Roosevelt orders demobilization of war agencies after Nazi collapse
President Roosevelt directs Budget Director Harold Smith to plan liquidation of war agencies and a peace-time reversion of government. He asks for staffing reassessment, reduction to a peace footing, and simplification of administration as Europe nears end, with execution likely after Japan surrenders.
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Washington
Germany
White House
Roosevelt
Harold D. Smith
Europe
Civil Service Commission
Byrd Committee On Government Spending
Slim Down Fast Lose Pounds With Easy Bottle Diet
A short claim for a weight loss product promises quick results with no hard exercise or starvation. It advertises simple easy use, pleasant taste, and a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to show results.
Tromone Promises Vitality Boost for Men
Scientists tout Tromone as a vitamin and hormone combination that may restore vigor to middle aged men. The product claims to stimulate vitality and zest when taken as directed, with sales advertised at Cretney's in Amarillo Pampa Borger Clovis Tucumcari and druggists everywhere.
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Cretney’s
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Clovis
Tucumcari
Druegists
Wounded in France Aug. 27
The War Department informs Mrs. Margie A. Taylor that her husband Pvt. P. B. Taylor was wounded August 27 in action in France. He has served overseas since July 25 with the Infantry, entered the Army February 8, trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and previously worked for Curtis Candy Company.
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War Department
Margie A. Taylor
Pvt
P. B. Taylor
France
Taylor
Infantry
Fort McClellan
Ala
Curtis Candy Company
Legion Convention Hears War Plans From Top Leaders
At the American Legion session in Chicago Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Gen. H. H. Arnold outlined key Pacific campaigns. Nimitz spoke by radio on Palau and isolating Japan, while Arnold noted the air forces would strike Germany and Japan as 60 American divisions already on front lines, with eight more to sail this month.
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Chicago
American Legionnaires
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Army Long
Legion
Arnold
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
Army
Palau
Carolines
Truk
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Courtroom notices list divorces and marriages
District Court records show Flossie Ansier versus Joseph L Ansier for divorce and Carol Barrett versus Sylvia T Barrett for divorce. Marriage licenses issued to Douglas Lee and Pauline J Williams, G B Bishop and Ethel Lena Reddoch. An unrelated note recalls 19th century anti Jewish riots in Russia.
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District Court
Flossie Ansier
Joseph L. Ansier
Carol Barrett
Sylvia T. Barrett
Douglas Lee
Pauline J. Williams
G. B. Bishop
Ethel Lena Reddoch
Russia
Dewey Goes For Union Vote In Oregon Campaign Stop
Republican presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey travels to Portland Oregon and Seattle to press labor issues in a tour shaping a busy week. He warns the New Deal worsened wartime strikes and calls for a capable labor department while predicting stronger Dewey support in industrial regions.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
New York
Portland
Seattle
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washington
Herbert Brownell
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Dewey
War Labor Board
Secretary of Labor
Department of Labor
Brownell
Smith
Senate
Sidney Hillene
CIO
Federal Jobs Open To Electrotypers
The Civil Service Commission announces a new examination for electrotyper electro typer and stereotype with salaries of 3947 dollars a year and amends notices on other exams. H M Timmons local secretary cites five years of practical or apprenticeship plus a year of journeyman experience. Jobs in Government Printing Office Washington. Closing date October 2 for crop production specialists.
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Civil Service Commission
H. M. Timmons
Government Printing Office
Washington
Local Legion Delegates Attend National Convention in Chicago
Roy Beard and George Broome represent Amarillo at the American Legion national convention in Chicago. The article notes pre Pearl Harbor tire requirements and 1944 production figures, highlighting wartime manufacturing pressures.
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Roy Beard
Hanson Post
George Broome
Pearl Harbor
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Erage
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Askew & Brown T. B Bruner J. C. Burkhalter
Rolla V, Cartwright
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Loving & CO
James Oakes
Ordway-Saunders CO
D. W. Owen Panhandle Ins
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King Company
E. Regal CO
Harold
Richey Upshaw Insurance Agency
Williams-Boyce Agency
Howa Williams Agency
L. E. Lyles Holt-Ferguson Agency
Neely-Greenhill Agency
Hugo H. Loewenstern
Folger
Folger’s
Americas
Mountain Grown
Courthouse Records
6Th
Rilcoz
Rilco
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co
John Armstrong Grady Stubbs
Wash
California
Arac Eet
Stillman
the Stillman CO
Aurora, Ill
Timmons
Post Office
The
American Legion
App
Zonodite
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Crowe-Gulde Cement Co
Griggs Burial Association
N.s.griggs & Sons
Ealer
O.P.A
Norge
Norge 4
Rollatorre
Bette
Borg-Warner Ind
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