FDR Explores Anti-Inflation Steps with Congress Leaders
President Roosevelt meets with Senate and House leaders to discuss anti inflation measures and funding for price controls. The talks focus on the farm bill and Hendersons Office of Price Administration appropriation as Congress and the White House clash over fiscal 1943 needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Leon Henderson
House
Sam Rayburn
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Barkley
Agriculture Department
Congress
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Girls Leave for Cefa Glen Camp
Fifty girls from the Social Center for Girls left this morning for a Week's camp at Cefa Glen Canyon. The program features singing folk dancing swimming mature study dramatics storytelling and hiking. Miss Margaret Eichbauer is director, assisted by Mrs Roberta Adams and several Misses. Camp nurse is Miss Waldeen Dodson from Northwest Texas Hospital. Transportation arranged by Mrs Arthur Ware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cefa Glen Canyon
Margaret Eichbauer
Roberta Adams
Margaret Farwell
Kathleen Moore
Marie Brady
Corrine McClure
Anna Katherine Overton
Helen Conrad
Waldeen Dodson
Northwest Texas Hospital
Arthur Ware
Girls Help Army Recruiting Here in Amarillo
Two uniformed young women in gray gabardine uniforms arrive from Lubbock to join Sgt T. K. Morris at the Amarillo Army recruiting office. Miss Lucy Shore and Miss Virginia Reeves spend their first day seeking housing while beginning duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Lucy Shore
Virginia Reeves
Amarillo
Lubbock
T. K. Morris
Miss Shore
Miss Reeves
Marvin Jones Home for Vacation from Court Duties
Judge Marvin Jones returns home to the Talmage apartments for several weeks of rest with his mother Mrs. H. K. Jones. He plans summer fishing trips to Panhandle lakes and notes his June acting Justice duty for the U. S. Court of Claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jones
H. K. Jones
Talmage Apartments
Panhandle Lakes
Judge Jones
U. S. Court of Claims
Richard S. Whaley
Dollar Day Surges in Amarillo Shopping Rush
Shoppers flood Amarillo business district as Dollar Day draws thousands. Regular customers joined by hundreds of newcomers, creating a last minute Christmas like surge, with no price floor but a price ceiling. The event marks a bold sales push amid federal objections and shifts in local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Amarillo
Coast Guard Recruits Ship for Final Exams
Jim Duffer of the Coast Guard recruiting office ships four men today to Fort Worth for final examination and enlistment. The recruits are Charles W. James of Fayetteville North Carolina Virgil G. Byars of Lakeview Pat H. Davis of Lakeview and James A. Utley of Hereford.
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Jim Duffer
Coast Guard
Fort Worth
Charles W. James
Fayetteville
N. C
Virgil G. Byars
Lakeview
Pat H. Davis
James A. Utley
Hereford
July War Bond Sales Climbing
War bond sales rose over the weekend with totals of 74708 dollars and 27043.75 dollars. Amarillo still needs 75 392 to reach its 563 100 July quota while Vo Capital investments by telephone firms in Argentina near 355 million dollars.
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Amarillo
Argentina
Work and Keep Mouths Shut After Dutch Harbor
Seattle hosts three recovered servicemen from Dutch Harbor who survived a bombing. Bob Milam Corp. Bruce Richardson and Louis Prentice describe injuries from the raid, including damaged teeth and a 36 hour concussion. They urge wartime production and silence to avoid aiding the enemy.
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Seattle
Dutch Harbor
Bob Milam
Chicago
Milam
Corp
Bruce Richardson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Louis R. Prentice
Bokechito
Okla
Prentice
Amarillo to inspect sites for 175 new houses
Amarillo will inspect proposed sites for 175 houses as the first build ing program since being named a critical defense area. An open meeting will follow at 8 PM in the Amarillo Hotel blue room to discuss FHA Title 6 financing with EF Stearns and Willing W Ryan.
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Amarillo
T. Stearns
Willing W. Ryan
Blue Room
Mr. Stearns
FHA
Ryan
Pantex
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Michigan Men Lead Glider School Roster
Michigan, previously 17th with five men on the camp roll, surged to the top with 51 representatives at the glider base. Texas, the former champion, sits with 46 as Massachusetts and others tally for the 45 states represented.
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Michigan
Texas
Lone Star State
Wolverines
Farrington Named Chief Executive of Rock Island Lines
John D. Farrington, 51, approved by Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe in Chicago, becomes chief executive of the Rock Island Lines effective July 15. He previously led the operating department as the railroad modernized, expanded diesel trains, and cut operating ratios. He succeeds E. M. Durham Jr., who resigned for personal reasons after six and a half years.
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John D. Farrington
Rock Island Lines
Michael L. Igoe
Chicago
Farrington
Great Northern
Burlington Road
Rock Island
The
Burlington
Track and Transportation Departments
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad
E. M. Durham, Jr
CAP Meeting Here Tonight In Panhandle District
Civil Air Patrol members and new applicants of the Panhandle district gather at 7:30 pm at 710 Taylor Street for a special meeting. The session will review applications, distribute CAP cards from Washington, and discuss pilot assignment areas amid new active duty calls.
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Civil Air Patrol
Panhandle
Taylor Street
Washington
CAP
Enlisted planes down in Australian zone tops 284
Allied recount shows 284 enemy aircraft downed since MacArthur began communiques on April 21. breakdown: 45 bombers and 112 fighters as certain. 68 bombers and 50 fighters as probable. total runs 125 Allied raids in 11 weeks against 48 Japanese. Java.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Indian Ocean
Singapore
Gen. MacArthur
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Port Moresby
Darwin
Fire department reshaped after mass resignations
More than a score of firefighters including captains quit the department in the last two months. Veterans W A Ford and Mac McClanahan had long tenures, Ford since 1929 and McClanahan since 1936. Chief Earl Curry leads a department in re organization, with former chief George Cooper now an assistant chief.
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Wwe
W. A
Bill” Ford
Mac” McClanahan
Earl Curry
George Cooper
Class B Glider Training Quotas Filled Indefinitely Closed
Quotas for Class B glider training have been filled and the program closed indefinitely at Randolph Field after notification to the United States Army Air Force Advanced Training School. Class A applicants remain sought and will receive rapid ratings as staff sergeants with flight pay after initial four weeks at primary schools and two weeks at an advanced school.
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Gulf Coast
Randolph Field
United States Army Air Force Advanced Training School
Army
Plainview
Clovis
Red Cross Swimming Classes Open Tomorrow
Beginners classes start at 11 o clock Tuesday at Gem Lake taught by Don Chamberlain. Sessions run Tuesday to Saturday with an 11 cent admission. Separate slots for boys 9–14 11–12, girls 9–14 12–1, and adults 14 and up 5–6. Pupils to be ready 15 minutes early. cotton shirts advised for sunburn-prone swimmers. Awards awarded to those passing all tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Gem Lake
Don Chamberlain
Chinese Fight Monsoons To Reach Their Lines
Several thousand Chinese troops, isolated by the Japanese advance in central Burma, fought monsoons during a month long march to reach Chinese lines along the Salween in Yunnan Province. The British officer said fighting in Yiunnan was at a standstill as the Salween was uncrossable, allowing China to strengthen defenses toward Kunming. He noted Japanese air raids wrecked many hospitals while Chinese forces reestablished order on the Burma Road and prepared a hot reception if the Salween is crossed after the rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U.P
Burma
Yunnan
Chiang Kai- Shek
Yuannan
Kunming
United Press
Karl Eskelund
Salween
Burma Road
Friends Ambulance Unit
Wheels and tires stolen from Barnett car
D I Barnett of 3203 Ong Street reported his car stolen from a street parking spot. Police located the vehicle several blocks away but noted that all tires and wheels including the spare were missing.
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D. I. Barnett
Ong Street
Barnett
Submarine Attacks Swedish Baltic Convoy
A submarine fired a torpedo at a Swedish convoy in Baltic waters 100 miles south of Stockholm. The torpedo missed and exploded on shore. A Swedish warship depth bombed the attacking submarine.
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Stockholm
Baltic
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Cefa Glen Camp
Polk
Camera Store
Globe News
Harold Guard
Folzien Music Store
Jess
Shamrock
Wheeler County
Clayton Hare
Potter
Lass
George Wang
National Health Administration
Paoshan
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell
Badger Ice CO
Bellshein Cleaning
Bell’s
Bell Tailors, Inc
Polk St
Credit Managers Association
Amarillo Printing CO
B. Coe
Lincoln
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