Super Pulses Polls Public Opinion On Supermen Comics
Locals debate the impact of popular comic book heroes on children. Voices range from concern to harmless amusement as Mrs. Carolyn Mundy questions the influence while others praise imagination and entertainment. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover is cited on juvenile crime. Pulse Feeler offers local questions tested for a dollar each.
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Pulse Feeler
Carolyn Munday
Crestway
D. H. Georges
Tom Jackson
Dagwood
L. W. Erath
John Poston
Donald Schumann
Tom Mix
Tony
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Sevastopol Bombarded in Weekend Operations
London reports Soviet bombers and fighters attacking Sevastopol in intense weekend assaults. German high command notes a fluctuating battle around the fortress while Soviet planes claimed heavy losses for German and Romanian troops. Minor land activity cited with German casualties south of Tiraspol.
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London
Sevastopol
Moscow
Crim
Iasi
Tiraspol
Dnestr
City Bids Sought for Water Pump Upgrades
City receives priority on two additional water well pumps and bids for the equipment including electric motors. Proposals due 8 p.m. Tuesday May 16. A separate bid for automatic chlorinating equipment at the central pumping plant on Bonham Street due 8 p.m. May 23.
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Bonham Street
Supreme Court denies rehearing on Texas race voting ruling
The Supreme Court refused two rehearing requests on its ruling that negroes have the right to vote in Texas Democratic primaries. Texas AG Grover Sellers and two Houston election judges argued the decision upsets a previous ruling and transforms a private party into a state agency while claiming parties control primary conduct and participation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Grover Sellers
Democratic Party
Sellers
S. E. Allwright
James E. Liuza
Delegates Loom for Texas Democratic State Convention
Amarillo prep for county level vote on sending an uninstructed delegation to the state convention as precincts report mixed results. State chair George Butler urges an uninstructed slate and Gov. Coke Stevenson head, with future national delegation decisions set for May in Austin.
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Austin
Chicago
George A. Butler
Houston
Democratic Party
Gov
Coke Stevenson
Texas
Potter County
Roosevelt
Charles E. Simons
Democratic State Executive Committee
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Colorado
Columbus
Boost in Public Debt Ceiling Approved by House committee
House Ways and Means Committee passes a bill to raise the public debt ceiling from 210 000 090 000 to 240 000 000 000 after administration faced Republican opposition, rejecting a 260 000 000 000 limit. Supreme Court to review AP antitrust case. Kotka Harbor raid by 20 dive bombers reported by Finnish broadcast.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
U.P
Supreme Court Today
New York
Federal District Court
Associated Press
Kotka
Helsinki
Finland
Germans plan massive Western Europe roundups say informant
An informant claims Germany is creating a top level Gestapo in Western Europe with lists of political unreliables and prominent figures marked for seizure. Hitler allegedly chose General Vonnwoyrsch to command this vast police force for rapid mass roundups once Allied troops land.
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London
May
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Vonnwoyrsch
Lawton Pilot Extends World War II Ace Record
Capt. Robert S. Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma shot down two enemy planes over Germany to raise his total to 27 aerial victories. He becomes the first American ace in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I record and ties Maj. Richard Bong’s 27 in the Pacific?
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England
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Germany
Edward Rickenbacker
Johnson
Richard J. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
French Forces Sink German Supply Ship in Channel
French manned light coastal forces of the Royal Navy attacked a strongly escorted German convoy in the English Channel. They scored torpedo hits on the supply ship and the escort craft believed sunk. other enemy ships were damaged. Attacking force reported no casualties and only superficial damage.
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London
U.P
Royal Navy
English Channel
Admiralty
Braham Ties RAF Flight Leader With 28th Kill
Wing Commander J R D Braham shot down his 28th enemy aircraft, a Junkers 88, during an intruder patrol near Copenhagen, moving into a dead heat with Wing Commander J E Johnson for top RAF flying ace still in service.
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London
May
J. R. D. Braham
J. E. Johnson
Copenhagen
Johnson tops Rickenbacker record with 25 in air combat
Johnson a 24 year old Lawton pilot reaches 25 kills by mid April including six over Berlin. Bong first broke the mark. Maj Gregory Bolington and Marine Maj Joe Foss had matched 26 in the Pacific. Bong has nine probables not tallied as planes destroyed. Johnson is described as cool and deadly and began solo flight at 14 with a civilian license in 1939. He worked as a carpenter before the Army.
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Johnson
Major Bong
Rickenbacker
Bong
Gregory Bolington
Okanogan
Wash
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
S. D
Pacific
Berlin
Army
Lawton
Burglars Target Fraser Grain Company in Early Morning Theft
Burglars broke in at Fraser Grain Company at 1709 Johnson Street and took 50 cents after prying a cash drawer with a screwdriver. Police recovered four neon sign transformers stolen from the Centennial Cafe at 1101 East Tenth Avenue.
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Fraser Grain Company
Johnson Street
Centennial Cafe
East Tenth Avenue
Roosevelt May Have Walkover
As Democrats in six states select delegates, Roosevelt appears poised to reach or near 530 pledged and claimed convention votes to secure a fourth term.pledged delegates across Missouri Wyoming Ohio North Dakota and Washington rise toward his total while Bricker gains in Ohio and West Virginia delegates remain uninstructed.
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Roosevelt
Mtssouri Democrats
Wyoming
Ohio
West Virginia
Missouri
North Dakota
Washington State
John W. Bricker
Tennessee
Allied Bombings Cut Romanian Oil Output to One Fourth
Allied Air Commander in the Mediterranean Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker said bombings reduced Romanian oil production to 25 percent of normal. He added American and RAF bombers disrupted vital war materials flow to the eastern front by attacking all key supply routes.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Eaker
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity
Decreasing cloudiness and cooler tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy with slowly rising temperatures. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday except Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon showers north and central portions. Cooler east portion this afternoon. Warmer northeast portion Tuesday. High for 24 hours ending 6:30 AM was 88, low last night 48, noon 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Much Cooler Today but It Should Be Warmer Tomorrow
The afternoon temperature will be about 20 degrees below yesterday’s high of 88. Winds will ease this afternoon and it will be warmer tonight and tomorrow. No moisture is in sight for the area according to U S Weather Bureau observers.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Mrs. A. E. Stephens Wins News Tip Prize
The Globe News awards Mrs. A. E. Stephens a five dollar prize for tips about a neighbor over pruning trees and vines. Second prize goes to Miss Thelma Mitchell for reporting a safe cracking at Newberry’s. Third prize to Francis Wilson for the boy who fell into a lap after a bus stop.
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Globe News
A. E. Stephens
West Eleventh Avenue
Thelma Mitchell
Cleveland Street
Newberry
S. Francis Wilson
Georgia Street
Nancy Boxwell
East Ninth Avenue
S. J. Harris
Parker Street
Evelyn
Nazis Drive Through Yugoslavia In Major Offensive
Allied reports describe German forces pressing across Yugoslavia to crush Partisans. Tito headquarters cited Partisan resistance and counter attacks in eastern Bosnia and Montenegro while accusing Mihailovic of directing a joint Chetnik effort with Axis forces.
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London
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Klandana
Bosnia
Brani
Montenegro
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Serbia
Mihailovic
Japanese People Step Up India Incident
Japanese people mobilize aid and respond to the India incident with organized relief efforts. Local volunteers coordinate shipments and fundraising to support affected communities and medical services.
Far East War Update From Imphal to Loyang
Allied communique cites Japanese offensive in the Imphal Kohima area in Northeastern India with heavy losses. Forces also report Japanese advances near Loyang in Henan China and continued pressure on Peiping Hankow rail lines. Allied air power hit targets across the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, and the Kurile Islands. Adults 10, including tax, every Tuesday, Rex Theater.
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China
Dutch East Indies
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Imphal
Kohima
Manipur
Burma
Japan
Imphal-Kohima
Arakan
Buthedaung
Loyang
Henan
Lunghai
Boeroe
Timor
East Indies
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
British New Guinea
New Britain
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Central Pacific
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Rex Theater
Berlin Is Attacked By Allied Air Fleet Onslaught
London reports a massive 2,000 plane American air armada struck Berlin and Brunswick with 2,000 tons of bombs amid heavy German fighting. About 2,500 sorties were flown in 48 hours, as weather and fighter resistance shaped the raid.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Brunswick
U. S
Europe
Berlin dispatch says 14th U.S. Air Force moves toward Tokyo
A Tokyo Asahi Shimbun report quoted in Berlin claims Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults 14th U. S. Air Force in China is reinforced from India and moved 450 miles closer to Tokyo for an air assault. It states the base shifts from Kunming to Kweilin as part of building up bases on the Chinese mainland for raids on Japan.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
U. S
Claire L. Chennault
China
India
Japan
Kunming
Kweilin
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