Gypsy Rose Lee heckles ILWU chief Bridges at USO drive
Gypsy Rose Lee confronted Harry Bridges during an ILWU USO drive meeting in San Francisco, demanding immediate aid for service members. Bridges delayed action on a $500 gift as Lee accused him of stalling patriotism. The clash lasted minutes before a resolution was postponed.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
ILWU
United Service Organization
USO
Bridges
Gypsy
Thousands Taken Prisoner as Axis Drives Extend
Allied reports detail three major Soviet penetrations with depths from 80 to 125 miles. German news agency claims hundreds killed and thousands captured in one sector. German forces push from Bessarabia toward Odessa and other Black Sea ports while Panzer units advance into southwest Russia.
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Spain
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Brest- Litovsk
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Reuters
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Berlin
Germany
Navy hires shipyard machinists amid San Francisco strikes
The U S Navy directly hires machinists at San Francisco Bay Shipyards to curb a 46 day AFL CIO strike for higher wages and overtime pay, despite labor protests labeling it strikebreaking. Civil service boards under Navy supervision set up at major yards as Rear Admiral John W Slade seeks union and nonunion cooperation.
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John W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
Who is Goose Your Ideas Editor
Your Ideas Editor asks readers for ideas to keep paying out one dollar daily. He praises last week’s response but notes this week is slow. He compares ideas to a goose that lays golden eggs and urges submission to avoid starving the goose.
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Isa Goose
Navy denies Parker enlistment over stiff finger
In Corvallis Oregon Ethan F Parker of Independence faced rejection when a stiff finger blocked his Navy enlistment. Parker nonetheless proceeded to a hospital and had the finger removed, continuing toward military service. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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News Tip Prize Is Won By Dorothy Johnson
Dorothy Johnson of 216 McMasters Street wins $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for a tip on the fatal accident at Third Avenue and McMasters Street. Betty Grace Smith earns $3 second prize for tipping on a child’s critical injuries in Amarillo. Doris Jean Keeton receives $2 for reporting a fire at the parsonage of Buchanan Street Methodist Church.
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Globe News
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Amarillo
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Russell Stationery Company
Selectees May Be Held Longer Than One Year
The War Department plans to ask Congress for legislation to extend selectees beyond a one year training period and to expand the Army by about 100000 more soldiers to nearly 1800000. Gen. George C. Marshall said some selectees may be kept longer for remote postings or key units, with overall need for legislation. The expansion targets fill gaps from Atlantic base assignments and anti tank units, raising the force level toward 1.8 million with officers and air corps additions.
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Benes Explains Hess Flight and War Outlook
Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes said in a London broadcast that Rudolf Hess flew to Britain after a six month Nazi leadership dispute over next steps. He said Hess believed continuing the war would lead to German defeat and that Hitler planned to attack the Soviet Union after Britain fell.
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Eduard Benes
Czecho- Slovakia
Rudolf Hess
Britain
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Scotland
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Census Bureau Aids Lonely Girls With Adventure Hope
Washington release says statistics will be an interesting reading for single girls seeking adventure and husbands. It cites Panama Canal Zone ratios of 5 885 white women to 26 971 white men and contrasts other territories like American Samoa Guam Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico with far more men than women.
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Census Bureau
Panama Canal Zone
American Territory
American Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Four Billion Pounds Approved for War Funds in Commons
The House of Commons voted one billion pounds about $4 billion to be used by the government for war purposes, expected to last roughly three months at current spending. Sir Kingsley Wood said parliament will likely return in autumn to seek additional funds. the last wartime credit was approved in February.
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House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
House
Amatillo Forecast: Clouds and Showers Watch
Cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers tonight and Wednesday afternoon. West Texas and New Mexico see considerable clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Little temperature change. 24 hour extremes show a low of 63 and a high of 85 with noon at 79.
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Amatillo
Vicineity
West Texas
New Mexico
Allied and Free French seize Damascus amid Syrian campaign
British and Free French forces break defenses north and west of Damascus and drive toward Rayak Beirut and Homs. Palmyra encircled by a British column after Damascus fell to Collet’s troops. colonial and Indian units push the front northward as Churchill authorizes full authority to seize Syria quickly.
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Homs
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de Gaulle
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Damour
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U.P
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Ity
Reweik Ebu el Hayani
Col
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Staft
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