Tomorrow's Texas election preview and ballot notes
Tomorrow there are 27 voting places in Potter County with polls from 8 to 7. Voters should bring poll tax receipts and election judges will report results to the county clerk after polls close. The ballot features four amendments and party columns Democracy Republican People's Unity Independent.
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Democratic
Republican
People’s Unity
Independent
C. K. McDowell
Panhandle
Gray County
Potter County
Demo Losses Expected in Off Year Elections
As Republicans predict sizeable gains and Democrats concede some, voters head to the polls in the off year elections shaping the 78th Congress and state governments. Maine already swung Republican. nationwide turnout is projected light due to wartime conditions with millions voting for 33 senators and 432 House members among other races.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Culbert L.olson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle
The forecast calls for cool and windy conditions in Amarillo and surrounding areas with colder temperatures near freezing tonight. West Texas and Panhandle expect slightly lower afternoon temperatures with scattered showers in a few spots, while the Panhandle and South Plains stay windy this afternoon. New Mexico sees milder afternoon readings east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with some squalls on eastern slopes, then cooler tonight. Temperature extremes over 24 hours show a minimum of 38 and a maximum of 73 with noon at 46.
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Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Roosevelt Visits English Air Forces in Private Tour
Eleanor Roosevelt reports a day touring Royal Air Force units in England, meeting officers and airmen from many states. She describes the journey by car, claustrophobic pilot seats, and a shared sense of Allied unity as reporters and troops mingle before tea.
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Navy reports seven Japanese ships sunk in Pacific action
United States submarines in recent Pacific operations sank seven enemy ships and damaged three, including a converted carrier set afire and a destroyer. The Navy tallies 133 ships sunk or damaged since the war began, with Guadalcanal actions continuing as U S warships shell Japanese positions and Wildcats from Rekata Bay engage enemy aircraft.
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Gasoline rationing certificates available at firms listed
Applications for gasoline rationing certificates are available today to drivers of passenger cars at locations including Adkisson-Baker Amarillo Garage and Storage Rudy Bauman Bivins Service Stations Davis Bumper to Bumper Clary Dye Cal Farley Firestone Stores Floyde Garwood Gunn Hinerman Ham Hamilton Walter Irvin Kelly Tire Service Ted Lokey Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Simpson Tire Co and Western Auto Stores. The five tire serial numbers must be written on the application form. Take the form to the nearest school on registration days November 12 and 14.
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Amarillo
Rudy Bauman
Bivins
Davis Bumper
Clary Dye
Cal Farley
Firestone
Floyde Garwood
Gunn Hinerman
Ham Hamilton
Walter Irvin
Kelly Tire Service
Ted lLokey
Montgomery Ward
Sears, Roebuck
Simpson Tire Co
Western Auto
Cool and Windy With Freeze Expected Tonight
A weather bulletin notes continued cool and windy conditions. Temperatures near freezing are forecast tonight after a morning low of 38 degrees. the prior day’s high reached 73 degrees. The bureau emphasizes ongoing unsettled air and chilly conditions ahead.
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Nazis Need Help Near Stalin Grad Face Soviet Counter Attacks
News dispatches from Moscow report German forces retreating deeper inside Stalingrad before Soviet counter offensives while Berlin radio claims the Red Army has ample ammunition and maintains constant shelling northwest of Stalingrad.
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Germans Press Nalchik Drive as Stalingrad Holds Firm
Nazi forces rush men aircraft and tanks toward Nalchik in the eastern Caucasus while the Soviet noon report notes German tank and supply losses nearby. Stalingrad sees renewed Russian counterattacks as German advances falter and defense strengthens around the city amid winter’s approach.
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Batum
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Dorothy Thrasher Wins Weekly News Tip Contest
Dorothy Thrasher of 516 Van Buren Street wins $5 for a tip about Amarillo High School's selected Average High School Girl. Second prize goes to Mrs. W. M. Carlton of 606 Houston Street for a tip about a goat roaming downtown. Third prize to Mrs. C. F. Shelton for a bus fire tip. Other contributors listed.
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van Buren Street
Amarillo
W. M. Carlton
Houston Street
C. F. Shelton
East Ninth Avenue
Aussies trap Nazism after bold desert thrust
A bold Australian night march through coastal dunes trapped Axis forces on Rommel left flank near El Alamein. Cairo reports say two thousand prisoners, 100 armored cars, and 51 anti tank guns seized after a two day German Italian counteroffensive on the Alamein front.
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Desert fighting and air strikes reshape North Africa front
Australian forces pierced near coastal rail lines destroying Axis nests and taking prisoners while American and British air units pounded Maleme Crete and North African shipping. Rommel’s armor remained west of the encircled area as battles intensify with fighter-bomber clashes over the Egyptian front. In Poland, twenty Poles conscripted for the German Army were executed for high treason and two railroad workers were shot for aiding Allied bombing by removing blackout blinds.
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Airplanes Over Japan Will Win the War
Robert Bellaire, former Toyo Unied Press manager, argues U S air power and industrial prowess will defeat Japan by destroying its plants. He cites skilled training and mass production as decisive while recounting his prisoner experience. He will speak at Amarillo High School Auditorium tonight with 50 cent admission.
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Amarillo Field
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Amarillo
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Globe-News
Chinese Air Force raids Hankow set fires in concession
Three squadrons of Chinese Air Force planes raided Hankow, the inland city under Japanese control, unloading tons of explosives and bombs that ignited fires in the Japanese concession, according to Central News.
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Women Pack Courtroom at Flynn Trial
In Los Angeles on November 2, Errol Flynn faced a packed courtroom for a preliminary hearing on statutory rape charges involving two minor girls. Judge Byron J. Walters presided as Flynn was served with a civil damages suit seeking 62,500 dollars from Flynn and his stand-in Ed Fleming by Eric Gosta, who was injured after a party at the actor's home last June.
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Byron J. Walters
Ed Fleming
Eric Gosta
McNutt to report on manpower scope near Baruch rubber report
Washington November 2 194? War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V McNutt said he would send a White House report on the nations manpower situation describing it as equal in scope to the Baruch rubber report New motorcyle tire Fort Knox Kentucky November 2 development of a new tire allows military motorcycles to ride circles around peeps or jeeps in desert sand announced by the armored force school
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Armored Force School
It Wasn't as Bad As She Thought
A Sandpoint motorist stopped before the county jail after an earthquake scare. A deputy sheriff reassured her, and she exclaimed she feared a flat tire. The brief incident captures a calm response to a seismic scare with no injuries reported.
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British Navy attacks enemy convoy off Britains north coast
British naval vessels attacked a three ship convoy off the north coast of Britain, set fire to one supply ship, and observed a small vessel abandoned in a sinking condition. Admiralty said many hits were scored. no casualties or damage to His Majesty's ships.
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