Sad-Faced Naumberg Merchants Relieved as 35 Frenchwomen Head Home to Paris
In Naumberg Germany 35 liberated Frenchwomen embarked for Paris ending a four day shopping spree. Captain Vernon Murray the military governor approved unlimited spending with local shopkeepers emptied of stock and Nazi era officials lamenting the heavy expenditures by former underground members.
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Lieutenant Horace R. Smith Jr. returns home from war
Lt. Horace R. Smith Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace R. Smith of Amarillo, arrives home from the South Pacific due to bronchial asthma. A navigator on a C 54 with Air Transport Command, he has flown 16 Atlantic round trips and served in Egypt, India, China, Algiers, England, Sicily, Italy, Persia and South America since enlisting in 1941.
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India
China
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Hondo
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
Texas A. & M
Philharmonic Season Tickets To Close This Saturday
Amarillo Philharmonic Association says season tickets will not be available after Saturday noon. Ticket office hours are 9 am to 5 pm daily until then. Featured artists include baritone Donald Dickson and violinist Leona Flood, praised for a tempestuous style. Flood has soloed with major orchestras across America, Canada, Australia and Europe.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra Association
Howard Lynch
Donald Dickson
Leona Flood
Miss Flood
Allied Plans for Germany After Surrender
Western Allies push to purge Nazism and dismantle war making power while pursuing swift trials for war criminals. Doenitz remains a limited figure under Allied control as SHAEF outlines postwar administration with no puppet government and gradual German participation at low levels in rural areas.
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Joseph V. Hodgson
Hodgson
Russia
United States
London
Willie Messerschmitt
Clay
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Admiral Doenitz
Churchill
Shaepf
Frank J. McSherry
SHAEF
Robert Murphy
Gen
Eisenhower
Doenitz
Flensburg
Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
Electric wiring reaches about 28 million US homes
A United States survey notes approximately 28 million homes are wired for electricity, reflecting broad infrastructure reach across communities and regions.
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United States
Determined To Reduce Taxes
President Truman rejected an immediate tax cut as Congress pursues a five year plan to ease tax burdens. The joint committee proposed a $5.7 billion corporate tax refund under excess profits law and urged early personal rate cuts, while Truman insisted no cuts until after the war with Japan ends.
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Truman
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Congressional Committee On
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Committee
George
Japan
Mrs Alta Gillan Taken by Death
Mrs. Alta Gillan, 74, died last night in an Amarillo hospital. She had lived in Amarillo for several years and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Mrs Mae Frizzell of Amarillo. Funeral arrangements pending. Body lies in state at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home.
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Alta Gillan
Amarillo
Hughes
Give President More Tariff Authority
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to grant the President new power to reduce tariffs in trade agreements. The 14 to 11 committee vote showed all 10 Republicans opposed, joined by Democrat West of Texas. The measure now moves to the House floor for debate next Tuesday.
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