People Behind The Iron Curtain Recount Wartime Ties
A group including a Minsk airport engineer and Russian soldiers discuss American freedom press censorship and Jewish immigration while reflecting on wartime losses. They describe distrust, shared hopes for peace, and the lasting scars of war in Byelorussia and Minsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
America
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Diva Ehrenburg
United States
Palestine
U. S.S
Britain
Einstein
la Guardia
LaGuardia
Red Army
Byelorussia
Minsk
Dallas
Germany
Russia
Reconstruction of Minsk Farms Still Lacking Machinery
UNRRA teams rely on human labor in Minsk as eighty percent of buildings were burned or blown up. A Byelorussian collective farm chairman describes losses, private plots, and heavy hand labor for seed, harvest, and rebuilding while noting few machines and widespread female work crews.
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Minsk
UNRRA
Soviet Union
Collective
Red Army
Lenin
Stalin
Depperately
Byelorussia
America
France
Great Britain
United Nations
Ku Klux Klan
Bart Edwards rises to Broadway stage in Hear That Trumpet
Amarillo musician Bart Edwards has joined Bobby Sherwood's band and won the role of bass viol in the Broadway production Hear That Trumpet. The 18 year old, son of Mrs. J. S. Edwards, has toured Texas and Canada, plans to return to Amarillo College for civil engineering, and may face military service.
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Amarillo
Bart Edwards
Texas
Canada
Arthur Hopkins
Buffalo
New York
Playhouse
48Th Street
7Th
Edward
Edwards
J. S. Edwards
West Twentieth
Amarillo College
Texas Tech
University of Texas
Sam
Hedley
Donley County
Bart
Sandie Band
Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlton Scales
Aviatrix
Bob Cross
Gulf Coast
Bobby Sherwood
Broadway
County Officials Attend State Convention in El Paso
Potter County commissioners court members and auditor travel to El Paso for the County Judges and Commissioners Association convention opening this morning for a three day session. Attending are County Judge FE O Northcutt and Commissioners Jack Swann Ray Daniel Lon Sellars and Jack Killian plus County Auditor John Crudgington.
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Potter County Commissioners Court
el Paso
County Judges and Convesioners Association
FE. O. Northcutt
Jack Swann
Ray Daniel
Lon Sellars
Jack Killian
John Crudgington
El Paso Train Crash Kills City Department Store Executive
John D. Thompson a 55 year old department store executive was killed when his car collided with a Southern Pacific switch engine in El Paso. This marked the third train related fatality in the city within 24 hours.
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EL Paso
John D. Thompson
Southern Pacific
Battleship Burglary Stuns Amarillo Streets Parade Ship Stolen
Amarillo police report a float battleship named the U S Illinois, crewed by American Legion Post No 654, was broken into overnight. Clothing and blankets worth 225 dollars were stolen from the 5 ton display on a West Sixth street site after 28,000 miles and 152 parades across North America. Police have no leads.
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High Plains
Amarillo
West Sixth
Paul V. Eakle
Waterman
Eakle
American Legion
San Francisco
Legionnaire Eakle
U. S. Navy
U. S. Illinois
Legionnaires
Illinois
Skipper Eakle
States
Canada
Illinois Legionnaires
Deadline Oct 16 for Post Office clerk carrier tests
A week remains to file for post office clerk and carrier examinations. H M Timmons the local Civil Service secretary announced this morning. Applications must reach Dallas by Oct 16. Additional information and blanks available from Mr Timmons Room 21 post office building.
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H. M. Timmons
Civil Service
Dallas
Mr. Timmons
Post Office
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Iron Curtain
Poland
John Strohm
Ukraine
New York Times
The
Oran Janies
Bobby Shewood
Capitol Records
Asbury Park
N. J
Steel Pier
Atlantic City
Sherwood
Capitol
Shostakovich
Henderson
Yellow Jacket
Donley
Clarendon
Memphis
News-Globe
Art Graham
A & A Trim CO
Bowie
Lesagfe Co
Amarillo, Texas
SEARS
Blueprint CO
West Fifth
State Convention
Paramount Recreation Club
Oliver Eakle Bidg
Tri-Way Garage
S. Pierce
Clove & Cowan, Inc
Lubbock
Roswell, N. M
Their
SKF
Jef
Wemaita Birdy Ieee
A. L. Jacobs
Bull Tire Company
the Bull Tire Company
Tyler
Shulton
Rockefeller Center
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