Lieut Guy Ivy Promoted Within Navy
Mr and Mrs Guy Ivy of Virginia Street report their son Lieut Gu Ivy Jr has been promoted to lieutenant senior grade in the navy He is on active duty stationed on a tropical island He is a graduate of local schools and West Texas State College While at WTSC he drove the college bus between Amarillo and Canyon
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Guy Ivy
Virginia Street
Gu Ivy, Jr
Navy
Lieut
Ivy
Tropics
West Texas State College
West Texas State
Betwee Amarillo
Canyon
British Press Freedom Under Wartime Censorship
DeWitt MacKenzie reviews British wartime news censorship. He praises Bracken and Thomson for balanced freedom, notes services veto controls, and explains officials delay only when news could aid the enemy. He portrays Bracken as a forceful, colorful leader and Thomson as a popular chief censor keeping reporters informed while protecting morale.
Markets and Ex Gs Closed for Columbus Day
Columbus Day closures blanketed major exchanges in the United States with Canada and Argentina also observing holidays. In Chicago Livestock, hogs were slow with prices down 30 to 40 cents, lambs opened higher but hog and cattle trading showed uneven demand as steers and yearlings stayed steady to slow.
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New York
United States
Finacial Industrial Fund liquidating at $1.50 per share
Kansas City livestock report shows hogs 3,500 head sale slow and 20 to 35 cents lower than Friday. Cattle and calves total 32 000 and 4 500 with opening steady to slightly weaker, stocker and feeder classes dominant, some loads of fed steers around 15.00 to 15.50, yearlings around 14.75, Colorado cows up to 11.50, sheep 16 500 with light buying and lambs mostly steady to 25 cents lower.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Colorados
Kansas City
Colorado
Weather Unlikely To Change Much In Panhandle Showers Possible
The forecast says the status quo will continue through tonight with warm temperatures and a stiff breeze. Scattered showers are possible in the Panhandle, but no major temperature changes are expected.
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Panhandle
Wendell Willkie Reaches Alaska
Wendell Willkie and his party arrived at Fairbanks at 5 P M yesterday by plane from China via Siberia He said he would reach the United States in a few days
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Wendell Willkie
China
Siberia
United States
Admiral Prefers Full News Access for Morale
The chief censor and a British admiral agree full access to news is essential to morale. The admiral, a former naval commander, says he lectured his crew on world news weekly and that officers should not serve as war correspondents.
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Britain
Quisling Takes Command of Norwegian Civil Police
Oslo reports Jonas Lie is dismissed as Norwegian chief of police and Major Vidkun Quisling assumes personal charge of civil police. Germany lifts emergency in Trondheim region but executes and arrests continue. Oslo and London circles warn against harsher measures provoking further resistance. Delfosse says Germany nears collapse on military and home fronts.
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London
Moscow
Oslo
Jonas Lie
Vidkun Quisling
Trondheim
Quisling
Stockholm
Belgium
Antoine Delfosse
Britain
Delfosse
Germany
Japanese naval action signals Guadalcanal land battle possible
Report says a 7,100 ton Kako class cruiser was left burning and Japan may be moving transports to land troops on Guadalcanal. Navy communiques note enemy forces attacked by American planes are covering landings, suggesting a large scale ground fight ahead.
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Navy
Guadalcanal
Welles asserts Axis links in Argentina and Chile
At a foreign trade convention in Boston last Tuesday Welles accused Argentina and Chile of allowing Axis agents to betray the United Nations and supply information enabling submarine attacks. The article notes the scandalous exposure amid wartime nerves and mentions other local items including the probate of John Ed Blackburn’s will, a Flying Tiger who died in China, and Skowhegan’s oldest summer theater.
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Welles
Boston
Foreign Trade Convention
Argentina
Chile
United Nations
John Ed Blackburn
China
Clara E Blackburn
Walter Blackburn
Flying Tigers
Kunming
Pauses To Celebrate Act of 1492
The piece notes 450 years since Columbus sailing from Palos on August 3 1492 under Spain's flag reaching Guanahani on day 69. It emphasizes Columbus opened a land where men sought freedom and where seas Columbus sailed should remain free, ignoring Norse or Cabot/Vespucius precedents.
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New World
Cristobal Colon
Cristiforo Columbo
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Palos
India
Guanahani
John Cabot
Americus Vespucius
Columbus
World War II Front Sees Varying Itinerary of Battles
Reported Allied air offensives target Lille Hanover Crete and Malta as German and Italian forces clash across North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. British bombers sink ships off Crete while Rommel faces stronger UN opposition. Churchill cites Australian and American gains in New Guinea and advancing Allied bombardment of Rabaul.
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North Africa
United Nations
Egypt
Rommel
Tumbaki
Crete
United States
Mediterranean
Malta
Mediterranean Isle
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Australia
Buna
Kokoda
Rabaul
New Brit
Voliva Dies at 72 After Flat Earth Beliefs
Wilbur Glenn Voliva a 72 year old religious leader who preached a flat earth and predicted the world would end on several dates died last night well before his expected 120 years. He claimed the sun was 27 miles from earth and a 32 mile diameter and spoke of a solid firmament as a tent over a flat planet.
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Chicago
U.P
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
North Pole
Draft and labor policy sparks debate on munitions work transfers
Officials discuss using draft assignments to move workers to munitions plants and threaten involuntary transfers if needed. WMC cites potential pay gains for individuals choosing civilian work, while calls to lower draft age to 18 and 19 may require halt of voluntary recruitment by armed forces.
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Jones
WMC
War Production Board freezes used nylon hose stock
The War Production Board froze all stocks of used nylon hosiery held by dealers to marshal fabric for government needs. Women were urged to save old silk and nylon stockings as a nationwide collection campaign is organized by WPB’s conservation division. Deputy Chief Frank L. Walton urged prompt action to make stock available.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Conservation Division
Frank L. Walton
Textile and Clothing
Defense Supplies Corporation
Walton
Fireside Chat to Touch Second Front Issue
The White House announced a tonight presidential address would discuss a second front and draft plans for 18 and 19 year olds. Roosevelt spent the day finalizing the speech and held a key conference with Paul V. McNutt and Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey on manpower mobilization and selective service.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Amarilloan Brother Killed in Bomber Crash Near Topeka
Staff Sgt. Max Barron of Pleasant Hill Louisiana was among eight airmen killed in a bomber crash near the Topeka Kansas air base. He was the brother of James A Barron of 1717 Tyler Street Amarillo. Barron left yesterday for Pleasant Hill to attend the funeral rites.
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Max Barron
Pleasant Hill
Topeka, Kan
James A Barron
Tyler Street
Barrow
Questions on laxatives and Black-Draught
The text asks why people choose a leading laxative and cites Black-Draught as a best seller in the South across generations. It notes two forms for Black-Draught, granular and traditional, claiming the new form is easier to take. It mentions price at 25 cents for 25 to 40 doses and advises following label directions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
John Bull
Brendan Bracken
G. P. Thomson
Messrs. Bracken
Thomson
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Air Force
Admiral Thomson
His Majesty’s Navy
Ministry of Information
Bracken and Thomson
Bracken
Winston Churchill
Ireland
House of Commons
Africa
Wilson Camera Store
Polk
Maxor's
Maxor
Jackson
Financial Industrial Fund
First National Bank
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Taylor
Amarillo
St. Francis
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Prime Contractor
Civil Police
Skowhegan, Me
Amarillo Printing CO
Russia
Tuapse
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Hitler Command
Stalingrad
Volga
Western
Europe
Lille
Hanover
France
Hannover
Churchill
Edinburgh
Ain
New Britain
Solomons
Amarilloan
Optometrist
Polk St. Lu
Bell
Bell Tailors, Inc
Polk St
Credit Managers Association OF
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