World Trade and the Public Interest Cartels and Regulation
Washington columnist Ralph W. Page argues that private and government cartels dominate international trade and threaten prosperity. He supports international regulation to limit production and secure fair access, noting wheat quotas and a petroleum treaty as precedents. The debate centers on whether private traders or government action should coordinate global trade.
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Ralph W. Page
Department of Justice
Adustry
Great Britain
Senate
A Record Vote for Absentees
More than 1 080 absentee ballots were registered in the county clerk's office as the deadline neared. Servicemen overseas cast 179 votes including Pryde K Harris Lt C B Johnson Jr Doyle Penny and Pvt M B Douglas. Ballots accepted until 12 o'clock tonight. last chance to vote if out of town Tuesday.
Allies chase Germans 10 Yugoslavia near Kozane
Allied headquarters announced an attack on a German rearguard column entering Phlorina within five miles of the Yugoslav frontier and 40 miles northwest of Kozane, inflicting casualties as they pursued the Germans in Greece.
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Kern
Greece
Phlorina
Kozane
Americans Gain at Aachen and Vlissingen in Walcheren War Drive
Allied forces push toward the Rhine with gains along the Schelde estuary. American and British troops break into Vlissingen and seize Walcheren Island coastal defences as the campaign widens to near Antwerp. Snipers cleared from Zeebrugge and ports Knocke Sluis Heyst fall in rapid sequence.
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Walcheren
Schelde
Vlissingen
Antwerp
Maas
Meuse
Rotterdam
Little Mark
Moerdijk
Aachen
Vosges
Rhine
Holland
Supreme Headquarters
Westkapelle
Vlassingen
Leopold Canal
Zeebrugge
Knocke
Sluis
Heyst
Texas Students Mourn Rainey Firing With Capitol Walk
About 5000 University of Texas students staged a funeral procession from the campus to the state capitol in protest of regents firing President Homer P. Rainey. Classes were largely dismissed as trainees and a peaceful demonstration continued with mourning armbands and silent procession.
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Austin
U.P
University of Texas
State Capitol
Homer P. Rainey
Navy
Grace Moore Opens 1944 Opera Season
Grace Moore headlines the USO Municipal Auditorium season opener with the Philharmonic Orchestra led by Robert Louis Barron. The 80 piece ensemble features 12 former pros now at Amarillo Field. Moore performs Puccini arias and songs with Otto Herz. Beethoven Fifth movements also performed. Over 2,000 music lovers expected. balcony seats limited.
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USO
Philharmonic Orchestra
Grace Moore
Association
Howard Lynch
Moore
Otto Herz
Robert Louis Barron
Amarillo Field
Sweet Sixteen Dating Age Debates Stir Reader Opinions
The Pulse Feeler solicits reader views on when a girl should date with responses from Ava Beocks Cox and local residents. Opinions vary from sixteen to seventeen with notes on individual maturity and social norms.
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Sweet Sixteen
Ava Beocks
Cox
Sunset Terrace
Marvin L. Ruffin
Sally Brown
E. M. Turner
Phil Middleton
Ivan L. Tucker
Walkouts Begin at Nash-Kelvinator as Detroit Plants Strike
About 2,500 Mechanics Educational Society of America workers at Nash-Kelvinator in Detroit walk out at 10 A M in sympathy with Toledo strikes. The action triggers additional stoppages at Detroit Tap and Tool and Parker Wolverine plants as MESA plans sweep across 23 war plants. Naval parts makers suffer halted production on propeller control governors and rocket motors at Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Toledo
MESA
Detroit Tap ‘and Tool Co
Parker-Wolverine Co
Army
Naval
Navy
Siewek, Inc
Nash
Newspaper perforation idea sparks reader note
George Pratt of 701 Sunset wants newspapers perforated to detach comics and society pages so he can keep the rest. He suggests a convenient method to streamline news delivery at bus stops and coffee counters. Neely-Greenhill-Lownces Insurance.
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George Pratt
Society News
Allied advance squeezes Japanese from Leyte as retreat begins
Allied forces tighten their pincer on Leyte Philippines as Japanese garrison flees by sea toward Ormoc. MacArthur reports over 30 000 enemy killed wounded or captured in 13 days of fighting while American units push from Carigara to Baybay and northern positions. Air and naval strikes cripple enemy logistics and reinforce the push toward final victory.
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William B. Dickinson
Philippines
U.P
Leyte
Leyte- Samar
MacArthur
Ormoc
Cebu
Camotes Sea
Carigara
Leyte Valley
Leyte Gulf
Negros
Mindanao
Tawi Tawi
Liberator Bombers Sink Japanese Destroyer
Liberator bombers of the U S 14th Air Force sank a Japanese destroyer and heavily damaged a transport in two attacks on a convoy in the South China Sea east of Hainan. The actions were announced by Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer’s headquarters.
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Chungking
U. S
14Th Air Force
South China Sea
Hainan
Alert C. Wedemeyer
Weather Snapshot Amarillo and West Texas Area Forecast
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and tomorrow with tonight’s lows near 34. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Saturday. New Mexico also partly cloudy with little temperature shift. highs range from 65 to 75. Taste owly yours Dinner at Thomas'.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
War Chest drive nears quota amid labor shortage
The Amarillo Community and War Chest drive has netted 105000 with a finish date approaching. Densel Dean chairing classified solicitation announced the 750 Chest workers will persist until the 172000 quota is reached. Labor shortages slow soliciting as establishments cannot spare staff. Yesterday's rally raised 22000 mainly from employees.
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Amarillo
Densel Dean
Dean
Gus Roberts
The Split Vote Will Be Tallied
The article explains Texas Regulars voters may split the ticket in 1944. It notes Regulars oppose Roosevelt, could back Dewey or Byrd, and would not vote for Roosevelt if they win Texas. It highlights the impact on Solid South politics and how a split ballot counts.
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Texas
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Regulars
Byrd
Virginia
Dewey
Hoover
al Smith
Dewey Bricker
South
Dallas
New Deal
Dewey- Bricker
Roosevelt-Truman
Ballot Battles Escalate In Bitter 1944 Campaign
In heated campaigns Dewey denounces Democratic tactics as corrupt while Ickes accuses Dewey of anti-labor and anti-Semitic messaging. Roosevelt warns of whispering campaigns as Election Day nears amid questions about Stilwell Hull and Wallace.
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Ickes
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York
Wilkes-Barre
Roosevelt
White House
Hillman claims plan to accuse labor leader in deportation case
In New York Brownell and Hillman allege Republican PAC plans to charge labor figure with accepting 15000 weekly bribes tied to war contracts and income taxes. Dewey campaigns through Pennsylvania to Albany while Roosevelt cities campaign stops cross New England. Bricker heads home after 173 speeches as Truman concludes 8000 mile swing in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Brownell
Repu
Hillman
Political Action Committee
Pao
Dewey
Pennsylvania
Albany
Ickes
Roosevelt
Boston
Bridgeport
Hartford
Conn
Springfield
Mass
Truman
Bricker
Pittsburgh
CWT
Blue Network
Philadelphia
Ohio
Paterson
N.J
Heavy Rainstorms Halt Allies on Halian Front
Unusually heavy rainstorms halt Allied advances on the Halian front as operations are brought to a standstill. reports from multiple fronts note worsening conditions delaying movements and supply lines.
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Halian
Rome
Allied
Red Army presses toward Budapest as 7,500th enemy fall
Russian forces smashed toward Budapest reaching a 65 mile eastern Tisza line from Csap to Polgar and seizing 60 towns. They captured 2,080 prisoners including Col. Gen Janus Voerces, bringing three day total to 7,518. German resistance stiffened with 2,000 troops and 58 tanks knocked out.
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Budapest
Tisza
Csap
Polgar
Budapest i
Janus Voerces
London
Smarch
Tetk
Golda
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Vening Bulettin
George W. Sokolsky
New York Sun
Globe
Mr. Page
Sokolsky
Yugoslavia
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Hurtgen
Schmidt
Roer River
Nimbé
Flushing
Russell Stationery Company
Neely-Greenhill-Lownces Insurance
Baybay
Bataan
Shiro Makino
Makino
U. S. Weather Bureau
Moscow
Lublin
Buffalo
N. Y
Republic Steel Corporation
By Lewis Nordyke
Winant
Cbe
Meewnd
Crowley
Tonstaff Borin
Mutua
ST. M
Leverett
P. M
W. Bricker
Merrinan
J. W. Davis
Associated Press
Stilwell
Hull
Representative Judd
Minnesota
Joseph W. Stilwell
Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Sidney Hillman
CIO Politics Action Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
MR. Hillman
Club
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National Relations Board
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Tia
Red
Domsod
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