Pulse Feeler Probes Texas Politics in Deliberate Exchange
A reader asked whether Texas might swing Republican and hints of a national trend. Figures from Bascom Timmons to Mayor Jenkins weigh the possibility, with opinions ranging from likely Democratic win to a potential GOP shift, depending on candidates and national mood.
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B. G. Sears
Hayden Street
Bascom Timmons
Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Texas
Carl L. King
West Tenth Avenue
W. Lee O'Daniel
Coke Stevenson
Ima Tinsley
Taylor Street
Roosevelt
C. E. Wineinger
Dairyman
Amarillo
Stevenson
O'Daniel
M. Bessie Henderson
Maryland Street
Oklahoma
Joe Jenkins
Churchill forecasts 1944 as European war climax
In a Lord Mayor's speech Winston Churchill says 1944 could see the war's climax in Europe if strategy holds, notes 400 German divisions remain, and warns against overconfidence. He cites Allied gains against U boats and German cities, praises Allied-American unity, and pledges liberation of all nations overrun by the Nazis.
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William B. Dickinson
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Decheon
Churchill
Pacific
Japan
Hitler
Germany
Waterloo
Gettysburg
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
French Committee May Oust General Giraud
Reliable sources say a reshuffle of the French Committee of National Liberation will drop five members including General Henri Honore Giraud and General Alphonse Joseph Georges, commissioner without portfolio, in an imminent shakeup.
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Algiers
U.P
Committee of National Liberation
Henri
Honore Giraud
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Vienna crackdown after Moscow pledge sparks Vienna protests
Reinforced Nazi Storm Troops seized hundreds of patriots in a Vienna working class district and fired on resisters as demonstrations linked to the Moscow conference pledge to free Austria. Reports reaching Sweden say the action occurred Saturday amid growing unrest. The weather note mentions mild conditions with a high of 54 and a low near 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
London
U.P
Vienna
Sweden
John Maynard Lbr. Co
A Letter From Home To Boys in Service
Editor notes inviting readers to clip the weekly letter and send it to service members. Instructions include filling in names, adding a postscript, and mailing the note back, presented as a feature of The Globe and News.
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Armed Services
Globe and News
Amarillo Memo: Gruening Visit News and Local War Efforts
November 9 1943 report from Amarillo notes Gov Ernest Gruening Alaska visit and weather anecdotes. Local events cover War Chest progress, Armistice Day plans, medal recipients, Sadie Hawkins week activities, recent weddings and an Amarillo Lubbock football preview with scores and local pride.
Japs Rush In Troops Ships See Solomon Islands
Japanese forces mass troops and ships in the Solomons as U S Marines push inland on Bougainville. Tokyo radio claims major Allied losses including battleships and cruisers sunk and damaged while Allied bombers strike enemy concentrations.
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United Press
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Bougainville
U. S
Radio Tokyo
Allied air raid hit Fiat Turin plant and Italian front advances
The U S Fifteenth Air Force attacked the Fiat ball bearing works at Turin and severely damaged the plant likely halting production for now. British, American troops pressed toward Rome as Nazi resistance stiffened, while Red Army pushes west from Kiev threaten Germany’s core rail line. Tito reports Jugoslav Partisans forcing German forces toward Peljesac and Sarajevo fronts. RAF Mosquitoes hit western Germany as German night bombers clash with Britain. Swedish reports note Austria’s new Moscow pledge tensions and anti Nazi actions in Vienna.
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U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Fiat
Turin
Schweinfurt
Germany
Rome
Ukraine
Sangro River
Eighth Army
Pescara
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Lisbon
Kiev
Poland
Nevel
Crimea
Red
Jugoslav
Josip
Tito) Brozovich
Peljesae
Adriatic
Tito
Jugoslavia
Sarajevo
Britain
English
London
Austria
Vienna
Brown Shirts
More Than 500 Names On Roll Of Bad Women In Amarillo
Amarillo police report shows the downtown vice file growing to over 500 records from 48 when encampments began. The city expands police clinics and detentions to cope with the boom in venereal disease cases and the age of those involved. One former prostitute recalls early start and broken promises from older men, urging parental vigilance.
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Amarillo
Sid Harper
Health Department
Amarillo City Hall
Refuse Charity in Tragic Baby Case
The Bannister family in Amarillo refuses charitable aid after the third floor fall of baby Errol Stephen, sustaining heavy medical costs. Father James S. Bannister says they are nearly broke with $1.35 and a hoped $300 coming from California, planning to sell personal items at the Amarillo Hotel to pay hospital bills and a nurse. The couple can be reached at Northwest Texas Hospital where they stay with the child.
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Bannister
James S. Bannister
California
Weather synopsis for Amarillo and West Texas region
The forecast notes fair conditions with little temperature change tonight and warmer tomorrow and tomorrow night. West Texas will be fair and warmer this afternoon through tonight and Wednesday with temperatures near to slightly below freezing in most areas except Del Rio Eagle Pass. New Mexico stays fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M shows a high of 184 and a low of 29 with noon at 51.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Malibu Fire Destroying 75 000 Acres In 160 Mile Front
Flames swept toward Malibu Beach and down Winter Canyon as crews battled fires from Zuma to Girard areas. Officials estimate 75 000 acres burned with over 200 homes lost and damages to watershed at 500 000 dollars and homes at 1 100 000 dollars. Army and civilian firemen saved Richard Dix’s ranch and star homes of Paulette Goddard and George O’Brien.
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Winter Canyon
Santa Monica
Malibu
Zuma Canyon
Spence D.turner
Girard
Falm
Richard Dix
Paulette Goddard
George O’brien
Decker Canyon
Amarillo Schools Declare Thursday Armistice Holiday
Charles M. Rogers announces a district wide holiday Thursday in observance of Armistice Day. Several school units will take part in the Armistice Parade and classes resume Friday morning.
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Charles M. Rogers
Amarillo
City chest drive nears goal with $1 per resident appeal
The campaign seeks about $50,000 to reach its $172,000 goal as residents are urged to donate. With 60,000 people in the city a pledge of a quarter of a cent daily would yield about 91 cents per person yearly. Chairman J A Hazlewood asks continued support and notes 1,111 accounts remain unworked. Plans for a balance-raising proposition will follow after those accounts are completed.
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Taylor Street
J. A. Hazlewood
Forces Destroy Nazi Radio Base Near Greenland
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported the destruction of a German radio and weather base on an island off Greenland. The base was described as small but well built with a radio station power house emergency generator radio transmitter defense emplacements and food supplies. A supply ship anchored in the harbor connected by telephone to major shore points.
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Washington
Greenland
Knox
Tule Lake Rioters Praised by Japs
Tokyo radio broadcast heard by the OWI claimed internees at the Tule Lake segregation center in California were living up to the true spirit of the Japanese and termed the riots another instance of American brutality.
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United Press
Tokyo Radio
OWI
Tule Lake
Cal
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Pampa
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Iceland
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Hairless
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Amarillo Army Air Field
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Dalhart
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Nampa
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Franklin Randolph Noe
ITI
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Amarillo Field
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Higgins
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Dallas
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Max R. Humphreys
Longview
Anne Buckler
Aubrey C. Green
C. Rogers
Villa Grove
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N. W
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Cpl
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Lockney
Spur
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Charley Guy
Lubbock Avalanche
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Murry Watts
Amarillo High School
J. C. Burkhalter
Fountain Terrace
AHS
Refuse Charity
Blaze
Los Angeles
Malibu Beach
Daniel S. Campbell
Pampa Army Air Field
Post Office Drug
Taylor, Or
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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