Manpower Draft Study Outlined by FDR
President Roosevelt studied a report on the wartime manpower program listing changes in order to centralize control and conserve labor. The plan would bar voluntary enlistment after January 1 and assign job changes to approval by the U S Employment Service or War Manpower Commission. Federal inspectors would enforce manning tables at war plants and workers could be frozen in essential jobs if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WMC
U.S Employment Service
Duke
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
Yesterda
Regula
Lost items and housework offers in Amarillo notices
Classified requests seek returned gold rim glasses found near Globe News and a two room furnished apartment exchange for housework in Amarillo Texas. A purse worth about 70 dollars lost at Rex or Paramount Theater offers reward. A sister from Des Moines Iowa lost a black bag with personal papers and money with a reward offered. Call 2-3349.
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The
Globe News
P. O
Amarillo
Texas
Rex
Paramount Theater
Tack
Des Moines
Towa
C. R. Sullivan
Brown kid glove found between Polk and Taylor Streets
A brown kid glove stitched in tan was found last week between Polk and Taylor Street. The owner may call Kuykendall's Shop on Polk Street to claim it.
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Polk
Taylor Street
Kuykendall
Polk Street
Statement in Treason Case Reveals Submarine Nazi Sabotage Link
In Chicago Judge Campbell admitted as evidence a signed statement by Walter Froehling claiming four defendants knew Haupt was a trained Nazi saboteur who arrived in the United States by submarine. The government seeks to prove Haupt’s close associates aided his submarine mission with full knowledge of his intentions.
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Chicago
UPI
William J. Campbell
Herbert Haupt
Haupt
United States
Walter Froehling
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Young Haupt
Max Haupt
Unnele
Froehling
Lucille
Otto Wergin
Lawrence C. Coors Found Dead in Downtown Hotel
Lawrence C. Coors was found dead in a downtown hotel room, apparently from a sudden death while preparing to retire. The body lay face down in the room, with coroner J. D. Cazzell called to investigate. He resided at an older Polk Street address per a city directory, and police said a brother in Albuquerque is a judge. The body is at Blackburn-Shaw chapel.
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Lawrence C. Coors
J. D. Cazzell
Polk Street
Albuquerque
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Desert War Reports Huge Car Losses and British Push
Descriptions from fixed war fronts say armored cars were heavily destroyed with over 90 down. Both sides claim high losses as German broadcasts call the British center thrust the biggest yet, though thwarted. A naval note from Alexandria reports coastal British Mediterranean fleet operations behind enemy lines in the past week.
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Alexandria
Egypt
FDR Votes at Hyde Park Polling Place
President Franklin D. Roosevelt cast Ballot No. 176 at Hyde Park Town Hall in a customary election day visit. He registered as a farmer, confirmed his name before District 3 Election Board, and likely voted for John J. Bennett against Ferdinand A. Hoyt in the governor race.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
J. W. Finch
District 3 Election Board
Finch
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farmer
John J. Bennett
Ferdinand A. Hoyt
Hamilton Fish
Chaplain Makes First Jump at Fort Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia a chaplain made his first parachute jump. He stood at the door waiting for the go command and muttered something as he leaped. A jump-master asked what he said and the other answered that he hoped his boss isn’t mad at him today.
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Fort Benning
Army Trucks to Haul Scrap in Amarillo Districts
Amarillo Field assigns 16 large army trucks to move scrap metal tomorrow afternoon from the business districts. The salvage chief notes piles on sidewalks and urges Mavericks volunteers to help load the trucks at 1 30 PM on Polk Street between First and Second Avenues.
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Amarillo Field
Roy Greenhill
Mavericks
Ralph Dykeman
Club
Polk Street
First
Second Avenue
Japanese Try To Bomb Bombers In Solomons
At Guadalcanal the Japanese attempt to bomb U S Flying Fortresses as they fly about 1,000 feet above the solomons. Zero floatplanes Macoon equipped planed drop bombs, but no hits have been scored. American gunners warn off the attack and target the Zeros at distance.
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U.S
South Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Bombs Explode In Vichy Again
German radio reports two bombs hit Vichy early this morning injuring policemen outside the offices of Marshal Petain's social propaganda committee and Jacques Doriot's French Peoples Party.
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London
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Committee For Social Propaganda
Jacques Doriot
French Peoples Party
Hollywood Gossip and Behind the Scenes Buzz
Hollywood chatter covers reconciliations and cover stories as stars Ilona Massey and Alan Curtis weigh a reconciliation while Ilona’s agent watches funds. Betsy Kern rumors, Navy life for Artie Shaw, and Lamarr Aumont maneuvering around film plans surface amid wartime production notes and tax woes.
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Hollywood
Alan Curtis
Ilona Massey
Ilona
Artie Shaw
Navy
C.P.O
Shaw
Betty Kern
Newport
Hedy Lamarr-Pierre Aumont
Japanese convoy repulsed near Buna by air strikes
A Japanese convoy bound for New Guinea was forced to retreat by Flying Fortresses and B 25s under heavy anti aircraft fire. The operation near Buna halted 7000 troops aboard the ships as Maj. William G Benn reported damage to transports and several Japanese Zeros were downed. Capt. F W Freen Lieut L H Sedwick and Lieut W K Fox are named.
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New Guinea
Buna
MacArthur
William G. Benn
Washington
F. W. Freen
San Antonio
Texas
L. H. Sedwick
Coleman, Tex
W. K. Fox
Eufaula
Okla
Claim Soviet Losses High
Berlin reports via Transocean News Agency that in the first five hundred days of the German Russian war the Soviets suffered about 14,000,000 killed wounded or captured and Germany controls over 400,000 square miles of Soviet territory. The agency says the densely populated region of 90 million is under German control with most Soviet industry and food bases lost and oil supplies threatened.
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Berlin
U.P
New York
Transocean
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
First Nipping Frost Reported Across Regions
The first autumn frost arrived last night with minimal damage, as weather observer H. C. Winburn notes. Dalhart area reported killing frosts and a Saturday freeze. officials forecast improving conditions with wind, and temperatures reached 55 the previous day and 35 at dawn.
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H. C. Winburn
Dalhart
Bureau
Potter County War Bond Sales Surge in October
October war bond and stamp sales in Potter County totaled 661,694.25 dollars, the largest month since sales began in May 1941. The county quota for October was 491,100 dollars, and November began strongly with 12,806.25 dollars on the first business day.
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Potter County
Uncle Sam
Hit Parade Notes and Film Tidbits from 1942 Columns
A wartime cine-culture snapshot lists top picks from The Hit Parade and related features. It highlights releases such as Once On a Honeymoon and Mr Five by Five, plus a Look magazine draft women piece, Craig Rice’s The Sunday Pigeon Murders, and Maurice Hindus’s Last Mail from Germany. RKO's This Land Is Mine is described with Nazi drill extras and Nancy Gates's couture, while Philip Merrivale riffs on Hollywood's talent and looming stakes.
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RKO
Decca Andrews
Craig Rice
Simon and Schuster
Robert Young
MGM
Sret
Maurice Hindus
Germany
America
Frank R. Adams
Vance Divenney
Nancy Gates
Philip Merrivale
Hollyewood
Hollywood Stars Reunite As War Sends Letters Home
Maureen O Hara renews with Charles Laughton after his early Hollywood break. Nine year old John Donat acts in his first role while his father Robert Donat inspires soldiers. Deanna Durbin funds V letters for deployed servicemen. Judy Garland orders 300 records for camp Xmas. Ann Sothern prizes letters home to soldiers, awarding a long distance call.
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Maureen O'Hara
Charles Laughton
Hollywood
John Donat
Robert Donat
Deanna Durbin
Smith Ballew
Judy Garland
Ann Sothern
Thad Puipes’ House Hit by Lightning Fire
From where I sit Thad Puipes’ house was struck by lightning a few nights ago. The kitchen chimney was knocked off and the roof burned. The fire department acted quickly and the blaze was put out, earning Thad’s gratitude and prompting Chief Ed Carey to remark taxes fund such work.
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Thad
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Black Bag
Roger W. Harris
Jimmie Fidler
marr-Arthur
Myrna Loy
Hornblow
Prague
Hays
Reginald Gardiner
Nadja Petrova
William
Saroyan
Jeffrey Lynn
Leif Erikson
Marc Connolly
Gene Fowler
John Barrymore
Arnold Pressburger
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Gestapo
Gruber
Optometrist
Ordway-Saunders CO
Caromel
Carter
Longines
Army
John Furbach
Boxwell Brothers
Qi Home
Frank J. Dean
Dvedaw
Globe-News
Joe Marsh
Ed Carey
Treasuries
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Brewing Industry
Magnolia
Woode
Mobiloil
Mobil
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Blue Network
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