Supreme Court to review defense contract profits dispute
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the government’s challenge to profits deemed unconscionable by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding case involving 86 World War II ships. About $13.365 million is at stake. three justices did not participate. The action follows a 1940-41 term opening with 325 cases. Also noted was Earl Browder’s grant of a high court review after his passport fraud conviction and sentence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Stone
Roberts
Murphy
Earl Browder
Communist Party
New York
Federal District Court
Camouflage and Conquest Across World War II News
AP reports on natural camouflage pages contrasted with human attempts to extend life, plus wartime diplomacy notes. Axis press calls for liquidation of British interests in Turkey and Greece, while Romania may release five British prisoners and return 14 Danube barges. Diplomatic ties between Britain and Romania face possible rupture. The Star Spangled Banner reportedly sung at the Holiday Theater in Baltimore.
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Turkey
Greece
Yugoslavia
London
Adolf Hitler
Rumania
Britain
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
Danube River
Romania
Baltimore
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report
Kansas City stock market notes show hogs salable 5 000 with price gains up to 10 cents, top $6.30 for 210 lb bunched, cattle salable 24 000 with calves 3 500, fed steers and yearlings active and steady to strong while grassers lag. Includes 25 years ago note on Allies landing 100 000 troops at Saloniki.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
W.P
Saloniki
Balkans debate over neutrality and Russian military posture
Balkan discussions center on peaceful neutrality while rumors persist of Russia delaying in the region. Russian forces reportedly near the Dardanelles exceed German numbers, and Italian comments warn of guarding Romanian oil fields and potential British action in the Black Sea. Yugoslav Prime Minister Dragoljub Cvetković emphasizes Bulgaria and Yugoslavia’s hard-won borders.
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Germany
Near East
Egypt
Balkan
Russia
Dardanelles
Romania
Balkans
Black Sea
Bosporus
Turkey
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Cyrus McCormick Stamp Goes on Sale
The Cyrus McCormick three cent stamp went on sale today at the Lexington post office near the reaper's birthplace. Stamp dealers paid as much as $1,000 for batches of the issue.
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Lexington
Cyrus McCormick
Exodus Continues as Americans Sail Home from Tokyo
A large group of Americans boarded the Nitta Maru for departure home today, with the ship due to sail Saturday. The exodus from the Orient proceeds under the guidance of the U S State Department and the current advisory.
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Tokyo
U. S. State Department
Beacons Site Purchase Near Amarillo For Airway Route
The government buys 10 acres near Amarillo to host an airway beacon on the San Antonio to Denver route. The War Department through the Soil Conservation Service acquires land, citing their superior land appraisal and purchasing expertise for the national defense program. This beacon site is part of half a million acres being bought by the Soil Conservation Service for the War Department across seven states.
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Amarillo
Airways
War Department
San Antonio
Denver
Colo
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Land Acquisition Department
National Defense
Department
The
World War Veteran to Register for Selective Service
World War I veteran Adarm Oppenheimer, a 23 year old Marine veteran by age, contemplates being among the first to register as the selective service age nears. He enlisted at 13, served as top sergeant until 1919, and now runs a coal firm with a wife and four children. He jokes his father in Kentucky won’t send telegrams this time.
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Portsmouth
Adarm Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Ohio American Legion
R. D. Oppenheimer
Paintsville
Army
Fort Knox
Cincinnati
Marines
Jack Davis Predicts Windy Cooler Weather Tonight
Forecaster Jack Davis warns of continued wind from the north northwest with speeds from 22 to 35 mph. Expect cooler, partly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow with a low around 46 and a high near 72. Dust may arise but no major dust storm is expected.
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Jack Davis
Laura Wheeler Crochet Slippers Pattern 2513
Two color version for hers and one color for his slippers in the same pattern. Pattern 2513 includes size directions, illustrations, stitches, and materials. Send ten cents and request PATTERN NUMBER, NAME and ADDRESS to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
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