Hunger Pressure May Decide War With Japan Says Analyst
DeWitt MacKenzie notes the Allied blockade tightens on Japan, pushing hunger as a decisive factor. He warns rice dependence, dwindling imports, and disrupted supply lines threaten morale, with food, oil, and communications being targeted as bombers erode Japan’s capacity to wage war.
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Japan
Little Island
Nippon
Germany
Britain
Great Lakes
Indonesia
China
Weather To Shape Strategy
Weather to Shape Strategy analyzes how typhoons in the South Philippine sea during July to September may constrain or redirect Allied plans in the Pacific. The piece notes Japanese reliance on storm timing, U S Navy defenses, and potential impacts on operations around Okinawa the Philippines and China while suggesting planners will adapt to meteorological risks.
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Associated Press
France
Pacific
Asiatic
China
Kublai Khan
Japan
U. S. Navy
Atlantic Coast
South Philippine Sea
Philippine
South China Sea
Formosa
Okinawa
Honshu
Kyushu
New Job Lines Emerge in US Workforce
A quarter of American workers now operate in services that did not exist 35 years ago. The statistic highlights rapid shifts in employment as innovation creates new industries and roles.
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United States
Veteran locomotive engineer Sam Lewis retires after 55 years
Sam Lewis, a Fort Worth and Denver Railroad veteran, retires with almost 55 years of service after turning 70. Born June 30, 1875 in St Louis, he began as a station fireman in 1894, became an engineer in 1902, and served 34 years as secretary treasure of Lodge 574. He and wife Margaret Humphreys settled in Amarillo and have two children and two grandchildren.
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Sam Lewis
Fort Worth
Denver
Mr. Lewis
Childress
Amarillo
Texiline
Lewis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
St. Louis
Texas
John Lewis
Margaret Humphreys
Clarendon
Carolina
Congregational Church
B. P. O. Elks
Winnie Myrick
Phoenix
Ariz
Gertrude Ong
Margaret Myrick
Nancy Ong
Soldier-Legislator Returns Salary After Army Duty
Senator Rogers Kelley of Edinburg refunded to the State in full his salary and mileage payments for the 48th and 49th sessions totaling 2474.50. He had spent most of the last two legislative sessions on active Army duty in the Pacific and was legally entitled to pay only for days attended if excused.
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Austin
Rogers Keilley
Edinburg
Boca
Comptrollers Office
Kelley
Pacific
El Paso Ration Board Chairman Cleared by Jury
Walter Nahm, suspended general chairman of the El Paso County ration board, was found not guilty on all four counts of illegally receiving gasoline coupons by a U S district court jury. The decision came after a 20 minute deliberation. Nahm announced his resignation and said he remains chair but is resigning. attorney Allen R Grambling prepared a statement.
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EL Paso
Nahm
Allen R. Grambling
Boleyn Breakfast Among Henry VIII Courtesies
Anne Boleyn favored a morning meal of boiled pork and beer, reflecting courtly tastes of Henry VIII’s wives. The note highlights a distinctive Tudor breakfast custom linked to the queen.
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Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
Japanese offer independence to Sumatra amid war plans
Tokyo radio disclosed a plan to incite Sumatra natives to resist Allied invasion by offering independence. An East Indies national army would be formed, though only a preparatory investigation committee has been created, as Allied forces threaten the Dutch East Indies from Borneo.
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Balipapan
Borneo
Samarinda
San Francisco
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo Radio
Couple Wed as Linotypes Clatter in Memphis
Staff Sgt. William A. Bickers and Miss Martha Ellen Guthrie wed in a Memphis ceremony performed by Rev. M. L. Mack in the Composing Room of the Commercial Appeal. The pastor changed clothes and conducted the service amid the sound of working linotype machines.
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Memphis
William A. Bickers
Martha Ellen Guthrie
M. L. Mack
Commercial Appeal
Burrows Puts Away His Cap and Gloves
William A. Burrows a longtime Rock Island engineer who helped lay rails into Amarillo in 1911 and served 40 years with no lost time retires. The Tennessee native lived in Paris Texas as a boy and now rests at 605 North Buchanan with wife Florence Smith of Weatherford Texas.
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William A. Burrows
Rock Island
Amarillo
Burrows
Tennessee
Paris
Tex
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Shawnee
Okla
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Properties
Bill
Sayre
Adrian
Florence Smith
Weatherford
North
Buchanan
Central Baptist Church
Amarillo Resident Denounces Street Disorder
J. L. Fogle of 1315 Amarillo asserts on street life that people move with the direction and sense of a herd of cattle, criticizing local order and behavior in public spaces.
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Amarillo
J. L. Fogle
B 29 Crew Describe Hot Encounter Over Japan
A B 29 crew shares a calm mood after bombing Japan, but recalls a hot shell hit when an enemy plane attacked. Capt. George Bertagnoli and Lt. Harold Peterson detail tracer fire, loss of one engine, and a forced landing near Iwo Jima with tires blown and bad weather.
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Tokyo
Capt
George Bertagnoli
Peace
Wis
Harold Peterson
Arbuckle, Cal
Bud
Lawrence Eginton
Garden Grove
Calif
Bertagnoli
Iwo Jima
Army girds for another powerful season under Davis and Blanchard
West Point coach Herman Hickman says the Army football team will again be powerful with Glenn Davis and Felix Blanchard in the backfield. He notes the 1946 squad was undefeated and top rated, signaling a strong offense behind their noted duo.
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New York
Herman Hickman
Army
West Point
Hickman
Glenn Davis
Felix
Doc) Blanchard
Swiss Cities Seen Through Magic Glass
The piece portrays clean bright Swiss cities seen through a postwar looking glass with Geneva as the focal point. It contrasts serene streets and gleaming shopfronts with the devastation just beyond the border, noting Geneva’s unchanged League of Nations Palace and Berlin’s war-torn shadow.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
League of Nations
Hailie Selassie
England
Bavaria
Europe
Governor Asks Insurance Aid at Mackinac Island
Governor J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island urged support by state governors for federal unemployment insurance grants to be permanent, proposing an amendment to Wagner Murray DinGell bill. He argued the United States cannot afford less security, warns against state socialism, and links social security to global economic recovery.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
United States
Auction Brisk Sale Sees Truitt Items Bid Away
In Salisbury Maryland on July 4 the auction of Charles H. Truitt’s household goods drew a brisk crowd. Even his briefcase filled with business papers sold to the top bidder and Truitt later ran a newspaper ad seeking its return.
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Salisbury
Charles H. Truitt
Truitt
Brook trout of Maine top seven-pound marks
Maine waters yield some of North Americas largest brook trout with at least ten fish weighing over seven pounds captured annually. The article notes Maine as a prime habitat contributing to the regional fishing prestige.
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North America
Maine
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Edward H. Higgs
Graham Hunter
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el Paso Ration Board
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Mr. Fogie
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Tinian
Norman Dwyer
Hillside, N. J
Samuel M. Slater
Springfield
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Blanchard
Dorothy Germain
Alan Ford
Aline Banks Pate
Frank Parker
Stella Walsh
Lou Boudreau
By Wade Werner
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Ray
Kohn
Zale
O. J. Downs
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Paramount
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War Bond Office
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