Navy to Shift Focus From Battleships to Aircraft Carriers
Sen. Ralph O. Brewster said the navy has dropped plans for five 60,000 ton super battleships and will expand aircraft carrier construction. The House committee weighs a bill authorizing 1.8 million tons of ships, including 500,000 tons of carriers, boosting navy size about 60 percent at over 8 billion dollars.
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Washington
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Navy
Congress
United Press
Brewster
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
United States Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
Georgia Democrat
Military Needs Scrap Rubber
Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson says the army has cut rubber use by 25 percent and warns further savings could hinder mobilization. He cites changes in tank tread and padding causing noise production issues and maintenance trouble while urging full scrap collection and minimal civilian use.
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Hillier Kreighbaum
Washington
U.P
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Army Conservation
Patterson
Harry S. Truman
Democrat
Missouri
Harold L. Ickes
William R. Boi¢d, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
Truman
Office of Production Management
Senate
Girl Suing for 100000 in Seduction Case in San Francisco
Cornelia Van Ree an 18 year old un married mother of a three day old baby sues her sister Alberta Turner and Alberta's husband G E Turner for 100000 claiming she was seduced by Turner with her sister's knowledge to gain a dependency deferment for his draft. She alleges a prior seduction at 16 and a conspiracy to produce pregnancy to claim a child.
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San Francisco
Cornelia van Ree
Alberta
G. E. Turner
Turners
Turner
Superior Court
E. P. Morgan
Mabel Olson
Miss van Ree
Newcomers and Soldiers Feted at Central Presbyterian Picnic
Presbyterians from Amarillo and newcomers will attend a basket picnic at Central Presbyterian Church in Ellwood Park. Entertainment starts after 5 pm with supper at 6:30 pm. Families bring baskets as Mrs. Ivan Fenn leads the food committee.
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Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
Ellwood Park
Ivan Fenn
Gladys Green
R. E. Crudgington
Raymond Wright
Guy Saunders
H. Grady Wilson
Mavericks Club News Highlights Local Games and Roster
The Mavericks Club details swimming schedules at Gem Lake and youth baseball and softball for various ages. It notes performances in racing around the block, duck waddle, baseball throw for distance, rope climbing, and a ship of humor with nicknames. Bud Marcum sustains an injury at the diving board. Two boys head to the Coast Guard. Referee Grady Rutledge.
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Ralph Dykeman
Bud Marcum
Gym Lake
Bud
Gem Lake
Marvin Ford
Marvin
Eddie Tilley
Coast Guard
Russell Tate
Willis Hamilton
Uncle Sam
Bobby Davis
Super Man
Bobby
Douglas Stephens
Hot
Ross Stephens
Bert Collins
Bucktooth
Edwin Collins
Tilley
Grady the Sheik
Horaceman
Curly Newkirk
Bottleneck
Jewel McDowell
Eddie Tilly
Toiler
Whitey
Speedy Sharp
Darrell
Circular Sharp
Bud Weedcutter
Marcum
Art Pokey Sharp
Jimmy Paddlefoot Hamilton
Gusfraid
Ronnebeck
Richard Lazybones
Skapple
Herbert Speck Brooks
Rodney Wanta
Leon
Schlessler
Art Sharp
Darrell Sharp
Ed Tilley
Leon Robinson
Jimmy Hamilton
P. D. Robinson
Bobby Hudgins
Curtis Bickly
Marvins Ford
Davis
Grady Rutledge
Newcomer Veterans To Be Entertained In Amarillo
Veterans of World War to be guests of the American Legion and Hanson Post Auxiliary in Amarillo tonight. The welcome party for veterans and their wives starts at 8 o clock at Legion Home on 1800 Harrison Street. A special program and an old time dance are planned by Ernest R Archambeau for the Legion and Mrs Henry Cusick for the auxiliary.
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American Legion
Hanson Post
Auxiliary
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Ernest R. Archambeau
The
Legion
Henry Cusick
Hailstorm Damages Castro Wheat Belt West of Castro County
A Sunday night hail storm cut a ten mile path through Castro County's wheat belt east of here causing about half a million dollars in losses, damaging row crops including cotton that cannot be replanted this season. The estimate comes from DeWitt Lamb, editor of the Castro County News. A note on dangerous snakes mentions the king cobra as the world’s most dangerous serpent.
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Dimmitt
Castro County
Here
DeWitt Lamb
Congress Hears Battleship Doom
Washington June 16 Congress heard the doom of battleships and the super-dreadnought as air sea action reports reveal aircraft carriers rise to challenge capital ships. Navy reform talks push rapid carrier expansion, with leaders predicting a future aerial navy and shifting emphasis from battleships to carriers and fast ships.
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Washington
Congress
Pacific
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Bureau of Operations
High Command
Army
Vorys
United States
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertised Laxative
An old advertisement claims constipation stems from varied causes and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a laxative that also energizes bile flow. It asserts relief from constipation, irritability, and general well being and markets the product at 10 and 25 cents.
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Carter
Christmas In June For Jake Smith In Fort Worth
June 164 Jake Smith, returned home from war, found a June Christmas in his parents Fort Worth home. A tree and trim helped mark his homecoming after the Lexington carrier sinking incident, though he lost belongings. Parents wait for his needs before buying gifts.
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Fort Worth
Jake Smith
C. W. Smith
Jake
Mess Hall Chefs Battle for Lemon Meringue Crown
At Camp Wolters on June 16 judges pick the champion lemon meringue pie baker. The winner earns $5 and a chance to broadcast the recipe while the losers simply lose their pies.
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Camp Wolters
Germany Grants Government Power to Seize Industry
In Bern Switzerland on June 16 the German government barred stock sales to anyone but the national treasury, effectively allowing legal government seizure of German industry at any time. The piece notes V Pecan as an Indian term for a hard shelled nut.
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Germany
Bern
Switzerland
More Postal Funds Approved for Guayule Rubber Push
The House appropriations committee backed a 53.5 million omnibus bill mainly to speed guayule rubber work and boost post office operations. The post office department would receive 38.69 million due to heavy mail volume. fiscal year revenues exceed projections by 65 million, while expenditures rise by 3 million. The panel trimmed rubber funding to 8.835 million from the requested 9.75 million for acreage, nurseries, seed growing, and processing research.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Osies Contains General Tonics Advertise Health Pill
A 73-year-old doctor touts Osies tablets claiming they revitalize patients and the user felt better soon. The ad promises quick results and offers introductory pricing of 3c, urging purchase at drug stores including Cretney Drug and Walgreen's in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Cretney Drug
Walgreen's
Catholic Padre Keeps Questa Up With Times
The Catholic padre of Questa, Father Glynn Patrick Smith, has installed a loudspeaker system to broadcast nightly in Spanish news developments war regulations and music. Questa, 30 miles north of Taos, lacks telephones and few residents own radios.
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Taos
N. M
Questa
New Mexico
Glynn Patrick Smith
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