THESE DAYS Spars With A Democrat On Truth And Politics
George E. Sokolsky rails at political rhetoric during Election Day, denouncing vulgarity in campaigns. He targets Roosevelt, Al Smith, Willkie followers, radio pundits, and foreign influences, lamenting the loss of serious public discussion.
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George E. Sokolsky
Mr. Roosevelt
al Smith
Roosevelt
White House
Frank Sinatra
Stalin
America
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
New York
Lee
United
Bretton Woods
Dumbarton Oaks
Chicago
Iran
Investia
Winston Churchill
Quebec
Amarillo Weather Forecast Highlights Warm Weekend
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies for Amarillo and vicinity with slight warmth tonight and increasing winds Saturday. West Texas and New Mexico show similar sunny to partly cloudy trends with warmer conditions. Highs reach 65 to 80 degrees and lows 30 to 50 across the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Leyte battle lumbers as 35000 Japanese reinforce
The Japanese throw a 35000 man force into Leyte to blunt Gen. MacArthur’s campaign in the Philippines as Krueger’s Sixth Army presses toward Ormoc. Tokyo claims advances in Linchow and Kwei lin while U S air forces strike Hong Kong docks and Maccassar.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Leyte Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
16Th
Bataan
MacArthur
Misusubeu
Tokyo Radio
Linchow
U. S
China
Kweilin
Leyte
Walter Krueger
Krueger
Ormoc
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Carigara Bay
Imperial 35Th Army
Tokyo
Liuchow
14Th Air Force
Hong Kong
Jon Maccassar
Admiralty Islands
Medical college in Galveston favored move to Austin
A University of Texas news service report says 319 Galveston medical students backed moving the medical college to a more advantageous location, though Dean Chauncey D. Leake said he was unaware of the resolution. The board of regents had recommended keeping the school in Galveston.
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Austin
University of Texas News Service
Medical College
Galveston
Chauncey D. Leake
Students Association
University of Texas Board of Regents
Houston
Homer P. Rainey
Howard Lebus
Students’ Association
Wichita Walls
Rainey
Board of Regents
Leak
Roosevelt Forecast on Election Victory and Bet
President Roosevelt, in a news conference, gave an advance forecast of 335 electoral votes for himself and 196 for his opponent for his fourth term. He smiled at the inaccuracy of forecasts and said he canceled a 25 cent bet under New York law since a voter risks losing a ballot for wagering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Education Week Letter Mistakes Draw Amused Parents
Amarillo parents laughed at a mimeographed school letter promoting Education Week that arrived home with misspellings. The errors included lines where education challenged and awful were misspelled, prompting tongue in cheek remarks as Education Week closes tomorrow night.
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Amarillo
Junior
Weather looks good with windy breeze for parade day
The weather bureau says pleasant conditions are expected for tomorrow with some wind. A chilly spell follows Sunday with highs near the 60s and a morning low around 35 degrees.
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Bureau
Metz Offensive Press War Drives Toward Saarland
Allied forces push on a 55 mile Metz arc threatening to cut the fortress city from the Saar Basin. US 90th Infantry halts a German counterattack north of Metz as Fourth Armored and 80th Divisions advance toward Delme and Saarbrucken. British, Italian and Russian actions expand the front with Forli taken and Budapest pressure increasing.
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William L. Ryan
Third Army
Metz
Brittany
Normandy
Saarbrucken
Saar Basin
Siegfried Line
U. S. 90Th Infantry
Moselle
Saar
Viviers
Fourth Armored
Delme
Metz St. George
Patton
Cheminot
Chateau Salins
Aachen
First Army
Schmidt
Hurtgen
Holland
Maas
Italy
Forli
Po Valley
Bologna
Bologna-Rimini
Eighth Army
Montone River
Budapest
Hungary
Tisza
Austria
Janos Veres
Red Army
Moscow
Krivolak
Gradsko
Serbia
Tito
Liquor Production Returns to January Permits
War Production Board Chairman J A Krug announced that grain beverage distillers may resume liquor production in January with facilities not needed for industrial alcohol. Production for liquor ends in February as distillers revert to industrial alcohol due to rubber needs.
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Washington
WUP
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
WPB
Krug
Roosevelt Says Another Meeting Is Wanted With Churchill Stalin
President Roosevelt stated that he Churchill and Stalin wish to hold another meeting when possible but no time or place has been set. London dispatch says Stalin was asked to come to London for talks with Churchill and Roosevelt, and has neither agreed nor refused.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
London
U.P
London Daily Express
Josef Stalin
Daily Express
Four Amarillo Officers Enroll in Fingerprint Course
Four Amarillo police officers J. L. King Bob Marshall Donald V. Hall and C. E. Sadler attend the PBI fingerprint school for peace officers now in session in Pampa. The program runs Tuesday through Thursday for four weeks. An additional officers school runs at Daihart in the same period. Iran Cabinet Quits Teheran. Premier Mohammed Maraghei Saed and his cabinet resigned today.
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Amarillo
Iran
Teheran
U.P
Mohammed Maraghei Saed
Texas votes break record in presidential election
Dallas reports 1,054,568 ballots tabulated with about 70,000 uncounted. 1944 general election expected near 1,124,568 surpassing all prior Texas totals. Dems lead with 769,118. Texans Regulars 118,358. Socialists 515. Prohibitionists 797. America First 231 across 254 counties, 144 complete.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Roosevelt
Willkie
Texas
Bureau
Democrats
Teeotek Ao
Socialists
Prohibitionists
America Firsts
Roosevelt Receives Dewey’s Courtesy After Election
In Washington Navy 10 Roosevelt heard no direct comment from Dewey who conceded defeat early Wednesday. Dewey sent his best wishes by radio and telegram while Roosevelt remained at Hyde Park monitoring returns and thanking Dewey for the message.
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Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hyde Park
Haly Is Given Back To the Halians
The United States and Britain transfer Allied control of Italy from military to civilian hands as part of Roosevelt and Churchill plan. Harold MacMillan to lead the Allied Commission for Italy, succeeding General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold MacMillan
Allied Mediterranean
Allied Commission For
Henry Maitland Wilson
1350 Heavy Bombers Strike Nazi Bases
More than 1,350 American heavy bombers and fighters swarmed the western front to bomb and strafe Germany's first line fighter bases and communications centers in the Cologne and Frankfurt areas.
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London
Western Front
Germany
Cologne
Frankfurt
1,000 Mile an Hour Robot Bombs Strike England
Prime Minister Churchill confirms German V-2 rockets bombarding England for weeks. Rockets travel faster than sound, strike at scattered points, with limited public warning. Germany claims vary, but British officials say damage so far is not heavy and morale remains intact.
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Robert Dowson
London
Churchill
England
Earth
Commons
Thorn
London Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Germany
Stockholm
North Sea
Netherlands
London Evening Standard
Utrecht
Evening Standard
Evening Standard Dispatch
Colin Bednall
London Daily Mail
U. S. War and Navy Departments
United States
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