Women Drivers On City Roads Spark Mixed Reactions
A Pulse Feeler inquiry gathers opinions from several men and one woman about trusting women drivers in large city traffic. Some say women are safer or careful, while others doubt or mock them. The feature notes anecdotes, skepticism, and a counterpoint from Mr. Mayberry and Mrs. King as responses vary.
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Stelhoscope
Pulseler
Jack King
George Mayberry
Pulse Feeler
Foster Thompson
Ben Mason
Chicago
Jim Coffee
American Officers Aid Slavs in Dalmatian Islands
Two unidentified American officers lead Partisan detachments on Brac and Hvar as Tito's forces resist German occupation. The Hvar unit engaged superior Nazi troops and reportedly inflicted heavy losses, while the Brac group near Pucin captured considerable booty in a successful raid.
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London
Brac
Hvar
Josip (Tito) Brozovich
Ces
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
U. S
Pucin
Taxtime Is No Time To Hunt Pistol
Sheriff Adams said searches for the pistol tied to the October killings of Dr and Mrs Roy Hunt at Littlefield will pause until after March 15 as officers focus on income tax returns. An Amarillo man claimed he threw the pistol into the river during the investigation.
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Ny Adams
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Amarillo
Cooler Weather and Winds Move Toward the Panhandle
The weather bulletin warns cooler air and strong winds approaching the Panhandle. A cold front may arrive around noon tomorrow with blustery conditions and no precipitation. Dakota blizzards and Nebraska cold spells are forecast, but temperatures should stay above freezing in the region.
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the Panhandle
Ares
Dakotas
Nebraska
Three Injured in North Highway Crash
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kimbrough of 828 Georgia Street and O. A. Hillard of Auditorium Motel were seriously hurt when their car overturned 26 miles out on North Highway late last night. The trio remained in St. Anthony's Hospital this afternoon with no change in condition as the highway patrol investigated the crash.
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A. A. Kimbrough
Georgia Street
O. A. Hilliard
Auditorium
North Highway
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bilackburn-Shawamneces
Highway Patrol
Burma Front Advances Drive Japanese From Hukawng Valley
American and Chinese forces press south from Walawbum toward Hukawng Valley in northern Burma after capturing a Japanese strongpoint. Chinese 22nd Division takes Lawlawng Ga by the Nambu River, clearing jungle trails as Japanese retreat. Mountbatten's communique notes heavy casualties, waterborne raids on coastal defenses, and continued southward push along the Walawbum road.
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Hukawng
Burma
Walawbum
Nambu River
Lawlawng Ga
Chanmei
Walawbum-Jambu Bum
Hewlett
United Press
Rothwell H. Brown
Miami
Fla
Mountbatten
Buthidaung
Htindaw
Mayu Range
Maungdaw
Akyab
Channel
Huhawng
Buthedaung
Weather report and missing boy notice from Amarillo region
The bulletin covers weather in Amarillo and West Texas with increasing cloudiness strong winds and temperature swings from 50s to 20s with snow flurries possible. It also notes New Mexico showers and northwestern mountains flurries along with 25 mph winds and a high of 70. BOY 338 MISSING police search Billy Joe Landers 15 reported missing from Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
del Rio Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Billy Joe Landers
C. M. Landers
North Arthur Street
Pacific Skies Belong to Us in World War II
U S Fifth Air Force destroyed 26 Japanese planes in a Wewak strike and damaged fuel and supply areas. Marines secured Wotho Atoll in the Marshall Islands and advanced on Wil laumez Peninsula as Allied lines extend toward Tokyo. Bougainville and New Britain see continued fighting, while raids hit Rabaul and Los Negros with heavy air support.
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Southwest Pacific
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Wotho Atoll
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Marshalls
Watho
Eniwetok
Tokyo
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
Talasea
Bougainville
Jaen Augusta Bay
MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
Tax Office Swamped By Filing Rush In Amarillo Area
Deputy collectors faced a packed third floor at the post office as crowds waited to file income tax returns. The deadline loomed Wednesday midnight with extended hours today and tomorrow to midnight Wednesday. Accountants aiding taxpayers reported increased activity as the rush intensified.
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Internal Revenue Offices
Post Office
Amarillo Area
Thieves Fail at Safe Door in Smith Office
Thieves in the office of Louis H. Smith on Tenth Avenue and Tyler Street failed to crack a safe after removing the combination knob and wedging a broken punch. An unattached punch part and a hammer lay on the floor. the futile break in occurred last night and was found this morning. Nazis Closing Riga Plant Reported From Stockholm.
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Yeggs
Louis H. Smith
Tires
Tenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Goebbels Escapes as Bomb Kills Guests at Berlin Hotel
United Press reports Nazi propaganda minister Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels left a Berlin hotel room shortly before an RAF air raid. The blast killed all his guests and wounded others. A neutral Berlin traveler quoted by CBS said nine days later about 1,000 bodies were recovered and debris remained uncleared. Berlin was said to be about 70 percent destroyed as of March 1.
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United Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Madrid
CBS
Glenn Stadler
Stadler
Berlin
Goebbels
Walter Cronkite
London
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
Luftwaffe
Spaatz
U. S
Europe
Reich
Brunswick-Leipzig
Munster
Amarillo to award wells and pumps contracts soon
City officials aim to award contracts for drilling four more wells and four pumps to secure water supply. Bids were to be opened last week but priority ratings were pending. City Manager A. P. Hancock said he would ask the commission to authorize buying a carload of sewer pipe.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Commission
Stolen Lumber Recovered After Truck Breaks Down
A truck loaded with 10,000 feet of two by fours on a government contract for Clovis New Mexico was found abandoned south of Amarillo at Happy Glenn due to a burned out clutch. Police recovered the lumber by locating the disabled vehicle from the J B Coe Lumber Company theft.
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Amarillo
Happy Glenn
Here
Clovis, N. M
J. B. Coe Lumber Company
Ration Tokens Wasted In Parking Meters
In Amarillo meters tokens and coins fail to register. Over a 30 day window drivers deposited 131245 pennies 58745 nickels 13 dimes and eight ration tokens as police recover both tokens and coins from meters.
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Amarilo
Europe on Fire as Allies Press Near German Lines
Allied and Soviet troops push the German army across Ukraine toward Kherson and Nikolaev while Moscow signals escape routes for Romania and Bulgaria. American bombers raid France, Italy and Germany as Czech exile leaders call for armed resistance and Tito’s partisans gain backing.
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Ukraine
Odessa
Black Sea
France
RAF
Germany
Josip (Tito) Brozovich
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ivan
Konev
Middle Bug
Gaivoron
Bessarabian
Rumania
Lower Bug
Ingul
Nikolaev
Lower
Dnieper
Tyaginka
Kherson
Tarnopol
Channel
Jugoslav Partisans
Europe
Mrs Frank Davis Wins News Tip Prize
Mrs Frank Davis of 1607 Buchanan Street wins five dollars for the best News Tip about two children trapped in an icebox. Second prize goes to Mrs Fae Eagle of 801 North Taylor Street for a tip about spilled cookies from a truck. Third prize awarded to Mrs Alta Hassler of 213 East Eleventh Avenue for locating a diamond in gravy. Other contributors listed by name and address.
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Frank Davis
Buchanan Street
Richard Meyer
Alton Powell
East Sixth Avenue
Raymond Morrison
Fillmore
H. L. Sullivan
North Taylor Street
Betty Burkhalter
Hayden Street
Ben Robertson
van Buren Street
F. A. Dunn
Polk Street
J. L. Vandy
Cleveland Street
Blanche Spurlock
Louisiana Street
E. Pavillard
Fillmore Street
Helen Griffin
East Tenth Avenue
Economic sanctions may target Eire over Axis diplomats
A Washington dispatch reports the United States may apply economic sanctions to Ireland if Dublin does not expel Axis diplomats. Allied concerns rose after notes from Anglo American and Irish capitals revealed unease over Axis presence.
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John A. Reichmann
Washington
United States
Eire
Tony
Tokyo spokesman commends Ireland on neutrality stance
Sadao Ieuchi, spokesman of the Japanese board of information, said at a Tokyo press conference that Bire's refusal to remove German and Japanese diplomats was the only sane response. He added that American pressure against Eire proves neutrality detriment has no place to Americans and praised De Valera's government for its flat refusal of US demands.
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United Press
Bire
Sadao Ieuchi
Japanese Board of Information
Tokyo
Ieuchi
San Francisco
de Valera
United States
Economic pressure eyed against Britain over travel limits
Report notes nervous tone about enemy agents on Irish soil as second front prep continues. Observers expect US diplomacy to favor strong economic measures, potentially resembling a blockade, to press Britain without direct force. Mentions Spain Martinique and limited fleet by Buenos Aires context.
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London
Britain
United States
Spain
Martinique
Canada
Buenos Aires
A Chant
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R. I. King
Route 1
Box 189
Razabil
Southeast Asia Command
Tibet
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Bhuta
India
Bey of
Benga
Zamael
Sandowa
Rangoon
Basse
Ibburma
Cape Negrais
Hailand
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Pacific
Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Amarillo Field
Rolls
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russell Stationery Company
Ralph Kenniston
Riga
Stockholm
Red Army
Baltic States
Dr. Goebbels
Paris
DNB
Piot
Louis F. Keemle
Bulgaria
Ankara
London Daily Mail
Turkey
Tarnopol-Preskurov
Moscow Dispatches
Mediterranean
Genoa
Italy
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