Local Pulse Debates Electoral College Role at Voting Booth
A community poll feature records residents views on the electoral college versus a simple most votes wins. Quotes from John Stidham Paul Mercer Mrs Dees Milton Frasier Jane Holcombe Laura Spillers and Bill Nugent relay opinions on fairness speed and safety of current or alternative systems.
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Paul Mercer
L. O. Dees
Milton Frasier
Jane Holcombe
Stenpher
Laura Spillers
Nazi Fighter Ship to Be Shown in Amarillo Exhibit
Willy Messerschmitt’s captured German fighter ship will debut publicly in Texas at the Army Service Forces Exhibit in Amarillo. The display, organized by Ma J B Wheeler and Lt Col William E Rentz, arrives after a private NYC showing and will be demonstrated by eight Army Air Field men. The event is free and open to all.
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Amarillo
Texas
Army Service Forces
New York City
North American Aircraft Company
Dallas
T Amarillo
Ang
Ma. Murray J. B. Willy Wheeler
Eighth Service Command
William E. Rentz
Amarillo Army Air Field
North Africa
Afica
Stimson Admits Our Guns Have Downed Our Planes
Secretary of War Stimson acknowledged today that American forces have mistaken their own aircraft and shot them down in combat. He cited a Stars and Stripes report claiming U S Navy gunners in Sicily downed 20 C 47 transports by mistake and noted a similar past incident in Sicily.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Navy
Sicily
Jeeps and American arms fuel Soviet front in Ukraine
An observer says Red Army relies on lend-lease trucks and Jeeps, with American combat planes and transports aiding Soviet operations across muddy Ukrainian fronts. American shells power Soviet guns as Stormaviks and Yaks battle with Aircobras and DC-3 transports amid brutal conditions.
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Harrison Salisbury
Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Ukraine
Studebaker
GMC
United States
Stormaviks
Yaks
Russians widen Bug River breach driving toward Dniester
Soviet forces broke a 62 mile gap in the Bug River line and pushed toward the Dniester trapping German divisions near Nikolaev. Marshal Konev’s 62 mile advance shattered Nazi resistance, with Red Star reporting a heavy defeat for German forces and continued retreat on both sides of the Ingul River. The push opened a path toward Odessa and a southern advance into Romania.
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Moscow
U.P
Bug River
Dniester
Vinnitsa
Odessa
Bug
Ukraine
Ivan S. Konev
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Ingul River
Kirovograd
Konev
Rumania
Red Star
Pbrigands
Supreme Command
Strikers Offer No Defense for Ford Rouge Blockade
Detroit March 16 Local 600 of the United Automobile Workers CIO announced it would offer no defense for members found responsible for yesterday’s blockade at Ford Motor Company Rouge plant gates. The indefinite suspension of 50 employees was announced late last night after rapid developments surrounding the protest.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Tax payer loses trousers after paying his income tax
A Richmond Texas oilfield worker, after paying his income tax, went to sleep in a hotel lobby fully clothed and awoke to find his trousers stolen. Police reported his tale of sudden post tax celebration and embarrassment in Houston.
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Houston
U.P
Richmond
Tex
Step Up Induction Urged as Drafts Fill Fast
Washington reports military manpower lag of 100000 men monthly prompts draft boards to accelerate inductions of fathers and to search for men deferred in industry and agriculture. Selective Service Director Hershey warns to secure men from all classes including farmers and non fathers to meet induction needs. The note dated March 13 follows Hershey testimony before a Senate sub committee on farmer deferments. KHIVA PLANS DANCE Nobles of Khiva Temple Mystic Shrine hold Third Thursday dance at East Fifth Avenue headquarters likely final event before Masonic Temple move.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Senate
KHIVA
Mystic Shrine
East Fifth Avenue
Order
Masonic Temple
Fred Galle
Recorder
Capitol Hotel
Potentate
American Forces Repel Bougainville Counterattack
United Press reports Allied forces smashed a heavy Japanese counter thrust on Bougainville with 1,173 enemy dead confirmed and 1,000 killed around Cannon Ridge as Americans expanded their northern Empress Augusta Bay perimeter. Air raids hit Wewak Oroluk Ponape and Truk vicinity with multiple targets in the Pacific theater.
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United Press
Bougainville Island
Une
Empress Augusta Bay
Cannon Ridge
37Th Division
37Th
Wewak
New Guinea
Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
Bougainville
Solomons
Carolines
Oroluk Atoll
Truk
Peri
Augusta Bay
Central Pacific
Marshalls
Navy
Gilberts
Oroluk
Atool
Army
Ponape
Kusaie
Hillbillies Inspectors Tied to 1942 Labor Dept
Texas audit committee reveals two boiler inspectors in 1942 were part of W Lee O Daniel entourage while another 11 year old boy appeared on the payroll. Logan Snodgrass and Wilson Perkins did clerical work not inspections, raising questions of improper financial practices in the Labor Department.
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Austin
State Capitol
Legislative Audit Committee
State Department of Labor
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Labor Department
O’daniel
C. H. Cavness
Logan Snodgrass
Wilson Perkins
John Reed
O'Daniel Declines Roosevelt Fourth Term VP Offer
Houston March 16 Senator W Lee O Daniel says he was approached to run for vice president on a Roosevelt fourth term ticket but he has turned down the proposal. He notes many names are being mentioned for vice president and says he was asked but refused.
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Houston
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Roosevelt
Tin Cans No Longer Needed for Salvage in Amarillo
Amarillo residents told tin cans are no longer required for salvage. War Production Board official Lowell Munday cites prohibitive costs for shipping shredding and de-tinning. waste paper is now the urgent need. About 14 to 15 carloads of tin were sent out last year. Free delivery at Beery Prescription Shop from 8:30 A M to 7:30 P M.
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Amarillo
Lowell Munday
City
War Production Board
Mr. Munday
WPB
Allied siege intensifies at Cassino and Anzio as Rome drive looms
Allied tanks infantry and artillery press the battle in Cassino ruins with German defenders fiercely delaying the push. At Anzio 40 miles north American troops shell the coast as both sides battle for a breakthrough and Rome's invasion path. German reinforcements rush to defend the shattered town amid heavy bombardment.
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Naples
Cassino
Anzio
Aprilia
Italy
Rome
DNB
Second Wife Seeks Divorce From Elliott Roosevelt
Fort Worth March 16 A U P report says Col Elliott Roosevelt son of the President faces a pending divorce filed in district court by his second wife Ruth Googins Roosevelt married 1933. The petition cites statutory grounds and cruelty. Roosevelt overseas with the Army did not know of the action.
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Col
Elliott. Roosevelt
Ruth Googins
Robert L. Hanger
Roosevelt
Ruth Army
Hanger
Elliott
Texas
Roosevelts
Elizabeth Browning Donner
Philadelphia
Reno
Southwest
Chandler
Anthony
David
Loss of Two Aces Is Blow To Our Fliers
In New Guinea on March 16, official word confirmed Col Neel E. Kearby missing in action and Lt Col Thomas J. Lynch killed in action. Kearby led Thunderbolts with 21 enemy planes downed and wore the Medal of Honor for a six-planes day. Lynch held 19 aerial victories.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Kearby
Lynch
Fifth Air Second
Third Force
Neel E. Kearby
San Antonio
Thomas J. Lynch
Catasauqua
Dallas
War Department
Virginia
Fifth Fighter Command
Roosevelt pressures Finland to sever ties with Nazi Germany
President Roosevelt urges Finland to withdraw from its partnership with Nazi Germany. He argues the Finnish people should disassociate from Germany as Russian Finnish talks proceed, warning that staying allied brings sorrow and suffering.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Finland
Nazi Germany
Germany
United States
Collectors Busy Sorting Tax Returns in Amarillo Office
Ralph Kenniston chief deputy collector in Amarillo explains tax return workload as officers stamp forms all day. He cannot estimate totals yet while deadlines loom for people from professionals to bootblacks earning over 560 dollars with no withholding.
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Ralph Kenniston
Amarillo
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Kenniston
Fair Weather With Rising Temperature Predicted
The Qoreau forecasts fair weather with rising temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Last night’s low was 30 degrees with a high of 51 yesterday. Spring starts next Tuesday and Easter is on April 9. The weather bureau will not discuss the Easter spell.
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Qoreau
Weather Bureau
Texarkana Governor Seeks AG Opinion on Ballot Law
Gov Coke Stevenson says he will wait for the attorney general's ruling before replying to President Roosevelt's telegram asking if Texas statutes allow a supplementary federal ballot. He plans to inform the President's wife upon return to Austin and notes the issue is a legal matter. He will not sidestep the question.
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Texarkana
Coke Stevenson
Attorney General
Roosevelt
Texas
Austin
Stevenson
Attorney General’s Office
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