Plan for a united all United Nations war production board
Washington May 18 a proposal to create an international war production board to unify economic front planning for the United Nations. A single body would coordinate material allocation and plant authorizations while Great Britain the United States and the Soviet Union retain primary economic mobilization control.
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Washington
United Nations
WPB
Donald Nelson
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
China
Britain
Nephew and Girl Friend Named in Reich Slaying Trial
New York May 18, twice convicted thief Murray Hirsch testified naming his nephew Eli Shonbrun and Madeline Webb as participants in the plot to rob and kill Mrs Susie Reich. He described hotel plotting at the Hotel Sutton and said Shonbrun and Webb discussed obtaining money through Webb. Webb sobbed in court as Hirsch detailed the plan and killings.
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New York
U.P
Murray Hirsch
Eli Shonbrun
Shonbrun
Madeline Webb
Susie F. F. Reich
Hirschl
Leopold
Showbrun
John D. Cullen
Sutton
Cullen
Hirsch
Madeline
Miss Webb
Welsh Death Trial Opens in Kansas City
Preliminary hearing for George W. Welsh Jr. on charges of murdering his sister Leila Adele Welsh opened in justice court in Kansas City Missouri. The 28 year old defendant was re charged after a grand jury indictment was quashed. The first witness Richard W Funk described a five year acquaintance with Miss Welsh.
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Kansas City
U.P
George W. Welsh, Jr
Leila Adele Welsh
Welsh
Richard W
Funk
Miss Welsh
John V. Hill
University of Kansas City
Federal District Court Convenes for Mineral Lease Cases
The Federal district court opened this morning with Judge James C. Wilson likely to stay through June. Judge Whitfield Davidson will preside over mineral leases and royalties cases as the criminal docket is set for June 8. About 30 naturalization applicants will take the oath before Judge Wilson. District Attorney Clyde O. Eastus will likely attend trials after an operation this weekend.
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Federal District Court
James C. Wilson
Whitfield Davidson
Wilson
Clyde O. Eastus
Airport Fund Bill is Urged
The Senate appropriations committee backed a $199.74 million airport program to develop 164 new airports and upgrade 266 existing fields and to finish landing strips in Alaska and supply new fields for the Army ferrying command. The plan forms the bulk of $204.63 million net increases in the panel’s fiscal year budget for state justice commerce and federal judiciary, with total biggings tallying $425.70 million versus the House $221.08 million and current year $371.60 million.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Alaska
Army Ferrying Command
United States
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
Federal Judiciary
Senate
House
Amarillo Fire College Students Attend War Course
Amarillo has three students at the state fire college joining Fire Chief George B. Cooper Fire Marshal Ed Spann and Harry Brasher of the fire department. They attend the annual short course at Texas A and M devoted to war work including handling incendiary bombs.
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Amarillo
State Fire College
George B. Cooper
Ed Spann
Harry Brasher
Fire Department
Texas A & M
Submarine Toll Rises to 191 Allied Sinkings
The Navy reported 16 UN vessels sunk in the Western Atlantic last week, raising total Allied sinkings in the area to 191. Casualties listed: 83 dead, 115 missing, 470 survivors.
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New York
United Nations
Atlantic Ocean
Governor Coke Stevenson Files Candidacy for Governorship
Governor Coke Stevenson formally filed his candidacy for the governorship announcing his run in the upcoming campaign. He sent the $100 filing fee to E. B. Germany of Dallas, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Teachers Told To Keep Study Paced to War
President Walter C. Coffey of the University of Minnesota urged all faculty to release course material to the war effort. He asked staff to connect classroom work with world affairs, promote sound habits and health, and use university recreational facilities as part of a shared wartime responsibility.
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Minneapolis, Minn
U.P
Walter C. Coffey
University of Minnesota
Coffey
Senate rejects cut in agriculture travel costs
The Senate, 43 to 25, refused to trim agriculture department travel expenses by 3.2 million dollars as it debates a 680 million farm appropriation bill. Senator Byrd urged large overhead cuts while Senator Russell said current reductions already amount to 1.5 million. The chamber later boosted farm tenant loan authority to 40 million, with House at 25 million. A dispute looms over 26 million cash and 55 million lending for Farm Security Administration.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Byrd
Virginia
Russell
Georgia
Appropriations Committee
House
Farm Security Administration
Ten Army Flier Decorations Awarded at Bolling Field
Ten Army Air Forces officers and men received the distinguished flying cross in a Bolling Field ceremony in Washington. Brigadier General Harold L. George presided as the ferrying command honored round-the-world and other flights before U S entry into the war. Captain James W Chapman Jr of Austin Texas led the list as co pilot of the plane that carried the lend lease mission to Russia last September. Captain Richard T Knight of Lubbock also received the award.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Ferrying Command
United States
Bollingfield
Harold L. George
James W. Chapman, Jr
Austin
Tex
Russia
Richard T. Knight
Lubbock
Probe Possibility Of New Pipe Lines
Congressional leaders met with President Roosevelt to discuss the Atlantic seaboard oil and gas shortage and announced an immediate investigation into the feasibility of constructing a pipeline or lines to relieve the shortage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Atlantic Seaboard
Heavy Rains Hit Texas Prompt Flood Duty and Numbers
Heavy rainfall affected Northeast Texas with Italy recording three inches halting farm work for the week. towns listed report sporadic totals. Trinity River at Liberty stands at 27.5 feet and receding about 0.3 feet daily as Red Cross sets up five stations aiding over 200 Liberty County families made homeless by the flood.
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Dallas
Texas
Italy
Trinidad
Lake Dallas
Bridgeport
McKinney
Fort Worth
Sulphur Springs
Texarkana
Tyler
Paris
Palestine
Trinity River
Liberty
Red Cross
Liberty County
Assembly Lines of Farms Get 1943 Production Push
Chicago May 18 1943 agricultural production figures show the nation’s 6 million farmers outputting hourly milk 6,486,000 quarts eggs 5,236,000 hogs 134 carloads beef and veal 88 carloads peanut oil 40 tons and soybean oil 63 tons. Fred S Wallace of the AAA outlined the plan to state AAA chairmen noting the farm line operates year round. John J Audubon born May 8 1780.
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Chicago
America
Fred S. Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Wallace
John J. Audubon
Dozens Sign For Canning Sugar Ration Signups Begin
The sugar rationing board opened canning signups for 5 pounds per person with no single day limit. Shoppers crowded the office and staff urged merchants to verify buyers identities to prevent theft and forgery under federal penalties.
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Sugar Rationing Board
No Sugar Quota Increase Seen In War Time
The Office of Price Administration said the current eight ounce sugar quota would not be raised until the shipping situation improves. War materials for Russia Britain and China as well as American troops require ships, and even Cuban imports prioritize manganese and chrome over sugar.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Russia
Britain
China
America
Cuba
C W Farr Shows Some Improvement
C W Farr continues to improve after several weeks of illness as Northwest Texas Hospital attendants report. C W Purr, once seriously ill, is also showing signs of recovery according to hospital staff.
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C. W. Farr
C. W. Purr
Northwest Texas Hospital
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