Indictment Charges German American Vocational League as Nazi Agents
A Newark grand jury indicted the German American Vocational League Inc and 27 officers for conspiring to act as Nazi agents without notifying the U.S. government. The case ties the group to the German Reich government and Nazi Party from 1933 to 1942, seeking to spread propaganda and deter U.S. war participation. Headquarters are in New York with multiple U.S. branches.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Newark
N. J
German- American Vocational League, Inc
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
German American Vocational League
Biddle
New York
Rochester
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
League
National Socialist Workers (Nazi) Party
Germany
Community Chest War Fund Drive Urges Timely Support
An Amarillo appeal promotes the combined Community Chest and United War Chest of Texas to fund local agencies and seventeen national causes. It stresses aiding armed forces and civilians in distressed nations, urges ready signatures, and notes the higher initial goal compared with last year.
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Community Chest
United War Chest of Texas
USO
United Seaman's Service
War Prisoners Aid
Dutch Relief
United China Relief
Amarillo
Attu Sailor Describes Japs as Tall as Americans
Willard Harmon 18, son of Mr and Mrs 8 T Harmon of 1812 Fillmore Street, just back from Attu, shows a photo of a dead Japanese soldier to assert that Japanese fighters were tall and heavy like U S soldiers. He arrived yesterday on leave after enlisting last November 3 and wears Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbons.
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Willard Harmon
T. Harmon
Fillmore Street
Attu
Willard
Navy
Globe News
British General Kopper Escapes Nazi Lines
Maj. Gen. H. B. Kopper, Tobruk commander captured in June 1942, reached Allied lines after a 150 mile trek through enemy territory. The report cites a Cairo dispatch via Reuters. The same article notes U S prosecutions under the foreign agents law with penalties of up to two years and $10,000 fines, and details the status of indicted individuals.
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Tary
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Germany
United States
West Coast
Liberty
London
H. B. Kopper
Tobruk
Reuters
Cairo
Lines Formed By Taxpayers In October Tax Drive
State and county taxpaying began with lines at the tax office this morning after notices went out yesterday. The Santa Fe Railroad paid the largest check so far, $12 592.93, with many individuals paying. W C Stubblefield led the line and has often been first. October payments save 3 percent for promptness, and the poll tax is 1 75. Assessor Jewell Davidson noted mailing checks can include the poll, but staff shortages may delay last minute collections.
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Santa Fe Railroad
W. C. Stubblefield
Jewell Davidson
Chinese Re Establish Positions on Yangtze River Front
Chinese forces on the east China front re established positions in the Hangchow Nanking area along the Yangtze with the recapture of Fanchang 20 miles southwest of Wuhu. Japanese troops in Hsuancheng region 80 miles south of Nanking retreated after a nightlong clash. Clashes noted in Kiangsi and Shantung.
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Chungking
East China Front
Hangchow-Nanking
Yangtze River
Fanchang
Wuhu
Hsuancheng
Nanking
Kiangsi
Shantung
Nazis Warn Greek Guerrillas Against Attacks on Troops
London report says German high command declares the island of Caο occupied and 3100 Italian and British troops captured while operations to clear the last dispersed enemy forces continue. Allied communique notes British troops still fight the Nazis on the second largest Dodecanese island off western Turkey.
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London
Cao
Dodecanese
Cairo
Turkey
Bayonet Charge Seizes Finschhafen From Japanese Forces
Australian forces of a New South Wales unit broke the Japanese line in a dark bayonet assault near Finschhafen New Guinea and captured the base at 11 05 am after a 10 day fierce battle. Guts and bayonets defined the victory as troops entered the moon cratered complex.
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Finschhafen
New Guinea
New South Wales
Undecided on Change of Down Town Bus Stop
Amarillo Safety Council discussed a proposed move of the San Jacinto bus stop from Cres ney Drug at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street to Roe Street at the same intersection. City manager A P Hancock, Police Captain H H Tommy Thomas, and attorney W W Gibson attended. Tom Troth, council president, said the suggestion aimed to relocate for better traffic flow.
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San Jacinto
A. P. Hancock
H. H. “Tommy” Thomas
W. W. Gibson
Amarillo Safety Council
Tom Troth
Cresney Drug
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Roe
Propose Single Agency To Control Petroleum
A Senate committee recommends creating one government agency to control petroleum production distribution and pricing. It also suggests a single agency to oversee coal and to place natural gas under the same authority as petroleum. A separate item notes a Portuguese take fortress incident with an American Flying Fortress surrendering and flying out with Portuguese crew.
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Washington
Senate
Midwest
Lisbon
Kansas City Livestock Market Reports Oct. 5
Livestock sales at Kansas City and Chicago show hogs steady to higher on light weights and good grades, cattle steady to firm with some 10-15 cent gains for grades and strong feeding demand, sheep active with higher spots. A Washington note warns of a cigarette shortage as demand rises and reserves dwindle.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Good Western
Moonshiners Still Found in Plains Country Raid
A Liquor Control Board report shows a still seized in Floyd County in August, the first in Plains Country after months. Across Texas, July raids totaled 11 in eastern and southern counties, with August six, including Montgomery Camp Gregg Grayson and Somerville. The 275 gallon stills would have dodged over $5 000 in state taxes. Seventy four stills have been captured this year.
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Plains
Liquor Control Board
Floyd County
Texas
Montgomery
Camp
Gregg
Grayson
Somerville
Harrison
Smith
Titus
Anderson
Galveston
Freestone
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Raight Boursex
Bond
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Glenmore Distilleries
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Louisville, Ky
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Wigan
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Neveddiniserss
Commerce Department
Ge New York
Amerine
Armour & Col
ATS& SF
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Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Briggs Mig
Wee
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Foods
Y Motors
General
Gillette Razor
Greyhound
Harvester
Kennecott Copper Eee
Gulf Oil
Ohio OU
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Weene Newness
Phillips Seeves
Radio Corp
Steve
Republic Steel
Remington Rand
St. Joseph
Sears
Shell Union Oil
Socony Vacuum Wee
Southern Pacific Oes
Standard Brands Tee
Standard Oil
Calis
Studebaker Erbed
Swift & Co
Texas Corps
Tex Gulf Suiph Eee
Tidewater Tees
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U S Rubber Bnew Eee
U S Steel
Wilson & Co
White Motors
Woolworth
Warner Bros. Aee
Western Union
J. M. Hyden
Doctor of Optometry
W. 7Th St
Eugene Polk and Associates
Rule
Cretney Drug
Walgreen
First National Bank of
U.S. Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Globe-News
J. A. Krug
Office of War Utilities
War Production Board
Coef
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