Coast Guard To Return To Treasury After War
The Coast Guard will be moved from the Navy back to the Treasury Department next month. A transfer date will be set after talks between the Navy and Treasury secretaries, with President Truman to announce the change. Wartime actions included amphibious support, rescue operations, port security, and munitions loading.
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Washington
U.P
Coast Guard
Navy
Treasury Department
Treasury
Navy Departments
James Forrestal
Fred Vinson
Truman
Roosevelt
Color Films Attract More Movie Fans
Hollywood reports color pictures outsell black and white in many cases as the industry races to tint productions. MGM's Star from Heaven tests Cinecolor which uses two films and faster printing, while Thomascolor relies on three color filters in the camera and lens.
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Hollywood
MGM
Harry Rapf
Rapf
Cinecolor
Richard Thomas
Thomas
Six Amarillo Men Fined on Gaming Charge
A quiet Christmas craps game drew police attention and led to six Amarillo men paying $14 fines each for gambling. They appeared before Justice of the Peace J. D. Cazzell.
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Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Marines Return Home by Taxi After Transport Jam
Six Marines just back from overseas rode a Dallas cab to New York City due to a transportation backlog. Sgt Sam Steinman said each would pay about 20 dollars, likely cheaper than train fare. Cab owner Harry Arisohn helped despite being asleep when they arrived, the group left Los Angeles December 21 and expect to reach New York December 28 or 29.
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Dallas
Sam Steinman
Hollis
Long Island
N. Y
New York City
Steinman
Harry Arisohn
Los Angeles
New York
Homen Pigeons In Amarillo Sign Service Discharges
Large flocks of homing pigeons, described by servicemen as discharge insignia, are beginning to appear in Amarillo signaling veterans returning home.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Men Released From Service
Silby R. York, aviation ordnance man, discharged from the Navy after 30 months of service and returned to Amarillo to join his wife at 1109 Polk. Gene C. Ingram of 804 Van Buren and Billy De Sautell formerly of Amarillo were discharged honorably from Shoemaker Center. Fort Bliss releases include Sgt. Emmett L. Crimes and Cpl. William A. Rhoads, while Pfc. Jesse R. Wardland reenlisted.
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Silby R. York
Navy
Norman
Okla
Polk
York
Purcell
U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Center
Shoemaker
Cal
Gene C. Ingram
van Buren
No Traffic Fatalities Reported Over Christmas Holiday
The state highway patrol reports no fatalities over the Christmas period and only one accident in the area. The last fatality nearby occurred Saturday night west of Amarillo when 15 year old Bessie Fern Rea of Bushland died in a crash.
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State Highway Patrol
Amarillo
Bessie Fern Rea
Company To Test New High Lines In Ohio Test
Appalachian Electric Power Company plans 8000 feet of lines in Jefferson County Ohio to test transmitting electricity at voltages above 500000. Huntington district manager S A Willis says this will push beyond 287000 volts and explore electrical phenomena beyond current engineering knowledge with special recording and protection equipment.
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Huntington
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
S. A. Willis
Brilliant
Jefferson County
Escapes Jail In One Leap
Howard James a 17 year old fugitive from Gatesville Reformatory escaped from Houston city jail by leaping from a second floor window to the street. Capt George E Peyton pursued shouting halt as James dashed through a doorway into a courtroom and into a hallway. He then sprinted down stairs and fled into the street after a dramatic leap from the window. He had been arrested on suspicion Sunday night and held for return to Gatesville.
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Houston
U.P
Howard James
Gatesville Reformatory
Pete Norris
Wharton
George E. Peyton
Peyton
James
Gatesville
Rock Slide Blocks Denver Rail Line Stranding Soldiers
A rock slide 29 miles west of Denver blocked the Denver and Salt Lake railroad tracks derailing an engine and stranding several hundred servicemen at Pinecliffe Colorado. Traffic resumed today after the slide halted services yesterday.
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Denver
Denver and Salt Lake
Pinecliffe
Colo
Senators Question Army About Waste
Senator Knowland leads a Senate defense subcommittee on a round the world flight to probe waste in military materiel. The trio will assess if usable trucks are discarded and if food spoils while children go hungry, with findings due within a month.
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Washington
Knowland
California
Senate
Defense Investigating Committee
Tunnell
Delaware
Mitchell
Europe
Destruction of Valuable Goods Cited By Committee
The committee notes ongoing losses from destruction of costly items including explosives and other goods. It cites reports that materials valuable to civilian economies here and in Australia have been destroyed, highlighting concerns over wartime or security-related damage.
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Australia
Group Debates Tsuchiya War Crimes Case
An American military war crimes commission in Yokohama took the Allied case against Tatsuo Tsuchiya alias Little Glass Eye under advisement and expected to announce a verdict tomorrow. Prosecutor Louis Geffen argued the case hinges on a violation of land warfare rules forbidding cruelty to prisoners.
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Yokohoma
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
Louis Geffen
Japan reads death penalty in landmark case
The commission began deliberations in the first homeland case and announced hearings for two more defendants. One is charged with directing the slaying of an American prisoner, Isuchirya, accused of fatally beating Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas of Streator Illinois, a Bataan Death March survivor who died in Mitsushima prison camp.
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Isuchirya
Pfc
Robert Gordon Teas
Streator
Til
Bataan
Mitsushima
If Commissioner Is True to Form Plans Will Be Known Jan
Austin December 26 Bascom Giles Texas land commissioner is expected to reveal his 1946 political plans on January 1 as in past years. He typically announces on New Year’s Day and files for a Democratic primary ballot, with the question this year: will he run.
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Austin
U.P
Bascom Giles
Texas
Giles
Wednesday Court Sessions Omitted Due to Holiday
Texas higher courts here omitted their usual Wednesday sessions because lawyers from over the state would have had to leave home Christmas Day to appear before the courts today. Usual sessions will be held next week.
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Austin
Texas
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