Agricultural Council Meets in Amarillo for Three Day Conference
The Southern Great Plains Agricultural Council gathers in Amarillo with about 75 participants from Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas including university and extension staff plus federal visitors to discuss agricultural problems. H Umberzer of Manhattan Kansas will lead the program as committees meet to set topics for the general session tomorrow. Several named representatives from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Colorado attend along with federal offices in Washington. Separately Potter County Grand Jury reports no indictments by noon as members review cases and a new grand jury will be sworn in January 22 opening day of the next term.
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Southern Great Plains Agricultural Council
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
H. Umberzer
Manattan
Kan
Potter County Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
47Th District Court
Timetable of Philippines campaign advances through Leyte battles
United Press outlines the progress in the Philippines campaign with dates marking landings and key actions. Highlights include the October Leyte landings on the east coast, the October 23 to 28 naval defeat in the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, and subsequent landings at Samar and Ormoc. The timeline notes air raids on Manila and the cumulative Japanese casualties.
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Leyte
Philippines Sea
Samar
Limon
Yamashita
U. S. 77Th Division
Ormoce
Ormoc
Mindoro
Manila
MacArthur
Marinduque
Luzon
Planes Hit Burmese Namtu Mines and Japanese Anchorage
U S 10th Air Force medium bombers struck the Bandin Mines near Namtu 24 miles northwest of Lashio and 120 miles northeast of Mandalay. They aimed to cripple lead and zinc supplies for Japan while hitting sheds and troop concentrations. Lt Chester Kendrick of Donna Texas led a flight between anti aircraft positions, reporting widespread fires.
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10Th Air Force
Myitkyina
Burma
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Air Force
Namtu
Lashio
Mandalay
Chester Kendrick
Donna
Tex
Welfare group locates Mrs Mattie Cummings in Vernon
Potter County Welfare Association representative Mrs Mabel L Ray checked files and learned Frank Cummings, son of Mrs Mattie Cummings, had lived in Amarillo but family home was in Vernon. The Vernon police received a telegram from New York police asking to inform Mrs Mattie Cummings they hold her son's body. Cause of death unspecified.
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Mabel L. Ray
Potter County Welfare Association
Frank Cummings
Mattie Cummings
Amarillo
Vernon
New York
Ray
Cummings
Wakemans Visit Mother While On Leave From Service
Lieutenant Wakeman, recently transferred to Peterson Field from Great Bend Kansas, visits his mother Mrs G M Peet and Mrs Lloyd A Wakeman of Colorado Springs at 2103 South Pierce. He had been stationed since graduating from the officer candidate school in Miami Beach Florida in April.
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Lloyd A. Wakeman
Colorado Springs
Colo
G. M. Peet
South Pierce
Wakeman
Peterson Field
Great Bend
Kan
Miami Beach
Fla
Amarillo Attorney Byron Singleton In Dallas on Business
Amarillo lawyer Byron Singleton is in Dallas today for business. He travels to the city to handle pending matters and meet with clients and associates.
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Dallas
E. Byron Singleton
Amarillo
Grandma Penetro: Mutton Suet Relief for Chest Colds Gains Popularity
Pioneer grandma promotes a home rub using mutton suet to ease chest muscle tightness bronchial irritation and coughing. Modernized as Penetro the salve claims triple action carrying medication to skin nerves reducing congestion and loosening phlegm with fast relief praised by mothers and sold nationwide.
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Grandma
Tennesseans Remember Kaiser Kidnap Plan With Nazi Dream
A 1919 era note recounts Tennessee soldiers from the 114th Field Artillery who once tried to kidnap the Kaiser and now imagine targeting Hitler era figures. It names Owen Johnson, Thomas Henderson, Col. Luke Lea, Leland MacPhail, and others with hometowns Knoxville Nashville Chattanooga Franklin. The account describes the Dutch castle meeting and the failed mission after two hours of back and forth.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kaiser
Hitler
Himmler
Goebbels
von Rundstedt
Luke Lea
Leland S. MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brehon Somervell
Castle Gate
Draft Board 1 Sends 18 Men to Armed Forces
Potter County draft board 1 inducted eighteen men in January. Twelve joined the Army and six entered the Navy. Army inductees include Montie Cobb Ben Kelley Marvin Post Donald Van Ausdall J Seymour Billy Culver W C Foster Jr Alger Fowler William Logan Thomas Watson Orval Stewart and Eldredge Tedrow. Navy inductees include Carlton Park Levon Bonner Thomas Durham Robert Lawrance Joe Gilletine and John Tucker.
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Potter County
Army
Navy
Montie Edward Cobb
Ben Daniel Kelley
Marvin Eugene Post
Donald Gene van Ausdall
J. W. Seymour
Billy Glenn Culver
W. C. Foster, Jr
Alger Jack Fowler
William Boyd Logan
Thomas Clifton Watson
Orval Lee Stewart
Eldredge Cleneth Tedrow
Carlton T. Park
Levon Lewis Bonner
Thomas Lavelle Durham
Robert Virgil Lawrance
Joe Bryan Gilletine
John Arlis Tucker
No Possibility Of Failure In Philippine Campaign
Reuters correspondent John Leonard reports from Lingayen Gulf that General MacArthur’s Luzon operation is the culmination of years of planning to drive the Japanese from the Philippines and that there is absolutely no possibility of failure.
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London
John Leonard
Reuters
U. S
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
MacArthur
Philippines
GI Joe Sends Poetic Card About Soldier Speeding
Capt Polk Ivy of the Texas Highway Patrol received a postcard from a man signing as G I Joe. The card urged not to stop the Army man from speeding during a short leave, ending with a playful verse about G I Joe.
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Polk Ivy
Texas Highway Patrol
G. I. Joe
Transfer Private Rodgers from Salinas to New York City
Pvt. E. L. Rodgers Jr. has been transferred from an infantry training station at Salinas California to New York City as his parents Mr. and Mrs. FE L Rodgers of 703 Virginia learn today. Frank Hoyt Return Mr and Mrs Frank Hoyt returned last night from Custer City Oklahoma where they were called Sunday by the illness of Mrs Hoyt s mother Mrs J A Powers Her condition was improved yesterday.
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Rodgers
E. L. Rodgers, Jr
Salinas
Cal
New York City
FE. L. Rodgers
Virginia
Frank Hoyts
Frank Hoyt
Custer City
Okla
Pampa Visitor Jim Green Tours Amarillo
Jim Green, circulation manager of the Pampa News, visited Amarillo on business today. The note mentions ancient Durazzo in Albania, once Epidamnus, later Dyrrachi when under Roman rule.
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Pampa
Jim Green
The
Pampa News
Amarillo
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Panhandle
Texas Extension Service
College Station
H W. Blaten
Peter Nelson
Oklahoma A
Stillwater
John Carter, Jr
New Mexico Experiment Station
Dave Eaeer
Fort Collins
Dewey Reed
Fred R. Merrifield
Lee Kan
Farm Credit Administration
M. A. Bell
Woodward
Bureau of Plant Industry
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation
Menes
Walz Aa
Pacific
United Press
Lloyd Wakemans
His
Mrs. Peet
By Lynne Brannen
Owen Johnson
War Department
Thomas P. Henderson
Germany
Holland
Luxembourg
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
United States
Count von Bettinck
Wilhelm
Draft Board 1
Biolac
Dextrogen
Beery
Prescription and Vitamin Shop
GI Joe
Durazzo
Albania
Epidamnus
Dyrrachium
Congo Wall
West Texas
Hundre
West 7Th St
Krippendorf
Kline
Za Ata Pree
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Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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