Transport 3000 Farm Workers from Texas to Arizona
Charles F. Miller of Denver directs a plan to move about 3000 farm workers from Central Texas to long staple cotton fields in southern Arizona. Recruited by the U S Employment Service, workers will be transported by FSA trains with costs covered. cooperation includes War Manpower Board and state war boards.
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Texas
Arizona
Amarillo
War Manpower Board
State War Boards
Miller
New Mexico
Pre-Employment Class Enrolment Closes
Applications for a pre-employment training class closed with demand exceeding capacity. Thirty of eighty applicants were chosen for the first class. a similar number will be selected for a second class. Housewives seeking sales positions are enrolled for the course.
Fortresses Hit Tobruk Harbor Amid North Africa Aerial Action
Flying Fortresses of the United States Army battered Tobruk harbor while British fighters repelled a strong German Italian air assault on Malta. About 24 Axis planes were shot down and roughly 50 damaged. Fortresses reportedly scored a probable hit on a medium ship in Tobruk harbor amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Cairo
United States
Tobruk
Malta
Stimson Urges Drafting of 18 and 19 Year Olds
Secretary of War Stimson urged the House military affairs committee to speed legislation drafting 18 and 19 year olds. In a letter to Chairman May he warned that building the best army requires replacing peacetime choices with urgent action. Our survival is in the balance he said.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Kentucky
United States
Navy Sends Five Men to Dallas
Five men were shipped to Dallas from the local Navy Recruiting Office this morning. Warrant Officer C. M. Norman stated the men named Hansand Hedley Anderson Axe Hereford Theophilus Burt Usery Hedley Coleman Huffman Jr Clarendon and J T Roberts Hedley were sent to join Navy duties.
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Dallas
Navy
C. M. Norman
Thomas James Hansand
Hedley
Anderson Axe
Hereford
Theophilus Burt Usery
Coleman Huffman
Clarendon
J. T. Roberts
Japs Surprise U.S. Cruisers In Solomons
Survivors recount night battle at Tulagi Harbor August 9 in which heavy U.S. cruisers Astoria Vincennes and Quincy were mortally damaged by Japanese forces. Navy allows veterans to tell their memories of the assault and the peril aboard the ships.
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San Francisco
U. S
Tulagi Harbor
Navy
Lynn F. Hager
Astoria
Vincennes
Quincy
Harbor
Hager
Tulagi Bay
United States
Tulagi
Marquez
Tex
Francis M. Williamson
Petersburg
Soldier Dies in Flaming Bomber Crash at El Paso Base
At Bigts Field army air base one soldier died and twelve others escaped with minor burns when a heavy bomber crashed and caught fire. Sgt. Lansing Hibbard Jr., of East Syracuse New York, the plane gunner, perished. Fire Chief Wallace B. Smith was slightly burned while attempting a rescue.
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EL Paso
Army Air Base
Bigts Field
Lansing Hibbard, Jr
Lansing Hibbard
Syracuse
New York
Wallace B. Smith
Hibbard
United Mine Workers Adopt 1 50 Dues For Postwar Aid
The United Mine Workers of America voted to raise monthly dues to a 1.50 minimum to fund postwar relief. The increase follows a 50 cent assessment already in place. Martin Brennan of Hazelton PA, provisional president of District 7, urged the levy saying after the war miners would have no friends but themselves.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America
Martin Brennan
Hazelton
United Mine Workers
Court Denies Salary Hikes in Potter County Budget
Six local officers will receive the minimum annual salary of 4250 instead of the requested 5000 as the 1943 Potter County budget is revised. The sheriff tax assessor collector clerk attorney district attorney and district clerk were denied raises by the county commissioners. Morris Browning precinct one commissioner commented as the budget was prepared for filing in Austin. Other commissioners are Jack Swann John Winters and George Killian with E O Northcutt serving as county judge.
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Potter County
Austin
Morris Browning
Precinct One
Jack Swann
John Winters
George Killian
E. O. Northcutt
Commissioners’ Court
Bomber Crash Kills Three Near Palacios
Three crewmen died when a light bomber crashed at Palacios after takeoff with one motor on fire. Two jumpers survived but their parachutes failed to deploy. Pilot’s body recovered. names withheld awaiting relatives’ notification. board of officers appointed to probe.
Mrs Georgantonis Improves at Northwest Texas Hospital
The report from Northwest Texas Hospital states Mrs. Georgantonis, or Pete Georgan tonis, of 1610 Van Buren Street, has improved after several days of critical illness.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Pete Georgantonis
van Buren Street
Permit To Remodel Auditorium For USO Quarters
City issues permit to remodel Amarillo Municipal Auditorium into USO quarters. Estimated cost seven thousand dollars. Contractor listed as L. J. Vogel.
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Amarillo
USO
L. J. Vogel
Willkie Leaves Edmonton on World Tour Last Lap
Wendell Willkie departed Edmonton by plane early today on the final leg of his round-the-world trip as President Roosevelt’s personal representative.
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Wendell Willkie
Edmonton
Alta
Roosevelt
City Commission Meeting Cancelled by Mayor
Mayor Joe Jenkins announced the city commission canceled its regular weekly session tonight. Only routine matters were filed with the city secretary. City manager A. P. Hancock is in French Lick Indiana attending a convention of the International City Managers Association.
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Joe Jenkins
A. P. Hancock
French Lick
Ind
International City Managers’ Association
Eviction Guard Aims to Halt War-Worker Relocations
Washington OPA issues a special regulation to curb unwarranted evictions of Fort Worth war workers. Regional admin Max McCullough says the measure, effective now, restricts eviction grounds and aims to keep production stable. Other parts of the rent rules wait until November 1.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Washington
OPA
Max McCullough
McCullough
McCulloch
Letters and notices from Amarillo readers seek lost items and job tips
A batch of reader requests includes a lost blue billfold in Walgreen's or Polk Street belonging to Faye Poole of Tulsa now in Amarillo, a Holstein heifer missing near KGNC transmitter, and a plea for rat-catching cats. Other notices offer correspondents seeking pen pals, work-household help, and a business college job. Also a work badge found at Cactus Ordnance Plant in Dumas and a Portland dance inspector retiring after 10,000 dances.
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Walgreen
Polk Street
Faye Poole
Tulsa
Okla
Amarillo
Portland
Ore
U.P
Eva B. Douglas
Douglas
Police Department
Taylor
St. Francis
Skip-Stop Bus Service Planned in Amarillo
Skip stop buses in Amarillo, approved by the Office of Defense Transportation and city officials, will soon operate with stops only at every other corner. Signs will mark stops on curbs in residential districts to conserve tires.
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Amarillo
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Lomae
Recruits Join U S Marines This Morning
Samuel L. Bufkin of 4105 East Fourteenth Avenue and A D Thorne Pool of Borger were recruited into the U S Marines this morning, according to Staff Sgt. Frank M. Bell, the recruiting officer.
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U. S
Frank M. Bell
Samuel L. Bufkin
East Fourteenth Avenue
A. D. Thorne Pool
Borger
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Omar
Prince
Paul Jones
Frankfort Distilleries, Inc
Louisville & Baltimore
U.S
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Seiwell Drug CO
FISHE
Hollywood
Cal
Elsie Joseph
Water Department
Vicki VapoRub
Vicks VapoRub
KGNC
Bill Perks
J. W. McDowell
Minnie Moore
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John G. Hood
Congress Hotel
East Sixth Avenue
Cactus
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Dumas
Bobby Gibson
Herman Street
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Pfc
Roy Suyemoto
Technical High School
St. Joseph
Penney Company
America
Rondon Percales
Wonderspun
Fort Warren
Wyo
Tanforan
Erika
Adlerika
Lerik Cretney
Great Salt Lake
Cretney Dru
Walgreen's
Hyden
Panhandle
West Seventh Ave
Optometrist
Polk St
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Prime Contractor
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Ordway-Saunders CO
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