Wallace Foes Shift Attack On Wallace Nomination
In Washington January 26 opponents moved to attack Henry A Wallace’s cabinet bid as secretary of commerce. The Senate Commerce Committee planned a closed vote on curbing the department’s control of government lending agencies while Wallace sought to define his authority. Critics warned defeat unlikely, urging a straight up vote with the department kept intact. Jones yielded departmental and federal loan duties to Undersecretary Wayne Taylor. Wallaces outlined a pro employment philosophy and pledged to use the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to benefit American property.
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Washington
Henry A Wallace
Senate Commerce Committee
Department of Control
Uiis
Jones
Wayne Taylor
Two Amarillo Robberies Target Stations and Liquor Store
Police investigated two robberies in Amarillo over two nights. A service station was held up by two men who fled west on Sixth Street after taking the manager’s money. A liquor store on Fourth and Grant was robbed by two armed men who demanded cash and warned the clerk not to move, then fled across a vacant lot. The car tied to the station hijacking, a five passenger yellow coupe owned by Garland Morris, was found between Fifth and Sixth on Alabama.
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Amarillo
Alabama
Hobgood
Fourth
Grant
Philippines Blitz Across Burma Coast and Iwo Jima Bombardment
US bombers from Clark Field hit Corregidor Cavite and Subic Bay as British units advance near Mandalay in Central Burma. Japanese resistance remains fierce at San Manerl while US task forces and heavy air strikes target Iwo Jima and other points in Luzon Formosa and the Banda Sea. Generals McArthur and Krueger receive praise as the campaign unfolds.
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Burma
Mandalay
Clark Field
Chins
Corregidor
Cavite Naval Base
Subic Bay
Manila
Douglas McArthur
Ant Li
Walter Kruecer
Philippines
Admirail Nimitae
Toko
U. S
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Iwo
Aparri
Luzon
Formosa
Banda Sea
Bearings Cut Train Starting Resistance Significantly
Tests show roller bearings replacing plain bearings in railroad rolling stock cut starting resistance by 88 percent, indicating major efficiency gains for locomotive startup performance and energy use.
Judge Appoints Attorneys For Graves Robbery Case
Judge Henry S. Bishop appoints W. F McGregor and W. T. Brothers to defend Frank Graves in the 47th District Court robbery by assault case. The case is set for Monday. Graves is also held on a murder indictment linked to the knife slaying of Mrs Dorothy Snelson on May 28 1944 with J. W. Sanders appointed previously.
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Henry S. Bishop
W. F McGregor
W. T. Brothers
Frank Graves Negro
47Th District
Graves
Dorothy Snelson
J. W. Sanders
Ration-Free Shoe Sale Authorized on Odd Lots
OPA authorized a ration-free odd lot sale of men's and women's shoes from Feb 19 to Mar 3. Shoes must be sold at least 25 percent below regular price from retailer stock.
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Washington
OPA
Wops Not Fenced In Escapes From Hereford POW Camp
Italian prisoner of war Sgt Pietro Antico and Sgt Cesare Tassi escaped from the guard house at Hereford POW camp. FBI agents in Amarillo reported their escape last night at 9. Antico, 28, 5 9, 150 pounds, brown eyes and hair, previously stole three cars before capture in Carlsbad New Mexico. Tassi, 24, 5 10, 167 pounds, gray eyes, brown hair.
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Pietro Antico
Hereford
FBI
Amarillo
Antico
Cesare Tassi
Carlsbad
N. M
Tassi
DeMolay Urged by Masons in Amarillo Program
Masons at the Masonic Temple in Amarillo urged support for DeMolay and urged members to help delinquent youths. Judge W. J. Fletcher spoke on making the world better and cited 225 Amarillo boys under 17 involved in delinquency last year. The event drew 80 attendees from Childress and several states with a supper and varied program.
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Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Palo Duro Lodge
W. J. Fletcher
Canyon Lodge
99Th Masonic District
Grand Lodge of Texas
Amarillo
Fletcher
Ed Fields
Palo Duro
Clayton Heare
W. L. Hickerson
Fred Lyons
C. O. Hess
Johnny Ekelund
Ed Simpson
DeMolay
Ralph A. Lamon
Childress
Oregon
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
County Clerk Delves Into 1906 Potter County Marriage License
County Clerk Hubert Cole recovered a long buried 1906 Potter County marriage license issued Sept 14 to George C Neeley and Ide Helton, recorded as the 183rd license, issued by deputy Bessie Wolflin while Frank Wolflin was county clerk. The license was witnessed by pastor N N Ferguson.
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Hubert Cole
Cole
George C. Neeley
Cordell
Okla
Ide Helton
N.N. Ferguson
Polk Street Methodist Church
Frank Wolflin
Mr. Cole
Potter County
Judge Bishop Holds Court In Canyon
District Judge Henry Bishop and Court Reporter W R Frazee preside in Canyon for a civil suit. He will return to Potter County Monday morning when criminal cases will be called. Snake venom unlike most animal poisons is toxic to plant life.
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Henry Bishop
W. R. Frazee
47Th District Court
Canyon To Cay
Bishop
Potter County
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report Up Jan 26
Kansas City markets show cattle salable 800, hogs 700, sheep 5,000 with overall steady to mixed trends. Cattle and calves mostly steady. hogs steady to higher on weights. sheep trade limited with lambs near steady. Chicago reports similar tone with hogs firm near $14.75 and cattle values holding.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
WFA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Hecht
War Show group departs Capitol for Dallas
A group of officers and enlisted men who performed the Eighth Service Command War Show at the Capitol Theater Wednesday and Thursday left today to return to Dallas service command headquarters for future assignments.
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Eighth Service Command
Capitol Theater
Dallas
Service Command Headquarters
Wet Days Predicted in West Texas Weather Brief
Occasional light rain expected tomorrow with stronger winds and higher temperatures. A moisture-laden Pacific wave moving from the Lower California area foresees more widespread moisture Sunday or Monday over West Texas, per the Weather Bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Pacific
California
Weatherman
Poll Tax Receipts Remain Key For Potter County Votes
With four days left, Potter County issues fewer than 4,000 poll tax receipts and exemptions. County tax assessor Frank Hoyt warns that upcoming city commission and school board elections will be restricted to those with receipts or exemption certificates, deadline Wednesday.
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Potter County
Frank Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
School Board
Deputy Collector Powell Returns From Tax School Tour
C. I. Powell, deputy collector for the Office of Internal Revenue, returned yesterday from a tour of several towns in this area where he conducted schools for the public on income taxes. He said more tax schools can be arranged if citizens notify the Collector of Internal Revenue in Dallas.
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C. I. Powell
Office of Internal Revenue
Muskogee Marshal Delivers Schaney for Trial on Theft Charge
Granville T. Norris, U. S. Marshal at Muskogee Oklahoma, delivered John Schaney to the local marshal for trial on a theft from a shipment at Panhandle. Schaney remains in the county jail and is set for the April term of court.
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Granville T. Norris
U. S
Muskogee
Okla
John Schaney
Panhandle
Schaney
Luftwaffe fall plan collides with Soviet advance over eastern front
Soviet forces push on toward Breslau and Oels as German defenses crack. Luftwaffe hoards reportedly massed 3 000 fighters and bombers to counter the Anglo American air power, while Moscow reports huge Soviet air formations. Poznan and Breslau come under heavy bombardment as Konev’s First Ukrainian Army and other Soviet units breach Oder defenses, threatening Berlin.
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Berlin
Moscow
Carpathians
Baltic
East Prussia
Oder
Silesia
Red Army
Poznan
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
The
Volksturm
British Army Mobile Laundries Handle 12,000 Troops Weekly
The mobile laundry units of the British Army can wash all undercloth ing for 12,000 troops each week, providing centralized fabric care for the force.
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Wallace
Wallare
Department
dJease Jones
Berweve
Reconstruction Pinance Corporatior
Garland Morris
South Julian
Morris
Contin
San Manerl
Rosario
Frank Graves
Thousanda
Zeptabs
Cretney
Judge
George
Canyon
Conference of Alcoholic Peverage Industries, Inc
Financial Industrial Fund
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Anaconda Ate
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp Fae
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Imacer Ae
Borden
Braniff Ss
Briges
Burroughs
Chrysler
Sk BN
Sinclair Ot
Motors
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
Seeuweens
General Electric
General Motors
Gillette
Nat Biscuit
Nat Can
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central
North Am Aviation
Ohio
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Radio Corp Ae
I! Rep Steel
Sham Oil & Gas
Sears
Shell Union Oil
Socony Vacuum Eens
Sou Pac Ae
Stand Oil Ind
Stand Oil
Tidewater
Union Carbide
Vv. B. West & Company
Amarillo Bldg. Ph
Brieg
Gleiwitz
Oppeln
Konev
Konevs
Silesian
Chrzano
Jowarzno
Hindenburg
Beuthen
Oels
Zale
Charming Fish Tail
Std & Polk
Ralden
Polk
Globe-News
Mary L. Spence
Plainview Texas
Spertussi
Privat
Solitaire
Amond
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