Oliver Funeral Is Tomorrow
Funeral services for G. T. Oliver will be held tomorrow at 2:30 PM at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr. Earl G. Hamlett officiating. Pallbearers listed include J. A. Pittman and others. Oliver died last night at 84 after a fall. He helped develop the Panhandle wheat region and planted the first wheat between Amarillo and Claude. Survived by daughter Mayme, brother Lee S. Oliver, nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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G. T. Oliver
Polk Street Methodist Church
Earl G. Hamlett
J. A. Pittman
W. T. Leachman
Chad Elliott
Allen Early
Rolla Cartwright
Charles Ware
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Polk Street
Panhandle
Oliver
Amarillo
Claude
Mayme Oliver
Lee S. Oliver
St. Cloud, Fla
Dexter Jamison
Sadie Pettus
Pembroke
Naomi Oliver
Elkton
Jim Whitson
Slaughters
Herman Granger
Cairo
Egypt
G. T. Granger
Houston
Llano Ceme
Brazil arrests Italian consul over shipment dispute
Reports from Santa Ana do Livramento say Brazilian authorities detained Italian consul Jose Vassalli for refusing inspection of three packages bound for Porto Alegre. He cited diplomatic immunity, but police said immunity was nullified due to the breach in Italy relations. The piece also notes a US diamond mine at Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Santa Ana Do Livramento
Jose Vassalli
Porto Alegre
Vassalli
Italy
Pattern 4000 Available in Women’s Sizes and Fabrics
Pattern 4000 is available in women’s sizes 34 to 48. Size 36 requires 338 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send FIFTEEN CENTS plus E CENT for mailing to Pattern Department of The Amarillo Globe, 243 West 11th Street, New York, NY. TEN CENTS more buys the new Spring Pattern Book. Smart patterns for work and play, ready for immediate use.
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Pattern Department
Amarillo Globe
West 11Th Street
New York
N. Y
Delos Walker To Talk Again Here Friday
Amarillo hosts famed lecturer Delos Walker for a second time at the Service Men's Civic Center. He will discuss Far East developments from his decade abroad in China and Japan. Proceeds support the center. Walker asks only reimbursement of his bare expenses. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
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Delos Walker
Tokio
Japan
Walker
White House
Wall Street
Service Men's Civic Center
Mr. Walker
Amarillo Hotel
Amarillo
James A. Bush
Chicago
Treasury Post Office Bill Goes to Congress
The 1943 appropriations bill totaling 1,112,926,899 funds the treasury and post office departments. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testifies that fiscal affairs are steadier than in World War I, noting minimal stock and bank stock fluctuations and expressing cautious optimism about the outlook with safeguards.
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Washington
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
FBI Starts Roundup Of Alien Fishermen
FBI begins rounding up Japanese alien fishermen on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor area. Also mentions a remark about Singapore potentially standing indefinitely with enough fast fighter planes, and notes Archibald Clark Kerr named to succeed Sir Stafford Cripps as ambassador to Russia.
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Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Terminal Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Singapore
Dallas
Titus Lowe
Indianapoli
Orient
Russia
Archibald Clark Kerr
China
Sir Stafford Cripps
Naval appropriation bill clears Senate as largest in its class
Washington February 2 a 26,495,265,474 naval appropriation bill the largest measure of its kind ever to win Senate approval was passed and sent back to the House for action on amendments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Government Can Set Prices on Milk
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government may regulate the price of milk produced and sold within a state if it competes with milk imported from outside the state. Chief Justice Stone stated that Congress granted the Agriculture Secretary authority to regulate intra state handling when such handling affects interstate commerce.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stone
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt seeks $500 million China loan approval
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a 500 million dollar loan to China in a letter to Speaker Rayburn. White House aides Morgenthau and Jones briefed both parties’ leaders on the plan and enabling legislation for the loan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
White House
Stephen T. Early
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Jesse H. Jones
Surprise Test Blackout At Port Arthur
A surprise blackout test was held in Port Arthur Sunday night with similar tests at four Sabine area oil refineries. Large portions of the business district and nearby residences were dark for 10 minutes while neon signs complicated the effort, an unofficial test per Jefferson County civilian defense director W. Fordie Stewart.
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Beaumont
Port Arthur
Sabine Area
W. Fordie Stewart
Jefferson County
Japan roundup hits Pacific coast and Manzanillo
Mexico City reports several Japanese rounded up at the Pacific port of Manzanillo for espionage and running a wildcat radio. The army advances to clear Japanese from a 60 mile coastal zone and the Gulf Petroleum region, with hundreds moved to a Japanese owned ranch outside Mexico City. Orders expected to remove Germans and Italians from these zones.
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Mexico City
Pacific
Manzanillo
Gulf Petroleum Region
Ranc
Courthouse Records of Warrant Deeds and Divorces
Warrant deeds listed for Amarillo Heights Wolflin Bonita Heights and Plemons areas with amounts from 10 to 120000, plus district court divorce cases Alvis Woods vs Ona Lee Woods and Bernice King Mcleod vs J H Mcleod. Includes transfers to Texmar Realty and others.
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J.D. Tice
W. E. Grant
Amarillo
Slade Trust
C. M. Humrers
Bonita
Nellie V. Vineyard
H. G. Maxfield
Wolflin
James Gwyn
J. F. Claybrook
RR Gardens
Jessie Rothouse
Texmar Realty Co
Plemons
Frances I
Hines
Newbold
Hugo FE
Townenstern
CC Dist
Yeshti Bassett
Piemons
Alvis Woods
Ona Lee Woods
Bernice King Mcleod
J. H McLeod
Quaker Renounces Faith to Support Draft Service
Charles C. Satterthwait, 43, Reading businessman, resigns from the Society of Friends to register for the February 16 draft. He cites his son Arnold, 21, a Danbury federal inmate for refusing registration, as his inspiration. His wife supports him though she opposes his stance.
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Charles C. Satterthwait
Reading
Rose
Satterthwait
Society of Friends
Arnold
Danbury
Conn
Farm Bloc Senators Rally for Battle over Price Rules
Farm Bloc senators protested administration moves they say circumvent price control law. They warned farmers will vote in the next election, saying policy keeps farm prices down while guaranteeing ceilings at 110 percent parity and blocking ceilings below parity as set by 1919–29 and late 1941 prices.
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Washington
Farm State
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Claud Wickard
Man Is Murdered as Wife, Child Watch
In San Antonio on February 2, Flo Lopez was shot five times in an alley while his wife and young daughter watched. Police arrested three suspects the same day as investigators probe the brutal killing.
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San Antonio
U.P
Flo Lopez
Nimitz Pleased Over Attack on Marshall Gilbert Islands
Adm Chester Nimitz said US warships of all combat types took part in the attack on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, caused extensive damage with slight losses, and that operations followed pre arranged plans. He praised officers and men and noted further details could not yet be disclosed. News of the success reached Honolulu with jubilation across the islands.
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Honolulu
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
United States
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Nimitz
Marshall
26 Men Leave For Navy
Navy recruiting ships its largest group of recruits, 26 men, under the supervision of Lewis M. Goodrich of Shamrock. The list includes William P. Tichenor, Shamrock. Joe Emmitt Sylvester Friona. Wilburn H. Lynch, Phillips. Michael H. Dwyer, McLean. Earle R. Ely, Amarillo. Dewey William Wilson, Pampa. and others from Borger, Dalhart, Amarillo, Hedley, Shamrock, and Sundown.
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Lewis M. Goodrich
Shamrock
William P. Tichenor
Joe Emmitt Sylvester Friona
Wilburn H. Lynch
Phillips
Michael H. Dwyer
McLean
Earle R. Ely
Amarillo
Dewey William Wilson
Pampa
John T. Gilkeyson
Silverton
Carroll B. Hudson
Clarendon
Raymond N. Sinner
Perryton
Verrell D. Leeper
Hedley
Don R. Thurlow
Skellytown
James J. Duncan
James L. McCarthy
Opening gun of the battles in which we are now engaged
Senator Overton of Louisiana declares in the Senate that the fleet action against Japanese bases on the Marshall and Gilbert islands is only the opening gun of the American Navy in the great battle currently under way.
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Washington
Overton
Louisiana
Senate
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Navy plans 30000 air cadets yearly with university bases
The Navy unveiled a plan to train 30,000 air cadets annually by May 1, using four regional university ground-training facilities leased for the duration of the war. Each school will induct 625 candidates monthly, then send them to primary flight training at naval bases, with a yearlong program culminating in advanced flying school.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
U. S
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Middle West
Naval Reserve Aviation
Knox
United States
Atlantic
Great Britain
Civil Air Patrol
Army
Navy Faces 24 Hour Production Gaps in Dog Watch Shifts
Secretary Knox told Congress that navy auto-doubling production faces a bottleneck in aircraft engines as manufacturers can only muster about 10 percent of workers for early morning dog watch shifts. He warned the oceans situation is critical and pushed for expansion to 18,000 planes per year under the new naval supply bill.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Congress
FDR to Speak on War Progress February 23
President Roosevelt will deliver his fireside report on the progress of the war the evening of February 23. The address from Washington is expected to outline key wartime developments and U.S. strategy.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
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