Extermination Plan Admitted by Nazi Leaders Says Wise
Dr Stephen Wise reports to New York a state department confirmed plan to exterminate Jews in Nazi Europe by end of 1942. He states about 2,000,000 already killed, with half of 4,000,000 still to die, as transport intensifies toward Poland for mass killings.
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Washington
Stephen S. Wise
Europe
New York
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Congress
Wise
European
Poland
Program Director For USO Arrives In Amarillo
Edward R. Vial arrives in Amarillo to serve as Downtown USO program director assisting Dr. Maurice Hartmann. He will oversee movies, photography and arts and crafts and send films to Amarillo Field hospital for soldiers. Vial comes from Las Vegas New Mexico with prior USO work in Roswell Honda and New Orleans. He previously organized USO units for colored and white troops, did public relations for Massachusetts State Guide and National Youth Administration Quoddy Village, and spent seven years on the Boston Globe news staff. He and his wife and five year old son Ronald reside at the Herring Hotel.
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Edward R. Vial
Amarillo
Vial
Maurice Hartmann
Amarillo Field
Las Vegas
N. M
Roswell
Honde
New Orleans
Honda
Massachusetts State Guide
National Youth Administration
Quoddy Village
Boston Globe
Boston
Ronald
Herring Hotel
Stock Exchange Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
All securities and commodities exchanges will be closed tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving. Notices posted at Merrill Lynch Amarillo and other leading exchanges confirm the shutdown and observance. DeMolay members urged to attend a 9 pm meeting at Shrine Temple 312 East 5th Avenue to discuss grave matters. The Pony Express operated 16 months with founders losing $100 000.
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Securities and Commodities
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
New York Stock Exchange
de Molay
Shrine Temple
East 5Th Avenue
Johnny Ekelund
Pony Express
Anne Adams Pattern 4176 for Girls With Velvet Top
A clothing pattern notice describes Anne Adams Pattern 4176 for girls in sizes 6 through 14. It outlines fabric needs for the ensemble including velveteen top and wool skirt contrast, plus yardage for nap fabrics and 35 inch and 54 inch widths. The offer invites readers to mail in sixteen cents and order the Winter Pattern Book from The Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Community Yule Party Is Planned for Amarillo
The American Legion sponsors the 14th annual Amarillo Community Christmas Tree with Clay Thornton as finance chairman and A Petersen as general chairman. The event, set for December 22 and 23, honors soldiers on the 22nd and hosts a children's party on the 23rd. Letters seek contributions from civic clubs and business firms into Post Office Box 307.
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Amarillo
American Legion
Clay Thornton
Lew Fields
Sam Page
A. L. Biggs
A. Petersen
Thornton
Annally
Community Christmas Tree Finance
Post Office
Plaque for Pietzsch to be hung at USC
A memorial plaque for Lieut. Jay E. Pietzsch will be hung in the Auditorium USC Sunday afternoon during the remodeled building opening. Pietzsch, Amarillo’s first war casualty, was killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7. The bronze plaque will be presented to the city and USC by friends of the former athletic star. The opening is at 3 o’clock.
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Jay E. Pietzsch
Army invites lonely parents to Thanksgiving feast
At Fort Francis E. Warren in Cheyenne Wyoming on November 25 1940 officers invited parents of service members to attend a Thanksgiving feast as guests of the Army post fearing they would be lonely tomorrow.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Francis E. Warren
Army Gets Bird In Texas This Thanksgiving
The army and Texas turkey supply face wartime constraints as prices rise and the OPA price ceilings complicate purchases. Texas raises over 55 million pounds with much going to eastern markets. army buyers seek plentiful birds for Ellington Field menus amid shortages.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Texas
Virginia
Agricultural Marketing Administration
New York
Chicago
DeWitt County
Dallas
OPA
Army
Quartermaster Market Center
Fort Worth
Ellington Field
Kiwanianns Plan Rummage Sale at 403 East Fourth
Kiwanianns to hold a rummage sale Monday at 403 East Fourth Street. The event was announced today. The article notes community fundraising efforts and local participation.
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403 East Fourth Street
County War Board tightens preferred mileage rules
The Potter County War Price and Rationing Board directs that all applications for preferred mileage be reviewed by the full gasoline panel. No federal or state agency gains preferred mileage unless a direct vital war effort is shown. Supplemental mileage reaches 470 miles monthly. private use reduces private ration accordingly.
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Potter County
Nelson at Odds With Military Over War Production Control
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson moved to issue orders removing Army and Navy control from production of major war items including tanks ships and ordnance. The plan follows a prior aircraft directive but lacks approval from military officials, signaling a public split with Gen Somerville and the procurement structure.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Army
Navy
Nelson
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Services of Supply
Markets News From New York and Kansas City Trading Floors
Stocks at 1 P.M. show mixed results with major names like General Motors and U S Steel trading around mid range while grain and livestock sections report varied prices. Kansas City desk notes slow cattle trade and steady to slightly higher fat cattle and feeder values amid broader market activity.
Elks to Initiate Pearl Harbor Class in Amarillo
Amarillo Elks Lodge No. 923 to initiate the Pearl Harbor Class Monday night at the lodge. The group aims to recruit substitutes for members serving in the Army Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard. Henry T. Marshall of Sweetwater will visit as principal speaker and John Snider will host a Remember Pearl Harbor barbecue.
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Amarillo Elks Lodge No
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo Lodge
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Henry T. Marshall
Sweetwater
Order For
West Texas
John Snider
Hunters store venison in Wyoming town during rationing era
Laramie Wyoming reports an unusual surge in venison saving as hunters store meat in cold storage plants. They plan to enjoy venison steaks after national meat rationing begins, reflecting adjusted consumption amid shortages.
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Laramie
Wyo
U.P
Wyoming
Chicago Livestock Prices Show Hogs Lambs Steady to Higher
Hogs 35 000 head steady to 10 cents lower with good and choice 190 to 325 pounds around 13 40 to 13 60 top 13 60. Sheep and fat lambs firm with slight gains for fat lambs. spring yearlings and ewe types vary. Cattle 10 to 15 cents higher with aides to 25 cent gains on top offerings. calves and stock cattle active. bulls and cows partly firmer.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
D. A
New Mexico
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Amarillo Business Leaders Seek Help From WPB Official
Priority problems perplex nearly all local businesses as Amarillo and the Panhandle seek guidance from Otto Shaw of the WPB regional office in Oklahoma City. Shaw held cross desk conferences at the Chamber of Commerce and noted farm machinery purchases may be expedited via a farm equipment panel. John Denton chairs the Amarillo panel with J B Crabtree also on the board.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Otto Shaw
WPB
Oklahoma City
Mr. Shaw
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
Justice Courage Held Necessary for Lasting Peace
Eleanor Roosevelt told Country Gentleman that enduring postwar peace requires world governance based on justice enforced by courage. She foresees good outcomes from the war despite its devastation, and urges renewed character to rebuild despite doubt and despair.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Eleanor Roosevelt
Country Gentleman
War Babies Overflow Nurseries in Amarillo
Amarillo sees a surge in births with 155 birth certificates recorded last month by Rita Levine deputy registrar. Historically monthly births rarely topped 100, with July 1940 at 115 and September and October at 111. Through the current month 80 birth certificates have been submitted, 23 of them from Globe News Want Ads.
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Amarillo
Rita Levine
City Health Department
Vv Globe News
Births in Amarillo May Hit 120 This Month
Officials note the number received today does not confirm 23 births yesterday in Amarillo. Under the Texas sanitary code physicians have five days to report a birth. With current intake, November births are estimated at 120 or more.
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Amarillo
Traffic fines totaled across twenty four cases
Corporation court assessed twenty four traffic fines totaling 34 dollars yesterday. In five cases fines of three dollars each were charged. The text also notes an unrelated historical fact about Captain Kidd being a clergyman's son.
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Corporation Court
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