Red Cross Drive Aims At 154000 In Potter County
Charley Lambie reports strong support for the Red Cross drive in Amarillo and Potter County with heavy contributions at banks and stations. The one day push on Friday March 2 seeks 154100 for local relief as the war broadens and workers prepare to contribute.
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Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
Capitol
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Herring
Potter County
Abolition of Constable Office Nears Senate Vote
A proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the constable office moved toward Senate approval in Austin. Supporters argued the office is outmoded and merely catches minor violators, while the second-reading vote stood 18 to 9, three short of two-thirds.
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Austin
Senate
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Bowles Seeks 6 to 7 Percent Clothing Price Cut by August
Price Administrator Chester Bowles told Congress he hoped to lower clothing prices by six to seven percent by next August, signaling a plan to ease inflation and aid consumers.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Elliston Seeks State Help on Palo Duro Park
Hereford’s Beryl Elliston met Rex Baxter of the Hereford Chamber of Commerce to head to Austin. He plans talks with State Park Board officials and lawmakers on Palo Duro Park’s future. F A Emery, lien holder representative, accompanies the trip for the same目的.
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Beryl Elliston
Hereford
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Palo Duro Park
State Park Board
F. A. Emery
Canyon
Mother's Pleas Are Ignored
A San Antonio heart specialist laments Navy inaction on granting leave to Mrs. Claude A. Miller so her sailor husband can see their dying 16 month old daughter Vesta Ann before she dies. He questions Forrestal and cites other leave cases as he notes the child’s rapid decline and the family’s efforts for shore duty.
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Vesta Ann Miller
Claude A. Miller
San Antonio
Mate Miller
le Girl
Pacific
U.P
Navy Department
Secretary of Navy
James Forrestal
Corpus Christi
Mexico City
Tiny
Vesta Ann
Churchill Reaffirms Allies' Plans and Poland Boundary at Crimea
Churchill defends the Curzon line as just and right for Poland's boundary with Russia and states that Poland must act in harmony with its Allies. He pledges continued recognition of the Polish exile government until a new provisional government is formed, and outlines plans for drastic postwar measures against Germany and Nazism. The talks in Crimea follow a Malta conference where Western Front operations and campaigns against Japan were approved.
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London
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Allied Forces Drive Toward Ruhr as Cologne Falls
First Army tanks burst into Cologne outskirts while Ninth and Third Armies push toward Ruhr defenses. Canadians seize Venrath and Calar as Hodges’ troops advance toward Duesseldorf and Neuss. Prisoner totals top 80,000 in February with 930,000 since D day.
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Ruhr
Emmerich
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Saar River
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Germany
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
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Muenchen Gladbach
Duesseldorf
Surplus Food To Glut Markets After War
The House Appropriations Committee predicts a historic surplus of farm produce after the war. The shortfall is caused by free food demands in liberated Europe falling short of expectations, delaying ferm production restoration in liberated areas.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Europe
Texas Governor Abolishes Closed Fresh Water Season
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson signed a law eliminating closed fresh water fishing seasons in Texas effective immediately. The bill sets keeper and daily limits for black bass and other species, removes local closed seasons, and keeps methods rules intact. Rep. I P Hydrick of Marshall signals possible local action to exclude Caddo Lake from the open season.
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Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
I. P. Hydrick, Jr
Marshall
Caddo Lake
50 Cents an Hour Minimum Wage For Texans Proposed in Bill
Rep. James T. Sparks of Sherman introduced a Texas House bill proposing a state wage and hour act setting a 50 cent minimum wage. The measure limits employment to an eight hour day and 40 hour week with overtime paid at one and a half times the regular rate.
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Austin
U.P
James T. Sparks
Sherman
Texas
House of Representatives
Iwo Jima Offensive Advances Amid Fierce Battles
Lt. Gen. Holland M. Smith predicts Iwo Jima will fall within days as U S Marines push through the air fields cutting toward the north coast. Japanese forces on central and northern Iwo are under artillery fire from a newly captured hill. American planes operate from the southern air field and a major attack continues after an all night bombardment by Navy guns. In the Philippines Verde Island near Luzon falls under American amphibious forces with the 24th division landing and quickly forcing Japanese to retreat at San Agapito.
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San Agapito
Reds Shatter Lines In Baltic Theatres Of War
Moscow reports show Russian forces breaking the Neisse line and driving toward Dresden as Konev’s armored units roll across Pomerania toward Saxony. American fliers in mid Oder-Berlin zone report heavy artillery exchanges and convoy movements westward. A Los Angeles draft-dodging case features Albert N. Roberts claiming ignorance of the war.
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Dresden
Ivan S. Konev
Saxony
Middle
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Berlin
Los Angeles
Albert N. Roberts
Las Cruces
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Weather update for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with continued cold tonight. West Texas sees cloudiness with fair Rio Grande Valley in places and lows 26 to 32. New Mexico reports snow flurries in the northern mountains and highs 50 to 60 Wednesday, with a 34 degree 24 hour high and 23 degree low at 6:30 a.m. plus .09 inch precipitation. Lumber ad for John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 W Sth.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Bombers Hit Leipzig and Halle Rail Hubs
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle led nearly 2,000 Eighth Air Force planes against Leipzig and Halle in central Germany. Over 1,100 Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped almost 3,000 tons of bombs on the rail hubs. More than 700 fighters accompanied the mission on the fifth straight day of heavy bombing during the winter offensive.
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London
U.P
James H. Doolittle
Eighth
Leipzig
Halle
Germany
Berlin
Oklahoma Lawmaker Seeks Sterilization of Japanese Aliens
Rep. Johnson of Oklahoma urged Congress to authorize sterilization of Japanese aliens held in U.S. segregation camps. He spoke during House Appropriations Committee testimony on enemy alien resettlement, insisting the record reflect the measure.
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Washington
Rep
Johnson
Oklahoma
Congress
U. S
House Appropriations Committee
Navy reports sustained air battles with Japanese planes
A Navy spokesman said U S Third and Fifth fleets have destroyed at least SAS Japanese planes since December 1, amid ongoing carrier operations.
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