Niece of Amarillo woman kidnapped in Winslow case
Two escaped Florida penitentiary convicts kidnapped three Winslow girls, one niece of Mildred Shaw. The suspects M Burchfield and Clyde Sutton were described by Arizona authorities, last seen near Gallup driving a grey 1941 Oldsmobile. Panhandle and surrounding officers were alerted.
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Winslow
Ariz
Florence
Mildred Shaw
North West Eighth
Gallup
N M
Arizona
China Minister Denies Troops Are Fighting Japs
In Chungking on September 26 7 China’s minister of information Dr C Wu denied reports that Communist troops in North China were attacking Japanese forces in violation of the central government disarmament program He called the claims untrue at a news conference responding to a local Communist newspaper report suggesting Japanese aid.
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Chungking
China
C. Wu
President Truman reacts to unemployment bill setback
President Truman voiced disappointment over the House Ways and Means Committee action postponing indefinitely the unemployment compensation bill. He questioned whether the move killed the legislation while addressing reporters at a news conference in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
House Ways and Means
Mitchell Will Head Investigating Committee
Willam D. Mitchell former attorney general under Hoover was chosen unanimously as chief counsel for the joint Congressional committee investigating the Pearl Harbor attack. He appeared before the committee and agreed to accept the position. Chairman Barkley of Kentucky said he was eager to get to work immediately.
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Washington
Willam D. Mitchell
Hoover
Congressonal
Pearl Harbor
Mitchell
Barkley
Kentucky
Sailors Advised to Stock Clothing Before Discharge
Washington Navy officials urge sailors to buy underwear work clothing handkerchiefs shoes and other wearing apparel from service stores before discharge to reduce inventories and ease civilian stock strains.
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Washington
Navy
Saigon Aflame as Annamites Attack Market
Saigon experienced a large blaze in its main market area as Annamites, believed to have kidnapped 41 Europeans and possibly killed 10, set fires and looted fire engines. The crowd watched as flames spread through the market stalls, threatening the city center.
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Saigon
Three Doolittle airmen confirmed executed by Japan
Newly released Japanese records confirm that three American airmen from the Doolittle Raid were executed by a firing squad near Shanghai on October 15, 1942 after a mock court martial. The eighth crewmen faced varied fates, with three later freed and one dying in a Chinese prison in 1943.
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Shanghai
U.P
Tokyo
Kiangwan
William G. Farrow
Washington
Darlington
S. C
Dean Hallmark
Dallas
Las
Harold
A. Spatz
Lebo
Kan
New York
Robert J. Meder
Lakewood
Nanking
United States
Lowell Hite
Earth
Makato Toyama
Wamithu Yusei
Okada Ryukei
Hata Ttsuro
U. S. State Department
Roosevelt
Japan
Gas blast blamed on natural gas in rooming house death
FBI lab reports from Washington say natural gas caused the Sept. 10 explosion that fatally burned Mrs. Fay Europata in a room at 307 North Pierce. The note signed with her name and a handwriting analysis are under review. police say the case remains open.
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Fay Europata
Amarillo
FBI Laboratories
Washington
Steve
Truman warns against isolationism tying US ruin
President Truman declares any swing to isolationism would ruin the nation. He answers questions on Japan's fleet, atomic secret plans, and the occupation structure led by General MacArthur, noting no Allied council for Japan and no Big Three talks planned. The 97th Infantry arrives in Yokohama to take over from the 43rd, with Malik meeting MacArthur before departing to Moscow.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Japan
Levyman Naval Fanaa Ly
Lin
Britain
Russia
Berlin
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
China
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Jacob Malik
Malik
Moscow
V Mail Transmission Ends October 31
New York reports that microfilm type V-Mail service will cease on October 31 after speeding 1.5 billion letters to and from U S armed forces worldwide. Lt Col E D Snyder, head of the Army pictorial service V-Mail section, made the announcement.
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New York
Microlin
E. D. Snyder
Army Pictorial Service
Truman to Speak at Navy Day Event in Central Park
President Truman will address a Navy day gathering in New York City on October 27. The same day he will speak briefly at the commissioning of the 45,000 ton carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Central Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Spain is Declared Outcast by Roosevelt Policy
Washington reports a State Department statement based on a Roosevelt letter to Ambassador Armour. It says there is no place in the community of nations for the Franco government due to its ties with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany and its totalitarian alignment.
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Washington
Community of Nations
Spain
State Department
President Roosevelt
Norman Armour
Madrid
Mr. Rosevelt
Franco
Italy
Nazi Germany
Ernest O. Thompson
Bar Move On Japan
Britain and China reportedly joined the United States in opposing a Soviet proposal for an Allied control commission for Japan. Molotov suggested Britain and China join the proposed Pacific council, while American and British resistance to recognizing new Romanian and Bulgarian governments persisted amid Soviet influence.
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London
Britain
China
United States
Allied Control Commission
Japan
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Pacific Council
Balkan
Hungary
General Connell To Assume New Command Temporarily
Brig. Gen Carl W. Connell will lead the Western Technical Training Command temporarily as Maj. Gen Jacob F. Fickel is away. The WTTC will merge with the Eastern Command in St. Louis on October 15, affecting stations including Amarillo Army Air Base and Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls.
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McConnells
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
English Field
McConnell
Army Fields
Abilene
Brady
Jackson
McConnel
Sheppard Field
Mr. McConnell
Denver Colp
Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command
Denver
Eastern Command
St. Louis
Amarillo Army Air Base
Carl W. Connell
WTTC
Jacob F. Fickel
Argentine Revolt Fails As General Arrest Follows
The Argentine war ministry said Gen Arturo Rawson failed to spark rebellion in the fourth division at Cordoba. It announced the arrest of Rawson and Brig Gen Osvaldo Martin, former commander of the fourth division, ending the crisis.
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United Press
Argentine War Ministry
Arturo Rawson
Cordoba
Osvaldo Martin
Amarillo Weather Outlook For Today And Thursday
The Weather reports fair and warmer today with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. West Texas remains partly cloudy this afternoon through Thursday, and New Mexico shows fair conditions with little temperature change. Tonight’s low temperatures range from 30 in the mountains to 40 50 in the northwest and 50 60 in the southeast. Thursday highs expected 75 85 in the northeast and 85 95 in the south. The 24 hour high 78 low 59 noon 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ceiling Set on Residue Gas Prices in Texas Panhandle
The CPA imposes uniform price ceilings on residue gas used for channel carbon black with 2.75 cents for sour gas and 3.25 cents for sweet gas effective Oct. 1. OPA also cuts crude oil ceilings in Adams and Mansion Field by 10 cents per barrel to offset a weathering charge increase. Shamrock Oil and Gas awaits analysis before issuing a public statement.
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Washington
Texas Panhandle
CPA
OPA
Adams and Mansion
Texas
Amarillo
Harold Dunn
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company
Shamrock
Ration of Lower Grade Meat To End Sept 30
Washington reports the government will announce that hamburger sausage and lunch meats from lower grades of beef will have zero ration values beginning September 30. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson indicated last week that the three lowest beef grades cannner cutter and utility would be zero valued for October rationing.
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Washington
Severnmen
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Osmena Heads to Washington to Discuss Philippine War Needs
President Sergio Osmena departed Manila by plane for the United States to confer with Washington authorities on the problems and needs of the war shattered Philippine Islands.
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Manila
Sergio Osmena
United States
Philippine Islands
Washington, D. C
Coxe Stevenson to Attend Wichita Falls Lost Battalion Honors
Gov Coxe Stevenson announced he will attend ceremonies in Wichita Falls on October 29 honoring the 131st Field Artillery and the Lost Battalion. The event marks a notable military commemoration in Texas.
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Austin
Coxe Stevenson
Wichita Falls
131St Field Artillery
Texas Oil Proration Slashed During National Labor Turmoil
The Texas Railroad Commission issued an emergency order reducing October oil producing days from 21 to 12 due to refinery shutdowns and pipeline issues, exempting the Panhandle. The move targets 403000 barrels a day in Texas output amid a 22 000 worker strike in coastal refineries and looming national labor action.
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Associated Press
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Panhandle
Thompson
Texas Gulf Coast
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
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Arthur Wirst
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Petrolia
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Forrest E. McConnell
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U. S Weather Bureau
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Oil Workers Inter National Union
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