House approves move to halt government silver purchases
A preliminary House vote 166 to 103 tentatively backed an amendment by Rep Celler to bar treasury funds from buying silver under the 1934 and 1939 acts. The gesture aimed to free the silver stockpile for war uses, while silver-producing state reps argued subsidy boosts production of copper and zinc.
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Washington
House
Post Office-Treasury
Celler
New York Democrat
Treasury
Men Then Point Guns in Pair’s District Shooting
Two men in Beaumont report being shot by the other with a .25 caliber pistol after an argument on a South Pierce Street lot. County and district attorneys review assault with intent to kill charges as each man claims the other fired first.
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C. A. McDowell
Dewey W. McKee
McDowell
McKee
Tom Seay
District Attorney’s Office
Mr. Seay
War Manpower Chief Seeks Maximum Civilian Tax to Support Forces
Chairman Paul V. McNutt told the Senate military affairs committee the civilian economy would be taxed to the utmost to sustain armed forces at an estimated total of 11,213,040 by year end.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Ship Sunk by Time Bombs in Broad Daylight Off South America
The navy reported a German submarine sank a small Swedish merchant vessel in mid-December off the northern coast of South America after allowing 25 crew members 30 minutes to abandon ship. Four time bombs exploded in three places as the ship slowly disappeared, with survivors reaching the South American coast three days later.
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Washington
Navy
South America
Atlantic
Harvey Southworth Car Lot Looted by Thieves
Thieves raided Harvey Southworth cars on Seventh Avenue and Fillmore Street Amarillo stealing radios spot lights spare tires and wheels valued at 300 to 500. Southworth offered a reward for capture and recovery while noting odd items like a glove compartment and clock were taken. A nearby theater burglary yielded no loss and a purse snatching at Fifteenth Avenue and Polk Street netted over five dollars.
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Amarillo
Harvey Southworth
Seventh Avenue
Fillmore Street
Mr. Southworth
Southworth
Grand Hotel
Capitol Theater
May Simmons
Fifteenth Avenue
Polk Street
Amarillo Center Sees Record Enrollment Gain
Amarillo Center reported a 31 student increase in enrollment during a single night, marking the largest one day registration at the school. Additional registration is set for tonight at 7 for painting and creative hobbies, with next week the final regular registration period unless special cases apply.
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Amarillo Center
Wood Carving Classes Relocated Upstairs in Amarillo Center
Plans for basement wood carving classes at Amarillo Center were changed after work tables proved too large for basement passage. As a result, the classes will be held upstairs instead.
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Amarillo Center
Flynn suspect in party incident deepens in court
In a sensational hearing, prosecutors press Flynn on Bird Dog Buster and Flynns ties to a Satterlee child aboard a yacht. Hopkins mocks defense witnesses as Flynn and associates face questions about the party actions and alleged assault.
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Bird Dog Buster
Flynn
Satterlee
Hopkins
Armand Knapp
Warner Brothers Studio
Miss Hansen
Fred McEvoy
Borger Man Killed in Action in Marine Corps Casualty List
The Navy released 67 more World War II casualties including seven dead and 13 wounded among the Marine Corps Coast Guard and Navy in a Feb 5 update. Names mention Kenneth D Casity USMC listed as dead and his mother Mrs Neva I Casity of Borger, Texas, at 301 E 9th St.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy Departments
Casity
Kenneth
D., Corp
USMC
Neva I
E. 9Th St
Borger
Correspondent Crockett Killed in Naval Torpedoing
Edward Henry Crockett, 31, Associated Press war correspondent with the British Mediterranean fleet, was fatally wounded when a British naval vessel was torpedoed and died at sea. He was picked up by another ship and buried at sea. details were sparse.
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London
Edward Henry Crockett
Associated Press
Admiralty
Frank M. Andrews
Crockett
Egypt
R. S. Kenerdine
Royal Navy
Larry Allen
Alexandria
Allen
Tobruk
Sikh
General Andrews Appointed U.S. Commander in European Theater
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews has been appointed commanding general of the United States Army in the European theater and assumed command today, officials announced from London.
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London
U.P
Frank M. Andrews
United States Army
Car 320 radioed in stray hub cap incident in Portland
An official report from Portland details Car 320 calling police on February 5 about a stray hub cap while Drever Ed Carlson attempted to reach it from his running board. Carlson’s trousers reportedly wouldn’t stretch that far, framing a humorous roadside mishap in the news brief.
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Portland
Ore
Third
Madison
Drever Ed Carlson
Allied push near Ousseltia threatens Mareth pivot in Tunisia
Allied commands report British and French forces attacking near Ousseltia west of Sousse as Rommel reinforces the Mareth Line. The advance to Kairouan and Sousse could cut the Afrika Korps retreat route, with Djebel Mansour Hill already in Allied hands and Rommel shifting forces to shore up defenses.
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Gafsa
Sened
Maknassy
Tunisia
Radio France
Algiers
Ousseltia
Sousse
Radio
Morocco
Middle Eastern Command
Mareth Line
New Radio France
Kairouan
Afrika Korps
Djebel Mansour Hill
Sfax
Gabes
Mediterranean
Erwin Rommel
Mareth
Rommel
Eighth Army
France
Air Raids Hit German Bases and Allied Counterattacks
Allied air assault targeted Lorient and Spezia as submarine plants and war industry centers faced heavy incendiary and bombing. A huge force of Flying Fortresses engaged German fighters over northwestern Germany with multiple enemy planes shot down. Ground reports quote Capt Clyde B Walker and other airmen describing kills and damaged aircraft. The Laguna pueblo in New Mexico stands as the only one without pre‑Spanish dates.
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Lorient
Spezia
Turin
Italy
Germany
Clyde B. Walker
Tulsa
Okla
Wilbur M. Smith
Rhineland
Wis
C. H. Cherem
Robert Gunnier
Topenichi
Wash
Laguna
New Mexico
United States
Britain
Wilhelmshaven
United Nations
Robert J. Morgan
Asheville
N. C
Stanley T. Wry
Markets report from New York and Kansas City livestock exchanges
Chicago pig and cattle markets price ranges for hogs sheep and cattle with top bids and week totals. Kansas City reports steady to higher hogs and cattle trading with feeding and slaughter classes noted alongside prices for sows weaners and calves. Market summaries include 180 to 330 pound hogs and 88 to 95 pound lambs with listed values.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Amarillo to Film Navy Open House and Texas Bluebonnet Squadron
Paramount News photographer Jack Whitman will travel to Amarillo next Friday to film the Navy Open House and salute to the Texas Bluebonnet Squadron. He plans ample film to cover every angle of the evening program. In Britain, German bombers failed to halt the U S daylight raid on northwest Germany as fighter and bomber defenses repelled attacks on unescorted bombers and Fortresses.
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Jack Whitman
Paramount News
Amarillo
Dallas
Andrews Named Commander of U S Forces in Europe
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, veteran of the Panama Canal and Middle East commands, becomes commanding general of United States forces in the European theater. He pledges all out aerial war against Germany, while Eisenhower remains in North Africa command. Andrews, born in Nashville in 1884, assumes post formerly held by Eisenhower as Allied plans imply separate European and North African commands. The move signals a stronger air offensive prior to invasion.
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London
U.P
Frank M. Andrews
Panama Canal Command
Middle East
United States
Germany
Andrews
Nashville
Tenn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Eisenhower
Tojo Declares He Is Only a Moon in Wartime
Hideki Tojo told a Berlin radio broadcast via Tokyo that he is not Japan's dictator, calling himself the moon receiving light from the sun the emperor. He added that in war time dictatorial measures are necessary to boost production and win the war.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Associated Press
Corporal Fred Beeman Returns Home On Furlough
Corporal Fred Beeman of the air forces weather squadron at Ellington Field near Houston arrived home today on furlough. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R I Beeman of 2102 Fillmore Street and formerly worked for the U S Weather Bureau in Amarillo before enlisting.
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Fred Beeman
Air Forces
Ellington Field
Houston
R. I. Beeman
Fillmore Street
Beeman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
MacArthur Reports Intensive Air Strikes Across South Seas
General MacArthur's headquarters say air attacks on enemy bases across hundreds of miles of the South Seas archipelago and adjoining islands continued with mounting violence as of today. A formal communique followed the ongoing campaign.
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Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
South Seas
Allied air and ground actions in Pacific and Burma fronts
MacArthur reported six straight nights of air attacks on Rabaul and targets across New Britain from Buin to Cape Gloucester with bombings that set large fires. In Burma, Field Marshal Wavell’s forces exchange fierce combat near Akyab as British troops push toward the air base. The Texas House committee schedules a Feb 10 hearing on a bill to license and regulate chiropractors.
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MacArthur
Buin
Guadalcanal
New Britain
Rabaul
Wide Bay
Cape Gloucester
Warg
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Mayu
Bay of Bengal
Dondaik
Wavell
Big Ae
Akyab
Austin
House State Affairs Committee
Texas
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ST. Louis
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
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Thomas J. J. Christian
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Michigan
Ways and Means Committee
Walla Walla
American Municipal Association
Cleveland
Harry McCall
McCall
George
Kentucky
Jim
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
Borger Man
Harold Richardson
Harold
Globe-News
A. J. Richardson
North West Fifth Avenue
Uncle Sam
U. S
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Financial Industrial Fund
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Allis Chalmers
Smelt & Ref
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Anaconda
Armour & Go
Aly 3M Aviation Co
Seasee
Baldwin Locomotive
Bend
Nash Kelvinator Oe
National Biscuit
National Dairy Products
New York Shipbuilding
North American Aviation
Ohio Oil Lean
Packard
Paramount Pictures
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J C Penney Seeenes
Penn RR
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Remington Rand Oe
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oil
Pete Enone
Socony Vacuum
Tidewater
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
USS
Wilson & On
Woolworth
D. B. Boone
Johnson
Gen. Andrews
Tojo
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell Jeweler
Amagillo
J. M. Hyden
Doctor of Optometry
West 7Th Ave
J. B. Coe Lumber CO
Lincoln
Rinso
John Freeman
East Haven
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