Resolutions Not Made Can Not Be Broken At Pulse Feeler
Pulse Feeler surveys 1942 resolutions finding one unbroken pledge not to visit foreign countries. Amarillo residents offer varied aims from supporting war efforts to boosting War Bond sales and Red Cross drives while Pulse Feeler vows to pay $1 per question.
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Feeler
Jane Doe
Red Cross
Paul Dunnegan
Railroad Emlewe
Jane Dice
Pulse
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Jack King
Cal Farley
Texas
E. Byron Singleton
Unions demand arbitration ruling on overtime
Fifteen non operating unions reject President Roosevelt's pay basis. They state they seek a wage decision on overtime independent of the sliding scale and insist on six cents extra in lieu of time and a half after 40 hours, challenging the President's proposed arbitration framework amid stalled wage talks and possible army seizure of railroads.
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Roosevelt
Chase
Vinson
CIO Leader Urges Steel Workers to Stay at Work
Philip Murray president of the CIO and United Steel Workers of America warns of possible walkouts after last week cost 170000 tons of steel. He urges members to remain on the job during negotiations for a 1 cent-an-hour raise and other benefits.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Weekend Weather Preview Anticipates Mild Conditions
The forecast calls for fair weekend weather with little temperature change. Low this morning 18, high yesterday 36. Continued thaw this afternoon and tomorrow, with no severe spell in sight.
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Bureau
Hitler’s New Year Message Warns of Merciless War
London reported Adolf Hitler in a Berlin broadcast warned that in the war there will be no victors or losers but only annihilation. He described a merciless struggle and vowed to strike back with equal ruthlessness, accusing Britain of losing power and aligning with Bolshevism to profit from the conflict.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
England
Britain
Allies Stage Italian Raid Across Garigliano River
Allied troops conducted a forceful raid across the Garigliano to hit Minturno while Allied air power hit German transport targets in Italy. Canadian troops pushed toward Pescara on the Adriatic as the Fifth Army shelled Migano and the area around Rome.
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C. R. Cunningham
Algiers
Garigliano
Minturno
Tyrrhenian
Pontefiume
Rigland
Fifth Army
Rimini
Ravenna
Padua
Mace
Frence
Leghorn
Jugoslav
Zara
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Rome
Mignano
Capone Mobsters Sentenced in Extortion Case
Seven men tied to the Capone organization were sentenced for conspiracy to extort in a failed million-dollar bid to pressure movie executives. Federal Judge John Bright imposed 10-year terms on six former Capone henchmen and seven years on Louis Kaufman of Newark New Jersey. Each defendant faced a $10 000 fine.
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New York
al Capone
John Bright
Capone
Louis Kaufman
Newark
N. J
Missing in Action: Sgt Joseph A Wilson
Sergeant Joseph A Wilson, aerial gunner in the North African area, has been missing in action since November 26. Brother of Mrs Paul H Gray of 700 North Pierce Street, he served about two years with overseas in action only a month. his home was in Kansas City.
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Joseph A. Wilson
Paul H. Gray
North Pierce Street
Sergeant Wilson
Kansas City
Chinese say Japs almost gone from Rice Bowl
Chinese forces report recapturing 10 villages in the Hupeh Hunan border area north of Changteh and mopping up enemy remnants as they claim most Japanese troops have been driven from the Central China Rice Bowl region after an abortive January offensive.
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Chungking
U.P
Central
China
Hupeh- Hunan
Changteh
Japanese claim 14 Allied subs sunk and 161 total
Tokyo radio announced by imperial headquarters that 14 Allied submarines were sunk in Japanese waters and other theaters since October. The broadcast also claimed a second American warship damaged during a Christmas Day raid on Kavieng, with American HQ reporting 10 damaged ships in the same raid.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
United Press
U. S
Kavieng
New Ireland
Allied Troops Repulse Jap Counterattacks in Burma
Allied troops advancing east of the Mayu Range in Western Burma repulsed strong Japanese counterattacks with heavy enemy casualties. Aerial attacks targeted enemy concentrations and airfields in Northern Burma as American and Chinese forces push another Burma Road from Assam to China.
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New Delhi
Burma
Mayu Range
Assam
China
Mayu Peninsula
15 Percent of Cheaper Shoes To Be Sold Ration Free
The Office of Price Administration announced a two week window January 17 to 29 during which shoe dealers may sell 15 percent of their inventory of women's shoes ration free if priced at $3 or less per pair. Shoes above $3 require ration stamps. The percentage is based on September 1943 stock reports.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Vichy Plans Early Curfew to Curb Terror Wave
Vichy police prepared an early curfew across France to curb a rising underground terror wave. The government ordered all public meeting places closed by 10:30 p.m. and banned vehicular traffic from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to prevent unrest before the invasion.
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London
Vichy
France
Vichy Radio
German Scientists Split Atom To Develop New Type Bomb
Travel reports from Lisbon say German scientists have split the atom enabling a new small light bomb using atomic energy. Planes carrying it could fly above the range of anti aircraft guns. The discovery is described as a method to release tremendous energy for a weapon.
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Lisbon
U.P
Germany
110 Homes May Have Bathtubs for Amarillo War Housing
Washington dispatch reports 1944 bathtubs reserved for war housing projects, boosting Amarillo’s 110 newly authorized homes for war workers. Charles Wolflin says all priorities granted, construction to start soon after the New Year amid ongoing housing shortages despite Pantex Village and Technical Village totals.
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WPB
Amarillo
Charles Wolflin
Federal Housing Authority
Pantex
Technical Village
Pantex Village
Partisans Isolated in Yugoslav Alps in Late 1944
Cairo dispatch reports the Partisan forces of Marshal Tito have suffered heavy losses and 14,000 guerrillas are cut off in the Dinara Alps of Northwestern Yugoslavia. The royal Yugoslav government in exile says they have no outside support and are in desperate fighting with their backs to the Dinara range.
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Cairo
Egypt
Josip Broz
Drug Tito
Dinara Alps
Yugoslavia
Five Killed in 1943 Traffic Accidents
Amarillo patrol notes five deaths in 1943 traffic crashes within city limits, comparing tolls to 1942 and earlier years. Police Captain Tommy Thomas warns of red light violations and unsafe pedestrian crossing as streets remain hazardous.
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Amarillo
Texas
Tommy Thomas
Post-Christmas Shopping Brisk in Amarillo
Merchants report the after Christmas shopping as the liveliest Amarillo has seen with crowds still strong after the holiday rush. Shoppers are numerous and Christmas checks flow into trade channels as buses remain crowded during rush hours. Dollar Day in Amarillo is expected to peak Monday.
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Amarillo
Girl Struck by Car While Crossing Intersection
Willie Marie Ashcroft an 11 year old girl living at 804 North Jefferson Street was hit by a car at Eighth Avenue and North Fillmore Street and is hospitalized with a back injury. Police say the vehicle driven by a Pantex employee living at 1417 North Washington Street skidded through the intersection without brakes after a tire chain and hydraulic brake cable failed.
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Willie Marie Ashcroft
North Jefferson Street
Eighth Avenue
North Fillmore Street
Tommy Thomas
Pantex Employe
North Washington Street
Helium Plants to Receive Army Navy E Award in Amarillo
Rear Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl will present the Army Navy E to the Amarillo and Excels Helium Plants in a January 19 ceremony at 8 p.m. at the USO Auditorium. An Army officer will attend. The event includes a possible Navy blimp salute and lapel emblems for plant employees amid West Texas ceremony lore. Grand jury meets and plans hearings follow.
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Amarillo
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Excell
C. W. Seibel
Dr. Seibel
Admiral Rosendahl
United States Navy
Navy Department
United States Army
Harold Banks
Dallas
Army
West Texas
USO
Hitchcock Field
Panhandle
Rosendahl
Naval Academy
Texas
West Virginia
Huntington
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Ava
Ohio
Los Angeles
Cardington
England
Tempelhof
Staaken
Friederichship
Graf Zeppelin
U. S. Navalshafen
Germany
North Atlantic
U. S. Naval Air Station
Secretary of the Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Weekend weather outlook for Amarillo and Panhandle
The forecast calls for little temperature change this weekend across West Texas Panhandle and South Plains with cloudy skies elsewhere this afternoon through Saturday. Lows tonight range from 20 to 39 degrees, with near freezing in the Pecos Valley and scattered snow flurries possible in northwest New Mexico.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Roosevelt Ordered To Bed In Grippe After Cold
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt developed grippe after a head cold. Rear Admiral MacIntire ordered him to stay in bed with a half degree fever, canceling a Friday press conference and cabinet meeting. he conducted light business by phone and has a history of repeated head colds during the year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ross T. MacIntire
McIntire
Quebec
Cairo
Mexico
Winston Churchill
Mediterranean
Teheran
Secret Code Is Doubletalk From Texans
In Italy near Mt Sammucro Captain Jarvin Newall of Huntsville Texas used a Texas style double talk to communicate when telephone lines were down. He relayed messages by radio to Lt Richard Burrage and Maj David Frazier to delay revealing troop positions and avoid enemy notice. The improvised code described mail on the road and letters from Jerry Sadler with other names.
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Don “Whitehead
Fifth Army
Italy
Texas
Jarvin Newall
Newall
Richard Waco
Sbsurrage
Jerry Sadler
Able
Baker
Charles
Burrage
Frasier
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Amarillo Builders
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Ington
Canyon
Ralph Campbell
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Texans
Post Office
Newhall
Maj
David Frazier
Houston
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