Railways Seek Three Dollar Daily Pay Raise in Wages
Chicago dispatch reports representatives of 350000 railroad operating employees will seek a 30 percent wage rise or a minimum of $3 per day. Spokesman Alvaney Johnston cites added duties, hazards, long hours, war labor shifts, and higher living costs as reasons. The plan follows prior year gains and would move through union ratification before nationwide negotiations.
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Chicago
Alvaney Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnston
18 Year Olds Begin Friday Registration in Texas
The army draft office announces staggered registration for men born between July 1924 and January 1925. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will assist in manning local Selective Service Board offices during the sixth registration period running December 11 to December 24, 1942. Approximately 28,000 Texans are expected to register this December.
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Selective Service Board
Sixth and Taylor Street
Roy Cullum
J. Watt Page
State Selective Service
Amarillo
Bureau of the Census
National Housing Administration
Bureau of Census
Amarillos
Bureau of the
Beavers Honored For Heroic Rescue In Bomber Crash
Captain Alonzo J. Beavers Jr nephew of Mrs. Joe Dooley of Houston was among four awarded the Soldier's Medal by General MacArthur for rescuing wounded crew members of a B 25 that crashed after a running battle with Japanese fighters. Sgt. Howard W. Deal aided the effort as the group removed wounded and helped disconnect bombs. Beavers in the Medical Corps gave first aid amid exploding forward ammunition. Beavers is stationed somewhere in New Guinea.
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Alonzo J. Beavers, Jr
Joe Dooley
Hughes Street
Houston
Douglas MacArthur
Beavers
Ernest J. Holland, Jr
Amarillo
Australia
Howard W. Deal
Alto
Texas
Cap. Beavers
New Guinea
Purse Snatchers Rough With Woman
Two men roughing a woman last night near 9 57 pm threw Mrs Emma Perryman to the ground and grabbed her purse as she walked home from 1920 Polk Street near the county home demonstration offices. Police in a scout car took the report but no suspects or purse were found.
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Emma Perryman
Perryman
County Home
Court House
Polk Street
Gasoline Stamp Lost Then Found In Trash Barrel
Mrs. Horton Burk of Pleasant Valley nearly lost 100 gallons of gasoline when she dropped the gasoline stamp from her purse at Fing er's Grocery. She returned to the store and recovered the stamp from a swept floor trash barrel. The Burks are farmers and dairymen. The Power and Light building in Kansas City is described as the tallest office building west of the Mississippi.
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Horton Burk
Hastings Avenue
Pleasant Valley
Finger's Grocery
Burk
Power and Light Building
Kansas City
Mississippi
Markets and Livestock Reports from Kansas City and Chicago
Markets show Dow Jones small gain as industrials edge up .09. Kansas City cattle and hogs trade mostly steady with varied bids. hog top at 13.55 and cattle 12.50 to 14.25. Chicago hogs and cattle mixed with steady to firm prices. top hogs 13.65 and cattle up to 17.10 in bids.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
AMA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U S Fighter Planes Score in Battle Over Marble Arch
United States Army fighter planes in a bombing raid on an Axis airfield at Marble Arch claimed six Messerschmitt 109s shot down from a 12 aircraft formation. The RAF credited with a seventh, with several others damaged. one American fighter missing.
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Cairo
Marble Arch
Royal Air Force
Middle East Command
Libya
Mediterranean
Lampedusa
Libyan
el Agheila
Eighth Army
Allied bombers strike Japanese positions around Buna area
Allied medium bombers strafed the Buna air strip and defenses as American advances stalled by strong Japanese resistance. The war header notes Japanese attacks on clearly marked field hospitals and dressing stations, citing November 27 and December 2 and 7 strikes.
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Buna
War paragraphs report docks attacked by fleet air arm
The article notes partially destroyed facilities at a port by infantry and reports the fleet air arm sinking a motor boat and damaging two barges. It also mentions Peru mandating local flour mixes to curb wheat imports with rye and quinoa.
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Fleet Air-Arm
Peru
Pup Believes in Higher Things on Polk Street Roof
A Cocker Spaniel atop the Morrow Thomas Hardware building at 316 Polk Street amused passersby as he barked at people below and strutted along the roof ledge. Employees said the dog belonged to a guest in Amarillo Hotel and exercises on the roof were daily, prompting a resident to quip the master is a steeple-jack.
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Polk Street
Morrow Thomas Hardware Company
Polk Stret
Morrow Thomas
Amarillo
Reward Offered for Return of Stitched Purse and Contents
Pauline Spenser offers a reward for returning a stitched purse found near Woolworth's about five o'clock. The purse contained money and personal items, and the finder is asked to keep the money as part of the reward. A second note says a brown plaid skirt was found at 1019 Taylor Street and can be claimed there or by telephone. A third line recalls that Company E of the 142nd Infantry in World War I largely consisted of Oklahoma Indians.
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Woolworth's
Taylor Street
142Nd Infantry
Night Spot Fire Hazards Prompt Amarillo Debate
City commission discussed an ordinance to ban inflammable decorations in night clubs and dance halls after the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston. City manager A P Hancock urged proper entrances and exits noting city hall doors open inward. The panel also reappointed Dempsey Winn & Company for an annual audit.
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City Commission
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
City Hall
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Dempsey Winn & Company
Freezing Weather Again Tonight
The weather forecast describes a raw wind and a slight warm up that won’t feel like it. Lows around 24 degrees with a thaw during the day and a high near 41 yesterday. Local ads promote Globe-News Want Ads as a results source.
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Weather Bureau
Globe-News
Three New Chaplains Assigned to Amarillo Army Air Field
Three new army chaplains travel to Amarillo Army Air Field after graduating from the United States Army Chaplain School at Harvard. All are first lieutenants comprising one Catholic, one Protestant, and one Jewish chaplain, announced by Post Chaplain Lieutenant Virgil A. Cameron.
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Army
Amarillo Army Air Field
United States Army Chaplain School
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Virgil A. Cameron
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