Local self government urged to survive postwar era
Amarillo businessman Ross D. Rogers defends private enterprise and local self government as essential to preserve democracy after the war. He warns against federal loans and central control, urges focus on local needs like water, airports, hospitals, and jobs, and cautions against returning to central planning.
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Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
United States Conference of Mayors
Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Washington
Tri State Fair
Veterans Hospital
Texas
America
Manpower Problems Solution Is Urged
Washington reports Richard T. Prankensteen of the United Automobile Workers CIO urges immediate action by labor management and government to resolve aircraft production manpower issues. He calls to cut wastage on planes of doubtful military efficiency, align aircraft wages with shipyard pay, and improve factory conditions to reduce absenteeism among women workers, which he says is half the absentee problem.
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Washington
Richard T. Prankensteen
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Bob Hope urges overseas GIs to see all star ball clubs
Comedian Bob Hope, back from North Africa, says American servicemen abroad crave to watch two major league teams in action. He recalls Bizerte hospital scenes where doctors treated stretcher cases and praises wounded soldiers for their endurance and courage.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
North Africa
America
Bob
Hope
Bizerte
Officials Meet With Military To Discuss Law Enforcement
Sheriff Bill Adams District Attorney Jim Lumpkin County Attorney Tom Seay and District Judge Henry Bishop met with military authorities at Amarillo Field today to discuss law enforcement problems.
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Bill Adams
Jim Lumpkin
Tom Seay
Henry Bishop
Amarillo Field
Lawyer resumes practice after military service
Announces reopening of his law office following a nine month absence serving in the armed forces of the United States. He will be temporarily located with W. F. Nix, Attorney, 818 Oliver Eakle Building. Phone 8572.
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U. S
W. F. Nix
Oliver Eakle
Market Dow Jones Averages Report for 1 P M
Merrill Lynch service lists at 1 P M the Dow Jones averages with gains across industrials utilities and stocks. Industrials at 137.92 up .17, Utilities 21.59 up .11, Stocks 47.56 up .06, with 563,870 shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Pierce, Fenenr & Beane
Amer
Gillette Razor
Sane
Greyhound Int Harvester
I & Tel
Kennecott Copper
Glenn Lone
Gulf Oil
Mid Cent Pet
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Can
New York Shipbuilding
Angee Eneeees Tee Eee
Shell Union Oil
Socony Vacuum Wee
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
Standard Oil
Calif
Standard Oil Indian
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker
Swift & Co. We
Texas
Eee
Tex Gulf Sylph
Tidewater
Directors Discuss Postwar Planning At Chamber Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors met at the Herring Hotel for planning a postwar fund campaign. Budget committee to draft indenture. membership drive aims to contact 100 plus businesses for support. Nearby livestock market notes include Kansas City and Chicago bids and cattle, hogs, and sheep prices with limited action and steady to weak demand.
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Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
J. E
Jack” Cunningham
Herb Budke
Kansas City
Hitler suffers nervous collapse at war council
A radio described secret German station reports Adolf Hitler endured a nervous collapse during a war council at his headquarters on Wednesday. He was carried to his bedroom and doctors prescribed a long rest, the bread cart said.
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Stockholm
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Neal Arthur and Wife Welcome Son James Grant Arthur
Neal Arthur, former Texas Ranger stationed in Amarillo, and his wife announce the birth of their son James Grant Arthur in Houston on August 26. Mrs. Arthur resides in Houston while Mr. Arthur is in Army MP training at Camp Custer Michigan.
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Mrs. Neal Arthur
Neal Arthur
Texas
Amarillo
Arthur
James Grant Arthur
Houston
Wallace proposes Roosevelt as peace table chairman
Vice President Henry A. Wallace suggested Roosevelt be made permanent chairman at the postwar peace table. He said he had not discussed the idea with anyone and did not know the President's reaction, adding the President would likely be surprised.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Italy Preparing for Allied Move as Badoglio Signs Talks
Rome and Milan were under Badoglio orders to resist German occupation while Italian forces mass near Turin and Milan. A broadcast from Algiers spoke of street fighting along the Milan Genoa railway and a communique hinted at negotiations to move German troops in the Rome zone northward. A Swiss report claimed an Allied invasion of Albania was imminent with a convoy escorted by strong forces.
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Milan
Turin
Badoglio
Algiers
Genoa
Rome
Albania
Allied Forces Drive Into Naples Area and Coastline
Allied communiques report American 5th Army establishing beachheads near Naples as General Clark’s forces push to eject German forces from the region. British 8th Army advances 20 miles north along the Adriatic coast, with landings near Vibo Valentia and Ventotene Island captured. Rome reportedly bombarded as invasion rumors spread, while Axis forces warned to surrender in Greece and the Balkans.
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Mark W. Clark
Naples
5Th Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Adriatic
Pizzo
Vibo Valentia
Ventotene
Madrid
Stefani
Rome
Porto D'Anzio
Ostia
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Advertises a safe medicated liquid Kleerex that dries pimples overnight. Claims quick disappearance with nightly use and money back guarantee, urging readers to try tonight and promises no risk with reimbursement if unsatisfied. Sold and recommended locally.
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