Amarillo Wholesalers Face Shipping Load Challenge
Wholesalers and jobbers in Amarillo, a major Southwest distributing center, wrestle with ICC orders aimed at conserving tires and equipment. The rules threaten 75 percent return loads for trucks operating beyond 15 miles, prompting questions on practicality for bread and milk deliveries and requests for written responses from the ICC. A local information committee plans to study the issue and organize opposition with other chambers.
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Amarillo
Southwest
Texas
Motor Transportation Division
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jim Florey
Sam Arnholg
R. T. Howle
Harvery Allen
Lee Neme
Cecil Dyke
Gus Roberts
Fountain
Chamber of Commerce
Sea Battle Off Solomon Islands Grows in Scale
Allied forces including U S warships Australian fleet and carrier planes clash with Japanese off the Solomon Islands as claims of sunk ships surface from Tokyo. MacArthur reports heavy losses on both sides with no clear outcome yet and Curtin warns Australia faces possible invasion from the sea.
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Bismarck
U. S
Imperial
Tokyo
Warspite
MacArthur
Thase
Pacific
Navy Department
Solomon Islands
Australia
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Bismarcks
Huon Gulf
New Guinea
Louisiade Islands
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
John Curtin
Market Summary Kansas City Livestock Numbers May
Markets show mixed activity with hogs selling steady to slightly weaker, top bids around 13.95, and cattle steady to firmer overall. Vealers and stockers show little change, with light demand for mid to low grade cattle, while sheep and lambs rise modestly in some lots. Colorado fed wool lambs and No 1 skin clipped lambs priced around 14.25 and 13.00 respectively.
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Colorado
Rescue of U Boat Crew and Filipino Sailor Amid Smoke Tragedy
The captain carried a survivor from the radio room as smoke filled the ship. Reed then sprinted across the blazing deck to save Raymond Limpo of Manila, blinded by smoke. Navy patrol planes rescued two lifeboats with Pumpman Thomas Melton of Tuxley Alabama and other survivors including First Mate J L Eskridge J P Jorgenson John B Farrell Chief Engineer Joseph B Snudden Boatswain William D Vick and Seaman Carl Ett Beaumont Texas.
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Reed
Raymond Limpo
Manila
Navy
Thomas Melton
Tuxley
Ala
J. L. Eskridge
Houston
Texas
J P. Jorge
Russians Claim Murmansk Raids Fail to Do Lasting Damage
Pravda reports 35 raids on a single railroad track with repairs completed and limited damage. American travelers confirm negligible destruction as more Allied planes bolster attacks on German airfields. In the Leake Ilmen region near Leningrad, 30,000 Germans were said killed in failed offensive efforts.
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Lake Ilmen
Sevastopol
Crimea
Bryansk Front
Red Army
Lyundmila Yavlyuchenko
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Murmansk
Pravda
Leake Ilmen
Leningrad
Assumed London Silence Near Allied Fleet Zone
The report notes that few if any major British fleet units were operating in the area with United States forces, suggesting limited naval presence and coordination during the period.
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London
United States
Bass Released Into City Lake Ponds For Fall Stocking
Rearing ponds at the city lake twenty miles southwest were stocked with 40 000 black bass from the Dundee state fishery. The effort came from the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen and city water department officials. The bass will stay in the ponds until September or October when they will be moved to the lake. Superintendent N V Moss noted the season opened with fishing fees totaling over 180 dollars. No large catches reported yet.
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City Lake
Dundee
Panhandle Outdoor Sportamen
City Water Department
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Treasury tax plan showdown with Stam backed rates
The Treasury proposed cutting exemptions to 1200 for married couples 600 for single filers and 300 per dependent. Stam’s plan would tax at about 1800 for similar cases and favors a 40 percent corporate surtax while the Ways and Means Committee previously favored Stam’s staff.
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Treasury
Stam
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Ways and Means Committee
Gasoline Ration Limits Warn Eastern Travelers
The Office of Price Administration told vacationers and residents in the Eastern gasoline shortage area that travel after May 15 would be limited to the distance possible on A ration. OPA chief Leon Henderson said A cards would likely supply two to three gallons weekly.
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Washington, May &Pro
Office of Price Administration
Price
Leon Henderson
House
OPA
Auto Dealers to Meet in Dallas Texas
Texas automotive dealers gather in Dallas May 13 and 14 for the annual Texas Automobile Dealers Association convention. Speakers include Ralph Nugent Cyrus McCormick Mark McGee Roy Chamberlain and Roy Cullum says all Texas dealers are invited. South Africa imposes excise taxes on cheroots and cigars.
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Texas Automotive
Dallas
Texas Automotive Dealers Association
Ralph Nugent
Office of
Price Administration
Cyrus McCormick
OPA
Mark McGee
Texas
Roy Chamberlain
National Automotive Dealers Association
Roy Cullum
Texas Association
May 21 Sugar Ration Plan and Registration
The notice states registration for sugar rationing resumes on May 21 for those not yet registered. No sugar or stamp No 1 will be valid until then. Hand sugar must reflect May 4 counts, not May 21, and unregistered individuals are in a bind. A total of 50,380 registered Monday through yesterday. 49,542 were issued books. Inductees in any military force must surrender ration books. The rationing board is working to set up records today.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Riley Strickland to Speak at Townsend Club Meeting
Riley Strickland of Amarillo will address the Townsend Club at 3 PM Sunday in the county courthouse. President W Wyatt announced elevator service in the building before and after the gathering.
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Riley Strickland
Amarillo
Townsend Club
W. Wyatt
Immaculate Conception Mosaic At National Shrine
A grand mosaic titled The Immaculate Conception, created after Murillo’s painting, required three artists over four years and is now housed in the National Shrine in Washington D C. The United States Coast Guard shifts from Treasury to Navy in wartime.
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Murillo
National Shrine
Washington, D. C
United States Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Navy
Japanese Strategy Shaping Burma Maneuver Near Mandalay
Reports from well informed sources indicate a pincer strategy aiming to trap Allied forces in Central Burma as Japanese forces move northeast of Mandalay toward the Chindwin. Japanese bombings were reported at Myitkyina for three straight days in the northern Burma plateau.
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Mandalay
Chindwin
Burma
Myitkyina
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