Irish Neutrality Sparks Mixed Reactions in Pulse Feeler
Readers vent on Ireland staying neutral in the war with opinions ranging from disgust to pride. Quotes from Michael Connor and others reveal a spectrum of views about whether Ireland should join the conflict and how it affects Allied efforts. A note adds readers can mail questions to Pulse Feeler for a dollar.
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Red Cross
Mike M
Michael Connor
Ireland
America
Henrietta Wilson
Murphy
Belfast
Timothy Bannion
Northern Ireland
England
Erin
John Spruel
Eire
Britain
Emrald Isle
Sitters Increase Sitters Increase By RALPH E. HEINZEN
Thousands of French industrialists bankers and professionals have been rounded up in Paris and the provinces as part of German pre invasion tactics. Over 4 000 hostages are in camps in Germany including Baron De La Grange and Count Robert de Vogue whose arrest allowed German control of a leading champagne firm through a provisional administrator.
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Ralph E. Heinzen
New York
U.R
Paris
Germany
Baron de la Grange
Senate
Tyre
Senate Air Committee
America
Robert de Vogue
Champagne
France
Vogue
Negro club to rise on Amarillo site with Lions support
After months of effort, Amarillo officials say the Zita school house has been bought and will be moved to Third Avenue and Monroe Street. The Lions Club will fund the move and modernization. Lon Edwards and Grady Wilson lead the Lions committee. A group of Amarillo Black residents will build the foundation for the new club facing Third Avenue.
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Oty
Zita
Third Avenue
Monroe Street
Lions Club
Lon Edwards
Grady Wilson
Amarillo
Son of Pierre Pucheu Charged With Treason Confirmed
The military appeals court confirmed today that the son of Pierre Pucheu, once Vichy Interior Minister, faces treason charges. Ww orn Buff brick siding in rolls. See John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W, 5th.
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Lgiers
U.P
Pierre Pucheu
Vichy
Interior
Military
Rolls
John Maynard Lbr. Co
5Th
Germans Into Cassino Trap See Italy Page 2
Allied forces press the Cassino assault as German defenders fall back into a shrinking pocket on the western end of the town. New Zealand troops and their allies push through rubble, seize key routes, and fight hand to hand for control of the Via Casilina while Monte Cassino remains under German fire. Air forces and artillery pound positions as the battle nears a climax along the Garigliano and Anzio fronts.
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Naples
U.P
Cassino
New Zealand
Via
Casilina
Monte Cassino
Esperia
Pontecorvo-Piedimonte
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean Air Forces
Leghorn
Sofia
Garigliano
Anzio
First Allied Air Raid Strikes Vienna Area War Targets
Strong American B-17 and B-24 formations bombed German targets near Vienna with no fighter opposition. Weiner Neustadt and other rail hubs were attacked while Vienna, a major inland port and industrial center, faced alerts. Ninth Air Force Marauders and Thunderbolts then attacked Creil rail centers near Paris.
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Vienna
Messerschmitt
Weiner Neustadt
Greater
Germany
Europe
Danube
Romania
Hungary
Ninth Air Force
Creil
Paris
Allied Command
Police Department Buys Eight New Automobiles
Eight new Ford sedans from surplus stock will arrive in Amarillo to replace older cars. They were unused and are being driven from San Antonio by city employees. Sheriff Adams travels to Harrisburg to pursue extradition of Frank Borrelli for forgery. Borrelli fights the extradition and the governor’s approval is sought.
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Amarillo
San Antonio
Borrelli
Bill Adams
Harrisburg
Frank Borrelli
Potter County
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Reds At Dniester Push Near U S S R Front
Soviet armies drive toward the Dniester within 25 miles as Konev's forces advance on Vinnitsa and Zhmerinka railway links. German rearguards retreat under pressure while Malinovsky’s 3rd Ukrainian army pockets east of Nikolaev close the Proskurov gap. Water program in Amarillo progresses with new wells. Potter County grand jury reconvenes as local notices appear.
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Moscow
U.P
Ukraine
Dniester
Vinnitsa
Bessarabia
Ivan S. Konev
Odessa
Lwow
Vannyarka
Red Army
Proskurov
South Ukraine
Nikolaev
Bug
Ivan
Konev
Zhmerinka
Tyuzhilov
Vinnitsa-Zhmerinka
Bug River
Voroshilovka
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Belaya Krinitsa
Kherson
Finland Sends Answer on Peace Terms to Moscow
Helsinki reports Finland’s reply to Soviet terms for a separate peace was forwarded to Moscow at noon. Indicators suggested a rejection, with officials marking time until an official statement could be issued tomorrow.
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Helsinki
U.P
Finland
Moscow
Allied Forces Launch Major Offensives Across Burma and Pacific
Allied airborne troops land behind Japanese lines in Hukawng Valley Burma marking a first. Truk in the central Pacific faces continued air assault after Liberator bombers strike at airfields and dumps. In Bougainville and Manus Island operations, American forces push toward Lorengau airdrome while Rabaul and Wewak endure heavy bombardment.
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Jy Richard C. Bergholz
Burma
Truk
Central Pacific
Manus Island
Bismarck Sea
Japan
Hukawng
Joseph W. Well
China
Caroline Islands
Seventh Airforce
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Ameri
Federal Ballot Questions Split Governors on Soldier Vote
President Roosevelt’s survey seeks state permission to use the federal ballot in the new soldier vote bill. Telegrams show mixed replies from governors of 48 states with only a few unequivocal acceptances, several likely actions to validate ballots, and many unable to commit yet.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
Surprised Soldier Fends Off Anzio Air Attack
Master Sergeant Lloyd Slim Hoar of Abi lene manned a .50 caliber machine gun on a truck during an Anzio air raid with Fifth Army troops. He fired twice as planes strafed and bombed, the gun jammed and smoked, the pilot bailed out, and Hoar quipped that two shots were enough.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Lloyd “Slim” Hoar
Abilene
Anzio
Decide Not To Agree With British on Palestine Future
The House foreign relations committee, advised by military authorities, shelved a resolution urging Congress to back Britain on Palestine. It would have called for free Jewish migration to Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish commonwealth, opposing the British white paper limiting Jewish arrivals.
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Washington
House Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Britain
Palestine
Time Passes During Late Phone Call Standoff
Arthur Silver, in Chicago, talked with his girlfriend from a drug store booth late at night. After the store closed, police freed Silver following a distress message from his girlfriend.
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Chicago
Arthur Silver
Silver
He Wants O Daniel for American Democratic Presidential Ticket
Harry Woodring organizer for the American Democratic party says a man like Sen. W Lee O Daniel Texas Democrat is a suitable presidential candidate in November in Houston. He lists James E Farley Joseph B Ely Harry Byrd Walter George and Alben Barkley as other possible nominees. O Daniel was in Houston yesterday but left for San Antonio and did not meet Woodring.
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Houston
U.P
American Democratic Party
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas Democrat
Harry Woodring
Kansas
Woodring
James E. Farley
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
New Jersey
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Walter George
Georgia
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
O’daniel
San Antonio
Dies Committee Seeks All Winchell Script Recordings
The Dies Committee ordered an investigation into Walter Winchell's radio comment and issued a subpoena to the Blue network for all scripts and recordings from the last two years. Robert E. Stripling announced the action to Mark Wood as chairman Dies battles Winchell over Sunday broadcasts and accuses him of aiming to smear Congress.
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Washington
Walter Winchell
Dies Committee
Blue Network
Winchell
Robert E. Stripling
Mark Wood
New York
Dies
House
Congress
Hoffman
Michigan
Rankin
Mississippi
OPA targets gas stations in Amarillo hearing
The OPA in Amarillo ordered station closings and suspensions over rationing violations. Cc C Kellogg Amarillo was barred for rationing duration, Ale ordered to surrender coupons, and several locals received suspensions stayed or dismissed. H L Patterson represented the OPA. this was Amarillo’s first such hearing.
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OPA
Harry L. Hall
Dallas
Cc. C. Kellogg
Amarillo
Morse
Ale
Harry Tyler
Fillmore Street
Clyde Bearden
Tenth Avenue
Adams Street
Ed McCaskey
North East Eighth Avenue
E. B. Meyer
West Sixth Avenue
E. A. Barton
Washington Street
W. L. Pond
Canyon Highway
Gene Bumpas
Army
H. L. Patterson
Lubbock
Quadruplets Born in Argentina and One Dies
The last of the quadruplets born yesterday to Senora Celio Giachino de Angelli at a Buenos Aires suburban hospital died today. The report includes two brief items from New York and Santa Monica about postwar aviation plans.
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Buenos Aires
Celio Giachino de Angelli
Weather roundup Amarillo region with light rain in border area
The Amarillo area stays partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Del Rio Eagle Pass sees mostly cloudy skies with light rain or drizzle tonight and Saturday. New Mexico expects partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Temperatures show little change with highs near 55 in the mountains and 50 in the south portion. The 24 hour span ends at 6 30 A M with high 64 and low 37 and noon at 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio- Eagle Pass
New Mexico
South Portion
Hull Not to Recognize Badoglio Regime in Italy
Secretary of State Hull said the United States would not extend diplomatic recognition to the Badoglio government in Italy. He also stated the U S was not consulted by the Soviet Union before Moscow exchanged official representatives with the Badoglio regime.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Badoglio
Italy
Moscow
Badogno
Toscow
London
Russia
St Patrick Mails 20 000 Letters and Postcards
St Patrick, Missouri mails 20 000 letters and post cards bearing the St Patrick stamp. Postmaster John Lagsdon uses green ink and a special cancellation device through courtesy of the Post Office to mark March 17 in this single US town named St Patrick.
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ST. Patrick
United States
John Lagsdon
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