Political maneuvering and postwar plans in Texas and Asia
In Austin, Beauford Jester, John Lee Smith, and Lyndon Johnson loom as 1946 gubernatorial contenders with others weighing in while Jerry Sadler eyes the U. S. Senate. The Jefferson birthday party in Barton Springs raised about 100000 for 1946 campaigns. Overseas, MacArthur prepares to lead occupations in Nippon by August 31, with Tokyo reporting plans and Japanese surrender dynamics amid Manchurian and Chinese front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauford Jester
John Lee Smith
Lyndon Johnson
Boyce House
CIO
Homer Rainey
University of Texas
Austin
Jerry Sadler
Tom Connally
U. S. Senate
Jefferson
Colorado River
Berton Springs Park
Conally
Conmal
Connally
Barton Springs
Mukden
Manchuria
Burma
Hirohito
Tokyo
Manila
MacArthur
Nippon
Imperial Headquarters
Japanese Board of Information
Board of Information
Yokosuka Naval Base
Tokyo Bay
Coke Stevenson
Coke
Congressman Johnson
Senator Connally
Lyndon
Congress
Buchanan
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
Morris Sheppard
Texas
New Deal
Washington
Johnson
San Antonio
Amarillo
Daniel
Tom Jefferson
Democratic Party
Demo
O’daniel
Connnally
Stevenson
Kwantung Army
Moscow
Yasuji Okamura
China
Chihkiang
Ho Yinh-Chin
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Chungking
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Juichin Terauchi
Southeast Asia
Oklahoma Visitors Come to See Miss Wood
Oklahoma visitors Mrs. Helen Bettison and her daughter June of Norman are visiting Miss Jackie Wood at 2401 Taylor and relatives in the area.
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Oklahoma
Helen Bettison
June
Norman
Okla
Jackie Wood
Taylor
A Roosevelt Pauses Here En Route to West Coast
Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson, recently discharged brigadier general and wife, rested at Amarillo's Herring Hotel at 7 am. They queued for a room but later canceled a westbound train reservation after car trouble was fixed. Blaze the dog was not with them.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Blaze
Mrs. Roosevelt
West Coast
Mr. Roosevelt
Kiwanians Honor Home Front Workers
Amarillo Kiwanis Club honored wartime service volunteers including drive chairmen, ration boards, selective service officials, and a notable woman Ruth Wayne O Keefe. May or Joe Jenkins praised feeding troops while Wes Izzard urged ongoing citizen service for postwar stability.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Army of Home Front
Wayne O’keefe
Red Cross Drive
Club
B. M. Holland
Riley Strickland
Joe Jenkins
Charley Wilson
Denver
Fort Worth
Wes Izzard
Gus Roberts
Kiwanis International
Neal Cross
Doolittle Flier Lt Robert L Hite Still Believed Alive
Mrs. Robert P Hite reports no word from the War Department about Lt Robert L Hite one of the Doolittle fliers after he enlisted in 1940 following West Texas State College graduation. Neighbors note fliers from Meder Lakewood Utah Hyrum Utah Dallas Madras Lebo region list. Her earlier belief he might be alive remains.
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Meder
Lakewood
Chase J. Neilson
Hyrum
Utah
Dean E. Hallmark
Dallas
Jacob D. Deshazer
Madras
Ore
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo
Kan
Robert P. Hite
Earth
War Department
Robert L. Hite
Japan
Hite
Army Air Forces
West Texas State College
Amarillo Area Seen as Favorable for Labor Demand
Mr Hawkins argues Amarillo and the North Plains hold a favorable balance between labor supply and demand. He notes servicemen returning from the war will impact the job market and asks how the region can maintain its wartime level of industrial activity as workers seek opportunities elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Mr. Hawkins
North Plains
Russians Liberators Not Conquerors In Manchuria
A Soviet broadcast said Red armies entered Manchuria as liberators and began mopping up Kwantung forces after occupying Mukden Harbin and Changchun. It urged troops to respect local independence and rights while returning Manchuria to China per Cairo and Potsdam. The note ends with a stray line about aloe leaf juice.
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London
U.P
Manchuria
Russia
Cairo
China
Mukden
Harbin
Changchun
Radio
Khabarovsk
Far Eastern Command
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Far Eastern
Wilson's Army Mess Serves Hearty Hoosier Breakfast
Wilson serves endless meals to enlisted men with fruit juice ham bacon or sausage eggs toast and daily goodies on the house. He notes soldiers prefer ham and eggs and are asked to take seconds. Lunch features steak three vegetables a salad dessert and drink as tables are set for guests.
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Wilson
Wilson runs Denver Lunch notes strong meals and records
A Denver lunch owner Mrs. Wilson handles strict War Department ticket records while expanding business plans. He recalls 13 September 1933 as a turning point and aims to remodel with stainless fixtures as he keeps to the policy of serving all who come. A troop train crowd prompts quick meal prep. Also a line on tin plate usage in peace years.
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Wilson
Denver
Fire crews battle bus engine blaze at Seventh and Taylor
Three trucks from the Central Fire Station responded to a 5 50 am call at Seventh and Taylor to extinguish flames in a Greyhound bus engine. The pumper units operated about eight minutes before returning to quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Seventh
Taylor
Greyhound
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at Legion Home
The American Legion Auxiliary convenes at 8 o'clock tonight in Legion Home at 1800 Harrison. Mrs. Charles Putnam serves as auxiliary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
1800
Harrison
Charles Putnam
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Jimmy Allred
Takashiro Kawabe
Domei
Prince Higashikuni
Nippon Times
Mainichi
Nagasaki
Port Arthur
Perry Barlow
Llin
Western Distilling Company
Reading
Ohio
Atlas Sales CO
East First St
Khoury Bros
Tremett
Cretney Drug
Walgreen’s
Oxford Products, Inc
Cretney
Ance Service
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Askew & Brown
G. Black
J. C. Burkhal' Rolla V. Cartwright
Finch & Gavin Oakes-Fyfe Agency
Ordway-Saunders CO
D. W. Owen Panhandle Ins Agency
Thomson-King Company
E. A. Regal CO
Harold S. Richey Upshaw Insurance Agency
Williams-Boyce
Howard Williams
L. E. Lyles Holt-Ferguson Agency
Neely-Greenhill
Hugo H Loewenstern
R. S. White Agency
UNION
Amarillo Beauty Supply
Globe-News
Jordons
Mademoiselle
Harper's Bazaar
VOGUE
Jordin
Amarillo, Texas
Kryptok
Ellis Carp
Geo. Palatsky
E. R. Friedman
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