Traffic Court in Amarillo Hits Weekend Violations
A list of drivers from Amarillo and surrounding areas faced fines for red lights stop signs speeding and no driver’s licenses. Names include Helen Peirenbend Tom Smith Carl Isom W A Shufeldt E F Arrett Richard McGee Jess Altman WM Ellis Sanford Young Conley Gann H Reynolds Bruce Hill D R Fritts James Carwile Billie Clark Ford Golden and others. Total overtime parking notes 58 cases with fines totaling 247 dollars.
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Bill Utterback
Virginia
Helen Peirenbend
West Fourteenth
Tom Smith
Harrison
Carl E. Isom
Amarillo Army Air Field
W. A. Shufeldt
North Cleveland
E. F. Arrett
Palo Dure
Richard McGee
van Buren
Jess Altman
North Tyler
WM. J. Ellis
J. R. Whiteley
Sanford Young
Conley Gann
Fannin
DPD
H. Reynolds
North Fillmore
Bruce Hill
D. R. Fritts
Pantex Village
James WH. Carwile
North East Thirteenth
Billie Clark
Tefors
Ford Golden
North Washington
That's the Ticket Traffic Lights Guide Pedestrian Flow
Police announce new traffic lights to regulate both pedestrian and vehicle movement. Officers warn youths and pedestrians who step into streets and run red lights face fines under city ordinance. A continuous traffic safety campaign targets boys and girls in the roadway.
Secretary Declares Equal Pay for Equal Work
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach told a Senate labor subcommittee that women who perform the same quantity and quality of work as men should receive the same pay. He supported the equal pay bill introduced by Senators Pepper and Morse, which would bar employers from paying women less than men for comparable work.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Pepper
Florida
Morse
Oregon
Amarillo Area Weather Tonight Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy conditions continue for Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Cooler this afternoon and tonight with continued cool Tuesday. West Texas and New Mexico regions show similar trends with scattered showers along the Western border late Tuesday in New Mexico and no major temperature changes expected. Low tonight 35 45 in the north 45 50 in the south. high Tuesday 70 80.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Trial testimony details Yamashita war crimes case
Three witnesses testified at Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita s war crimes trial that troops bayoneted and shot 40 civilians at Red Cross headquarters in Manila during February s battle. Most victims were women and children including a 10 day old baby.
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Manila
U.P
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Red Cross
Juan P. Juan
Orient
Yamashita
Malaya
Japan
Germany
Polio and Beauty Contests Mix in Postwar News
In Soerabaja fighting, British forces report heavy clashes and brave resistance. native combatants and jailed internees raise alarms as ammunition runs low. In New York, Phyllis Mathis,Miss San Diego, overcomes polio to place as first runner up Miss America 1945, pursuing modeling and a photography career.
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New York
Phyllis Mathis
Atlantic City
San Diego
Miss Mathis
Victory Bond sales under way in Amarillo drive
Bond issuing agencies in Amarillo opened sales to meet a 1,290,000 Potter County quota. A Roosevelt Series E Bond debuts at 200 dollars. Schools aid drive, with principals organizing sales. local banks and offices listed as participating agencies.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Guy Saunders
Genral
Franklin Roosevelt
Victory
First National Bank
American National Bank
Amarillo National Bank
Paramount Theater
Amarillo Army Air Field
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Southwestern Investment Company
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Post Office
Congressional tax leaders predict strong support for relief bill
Congressional tax leaders expect overwhelming approval of the compromise 5.92 billion dollar tax relief measure this week with little opposition in either chamber. They foresee further corporate reductions unlikely this year but anticipate additional individual tax cuts in 1947. The bill, completed by House and Senate conferees, will be voted on in the House and Senate tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Wish Granted After 85 MPH Police Chase
In Fort Worth on October 29 a 21 year old driver and a companion fled at speeds around 85 miles an hour through city streets. Police arrested them after the dramatic pursuit and jailed the pair citing the suspect’s remark that he wanted to provoke the chase.
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Fort Worth
Lost Battalion reunion honors Java heroes in Wichita Falls
The Lost Battalion of Java gathered in Wichita Falls for a two day reunion organized by North Texas veterans. Col. Blucher Tharp of Amarillo was elected president of the Lost Battalion Association founded at the reunion. The event drew former troops from Amarillo and the Panhandle, plus families, with speeches by Methodist Bishop A Frank Smith and Maj. Gen. Fred L. Walker as a representative of the War Department.
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Blucher Tharp
Amarillo
Lost Battalion Association
Wichita Falls
Tharp
Lost Battalion
Java
Panhandle
U.P
Pacific
Proud Hometolk
Manila
Travis Smith
Electra
San Antonio
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Fred L. Walker
36Th Division
Trial of Mrs Stafford on child desertion charges
In 47th District Court Mrs Bea trie Stafford faces trial for child desertion while her husband Coy is severed for separate proceedings. A Potter County Child Welfare Board witness described six malnourished children left home four miles northwest of Bushland with a naked 18 month old baby and others in soiled clothes and no shoes. The staffords were arrested in a local hotel after a nurse reported the baby had been taken to St Anthony's Hospital with no parental contact for days.
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47Th District Court
Beatrice Stafford
Coy Stafford
Henry S. Bishop
Nancy Petruccione
Potter County Child Welfare Board
Stafford
Amarillo
Salvation Argay
Regal Co. Real Estate with Loans
Regal Co. advertises real estate loans and financing options for buyers. Includes loan terms and contact details for the firm’s offices.
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B. A. Regal Co
Real Estave
Wnh Loans
News Tip Judges In A Stew Winners Named In Week
Explosions dominated Amarillo headlines as The Globe News named Karen Howard winner of the weekly News Tip prize for a boiler explosion report. Second prize went to Mrs. Bryan Meyer for the Freeman and Clark Department Store tip, while Robbie Clement earned third for a hitchhiker anecdote.
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Amarillo
Globe News
Santa Fe Roundhouse
Karen Howard
Route 2
Bryan Meyer
Jackson
Freeman and Clark
Walkouts Increase Across Nation Hit by Unrest and Unions
UNITED PRESS reports machinists walkouts in the San Francisco Bay area rising with 16 000 workers affected nationwide. The United Steel Workers CIO filed a strike notice in Washington while AFL and CIO machinists threaten a 30 percent wage boost and a two dollar daily raise.
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San Francisco-Oakland
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
National War Labor Board
Washington
AFL
Bay Area
Ike Is Defied Ike Is Defied
German Communist leaders defy Eisenhower ban on political blocs in the American zone and pledge a four party united front in Berlin across all Allied zones. Deputy Walter Ulbricht signs the Deutsche Volkszeitung editorial announcing the plan. The bloc includes Communists Social Democrats Liberal Democrats and the Christian Democratic Union.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
United Front
Walter Ulbricht
Deutsche Volkszeitung
Christian Democratic Union
Cooler Weather Expected for Vicinity
A half hearted cold wave moved into the Panhandle this morning and will keep temperatures more than 10 degrees below yesterday's high of 80. A low of 37 is expected tonight and it will remain cool tomorrow.
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Panhandle
Enemies In Charge In Tokyo Amid Occupation Turmoil
An unidentified Allied official accuses the Japanese government of harbouring enemies to the Allies and predicts collapse at the first major crisis. Foreign Minister Yoshida talks with Gen. MacArthur about recall demand. blame for indecision is placed on leaders and even the public’s focus on cinema.
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Soerabaja
Java
Tokyo
U.P
Shigeru Yoshida
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Dachau SS Roundup Accelerates After War Crimes
American forces speed the roundup of former Dachau SS members linked to the camp where over 200000 people were executed. The crackdown targets members of the Elite Guard now facing postwar accountability.
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Dachau
Bugs Bunny Up On Reconversion Near Amarillo
An alert rabbit remains alive near Amarillo as rifle shells and gas become available. Yesterday groups of hunters from teens to soldiers roamed by-roads watching for rabbits. Fields and pastures are posted, yet hunters saw only three rabbits safely perched and no dead rabbits were observed.
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Amarillo
Attlee May Visit Washington Over Atomic Bomb Talks
Reports from Washington say Prime Minister Attlee may travel to the United States early next month to discuss the atomic bomb and other pressing international problems with President Truman. Downing Street would not confirm or deny the plan as pressure grows in Parliament for a clear statement on the bomb and Anglo American conference prospects.
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London
Attlee
Washington
Truman
No. 10 Downing Street
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By Bill Wilson
Rajputama Rifles
Darno
Darno Barracks
Darno Station
Maj
J. R. H. Orr
Poona
India
Phyllis
Harry Conovers New York Agency
Roanoke
Chungking
China
New China Daily
Chiang Kai-shek
North
Fourth Army
East
Shansi
Suiyuan
Shensi
Hopeh
Shantung
Honan
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Chekiang
Kwantung
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Hopei
Peiping-Hankow
Yuanshih
Chihsien
Manchuria
United Press
Hulutao
Yenan
Great Wall
People’s Army
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shanshi
Changchih
Tatung
Yen
Chiang
Fengchen
Liangcheng
Pu Tso
131St Field Artillery Regiment
Southwest Pacific
Buddy
Walker
Robsee Battalion
Staffords
Robbie Clement
Robbie
Clement
Barbara Bates
Route 3
A. E. Gruhlkey
North Johnson
Eliz
Abeth Brock
Lincoln
Jesse W Henricks
Madison
Carroll Mack Forrester
Ong
L. H. Willis
Broadmoor
H. L. Reynolds
Jack B. Towell
Travis
N. L. Fisher
West Third
George Lokey
Sunset
Bob Austin
M. D. Maxwell
Roberts
G. T. Johnson
Taylor
Reyes
Arthur
M. S. Odell
Stouty Jones
North Tennessee
Eugene Wadsworth
North Taylor
P. F. Rockwell
East Thirteenth
Edward Grove
Leroy Bennett
W. H. Roberts
East Fourth
R. R. Spangler
Tyler
Jimmy Roberts
Cleveland
R. B Bowlin
Tennessee
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Higgins’ Industries, Inc
New Orleans
AFL Metal Trades Council
Ike
Neely
eenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Bugs Bunny
Russell Stationery Co
South
Eben Avers
Atlee
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