New York Reels From Strikes and Tidal Shifts
The New York scene swirls with strikes in transit and offices, a tugboat political clash, and a booming Florida market. Reports note Roosevelt holiday talks, General Motors tensions, and Sweden style labor negotiation ideas as the city faces labor strife, garbage logistics, and rising prices.
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New York
Henry Luce
Time, Life and Fortune
General Motors
Mrs. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
Safford Confronts Kimmel Defense After Pearl Harbor
Navy Captain L F Safford testifies before the Pearl Harbor investigation committee. He reveals his bitterness toward Admiral Kimmel eased after he learned a war warning may not have reached the Pacific commander. He says he sought to aid Kimmel in late 1943, believing high command framed him. He discusses the disputed winds message and McCollum’s role.
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Washington
Navy
L. F. Safford
Adm
E. Kimmel
Safford
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Army
A. H. McCollum
Japan
United States
McCollum
Sen
Scott Lucas
Marine Recruiting Station Shifts to Oklahoma City District
After February 15 the Amarillo Marine Recruiting Office becomes a sub station of the district headquarters in Oklahoma City. Recruits will go to Oklahoma City for final physicals. The Santa Fe center becomes a sub station of the El Paso district. Captain Aubrey Edmonds, new district commander, will lead a 10 man itinerary recruiting party traveling through Texas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma to set up temporary stations in towns without a regular office.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Santa Fe
Aubrey K. Edmonds
Edmonds
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Magnavox Radio-Phonograph Debuts at Amarillo Store
The Mary L. Spence Music Store announces the postwar Magnavox radio phonograph combination the Contemporary has arrived in Amarillo. Manager Margaret Hall says the tone quality surpasses prewar Magnavox models and believes the full Magnavox line will be in production by March 1 and on display shortly after.
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Mary L. Spence Music Store
Amarillo
Margaret Hall
Markets Report Kansas City and Chicago Livestock
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets on February 6 show cattle and hogs moving with active demand. Cattle demand strong for steers and yearlings, higher closes on bulls. top cows scarce and fat calves mixed. Chicago turnover steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at ceiling price, cattle and calves steady to higher, lambs steady to higher seeking strong demand from shippers.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Courthouse Records Show Wide Range of Transfers and Marriages
Deeds across multiple blocks list Jack Hicks to L J Stowell and others conveying lots in bik. fees. district court records include divorces for Ruby Berry and Ruth Bills. several marriage licenses issued including George McCombs with Aline Isaacs and Weyman Brown with Emma Howerton.
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Jack T. Hicks
L. J. Stowell
Roberts T. W. Cotten
John P. White
C. C Ter. J
Hilliard
W. A. Helton
C. C. Dist
M. Seale
C. J. Martin, Jr
East Ama Seale Annex Co
M. E. Day
Eakle Vernon
Agnes Co. Hummer
Congregation of
Sisters of Charity
Lillie C. Puqua
G&s
Quincy Ford
Doyal Cowart
Pleasant Valley
Morris Browning
James T Martin
Dixon Acres Maude
S. J
O. W. Harrison
O. J. Hess
Glenwood
Mary D. Blake
E. M. Jolly
Joe T. Dent
H. G. Kilgore, Jr
S. J. Hts
W H Fuqua
M. M Hodekiss
Cleve D. Hudson
G. T. Reese
Morningside
Frances Appenrodt
Hugh S. Hale
C. C. Ter
Mrs
Ann Baker
W. L. Harvey
Gas prices too low say Texas economist at FPC hearing
Richard J. Gonzalez of Humble Oil testified at a Federal Power Commission hearing that gas prices must rise to conserve natural gas produced with oil. He noted Texas gas sells for about 2.5 cents per thousand cubic feet, yielding roughly 60 cents daily per average oil well. The hearing aimed to speed up proceedings with several Texas gas men’ testimony prepared but not read.
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Houston
U.P
Richard J. Gonzalez
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Gonzalez
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Texas
Gas Conservation Referendum Tied to Oil Growth
Stuart E. Buckley tests casing-head gas as part of a speech by a gas commission witness. He argues casing-head gas stems from oil wells, not gas wells, and cannot be stored or produced at will, urging integrated control with oil production to avoid confusion.
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Stuart E. Buckley
Buckley
First Copies Of City Directory Delivered In Amarillo
First deliveries of the 1945-46 Amarillo City Directory were made today with an initial 15 copies to city hall. The slimmer volume lists businesses and citizens, office holders, occupants of buildings, a street guide, buyers' guide and a classified directory, published by Hudspeth Directory Company of El Paso.
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Amarillo
Hudspeth Director Company of
el Paso
Typhus in Korea Curtailed Despite Large Migrant Movements
Seoul reports army health officials say typhus cases in Korea are being sharply curtailed even as large migrations move across the country.
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Seoul
Korea
Missouri Girl Slain by Lamp Cord in Columbia Home
Mary Lou Jenkins a 20 year old Stephens College graduate was found strangled in her living room after a prowler possibly awakened her. Police noted a violent struggle with torn nails and lamp cord wrapped five times around the neck. Jenkins described as quiet and unassuming worked in the college library and lived in a good residential district.
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Columbia
U.P
Mary Lou Jenkins
Fashionable
Stephens College
Glen Murray
Columbia Police Department
Jack Jenkins
Peggy Phillips
General Library
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pains
History notes Henry VIII’s gluttonous feasts and post meal distress. Advertisement claims Udga tablets relieve ulcer and stomach pains indigestion gas heartburn and bloat with a money back guarantee.
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Henry VIII
Pony Express Ponymen Mapped Missouri to California Route
Historical note recounts Pony Express riders known as Ponymen traveling from Missouri to California in about ten days, delivering mail during the frontier era. The account highlights the grueling overland relay and the long-distance mail service’s role in connecting coasts.
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Ponymen
Pony Express
Missouri
California
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