Desertion Charge May Catch Bever in Army Court
Bever, an army deserter linked to a Cincinnati bank robbery and jail escape, may be tried by the Eighth Service Command in Amarillo or Abilene under the war department directive. Witnesses, including an FBI lab expert, are summoned as the command moves to transfer Bever for a general court martial.
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Harry Ralph Bever
Clint ©. Wood
Amarillo
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Bever
War Department
Washington
Jim Lumpkin
Cincinnati
FBI
Lumpkin
Judge Advocate General
Department of the Eighth Service Command
Abilene
Wood
Lamar
Polk Street
Army
Fighth Service Command
Mussolini’s fate after 49 days of confinement uncertain
The report questions what the Germans planned for Mussolini after his balcony exile at Palazzo Venezia ended. It suggests he might be restored as a puppet dictator under Nazi control in northern Italy. Also noted is a U S forces need for replacing worn tires during the North African campaign, though the tire detail appears incidental.
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Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Italy
OPA Slashes Food Prices in Broad Rollback Plan
General Manager Chester Bowles of the Office of Price Administration unveils a $1 billion program to cut consumer living costs by 2-3 percent. The plan uses transportation subsidies, crop purchases, and subsidies for peanut butter and lard with mid fall effects expected and further price reductions planned for winter fruits and vegetables. Congress support and additional funds are needed to sustain milk price containment.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration Today
Congress
Bowles
Black Draught Herbal Laxative Ad
Questions and answers explain laxative types and urge that Black Draught is purely herbal and effective when directions are followed. The Southwest best seller, four generations, costs 25 cents for 25 to 40 doses. Available powdered or granulated in a yellow box.
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Southwest
Prisoner: U-boat skipper who sank Ark Royal captured
U-boat commander Kapitanleutenant Frederick Guggenberger, decorated by Germany for sinking Ark Royal, was taken prisoner when his submarine was sunk off Brazil by a U S Navy Martine Mariner patrol bomber.
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Washington
Navy
Kapitanleutenant
Frederick Guggenberger
Brazil
Guggenberger
Germany
Mariner
Re-employment Plan Urged by Gene Klein
Gene Klein of Star Lumber Company urges Amarillo focus on local postwar employment without federal WPA aid. He says returning service members and defense workers need meaningful work at home, warns against street improvement and park schemes, and advocates expanding small industries to meet growing demand.
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Amarillo
Gene Klein
Star Lumber Company
Klein
Ross Rogers
Reclamation Bureau Names Amarillo Regional Office HQ
Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced a new Region 5 office of the Bureau of Reclamation to be based in Amarillo. Wesley R. Nelson will direct the Texas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico area including the Arkansas River basin in Kansas. The office will oversee power development marketing and contract repayment along with project development and economic programs.
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Washington
Amarillo
Bureau of Reclamation
the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Bureau
Region 5
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Colorado River
Colorado-Big Thompson
Blue River
South Platte
Arkansas River
Kansas
Wesley R. Nelson
Commissioner of Reclamation
Washington, D. C
Altus Dam
Carlsbad
New Mexico City
Rio Grande
Elephant Butte
Marshall Ford
Austin Conchas Dam
South Texas
Valley Gravity Canal
Harry W. Bashore
Reclamation
John C. Page
Funeral services for Mrs T F York in Amarillo
Mrs T F York, 74, longtime Amarillo resident, died Sunday night in Petersburg. Funeral services were held at 4 30 this afternoon at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev A A Collins of Lubbock officiating. Pallbearers were Arnold G Atte berry C V Wooley Jack Stalworth Ted Blackburn C P Hutchings and T R Cross. Interment followed in Llano Cemetery. Surviving children include three sons and two daughters, notably Mrs J J Buckley of Amarillo.
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T. F. York
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
A. A. Collins
Lubbock
Arnold G. Atteberry
C. V. Wooley
Jack Stalworth
Ted Blackburn
C. P. Hutchings
T. R. Cross
Llano
Petersburg
J. J. Buckley
Amarillo
Dudley Killed in Auto Accident Near Odessa
E A Dudley pipeline superintendent for West Texas Gas Company died when a tire blew out and his car left the road north of Odessa. He was on company business and was accompanied by his two children at the time of the crash.
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E. A. Dudley
West Texas Gas Company
Odessa
Dudley
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Sheriff's Office
U. S
OPA
Globe News
Ark Royal
The
American Medical Association
United States
Erer Zener
P. M
Fred Waring
News OF the World
H. A. Kaltenborn
OF Firestone
DR. I
Richard Harkness
NBC
Reclamation Bureau
Spencer Baird
Frederick K. Gray
Howard McDonald
Oberon
Lady Korda
Merle Oberon
Netherlands
Vittori Mussolini
Duce
First National Bank
Fine Diamonds
J. T. Russell Jeweler
Amapillo
Great Southern
Life Insurance
Friends of the Great Southern
Armed Services
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
E,. P. Greenwood
Houston
C. F. Collier
Amarillo Building
H. C. Bandy
C. C. Bridges
Sam Page
James B. Allen
Lockney
Gordon
Gilliam
Memphis
E. C. Gilliam
D. O. Murray
Follett
R. H. Knophuizen
Plainview
Eloise Parker
T. R. Preston
Childress
W. H. Walker
Shamrock
Ben A. Skidmore
W. F. Bristow
Borger O
Vineyard
Borger
M. E. Smart
Lamesa
A. L. Henderson
Mattie E. Moore
George J. Young
America
Railroads of
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
United For Victory
Tino Island
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