Army Calls for 70 000 Enlistees to Replace Returning Veterans
In Dallas on September 21 U P reports Lt Gen Walton H Walker announced a nationwide drive to enlist at least 70 000 men into the regular army. Stations in 60 southwestern cities and 49 sub stations will recruit men 18 to 34 inclusive as guardians of the victory. The effort operates under eight district offices.
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Dallas
U.P
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Service Command
Walker
Woman identifies Nazi guards before British tribunal
Ada Dimko, a Polish Jew and survivor, testified in a British military tribunal at Lueneburg naming 45 defendants from the Belsen and Oswiecim camps. She claimed her family was murdered in gas chambers and estimated four million others died similarly.
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Lueneburg
Adaeon
Oswiecim
Belsen
United Nations Push to Set Up Peace Organization
London dispatch reports that the full United Nations will work before 1946 to secure the peace. U. S. delegate Edward R. Stettinius said the executive committee backed the plan and the schedule is agreed. The Soviet Union China Great Britain France and others support establishing an effective United Nations without delay.
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London
United Nations Organization
Edward R. Stettinius
U. S
Preparatory Commission
United States
Soviet Union
China
Great Britain
France
United Nations
MacArthur Outlines Postwar Japan demobilization plan
General Douglas MacArthur discusses the surrender terms and Allied occupation strategy for Japan. He says 3,000,000 Japanese soldiers will be absorbed into civilian life, no Japanese army will be kept for policing, and American housing or food aid will not be provided this winter. He defends Emperor retention and notes discipline under surrender terms while promising an educational campaign on Japan’s defeat.
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MacArthur
Japan
United States
Enlisted Guard Receives Tojo Ribbons From General
In Tokyo on September 21 a U S Army MP Pfc Donald Kincaid of Dayton received Gen Hideki Tojo’s complete set of 24 campaign ribbons. Tojo handed the ribbons to Kincaid after his death by his own action while Kincaid stood guard at the former premier’s bedside.
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Tokyo
Pfc
Donald Kincaid
Dayton
Hideki Tojo
Kincaid
Tojo
Sportsmen Discuss Shooting Reserve in East Texas
Howard Dodgen, executive secretary of the Game Fish and Oyster Commission, told sportsmen at Beaumont that a 3,000,000 acre public shooting preserve in East Texas was discussed. He noted West Texas interest in a similar public hunting area and that big game hunting largely relies on private leases.
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Austin
East Texas
Beaumont
Howard Dodgen
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
West Texas
War Criminal Neurath Captured in Baden Baden
Konstantin von Neurath, once Germanys foreign minister and a high ranking war criminal, was captured Wednesday in Baden Baden according to a member of the French delegation.
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Neurath
Mernberg
Germany
Konstantin von Neurath
Baden Baden
von Neurath
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
General Somervell Plans To Retire
Washington reports General Brehon Somervell intends to retire on terminal leave the same day General George C. Marshall quits as Army chief of staff. Under a wartime rule, regular Army officers with World War I service may retire, and the request is mandatory.
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Washington
Brehon Somervell
Service Forces
George C. Marshall
Francis Scott Key a Baltimore Attorney Who Wrote the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore attorney, authored The Star Spangled Banner in 1814 describing the scene during the defense of Fort McHenry. He practiced law in Maryland's largest city and became a notable figure in American history.
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Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Filipino sergeant who shielded MacArthur returns to duty
Tokyo Sept 21 The sergeant who shielded General MacArthur during a 1941 Corregidor raid arrived in Tokyo to resume work for his former boss. Domingo H Adversario, 42, was wounded in the forehead and hands and received the Purple Heart while MacArthur was unharmed.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Domingo H. Adversario
Corregidor
Adversario
Senate Rebuffs Truman on Unemployment Aid
The Senate rejected most of the administration's unemployment compensation plan while extending 26 weeks of benefits at federal cost and travel for displaced war workers. Senator Wagner called the bill watered down as House Ways and Means members warned it would promote idleness. The Senate will tackle the full employment bill next week in what may be a sharp, partisan debate.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Chamber
Ways and Means Committee
Mistaken intruder wakes Pittsburgh woman in 1920
Mrs E B Perryman of 1920 B Polk reports a man entered her bedroom about 1 30 am calling for Mildred. He apologized repeatedly, fled through the living room and out the front door, finding nothing missing. She had left a screen door unlocked.
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E. B. Perryman
Polk
War Casualty Total Shows 536 Increase
U S war casualties rise to 1,071,266, up 536 from a week earlier. Army deaths total 205,569, while Navy fatalities reach 54,068.
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Washington
U. S
Army
Navy
Congress Votes To End War Time On Sept 30
The Senate passed a House approved bill and sent it to President Truman for signature ending war time at 2 AM on September 30. Congress approved the measure after relationship with the administration and awaits the president's action.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Truman
Flying Dream Starts Soon Globester to circle world from Washington
The Globester will depart Washington National Airport on Sept 28 for a 23,147 mile round the world trip lasting six and a quarter days. Army Air Transport Command announces civilian travelers may join for 2431 plus 15 percent tax. autonomous commercial flights later offered. Three reporters will accompany the first flight, which leaves at 4 PM and returns Oct 4 after passing Azores, North Africa, Egypt, India, China, the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Washington
U. S
Inez Robb l
International News Service
Frederick C. Othman
United Press
Paul Miller
Associated Press
U. S. Army Air Corp
Azores
North Africa
Egypt
India
China
Philippines
Hawaii
USO Still Forming Em on the Right
At 9 am volunteers reported at Downtown USO at Sixth and Taylor where at least 15 soldiers and sailors waited to be admitted. Returning from overseas, they sought letters, reading, music, and snacks as they awaited trains or buses. John Corcoran directs the Downtown USO.
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USO
Sixth and
Taylor
John Corcoran
Lost Battalion to Be Honored in Wichita Falls Homecoming
The 131st Field Artillery known as the Lost Battalion will be honored in Wichita Falls with a homecoming celebration on October 29. Mayor W. B. Hamilton announced that President Truman and senior military and government officials have been invited. October 29 is designated Wichita County Victory Day.
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Wichita Falls
131St Field Artillery
W. B. Hamilton
Truman
Army
Navy
Wichita County
Hero Arrives Tomorrow Aboard the Isaacs Coles
Maj. Harry Riggs son of Mr. and Mrs. J N Riggs 1410 Monroe arrives in New York aboard the Isaacs Coles. G-2 on Gen Mark Clark staff he earned a front line promotion in Italy from captain to major and received the Bronze Star for Anzio and Salerno. He earlier fought in North Africa and joined the armed forces when the national guard was federalized in 1940.
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Isaacs Coles
New York
Harry Riggs
J. N. Riggs
Monroe
Riggs
Mark Clark
Italy
Anzio
Salerno
North Africa
National Guard
Attorneys Fail To Agree On Thompson Day Trial Date
Defense lawyers appointed for Miran Thompson and Elbert Day clash over a trial date due to other court duties. Judge Henry S. Bishop and District Attorney Jim Lumpkin held talks in Canyon area for a venue change. One tentative Oct 2 date remains for the unsettled defendant.
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Thompson
Miran Thompson
Elbert Day
Lem Savage
Grady Fox
George McCarthy
W. T. Brothers
John Merchant
Henry S. Bishop
Jim Lumpkin
Canyon
Savage
Day
Countess Ciano Reflects on Mussolini and War
On Lipari Island Countess Lodda Ciano, widow of Galeazzo Ciano, says she loved her father Mussolini yet despised Claretta Petacci and explains Mussolini hated the Germans though Italy would be occupied if they fought. She notes Hitler had charm while Ribbentrop looms in war crimes talks.
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Lodda Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Jipari
Switzerland
Mediterranean
Lipari
Claretta Petacci
Mussolni
Piazza
Ciano
Mussolini
Hitler
Eddy
Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Himmler
Mrs Tuckness Visits Sister in Los Angeles
Mrs. Ken Tuckness of 3800 East Eleventh travels to Los Angeles to visit her sister Mrs. Parker Anderson who is ill. Both women are daughters of Mr and Mrs George Locke of the same address.
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Ken Tuckness
East Eleventh
Los Angeles
Parker Anderson
Anderson
Tuckness
George Locke
Oldest cultivated pansy among violet family
One of the oldest cultivated flowers is the pansy, a member of the violet family.
W. D. Robertson Taken by Death
William D. Robertson 52 a Rock Island railroad engineer died in an Amarillo hospital from a heart ailment. He had just been stricken on his way to work and died shortly after arrival. A native Texan, he lived 35 years in Amarillo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Survived by his widow Dellia, a son William D. Robertson Jr, two daughters Louise Sutton and Ruth Herron, four sisters Ella Bray Sallie Conway Melda Baird Mary Ferguson, and two grandchildren.
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William D. Robertson
Rock Island
Amarillo
Robertson
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Dellia Robertson
William D. Robertson, Jr
Army Air Forces
Louise Sutton
Ruth Herron
Ella Bray
Sallie Conway
Melda Baird
Mary Ferguson
Slaton
Benny Odell Prince Dies at 36 in Amarillo Home
Benny Odell Prince 36 died early this morning at his family home 1909 West Sixth. He owned Motor Bearing Service at 513 Van Buren and lived in Amarillo over 15 years. He was a First Baptist Church member survived by wife Jimmie, daughter Jimmie Dell, three brothers Luther John Prince and Roy Prince, and three sisters Dan Cottingham Tela Forrest and Ossie Ellis. Body at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home with funeral services pending.
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Benny Odell Prince
West Sixth
van Buren
Prince
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Jimmie Prince
Jimmie Dell
Luther
John Prince
Roy Prince
Victoria
Dan Cottingham
Tela Forrest
Tulsa
Okla
Ossie Ellis
California
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Uncertain Birth Date of Christopher Columbus
The record notes that the precise birth date of Columbus remains unclear, with historians arguing over the year and day. It outlines the broader scholarly debate and the lack of definitive archival evidence.
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Columbus
World End Day Predicts Nine Day Reprieve
Pasadena September 21 In a dramatic prophecy Reverend Charles G Long aged 72 warned the world would end at 9 33 am central wartime time The moment passed without incident Long suggested he might have delayed apocalypse by another nine days His son Frank declined further comment on the outcome.
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Pasadena
Cal
Charles G. Long
Long
Frank
Police nab two suspects in quick city theft case
Police and city detectives recovered a $160 diamond studded pin and a tan jacket after H. S. Benton reported the loss. The theft occurred from Benton's car in the 300 block on East Fifth. The first suspect was arrested around 6 40 p m, wearing the coat, and the second at seven o'clock carrying the pin.
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H. S. Benton
Home Burglary Reported While Family Out of Town
Neighbors found a broken window and missing items at Jinks Mode's house 2105 Van Buren after the family was away. Police await Mode's return from Childress to appraise losses. The burglary was reported this morning to authorities.
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Jinks Mode
van Buren
Mr. Mode
Childress
Mode
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