Vinson to W. H. Davis in War Labor Board shakeup
Washington reports William H. Davis will replace Fred M. Vinson as director of economic stabilization while Vinson becomes federal loan administrator. George W. Taylor will become WLB chairman and Davis leads wage dispute policy. The changes come amid inflation control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W.P
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Vinson
George W. Taylor
WLB
Davis
Taylor
J H Wheeler Dies in Crash Near Dallas Texas
Potter County recorded its fifth traffic fatality of 1945 when James Henry Wheeler 36 was killed about 6 45 last night east of the city on Dallas Highway 287. He drove a pickup that collided with a Miller and Miller Fort Worth truck driven by Willard O Dell Goodwin. Wheeler died en route to a hospital. He resided eight miles east of Amarillo and came from Hollis Oklahoma to Frederick Oklahoma where his home was. The body lies in state at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
James Henry Wheeler
Dallas
Amarillo
E. T. Selders
Wheeler
Miller and Miller
Fort Worth
Willard O'Dell Goodwin
Blackburn-Shaw
Hollis
Okla
Frederick
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral
Seek Seven Recruits For WAC Platoon
Amarillo and the Panhandle aid Dallas as the Panhandle Platoon of WAC Medical technicians seeks seven more recruits to reach a 15 member quota by March 20. Five volunteers are reassigned to Dallas for training but will still count toward the Panhandle total and will be sent to General Beaumont Hospital in El Paso after training at Fort Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dallas
WAC
Hanson Post American Legion
General Beaumont
el Paso
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Fort Oglethorpe
General Hospital
Airplane to Revolutionize Life Forecast by Knupp
Carl Knupp English Field manager told Amarillo N A A members that postwar aviation would transform daily life. The meeting in the Chamber of Commerce featured balancing and magic acts by Gordon Burch of Borger. total attendance was 20. Next gathering set for April 3 with a motion picture from the N A A collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Knupp
Amarillo
National Aeronautics Association
Knupp
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Burch
Borger
Lost Child Reunited After Dog Tag Leads Search
A two year old girl found wandering by a dog with a city tag was identified by its vaccination number. Mrs. F. N. Martin of 912 Lipscomb alerted the owner at 922 Bowie, and the child was returned home within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. N. Martin
Standard Brands
912
Lipscomb
Bowie
Jim Hazleton in Amarillo for Pantex construction work
Jim Hazleton, a concrete construction engineer from Austin, is in town for Pantex related projects. He plans to stay in Amarillo for the next six months to oversee new construction activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hazleton
Austin
Pantex
Hazleton
Amarillo
Fifty Registrants Sent for Induction from Potter County
Fifty registrants of Potter County Selective Service Boards were sent to Oklahoma City for induction into the armed forces. The article notes the Republican party, founded in 1854, organized on anti slavery expansion grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Selective Service Boards
Oklahoma City
Armed Forces
Republican Party
Seven-Pronged Air Attack Strikes German Rail and Oil Targets
London reports a coordinated strike by over 900 U S heavy bombers in a seven pronged assault on Dortmund oil plants Ben Ze l and a Dortmund refinery, plus rail yards at Bielefeld Soest and Siegen. Eighth Air Force supported by 250 fighters in a 23rd straight day of air and ground operations aiming to disrupt traffic from Brunswick Hannover to the Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Dortmund
Bielefeld
Soest
Siegen
Wesel
Rhine
Eighth Air Force
Standstill protest over garage operation on Twenty second
A protest against a garage on Twenty second between Taylor and Fillmore halted progress as city officials heard the case. Nick Browning led citizens while Ben Manning urged patience for a negotiated settlement, noting no definite deadline and the garage owner removing the sign and putting the property up for sale. Browning said the area has never been zoned for a garage, implying a zoning violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Fillmore
City Commission
Nick Browning
Ben Manning
Corporation Counsel
Manning
Browning
Youth Afraid Of Scolding Takes His Own Life
Houston report says 15 year old Robert Evans Montgomery, a Houston High School student, shot himself after being reprimanded for playing hockey and skipping school. He was mortally wounded and near death in hospital as his mother described him as a brilliant student and a good child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Robert Evans Montgomery
S. R. Montgomery
Wildorado Schoolman Targets Teacher as Cash Bribe Threat
Wildorado Public Schools Superintendent W S Marshall toured Amarillo seeking a certified teacher for intermediate grades. He claimed he would pay in cash every two weeks and hinted at a black market hiring scheme if no suitable candidate appeared. A call to Producers Grain Company, Wildorado, could help avert sabotage of other instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Marshall
Wildorado
Amarillo
Marshall
Producers Grain Company
Lucas Denied New Trial Draws Six Year Sentence
Judge Henry 8S. Bishop in 47th District Court denied Louis Lucas of near Panhandle a new trial and sentenced him to six years in the state penitentiary. Lucas was found guilty of assault with intent to murder after a shooting at a night club on East Tenth. The bullet passed through a coat sleeve of an employee at the window. Attorneys said they would appeal to the State court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Bishop
47Th District Court
Louis Lucas
Panhandle
Lucas
East Tenth
State Court of Appeals
Tito Completes Organization Of New Yugoslav Government
Premier Marshal Tito completed the unity government formation naming Dr Ivan Subasic as foreign minister. Subasic formerly headed the Yugoslav government in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Associated Press
Yugoslav Radio
Marshal Tito
Ivan Subasic
London
Deny Father's Plea for Child
The state supreme court refused John W. Waroff's petition to overturn Judge Henry S. Bishop's custody ruling awarding Susan Waroff to her grandmother Mrs. Helen Haight. Susan, three, had been in Grandmother Haight's care after Ruth Waroff was killed. Ruth's husband W H Haight was acquitted of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
John W. Waroff
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Helen Haight
High Court
Austin
Haight
Susan Waroff
Ruth Waroff
W. H. Haight
Whodunnit Challenge to Officers at State Theater
Law officers are invited to a 10 am preview of The Woman in the Window at the State Theater where the end will be paused five minutes for officers to guess the guilty party. The film stars Edward G. Robinson Joan Bennett and Raymond Massey.moviegoers will be asked to refrain from entering during the final five minutes or revealing the ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Weldon Wood
State
Edward G. Robinson
Joan Bennett
Raymond Massey
Hollywood
Mrs John Ann Janes Wallace Dies in Galveston
Mrs. John Ann Janes Wallace aged 30, wife of Dr. William S. Wallace of the University of Texas School of Medicine, died in Galveston last night. She hailed from a prominent Amarillo ranching family with large South Plains interests. the John N. Jones Estate office is in the Amarillo Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ann Janes Wallace
Galveston
Amarillo
William S. Wallace
University of Texas School of Medicine
Mrs. Wallace
South Plains
John N. Jones
Amarillo Building
Priority Specialist Arrives for Conferences in Amarillo
Willis B. Askew, priority specialist of the War Production Board, arrived in Amarillo at noon to lead the first of a two day series of conferences on priority problems. He will stay through tomorrow with headquarters at the chamber of commerce. Subsequent clinics are scheduled for March 21-22, April 4-5, 18-19, May 2-3, and 16-17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Willis B. Askew
War Production Board
Mr. Askew
Chamber of Commerce
Markets Dow Jones stock averages and Kansas City livestock report
Dow Jones averages show mixed moves with industrials 161.34 off .16 and rails near 428.43 up .05. volume at 990,000. Kansas City livestock list shows cattle salable 5,000 of 5,500 total. hogs 1,500 available. prices vary with beef steers 14-1575 and vealers 12-14, demand steady to slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Decisive Gain In Apennines
American mountain troops advanced five miles in the Apennines southwest of Bologna in the strongest Fifth Army move in weeks. They captured Castel D Aiano and several peaks, with more than 1,200 prisoners. Brazilian troops seized Castelnuovo near the same line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Apennines
Bologna
Fifth Army
Pistoia Highway
Castel D’aiano
U. S. 10Th Mountaineer Division
Castelnuovo
Castel D'Aiano
Pistoia
Biscopia
Chicago Livestock Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
Chicago reports steady to higher prices in cattle and hogs with good and choice grades leading gains. Cattle run 13 000 head with fed steers and yearlings active and top loads around 17.50, heifers strong to 16.40, beef cows up to 15.00, vealers at 16.00. Hogs 8 500 head steady, sows at 14.00, lamb and sheep overall steady with Colorado lambs at 16.25 and Wyoming at 16.65, Iowa lambs 16.25, native lambs 15.50-16.50, ewes 9.75 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
WFA
Chicago
Colorado
Iowa
Miss Vera Winberg Injured In Car Truck Collision
Vera Winberg of 2400 West Tenth sustained minor injuries when a car collided with a truck at the U S Highway 60 and Ben Masterson Road intersection about 8 30 this morning. Five Pantex workers were in her car. the driver of the truck was Vivaldo C Marrs. The car was badly damaged and five others were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Winberg
West Tenth
U. S. Highway 60
Ben Masterson
Vivaldo C. Marrs
Amarillo
Pantex
Winberg
New Recruiter Arrives for Amarillo WAC Substation
Fred E. Hurley has arrived in Amarillo to join the WAC Recruiting Substation now enlisting hospital workers for the Paphandle American Legionettes company. Sergeant Hurley was previously stationed at the Oklahoma City WAC Recruiting office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Hurley
Amarillo
WAC
Paphandle American Legionettes Company
Sergeant Hurley
Oklahoma City
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Sherwin-Williams
Swerwin-Williams Ena
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Paint and Color Style Guide
Sherwin-Wiliams Semi
Lustre
Walla
Globe News
John H. Smith
Life Insurance
Tyler
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Armour & Co
AT & SF
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locom
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Weaes
Borden
Braniff
Chrysler Ee
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed Wee
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Bisc Steee
Nat Canteres
NY Shipbuilding
Ohio Oil
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Phillips
Radio Corp
el Rep Steel
Sham Ol & Gas
Sears
Shell Union Oil Ee
Socony
Studebaker
White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union
Erees
Woolworth
Globe-News
John Redditt
State Highway Commission
Coke R. Stevenson
John S. Redditt
Lufkin
Mufti
China
Pierce
Susan Wakefield
Galer Gerthstone Re
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