Salvage plan aims to rehabilitate 200000 youths for army service
President Roosevelt announced a program to fund medical treatment for about 200000 draft registrants deemed rehabilitable. The plan, backed by government medical costs, seeks to prepare these youths for general service, with broader reforms to address underlying health and education issues across states and communities.
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Defense Bond and Stamp Sales Remain Steady
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi reported today that defense bond and stamp business stays steady. Citizens are not rushing to buy bonds and stamps, but the demand remains reliable and consistent.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Seeing Eye Dog Blackie Impresses Knitter Miss Powell
Miss Powell, an expert knitter who became blind three years ago, credits her Seeing Eye dog Blackie with improving her life. She notes Blackie's intelligence and energy help her stay active, while Powell jokes about her figure after years of knitting despite blindness.
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Miss Powell
Deputy Rescues Runaway Girls on Route 66 in Texas
Two runaways from Cleburne aged 15 and 16 stood on Highway 66 seeking a ride to California. A noisy old car stopped, offering help, but the girls declined. A deputy sheriff witnessed the scene and offered them a ride to safety. They wait in the county jail juvenile ward for parental contact.
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Cleburne
California
Genevieve Powell Sells Magazines To Amarilloans
Genevieve Powell, a blind young woman, travels to Amarillo to sell magazines. Her bright warmth and hopeful outlook are highlighted as a remedy for what ails readers, and she hopes civic clubs hospitals and public groups will welcome her message.
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Genevieve Powell
Fair Greeters Honor Dinner Helpers for 15 Years
Tri-State Fair Reception Committee members honored at a dinner for the annual event praised Mrs. C C Cunningham and Mrs. Bill Beechler for organizing the meal. Beechler received a Stetson hat and a Will Rogers Range Riders uniform. Ray Pinkney presented the gifts. Entertainment was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Berwig.
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Co. C. Cunningham
Bill Beechler
Beechler
Will Rogers
Ray Pinkney
Tri- State Fair Association
Ray Berwig
Falls Six Stories Gets a Few Bruises
John Bolton 47 of Concord fell from the Wallace Building seventh floor to a skylight on the second floor in Salisbury. He escaped with only a few bruises.
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John Bolton
Concord
Wallace
Soviet Fight Holds Central Front as German Push Stales
Red Star reports indicate heavy Soviet resistance slows German thrust toward Moscow north of Orel with encirclement plans collapsing. Raids by Soviet dive bombers slow armored columns in Vyazma Bryansk and central sectors as weather hinders aerial support and frontline gains.
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Red Star
Semeon Timoshenko
Bryansk
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Vyazma
China captures Chungking announces Yangtze advance
Chinese military headquarters said Chinese armies driving east along the Yangtze have captured Ic ang, a key port and the western outpost of Japan's invasion. The news sparked wild celebrations in Chungking as newsboys sold extras and officials hailed the Zchang victory as China's greatest since 1938.
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Taierhchvhwang
Shantung Province
Radioman Missing After Plane Flight
Ensign H. B. Boas took off from Randolph Field with radioman E. B. O'Quinn. Minutes later O'Quinn vanished, believed to have leaped or fallen from the naval dive bomber. Tail damage suggested a hit by a falling object as a large search party scoured area.
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U.P
H. B. Boas
Randolph Field
E. B. O’quinn
Boas
O’quinn
Randolph
No Tax on His Shines in New Federal Levy
In Kansas City on October 10 a tax attorney Arthur L. Cox joked about tax payments as he settled with his shine boy the day new federal levies began. A sign in the boy’s kit read Shine 10 cents No tax.
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Arthur L. Cox
Cox
She Knows Just How Mother Hubbard Felt
Mrs. J. A. Wintz in Los Angeles reports seven doves stolen from her refrigerator during dinner preparation. Local police notified. investigation ongoing.
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Los Angeles
J. A. Wintz
DeGrassi To Greet Postmaster General In Dallas
Postmaster W D DeGrassi will travel to Dallas October 15 to greet Postmaster General Walker at the state fair Postal Day. He will serve on the reception committee meeting the postmaster general at the train.
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Dallas
Walker
Mr. DeGrassi
New Club Adopts Tentative Name in South Amarillo
South Amarillo booster club adopts tentative name to promote projects for South Amarillo. At the second meeting held at Alice Lander gin School Robert White is elected president and H P Roberson secretary. Committees will draft by laws and a constitution and plan full organization details. Directors include Henry Bever ly Loren Young John Merchant Walter Irvin E A Armstrong J Francis Brown Noble Folks G O Ketchum O'Brien Thompson Grady Cooper Floyd Dryden Lloyd Fowler and Mr Piffly.
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Mr. White
White
Mr. Robertson
Henry Beverly
Loren Young
John Merchant
Walter R. Irvin
E. A. Armstrong
J. Francis Brown
Noble Folks
G. O. Ketchum
O'Brien Thompson
Grady Cooper
Floyd Dryden
Lloyd Fowler
Mr. Piffly
Franklin Insurance Conference Set in Amarillo
Franklin Insurance Company plans an all day regional sales conference for its Franklin Life agents in this district at the Amarillo Hotel on Tuesday October 14. Charles E. Becker president W L Dugger vice president and J W Whaley assistant agency manager will lead the meeting arriving Monday evening. Don Wyatt general agent for the Franklin in Amarillo is arranging and hosting.
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Amarillo Hotel
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J. W. Whaley
Amarillo
Don Wyatt
Oliver Eakie
Franklin
74th Person Is Shot in Paris
Paris October 10 German authorities announced the 74th person shot as reprisal for attacks on German forces. Gaston Pinot of Courmelles Aisne was condemned last Tuesday for illegal possession of firearms. Fifteen militant Communists were interned at Amiens, bringing to 45 the number sent to concentration camps in Somme department recently.
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Aisne
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Somme
Witness Speaks Softly in Baton Rouge Divorce Hearing
In Baton Rouge a divorce case witness spoke so softly that Judge Charles A. Holcombe asked an attorney to admonish them. The witness smiled at the bench and said hello judge when asked to address the court.
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Charles A. Holcombe
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