Jap General Saito Ultimatum From Saipan Details
Captured Japanese officer on Saipan relays a last order by Lieutenant General Saito. The message, delivered July 6 before his death, urges barbarous but defiant resistance, pledges seven lives to repay the country, and calls officers and men to advance and die battlegrounds to secure the Emperor’s welfare.
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Anyour
Japan
Germany
Saipan
W. K. Riddelespurerr
Amerika
Saito
43Rd Division
Ocliok
Imperial Army
Saimer
Pacific
General Clay Endorsed for Amarillo Airport Efforts
General Clay who stayed with OWMA until April 1 and later granted interviews in Washington with Amarillo delegations supported efforts for an air field. He served as assistant to the CAA administrator in spring 1941 and was praised by Dr. R Thomsen for his efficiency and gracious conduct in airport matters.
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Clay
Amarillo
Washington
Major Clay
CAA
R. Thomein
Thomsen
German Submarines May Keep Up Fight
Naval authority said German submarines and surface craft could continue fighting for up to six weeks after the land war ends in Europe, the submarines’ supplies likely lasting that long.
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London
Naval Authority
Europe
Governor Warns Texas Faces Deficit Without New Taxes
Governor Coke R. Stevenson warned that Texas faces a deficit if appropriations rise at current rates. He cited verified figures showing about 20 million dollars in unspent appropriations and year by year costs including 3.6 million in old age pension increases and 8 million added school taxes. He declined to propose new taxes while endorsing Bascom Giles on land sales to veterans.
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Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
State General Revenue Fund
Stevenson
Bascom Giles
House of Representatives
Giles
Army Air Forces to Double B 29 Raids on Japan
Delayed press dispatches report ships pounding southern Okinawa beaches as a possible invasion target. General Henry H. Arnold says Superfort raids will be doubled or tripled within three months, implying 600 to 1,000 B 29 missions against Japan this summer.
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Okinawa
Texas House Rejects May 1 Adjournment Plan
The Texas House killed Rep. Joe Humphrey’s resolution to adjourn on May 1. The tabling vote was 112 to 5 with Humphrey joined by Helpinstill, Davis Jr, Hoye, and Kirby. Svadlenak made the tabling motion.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Joe Humphrey
Abilene
House
Humphrey
Jewell Helpinstill
Nacogdoches
Harry Davis, Jr
Boerne
John C. Hoye
San Antonio
Dana Kirby
el Paso
Frank Svadlenak
Thrall
Beeland Seeks Appeal After 13 Year Robbery Sentence
Barney Beeland and L C Offutt were convicted of robbing Robert Lee Burns of White Deer. Beeland plans an appeal motion though his sentence was misreported. Offutt has filed an appeal and was released on a $4000 bond by Judge Henry S. Bishop.
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Barney B. Beeland
Beeland
47Th District Court
L. C. Offutt
Henry S. Bishop
Robert Lee Burns
White Deer
Smaller infant shoe sizes added to rationing list
The Office of Price Administration extended rationing to infants shoes sizes 0 to 4 due to shortages in larger sizes. The agency said unrationed smaller sizes caused excess demand and placing them on the list would free production capacity for larger, more essential sizes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Discharged Man Appeals To Striker To Go Back
Detroit March 29 A break in the Packard strike began as union steward John Krulock appealed to strikers to end the unauthorized walkout by about 1,500 of Packard Motor Car Co workers. Krulock was discharged for reportedly blocking procedures checks in his department.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
John Krulock
Krulock
United Auto Workers (Cio
University Professors May Censor U of Texas
The American Association of University Professors will discuss placing the University of Texas on its censored list at its Chicago meeting May 18 and 19. The issue stems from the November dismissal of Texas U. president Homer P. Rainey.
Drug stores in Amarillo highlight availability
In Amarillo, shoppers can find essential items at Cretney Drug and Walgreens with broad distribution of common medicines and household essentials across local drug stores.
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Amarillo
Cretney Drug & Walgreen's
We Shouldn't Grippe Says First Lady
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged public opinion to shape food policy and suggested adopting the British ration for a month to ease shortages. She noted low meat consumption, anticipated Easter poultry and continued wearing the dark blue dress from the fourth inauguration.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Argentina
White House
Trinity River Flood Warning From Dallas Weather Bureau
The Dallas weather bureau urged farmers along the Trinity River and tributaries to move livestock from low ground as two hours of rain dumped about two inches, raising the river within a 100 mile Dallas radius. Rain fell 7 to 9 A M in Dallas Fort Worth with Mineola and Trinidad Athens also reporting heavy totals.
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Dallas
U.P
Weather Bureau
Trinity River
Trinity
Dallas-Fort Worth
Mineola
Texas
Trinidad
Athens
Large Group of Novices Expected for Ceremonial
Fred H. Galle reports a one day ceremonial at Khiva Temple set for Saturday April 14 will draw many novices. He received seven petitions today with five from Scurry County and two from Lynn County, totaling about 125 approved petitions for the event.
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Khiva Temple
Fred H. Galle
Galle
Scurry County
Lynn County
Parole Violation Leads to County Jail Admission
Clay Baughn 46 of Deport was jailed today in Potter County on a parole warrant from the U S marshal. He was arrested Monday night by city police and jailed by the marshal. Baughn was convicted at Fort Worth on April 18 1944 for forging a narcotic prescription and violating probation and released from Lexington Kentucky federal institution on February 15.
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Clay Baughn
Deport
Potter County
U. S
Baughn
Fort Worth
Federal Institution
Lexington
Temporary injunction against city on optician ordinance
Judge W. E. Gee granted a temporary injunction stopping Amarillo from enforcing part of City Ordinance 1610 that bans advertising eyeglass prices. Dr. Ellis Carp and Dr. Richard Friedman, operating the Lee Optical Company in the 400 block on Polk Street, claimed the section was unconstitutional. The hearing occurred after Saturday testimony.
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Amarillo
W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
Ellis Carp
EF. Richard Friedman
Polk Street
Lee Opfieal Company
Gee
Ill At Wichita Falls Hospital Clark Former USO Director
Orton S. Clark, formerly with the USO in Childress and Recife, is seriously ill in a Wichita Falls hospital. Born in Brazil, he directed the USO in Recife and YMCA work before the war. His wife and daughters reside in the East, and his son serves in the Army in the South Pacific.
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Orton S. Clark
Auditorium
USO
Wichita Falls
Mr. Clark
Childress
Brazil
Recife
YMCA
South Pacific
Army
Perryton Man Arrested For Draft Address Violation
Jackson Sherwood of Perryton was arrested by the U S marshal on charges that he failed to keep his Selective Service board notified of his address. He was arraigned before a U S commissioner, jailed in Potter County, and released on $250 bond.
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Jackson Sherwood
Perryton
U. S
FBI
Selective Service Board
Potter County
Far East Veteran to Speak at Palo Duro Lodge Night
Lt. Col. Donald M. O'Hara veteran of the China Burma India theater and chief dental surgeon at Amarillo Army Air Field will address Palo Duro Lodge No. 1239 in Khiva Temple. The 8 pm program welcomes Masons and their guests with music by Shirley Hudson and refreshments served.
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China-Burma- India
Joseph Stilwell
Khiva Temple
Donald M. O'Hara
Amarillo Army Air Field
Shirley Hudson
Vandegrift Nominated To Be Full General
President Roosevelt nominates Lt Gen Alexander A Vandegrift commanding general of the Marine Corps to full general and names Vice Admiral Russell R Waesche Coast Guard commandant to admiral. Senate confirmation would place four star officers atop both services for the first time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Russell R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Senate
Army trains 1700 for neuropsychiatric work since Pearl Harbor
Since Pearl Harbor about 1,700 men have been trained by the Army to perform neuropsychiatric tasks. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
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Lobe News
Pearl Harbor
Globe-News
Globe News
Weather forecast predicts extended fair conditions
The Weather Bureau expects continued fair weather through Easter. A brief cold snap occurred this morning with minimal damage. Temperatures should rise to around 40 degrees this afternoon and reach as high as 66 degrees tomorrow.
Weather Breaks Record Series of Berlin Raids
London reports a record 36 straight night raids on Berlin were halted by weather for the first time since February 20. Between February 20 and March 29 Berlin endured 45 attacks, including nocturnal double headers and four daylight raids by American heavy bombers.
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London
Berlin
Recruiting Party To Interview Youth At Post Office
A recruiting party will set up offices Saturday in Room 14 of the post office building to interview young men and women interested in enlisting in the Coast Guard or SPAR.
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Post Office
The
Coast Guard
SPAR
Shrine Imperial Potentate Heads to Khiva Visit
TheImperial Potentate Alfred G. Arvold will visit Khiva Temple on April 9. He resides in Pargo South Dakota and is noted nationwide for work with the Country Theater. A Khiva Temple delegation met him recently in Wichita Falls to discuss his Mascat Temple visit.
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Khiva
Imperia
Alfred G. Arvold
Khiva Temple
W. S
Bill” Norman
Potentate
Mr. Arvold
Pargo
S. D
America
Country Theater
Wichita Palls
Mascat Temple
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Polk
Barney Beeland
U. of T
Optician
Orton Clark
PCO
PspAo
A Norwich Producti
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Amarillo Vacolite CO
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General Electric
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