Patten Students Kick Off Potter County War Loan Drive
Patten High School students contributed 2000 toward Potter County's Sixth War Loan Drive with a $6.14 million quota. Teachers parents and life underwriters planned school participation at a meeting in the high school auditorium. The campaign names G W Mills as underwriters chairman and Guy Saunders as bond chairman with Mrs. Wayne O Keefe handling publicity and Jack King in charge of entertainment. Floyd Stone of Amarillo has been named a vice president of the Texas Chapter of the International Association of Public Employment Services formed in Dallas. Co E Belk of Austin elected president. Charles M Hay spoke on war manpower and noted shells are being fired on the German front 18 days after leaving plants.
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Potter County
Patton High School
Tion
Life Underwriters
G. W. Mills
Guy Saunders
Wayne O'Keefe
Jack King
Floyd Stone
Amarillo
U. S. Employment Service
Texas
International Association of Public Employment Services
Dallas
Co. E. Belk
Austin
Charles M. Hay
War Manpower Commission
International Cartels Face Spotlight Amid Postwar Debate
James Marlow surveys three schools of thought on cartels after WWII. Some urge continuation, others call for abolition, and a third group favors limiting worst features. Roosevelt-led efforts aim to control cartels though no unified UN plan exists yet. The president signals curbing practices restricting free goods flows, not necessarily destroying cartels.
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James Marlow Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
United Nations
Global Guessing Game Getting Hot
AP war analyst notes the mystery of Hitler's fate fuels speculation worldwide. Rumors of illness death or escape circulate as experts warn the press to report carefully on German inspired leads and potential underground activity.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Bavarian Alps
Adolf
Louis Lochner
Bureau
Fea
G I Overseas Soldier Finds Morale In Home Letters
A G I overseas receives an installment notice from the income tax collector and jokes that a letter from home is news abroad. The piece highlights how V Mail letters lift morale and how writers should focus on everyday small details to comfort the serviceman.
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G.I
Skirts Still in Majority At University of Texas
Despite a large Navy trainee enrollment, women students outnumber men at the University of Texas. The 7,425 total enrollment includes 4,143 women and 3,282 men and 1,001 Navy trainees, compared with last year’s 3,645 women to 3,293 men.
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University of Texas
Austin
U.P
Navy
Colonel Van Meter Heads Childress Army Air Field
Col. Samuel Van Meter of Randolph Field San Antonio is named commander of Childress Army Air Field succeeding Col. John W. White who moves to Midland Army Air Field.
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Colonel van Meter
Childress Army Air Field
Childress
Col
Samuel van Meter
Randolph Field
San Antonio
John W. White
Midland Army Air Field
Grace Moore Cancels Galveston Concert Due to Laryngitis
Singer Grace Moore, ill with laryngitis after a 10 day cold, cancels her Galveston Municipal Auditorium concert. About 3,000 tickets holders were turned away when word reached Houston.
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Grace Moore
Galveston
Navy
Municipal Auditorium
Houston
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Board of Economic Warfare
Harper's Magazine
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