Amarillo gets federal rent control with OPA office
Amarillo opens a federal rent control office at 405 07 Fisk Building with acting director Charles B. Carden of Dallas. The area includes Potter and Randall counties. Rent freezes from March 1 remain in effect with no increases or evictions except under strict rules. Registration of landlords and property details will be published later.
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Amarillo Bright
Fisk Building
Charles B. Carden
Dallas
OPA
Carden
Amarillo
Potter
Randall
Larry Sisk
Area Rent Control
Tony
Lost Bus Ticket Triggers Windfall and Checks
In Kansas City on July 31 a gust blew $400 in cash from 70 year old Hamilton H. Hoffman’s billfold while he hunted for a missing bus ticket. He produced more than $7,000 in defense bonds and three timepiece wristwatches. Police aided in locating the ticket and advised rest and hotel lodging before continuing his trip.
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Kansas City
Hamilton H. Hoffman
Hoffman
Attempted Jap Bomber Raid Beaten Off
CHUNGKING July 31 The Japanese in two raids against Hengyang airdrome lost four bombers and three new Zero fighters to U S Air Force in China. Capt Albert J Barmler downed two bombers, matching Maj John E Allison’s earlier tally. One American plane was lost but the pilot was saved.
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Chungking
Hengyang
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hunan
U. S
German Advance Halted Near Don Bend In World War II News
Red Army armored trains reinforced defenders west of Stalingrad as Nazi forces pressed on 150 miles along the lower Don. Russians repulsed attacks from Kletskaya toward Stalingrad while Bashkir cavalry under Col Mingaly Shaimuratov fought a night charge, dying in action.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Lower
Don
Kushchevka
Rostov
Tsimlyansk
Bataisk
Sea of Azov
D. T. Kozlov
Red
Bashkir Republic
Urals
Kletskaya
Voronezh
Fedor von Bock
British daylight air offensive resumes over northern France
British fighter and fighter-bomber sorties return from Boulogne as observers note a large mixed force. Bad weather kept bombing aircraft on the ground at night while nine German planes were shot down in Midlands raids and other towns. Germany is said to have lost up to 15 percent of its planes to night fighters and new British anti aircraft guns.
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London
France
Boulogne
Midlands
Germany
British light ships fight three engagements in North Sea Channel
In the North Sea Channel area British light naval units fought three engagements with enemy armed trawlers. A trawler was set on fire and likely a total loss. one British ship was disabled but reached base, with some British casualties reported. A second engagement followed with further casualties and damage. A third clash occurred off the French coast near the English Channel involving torpedo boats or trawlers escorted by E-boats.
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London
U.P
North Sea Channel
Admiralty
English Channel
City approves USO use of Amarillo Auditorium for soldiers
The Amarillo city commission unanimously decides to convert the Municipal Auditorium into a USO center for soldiers and sailors. Edwin Cooper of San Antonio to meet architects. USO to bear alteration costs. YMCA space remains in use. Local leaders urge quick action to aid war effort and honor the building’s WWI memory.
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USO
Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Edwin M. Cooper
San Antonio
Southwest
YMCA
Bruce Autry
Earl G Hamlett
Mr. Cooper
Central Presbyterian Church
USC
Hardin
Early
Crowe
Hamlett
Polk Street Methodist Church
Supreme Court denies habeas plea in Nazi saboteur case
The Supreme Court refused to hear the eight accused Nazi saboteurs appealing habeas corpus. Justices affirmed district court orders and held the military commission lawful, allowing the Roosevelt administration to proceed with final arguments in the secret trial. Prosecution and defense anticipated resuming final arguments without Supreme Court involvement.
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Supreme Court
Biddle
William Hummell
Pontiac Plant Shut as CIO Pickets Form at All Entrances
Pault ic plant halted as CIO lines blocked all entrances from 7 A.M. workers reported mass demonstration over a CIA AFL organizational dispute affecting retail food store workers. Tucker P. Smith cited regional impact and halted production at General Motors Pontiac division.
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Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
CIO
Tucker P. Smith
United Wholesale, Retail and Department Store Employer
CSO
GM chief appeals to Washington over clerks dispute
Detroit July 31 U P President C F E Wilson of General Motors Corp appeals to federal officials to intervene in a jurisdictional clash between AFL and CIO grocery clerks. The dispute forced the closure of one GM war plant in Pontiac and threatens two more shutdowns.
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Detroit
C. FE. Wilson
General Motors Corp
Hig
Washington
AFL
CIO
Pontiac
Pontiac Demonstration Aims to End AFL Blockade Tactics
An AFL backed parade seeks to persuade state and federal authorities to lift a food delivery blockade. Retail Clerks union members and AFL teamsters push to organize independent Pontiac stores and cut deliveries to non signed shops. An estimated 3,000 Pontiac workers will join about 1,000 retail employees in the demonstration.
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AFL
Retail Clerks’ Union
RFL
Pontiac
Smith
Axis bombers raid Alexandria injure Egyptians
Axis bombers hit Alexandria killing four people wounding 13 and causing minor property damage Egyptian Interior Ministry reports alarms in Cairo and other areas British patrols harass Axis at El Alamein Auchinleck headquarters say no large operations. Navy to launch first carrier since Pearl Harbor Essex poised to enter James River at Newport News Shipyard after 15 months build.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Egyptian Interior Ministry
el Alamein
Claude Auchinleck
Newport News
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
James River
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
U. S. S. Essex
Kaiser Seeks 5000 Cargo Planes to Beat Submarines
William J. Kaiser told a Senate military subcommittee that War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson assured him of full support for his plan to build a fleet of 5,000 cargo carrying airplanes to combat the submarine menace.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast Shipbuilder
Senate
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Amarillo Aviator Flugging Far and Glamorous Land
Amarillo's Buman Newby Jr. flies for Pan American Airways as a ferry service pilot in Asia Africa and the Middle East. He evacuates civilians and carries high explosives on dangerous runs while buoyed by letters home and a feature in Saturday Evening Post.
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Buman Newby, Jr
Amarillo
Buman Newby
Pan American Air Ways
South America
Far East
Middle East
Africa
Saturday Evening Post
Rommel
Cairo
Luxor
Biman
PAA
China
Burma
China National Airways
English
Smaller Cargo Planes Urged
Senate advocates push for rapid expansion of smaller air freighters already under construction for the army and navy. Lee of Oklahoma urges a 70 ton flying boat board while Henry Kaiser testifies a big ship could be produced in 10 months with plans and materials. The goal is to multiply the smaller cargo planes to speed wartime deliveries.
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Washington
Senate
Army and Navy
Lee
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Army
Navy
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Gusty winds and warm day with moderate tonight. Scattered thunderstorms early this evening in Amarillo area and again this afternoon or evening across Panhandle and Big Bend Country. Temperatures ranged from 71 to 97 with no major change tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
New Mexico
Ee Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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Russia
Joseph Stalin
Tsimlvansk
Red Star
Channel
City Auditorium
USO Center
Commission
Russell Stationery Co
Roosevelt
Milry Commission
Upreme
Stone
Nelson
Portland
Ore
Shepherd's Hotel
USA
Arizona
Nevada
TWA
United States
Pia
B's Stinson
APO
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