Eastern gasoline tax kept steady despite cuts
The defense petroleum office told Eastern states not to fear tax reductions as a 10 percent curtailment program remains in effect. Acting petroleum coordinator Ralph K. Davies said September gasoline sales should match September last year and tax returns stay similar, though he cautioned future curtailment cannot be ruled out.
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Washington
Defense Petroleum Office
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
Plane crosses fence puzzle baffles Oklahoma airport staff
Glenn Brauninger moored his plane outside the hangar at Wiley Post Airport. It later appeared parked in the middle of a nearby road beyond a fence, leaving officials puzzled about how the plane moved.
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Oklahoma City
Glenn Brauninger
Wiley Post
Manning's Condition About the Same After Crash
The 82 year old Amarillo resident J F Manning remains in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital three weeks after a serious automobile accident. He has a fractured pelvic bone and other internal injuries. attendants report his condition as about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Manning
Amarillian
Northwest Texas Hospital
70 year old rider completes 7,000 mile tandem trip
A 70-year-old Kentucky merchant from Eminence undertakes the return leg of a 7,000 mile ride. He travels on a tandem motorcycle piloted by his son Alvin, 20, in an adventurous cross country journey.
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Los Angeles
Jake Koenigstein
Eminence
Alvin
Kansas City Livestock Markets and Financial Quotes
Kansas City Missouri September 8 Livestock Hogs sale and total 3 000 mostly 10 to 20 cents higher than Friday's average heavies slow top 12.20 Beef cattle calves salable 21 200 2700 total steers 11 25 to 12 25 stockers 10 25 to 11 15 feeders strong 13 25 top yearling stockers 12 00 cattle prices mixed with some weakness in heavy feeders Sheep 5 000 stock 6500 bid around 11 75 for trucked lambs Colorado lambs above 12 00 Market notes and losses offset by firm hogs and steady cows Financial Security Fund quotes given with liquidating price 61.5084 offering price 1.66.
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Kansas City
U.P
USDA
Lhoice Ight
Best Colorados
Afghanistan Faces World War II Dilemma Amid Pass Control
Afghanistan, a neutral nation key to routes from Russia to India, may be drawn into WWII. King Mohammed Zahir Shah, 27, governs a country slightly smaller than Texas with four vital passes and a border with Allied-occupied Iran. Britain warns Kabul to oust Nazi influence.
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Middle East
Afghanistan
Texas
Russia
India
Iran
Britain
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Budget Hearing Week From Today In City
Public hearing on the city budget is set for 11 o clock in the morning one week from today. The tentative budget is under study by the taxpayers league as A P Hancock takes over active duties around Oct 1, the new fiscal year beginning, after arriving from Kerrville. He met with Mayor Joe Jenkins and acting city manager Perry Burks this morning to review the budget, while Kerrville officials appoint a city clerk as acting manager until Jan 1.
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Taxpayers’ League
A. P. Hancock
Hancock
Kerrville
Joe Jenkins
Perry Burks
American Legion Hanson Post Publishes Americanism Issue
The Veteran magazine issue for Labor Day features editorials on Americanism. September issue includes pictures of Hanson Post officers and auxiliaries. The Veteran is a monthly publication edited by Joe Omlor.
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The
Veteran
American Legion Magazine
Hanson Post No. 54
Hanson Post
Joe Omlor
Wallace Condition Remains Unchanged
John Q. Wallace, a truck driver injured when a tank truck overturned on North East Eighth Avenue, remains in about the same condition at St. Anthony's Hospital. He suffered back injuries, scalp wounds and leg injuries after the tanker hauling water for the runway construction at English Airport overturned, and was transported to the hospital by N. S. Griggs and Sons ambulance.
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John Q. Wallace
Eighth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
English Airport
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Funeral services for David A Brandon tomorrow
Funeral services for David Arvon Brandon will be held tomorrow at 10 AM from Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Lu ther Roberts officiating. Brandon died yesterday at 736 North Houston Street. A retired farmer, he moved here 13 years ago from Post and was a Church of Christ member. He is survived by seven daughters, two sons, a sister, 16 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
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David Arvon Brandon
Blackburn-Shaw
Luther Roberts
Church of Christ
Brandon
North
Houston Street
W. S. Pollard
Emma D. Howard
Bess Brandon
San Bernardino
Calif
Delano Family Heritage and Early Franklin Roosevelt Tie
The Delano family estate at Alcona near Newburgh links to the Roosevelts as Hudson River gentry. Catherine Delano’s youth included a far voyage to Hong Kong via Cape Horn and Europe after her father’s 1857 panic losses. She later ran the family estates while Franklin Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, as mentions of Har vard education follow. The piece notes Japan’s matches sale under strict government control per the commerce departments.
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Catherine Delano
Delano
Alcona
Newburgh
N. Y
Roosevelts
Delanos
Hudson River Valley
China
Cape Horn
Hong Kong
Europe
Paris
Empress Eugenie
James Roosevelt
Harvard
Franklin
Marines Add Iceland Verse To Old Hymn
The Marines Hymn gains a new verse written by a Marine Corps officer in Reykjavik Iceland. The verse recalls sailing north in nineteen forty one under the midnight sun and the Viking Norse saga with Iceland girls and a polar bear guard.
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Iceland
Montezuma
Tripoli
Frank M. Bell
Marine Corps
Reykjavik
Nazi Sub Is Captured by British Plane
A German submarine, badly damaged by bombs from an American Lockheed plane, surrendered in the Atlantic and was brought into a British harbor. A British communique said British warships towed the U boat to port as a Lockheed EC 14B bomber and a Catalina flying boat patrolled. Weather and heavy seas delayed boarding until the crew was removed and the sub towed clear.
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London
Sept
U.pi
Atlantic
Admiralty
Lockheed
Catalina
Coastal Command
Death of Mother Delays FDR Talk
President Roosevelt postpones a foreign policy address due to his mother’s death. The White House said the speech, about 15 minutes, would air Thursday night from the White House at 8 p.m. Central Time over the three major networks.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
Texas Tech opens new term with 22 new faculty members
Lubbock reports the start of physical exams for prospective students at Texas Technological College. Formal registration is set for Thursday and Friday. The term brings 22 new teachers to the campus, including 17 men and five women, with 16 Texans or Texas-trained.
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Lubbock
U.P
Texas Technological College
Texas
Leningrad Front Faces Heavy Attacks As War Enters Third Day
Russian reports recount continuous German air and artillery assaults against Leningrad as workers rush to factories to arm the front. The Leningrad radio notes new brigades of home guards and mass transit of workers, while Odessa vows grim resistance with the slogan not one step backward.
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Leningrad
Black Sea
Odessa
Alexander Kolibanov
Firemen Go Below To Fight Flames In Amarillo
Firefighters in Amarillo battled a blaze yesterday in an underground basement at Seventh Avenue and Tyler Street where lumber stored in the underground rooms was on fire. Firemen also responded to grass fire alarms again today and the central station advised callers to specify grass or automobile fires when reporting alarms.
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Amarillo
Seventh Avenue
Tyler Street
Central Station
Texas Governor invites Oklahoma leader to Dallas grid game
In Austin a Texas governor invited Oklahoma Governor Leon C. Phillips to attend the Longhorn Sooner football game in Dallas on October 11 as his guest. Phillips, who spent the weekend with Texas Governor Coke Stevenson, said he would consider the invitation. In LaDue Missouri residents oppose changing their 70 year old town name despite pressures from St Louis County residents.
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Austin
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
Leon C. Phillips
ST. Louis
LaDue
Henry County
St. Louis County
LaDue Village
Cotton Seed Flour Added to Army Field Rations
Fort Worth reports the army has adopted a new cotton seed flour for field rations. Endorsed by the American Medical Association foods council, the flour is high in protein and vitamin B, enhancing the traditional bean heavy diet.
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Fort Worth
National Cotton Council
Council On Foods
The
American Medical Association
Protection backfires in San Francisco incident
Mrs. Sileen Buchanan followed her husband’s orders to shoot if disturbed at home. She fired a shotgun but found no intruder. police speculate the assailant may have escaped through a hole burned into a Persian rug.
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San Francisco
Sileen Buchanan
Stevenson Sends FDR Message of Sympathy
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson sent a message to President Roosevelt offering profound sympathy on the death of his mother. He called Mrs Roosevelt a symbol of democracy and spoke for Texas and its people in expressing condolence. The report also notes the commerce department’s view on television broadcasting impacts from normal motor vehicle operation.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Roosevelt
United States
Texas
Department of Commerce
Commissioners Buy Mule After Bones Sale at Fair Grounds
Potter County Commissioners Court records a $25 profit from selling Bones the Clydesdale and approving a $25 purchase of a mule to replace the harness horse at the Tri-State Fair grounds. Ed Eubanks calls the mule a steal despite minor blemishes, noting lower feed costs.
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Potter County Commissioners Court
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Ed Eubanks
Fairgrounds
Improved Looks through Digestive Tonic Claim
An advertisement touts 8.8.8. Tonic as a two step remedy to restore stomach digestive juices and rebuild red blood cells. It promises renewed vitality, appetite, and attractiveness for those with digestive discomfort or fatigue, urging daily use and citing widespread user testimonials.
Governor To Deliver Message in Person in Special Session
Governor Coke Stevenson will deliver his message to the legislature in a special session convened in Austin. The address will be delivered in person at 1 P M with Speaker Homer Leonard present.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Homer Leonard
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Livery & Sales Co
Taylor St
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J. T. Culpepper
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H. E. Jameyson
J. E. Jensen
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T. B. Mathews
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Edd Rowland
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Jim Snider
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