White House Revises Bill For National Defense Requisition
The White House sent to the Senate military committee a new broader property seizure bill. Wayne Coy presented a draft granting the President power to requisition any property for national defense. Lodge criticized the scope while Chandler noted a compromise clause requires exhausting other means first.
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Washington
White House
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Wayne Coy
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Robert P. Patterson
Chandler
Kentucky
Lodge
Personal ads seek jobs, friends, and lost items in Amarillo
A cluster of classified notices from Amarillo includes a middle aged woman seeking a housekeeper position, a 15 year old boy looking for cafe work, a widow seeking a companion, a person in need of any honest work, a patient at Northwest Texas Hospital seeking friendship, two sisters seeking honest jobs, a colored girl desiring maid and cooks work with a room, a boy offering yard work, a man seeking any steady job, a lost billfold with social security card belonging to C L Wilkes, a key ring with Yale and A M College tags found at a shop, and a 17 year old harvest worker seeking harvest or plow work.
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Tack
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
D. C. Bryant
Tam
R. A. Duncan
Burglars Drain $12 From San Jacinto Service Station
Burglars last night crawled through a back window at 601 Georgia Street San Jacinto service station and battered open a cash register to take nearly $12. The burglary was discovered this morning and reported to police after several days of silence.
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San Jacinto
Georgia Street
Federal Power Commission recommends energy demand plan to Roosevelt
The Federal Power Commission today advised President Roosevelt on electricity policy, urging specific demand measures to stabilize supply. The recommendation outlines targeted energy management actions and potential impacts on national power distribution and pricing.
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Roosevelt
Federal Power Commission
Billion Dollar Electricity Expenditure Is Recommended
Washington reports a proposed expenditure approaching one billion dollars for building power generating facilities over the next five years to address urgent defense needs. The plan outlines funding for new plants and related infrastructure to bolster national energy capacity and security.
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Washington
Yard Work Available Saturday and Weekday Evenings
Two men seek yard work or weed cutting assignments. John Strader from 401 Fast Twenty Fourth Ave lists contact times between 7 A M and 6 P M and offers to do various tasks. Call 935% for arrangements.
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John Strader
Fast Twenty-Fourth Ave
Tam
Potter County Draft Boards Publish Appeals List
Potter County's two draft boards voted to publish the names of registrants who seek appeals and the action of the appeals boards. They also will publish each man's reason for appealing from a board classification and post the names on bulletin boards for public viewing.
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Potter County
Weygand Named Governor General of Algeria
General Maxime Weygand is appointed governor general of Algeria in addition to his post as commander of French forces in North Africa. He succeeds Admiral Jean Abrial as Algeria s governor.
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Vichy
France
Maxine Weygand
Algeria
North Africa
Jean Abrial
Russians and Germans in fierce battle near Kiev and across front
German and Russian reports mix as fighting intensifies across the Stalin line and toward Kiev. Germans claim success with flame throwers and house to house fighting while Soviet defenses hold in key regions near Pskov and Porkhov. British sources praise Russian air power and insist Germans have gained little substantial advantage after weeks of combat.
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Ukraine
Red Army
Porkhov
Pskov
Pskov-Porkhov
Novgorod
DNB
Bjelnja
London
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Markets: Kansas City Livestock Report July 16
Livestock totals show hogs 2,000 salable with prices 10-20 cents higher. top at 11.40 and 11.30-11.40 for 180-240 lbs. Cattle and calves strong to steady with better grades up to 25 cents higher, fed steers and heifers firm. grass steers varied. cows up to 25 cents. vealers around 10.00-10.50. Sheep 2,000 with slow sales and bids about 25 cents lower. best above 10.75. Also notes on financial security fund terms and a wartime dispatch about Soviet industrial dispersal plans and the British perspective on enemy bomb targets.
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Kansas City
Colorado
America’s Last Line of Defense: The Farm Ad
A Globe-News want ad proclaims a farm centered business selling equipment livestock feed seed and produce. It invites inquiries about rates and directs readers to the want ad headquarters via phone.
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Americaa
Globe-News
Power Tied In With New Wells
Power has been tied in with two turbine equipped wells on the Word ranch, the citys old water supply. For the first 10 hours the wells produced more water, but the check on production after that period is awaited by city manager H R Smith. The Word ranch wells are being fitted with turbines as work on extending power links to the pumps progresses rapidly to boost summer supply.
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Word Ranch
H. R. Smith
Expelled Axis Nationals Held Back By Navy Transport
The West Point, New York harbor anchored, prepared to sail with nearly 500 expelled German and Italian nationals aboard. After hours awaiting government orders, the final detachment of expelled consuls and families was taken by coast guard cutter to the West Point for quarantine before departure across the Atlantic.
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New York
Navy
West Point
New York Harbor
Atlantic
State Department
Coast Guard
Dies Sees No Probe In Senate Election
ORANGE July 16 Rep. Martin Dies departing for Washington said there will be no investigation of the recent Senate campaign. He ran fourth in the race and stated he has told the state what the facts will reveal if an investigation is conducted.
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Orange
Martin Dies
Washington
Senate
Dies
AFL-CIO Steel Workers Clash in Cleveland Street Battle
Several hundred union members from rival AFL CIO unions fought in a violent street battle at a steel fabricating plant warehouse in Cleveland. A number of men were reported injured and taken for treatment.
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Afl-Cio
Cleveland
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
Cabinet of Cuba Quits
In Havana on July 16 the Cuban cabinet resigned to enable a government reorganization by President Fulgencio Batista.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Itching First Application for Various Skin Ailments
Agonizing itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch can be relieved in one application of Blue Star Ointment. Repeat use as needed while nature aids healing. Money back if first sale fails to satisfy. Try it today.
Air Carriers Transport 300000 Passengers in April
In April no fatal accidents were reported for scheduled air carriers as U S airliners carried about 300000 revenue passengers and flew nearly 11006000 revenue miles.
Soldiers Excluded From Hatch Act Ruling
Washington dispatch reports the justice department ruled the Hatch Act does not apply to National Guard officers and selectees, allowing limited political participation by those in readiness and training status.
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Washington
Justice Department
National Guard
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