Do You Want A Jeep After at's Over
Pulse Feeler asks residents about owning a jeep after the war. The survey records varied opinions from Amarillo figures including CHIEF HARRY LONGABACH, NAVY RECRUITER, and PATSY FLYNN. Responses range from desire for utility to reluctance after maneuvers.
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Robert Hollingsworth
West Eleventh Avenue
Pulse
Amarillo
Harry Longabach
Navy
Charles Underwood
Cition
Patsy Flynn
Earl Massey
Carl Mayberry
Route
Bill Adams
Jim Golding
Buffalo Lake
Roosevelt Prisoner Mystery on Italo Swiss Frontiers
Berlin dispatches report that one of President Roosevelt's sons was shot down over Germany and taken prisoner after an air raid. The account suggests Lt. John G. Winant may be involved, while Elliott Roosevelt remains uncertain and unconfirmed by Allied sources.
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U.P
Berlin
Provincia di Como
John G. Winant
U. S
Great Britain
Young Winant
Germany
The
Reich
Elliott
U. S. Army Air Corps
Jeep-O-Gram Christmas remembrance ad urges quick submission
Readers are urged to send Jeep-O-Grams by November 27 for the Globe-News Jeep edition. Messages will appear in the annual section and mailed to every reader, with subscribers also receiving the text for reading before mailing to service members.
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Globe-News
Globe- News
Renewed Demand for Dismissal of 300,000 Federal Employees
The joint congressional economy committee renews its call for immediate dismissal of 300000 government workers and says it will press for legislation if not heeded. It urges agencies to improve manpower use and for the Budget Bureau to place ceilings on hires by each branch. The Potter County grand jury reconvenes Wednesday to continue criminal case investigations, likely a one day session before Thanksgiving.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Economy Committee
Budget Bureau
Potter County
Grand Jury
Americans Press Gilberts Invasion At Makin And Tarawa
United States forces launched an amphibious assault on Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands as heavy air and naval bombardment supported the landings. Nimitz reported moderate resistance on Makin and strong fighting at Tarawa, while Tokyo claimed heavy combat and Japanese ships in action. Concurrently MacArthur's forces advancing toward New Guinea and Truk, with bombardments on Satelberg and Gasmata. American air power also aided Chinese troops along the Salween River.
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United Press
mid-Pacific
Gilbert Islands
United States
Pearl Harbor
Makin
Tarawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Nimitz
Gilberts
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Truk
Caroline Islands
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Solomons Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Bougainville Island
Satelberg
China
Salween River
China-Burma Frontier
Next Monday to Be Good Neighbor Day in Amarillo
Amarillo readers are urged to participate in Good Neighbor Day as part of the Community and War Chest drive. Each household member invited to give $1 to the right neighbor, who then forwards funds or pledges toward the chest at 607 Taylor Street. The plan aims to raise about $4 per home across roughly 12,000 houses to cover a $173,000 goal, with nonproceeds directed to global relief.
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Amarillo
Taylor Street
Vineyard
Gilbert Islands
Germans Capture Samos as Aegean Hold Falls
London reports DNB News Agency says Nazi forces took Samos at 10:30 AM after a late week attack. Lero, 30 miles south, fell Tuesday following a five day battle. Allied confirmation scarce as observers warned of a likely loss in the Aegean. Meanwhile near Parsons Kansas foremen at Pantex Ordnance Plant staged a humorous gift spree buying pre war panties and other items to bring home.
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London
U.P
DNB
Samos
Aegean Sea
Bhut
Lero
Parsons
Kans
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Mr. B
Two Teens Die In Plainview Car Crash
Plainview reports a nocturnal wreck near the city left Eve Lyn Stanton 14 and Ray Lovell 15 dead. Eugene Perkins 18 was seriously injured, with two other occupants receiving minor injuries as the automobile overturned late last night.
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Plainview
Evelyn Ann Stanton
Ray Lovell
Eugene Perkins
Refugee Flood From Bessarabia Alters Romanian Rail
Turkish press dispatches report a flood of refugees fleeing Bessarabia into Romania has grown so large that Romanian authorities ban transport of all heavy baggage by rail to ease the crush.
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Istanbul
Bessarabia
Rumania
Russia
A L Brint Wins News Tip Contest
Mrs. A L Brint of 1309 Harrison Street wins this week’s news tip contest prize of 5 dollars for her tip about the Amarillo triplets. Second prize goes to Arlie Plummer of the Triple A Taxicab Company for the wreck tip in Canyon Highway last week. Dorella Wells of 702 Arthur Street wins third prize for the Santa Fe engine derailment tip last Thursday. Other tips were submitted by several residents including Mrs R P Williams and Joe Cantleberry.
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A. L. Brint
Harrison Street
Amarillo
Arlie Plummer
Triple A
Globe News
Canyon Highway
Dorella Wells
Arthur Street
R. P. Williams
North
Lincoln Street
Joe Cantleberry
North Fillmore Street
Betty Jane Husted
Paul Faubion
Cleveland Street
W. M. Leachman
Tyler Street
G. G.taylor
Glenn Broaddus
Cleveland
Nadine Fellars
la Saile Street
Ickes Proposes U S Stop Canadian Oil Program
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes urged the United States to end its 130 million dollar Canadian oil development program at once. Speaking before the Senate Truman committee, he said the project was launched without his approval and cannot be justified, calling for the program to be scrapped immediately.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
U. S
Ickes
Senate
Truman
Army Services
United States
Poles vow resistance if Soviet advance continues
Polish sources in Washington warn that Soviet troops must enter Poland as allies not conquerors or risk fierce Polish resistance. As Red forces near Poland's 1921 frontier, Poles insist only the prewar boundary is valid and demand diplomatic ties with the London government in exile be restored.
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Washington
Poland
London
Constantin Dumansky
Mexico City
Russia
German Officer Says Five to Seven Divisions Trapped in Crimea
Maj. Gen. Martin Lattman, captured at Stalingrad and now a radio speaker for the Soviet sponsored free Germany committee, said in Moscow that five to seven German divisions were hopelessly bottled up in the Crimea and urged Nazi commanders to surrender to spare senseless sacrifice.
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New York
Martin Lattman
Stalingrad
Free Germany Committee
Moscow
Crimea
Lattman
Sailor Brought Maps To FBI After Wallpaper Find
A drunken sailor stormed New London police headquarters with rolls of wallpaper he claimed were maps dropped by spies. He demanded to see FBI agents, but the desk sergeant dismissed him, leaving the “maps” as wallpaper.
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New London
Conn
U.R
FBI
Edward Riordan
Japanese Diplomats Gather in Turkey
In Istanbul a group of Japanese diplomats from Germany Hungary and Bulgaria arrived to prepare a joint report to Tokyo on the effects of recent war developments and the Moscow conference on Germany and its Balkan satellites.
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Istanbul
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Tokyo
Moscow
Balkan
Yugoslav Partisans Halt Nazi Push in Balkans
Yugoslav guerrillas reported by Tito headquarters repelled German Bulgarian assault on Krenje and drove forces from two Bosnian villages. Fighting continued around three towns in Hercegovina and near Novo Mesto as Partisans launched counteroffensives. Cardak near Krupa in western Bosnia was occupied.
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London
Krenje
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Tito
Sarajevo-Travnik
Adriatic
Krk
Cherso
Liberatior
Hercegovina
Novo Mesto
Slovenia
Cardak
Krupa
Spalding to perform with Amarillo Phil harmonic Orchestra
Albert Spalding, premier American violinist, arrives by Rock Island Rocket from Memphis for a concert in Amarillo tomorrow. His briefcase with scores disappeared en route, and Rock Island officials search Oklahoma City baggage areas, though Spalding is prepared to play without the music if needed. A full concert story appears on page 2.
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Albert Spalding
Amarillo Philharmonic
Rock Island
Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma City
Spalding
Purse and Pants Prowler Rests Up After Weekend
Amarillo police report a purse and pants prowler halted activities over the weekend after windows were used to enter homes. A resident reported clothes line theft. Mrs. C. C. Shaller, 2102 Taylor Street, noted the loss. Russell H. Jarnagin, 734 North Houston Street, found his billfold missing containing draft papers, a defense plant pass, and $2. A burglar at Lewis Gas Mart on Tenth Avenue and Tyler Street pried a cash drawer and took $20.
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Amarillo
C. C. Shaller
Taylor Street
Russell H. Jarnagin
North
Houston Street
Lewis Gas Mart
Tenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas towns
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with increasing wind and rising temperatures tomorrow. West Texas sees varying cloud cover with rain in Big Bend country and cooler readings tonight, Panhandle and South Plains likely near freezing. Tuesday warms in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico expects more clouds with mountain showers and snow flurries, cooler west and south portions. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M high 57 low 24 noon 42. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance. The best buys in vitamins are at the Post Office Drug Store.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Japanese Fearful Wary of Air Strikes Rise in Tokyo
War and The Working Classes, a leading Japanese publication, bluntly warns that Japanese fighting spirit is flagging amid fear of heavy Allied air raids. It cites Premier Tojo saying every day shows America and England pressing counterattack and Japan must endure sacrifices. The piece notes anxiety in Tokyo and calls for protective measures against bombing.
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Moscow
War and the
Japan
Hideki Tojo
America
England
Germany
Tokyo
Pantex Seeks 300 Line Workers In Amarillo
Amarillo employers reduce unfilled essential jobs yet Pantex ordnance plant still needs about 300 line workers to speed production on a new contract. Altogether 1,256 essential positions remain open. Floyd Stone, head of the U S Employment Service, urges more applicants at Seventh Avenue and Van Buren Street offices.
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Amarillo
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Floyd Stone
U. S. Employment Service
Seventh Avenue
van Buren Street
Potts Faces Larceny Trial Over Saddle Theft
V. Fred Thomas Potts goes on trial in the 47th District Court on felony theft charges. He is accused of stealing a saddle from Jess Hill, a farmer in the western county. Potts, a former Hill farm employee, was arrested in Wyoming and returned by the sheriff's department.
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Fred Thomas Potts
47Th District Court
Jess Hill
Potts
Hill
Wyoming
Sheriff’s Department
Germany claims convoy attacked in Atlantic by German bombers
Berlin radio said German bombers attacked a convoy in the Eastern Atlantic yesterday and battered two merchant vessels totaling 18 000 tons while damaging others. The report asserted the two ships were sunk.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic
Steagall Death May Delay Subsidy Bill
Speaker Rayburn said the House may delay final action on the anti subsidy bill and CCC extension after the death of Rep. Henry Steagall. Ditter's death earlier and Steagall's funeral could push the vote, with Brent Spence likely to succeed Steagall on the banking and currency committee.
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Steagall
Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
Commodity Credit Corporation
J. William Ditter
Pennsylvania
Ditter
Rayburn
House Banking and Currency Committee
Stegall
George Washington University Hospital
Congress
CCC
Brent Spence
Banking and Currency
Wll
Schools To Close Two Days For Thanksgiving
Amarillo schools will close Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving with no classes from Wednesday to Monday. Supt. Charles M. Rogers announces holidays and delegates will attend the Texas State Teachers Association meeting in San Antonio. Delegates include W. M. Brune R. A. Selby and Miss Una Brooks.
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Charles M. Rogers
Texas State Teachers Association
San Antonio
W. M. Brune
R. A. Selby
Una Brooks
Rogers
State Association
I. T. Gilmer
Graham
Association
Virginia Link
el Paso
Borovsky Concert Opens 1943-44 Series At Amarillo
Alexander Borovsky the famed Russian pianist appears before the Panhandle Civic Music Association tonight in Amarillo High School Auditorium at 8 15. Doors open 7 30 with late admission at intermission. He returns to U S stages after ten years away and recently toured South America. He studied under Mme Esipoff and at the St. Petersburg Conservatory winning the Gold Medal and the Rubinstein Prize. Wayne Lonergan, 25, RCAF cadet, pleads innocent in New York to first degree murder charges in the slaying of his wife Patricia last month.
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Alexander Borovsky
Panhandle Civic Music Association
Ammarillo High School
Borovsky
United States
South America
Mme. ‘Esipoff
Lechetitsky
St. Petersburg Conservatory
Anton Rubinstein
Lonergan
New York
Wayne Lonergan
RCAF
Patrici
Stop Dreaming of a White Thanksgiving
Weather forecast notes a dry pattern with little prospect of rain or snow soon. Amarillo area moisture stands at 14.22 inches this year, well below normal, limiting early spring weed growth and topsoil protection. December and January are typically dry. May may bring rains, with drought stretching from Texas to parts of Kansas and Colorado. Wheat in the Panhandle is scarce except in showers.
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Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Dakotas
Panhandle
King Ren
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Roosevelt
George (Pinky) Vineyard
Solicitations
George
Pinky
Big Parsons
Samos Falls
Yirs. A. L. Brint
U.S
Memo
Russell Stationery Company
Sailor
Turkey
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Post Office
Pantex
Weo Aspl
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
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