Roosevelt seriousness in campaign miss the point of duty
George E. Sokolski argues Franklin D. Roosevelt should address big policy questions, not mock Dewey or laughs about Fala. He urges Roosevelt to outline plans on wartime commitments, postwar economics, taxation, full employment, and government reform to reassure the public and American children in uniform.
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George E. Sokolsky
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hawkins
Roosevelt
Three Amarillo Car Dealers Face OPA Suits
OPA files federal charges against three Amarillo dealers for selling new cars above ceiling prices. Nine counts against Harvey Southworth, seven against W W A Meyers, and two against A C Peterson allege price violations. CHURCH LEADER DIES BOSTON Oct 3 Irving Tomlinson, early Christian Science publication committee member, dies at home. For lumber, see John Maynard Lbr. Co.
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Amarillo
OPA
Harold L. Patterson
Harvey Southworth
W.W. A. Meyers
A. C. Peterson
Boston
Irving Clint Tomlinson
Christian Science Publication Committee
Yanks Break Siegfried Line North of Aachen With Fire Throwers
American First Armyorea punched through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen as 2,000 U.S. warplanes attacked from the Rhine to Nurnberg. Hodges’ flying wedge, aided by flame throwers and bayonets, widened the breach and pushed toward the Rhine after a four mile gain.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
First Army
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Cologne
Dalietdal
Courtney H. Hodges
Normandy
Ubach
Siegfried Belt
Rhine
St. Lo
France
Three Weeks of Hell Saves U.S. Bridgehead on Moselle
U.S. forces hold a hill and bridgehead after a fierce three week stand near Arnaville on the Moselle. Lt. Donald Phillips describes crossing at midnight, German 88mm and tanks, and a desperate defense that forced a hold and eventual American advancement.
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U.S. Bridgehead
Connie Small
Third Army
Moselle
U.P
Donald Phillips
Cadillac
Mich
Arnaville
386
Phillips
Arry
Frank O'Malley
Scranton
Italy Drives Bogs Rome and Fights Along Adriatic
American troops captured Monghidoro 18 miles south of Bologna as the Fifth Army pushes north through mud in the Apennines. Eighth Army stands stalled behind the flooded Fiumicino River on the Adriatic coast. Monte Nona fell on Italy’s west coast as bad weather slows advances. New Zealand gunners sank a German vessel with three Bofors shots. 9,300 prisoners have been taken in the Adriatic offensive. RAF bombers struck Po Valley rail yards overnight.
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Monghidoro
Bologna
Fifth Army
Apennines
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Italian
New Zealand
Harold Alexander
RAF
Invasion of Crete Reported Allied Landings
London reports strong Allied forces have landed in the northwest of Crete. The Mo rocco radio relay to the Associated Press gave few details. German garrison prospects look grim after Allied advances at Kithera. Continuous air attacks and a naval blockade were announced by Rome.
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Arnhem
Antwerp
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
London
Crete
Morocco
Associated Press
Kithera
Greece
Rome
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a continued cool spell. In West Texas expect partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with a chance of rain this afternoon in the South Plains and west of the Pecos River. The Panhandle and South Plains will warm, while New Mexico remains partly cloudy with warmer Wednesday highs 60 to 75.
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Amarillo
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos River
Panhandle
New Mexico
Free Political Mail Blasted
Chairman Anderson reported to the House committee that 13 Republicans mailed 3,116,000 copies of a single speech at government expense. The speech by Representative Buckey of Illinois argued the CIO Political Action Committee and warned that the Red spectre of Communism stalks the country from east to west.
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Washington
Anderson
New Mexico
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Buckey
Illinois
CIO
Political Action Committee
Congressional Record
Senator Moore
Oklahoma
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Reed
New York
Talley
Iowa
Bennett
Missouri
Carrier
Kentucky
Taber
Rowe
Ohio
Woodruff
Michigan
Bates
Massachusetts
Knutson
Minnesota
Maas
Busbey
Bristol Board
Emil Hurja
Pathfinder Magazine
M. W. Pickering
House
Steffan
Three Die After Row On Farm
At a Buffalo community farm near the Brown-Coleman county line two people were shot to death and a third fatally wounded by a razor slash. Victims are W. Dan Evans and Pauline Evans. Myrtle Evans died after being found on the porch. Mrs W D Evans is ruled to have inflicted the wounds in a self inflicted act.
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Brownwood
Buffalo
Brown-Coleman County
Dan Evans
Inlaw
Pauline Evans
Myrtle Evans
Justice of the Peace
Barclay Martin, Sr
Evans
W. D. Evans
Coleman County
George Robev
Chester Avinger
Melda June Evans
Charles Evans
O. A. Newman
Nazis Reported Fleeing in Subs
A Moscow broadcast quoted by the Free Germany National Committee alleges Nazi officials are fleeing Germany in submarines to Spain and South America. The spokesman says U boats are ordered on secret missions with passengers and large baggage, disguising evacuation as diplomatic duty.
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London
U.P
Free Germany National Committee
Moscow
Germany
Spain
South America
Gus Barr Named Assistant in Chamber of Commerce
Gus Barr, from Corsicana, starts as assistant to Rex Baxter at the Chamber of Commerce. He previously spent 16 months with the Childress chamber, then left to be a ground instructor at a Corsicana flight school. Mrs Barr and their young daughter stay in Ballinger as he searches for a home in Amarillo.
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Gus Barr
Corsicana
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Barr
Childress Chamber of Commerce
CIO Maintains Strike Threat At 300 Detroit War Plants
Detroit Oct 3 The CIO United Auto Workers Maintenance Construction and Powerhouse Workers Council for 38 000 men filed with the War Labor Board demanding an immediate wage rate study to avert a strike expected to halt work at about 300 Detroit war plants. They say 1 000 000 workers could be affected. WLB previously refused a similar request. Major firms named include Ford Chrysler General Motors Packard and others. Wage gaps between CIO and AFL maintenance men are cited as the issue.
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Detroit
CIO
War Labor Board
Washington
United Automobile Workers
WLB
AFL
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Packard
Uaw-Cio
All Ninth Air Force Units Now Based on Continent
The U S Ninth Air Force now operates from continental bases in Europe within range of Germany. Marauder bombers and Havoc fighter bombers join Black Widow night fighters and Mustang Lightning and Thunderbolt fighters under Col Wilson R Wood in France, marking the first Allied bombardment group to operate from France since 1940.
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U. S. Ninth Air Force
France
U. S
9Th Air Force
Germany
Ninth Air Force
Wilson R. Wood
Chico, Tex
Freak Car Crash Injures Two In West Texas
Mrs. C. B. Gates of West Monroe Louisiana and 14 year old Bobby Wayne Pearson of Borger were treated for cuts and bruises after a freak crash five miles east of here last night around 10. A Borger car driven by Jess L. Pearson stopped to change a flat tire and a passing car with lights on hindered visibility. Another vehicle driven by E D Daugherty of Borger swerved into a ditch and into the rear of the Pearson car, badly damaging both autos. Pearson was en route to Amarillo with his mother to catch a train home to Louisiana.
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C. B. Gates
West Monroe
Bobby Wayne Pearson
Borger
Texas
Here
Jess L. Pearson
Gates
Bobby Wayne
Pearson
Good Samaritan
E. D. Daugherty
Sunset Drive
Amarillo
Louisiana
Pulse Feeler explores what men prize most
The Red Cross asks readers which compliment pleases men most. Women named favoring physique or looks versus accomplishments, with E L Curtis and Gifford supporting physique and O Connor and O Keefe backing accomplishments.
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E. L. Curtis
Terry Thompson
J. C. Gifford
G. H. O'Connor
Wayne O'Keefe
Tog Again Tonight Weather Outlook
A repeat of yesterday's unsettled pattern brings clearing skies this afternoon and fog tonight. Warmer weather is forecast for tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. Light scattered showers have fallen since yesterday with traces of precipitation reported locally.
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Weather Bureau
Invasion Moves Toward Foochow and Palau Fronts
Tokyo radio reports amphibious Japanese landings 25 miles northeast of Foochow as forces push to seize the city. Admiral Nimitz notes Marines and soldiers elimination of pockets on Feleliu and Angaur in Palau as U S preparations for the Philippines advance.
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Associated Press
China
Tokyo Radio Today
Foochow
Tokyo
America
Pacific
U. S. Pacific
Feleliu
Angaur
Palau
Nimitz
Kwellin
Chungking
Philippines
Manila Radio
Jose Laurel
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House of Commons
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