Briggs appears at grand jury for Hopkins letter inquiry
George N. Briggs, suspended aide to Interior Secretary Ickes, arrived for the grand jury probe into the Hopkins letter. He voiced frustration at being used as a scapegoat, said he has counsel, and declined comment on the case while noting FBI agents shadow him. He had been in Washington with his sister in law and later traveled to New York for counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandor S. Klein
Washington
George N. Briggs
Harold L. Ickes
Hopkins
Langer
North Dakota
Briggs
Municipal Courts
Grand Jury Room
James D. C. Murray
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clare Briggs
Ave York
Ickes
Interior Department
C. Nelson Sparks
Wendell Willkie
Murray
Willkie
City Ponds Invade Amarillo Ponderings
Pulse Feeler surveys local reactions to street corner ponds in Amarillo as residents, including Thorne Fisher and Milton Yeager, offer whimsical and practical ideas from leaping poles for pedestrians to boating concessions after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne Fisher
Harrison Street
Amarillo
Milton Yeager
Carla’ Mills
Vincent Johnson
Kate Lindsay
Bob Lancer
Crack Ranger Units Invite Enemy Action Near Rome
Allied forces press the beachhead below Rome with tens of thousands landing at Nettuno and Anzio as German counter-attacks surge along Cassino and Garigliano. American and British troops push inland toward the Appian Way while Kesselring shifts forces south to blunt the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Pvt
William Storm
Brooklyn
New York
Storm
Nettuno
Rome
Kesselring
Garigliano
Mark W. Clark
Rapido River
Fifth Army
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Appian Way
Via Casiliana
Garigliano De*se
Castleforte
Minturno
Alphonse Juin
Gustav Line
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Appennines
Anzio
Stockholm
Astura
Via Casilina
Sonth
Trans- Italy
Nazis Consider Three Military Alternatives In Italy Front
Military sources say Kessel ring must choose among three options: pull down reinforcements from bomb-battered northern Italian railway lines, pull three Panzer divisions from the beach head area, or order a general retreat. U S heavy bombers struck targets in western Germany today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kesselring
Italy
London
U. S
Germany
Mightiest Battlewagon To Be Launched Saturday
The 45 000 ton USS Missouri will slide down the ways at the Brooklyn Navy Yard next Saturday to join the Navy fleet. Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly announced the ship will be the fourth Iowa class dreadnought since the war began. At 880 feet in length it rivals the Lafayette in overall size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Missouri
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Monroe Kelly
Lafayette
Normandie
Snow Fails to Fill City Lake Near Amarillo
Despite two heavy snows no water reached City Lake twenty miles southwest of Amarillo. Officials note the Palo Duro watershed has snow, but the lake remains bone dry. N. V. Moss, superintendent of the water department, cites ongoing drought since last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Lake
Amarillo
Last Sumer
Palo Duro
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Forts Hit 18 Targets Behind German Lines South of Rome
Fifteenth Air Force bomber and fighter units attacked 18 targets behind the German lines north of Rome. Fortress pilots reported two direct hits on the Pontecorvo bridge near Cassino and another Liri River crossing at San Giorgio as bomb patterns obscured a third nearby bridge.
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Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
15Th Air Force
Rome
Pontecorvo
Cassino
Liri
San Giorgio
Reds Close On Chudovo In Red Army Drive
Soviet forces push along both banks of the Volkhov River and threaten to cut the Moscow Leningrad line below Leningrad. Chudovo lies about 75 miles southeast of Leningrad as German rail links near Tosno come under pressure. Berlin says heavy fighting lingers southeast of Kerch after a Crimea landing and bridgehead expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Volkhov
Red Army
Chudovo
Leningrad
Moscow-Leningrad
Tosno
Postinka
Mga
Berlin
Kerch
Crimea
Ice Recedes as Warmer Nights Continue
The weather bureau notes melting ice as nights stay warm with a springlike breeze. Tonight and tomorrow show little temperature change while yesterday reached 50 degrees and last night 36, the year's highest low. Winds may gust strongly for 24 hours with no severe cold expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Amarillo Pushes New Small Size War Bond Sale
Amarillo residents rally for the Fourth War Loan Drive buying the compact new E bonds to meet a 1 575 000 quota while total local sales top 825 100 25. Volunteers led by Warren Babb and Cal Farley push for speedy purchases including a 100 extra bond per customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Treasury Department
Warren Babb
Cal Farley
Bond Drive
Babb
Burglars Drop In Harris Food No 2 Steal Pistol Knife Watches
Burglars entered Harris Food No 2 at 707 East Tenth Avenue by dropping through a skylight last night. They took a pistol a pocket knife and two watches and scattered peanut prizes from nickel package displays while tampering with the cash register which held no money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burklars
Harris Food No. 2
East Tenth Avenue
Turnover of 58 Percent On 1943 City Payrolls
Amarillo faced a 58 percent turnover in city employes during the past year due to draft and dislocations. The average payroll list held 310.5 names, while Ace Estes reports 514 names on withholding tax returns, with 23 casual hires, totaling 181 turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Ace Estes
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Day raids continue across English Channel by daylight
Large Allied formations swept the channel to strike European targets as RAF Mosquitos attacked Western Germany last night and returned unscathed. U S Marauders and RAF medium bombed Northern France with RAF Dominion and Allied fighters escorting. Dawn takeoffs targeted Pas de Calais area where British and American planes had bombed yesterday.
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London
English Channel
Germany
U. S
France
RAF
Dominion
Pas de Calais
Amarillo Field Bans Soldiers From Golden Gloves Tourney
Denver district army headquarters prohibits aviation mechanics and basic trainees at Amarillo Army Air Field from joining Golden Gloves bouts unless they are part of the permanent party. The order, the third affecting Amarillo Field personnel, does not apply to Darhart base and may not extend to other training fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo Field
Golden Groves
Amarillo
Darhart
Technical Training Command
Allied Air Strikes Hit Japanese Bases Across Pacific Front
Allied air forces and naval bombers pounded Paramushiro in the Kuriles and targets in Burma and New Guinea. Liberator and B 24 raids hit Hong Kong Taroa and Vunakanau while MacArthur's crews sank Japanese freighters in Ramu Valley and pushed toward Madang as Australian troops advance near the Madang air and shipping complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramushiro
Burma
Tokyo Radio
Hong Kong
Taroa
Marshall Islands
United Nations
Madang
Key
New Guinea
Kuriles
Pacific
Vunakanau
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Arawe
Borpop
New Ireland
Kara
Bougainville
MacArthur
Ramu
Faria River
Elmo Roberts Wins First News Tip Prize
Elmo Roberts of 800 Fairmont Street wins $5 for submitting the most useful tip to Globe News last week. He reported a traffic accident at the first underpass north of Amarillo on the Dumas Highway, where one person was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Roberts
Fairmont Street
Globe News
Amarillo
Dumas Highway
Mae Euger
Nineteenth Avenue
Sue Donlap
Parker Street
Reuben Noel
Northwest First Avenue
E. J. Duenkel
North
Cleveland Street
A. P. Swan
Taylor Street
Gerald Adams
South Pierce Street
Nellie Walker
Monroe Street
Stanley Sapp
Lincoln Street
Jack Gardner
McCormick Engraving Company
Kenneth Hamilton
Washington Street
Weather Summary For Amarillo Vicinity And Regions
Partly cloudy tonight with little temperature change then mostly cloudy and colder Tuesday afternoon. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with light rain possible near Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of the Pecos River. New Mexico: cloudy north and partly cloudy south with light snow in mountains and scattered showers elsewhere. temperatures trend colder with strong winds. High 58, low 36, noon 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
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Pulse Feeler
Mr. Lancer
Amarillo Globe
Reynolds Packard
Combined
United States Press
Sgt
Oliver Atwood
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russell Stationery Company
R. W. Richardson
Royal Air Force
Salerno
Rapido
Savagly
Rapide River
Albert Kesselring
Waeweany
Mark W. Clark City
Ranch Loans
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Insurance
Ela Street
Anystate
Paramount Theater
Jack King
Tokyo
King
Saares
John Doughboy
Mary Ann Dougthboy
Gary Cement
Harris Food
Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Pacific Battlefront
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