Ford son says no price relief sought since OPA ceilings
Henry Ford II in a Los Angeles telegram to Rep. Bruce Spence says Ford Motor Co has applied for no price relief on any cars since OPA price ceilings were set. He disputes Chester Bowles claim that Ford sought a 55 percent price rise, noting estimates were made before ceilings. Ford invited to testify before the House Banking and Currency Committee.
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Henry Ford I
Ford Motor Co
Los Angeles
Bruce Spence
Kentucky
House Banking and Currency Committee
Chester Bowles
Ford
Young Ford
Bowles
OPA
House Committee
OPA poised to raise prices to offset wage boosts
Bowles told the House Banking Committee that OPA plans to lift supplies and speed price decisions as Ford and other industries seek higher costs. The agency aims to boost low cost garments and grant interim increases where cost data are lacking while transferring staff to keep momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwellenbach
OPA
Callin Wheat Callin Wheat in Texas
Approximately 2,000,000 bushels of Texas wheat are affected as government wheat loans must be called by March 1. B F Vance of the production marketing administration says heavy demand prompts the move to shift wheat into trade channels. Farmers must pay off loans or deliver to the CCC. warehouse stored wheat will be bought at 15 cents above loan value less charges, farm stored wheat delivered at 15 cents above loan value. Citizens are urged to consult warehousemen and local agricultural offices to decide on payoff or CCC handover.
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College Station
Texas
B. F. Vance
Production Marketing Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Vance
Country Agricultural Conservation Association
Rail strike looming as engineers and trainmen vote to strike
United Press reports unions representing 300000 railroad workers plan to strike within ten days, potentially halting traffic on major lines. President Whitney and Johnston say ballots near unanimous, with date decision after final counts. Discussions of wage increases and cooling off period compared to Railway Labor Act.
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A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Alvanley Johnston
Locomotive Engineers
Johnston
Whitney
Railway Labor Act
General Motors
CIO
United Auto
CIO Steel
Truman
CIO Electrical
Westinghouse Electrical Corp
Pauley Nomination Split Echoes Across Democratic Party
Senate hearings and party leadership face friction as Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination for undersecretary of the Navy widens rifts within the Democratic Party. Senator Stewart argues Pauley should withdraw amid testimony about campaign contributions and oil land disputes. Forrestal notes Pauley would resign business ties if confirmed, signaling potential conflict between public service and private interests.
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Washington
Stewart
Tennessee
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Truman
Robert F. Hannegan
Navy
Forrestal
California
Pope Pius XII Calls Church a Signal of Unity in World Crisis
Pope Pius XII told Cardinals in Vatican City that the church rises as a signal of unity amid hunger and world turmoil. He described the church as a perfect society embracing all peoples and urged faithful to remain the church despite global upheaval.
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London
Pius XII
Assembly of Cardinals
Vatican City
Associated Press
Vatican
Vatican Radio
Birettas
University of the Church
Greek Premier Sophoulis Likely to Quit Amid Crisis
The Vima reports Premier Themistocles Sophoulis and his cabinet may resign and possibly abstain from the March 31 elections unless order is restored in Greece, signaling a major political shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Vima
Themistocles Sophoulis
Greece
German exports eyed to buy food imports
Berlin reports that the American military government announced discussions to allow Germany to export cameras binoculars and technical lenses to help pay for food imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Amarillo Girl Cast in Movie Whistle Stop
Georgia Cartwright known as Jorja from Amarillo gains the second lead in the film Whistle Stop opening Saturday at the State Theater. Born in Amarillo to Mrs. C. R. Cartwright she trained in drama and stenography before securing a screen role after reading for producer Seymour Nebenzal.
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Amarillo
Georgia Cartwright
C. R. Cartwright
West Ninth
Georgia
Jorja
State Theater
Ava Gardner
George Raft
Amarillo High School
West Texas State
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Silver City
Ness
Seymour Nebenzal
Flossie Freedman
Fran
Amarillo Manufacturer Visits New York Picket Line
Morris Goltz of Amarillo walked about an hour in a New York picket line to visit a friend, Frank Alexander, whom he had not seen in 20 years. Goltz owns Amarillo Uniform Garment Manufacturing Co and plans to restart factory operations in about 30 days as materials remain scarce.
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Morris Goltz
Amarillo
New York
Morris
Frank Alexander
Dallas
Western Union
Union
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions. In West Texas partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight, warmer Thursday. New Mexico mostly cloudy with colder northwest Thursday. Temperatures range tonight from 20 to 30 degrees in the north and 30 to 40 along the southern border. Highs Thursday 35 to 45 in the northwest and 65 to 70 in the southwest. Also lists economy items and local business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Northwest
Southwest
Pearl Harbor radar witness recalls planes before attack
George A. Elliott, a former private from Long Branch New Jersey, testified before the Senate House Inquiry Committee that his radar spotted Japanese planes near Oahu 7:02 am on December 7 1941. He said calls to alert the system were unanswered and a lieutenant told them to forget it.
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Washington
Exii
Pearl Harbor
Senate House
George A. Elliott
Pacific Fleet
Elliott
Long Branch
N. J
Army
Joseph Lockard
Oahu
Eliott
McDonald
Lockard
Kermit A. Tyler
Law aims to curb Petrillo backed coercive radio demands
The House prepared a new labor bill targeting James C. Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians. The measure would prohibit coercive practices affecting radio broadcasting, seeking to curb stand‑in orchestras and other union demands. The bill stems from conflicts between Petrillo and the National Music Camp at Interlochen and follows recent labor control actions.
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Washington
House
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York
House Interstate Committee
Petrillo
Lea
California
National Music
Interlochen, Mich
Veteran Moyle Dies in Salt Lake City at 87
James H. Moyle 87 died in a Salt Lake City hospital. He founded Utah's Democratic party and served as assistant secretary of the treasury during the Wilson administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
James H. Moyle
Democratic Party
Utah
Treasury
Salt Lake Hospital
Pioneer Realtor John B. Gilvin 70 Dies in Amarillo Home
John B. Gilvin a longtime Amarillo real estate dealer age 70 died at 6 20 this morning at 1500 Buchanan after seven months of ill health He helped organize an early Amarillo fair in 1941 and was a Baptist Church member Past consul of Palo Duro Camp 11994 Modern Woodmen of America He is survived by a son a daughter two sisters and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at N S Griggs & Sons chapel.
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John B. Gilvin
Amarillo
Buchanan
Gilvin
Will Gilvin
Nina Gilvin
The
Baptist Church
Palo Duro Camp
Woodmen of America
Buffalo Lake
Eddie Dan Gilvin
Missouri
Henrietta
Clay County
Prank
Harold S. Richey
Annie Kimbrough
Regene Haigh
Abilene
Wild Life Color Films At Panhandle Club Show
Color films on the habits of ducks and geese will be shown at 8 pm as part of a Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club program at the Amarillo Hotel. Col. Ed Russenholt of Winnipeg Canada will speak on boosting waterfowl numbers. he is with Ducks Unlimited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
Ed Russenholt
Winnipeg
Canada
Colonel Russenholt
Back Pay Hike For Amarillo Western Union Staff
Western Union Telegraph Company workers in Amarillo will get about 60 000 dollars in retroactive pay after a National War Labor Board ruling. The plan adds 10 cents an hour for every hour worked from November 10 1943 to December 29 1945. About 750 current and former Amarillo employees are eligible, with total regional back pay around five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Long Lines Operators
Southwest Telephone Workers Union
Association of Communications Employes
Western Electric
Kearny
N. J
NPTW
Joseph A Beirne
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Amarillo
National War Labor Board
Western Union
Southwest
Charles Giltner
Telegraph Workers Labor Union
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Milk Producers Ask Customers If They Will Pay More
Lubbock milk plants began distributing cards on routes asking consumers if they can afford to pay a cent more per quart and if they would pay the increase. The move follows the Lubbock Grade A Milk Producers Association delaying a threatened strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Lubbock Grade A Milk Producers Association
US Army Strength in India Theater Falls to 19000
NEW DELHI February 20 American Army strength in the India Burma theater will be reduced to 19000 officers and men by March 1 a headquarters spokesman said today. During March about 5500 men will leave for home aboard troop ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India- Burma
New Zealand Gifts 16000 Tons Food to Britain
Acting Premier Walter Nash announced Wellington offers 16 000 tons of food valued at 1 000 000 pounds to Britain as a government gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Britain
Walter Nash
Two Killed Two Wounded in Hillside Temple Gun Duel
In Durham Maine a former Army lieutenant Irene Laprise and cult member Charles Reeder died in a pistol exchange at Shiloh Temple, headquarters of the Holy Ghost and Us Society. Reeder was fatally shot. Laprise also harmed, a bystander wounded, as a cult member attempted to intervene.
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Durham
Holy Ghost
Irene Laprise
Europe
Charles Reeder
Laprise
United Protection, Inc
John Ruby
Lisbon Falls
Philip Holland
Holland
Reeder
Shis
Carl Webster
Kneeland Godfrey
Shiloh
Holy Ghost and
Us” Society
Frank Weston Sandford
Sandford
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Detroit
U. S
Church
Joria Cartright
Hollywood “x
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Lauren Bacall
Advance Press
E. A. Regal Co.—Real Estate and Loans
U S Weather Bureau
Jack LoRelle
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Fillmore
John Maynard Lbr Co
Russell Stationery Company
Wild Life
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