Mexican Uproar Prompted Texas Investigation
Mexico’s foreign ministry asked its San Antonio consulate to probe reports of alleged discrimination against Mexicans in Levelland Texas. The deputies committee blamed political propaganda by Texas feudal lords for North American tensions. Sheriff Hofacker said over 1000 Latin American cotton pickers clashed after a restaurant denied service. one person was injured minor, reinforcements restored order and by Sunday Levelland was quiet.
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Mexico City
Foreign Ministry
San Antonio
Levelland
Texas
Chamber of Deputies Committee On
United States
Hockley County
Ed Hofacker
Hofacker
Lieutenant Curry Injured In Automobile Wreck
Lieutenant Curry of Amarillo Army Air Field was injured in a weekend traffic crash on Grand Street at North East Avenue. He suffered a cut to the left eye and body bruises. Charley Thomas of Springfield, Colorado, drove for Carroll Line Gasoline Co. of Pueblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Grand Street
North East Avenue
Curry
Coal Strike Sweeps Nation Halting War Production
The fourth general coal mine strike in six months shuts down most mines as 530,000 United Mine Workers walk off. Pennsylvania and West Virginia lead with 240,000 idle, threatening fuel for steel mills in the Midwest and South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coa
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ohio
Illinois
Virginia
Indiana
Warren Wins News Tip Contest in Hammond Cab Entry
R. D. Warren of the Hammond Cab Company won last week's news tip contest with a tip about a dog that rode a taxi home. A $5 check will be mailed to Mr. Warren. Second prize goes to Mrs. C. T. Cline for a purse theft dog tip. third prize to John Gilvin for a wreck tip in front of the police station. Multiple readers submitted tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Warren
Hammond Cab Company
Roosevelt urges food subsidies to back postwar farming policy
President Roosevelt told Congress that extending food subsidies and support prices is vital to reach a 1944 production goal with 16 million more acres to crops. He framed the program as a tool for the Allied war effort and to prevent a price collapse after the war, detailing funds for the Commodity Credit Corporation and a plan to plant 380 million acres next spring.
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Washington, Navy
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Loss of a No. 4 Book Reported by Food Office
The food panel reports the first use of losing No. 4 ration books. Mrs. J. C. McNeill of 604 Van Buren Street says she placed her ration books in her purse and cannot find them. She has applied for new books, and office staff note some lost books are later found in purses after days.
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Food Panel
J. C. McNeill
van Buren Street
McNeill
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding region
The forecast calls for continued fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with temperatures below freezing tonight and a gradual warmup by Tuesday. West Texas sees cooler conditions this afternoon and colder tonight into Tuesday morning with near freezing readings in the El Paso area and parts of the Panhandle and South Plains. No major changes in New Mexico. Hourly data show a high of 63, low 30, and noon at 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Invasion Alarms Sweep Europe With New Gliders
German news agency reports Allied preparations for amphibious operations on a grand scale. It cites a new American 12 man sea landing glider to establish swift invasion beachheads. Berlin newspapers flag massing Allied ships and troops in Southern England, Corsica, and Gibraltar for a two pronged assault.
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London
Reich
DNB
Berlin
England
Corsica
Gibraltar
Hitler
Algeciras
Spain
Mediterranean
First killing frost marks average autumn start
The first killing frost in 223 days arrived just before midnight with a 30 degree low, matching the long-term average of November 1. A 223 day growing season is noted, with a forecast for below freezing and no rain, while prewar wind data forecasters adjust. V. Nealy-Greenhill-Lowndes, Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurange.
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Weather Bureau
Rites Held for Lt Dooley in Plane Collision
The body of Lt Joseph Brannon Dooley Jr 23 of Amarillo is being sent there after a final training flight collision near New Bern North Carolina. Lt Edward L Thompson survived after bailing out. Dooley son of Mr and Mrs Joe Dooley of 3011 Hughes Street is survived by a sister grandmothers and an aunt and an uncle from several states.
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Joseph Brannon Dooley, Jr
New Bern
N. C
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Edward L. Thompson
Thompson
Dooley
Joe Dooley
Hughes Street
Roy C. Snodgrass, Jr
M. J. Dooley
Shreveport
R. M. Colgin
Fort Worth
A. J. Beavers
Houston
R. A. Colgin
Tulsa
Pay raise boosts corporal's family allotment after law
Des Moines reports Corporal Cyril G. Wolfe, 42, who serves in the army, saw his monthly dependency allotment jump from 172 to 310 dollars overnight after a Roosevelt signature. His household includes his wife 10 children and his mother, totaling 12 dependents. A burglary at Jay Azel on West Ninth Avenue left a front door unlocked and a thief took $7 to $8 in cash, Selective Service papers, a driver’s license, a pocket knife and a wrist watch from the home.
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Corp
Cyril G. Wolfe
Roosevelt
Corporal Wolfe
Jay Azel
West
Ninth Avenue
Secret weapon mortar touted by American official
America's secret 4.2 inch mortar, likened to a 155 mm gun, is praised by Col. Harry R. Lebkicher for its rapid assembly and high fire rate. Built by Bell Machine Company, the weapon is capable of demolitions and field use, with action reported in major theaters. Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley leaves Cairo after two weeks of talks with Allied officials.
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Oshkosh
Wis
America
Harry R. Lebkicher
Sixth Service Command
Chemical Warfare Service
Bell Machine Company
Lebkicher
Bell Company
Oro
E. Paul Bell
Southwest Pacific
Om Atta
North Africa
Italy
Hurley
Cairo
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Lef
Allies Decide On Steps To Shorten War
The United States, Britain, and Russia stated they will take measures to shorten the war in Europe and uphold unconditional surrender. China joined the four power statements, and an international postwar peace organization was proposed with enforcement by force if needed. The Moscow communiques outlined five documents on war aims, postwar governance in Europe, and future security arrangements.
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John A. Reichmann
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Europe
Moscow
China
Japan
Opie
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria
Italy
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
London
Eut
Committee of National Liberation
Bsp
Greece
Jugoavia
United Nations
Community of Nations
Wounded by Coffee Cheated Out of Medal
Private James Vesey spilled hot coffee on Private First Class Joe Kaminsky during a noon chow lunch as Jap bombers attacked a southwest Pacific dugout. Kaminsky feared shrapnel, only to learn the injury came from coffee. Vesey recalls the moment amid the siege and confusion.
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Johan W. Black
Woodbury
N. J
Marine Corps
Associated Press
South West Pacific
James Vese
Joe Kaminsky
Herman ‘Street
Brooklyn N. C
Joe
Vesey
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Amarillo Commandery
Jack Taylor
Buddy Taylor
Wilfred Taylor
Murry Watts Photo
Canyon
Emil M. Benesch
Richard FE. Benesch
J. Melvin Benesch
Benesch
Khiva
REDS
Amarillo Globe
Esesee
Sunday News-Globe
United Press
Lower
Dnieper
Crimea
Nogaisk Steppes
Perekop
Black Sea
Lower Dnieper
Adolf Hitler
Feodor I. Tilbukhin
Fourth
The
Kakhovka
Kherson
Steppes
Nogaisk
Krivoi Rog
Rome
Teano
Capua-Rome Road
Cantalupo
Isernia
Valle Agricola
Mount Massico
Dwight Eisenhower
Cannes
France
Northwest African Air Force
Iam
Germany
Adriatic
Tirano
Stevens
Chicago
John Maynard Ltor, Co
Sell Stationery Company
R. C. Dorothy
North West
First Avenue
Roy H. Kerr
Mountain Terrace
J. E. Roberts
North East
Fifth Avenue
H. &. Streetman
Ridgemere Street
J. H. Sharp
San Jacinto
Post Office Drug
Killing Frost
Fed
Rites Pen
Joe B. Dooley, JR
Des Moines
Azel
Tripartite Conference
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Hull
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