Farm state senators clash with Byrnes over parity plans
Farm state lawmakers pressed to include farm labor costs in parity formulas and criticized overtime pay under a 48 hour week. They backed Bankhead's bill to bar deductions from parity prices, while urging price supports amid food shortages and ongoing anti inflation fights.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Byrnes
War Labor Board
Sen
Rayemond Willis
Indiana
Legislative Branch
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Willis
Bankhead
Price Administration
Agriculture Department
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Stephen Pace
Georgia
Broadcast Salutes Texas Bluebonnets by WAVES at Paramount
KGNC will air a 15 minute tribute saluting the Texas Bluebonnet Squadron of WAVES from the Paramount Theater lobby tomorrow afternoon from 12 45 to 1 05. Jack King says Cal Farley donated radio time. Navy officers WAVES quartet and Lawrence Hagg will appear. The event accompanies the premiere of Star Spangled Rhythm starring Crosby and Hope opening tomorrow for a week at Paramount.
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Squadron of
WAVES
KGNC
Paramount Theater
Jack King
Interstate
Cal Farley
King
Navy
The
Lawrence Hagg
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Paramount Studios
Paramount
Kansas Cowboy Is World Champion Rodeo Performer
Gerald Roberts a 22 year old Strong City Kansas cowboy topped the 1942 rodeos accredited by the Rodeo Association of America earning the world championship title in Houston. He received the gold and silver belt buckle a 500 dollar prize and a second place bull and steer riding certificate. Dick Griffith unofficial world champion trick rider finished second in all around performance and won a buckle. Homer Pettigrew placed third with a steer wrestling certificate. Other winners include Bill McMackin Louis Brooks Smokey Snyder Bud Linderman Fritz Truan Doff Aber Hank Mills Clyde Burk King Merritt Joe Bassett Jimmy Wells Vern and Vic Castro Toots Mansfield Dick Andrews Asbury Schell and Dave Campbell.
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Gerald Roberts
Strong City
Kans
Rodeo Association of America
Roberts
Dick Griffith
Scottsdale
Ariz
Porter Saddle Company
Tucson
Phoenix
Griffith
Homer Pettigrew
Grady
N. M
Bill McMackin
Trail City
S. C
Louis Brooks
Pawhuska
Okla
Smokey Snyder
Fullerton
Cal
Bud Linderman
Red Lodge
Mont
Fritz Truan
Salinas
Doff Aber
van Nuys
Hank Mills
Montrose
Colo
Clyde Burk
Comanche
King Merritt
Federal Wys
Joe Bassett
Payson
Jimmy Wells
Cardston
Alberta
Canada
Vern
Vic Castro
Brothers
Richmond
Toots Mansfield
Bandera
Tex
Dick Andrews
Wife Number 6 Quits Manville in Reno Divorce
Billy Boze, 20, sixth wife of Tommy Manville, won a Reno divorce from the asbestos heir. She rejected alimony, called the proceedings cold and quick, and said she was invited for screen tests while planning a New York stage try. They wed Oct 11, 1942 at New Rochelle and separated two months later over dinner-time disputes.
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Reno
Billy Boze
Tommy Manville
Manville
Playboy
New York
Tommy
Jamieson to Fill In for Navy Open House Coverage
Hugh Jamieson is hired by Paramount News to cover the Navy Open House salute to the Texas Bluebonnets. He will travel from Dallas to Noon to film a continuity about 63 Panhandle women departing Monday for naval service, replacing absent Jack Whitman.
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Jack Whitman
Navy
Paramount News
Hugh Jamieson
Southwest
Texas Bluebonnets
Jamieson
Dallas
Globe News
Panhandle
Australians Drive Japanese 6 Miles
Gen. MacArthur announced that Australian troops broke the main Japanese force near Wau by a heavy artillery barrage, pushing them six miles back in northeastern New Guinea. Japanese losses included 50 bodies at Wanduma and 25 to 30 at Kunda Bridge. Horii and remnants perished after the Buna evacuation claim was refuted.
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Australia
U.P
Wau
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Wanduma
Kunda Bridge
Mubo
Kumusi River
Sanananda
Gona
Imperial Army
Buna
Tomatori Horii
Conscientious objector wins honors in battle on Guadalcanal
Private Orville Cox of New Richmond Ohio earned praise for aiding wounded under heavy fire and carrying two men 250 yards uphill. Private Sam Russell a Yavapai Apache from Camp Verde Arizona crawled one mile dragging telegraph wire to restore patrol communications and direct artillery fire. Lieutenant Col C E Jurney commended both men for gallantry.
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U.S
Guadalcanal
Orville Cox
New Richmond
Ohio
Handyman
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sam Russell
Camp Verde
Ariz
C. E. Jurney
Waco
Tex
Cox
Col
Jurney
Russell
Col. Jurney
Norman's nude prowler captured after foot chase
Norman police captured a middle aged nude prowler after a chase with Officers B S Ingram and K Durkee. The man wearing only shoes leaped fences and dodged trees before a warning shot halted him. He asked for clothes and received a borrowed coat at the county jail.
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Norman
Okla
B. S. Ingram
Key Durkee
Ingram
Durkee
Holland Nazi Pair Is Shot
A Scandinavian dispatch from Amsterdam reports Dr. and Mrs. Reydon, linked to Anton Mussert’s Netherlands regime, were shot by unknown terrorists. Their wounds status is unclear. The same report notes the fatal shooting of Lieut. Gen. Hendrik Seyffardt, commander of the Dutch Nazi Legion, who died after an attack near his home.
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London
Reydon
Anton Mussert
Netherlands
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Amsterdam
Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt
Aneta
Dr. Reydon
National Socialist Movement of the Netherlands” For Public Enlightenment
Burglar Convict Luther Counts Granted New Trial
Luther Counts, convicted of burglarizing the home of Capt. H. H. Thomas of the police traffic squad, has been granted a new trial by Judge Henry Bishop of the 47th District Court. The grounds cited are jury misconduct over matters not in testimony. Counts already received a five year sentence.
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Luther Counts
H. H. Thomas
Henry Bishop
47Th District Court
Counts
Vicory Command Companies C and D Set for USO Dance
The USO at the Auditorium hosts a service men’s dance at 8 o’clock tonight with Victory Command Companies C and D scheduled to perform. The event invites service members and their guests to enjoy the evening.
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Victory Command
Auditorium Uso
Missing Chinese Chow dog seeks reward in McGregor
A 17 month old male Chinese Chow named CHINESE CHOW disappeared from 305 Cleveland Street. He was not wearing a collar. A $5 reward is offered for his safe return. contact McGREGOR at 4893.
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Cleveland Street
Scout Anniversary Court Tonight at Courthouse
Boy Scouts hold an anniversary week court of honor at 8 o'clock on the courthouse fourth floor. The war theme Toughen Up Buckle Down Carry On to Victory frames the program commemorating Scouting's 33rd anniversary. Awards for second and first class ranks merit badges star life and veteran services will be given along with stunts ceremonies and songs. Chairman John S. McKnight presides with Llano Estacado Council members E L Hunter Bishop E C Seaman J E Spann Allen Early and Father T J Drury assisting.
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Scouting In America
John S. McKnight
Llano Estacado
E. L. Hunter
E. C. Seaman
J. E. Spann
Allen Early
T. J. Drury
Parents and Teachers Meet Saturday
The Potter Council Parent-Teacher Association schedules its quarterly meeting in the county courthouse Saturday. Elizabeth Payne of the Downtown USC YWCA will address teen-age girl problems. Rural council units are urged by County School Superintendent Grady Wilson to send representatives.
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Potter Council
Parent-Teacher Association
Elizabeth Payne
USC Y. W. C. A
Grady Wilson
Service men guests at USO party at Tri-State Park
More than 150 service men attended a stag party hosted by Harry Levin Harold Nichols and Dr Hartman of the USO and American Legion USO committee at the Tri-State Pair grounds. The event included a featured "feed" and entertainers such as Old Whiz.
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Harry Levin
Harold Nichols
Dr. Hartman
USO
American Legion Uso Committee
Tri-State
Whiz
Chief Harper Undergoes Major Gall Bladder Operation
Police Chief A. Sid Harper underwent gall bladder surgery at St. Anthony's Hospital this morning. The hospital reports his condition as good and no visitors are allowed at this time.
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Sid” Harper
St. Anthony's Hospital
Baylor Professor To Train Greeks
Baylor University Latin professor on leave, Capt. Walter H. Juniper, has been transferred to a Colorado camp to assist in training Greek nationals and American citizens of Greek heritage. He was chosen for his fluency in classical Greek.
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Waco
Walter H. Juniper
Baylor University
Colorado
Plane Reseeds Nevada Range After Fire
In Reno Nevada an aircraft owned by the U S government and assigned to the bureau of entomology is reseeding burned Nevada rangeland. The effort, done with grazing service cooperation, aims to cover about 15 000 acres using a 1 000 pound hopper and a moving belt that drops seed into a wind tunnel for even aerial distribution.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
U. S
Bureau of Entomology
U. S&s. Grazing Service
Clyde Bryant
Bureau of
Bryant
Best Romberg Concert Heads to USO Municipal Auditorium
The 48 piece orchestra and three Broadway vocalists will perform An Evening With Sigmund Romberg at the USO Municipal Auditorium on Sunday March 7 at 8 45 pm. Romberg will preside with ae Nash and Gene Marvey in duets and Grace Panvini singing operatic selections. Tickets go on sale about ten days before the show and all seats are reserved as demand already runs high.
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Carnegie Hall
USO
Sigmund Romberg
Victory Herbert
Franais Lehar
Johann Strauss
Franz Schubert
Broadway
Rormberg
The
Globe News
Romberg
Ae Nash
Gene Marvey
296 Year Old Prayer Book Passed Through Generations
Mrs. Verene Sandig preserves a 296 year old German prayer book printed in 1647 in Germany. She brought it to America from Basel Switzerland in 1901, later settling with her daughter at 1119 Polk Street. Her life crossed Europe and the Americas from Basel to Texas after a West Indies unrest interrupted her family.
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Verene Sandig
Europe
Sandig
Elizabeth Thomas
Polk Street
Switzerland
West Indies
WAVES Application Days At Herring Hotel Interviews
Women wishing to enlist in the WAVES should apply at headquarters on the mezzanine floor of the Herring Hotel Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. Lieuts. Edward Co Lawson Harry Frederickson and Ensign Floy Co Minor will conduct interviews and aptitude tests. Qualified applicants report Sunday February 21 for physical examination and enlistment completion.
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Herring Hotel
Edward Co, Lawson
Harry Frederickson
Ensign Floy Co
Minor
Germans Draft Dutch Doctors
London reports that Germans began conscripting all physicians and surgeons in the Netherlands for service on the Russian front. Previously drafted Dutch doctors were assigned to service within Germany.
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London
Netherlands
Germany
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