Amarillo Faces Food Shortage with Ration Changes
Amarillo restaurants and cafes faced widespread closures as 70 percent of eating places lacked food or ration points. The Potter County Rationing Board planned a meeting to address point allocations for July and August based on May and June meals. Local restaurant leaders convened to seek a workable solution amid ongoing shortages and talk of penalties for reduced patronage.
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Amarillo
Potter County Rationing Board
Chansler Yemouth
F. Sentell
Lubbock
OPA
Restaurant Association
Capitol Hotel
Gene Mullican
Amarilos
Fred Sayles
Capitol
Dewey Ashcroft
Silver Grill
Canton Cafe
Truman urges prompt ratification of United Nations Charter
President Truman spoke in the Senate urging immediate ratification of the United Nations Charter as the nation seeks world security through an international peace body. He linked the charter to enduring peace, cited earlier resolutions, and urged the Senate to act with resolve and leadership.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Capitol
San Francisco
Mr. Truman
House
United States
Four Western Powers Back Plan for German War Crimes Trial
A responsive informant said July 2 that the four major Western powers have reached general agreement on the American plan for a collective trial of German war leaders before an international military tribunal in London.
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London
Tangier Restoration Ordered for International Status
The Tangier enclave, seized by Spain in 1940 to preserve neutrality, will be restored to its former international status. Britain the United States and France will determine the method and inform Spain. The State Department reiterates opposition to unilateral moves by any nation in Tangier.
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Washington
Tangier
Spain
Britain
United States
France
State Department
Meat from Fort Worth cattle sent to Houston grocers
Houston officials began distributing 128 tainted cattle sides to 256 independent grocers on a first come basis to avoid spoilage. The meat was ordered delivered solely to prevent spoilage by national and regional OPA officers after slaughter without authorization.
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Houston
U.P
Fort Worth
OPA
Potter County E Bond purchases near quota as drive ends
Federal Reserve tabulations place Potter County E Bond totals at 1 713 500 to 2 300 000 quota with later figures at 1 866 652. Texas overall reaches 79.1 percent. several Panhandle counties exceed targets. The Seventh War Loan windup nears and winners for the Victory Bond Flight prizes will be announced after Friday.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Potter County
War Bond Office
State War Finance Committee Today
Texas
Globe News
Mexico City
Hollywood
New York City
Braniff Airways
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
German general Kinzel commits suicide after surrender
Near Flensburg, General Kinzel, first Nazi officer to contact the British Second Army on Germanys surrender, shot himself and his mistress on June 25. He was the third from the surrender group to die by own action, following Admiral Friedeberg and Major Friedel.
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Flensburg
Germany
Kinzel
Flensbrug
Friedeberg
Friedel
Potter County Grand Jury Reconvenes After Short Recess
Potter County grand jurors will reconvene tomorrow morning after a recess that began last Wednesday.
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Potter County
Don t Shoot Little Brown Brother The Pilot May Be Mother
Tokyo radio reported three American aircraft piloted by women were shot down over Kweilin China. The broadcast claimed a crew shortage forces women into combat roles and noted the pilots wore stylish outfits possibly by Walt Disney. It said the women’s technique was inferior and they fell to Japanese flak.
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London
Tokyo
Kweilin
China
Walt Disney
San Francisco
Federal Communications Commission
Imogene Stevens awaits husband amid jail slaying case
Mrs. Imogene Stevens 24 sits in Fairfield County jail awaiting her bail hearing after she killed Seaman Albert Kovacs claiming burglars invaded her lover's home. Maj. George R. Stevens III, her paratrooper husband of nine days, was expected on leave from Europe to join her. The case also mentions a turbulent inquest and a crowded jail with ten other female prisoners.
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NEA Telephoto
Charles Milton
Albert Kovacs
Bridgeport
Gonn
Mary Harrington
Conn
U.P
Imogene Stevens
George R. Stevens
New Canaan
Europe
George R. Stevens, Jr
Imogene
Fairfield Beach
Stevens
Kovacs
James
Fairfield County
Texas
Supers Spew Flood of Fire Lands Heavy Attacks
Allied air and naval forces unleash a vast B29 incendiary raid across Japan and mount a major Borneo invasion led by General MacArthur. 4,000 tons of bombs ignite widespread fires as Australian troops press toward Balikpapan amid heavy combat and reports of Japanese snipers targeting senior officers.
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Japan
MacArthur
Borneo
Balipapan
General MacArthur
Wenchow
Weichow
Tokyo
Amarillo Victory Ship Launched With Bing Crosby Present
The 10500 ton Amarillo Victory ship was launched by the California Shipbuilding Corporation with Joe Jenkins mayor of Amarillo Texas and his wife and son as guests of honor. Bing Crosby received a treasury department distinguished service citation for aiding war bond sales during the launching event. Crosby participated in entertainment to aid the ceremony.
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Wilmington
Cal
Amarillo
California Shipbuilding Corporation
Joe Jenkins
Tex
Jenkins
Bing Crosby
Treasury Department
Bing
12 U S Soldiers Killed In Furlough Train Crash
At least 12 American soldiers were killed and scores injured when a furlough train bound for Germany crashed into a standing freight train near Nancy France. About 1,000 soldiers were aboard. the train was moving from the Riviera toward Aachen. The cause was unknown.
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U. S. 15Th Army
Germany
U.P
The
Riviera
Nancy
France
St. Frances
Halas
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Decreasing cloudiness and warmer conditions are expected this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. West Texas will experience considerable cloudiness with showers this afternoon and tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday with showers near El Paso. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers, highs Tuesday ranging 70 to 80 in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Warfre
Divide
Move to Berlin Move to Berlin
American British and French troops were en route to Berlin with a Big Three meeting reportedly set for July 9 Radio Paris said. Simultaneous east and west movements showed garrisons advancing toward Berlin while other Allied forces pulled back from zones to be occupied by the Russians. Main bodies of six American and three British divisions began withdrawing from the Russian zone.
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Paris
Berlin
Radio
Germany
Japanese Cruiser Sunk by British Submarine Under U.S. Control
The Navy reports a Haguro class Japanese cruiser sunk in the Southwest Pacific by a British submarine under American command. U.S. submarines say they also sank 10 enemy vessels in far eastern waters, including merchant ships and tankers. The British sub was identified as HMS Trenchant.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Far Eastern
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Navy
Trenchant
United States
Warmer Weather Expected With 84 Today and 90 Tomorrow
The Weather Bureau predicts a pleasant day with a high near 84 today and about 90 tomorrow. It will be partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Panhandle towns Pampa and Lubbock received the only showers Sunday, with 0.1 and 0.5 inches of rain.
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Weather Bureau
Pampa
Lubbock
Panhandle
First Cavalry Lt Terrible Price in Luzon Combat Escape
Lt Terrible Price Jr of the First Cavalry crawled into a Japanese camp on Luzon and, after 10 minutes of talks with a colonel, opened fire when the surrender effort soured. With an interpreter, a Formosan, and a rifle platoon, he fought his way back to American lines, eluding fresh Japanese fire through a cocoanut grove and camote fields.
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Sanila
Terrible Price, Jr
First Cavalry
Luzon
Price
Ridley Park
Byrnes Cleared by Senate for Secretary of State
The Senate unanimously confirmed James F. Byrnes for secretary of state without committee hearings. The 66 year old former senator justice and wartime mobilization chief succeeds Edward R. Stettinius Jr. who resigned to join the U.N. Security Council. Barkley urged immediate approval noting the absence of a secretary of state. White endorsed the request.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
United Nation Security Council
Wallace H
White, Jr
Maine
Barkley
Byrnes
Hershel Hallmark Wins First News Tip Prize
Hershel Hallmark wins $5 for a tip about a stolen car parked near a bus station while owner and police searched town. Jim Weymouth earns $3 for a tip on lightning striking a gasser on Kruser ranch. Mrs. C L Thomas gets $2 for a tip about a snake following a child into a house and ensuing hoe fight.
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Hershel Hallmark
Williams
Jim Weymouth
van Buren
Kruser Ranch
C. L. Thomas
North Bryan
Regal Company Real Estate and Loans
E A Regal Co operates in real estate and loan services offering property sales, financing options, and mortgage support. The firm markets assets and provides lending to home buyers and investors through local offices.
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E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
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Brown Brother
Mrs. Stevens
T. F. Steiber
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Faith Coombs
Associated Press
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Dutch Indies
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Abe
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Shimonoseki
Kumamoto
Kyushu
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Mako
Marshall Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Autry
E. 4Th
DO S Weather Bureau
Japanose Cruiser
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Senate O. K
J. F. Mover
Arch Terrace
Joe Park
Tyler
J. V. DeSautell
J. Gatton
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Robert Parker
R. L. Sinclair
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Elsa Whitman
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Earl Browder
Ervin B. Moreman, Jr
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