Shipyard gamblers blamed for waste at Houston Omega Yard
Arthur Stout, president of the Houston Omega Corporation, rebuked about 20,000 workers in an open letter for widespread gambling inside the Irish Bend Yard. He cited shooting craps as the main offense, noting nonstop games with lookout and steerers to evade disruption and promising immediate dismissal for future players.
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Houston
Irish Bend
Houston Omega Corporation
Arthur Stout
Stout
Allies announce jet propelled fighter to fly soon
Washington January 7 Allied and British announced a secret jet propelled fighter soon in production. Official report cited hundreds of successful flights with no mishaps, speeds estimated between 500 and 600 mph per press accounts. The design, British origins with American collaboration, marks a milestone in aviation history.
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Washington
U.P
London Daily Mail
Henri F. Melot
Caproni-Campiani
Gol
Marion de Bernardi
U. S. Army
General Electric Company
Bell
United States
Robert M. Stanley
Planned Consultations on Bolivia Recognition Weathervane
Secretary Hull said the United States and 18 American nations would begin immediate talks on recognizing Bolivia s new revolutionary government led by Major Gualberto Villarroel. The main question is whether unfriendly external influences caused the overthrow, which could lead to withholding recognition and possible joint disapproval actions.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Nazis Killing Own Citizens In German Repression
Stockholm dispatch reports flagging morale and rising executions in Germany. Berlin correspondent Christer Jaederlund says fear of death suppresses dissent and undermines any chance to organize a revolution against the Nazi regime led by Hitler and Himmler.
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Stockholm
Germany
Christer Jaederlund
Berlin
Tidningen
Jaederlund
Bricker Draws Battle Line For GOP Presidential Fight
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio outlined a campaign theme urging a shift of policy power from "bureau cats" to elected representatives. He argued a Republican victory would reduce government domination and empower the people to direct policy for freedom at home and in allied efforts abroad.
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Detroit
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Michigan
America
Amarillo Woman Welds At Air Field Depot
Miss Lucille Hollingsworth, civilian employee at the Fourth sub-depot Amarillo Army Air Field, proudly works as a welder in the maintenance department. A native Amarilloan and Amarillo High School graduate, she earned three months in the sub-depot after prior experience in a local machine shop.
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Rosie
Lucille Hollingsworth
Amarillo Army Air Field
Ama- 0
Amarillo College Marks Top Civilian Employee in Sun Carnival Contest
She is one of the most popular civilian employees at the field and ranked second in the recent contest to represent the field at the Sun Carnival in El Paso.
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Amarillo College
el Paso
Arnold vows relentless air assault on Berlin
Gen Henry H. Arnold, in Fort Worth, says Berlin is three fourths destroyed and vows to exterminate the German air force. He predicts 24 hour bomb service with RAF as bomber numbers grow, warning Germans to stop the Allies or lose the war. Fox farming began in 1894 on Prince Edward Island.
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Fort Worth
Berlin
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Barton K. Yount
AAF Training Command
RAF
Germany
Prince Edward Island
Patty Berg to play golf for relaxation during war work
Lieut Patty Berg of the Marine Corps Reserve plans a round of golf when possible to relax from war duties. The former women’s champion says she wants to keep her hand in and has post‑war plans for her town.
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Patty Berg
New York
U.P
Marine Corps Reserve
Miss Berg
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