AFL says Little Steel wage rule breaches wartime promises
George Meany and Matthew Woll left War Labor Board posts to plead before the board over the wartime wage policy. The AFL argues maintaining the Little Steel formula harms labor morale and servicemen, pushing toward a major postwar mood shift as the WLB faces whether to change wage guidelines to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
George Meany
AFL
Matthew Woll
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
Weather and War-Time Hopes In Amarillo Fall Plans
The piece forecasts showers on the high plains and favorable fall wheat conditions. It notes rising calf prices, a missing Gunner the pointer dog with a $10 reward, and details a real estate sale at the News Globe building for $60,000 with rental terms. It asserts Amarillo’s postwar growth and property value rise as war bonds funding and expansion proceed.
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High Plains
The
News+Globe
Auction Offers News-Globe Building With War Bond Trade
An ad solicits bidders for the News-Globe building, offering it for sale at escalating prices and accepting cash or war bonds, with a method to secure the deal by a $5,000 down payment through Grady Camp. The notice also mentions commissions, title approval, and viewing locations at the News-Globe office or Camp’s home.
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Grady Camp
News-Globe
Camp
Astounding 1943 birthrate claim and celebrity musings
A dis patch cites Prussian militarists warning on falling birthrates with a quip that every stout boy born in 1943 could be a brave soldier in 1964. It chronicles Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton alimony rumors and includes assorted social commentary on marriage months and intelligence linked to birth season.
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Sweden
Cary Grant
Barbara Hutton
Philadelphia
Refrigerator top found near Amarillo on Route 66
A reader reports the top to a Shelvadore refrigerator found east of Amarillo on Highway 66 and provides contact at 704 North Roberts Street for return. Also noted is a bracelet with air corps wings bearing the name Michael Leeds and a belt lost on a Washington Tyler Polk bus area with a request to call 22838 after 9 AM.
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Amarillo
Highway 66
North
Roberts Street
Air Corps
Michael Leeds
Washington
Tyler Polk
Khiva Boosts Hospital Plan
More than 150 Shriners and Khiva Temple members voted last night to push Fall ceremonial proceeds into a fund to match the Imperial Council in securing a Shriners Hospital for crippled children in the area. Indications are 250 novices will be initiated, netting about $25,000 to be offered to the Imperial Council. W. L. Norman chaired, pledging active work. Luther Pierson led the Pampa Shrine club which promised full cooperation. a chili supper was served.
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Khiva Temple
Imperial Council
Norman
Rabban
Pampa Shrine Club
Luther Pierson
Pampa Club
Government To Retire From Housing Business
Marshall W. Amis of Fort Worth, regional director of federal housing, told the 47th Texas Federation of Labor convention that postwar homes will not be planned or built by any federal agency. He said private capital should provide decent homes for every citizen unless private capital fails.
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Austin
Marshall W. Amis
Fort Worth
Federal Housing
Texas Federation of Labor
AFL
Amis
Retrial of Marion Wigfall on Robbery Charge Opens
The retrial of Marion Wigfall, a Black man charged in the Oriental Grocery hijacking, began in the 47th District Court. Wigfall had received a 10 year sentence two months earlier. two witnesses were missing when the case opened and Judge Henry B Bishop fined each witness $100 and ordered officers to secure their presence. A jury was selected before noon and testimony started.
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Marion Wigfall
47Th District Court
Wigfall
Henry
Bishop
Bombs Hit Hitler's Office and Goebbels Home in Berlin Raid
A German traveler reports Allied bombers damaged the Reich chancellery in Berlin on September 15. He says Goebbels' home nearby was badly damaged but Goebbels survived in a shelter beneath his house. Other targets included the Alden Hotel and the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger printing plant.
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Madrid
Reich
Hitler
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Alden
Commission To Set Tax Rate Approve Budget Tonight
Approval of the 1945 budget and setting of the city tax rate were the main items for the regular city commission meeting at 8 tonight. A local youth was released on 500 bond after being charged with leaving the scene of an accident. no injuries were reported in the early Sunday crash. Mrs Frazier returns secretary to the county judge after visits to Denison and Kansas City.
Slow Pace Seen for World Security Org, Dumbarton Oaks Talks
Washington reports new estimates show a prolonged path to a world security organization. United States Britain and Russia must finalize an organizational blueprint at Dumbarton Oaks with key questions left unresolved for now. A British American announcement also confirms continued postwar blacklisting of pro Axis firms. If many points stay unresolved a second Dumbarton Oaks meeting may be needed.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
Gripsholm Returns With 219 Sick and Wounded Americans
The Swedish liner Gripsholm arrived in Jersey City with 219 seriously sick and wounded American officers and enlisted men who had been prisoners in Germany. They were exchanged for disabled German prisoners at Goteborg along with more than 1,700 British and other United Kingdom nationals.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Jersey City
Germany
State
War Departments
Goteborg
Sweden
United Kingdom
Allied forces clear Epinal area press toward Belfort
War report notes the Army cleared final German resistance from Epinal and captured Jeuxey two miles east. Seventh Army advances around the Vosges shoulder between Epinal and Belfort, seizing strong points on the Lure Belfort Highway. One spearhead bypassed Bonchamp and reached within eight miles northeast of Belfort.
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Epinal
Jeuxey
Seventh Army
Vosges Mountains
Belfort
Lure-Belfort
Bonchamp
Richard Dean Goodwin Taken by Death
Richard Dean Goodwin two weeks old son of Mr and Mrs C G Goodwin of Walters Oklahoma died in a local hospital at 9 30 this morning. Survivors include three brothers Cary Jr Donald Joe and Glenn five sisters Mary Jane Dorothy Sally Ann Catherine and Virginia and grandparents A M Beavers and Mr and Mrs B F Goodwin of Walters. The body will be sent to Walters this afternoon by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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Richard Dean Goodwin
C. G. Goodwin
Walters
Okklaw
Cary, Jr
Donald Joe
Glenn
Mary Jane
Dorothy
Sally Ann
Catherine
Virginia
A. M. Beavers
B. F. Goodwin
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Record Attendance Reported at Center
Amarillo Center of West Texas State College reports an all time registration record. After seven days of the semester all classes have met once and totals were completed last night. Registration continues through the week as Dr. R. Boger notes classes suit adults seeking credits, culture, or professional improvement.
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Amarillo Center
West Texas State College
R. +. Boger
Navy Hand Bag Missing After Flight From Chicago
Police Chief Sid Harper reports a North Chicago circular offering a $100 reward for the return of a Navy hand bag and its contents. The bag belonged to Ensign R. K. Potter, is 21 by 14 inches, naval aviation issue, stenciled U. S. N. and with the ensign's name. It was checked on August 7 from Chicago to San Diego.
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Sid Harper
Police Department of
North
Chicago
Navy
R. K. Potter
Naval Aviation
San Diego
Wilson Orders Federal Jury to Report for Oct 9
Federal Judge James C. Wilson has ordered a jury to report on the morning of October 9 for civil suits on call. Notices will be mailed to 35 Panhandle residents drawn as jurymen. The criminal docket will be called October 23. The Potter County grand jury met this morning and had no new indictments by noon. The jurors reconvened at 1 30 this afternoon to continue deliberations.
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James C. Wilson
Panhandle
Potter County
Course meeting notes from Amarillo business trip
Mitchell Jones the instructor notes the course is as much the parents as the children. Judge Ivy B. Duncan of Pamps was in Amarillo on a business trip today.
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Mitchell Jones
Duncan
Ivy B. Duncan
Pamps
Amarillo
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