Amarillo Considers City Transportation Administrator Plan
Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation urges Amarillo to appoint a transportation administrator and adopt a master plan to conserve and improve war effort mobility. The plan proposes staggering hours, neighbor hood car pools, and tighter traffic regulation to boost efficiency.
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Amarillo
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Joe Jenkins
Texas A. & M
Transportation Committee of Civilian Defense Council
al Jenkins
College Station
Corps of Engineers
Eastman
Director of
Defense Transportation
Sub Leaves Crew Members Struggling in Water
Allied headquarters report two Japanese submarines sunk or damaged off the north Queensland coast this week. One sub surfaced and crash-dived so quickly that several crew members were left struggling in the water. they were not rescued because the American plane could not land on the water.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Queensland
Markets and Livestock Report from Kansas City
Market update shows Dow Jones data from Merrill Lynch at 1 PM with declines in key averages and a Kansas City livestock section noting hogs at 2,800 head with strong early sales up to 13.90 per hundredweight and cattle numbers totaling 3,000 with varied price ranges for fed steers, yearlings, and cows.
Compromise on Farm Surpluses Opens Wheat Sales Debate
Senate farm bloc members proposed a partial relaxation of opposition to selling government held wheat below parity to feed livestock and poultry. Senator Russell said a reform amendment could be offered as a substitute for a House provision, aiming to avoid depressing corn prices while permitting below parity wheat for feed and cheap sales for alcohol manufacture.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Georgia
Senate Appropriations
Agriculture Department
Cat battles owner in New Orleans shooting incident
In New Orleans on May 12 Mrs. Julian Hebert failed to find her cat after it scratched her. She grabbed a revolver, tripped over her sleeping son, and fired twice hitting her son in the knee and her foot. The gun then ricocheted into the yard.
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New Orleans
Julian Hebert
German Decree Expands Working Hours in France
In Vichy France the German command issued a sweeping decree granting power to extend working hours in French enterprises. Employers must report immediately the categories of workers moved to other tasks as a result of longer hours. The weather today continues mild with a breeze. yesterday's high reached 85 and the low was 49.
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Vichy
France
Lions Carnival To Aid Crippled Children Clinic
The Amarillo Lions Club hosts a three night carnival at Municipal Auditorium with two dozen games and shows. Free gate. admission charged for individual acts. Proceeds benefit the Crippled Children’s Clinic. Local officers and volunteers assist in event planning.
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Lions Club
Municipal Auditorium
Roy C. Super
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Amarillo Lions Club
Super
Pede Powell
Byron Ellis
Red Simpson
Ivan Boxwell
Roy Cloninger
Leon Krupp
Henry Munn
Bill Honey
Bing Leachman
Dr. E. W. Cain
Fred Lyon
Chester Albritton
E. C. Lacy
Phil Carlson
Mark Galloway
Warren J. Freeman
Scout Troop 10 Wins Third in Tug-o-War Event
Scout Troop 10 earned third place in the Tug-o-War at the Boy Scout Field Day held Friday and Saturday at the Tri-State fairgrounds. Initial results credited Troop 13 with both first and third places. Henry Miller’s name was omitted from the original judges list.
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Boy Scout Troop 10
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Boy Scout Headquarters
Troop 13
Henry Miller
Amarillo USO drive seeks $22,000 quota support
Amarillo volunteers kick off a USO campaign to raise about $22,000 for local morale programs. No team captain reports yet but chair L. H. Puckett notes generous contributions. $3,100 will fund the Service Men's Civic Center run by a women’s group.
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USO
L. H. (Cedar) Puckett
USC
Amarillo
Service Men
Yep Its Easy Not to Smoke
Postmaster W D DeGrassi and Deputy Sheriff Dick Vaughan boasted of their will power and bragged about quitting cigarets. They say they have not smoked since mid January and express mixed feelings about quitting.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Dick Vaughan
Vaughan
Those English Quints Are Only Triplets
ABINGDON England May 12 Four babies were born to Mrs Emily Woodley and Private Arthur Woodley though reports sparked talk of quintuplets one boy in triplicate confirmed by the medical staff neighbors had knit layettes for five.
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Abingdon
England
Emily Woodel
Arthur Woodley
Panhandle Farmers Set Fourth Annual Grain Stockholders Meeting
Hundreds of Panhandle farmers head to Amarillo for the Producers Grain Corporation stockholders meeting at the Amarillo Hotel. Leaders James A. Patton and John H. Davis will speak as five 4-H boys and five 4-H girls receive cash awards invested in poultry, hogs or a calf. Lunch nationwide defense bonds and stamps noted.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Producers Grain Corporation
James A. Patton
Farmers Union At
Denver
John H. Davis
James E. Wells
Department of Agriculture
United States Defense
Livestock Auction Notes From Early Sale Day
Small lots good stock steer calves priced around 13.00 with totals near 413.50. Sheep salable and total 6,000. Open ing sales sheep steady with no lambs sold early. Best fed wooled lambs held above 1425, clippers above 12.75. Good wooled ewes range 7.25 to 7.75.
Discarded Tire Costs Man's Life
In Miami on May 12 Benjamin B. Lenoir, 64, stopped to pick up a discarded tire casing, then was struck by a car returning to his vehicle and killed.
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Miami
Fla
Benjamin B. Lenoir
Hint Jealousy In Nazi Army Reveals Troop Casualties
United Press reports Germany claimed most Nazi storm troopers serve in the armed forces and many killed. Victor Luetze said 989000 of 1400000 storm troopers are with the armed forces and 93 to 97 percent of higher officers are on the front. He listed 12 upper group leaders and 27 brigade leaders killed, challenging claims of light Russian casualties.
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United Press
Germany
Victor Luetze
Berlin
Juette
Luetze
Russia
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Panhandle Farmers To Grain Meeting
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