Part of Laval's Mystery Solved
J W T Mason reports on Pierre Laval's stance toward an Axis dominated Europe and America's possible acceptance of postwar arrangements. The piece analyzes Laval's belief in Axis winners, Petain's caution, and the need for a tempered Vichy policy under German pressure.
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Laval
Pierre Laval
America
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Italy
Albania
North Africa
Germany
Asia Minor
Great Britain
Vichy
Axis
Abetz
Petain
First Order
Building Wrecked By Stove Blast
Montreal reports an oil stove explosion wrecking a three story tenement early today. Fire spread to a neighboring building where two people were found dead and injured. Chief Joseph Isabelle feared two more dead as rescuers searched the ruins. Several escaped in pajamas in zero weather. A separate gas blast yesterday wrecked a city outskirts home. In Cincinnati a gas explosion killed 13 in two apartment houses.
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Montreal
Quebec
UPA
Joseph Isabelle
Cincinnati
Funeral services set for Walter Woodward
Coleman December 18 prominent members of the state bar and political leaders attended the funeral services for Walter Woodward 58 state life insurance commissioner former state senator and long time Texas political figure who died yesterday from a heart ailment offices of the state insurance department were closed and flags on state buildings were half staff.
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Coleman
State
Walter Woodward
Woodward
Texas
State Insurance Department
Kansas Housing Up 52 Percent in August
Homer C. Bastian state director of the Federal Housing Administration reported a 52 percent increase in home building in Kansas for August. The rise reflects growing activity in residential construction across the state.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
U.P
Homer C. Bastian
Federal Housing Administration
First Texas Republic Seal Becomes Iconic Association Mark
Dr H Bailey Carroll reveals Texas’s first great official seal once used by Sam Houston for key documents now shows its versatile history. The seal once served as a pecan cracker and boot tack driver, later donated by Benjamin Neel to the Texas Centennial and housed in UT archives as a rare artifact.
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Austin
Texas
H. Bailey Carroll
Texas State Historical Association
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
James H. Starr
Board of Land Commissioners
Nacogdoches
Ashbel Smith
Texas Military Forces
Starr
Smith
President
the Republic
Treasury of the Republic
University of Texas
University
O. M Roberts
Evergreen Plantation
Harris County
Benjamin Neel
Menard
Carroll
Texas Republic
Republic
Avid Reading Husband Divorced in Detroit Court
In Detroit Michigan Mrs Vivian Wincel sought a divorce saying her husband reads magazines at night and neglects work causing him to lose jobs. The circuit court granted her decree.
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Detroit
U.P
Vivian Wincel
Business Manager in London Faces Blitzkrieg Demands
The London business manager must juggle roles from hotelier to army captain as raids disrupt daily life. He oversees shelters for staff, heating, lighting, laundry, tea, and sanitation while contending with fire laws, material shortages, and repeated bomb damage. He also acts as referee and confessor to shaken workers, guiding them through anxiety, bankruptcy risks, and personal losses.
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Milo M. Thompson
New York
Blitzkrieg
London
Press Association
Mighty Mites From Fort Worth Face Amarillo High in Playoff
Residents of the Masonic Home and School at Fort Worth, operated by the Grand Lodge of Texas, meet Amarillo High School Golden Sandies for a shot at the Texas state finals. The home founded 1889, enrolls 252 students, runs an 11-grade school and four-year high school with business and printing trades.
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Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Texas
Masonic Home
Fort Worth
Grand Lodge of Texas
State Department of Education
Grand Lodge
Masonic Home High School
Naval Bombing Range Study Near Charleston Planned
Coastal area around Charleston will be surveyed for a possible bombing and gunnery site for navy planes. Naval authorities will inspect the local shore area in the near future.
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Charleston, & C
U.P
Charleston
Amarillo Forecast Predicts Mild Weekend Weather
Amarillo weather outlook remains fair with no storms in sight. Mr Collman forecasts pleasant conditions for Saturday at Butler Field sandie Mason spot. temperatures tonight dip to 30s, today high near 45, winds from the south at 15 to 20 mph.
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Amarillo
Day
Capitol Theater
Bill
Frank Day
Bill Arnot
Ray Whitley
Sandie-Mason
Butler Field
Moone's Emerald Oil Offers Fast Relief for Skin Troubles
A powerful oil now sold by pharmacists at low cost provides rapid relief from itching and torture caused by external skin troubles. It soothes irritation and promotes quicker healing and is offered in the original bottle at modern drug stores with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Moone
Buffalo Lake Officially Renamed in Randall County
The Tierra Blanca Creek lake in Randall County formally becomes Buffalo Lake after three years of use. The Board on Geographic Names approved the transition, announced by Edward G. Grest, chief of the regional land management division of the Agriculture Department.
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Randall County
Tierra Blanca Creek
Department of Agriculture
Edward G. Grest
Board On Geographic Names
Buffalo Lake
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Phoenix Hosiery
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Kinney
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Billy
Carroll Club
Santa
Floyd V. Studer
Dia
MR. Moore
M&m
MR. Mattingly
M& M
M &M
Marriott Moore
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville & Baltimore
Mr. Collman
Pacific Ocean
Moreno
Durham
C.L. Munday
Laura Wheeler
COE
Needlecraft Service, Inc
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
N.Y
Western Electric
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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