United Negro College Fund Seen as Constructive Road to Equality
George E. SokolsKy argues the United Negro College Fund offers a practical plan to support 27 historically black colleges with a $1.5 million drive. He says education advances self-respect and leadership, urges generosity, and cautions political manipulation of race issues while praising figures like Booker T. Washington Moton and Carver as American role models.
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United Negro College Fund
Walter Hoving
East 57Th Street
New York
N. Y
Orkers
Africa
Europe
America
United States
Apna
Booker T. Washington
Robert Moton
Tuskegee
George Washington Carver
Crosby Versus Sinatra War Up to Pulses
A Pulse Feeler question asks which star has more appeal Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby. Readers from several addresses weigh in on voice youth expression and superiority, with mixed opinions on who leads in tone.
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Crosby
Sinatra
Gee Blackburn
Crockett Street
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
C. E. Baker
Buchanan Street
Frank Foliart
Pan Street
Frank
Margaret Kaufman
Washington Street
Bing
Maynard Lbr. Co
Britain presses east for Dutch border amid Finland armistice
A cease fire along the Finnish front ended months of fighting with German forces retreating toward northern Norway. Finnish terms demanded German withdrawal by Sept 15 or disarmament. Meanwhile Allied forces push toward Belgium and Luxembourg as Brussels falls and Charleroi Namur lie near capture.
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Salla
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Norway
London
BBC
Narvik
Germany
Russia
Stockholm
Antti Hackzell
Reich
Mme
Alexandra Kollontay
Sweden
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Belgium
Namur
Liege
Antwerp
Brussels
Douai
France
Charleroi
Mons
Maas Canal
Rhineland
Aachen
The Road To Berlin United Press Dispatch
The shortest distances to Berlin from Allied lines show Belgium 280 miles from east of Brussels. Northern France 385 miles from east of Verdun with a 65 mile weekly gain. Italy 560 miles from north of Pesaro with a 23 mile weekly gain. Southern France 540 miles from north of Lyon with a 50 mile weekly gain. Russia 328 miles from east of Warsaw unchanged for the week.
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United Press
Berlin
Belgium
Brussels
France
Verdun
Italy
Pesaro
Lyon
Russia
Warsaw
Bob Hope Returns From Fourth Overseas Tour
Bob Hope completes his fourth wartime overseas tour a 30 000 mile entertainment journey visiting Southwest Pacific military installations. Traveling with him were Frances Langford Jerry Colonna Patty Thomas Tony Romano and Barney Dean. The group staged 150 shows across the tour.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Funnyman
Southwest Pacific
Frances Langford
Jerry Colonna
Patty Thomas
Tony Romano
Barney Dean
Red Columns Rushing To Join Yugoslavs
Soviet armies mop up resistance in Southern Romania and advance toward Yugoslavia and Hungary. Armored columns push from Bucharest toward the Danube and a junction with Tito's Partisans near Belgrade. Romanian forces alongside the Red Army reach near Brasov while another force nears Ploesti. A second Soviet force advances toward Brasov as Rokossovsky's front is reported widening north of Warsaw.
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Moscow
Romania
Josip Tito
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Constanta
Danube
Black Sea
Giurgiu
Pioesti
Hungary
Rasvada
Pitesti
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Iron Gate
Red Army
Valenii de Munte
Ploesti
Brasov
DNB
Wysikov
Warsaw
Konstantin K. Rokossovky
Weather forecast warns showers may chase picnickers indoors
Labor Day picnickers may be forced inside this afternoon as the Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers. A trace of moisture fell early morning but more is expected later, impacting outdoor plans.
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Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and surrounding regions
Mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Little change in temperature. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Widely scattered showers and local thunderstorms mostly in late afternoon and evening. New Mexico scattered thunderstorms today tonight and Tuesday. High today 80 90. High for 24 hours ending at 6 30 AM 95, low 67, noon 81, precipitation trace.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Eighth Army Breaks Gothic Line With 12 Mile Advance
Allied forces of the Eighth Army push through a 20 mile gap in the Gothic Line. British and Canadian troops reach 12 miles inland near Rimini while the Fifth Army clears high ground along the Pisa Florence road. San Giovanni and Me leto are taken as tanks appear. the push aims to cut German lines into the Reich and Balkans.
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Siegfried
3Rd Army
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Siegfried Fort
Channel
Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Fifth Army
Pisa
Florence
Pesaro
San Giovanni
Ventena
Meleto
Saladecio
Gridolfo
Reich
Balkans
Italy
War Workers Keep Pantex Operating On Labor Day
Amarillo observed Labor Day as a workday for essential defense personnel. All Pantex divisions ran with time and a half pay. Business paused. stores and offices closed. Two district courts sat, one over a murder case. Police noted quietness overall, with 21 celebrants jailed for drunkenness.
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Amarillo
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Dollar Day Values Hit Amarillo Shoppers Ahead of Holiday
Shoppers in the Amarillo area gain an extra day to assemble Dollar Day lists due to the holiday. Merchants display Dollar Day ads in The Sunday News Globe The News this morning and The Globe today.
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Amarillo Area
News Globe
The
News This Morning
Globe Today
Potter County Budget Hearing Opens With Rate Hike Proposal
Potter County commissioners held the annual budget hearing with Judge E. O. Northcutt presiding. Representatives of the Potter County Taxpayers League attended as the session opened and a proposal to raise the county tax rate from 56 to 60 cents to build reserve funds was discussed.
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Potter County
E. O. Northcutt
Potter County Taxpayers League
News Tip Prize Won By Bobby Ray Harbin
A thief with a sweet tooth supplied a News Tip winner, Bobby Ray Harbin of 3110 West Third Avenue, for reporting a burglary at the Little Dutch Mill where sugar bowls were emptied. Virginia Marshall and E. J. Shillett won second and third prizes for tips about local incidents, with many others named as contributors in this week’s prize list.
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Bobby Ray Harbin
West
Third Avenue
Little Dutch Mill
Virginia Marshall
Buchanan Street
E. J. Shillett
Wayside
R. N. Stewart
Hayes
Son Testifies in Murder Trial Over Double Dip Shooting
Marvin Redding testified about the Double-Dip shooting in the trial of his father O M Redding for the murder of his wife Gertrude Redding. He described driving, the escape, the struggle, and the moment he grabbed the gun as his father fired.
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Marvin Redding
O. M. Redding
Gertrude Redding
Terrill Military Academy
Marvin
Evelyn
E. T. Mil
Ler
Billy
Navy
Redding
Hughes Street
Bill Adams
H. H. Cooper
J. L. Adams
Henry S. Bishop
Adams
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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R. C. Spurlock
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Pierce Street
J. T. Mask
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Maryland Street
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Polk Street
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Fifteenth Avenue
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Ray Murphy
Harrison Street
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Johnson Street
Roy J. Philbrick
Jo Ann Crumpacker
Prospect Street
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