Should downtown stores stay open later for war workers
Local Pulse Feeler asks if Amarillo shops should remain open until 7 P M to suit war workers. Responses from defense workers clerks soldiers and others favor longer hours with suggestions of staggered shifts and alternation while some call for surveys and caution about worker schedules. A dollar reward remains for readers who answer.
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L. L
Red Cross
Carl Betts
Frank Mason
Pauline Franks
Lester Brooks
Amarillo
Norris Caldwell
Lenora Smith
Pulse Feeler
J. L. Martin
North West Third Avenue
G. L. Mercer
Harrison Trees
Globe News Office
Post Office Department
Japs Flee To Hills In Burma
Allied reports from Southeast Asia Command describe Japanese forces near Nganyedauk Pass in Burma disintegrating as Seventh Indian Division is cut off. British relief pushes from the north trap retreating troops while Chinese forces rout the northern Burma front near the Tana river. RAF bombers hit Taungup and enemy positions in the Arakan theater.
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New Delhi
Nganyedauk Pass
Burma
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Mayu Range
Kalapanzin
Buthedaung
Maungdaw
Hukawng
Thentire
Tana River
Taipha Ga
Mawainghka
Laawnga
RAF
Taungup
Arakan
Weather report for Amarillo region and New Mexico
Cloudy conditions persist with little temperature change tonight. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies, colder air, and fresh to strong winds across West Texas and the Panhandle. Light rain or drizzle possible in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and South Plains, with scattered showers in El Paso and Big Bend tonight and Tuesday. Snow flurries in New Mexico mountains, with drizzle in extreme east and colder conditions west and north. Highs near 59, low around 35, noon 43.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos River
South Plains
el Paso
Big Bend
Panhandle
New Mexico
Truk Attack Shakes Japanese High Command
Lightning American blows cost Japan 19 ships and 201 planes at Truk. Hirohito relieves army and navy chiefs as Allies strike from Rabaul to the Marshalls. Nimitz reports vast shelling of Rabaul and Ponape. MacArthur shells Rabaul. Engebi Falls as Eniwetok advances.
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Truk
Hirohito
Army
Navy
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Rabaul
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Engebi Island
Eniwetok Island
Parry Island
U.S
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Kusaie
Nonape
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Nimitz
Associated Press
Pacific
Fourth Crushing Blow at Reich in Two Days
Allied air forces and the RAF devastate southwest Germany with massive raids on Stuttgart and Leipzig. More than 2,000 American planes strike fighter factories, destroying 126 enemy fighters and weakening German production. German defenses report 22 bombers shot down as Stalin reports new advances on multiple fronts.
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Germany
Stuttgart
RAF
H. H. Arnold
U. S
Leipzig
Munich
Rome
Italy
Baltic
Pskov
Minsk
Krivoi Rog
Ukraine
Gotha
Bernburg
Brunswick
Halberstadt
Tutow
Oschersieben
U.S
Mrs Florence Brown Wins News Tip Contest
Florence Brown wins $5 first prize in a News Tip contest for a tip about a fatal truck crash. Sophie Wardlaw receives $3 for a tip about her and her daughters talking on the phone. J C Parker gets $2 for a tip about a cat that rode a oil.
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Florence Brown
Monroe Street
Sophie Wardlaw
Pierce Street
J. C. Parker
Garfield Street
W. A. Mathews
Lamb County Grand Jury Probes Hunt Double Murder Angles
The Lamb County grand jury at Orton investigates the October 26 killing of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Hunt in Littlefield. Sheriff Bill Adams testifies as Texas Rangers and local officers pursue leads amid high public interest. Six-year-old Jo Ann Hunt witnessed the scene. ex-bank robber Jim Thomas is detained in Lubbock with no charges yet filed.
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Harold Nesbit
Globe-News
Orton
Roy Hunt
Amarillo
Lamb County
Grand Jury
Littlefield
Bill Adams
Amarillo Angles
Texas Rangers
Texas
Jo Ann Hunt
Jim Thomas
Lubbock
Olton
Ann
Hunt
W. R. Newton
Newton
Little Girl Rewarded For Finding Money
Lucy Gregory age 12 of 1403 West Eleventh Avenue found bills in downtown Amarillo and received a $10 reward left at police headquarters by Henry Pike of 1619 R Tyler Street. The owner disclosed the bill denominations and the likely loss location, which matched where Lucy found them.
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Lucy Gregory
West Eleventh Avenue
Amarillo
Henry Pike
R Tyler Street
Lucy
I Spent Yesterday by Evelyn Boyd Begins
Evelyn Boyd starts a new column titled I Spent Yesterday on the editorial page. The first installment describes casual wanderings and observations from a day in the city.
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Evelyn Boyd
Veterans Administration Plans To Enlarge Amarillo Hospital
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines informs Amarillo that the Veterans Administration intends to enlarge the local hospital in a long range program with possible doubling or tripling capacity. In the meantime Waco is expanding to 662 beds and a newly approved plan adds 164 more beds to that facility.
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Amarillo
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans Hospital
Frank Hines
Waco
Knife and Fork Club To Hear Angre Michalopoulos
Andre Michalopoulos a former governor of Lemnos North Aegean Islands and Corfu will speak at the Knife and Fork Club tonight at Amarillo Country Club. An Oxford educated World War 1 veteran tall at six feet two inches he will discuss the Balkan Mediterranean area at 8 o'clock.
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Andre Michalopoulos
Lemnos
North Aegean Islands
Corfu
Amarillo Country Club
Oxford
Michalopoulos
Weather turns cooler after warm cloudy spell
The forecast calls for springlike warmth with clouds and little moisture. High yesterday reached 59, low 35, and a freeze unlikely tonight. Clouds may clear by tomorrow. The article also notes Mussolini’s residence and a car theft recovery with two arrests in Texas.
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Bureau
Truk Declared Finished as Japanese Base
Washington reports naval authorities deem Truk, once a strong Japanese stronghold, finished as a naval base after Admiral Spruance’s carrier air forces struck. Heavy units detected earlier were absent, signaling Truk’s unsafe status for major fleet actions.
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Washington
Truk
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Raymond A. Spruance
Spurance
Surprised Marine Flashes Jap Soldier Out of Bushes
In Tarawa a Marine Private James D. Taylor of Corsicana Texas spots a suspicious bulge under foliage. He uses his bayonet and fires three times, killing a Japanese soldier who emerged and fired a pistol, with Taylor noting his surprise and lack of souvenir thoughts.
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Pacific
Marie
James D. Taylor
Corsicana
Tarawa
Taylor
Japan's War Machine Slowed by Leadership Shakeup
The dismissal of Japan's top military leaders follows a cabinet reshuffle targeting finance, transport, and agriculture. Analysts say Japan's war effort is being redirected to defensive posture with shortened supply lines, as American power expands.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
China Coast
Tokyo
Dog Joe Dives For Foxholes In Airraid Drills
Lt. R K Murr describes the Southwest Pacific unit’s dog Joe a veteran who dives into foxholes at air raid warnings and remains until an all clear is shouted. Murr notes he has flown 19 combat missions.
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Southwest Pacific
Joe
R. K. Murr
E. R. Murr
Amarillo
Marr
Amarillo Named Terminal In Airline's Petition
Amarillo would join six other originating terminals in a three state feeder system if the CAB grants Southwest Airways petition. Other terminals listed are Houston Brownsville San Antonio Fort Worth Oklahoma City and Little Rock. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce received a brief of the application today.
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Amarillo
CAB
Southwest Airways Company of
Fort Worth
Houston
Brownsville
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Little Rock
Try in Vain To Bring Crippled Fortress Home
A U S bomber crew fought to bring a bullet-damaged Fortress home from Leipzig. Co pilot killed, pilot wounded, navigator limited training. Carl W Moore and four crewmen guided the plane back to Britain and parachuted to safety as the bomber exploded on the base.
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England
Leipzig
Carl W. Moore
Williamsport
Moore
Britain
Cal
Eugene A
Byesville
Jensen
Tve
Romig
Tae Ae
Othe
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