Amarillo dealers doubt autos can meet 1942 price levels
Amarillo car dealers say OPA cannot sustain 1942 price levels due to higher labor and material costs. They expect production costs to rise and want prices near prewar levels without losses, hoping a compromise between OPA and manufacturers yields fair profits and affordable consumer prices.
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Amarillo
OPA
W. A. Meyer
Southwestern Motors
Bob Crudgington
Drudgington Motor Company
CPA
Mr. Crudgington
Jess Rogers
Plains Chevrolet Company
Charlie Robertson
Walter Irvin
Prisoners report torture as allies liberate near Tokyo
Stassen cites many reports of beatings and neglect with no deliberate executions yet. 1,494 prisoners from allied forces liberated aboard the hospital ship Benevolence, while others neared transfer to Army ships for return home.
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Stassen
Minnesota
William F. Halsey
Tokyo
Halsey warns of new war if Japan not surrender firmly
Adm. William F. Halsey urged that Allies press Japan without sentiment to secure surrender terms. From Tokyo Bay he warned of military resurgence unless United Nations maintain forces in the western Pacific. He cited Wake Island aviation weakness and urged Japan to prove good intentions through deeds.
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San Francisco
U.P
William F. Halsey
Japan
Halsey
United Nations
Western Pacific
Marine Air
Helium Seen With Bright Postwar Future Says Amarillo Expert
Dr C W Seibel manager of the Amarillo Helium Plant says helium once vital for war then has promising uses after war. He cites welding in helium atmospheres and potential steel production with impurity reduction, medicinal anesthetic applications, canning atmosphere uses, and secret military applications. Five plants operated during the war. only Excell remains active with others in standby or dismantling.
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C. W. Seibel
Amarillo
Dr. Seibel
United States
Excell
Seibel
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Shiprock
N. M
Otis
Kan
Cunningham
Texas Points
Japan Eyes Firm Yet Fair Handling of War Crimes
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu ally Kase says Japan is ready to face Potsdam terms and accept war criminals' justice. He stresses dual consent for friendship with the United States, urges firm but fair treatment of conquered Japan, and notes public anxiety over envoys’ Manila reception.
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Digtiuatiy
Kase
Japan
Stevenson
America
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Weather sketch for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday for Amarillo and vicinity with warmer temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico see partly cloudy skies with widely scattered mountain showers Saturday afternoon and little temperature change. Highs reach around 80 in the mountains and 85 elsewhere with a 24 hour average high of 79 and low of 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Japs Being Good for One Reason Their Empire Is Beaten to a Pulp
General MacArthur calls a long road to peace ahead but sees Allied victory as the pay-off. He notes Japan's government may offer good faith only after being beaten to a pulp and emphasizes the need for education to reform a primitive people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Japan
Mrs Jay Taylor Heads to Washington for Return of Husband
Mrs. Jay Taylor travels to Washington to join her husband Colonel Taylor who is overseas and expected to return this fall. An Amarillo oil man and rancher, he likely will come back in civilian clothes.
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Jay Taylor
Washington, D. C
Colonel Taylor
Amarillo
Bureau Predicts Fair Weather for September
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair weather to start September with average rainfall around 2.30 inches for the month. August brought Amarillo 5.17 inches of rain and raised the yearly total to 11.86 while regional totals varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Lubbock
Dimmitt
Clarendon
Adrian
Toothy Soap Bites Boy A Laundry Bar With Teeth
Nine year old Bobby Redd was washing trousers when a bar of soap reportedly contained a human tooth embedded inside. His mother, Mrs Jewel Redd of 2104 Pierce, described finding a front tooth after using about half the bar. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Redd
Bobby
Jewel Redd
Pierce
British naval action at Hong Kong drives Japanese from docks
British carrier planes attacked three Japanese ships fleeing Hong Kong. One ship sank, another beached, and the third returned to harbor as a 35 900 ton Dreadnaught Anson led a task force into Hong Kong. Marines seized the dockyards and surrender arrangements were set for next week.
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Hong Kong
Picnic Bay
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A. C. Keith
Keith Motor Company
J. G. Christopher
Oldsmobile Company
Broomall
Maureen
Michael
Kathleen
Eileen
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Shiragawa “Hospital
Guam
Bull Halsey
Battleship
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Columbia Broadcasting System
Associated Press
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Hideki
the Razor
Tojo
Manila
A Regal Co, Real Estate and Loans
Dewitt MacKenzie
Russell Stationery Co
Sydney
Australia
British Pacific Fleet
Cape
Harbor
Adm
H. J. Harcourt
Jenkins Music Co
Ong St
U.S. Navy
Omeri
Navy
U.S. S. Iowa
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