Roosevelt and Ball risk tearing apart representative government
George E. Sokolsky denounces Senator Ball of Minnesota and President Roosevelt for seeking to bypass Congress and grant the President unilateral war powers. He warns such plans threaten the Constitution, likening them to autocratic rule and endangering American liberties. The column frames opposition from a conservative critic perspective.
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George E. Sokolsky
Ball
Minnesota
Gards
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Dewey
Foreign Policy Association
World Organization
Joseph Stalin
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Ball
Waldorf Astoria
New York
How to Spend Spook Night Opinions From Local Residents
Pulse Feeler asks how Halloween should be spent and collects local views. Mrs H C Harrison favors pumpkin pie and cider while Mrs A I Ricketson endorses parties for youngsters to curb mischief. Ellen Kennett supports festive events with light pranks. Homer Jackson suggests old fashioned masquerades. Martha Howard prefers quiet, harmless fun.
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Pulse
Feeler
H. C. Harrison
A. I. Ricketson
Ellen Kennett
Homer Jackson
Transport Company
Martha Howard
Recall of Stilwell Opens Rift in Chinese Front
New York dispatch reports Gen Joseph Stilwell is recalled as commander of the China India Burma theater after protracted talks with Maj. Gen Patrick Hurley and Donald M. Nelson. Chiang Kai shek demanded removal and control of lend lease materials, while Roosevelt backed the American negotiators. The shift follows clashes over unifying China with the Communists and continuing the war against Japan.
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New York
Brooks Atkinson
New York ‘Times
Chungking
The
Times Today
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
China
Atkinson
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
M Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
Generalissimo
Japan
Chiang
Times
War Department
Washington
Sitwell
Hurley
Kuomintang
National Party
America
Pearl Marbor
Burma
Preston Grover
New Delhi
Joseph T. Stilwell
China-India-Burma
Orient
Patrick Hurley
Donald M. Nelson
Associated Press
Cbi
Nelson
H. H. King
Kung
Henry Hopkins
Claire L. Chennault
U. S. 14Th Air Force
No Quick Victory Churchill Sees No Germany End Before Summer
Churchill warned that a swift Allied victory over Nazism is unlikely this year. He urged all parties to keep the wartime coalition until Germany is defeated, noting a general election date cannot be predicted. He cautioned against breaking up the governing alliance before victory is assured and said no sign of such a wish exists in responsible circles.
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Churchill
Germany
Commons
Hitler
Victory debate rages over Roosevelt fourth term team
Democratic cries of not replacing the winning team met Republican retorts that war successes can’t be credited to Roosevelt’s candidacy. Dewey spoke in Buffalo as Brownell rebutted claims, Byrnes urged keeping the president as commander in chief, Truman warned against substitutes, Bricker echoed party lines.
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America
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Buffalo
NBC
Boston
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
James F. Byrnes
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Providence
R. I
John W. Bricker
Amarillo Area Weather Summary
West Texas remains fair this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms mainly in mountains. Highs reach 70 to 80 and lows 35 to 50 depending on location.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Germans Flee Across Maas in Southwest Holland
Allied victory tightens as remnants of the German 15th Army retreat across the Maas with heavy fog grounding air power. British spokesmen warn continued bad weather could force harsher air attacks to drive the Germans from the river crossing.
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Associated Press
Holland
15Th Army
Maas
Meuse
Walther von Model
Roosendaal
Willemstad
Moerdijk
Soapy windows forecast eerie Haunting Weather
A lighthearted weather note cites a full moon or near full moon and clear skies with good lighting for Halloween. The observer mentions soap on car windows and notes yesterday’s high of 78 and morning low of 43 degrees while predicting little change and no frost yet. John Maynard Lumber Co. advertises lumber at 800 W. 5th.
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Lawrence Jackson
Amarillo High School
Ted Lakey, Jr
Joan Harris
Margaret Thomas
Robert Frost
Bureau
H. C. Winburn
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Japs Bolster Leyte Forces
Typhoon drenched American troops slog toward a major Leyte land engagement as Japan reports heavy naval losses. Japanese casualties exceed 60 ships sunk or damaged with about 35 thousand killed, 24 thousand wounded or missing in ten days of invasion. American losses reported at 3,221 with 706 killed and 270 missing.
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Philippines
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Samar Islands
U. S
Manila
Manila Bay
Philippine
Leyte Gulf
Saaarmlins
Churchill
House of Commons
Leyte Valley
Luzon Island
U. S. 24Th Division
Jaro
Carigara Bay
Carigara
Luzon
Ormoc
Carmen
Gara
Robert Carney
William F. Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Nippon
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
China
Pacific
Alexander Sharp
Albert
Joseph W. Lewell
I Chking
U. S. Planestra
Sini
Amiapanese
Intensive Campaign Against Social Diseases In Amarillo
Amarillo health officials launched an intensive campaign to locate and isolate infection sources and curb a rising rate of social diseases. Dr. William B. Thomas urged public cooperation and proposed an action committee with business and civic groups to drive treatment and prevention in both civilian and military populations.
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Amarillo
William B. Thomas
Thomas
Texas
Army
Health Department
Chamber of Commerce
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Globe
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Tee
London
Commons Today
Bibles and
Russell Stationery Company
J. W. Davis
U. S. Weather Bureau
By William L. Ryan
Europe
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