Fire and Court Actions Highlight Amarillo News
The Seventh Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo upheld overtime pay for city firemen Byron York and others versus the City of Amarillo, with potential Texas Supreme Court review. Separately, Amarillo shoppers were urged to lock cars and leave packages with police due to holiday theft risks. Washington reports show WPB relaxed a pants rule, allowing extra civilian pants from cut cloth, lasting until February 18, for certain police and federal personnel and government agencies.
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Amarillo
Byron York
City of
Texas Supreme Court
A. S
Sid” Harper
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Customs Bureau
Forest Service
Post Office Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Record U S employment hits a new October high
The National Industrial Conference Board reports total employment in the United States rose to a record 59,500,000 in October, up 300,000 from September and 10,000,000 above 1940. War work and military service involve about 22,000,000 workers, or roughly three in eight employed.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Beeman Promoted to Corporal in Air Corps Weather Squadron
Fred B. Beeman, formerly with the U S Weather Bureau in Amarillo, has been promoted to corporal after two months service with the air corps weather squadron at Ellington Field near Houston. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R I Beeman of 2102 Fillmore Street. Coastal observers in a southwest English coast town reported large formations crossing the Dover Straits toward Calais and Boulogne, with engines indicating many fighters in the group.
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Fred B. Beeman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Air Corps Weather Squadron
Ellington Field
Houston
Corporal Beeman
R. I. Beeman
Fillmore Street
English
Dover Straits
Calais
Boulogne
Hollywood Star System Provokes Mixed Feelings in Industry
Jimmie Fidler recalls a producer arguing a star driven system guarantees profits while moralizing on quality. The column riffs on Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Tyrone Power and others, lampoons publicity quarters and notes gossip and anecdotes from Hollywood’s inner circles.
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Hollywood
Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Tyrone Power
Bob Hope
Nelson Eddy
Wendie Barrie
Margaret Hayes
Hedy Lamarr
Dorothy Lamaur
Don Amache
Bing Crosby
Smiley Burnett
Mid- West
Sally Rand
Davis
Burns
Gracie Allen
Director for YWCA's USO Arrives in Amarillo
Miss Elizabeth H. Payne arrived in Amarillo to direct USO activities for the YWCA. A native of Iowa with a B S in physical education, she has 15 years in YMCA recreation, and will lead programs for war workers, service wives, and others involved in war production in Amarillo. Previously health director for the YWCA in Bay City Michigan she also directed programs in Youngstown Ohio Bay City and Jackson Michigan.
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Elizabeth H. Payne
Amarillo
Young Women's Christian Association
Miss Payne
Bay City
Mich
Ywcca
USO
Iowa
Youngstown
Ohio
Jackson
Amarillian
Margaret Hamilton
Michigan
Texas
A and M Club Guests at Army Post
The Texas A and M Club of Amarillo visited Amarillo field yesterday as guests of Capt. Glenn Brock, a 1933 graduate. Members toured the field including the hospital area barracks warehouses classrooms mess halls chapels and other areas.
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Texas A. and M. Club
Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Glenn Brock
Texas A. and
Buck Private Becomes General for an Hour
A Buck Private at Amarillo Army Air Field sneaks into the general’s office, sits in the chair, puts feet on the desk, and smokes a cigar. The general dismisses him with a laugh as staff note the breach of etiquette and wonder if the same may have happened before.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Send Soldiers To Colleges For Medical Training Plans
War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt announced that plans are complete to send selected service members to universities for training in medicine and other sciences. The move aims to broaden scientific expertise within the armed forces.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Bombers Down 23 Nazi Fighters in Rouen Raid
In the Rouen air battle 23 German fighters were shot down by American gunners. First Lieut. Robert Riordan of Houston and his crew claimed four kills in a Fortress raid that impressed King George. Raleigh Holloway of Fredericksburg fired at an onrushing Focke Wulf as the battle raged above northern France.
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London
Rouen
RAF
Army Cooperation Command
France
Low Countries
Germany
Air Ministry
Robert Riordan
Houston
Tex
Riordan
King George
Raleigh W. Holloway
Fredericksburg
Focke Wulf
Market Roundup Pushes and Pigs Lead Chicago Livestock
USDA Chicago livestock report shows hogs very active with prices 25 to 38 cents higher for 200 to 300 pounders, top at around 14.10. Cattle and calves trade slow with bids down 25 to 74 cents. early fed steers and yearlings sold around 1240 to 1450, cows weak to lower, sheep and lambs market slow and not fully established.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U.P
AMA
Feder
German-Born American One Man Army Against Japs
Sergeant Herman Bottcher of San Francisco leads a small unit fighting near Buna in New Guinea. He and his men broke through Japanese defenses, repelled dawn assaults, silenced a machine gun nest, and set two enemy boats on fire while protecting a beachhead. Born in Landsberg, Germany, 33 years ago, Bottcher fights with a German accent and prior Loyalist Civil War experience.
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Marlin Spencer
New Guinea
Ungle
Herman Bottcher
San Francisco
Bottcher
Buna
Buna Mission
Themelves
Landsberg
Germany
Germans fortify Norway as Axis nerves rise
Nazi leaders push defenses along Norway coast amid Allied pressure. Goebbels warned of arduous trials yet expressed confidence in victory under the Fuehrer. Oslo reports claim fifty gun emplacements and rising mutinies as troops redeploy toward the Russian front. Radio Moscow corroborates fear and declining morale among German forces.
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Norway
Goebbels
Fuehrer
Radio
Moscow
Stockholm
Oslo
Radio Moscow
Tack Coin Purse Found At Post Office General Delivery Window
A black leather coin purse with keys and small change was found Saturday. The owner may claim it at the General Delivery window of the post office. Mrs. J. R. Gardner noted in the report.
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J. R. Gardner
U. S. Merchant Ship Torpedoed and Sunk
The Navy reports a medium sized U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America in early November. Survivors have landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
South America
Courthouse Records and Divorce Dockets Highlight Local Actions
Deeds filed show multiple transfers including Autry to Autry for 10 dollars and Bracher to Sherrod for 10 dollars. Divorces listed include Ramsey Ram sey Spalding Beck and Cole with several pairs. Marriage licenses issued include Brook Clark and Snodgrass Snodgrass with Butler Potts pairs.
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J.D. Autry
Mary Louise Autry
L. M. Johnson
Lawrence Lyons
Belmont Park Annex
Ben Bracher
J. R. Sherrod
Arthur E. Stone
Leonard Eppstein
Amarillo Housing Co
Holland
Simeon Urenda
Jesus Solis
Mirror
Jose Lira
H. G. Hamrick
Clifford R. Byrd
J. B. Diggs
Clara J Woody
Fp District Court
Allie Mae Ramsey
F. D. Ramsey
Lester Gerald Spalding
Anna Marie Spalding
Oquilla Beck
Homer Beck
Court To Review Broadcasting Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review the FCC order directing NBC and CBS to end allegedly monopolistic practices including exclusive dealing contracts with affiliated stations. The action centers on antitrust arguments over network control of broadcasting.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Federal Communications Commission
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Journey of a Migrant Soldier Through Wars and Quotas
The narrative follows Bottcher who failed to enter the United States during an early quota, then entered Australia and later gained entry in 1931. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, pursued citizenship, fought in the Spanish Civil War rising to captain, and was interned after hostilities ended. Released, he rejoined the United States and again pursued citizenship before enlisting the day after Pearl Harbor, delayed only by a Sunday.
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America
Australia
United States
Bottcher
University of California, Berkeley
United States Army
Pearl Harbor
Ethiopia Declares War on Germany and Allies
The Ethiopian government announced from Addis Ababa that it has declared war on Germany Japan and Italy. This comes as Ethiopia responds to global conflict with formal declarations noted by the legation in London.
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Ethiopia
Germany
London
Addis Ababa
Japan
Italy
British Internees in Africa Released
French authorities in Dakar freed all British internees in West Africa and announced alignment with the Allied cause. Washington reported today that the development was learned authoritatively.
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Washington
U.P
Dakar
West Africa
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Allis Chalmers
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Bozeman
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Globe News
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Aree
Gulbransen
Mason-Haw
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Schenley Nieere
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
Taylor Street
St. Francis
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