Mrs. G. A. Morris Funeral In Dalhart Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. G. A. Morris who died yesterday afternoon will be held at the Church of Christ in Dalhart at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery in Dalhart and the body will remain at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home until 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
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G. A. Morris
Virginia
Dalhart
Church of Christ
Memorial Park
Morris
Boxwell Brothers
Battle extension reported in Kwangchowan area
A rival commander claimed Chinese troops remain engaged and said the battle has extended to the northern part of the Kwangchowan area, indicating ongoing fighting and broader front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwangchowan
Weather and War News Mix in Light North Plains Dispatch
The item notes a brief warm spell with a heat wave ahead while a reader reports her son Buddy Seewald wounded in the Philippines. American casualties rise to over 30,000 weekly per war department, and local letters carry mixed skepticism about wartime casualty fears. Also included are Western slang terms, humorous anecdotes, local lost item notices, insect spray hopes, and idle observations from the newsroom.
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Frances Seewald
Buddy Seewald
Philippines
Cavalry
Snoring, love, and life notes from a lively column
A reader notes snoring behavior and side sleeping stops snoring. Experts discuss male jealousy and romance with advice urging husbands to take wives out twice weekly. A vignette recalls Hannah Brown, 78, who shifted careers from doorstep child to artist’s model, author, painter, and book illustrator.
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Harold Dearden
London
Hannah
Royal Academy
Lost blue leather billfold on Country Club bus
Kay Thomson asks anyone who found a blue leather billfold with her driver’s license and photos on the Country Club bus Tuesday afternoon to call 4746. She mentions a small amount of cash inside and requests its return.
Manpower shortage on farms prompts sharing offer from reader
A reader urges interested farmers to contact Box 14, Lark, Texas, offering to work on shares or halves due to a government manpower shortage on farms. The letter appeals to experienced, past-draft-age farmers to collaborate.
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Lark
Tex
Lost gold Banner watch on Polk Street seeks owner
A lady reports a gold Banner watch lost Monday afternoon on Polk Street between Fourth and Tenth Avenues. A reward is offered for its return. Call 20443. MRS. POWELL.
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Polk Street
Powell
Lend-Lease Aids Soviet War Effort in 1944 Cargo
Adm. Emory S. Land told the House foreign affairs committee that 3,447,000 tons of lend-lease cargo were shipped to the Soviet Union in the last six months of 1944. He urged a one-year extension beyond June 30, citing foodstuffs munitions equipment for war industries railway gear and motor trucks. He said the flow substantially bolstered the Red war effort and critical items they could not procure themselves.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Emory S. Land
Congress
War Shipping Administration
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Civilian Food Supplies Forecast Slightly Lower For 1945
Washington reports civilian nutrition will be down as calories decline about 4 percent due to reduced sugar fats and fatty meats. Meat, poultry, butter, lard, potatoes, and beans likely fall from 1944 levels while evaporated milk and margarine rise. Egg supplies may also increase slightly. Per capita meat and butter provisions drop notably from 1944 and historic averages.
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Washington
Maj Billy Southworth Jr Pilot Of B 29 Crashes At La Guardia
Maj Billy Southworth Jr son of St Louis Cardinals manager piloted the B 29 Superfortress that crashed at La Guardia Field yesterday afternoon Army lists him among five crew missing.
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New York
Billy Southworth, Jr
St. Louis Cardinals
la Guardia Field
Army
Help Wanted and Lost Item Notes in Amarillo Local Classifieds
Classified notices include a housing offer with furniture request from a teacher in Amarillo, a job posting for stock farm work in Claude Texas offering room and wages, a missing locket near the Star Theater with a reward, and several calls for caregivers and living arrangements. Readers may contact listed numbers or Box 203 Skellytown Tex.
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Tack
Skellytown
Tex
J. E. Haynes
Horace Baker
Claude
Texas
Star Theater
Wildorado
Funeral set tomorrow for Sellers infant
Funeral services for Ada Grace Sellers 16 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs S L Sellers Panhandle will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the First Baptist Church Panhandle Burial will be in Llano Cemetery The body was moved this afternoon at 4 o'clock to the parents home in Panhandle.
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Ada Grace Sellers
S. L. Sellers
Panhandle
First Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Senate panel may draft new manpower bill in Utah senator remarks
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas said the Senate military affairs committee may discard pending manpower measures and write a new bill. Two major proposals are under review. one would draft men 19 to 45 for wartime essential jobs, the other would back War Manpower Commission rulings to secure full labor demand. Thomas could not say which bill might win endorsement.
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Washington
U.P
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House
War Manpower Commission
Thomas
Bombing Tokyo: Mitscher's force pounds port and city
The report notes B 29s striking Yokohama and Tokyo port with heavy raids. It contrasts the current assault with the 1942 Doolittle raid and emphasizes the strategic aim of targeting airfields factories and military facilities within Tokyo while avoiding the emperor's palace.
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Tokyo
Mitchell
Jimmy Doolittle
Hornet
Doolittle
China
Russia
Mitscher
Emperor Hirohito
Store Away 1945 License Plates Until March 1
A 1945 Texas automobile license plate was seen affixed at the rear of a sedan in Amarillo though plates go on sale Feb 1 and must not be used until March 1. The car also bore a 1942 plate on the front with attached tobacco tags for 1943 and 1944.
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Texas
Amarillo
Permanent Fair Employment Commissions Given Push
The House labor committee voted 12 to 2 for legislation to create a permanent fair employment practices commission to protect minority workers' job rights. The measure mirrors a previous proposal not enacted. currently the Fair Employment Practices Committee exists by executive order.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Unconditional Surrender Terms Target Nazi Field Commanders
Washington reports the Allies plan to press unconditional surrender terms on German field commanders rather than the Nazi government or Wehrmacht general staff. The approach follows the Yalta declaration, focusing on military aspects while leaving political commitments to others.
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Washington
Wehrmacht
Yanks Retreat To Old Lines In Tyrrhenian Sector
Allied command reports Fifth Army withdrawals in the Tyrrhenian coastal area after German infiltrations near Monte Canala. Clark headquarters says enemy pressure caused troops to fall back to southern slopes of the feature, near Massa. The 92nd Infantry Division had attacked previously but retired under pressure.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian
Monte Canala
Mark W. Clark
Massa
U. S. 92Nd Infantry Division
Farm Worker Seeks Job Near Amarillo
Hisky schoolboy with extensive farm experience seeks employment near Amarillo. Capable of diverse farm tasks and available for immediate work. Contact at 812 South Roberts.
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Tack
Amarillo
South Roberts
Chiang’s forces clash with Chinese Reds in January fighting
Radio Tokyo quoted that Chinese Chungking troops have fought Communist forces since mid January near Hokshwan and Kaifeng on the Si River’s southern bank. No Allied confirmation available as United Press in San Francisco records the report.
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United Press Radio Tokyo
Chungking
Hokshwan
Kaifeng
Si River
United Press
San Francisco
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