrs. Cooper
Hollywood
Army
M.I.D
D. L
A.D. A
Meat Inspection di
Office of Distribution of
War Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Margaret McKee
General Delivery
Tack
North
van Buren Street
North Polk Street
Berlin
The
First National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Chas. A. Guy Avalanche
Detroit
United Nations
Leagues of Nations
Wilow Run
Willow Run
Management
Jlabor
Tyler
Mary Sitton
Red River
Jo Henderson
Miss Henderson
Quanah
Specialista
Thornton & Minor
Chly Lee
John D. McBride
Zale
Cee Moe
Harrison St
Buchanan
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Blackburn
Shaw
Whiteway
Carnation
Miracle
Bion
Parkay
C&h
Kerr Mason
N. Buchanan
S. Fillmore
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