Sadler Favors 1 400 000 Barrel a Day Oil Output
Texas Oil action leader Jerry Sadler backs a 1 400 000 barrels daily Texas output for the last half of May. Culberson backs the plan with caveats while Thompson is away. Oil demand and empty refinery storage cited. Sadler seeks active military service.
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Sadler
Austin
Jerry Sadler
Texas
Olin S. Culberson
Badler
Ernest O. Thompson
Coke Stevenson
Harold L. Ickes
Culberson
Ickes
Washington
Japan's Coral Sea Battle Underlines Yamamoto Leadership
Tokyo announced Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto commanded the fleet at Coral Sea where Japan claims a great victory and the main strength of the Anglo American fleet was destroyed. U N reports dispute Japan's tally as eight US and British ships sunk or damaged and 98 allied planes lost, with only a carrier and 31 planes confirmed.
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United Press
Coral Sea
Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo
Tokyo Navy Ministry
Hideki Tojo
Australia
Japan
Domei
United Nations
Yamamoto
United States
Bride Strangled by Husband in First Quarrel
Nathaniel Ballenberg, 33, was charged in New York with strangling to death his wife during the couple’s 16 month marriage after surrendering to police. Assistant DA Louis A. Pagnucco quoted Ballenberg saying I did it and asking why others sympathize.
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New York
Nathaniel Ballenberg
Louis A. Pagnucco
Ballenberg
Children Honeymooning After Teen Wedding in Dallas
Donald Wheeler aged 17 and his bride Beulah May Roberts aged 12, a sixth grade student, are honeymooning at home in Dallas after their marriage with parental consent.
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Dallas
Donald Wheeler
Donald
Beulah May Roberts
Deafened Persons Wanted for Simple Hearing Test
Deafened men and women are invited to try the Aurine Home Method test said to restore hearing without risk. Used since 1895 with over a million packages sold, safe ingredients per U S Pharmacopeia, money back if not satisfied, sold by Cretney Drug via druggists upon inquiry.
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U. S
Cretney Drug
Choosing Jury In Strangling Miss Webb In New York
The selection of a blue ribbon jury began for the trial of Madeline Webb 28 model and dancer Eli Shonbrun her lover and John Cullen petty thief charged with strangling Austrian refugee Mrs Susie Reich and stealing a 1500 diamond ring. Four jurors were chosen yesterday as the case opened with Webb and Shonbrun showing tension under the table while asking jurors if their relation would influence their verdict. Webb's attorney James Springer whose hometown is Oklahoma is defending her alongside her mother Mrs Vera Webb who attends the trial.
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New York
U.P
Madeline Webb
Eli Shonbrun
John D. Cullen
Miss Webb
Showbrun
Susie Flora Reich
James Springer
Oklahoma
Vera Webb
Trinity Flood Reaches Highway 90 as River Tops Pavement
The Trinity River reached 28.6 feet with floodwaters covering parts of Highway 90 but traffic remained moving. Sandbags protected the river bridge area while Texas defense guard planes patrolled for possible lowland rescues and no casualties were reported due to advance warnings.
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Liberty
U.P
Trinity River
Texas Defense Guard
Sweetwater Man Becomes Rotary District Governor
Wichita Falls May 12 Charles Paxton of Sweetwater was named the new district governor of Rotary. Abilene won the 1943 convention bid as Rotarians met here. Russia introduces talking post cards.
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Wichita Falls
U.P
Charles FE. Paxton
Sweetwater
Rotary
Abilene
Dixon enters Potter County sheriff race with budget plan
D H Dixon announces candidacy for sheriff in Potter County. He talks with voters to July primary, pledging economy and efficiency, balanced budgets, and reform without harming law enforcement. A Castro County farmer now in Amarillo, Dixon has eight years with Texas Company and a family.
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O. H
Dick) Dixon
Potter County
Dixon
Mr. Dixon
Castro
Dimmitt
Amarillo
Texas Company
Falls on Bees Gets Stung in Peach Tree Incident
Charles McCash, 31, was stung about a thousand times after bees swarmed while he chased them in a peach tree. A ladder collapsed, dumping him to the ground and his clothes were filled with bees. Eight doctors said he was lucky to be alive. The report also notes Santa Fe rail traffic figures for the week ending May 9, 1942, with carloadings up from 1941.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Charles McCash
Submarine Raiders Sunk or Damaged At Least 65 Enemies
American submarine raiders have sunk or damaged at least 65 enemy ships since the war began, with 42 sunk, 12 probably sunk, and 11 damaged in the Far East. The report notes submarines have accounted for more than a third of all Navy sinkings and operated across the Pacific from the Celebes Sea to the area between the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Washington
Japan
Coral Sea
Far East
Far Pacific
Celebes Sea
East Indies
Philippines
Hawai
Bay” of America
Pacific
Itt
Termites Swarm in Amarillo Across Homes and Buildings
Termites seen in Amarillo last week trigger reports from private homes and public buildings. Observations include flying ants, sandlike tunnels, and mud tubes from floors to ceilings. Experts advise under house tunneling and earth poisoning to halt the infestation. licensing limits tobacco cultivation in Ireland per government notice.
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Amarillo
Ireland
Department of Commerce
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