Petrillo's Tax on Records Raises Uproar in Music Industry
George E. Sokolsky argues Caesar Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, wields power over record production and wages. He claims Petrillo’s scheme taxes records to fund unemployment relief, shifting the burden to the public, and praises the union’s political leverage while critiquing broader American policy.
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George E. Sokolsky
Caesar Petrillo
Czar
NBC
RCA
Columbia
WLB
Petrillo
United States
Caesar
Jon
Congress
Phil Murray
Sidney Hillman
Mike Quill
Heepes
Treasury
Sinatra
The
American Federation of Musicians
Henry Morgenthau
Petrillo Treasury
Uncle Sam
Toscanini
Stokowski
Istra
Beethoven
International Heavens
James Caesar Petrillo
Two Armies Drive Deep into the Rhineland offensive
Allied forces press deep into western Germany as the First U S Army advances toward Duren and the Ninth Army seizes long lines of prisoners near Aachen. British and American units push toward the Rhine and Ruhr while Red Army forces threaten Budapest area rail hubs.
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Associated Press
Rhineland
U. S
Duren
Ninth Army
Germany
Aachen
Moselle
Holland
William H. Simpson
Ninth
Stolberg
Europe
Churchill
Cologne
Ruhr
Siegfried Line
Third Army
Metz
First
Seventh
Doubs River
Lake
Belfort
St. Die
Meurthe River
Red Army
Budapest
Godollo
Hatvan
Slovakia
Vienna
Rainey Claims Bypassed In Spies Case At Texas UT
Dr. Homer P. Rainey former UT president told a Senate committee he was bypassed in naming a successor to Dr. John W. Spies as dean of the medical college. He cited doctors' committee involvement and noted interlocking interests among state college boards as a motive behind the dispute and his discharge.
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Austin
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Senate
John W. Spies
Medical College
Board of Regents
Chauncey D. Leake
Rainey
Leake
C. O. Terrell
Fort Worth
Judson Taylor
Houston
O. B. Kiel
Wichita Falls
W. E. Stone
Galveston
Spies
Rain
President Doesn’t Know Army Navy Game Site
President Franklin D Roosevelt said he did not know where the 1944 Army Navy football game would be played. The question of the site remained unresolved as the war year planning continued.
Globe-News Holds Prize Checks For Winners
Seven prize checks ranging from five to one dollar, undelivered by the post office, are held for their winners at the News-Globe business office. Names include Mrs. Carl Edes, Mrs. John Mason, Harold Inman, Eldon Harber, Mrs. B. V. Simpson, Mrs. George Smith, and Mrs. C. A. Miller.
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News-Globe Business Office
Carl Edes
John Mason
Harold Inman
Eldon Harber
B. V. Simpson
George Smith
C. A. Miller
High Seas Christmas Boxes Need Donors and Books
A Red Cross campaign urges packing of High Seas Christmas boxes for service members aboard ships at sea. Only about half the quota is filled with several hundred boxes already shipped from Amarillo. Donors may wrap boxes or place items in a sack for drop off at the Chapter House or Tyler Street for wrapping.
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Atlantic
Pacific
American Red Cross
Amarillo
Red Cross
Tyler Street
Parents weigh in on children reading funny books
Suzanne Schmidt asks for views on funny books for children. W T Price and Oleata Gee endorse, Otis Priest and Marjorie Manning also approve, and John E Rea says they are entertaining for her child.
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Suzanne Schmidt
Sunset Terrace
W. T. Price
Oleata Gee
Marjorie Manning
John E. Rea
Nazis Load Subs for Rebomb Attack on U S
London dispatch reports Germany concentrating submarines and surface ships with robot bomb launching platforms in Norway for raids on the United States. V-1 type bombs may be fired from ships against New York Philadelphia or inland towns. Bergen Norways headquarters cited with a veteran commander directing the offensive.
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London
Stockholm
London Daily Mail
Norway
United States
New York
Philadelphia
U. S. Army-Navy
Washington
Germany
Daily Mail
Narvik
Trondheim
Bergen
Brest
Lorient
France
How Will Hitler End
The piece speculates on Adolf Hitler's possible end in 1945 or later. It argues for a plausible escape narrative involving facial surgery and a new identity abroad, with return plans to Germany. It notes his continued belief in a divine mission and suggests cowardice or despair could lead to self-destruction. It references observers who doubt a death-by-action scenario.
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Louis P. Dochner
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Adolf Wagner
Munich
Hitler
Wagner
Rain and Japs Stop Infantry in the Philippines
Torrential rains and rising Japanese resistance slow American infantry closing on Ormoc while in Mapia Islands 900 miles southeast U.S. forces encounter little trouble clearing remnants. Air activity plummets as barges bombed and supplies disrupted. Nimitz reports no carrier raids yet.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Philippines
Ormoc
Mapia Islands
Leyte Island
Manila Bay
Chester W. Nimitz
Manila
Tokyo
Japan
Home Islands
Tokyo Radio
Germany faces gravest crisis as war aims slip
London reports say Germany shifts sailors and airmen to front lines while civilian morale sinks under Hitler silence. Himmler rumored to lead as Fuehrer with executions of Fromm and mass arrests to stamp out defeatism. Volksturm weapons looted. passive resistance grows across Berlin districts.
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London
Germany
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmier
Fuehrer
Madrid
Sacabad
Stockholm
Himmler
Berlin
Erich Fromm
Reich Home Command
Wehrmacht
Hitler
Journal de Geneve
OWI
London Daily Herald
Volksturm
People’s Army
Allied Prisoners of War Die in Japan's Jungle Railways
War Minister Sir James Grigg told the Commons that at least one in five British prisoners died in Singapore and Java jungles while building railways for Japan. He cited survivors from a sunken transport and noted U.S. rescue efforts aided recovery.
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London
U.P
James Grigg
Commons
Singapore
Java
M’s
Britain
Grigg
U. S
Burma
Siam
United Kingdom
Weather forecast for Amariel o and Vicinity
Cloudy and cool tonight with partial clearing by Saturday afternoon. West Texas sees considerable cloudiness with occasional rain this afternoon and tonight. Saturday turns cloudy with rising temperatures. Temperatures today range from 38 to 45 degrees. tonight's lows 25 to 40.
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Amarielo
West Texas
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