Measure Placed on Calendar
A Texas bill to outlaw the closed shop headed for the House calendar after approval by the state affairs committee. HB 12 would bar employer discrimination based on union membership and allow limited dues checkoffs with a mutual agreement while preserving collective bargaining.
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Austin
Texas
House
State Affairs Committee
Mit
Marshall O. Bell
San Antonio
C. E. Nicholson
Port Arthur
W.M. Aiken
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Leslie Lowry
Beaumont
G. C. R. Chert
Galveston
Teamsters International Union
Harry W. Acreman
Texas State Federation of Labor
Walter Conway
Fort Worth
Railroad Brotherhoods
J. B. Derden
Texas Department, Disabled American Veterans
Glenn Wilson
Townsend
Bell
Aiken
Texas Building Trades
C. I
G. I
Marines Tie Down Iwo Jima Airfield Near Southern Tip
American Marines breached Japanese defenses on Iwo Jima and seized the southern airfield after two days of intense fighting. The capture expands a wedge across the island toward Motoyama Airfield No. 1 as U S forces push toward air superiority.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Suribachi
Motoyama
27Th Marine Regiment
U. S
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Fifth Marine Corps
Nine Mile Square Island
Nimitz
Landsberg
Tokyo Radio
Battle for Manila closes in on stubborn Japanese rear
U P news reports final assault on a one square mile pocket of Intramuros Ermita and port district as American 37th Infantry and 11th Airborne push through heavy artillery. Units breach the 16th Century Wall while paratroops clear caves around Corregidor and Fort McKinley.
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U.P
Pasig River
37Th
11Th Airborne
Fort McKinley
Corregidor
Bataan
Charter City
Ermita
Intramuros
Port
Bay Front
Philippines General Hospital
High Commissioner
Santa Theresa College
Approve A Nurse Draft Bill Aimed at 20000 Nurses
The House military committee approved a nurses draft bill for all unmarried graduate nurses aged 20 to 44 to meet President Roosevelt's request for 20000 nurses. It defers Veterans Administration nurses and authorizes deferment for essential civilian nursing service. Cadet nurses may be inducted before non cadets.
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Bhington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
War Manpower Commission
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy with drizzle and warmer today. Tonight and Wednesday show little temperature change. West Texas communities face mostly cloudy skies with light rain Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos River. New Mexico sees scattered showers and snow flurries west and north with warmer southeast portions. Temperatures range from lows near 30 to highs near 70.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
del Rio-Fagle Pass
New Mexico
Transmission of Names of POWs Delayed by War Messages
The War Department says 4,200 American POW names in the Philippines are on file and sent when possible. Couriers are bringing lists to Washington to prevent any loss of names while urgent war messages occupy Army radio channels.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Murky Weather Predicted to Linger Tomorrow
The forecast indicates fog and drizzly conditions may persist, spanning from Kansas to the Gulf Coast, with potential break tomorrow. Warm temperatures are expected, and the tonight’s low may reach 33 degrees.
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Kansas
Gulf Coast
Britain Will Press Japan After Defeating Germany
Washington reports Churchill told Roosevelt Britain would throw everything at the Japanese once Germany falls. The White House says Churchill pledged stronger forces against Japan and British naval units are active. Mountbatten’s troops are advancing in Burma as Roosevelt tours North Africa after Yalta.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Germany
White House
Alexandria
Egypt
Yalta
Churchill
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
North Africa
Crimea
Modified Work or Jail Bill Moves Ahead Despite Roosevelt Appeal
The Senate military committee planned to study a milder substitute after a memo from President Roosevelt urged speedy work-or-jail enactment. The bill would let the War Manpower Commission, under Byrnes, set employment ceilings and regulate hiring in designated plants or areas. The move displaced the House-approved work-jail bill, though adoption was not guaranteed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Kilgore
Virginia
Wagner
New York
Ferguson
Michigan
Ball
Minnesota
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
Stassen Calls Appointment A Political Liability
Comdr Harold E Stassen called his Roosevelt chosen post to the San Francisco United Nations Conference a political liability He said Republicans may view it that way but he would not refuse the assignment and believes it serves the goal of preventing another world war.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Stassen
Soviet Forces Push in Silesia and East Prussia
German high command reported Konev gained in several sectors near Sorau and Guben while claiming Russians were halted west of Breslau. Red Army pressed toward Koenigsberg as Rokossovsky’s forces reached near Danzig, with new Soviet advances and German counterattacks cited.
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Berlin
Silesia
Breslau
Konev
Sorau
Bober
Neisse
Guben
Ernst von Hammer
von Hammer
Silesian
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Red Star
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Danzig
Commissioners Authorize Closing of County Farm
Potter County votes to close the county farm. Mel Armstrong, a pioneer Panhandle cowboy and longtime manager, will receive an honorable release. Elderly residents will be moved to homes. Livestock grain and feeds to be sold except minimal supplies for county livestock at the fair grounds. Land disposition undecided. likely retention by the county or leasing to an individual.
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Potter County
Commissioners Court
Mel Armstrong
Amarillo Man Clears Alley Rats In Daylight Raid
In Amarillo a city worker C. H. Stevenson conducted a daylight raid on North Fillmore Street to eliminate an alley rat problem. With a club he killed eight and a half rats from a single Japanese doubles, a record for him, while clearing a trash barrel cache and addressing urban pests.
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Amarillo
Iwo Jima
Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Canadian First Army Advances Against Nazi West Wall Anchor
In Paris on February 20 the Canadian First Army blasted through the West Wall anchor at Goc, driving out most Nazi defenders and pushing beyond the town as part of a 15 mile offensive front closing on the German Ra.
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Paris
Goc
Allied Offensives Extend Deep Into German Fronts
Allied forces push across the Moselle into Germany and expand a Saar foothold as the Seventh Army advances into the Saar industrial basin. The Roer front remains contested with ongoing fighting near Goch and the Rhine front, while German resistance dwindles in parts of the town and surrounding areas.
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Aise Sas
Saar
Ssrreguemines
Vilit
Roaer
Alps
Rhine
Roer
First Army
Goch
Scottiss
Bayonet Point
Nuernberg Bombed by 900 Flying Fortresses in Raid
London reports 900 Flying Fortresses blasted Nuernberg rail yards and repair shops, escorted by about 700 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters. It marks the eighth straight day of aerial strikes to disrupt German rail transport and fronts. Other bombers from Italy joined the effort, with over 1,200 heavy bombers hitting Germany in the past week.
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London
Nuernberg
Munich
Reich
Globe marks 21st anniversary with Volume No 22 launch
The Globe office notes no cake or candles as it observes 21 years since its founding. Ernest Thompson, ex mayor of Amiarillo, recalls a tale of the publisher and a hotel room call about an electric light bulb. The paper begins its twenty second year.
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Ernest Thompson
Amiarillo
Tack
Globe
Colonel Thompson
Amarillo City Prepares for April 3 Election Tonight
The Amarillo city commission meets at 7:30 PM in city hall to set up voting machinery for the April 3 city election. Officials will appoint election workers for eight voting precincts. The deadline to file for mayor and two city commissioner seats is March 10.
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Amarillo
Night Spot Curfew Brings Prohibition Era Aftermath
The War Mobilization Director James Byrnes urged a nationwide midnight curfew on night life a measure to conserve fuel manpower and transportation. Night clubs from New York cafes to rural juke joints brace for compliance with mixed reactions including fears of unemployment and shifting workers to other jobs.
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James F. Byrnes
New York
Byrnes
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