War News and Local Highlights Amid Postwar Hopes
The column notes showers forecast for the weekend and a potential end to World War II by Christmas as Russia may join the theater against Japan. It columns on the Emperor’s stance, peace feelers from Japan, and the public expectation of a swift war conclusion with minimal American losses. It also celebrates Evelyn Jean McCarty’s publishing success with Get Hep and salutes Stanley Mauldin’s 35 WWII B-24 missions returning home for a welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Washington
Russia
Japan
Germany
Kaiser seeks site for giant postwar assembly plant
Town buzzes with word that Henry Kaiser representatives aim to buy land for a massive postwar assembly plant. Report claims a $500 car kit and fifty plants, with Amarillo listed among possible sites. Uncertain if true, yet the chatter dominates local talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kaiser
Kaiser
Amarillo
Encouragement for Small Business Startups Aims to Boost Growth
The call urges broad encouragement for anyone with ideas to develop small business activities. It suggests many startups will fail while some will succeed, and emphasizes the value of supporting entrepreneurial efforts to reach the next level.
Amaro City's Plastic Duck Startup and Backers
A speaker touts a planned plastic duck manufacturing venture with $20,000 in machinery. Firman Williams in Canada launches a cosmetic factory with backers funding, while Mrs. Edwin Word contribu tes $5 to the F D R Memorial fund. The writer urges Amarillo business figure Louis Weksler to share advice and potential backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Word
Higgins
F.D.R. Memorial Fund
Etiquette tips and fashion notes from a bygone era
A column mixes marriage adages with fashion economics. It cites a 16 year old daughter as decisive in a husband’s demeanor, praises a sympathetic older business girl, and notes how dress sizes and supply influence costs. It also highlights Mrs Frances Dykes, a Chicago mother of 11 sons born before 25, widowed twice, now 43.
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Plains
Evelyn Jean McCarty
John McCarty
West Texas State
Canyon
Chicago
Frances Dykes
Nazi General Surrenders to U S Forces In Poland Invasion
Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist commander of Army Group A surrendered to the 26th Infantry Division with his wife and aide after driving into American lines. He was 63 and reportedly trembling from drug effects as his home in Mitterfels revealed morphine stored in drawers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewald von Kleist
Poland
26Th
Mitterfels
Mississippi Captain named naval aide to President Truman
Capt. James K. Vardaman of Mississippi has been named naval aide to President Truman, replacing Vice Adm. Wilson Brown, who was Roosevelt's last naval aide.
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President Roosevelt
President Truman
Roosevelt
Washington
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Truman
Adm
Wilson Brown
Seize 363 Anthracite Companies and Order Strikers Back
President Truman authorized Interior Secretary Ickes to seize 363 Pennsylvania anthracite mines and deputize management as federal operators to run the works while wage talks with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers resume in New York. The move followed a Monday expiration of the old contract and a 30 day extension request.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ickes
Each
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Carter Coal Company
West Virginia
Solid Fuels Administration
Japan
Truman
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Bread and Water Convinces German War Prisoners
At Brady POW camp 1200 German prisoners ended a bread and water diet by 10 am and agreed to abandon the Hitler salute, following a clearance order issued April 26, says Camp Commander Col. Robert G. Saxon.
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San Angelo
Brady
Robert G. Saxon
Relative of Mrs. Freet And Mrs. Stewart Dies
J D Norvell aged 76 died in Lubbock from a stroke late last night. He was brother of Mrs T W Freet and uncle of Mrs A B Stewart of 317 East Twenty second. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon in Lubbock.
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J.D. Norvell
T. W. Freet
A. B. Stewart
East Twenty-second
Lubbock
Mr. Norvell
Livestock Market Report From Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show varied activity on May 4. Cattle and calves offered in Kansas City totaled 1 100 with slow trade and light supplies. cows and bulls ranged from 7.00 to 16.00 with odd higher lots. Chicago hogs steady to higher with heavy demand. cattle and calves mostly steady to higher, vealers firmer, lambs strong and woolly types active, ewes and bucks sparse.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Courthouse Records Warranty Deeds and District Court Divorces
A list of warranty deeds records from T. W. Stalnaker to A. R. Storm and others for various lots and tracts, plus district court divorce actions Arthur A. Spiller versus Nancy Lee Spiller and Roberta Shelton versus B. W. Shelton Jr. Also transfers from Globe News Publishing Co. to Charlie Priolo and others.
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T. W. Stalnaker
A. R. Storm
Wolflin
Frank Valverde
Lillie M. Tagle
Mirror
R. L. Moore
Mary E. Leopold
Fairview
T Globe News Publ Co
Charlie Priolo
Original
May Yost Glisson
T. W. Cotten
S. J
Fred J. Mulkey
L. F. Hoarer
Ford's
Arthur A. Spiller
Nancy Lee Spiller
Roberta Shelton
B. W. Shelton, Jr
Destiny's Children Play Praised By Wilder In Italy Tour
Amarillo author Fred Short Jr. wrote Destiny's Children, praised by Thornton Wilder who saw it in Italy on a Red Cross tour for servicemen. Short, head of Texas City High School speech, has ties to Wilder’s The Happy Journey. the play placed second in a Houston area contest.
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Amarillo
Destiny's Children
Thornton Wilder
Italy
Red Cross
Fred Short, Jr
Fred Short
West Fourteenth
Wilder
Houston
Short
Texas City High School
New York
Amarillo High School
West Texas State College
Canyon
University of Texas
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Gulfport Military Academy
Gulfport
Miss
Texas City
British raid lands on Rhodes and Alimnia May 1
British raiding parties struck at night to eliminate remaining German groups in the eastern Mediterranean. Informed by Allied naval command, troops landed on Rhodes and nearby Alimnia on the night of May 1.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Rhodes
Alimnia
Money Matters Are Argued in Austin
Texas legislators debated two year appropriations for state departments in Austin on May 4. Amendments totaling 27 100 funded a new safety education division in the education department and raised the state school superintendent salary from 5 000 to 7 000 for the 1947 49 period. Including yesterday’s increases the two year total rose to 30 779 496. Speaker Claud Gilmer noted more amendments pending after lunch.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
State Education Department
Division of Safety Education
House
Claud Gilmer
Officials confirm weekly beef and meat prices lower in mid April
Dallas reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show all cuts and grades of beef veal lamb mutton and pork were found less frequently during the week of April 17 than in the same period in March. The department notes the data mark an official release.
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United States Department of Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Memorial Fund Drive Gains Momentum For Roosevelt Memorial
Amarillo Jaycees campaign for the Roosevelt Memorial polio and crippled children clinic draws strong business support. Banks and public offices host donation booths with Jaycee wives and Junior League volunteers collecting funds. Major gifts include Carpenters Local 665 one half thousand dollars and several individuals.
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Amarillo
Curtis
Jaycees
Junior League
Virgil Patterson
First National Bank
Carpenters Local 665
Hugh Tolleson
E. J. Juett
C. R. McAfee
Army and Navy
Terry Thompson
Fred W. Hines
The
Santa Fe
Green vegetables stay green with salted water or lettuce leaves
A brief note from Globe News Want Ads states that green vegetables retain their color if the cooking water is salted or if one or two lettuce leaves are cooked with the vegetables.
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Brooklyn
Evelyn Jean
McCarty
John
Sandie
Stanley Mauldin
Stanley
Miami
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Tack
Canadian
Firman Williams
Lews Nordyke
News-Globe
Williams
Louis Weksler
Southwest
Harold W. Ward
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Prey
Smelt & Ref
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Burroughs Ada
Chyrsler
Cont Motors
General Motors
Gillette Razor Ae
Goodyear
Marvester
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery Ward Wees
Nash Kelvinator
Nat Eiseenaee
Nat Can
Ween
Not Am Aviation
Ohio
Packard Tee
Pan Amer Airways
Eee
Paramount
Sewee
Penn RR
Studebaker
Spiegel
Texas Corp Eevee
Union Carbide Ase
United Aircraft Ee
Rubber
Steel
Wilson & Co Wee Ewe
White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union Ee
Woolworth
Financial Industrial Fund
Kansas City Livestock
Courthouse Records
Maine
Colorado
Longchamp's Cafe
North Fillmore
Montgomery Ward
DMC
China
Carter
Hes Ward
Daddy
General Patton
Linda Lee Holcomb
Lee Holcomb
Linda Lee
Adams
PD. J. Cloud
J. 4. Holcomb
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Creamery
Dallas
Globe News
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