Central Place to Pay Bills Stirs Pulses
A Pulse Feeler column explores a proposed central bill paying station where customers could pay gas water and electric bills after hours at a department store. Readers from Mrs. Sanders to Tom Cooper weigh benefits risks and practicalities including penalties and store business impact.
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Pulse Feeler
E. B. Sanders
Maryland Street
Amarillo
Sars Patterson
G. L. Morrison
Tom Cooper
Stockmen Warn of Bankruptcy From Price Rules and Feed Shortage
Joe G. Montague of Washington warned in Houston that stockmen face bankruptcy due to government price regulations and a protein feed shortage. He said cattle are 200 to 500 pounds under normal weight and that feed is unavailable despite similar production this year. Montague urged focus on production costs to sustain the country as stockmen prepare for the association’s convention addressing the feed shortage and price rules.
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Houston
Joe G. Montague
Washington
Montague
Association
Rotary Institute Speaker To Address Amarillo High
Public invited to hear Cheng Pao-nan director of News Service Chicago at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at Amarillo high school as a Rotary Institute feature. Emil Myers says programs are paid for by Rotarians and admission is free. Pao-nan will discuss Oriental Nations as Contributors to a New World Order. Another lecture on March 21 features Shaon M. Davidson of Lima Ohio on the right of March 21.
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Cheng Pao-nan
Chicago
Amarillo High School
Rototary Institute
Emil Myers
Institute of International Understanding
Shaon M. Davidson
Lima
Ohio
Peron to be installed as Argentina war minister
Col Juan D. Peron, leader of the Argentine Colonel's Group that ousted Gen Pedro Ramirez, is to be installed today as war minister. A Buenos Aires announcement says no appointment had yet been made by Gen Edelmiro Farrell who moved into the presidency after Ramirez's departure.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan D. Peron
Pedro Ramirez
Buenos Aires
Labor
Peron
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Ramirez
Sea Lanes Too Rough For Enemy
Allied navies report heavy Japanese losses in the Pacific in raids on Truk Kavieng Rabaul Wewak and Kwajalein Eniwetok as carrier forces strike at Guam Saipan Tinian and surrounding targets. Nimitz notes multiple raids yield dozens of ships sunk and aircraft destroyed with no U. S. ships damaged. Tokyo claims carriers sunk but Allied sources dispute the totals.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
South Pacific
Truk
Bismarck
Kavieng
New Ireland
U. S
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Central Pacific
Caroline Islands
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Kusaie
Nauru Islands
Mars. S
Tokyo Radio
Guam
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Mariana Group
Nimitz
Tokyo
Mariana Islands
Tinian
Burma Drive Defeated in Arakan Offensive Victory
British Indian forces with Allied air support decisively repelled a major Japanese offensive in western Burma's Arakan. Army units under Lt Gen A F P Christison killed about 1,000 Japanese and wounded 2,000, while suffering far lighter losses. Air-dropped supplies aided Fifth and Seventh Divisions as they counterattacked along Ngakyedauk Pass and surrounding fronts.
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New Delhi
U.R
Arakan
Burma
India
United Kingdom
Ngakyedauk Pass
Maya Range
Alexander F. P. Christison
14Th Army
Nekayedauk Pass
Buthidaung-Maungdaw
Ngkyyedauk Pass
Kaladan
Chin Hills
Hukawng
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Arakan Peninsula
A. F. P. Christison
Mayu Range
Ngakydauk Pass
Bigli-Maungdaw
Tokyo
Christianson
Fourteenth Army
Rubber Plant Strike Near Quick Settlement at Borger
About 200 workers walked out of the B F Goodrich synthetic rubber plant in Borger seeking union shop job security and seniority rights. J C Richards said negotiations have spanned six to seven weeks with some issues settled and unsettled matters to be referred to authorities. J C Cooper said the National Labor Relations Board is handling the case.
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Borger
B. F. Goodrich Company
National Cio
J. C. Richards
B. F. Goodrich
Army Needs Physically Fit Not 4-Fs for Limited Service
Washington February 28 report by President Roosevelt's five man medical commission says the armed forces cannot lower physical standards without hurting efficiency. The urgent need is for men fit for general combat service and not for expanding limited service or drafting more 4-Fs.
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Washington
W.P
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Two Aviation Cadets Die In Pampa Plane Crash
Two aviation cadets from Pampa Army Air Field were killed when their twin engine advanced training aircraft crashed near Pampa on Saturday night. The deceased were 19 year old Robert J. Yates, son of Lt. Col. Earl J. Yates and Mrs. Earl J. Yates of Denver, and 19 year old James H. Yalem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Yalem of St. Louis.
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Pampa
U.P
Pampa Army Air Field
Robert J. Yates
Earl J. Yates
Fort Knox
Denver
Colo
James H. Yalem
Charles H. Yalem
St. Louis
Court decision hoped on soldier vote legality
Washington date February 28 Congress may seek a Supreme Court ruling to settle if the federal absentee ballot proposed by the administration is legal. The House already opposes Washington participation in armed forces voting machinery, blocking federal versus state ballot authority.
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Washington
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
House
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather reports cold tonight with partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures Tuesday. West Texas remains partly cloudy, colder with freezing in the Panhandle and diminishing winds. New Mexico has partly cloudy weather with mountain snow flurries. 24 hours ending 6:30 AM show highs around 43 and a low of 31 with zero moisture.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Upper Panhandle
New Mexico
Ella Dye Wins News Tip Contest For Grateful Thief
Mrs. Ella Dye of 702 Jackson Street wins $5 first prize for a write up about a grateful thief who left a note after taking groceries. Ramona Giulia earns $3 for a tip about a postman who sheltered in a mail pickup box. R L Dorough gets $2 for tipping about a woman who held a car pier until police arrived.
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Ella Dye
Jackson Street
Ramona Giulia
Taylor Street
R. L. Dorough
Brook Street
Globe News
Nell
Allied forces report intensified fighting near Moletta riverfront
Allied headquarters say British troops stormed and captured two German strong points southwest of Carraceto near the Moletta river as artillery dueling rose along the Anzio front. American cruisers shelled German gun positions while British patrols engaged enemy forces west of Castelforte. Air raids hit Rome area fields and Ladispoli docks with 16 dock hits. Spitfires destroyed vehicles and damaged rail cars in Yugoslavia.
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Naples
Moletta
Carraceto
Anzio
Carroceto
Rome
Ladispoli
Tiber
Castelforte
Littorio
Guidonia
Yugoslav
Tyrian
Teaser
Vela Luka
Korcula
Italy
Yugoslavia
Move Drilling Equipment To New Amarillo Well Sites
Equipment to drill two water wells for the city of Amarillo was being moved today by contractor H. H. Heiskell to a water site along Canyon highway just southwest of Amarillo. Bids to drill four more wells on the same site open March 7 and completion will give Amarillo 24 wells on two sites Palo Duro 20 miles southwest and the McDonald site.
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Amarillo
H. H. Heiskell
Canyon Highway
Palo Duro
McDonald
Sign Commodity Credit Law extends CCC life to 1945
President Roosevelt signed legislation extending the Commodity Credit Corporation life to June 30, 1945 without anti subsidy strings. Earlier House vetoed a rider that would have barred consumer subsidies on foods, prompting a straight extension through Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House
Congres
Pressure on Finland as ships ordered to stay in German ports
Stock holm reports Finland inching toward a separate peace amid word that large Finnish ships must remain in German ports. A Moscow forecast says Helsinki raid signals heavier attacks to come as Soviet forces move to bolster bases in Estonia and threaten Finland. The Helsinki bombardment caused fires and damage after a 12 hour alert from 7 P. M. to 7 A. M.
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Stockholm
U.P
Finland
Moscow
Helsinki
Tidningen
United Press
Russia
Estonia
Sovi
High Command
Glitter In Skies Glitter In Skies Bomber Bases in England
In England February 28 bomber bases introduce Silver Flying Fortresses in the European theater. The planes shed camouflage paint to gain speed and appear aluminum colored to blend with clouds, making them harder to spot by ground defenses. Crews receive quilted sage green and olive drab flight attire with two piece electrically heated suits, gloves and black felt boots.
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England
Advocates U S Mandate of Captured Jap Islands
Senator Tydings argues the United States should accept a mandate over Gilbert, Marshall and Marianas islands after the war. He says someone must own them and notes Britain holds many islands, with the islands valued mainly as military or air bases. A Polish ambassador to Washington arrives in London to confer with exiled Polish leaders on the Russian Polish dispute.
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Baltimore
Tydings
Maryland
United States
Gilbert, Marshall and Marianas Islands
Pacific Islands
London
Jan Ciechanowski
Washington
Stanislaw Mikolanczyk
Tadeusz Romer
Allied Air Hammer Rains Over Northern France In Major Strike
American Eighth Air Force led a daylight assault on German targets in France supported by medium and light bombers and fighters. RAF Dominion and Allied forces joined the action as the week-long offensive cited sweeping German air and factory targets with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
U.P
France
Great Britain
United States
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Cone
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Dominion
Tactical Air Force
Nish Air Force
Straits of Dover
U. S
Use of Ration Tokens Begins Officially Today
Amarillo grocers start today with 670000 ration tokens to use as change for stamps. Red tokens cover meats and blue tokens cover processed foods. Circulation totals are 405000 red and 265000 blue tokens. Stamps A and C series for red and blue, valued at 10 points each, are valid in book four.
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Amarillo
Amarililo
Australia Drafts 500 Miners to Break Strike Wave
The Australian government responds to a major strike by drafting 500 coal miners aged 18 to 25. The move targets persistent defiance of a government order to return to work. The calls were mailed today in a historic measure.
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Sydney
Australia
Germans Develop Non-Flash Powder and Outranging Gun
Fifth Army on the Cassino front reports a new German 17 centimeter railway gun surpassing Allied artillery in range. An officer notes its high muzzle velocity and lighter shell, and claims Germany has developed a powder with near zero flash, aiding night operations.
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FIFTH
Cassino
Chamber of Commerce Moves to New Amarillo Building
Moving day is over for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce as staff settle into the ground floor quarters of the Amarillo Building. Rex Baxter manager with Ed Hardin and City Commissioner Bob Epperson departed for Levelland to deliver the principal address at tonight’s annual Chamber banquet.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Amaravillo
Rex Baxter
Ed Hardin
Bob Epperson
Levelland
114 American Airman Safe After Parachuting Into Malian Alps
A Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau dispatch from Milan reports German Alpine troops and Italian guides rounded up 114 American airmen who parachuted into the Italian Alps after an attack on Fiume. Some airmen remain missing with presumed deaths from cold and heavy snow.
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Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Milan
Italian Alps
Fiume
Japanese seize field hospital in Burma massacre
Japanese troops attacked a British field hospital at Ngyakedauk on February 7 in western Burma. They bayoneted wounded, denied water and bandages, and used captives as a human screen against British tanks and infantry. About 25 Indian soldiers and four doctors were killed before West Yorkshire regiment retook the hospital after around 36 hours.
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London
U.P
Arakan
Burma
London Daily Herald
Herald
Stanley Wills
Ngyakedauk
West Yorkshire Regiment
36th Division Texans Have Frontline Longevity at Salerno and Cassino
The veteran 36th Division from Texas led American units in early Salerno deployment and remained in action for 16 days, later fighting 43 and 31 day stretches. Texans fought Mount Lungo Ca mine and Maggiore and the town of San Pietro, suffered heavy losses crossing the Rapido River near Cassino, and helped the 34th in mountain fighting behind Cassino.
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Allied
Naples
U.P
36Th
Texas
Salerno
Lungo
Camine
Maggiore
San Pietro
Rapido
Cassino
34Th
Panhandle receives widespread moisture from recent rain
The Panhandle plains recorded about .75 inch with variations by location. Amarillo saw .60 inch while Clarendon reported 1.31 inches the heaviest. Lubbock measured .44 and Dalhart .15 with Woodward Oklahoma at 1.12. Forecasters expect clearing skies and a touch cooler tonight followed by warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Bureau
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Clarendon
Lubbock
Woodward
Oklahoma
Dalhart
Panhandle
Potter County Red Cross drives to reach 112,500 goal
Potter County's chapter launches an all out drive with a $112,500 target while Amarillo aims to be the first city of its size to surpass the goal. Macon Carder heads the committee urging merchants and firms to donate and volunteers will canvass next week. Contributions can be mailed to the Southwestern Public Service Company offices.
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Potter County
American Red Cross
Macon Carder
Amarillo
Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
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Rotary Institute
Argentina
Amarillo Field
Russell Stationery Company
New City
Internal Revenue
Ralph |Kenniston
Detroit
Girvat Lakes Steel Corporation
Ecorn
U. S. Navy
Malian Alps
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Ve. Neely- Greenhill- Lowndes Insurance
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