Flashes of Life: Peru couple seeks Mayo Clinic and more
In Rochester New York a Lima Peru couple asked if a taxi could reach the Mayo Clinic 800 miles away. The piece also notes a bridge sign in Camp Butner warning vehicles and Corporal Dell, a 300 pounder. Other items cover Red Cross sweater gifts to World War II veterans and Marines seeking hairdressers for camps, plus commerce notes from Kansas City and Big Spring and a fact about Indian reservations in Arizona.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mayo Clinic
Lima
Peru
Minn
P. S
William R. Jeffers
Strike at Ford River Rouge Plant Halts War Production
Four thousand eight hundred workers at the Ford River Rouge plant walk out over a swing shift dispute. Production foundry and related units shut down while 340 magnesium foundry workers join in sympathy. Company says 18,577 man hours were lost and 141 ringleaders were discharged after recent disturbances.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Ford
Rouge Aluminum and
New Steel
Murray Promises To Respect Wartime Pact
Philip Murray CIO president reaffirms no wartime work stoppages by CIO unions under the no strike pledge with the President. Speaking to United Steel Workers of America delegates from 11 Western states he declared he would not break the pact.
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Oakland
Calif
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organization
United Steel Workers of America
Murrey
United States of America
Take a Stitch in Time for Summer Crochet Beret and Purse
Laura Wheeler presents a simple straw yarn pattern for a lacy open shelf hat and matching purse. Pattern 594 includes directions stitches and materials. Send eleven cents and note pattern number year and address to The Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept New York.
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Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Lehman Returns From 15000 Mile Foreign Relief Trip
Herbert H. Lehman director of the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation has returned home from a 15000 mile trip abroad he called very useful and very successful. The former governor of New York spoke about the mission's outcomes and implications.
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New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
New
Senate Forms No-Strike Bill Seeks Tough Labor Leader Sanctions
In Washington the Senate considered a no strike bill to halt labor unrest in war industries. Senator Connally of Texas leads a plan for government seizure of struck mines and plants, with possible amendments targeting labor leaders. Senate leaders expect swift passage, though action may be delayed by wartime truce talks.
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Washington
Senate
House
Connally
Texas
Senator Hill
Alabama
Allied Planes Down Four Bombers During Mediterranean Escort
Allied fighter planes escorting a convoy in the Eastern Mediterranean shot down four enemy bombers that attacked the convoy Saturday. A fifth bomber was brought down by anti aircraft fire. All Allied planes returned safely to base. A British communique noted anti air guns protect against air attack. It costs 1060 two hundred dollar war bonds at 37.50 each to build one.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
Baxter Returns From Washington Trip
Rex Baxter Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager returned today from a trip to Washington DC and to New York City completing his official duties and duties with the chamber.
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Rex Baxter
Amarillo
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Associated Press
Butner
N. C
William A. Dell
Hot Springs
Mont
the Red Cross
Virgil L. Pitts
Red Cross
Marcels
Kansas City
Elmer Wheeler
Arizona
Asia
Iran
Murray
Ry Laura Wheeler
York
Ginger Disbow
Schenectady, N. Y
Sweetwater, Tex
Ferry Pilot Training Center
J. M. Hyden
W. 7Th St
LES Trout Company
Jim Hobbs
Baxter
Oakes Agency
Taylor Ph
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Army
United States
U. S. Army Recruiting Station Post Office
Pitol Hotel
Virginia O'Neal
Tire
U.S. Royal
Amarillo Garage & Storage Co
Polk Street
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