Labor, Employers Rap Job-Selling Racket
The Better Business Bureau the Central Labor Union and the Amarillo chapter of Associated Contractors warn workers to avoid a job selling racket tied to war construction projects. They condemn collusion between union organizers and foremen, urged use of official employment offices, and pledged to support unions while stamping out unethical recruiting for war jobs. See JOB-SELLING Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business Bureau
Central Labor Dinion
Amacii
Associated Contractors
The
Business Bureau
Gordon Morrison
Amarillo
Jack Wood
Central Labor Union
Amarillo Pictures on Lapel Buttons Signal War Work
Amarillo residents wear picture lapel buttons as a sign of wartime employment. Workers at plants such as the Princeze area office, Certain-feed Products, Helium Plant, Texas Company refinery, and American Smelting and Refining Co. zinc refinery must register and obtain passes from guards. Visitors face strict checks, and even Sheriff Bill Adams notes guards act as deputies. A visitor once struggled to exit after a conference due to a pass counter-signing issue and full-name signature rules.
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Wood
Central Labor Union
Pantex
U. S. Employment Service
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Amarillo
Certain-feed Products Corp
East Fourth
Mr. Wood
U. S
Vance Johnson
U. S. Army
Rinceze
Maa Temple
Certain-feed Toducts Corp
Oliver-Eakiuilding
Xas Company
Amera Smelting
Colny
English Field
Amarillo High School observes Kid Day with playful chaos
Nearly 500 graduates from the 1942 class relive childhood as War Time rules shift activities to the afternoon. Costumed students roamed halls with dolls wagons and marbles while a Kids Day review awarded the best dressed. Interstate Theaters offered 20 cent kid rates.
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Paul Timmons
Little Brother
Big Brother
Big Sister
Amarillo High School
Lord Fauntleyroys
General Climbs Down Hope To Escape Nazis
Gen Henri Giraud, 63, escaped German captivity at Koenigstein fortress by climbing a 80 foot hemp rope and disguising as a Swiss traveling salesman. He fled through forests and across Germany in an 11 day journey after a two day hiding period. This marks his second escape from a German prison, with a background of prior wartime disguise and missions in Morocco and Romania.
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Mnemasse
France
U.P
Henri Giraud
Hnander
North
Ermany
Koenigstein
Giraud
Iraud
Elbe
Romania
Morocco
Germans Signal Change in Air War at Salzburg Meeting
A two day Salzburg summit between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is reported. The London Daily Mail quotes a Berlin dispatch suggesting Germany may halt bombing English towns if RAF bombing German cities changes. British officials dismiss the offer as unlikely.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Salzburg
Austria
London Daily Mail
Geremany
England
Europe
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Journal de Geneve
Germany
RAF
Herbert Morrison
Hitler
Mussolini
Allied withdrawals meet Japanese counter blows in Burma and U S manpower plan
Washington reports a new experimental 1-B draft group of 800000 men with minor defects will be tapped after June 1 to free able bodied troops for combat. East and Middle West boards will supply small initial calls, while New Delhi describes Allied forces retreating in central Burma with Gurkhas inflicting 500 enemy casualties on the Mandalay front.
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Washington
U.P
Army
Selective Service
East Coast
Middle West
War Department
Congress
New Delhi
India
Burma
Mandalay
Range Riders To Guymon Tomorrow For Pioneer Day
Will Rogers Range Riders depart Amarillo at 6 AM with about 40 of 100 riders traveling to Guymon Oklahoma for the annual Pioneer Day celebration in No Man's Land. Mounts will be shipped by truck and riders depart at 7 30 in the morning.
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Will Rogers Range
Amarillo
Guymon
Okla
No Man's Land
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Rapidly rising temperatures today with not quite so cold tonight. West Texas and New Mexico warmer this afternoon and tonight. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours: minimum 43, maximum 71. Noon reading today was 63.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
94 Per Cent Excess Profits Tax Rate Set by House Panel
House Ways and Means Committee approves a flat 94 percent excess profits tax rate for corporations, retaining 24 percent normal tax for income above 25 000, and revises the excess profit credit to 8 7 6 and 5 percent across invested capital brackets. Allied air raids near New Guinea and Corregidor report material gains and minimal Allied losses.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Cooper
Tennessee
Brig. Gen Harold H George killed in airfield crash
Brig. Gen Harold H George of the United States Army Air Corps and Time Life correspondent Melville Jacoby were killed when a fighter plane broke from control during takeoff and crashed into their party at an advanced airdrome. The incident occurred Monday and was disclosed by Allied headquarters.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Corps
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life Magazine
Allied
George
Jacoby
United States Bombers Hit Rangoon Amid Burma Raids
U S planes conducted a night raid on Rangoon in Burma on April 29, targeting the dock area. The assault marked the third Rangoon attack by American forces based in India under Maj Gen Lewis H Brereton, with prior strikes on April 4 6 and 18 affecting Japanese supply bases and fires in Rangoon and Port Blair in the Andaman Islands.
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Allied
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Salamaua
Douglas MacArthur
Horn Island
Cape York
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Philippines
Corregidor
Mindanao
Panay Island
New Delhi
India
United States
Rangoon
Burma
Lewis H. Brereton
United
Allied Forces Hold Line as Japanese Infiltration Probed Front
Allied units in Mandalay sector report Japanese raiding near Monywa and Kyaukse repelled with 500 enemy casualties. Gurhkas and tanks countered along the railroad south of Mandalay and Kyaukse bridge was destroyed to halt the advance. Lashio front remains unsettled as Japanese columns move in from the south while Stilwell and Alexander tighten defenses.
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Mandalay
Myingyan
Monywa
Kyaukse
Lashio
China
Harold Alexander
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sashio
Amarillo Sets All Time Wind Record At 70 MPH
Weather bureau records show yesterday’s wind reached 70 miles per hour for five minutes with gusts to 74. The high reached 71 and the low 38 as clear skies return with rising temperatures tonight. Clemmons Rug Cleaners. Ph. 5229.
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Weather Bureau
Axis leaders meet as war fronts widen and Italy may seek peace
London dispatch reports a Salzburg conference between Hitler and Mussolini with signs of tension and Axis coordination. German losses around Leningrad reached over 58 000 in April while Allied observers question a possible Italian peace overture and last‑minute grand offensive decisions.
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London
Moscow
Leningrad
Russia
Italy
Salzburg
Mussolini
Hitler
RAF Begins New Europe Air Offensive Over South Coast
A large RAF force roared over the south coast bound for France today renewing the British aerial offensive after an overnight lull.
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France
Europe
Axis talk at Salzburg signals near unity among Germany and Italy
Reports from Europe describe the Axis conference at Salzburg with German and Italian leaders reaffirming close friendship and perfect accord while public hunger and war weariness deepen Italian discontent. No mention of Japan appeared, and the meeting broke from the usual Brenner Pass setting.
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Japan
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Mussolini
Salzburg
Austria
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Ugo Cavallero
Europe
Italy
United Nations
Factory Starts in Amarillo Under Universal Concrete Pipe
A permanent Universal Concrete Pipe Company plant began in Amarillo with seven acres near the Fort Worth and Denver line. The Texas firm, with Waco headquarters and a San Antonio plant, plans full production within a week and will supply sewer and irrigation pipe linked to an ordnance project. Avery Rush aided land arrangements for the eight thousand square foot facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Universal Concrete Pipe Company
Texas
Waco
San Antonio
Ordnance
Fort Worth
Denver
East Third Street
Fair Grounds
Avery Rush
Armstrong Transfer and Storage Company, Inc
Fire Deputy Tax Assessor in Amarillo Is Dismissed
Mrs. Maud McClung, chief deputy tax assessor collector for 14 years, is discharged summarily. Henry M. Beverley named new chief deputy. resignation effective today with a vacation payout of 875 dollars. Beverley, former Texas Plains Building & Loan manager, joins after serving two years on the equalization board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud McClung
Henry M. Beverley
McClung
Perry C. Burks
Austin P. Hancock
Burks
Amarillo
Hancock
Austin
Beverley
Mc Ching
Mary Beth
Texas Tech
Texas Plains Building & Loan Association
Equalization Board
C. P. Elliott
L .E. Lyles
R. H
Bob" Epperson
City Commission
Amarillo Globe
J. M. Barker
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Organization For Conference
Bill Adams
Sheriff Adams
Irrawaddy
H. T
Fresno
Calif
Roosevelt
Raymonda Jean
Russell Stationery Company
Robert Coleman
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fair Today
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Clemmons Rug Cleaners
Bro'kerhood
Fuehrer
Il Duce
AXIS
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