Meat supply shrinkage from per capita beef decline since 1918
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reports fewer pounds of beef per person today than in 1918 despite a large cattle population. Feed ceilings and government policies are blamed for a worsening shortage, with cattle finishing and slaughter issues expected to persist. Sergt. Charles Lequett, a trainee from Beaufort, is listed missing in action over Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Monthly Economic Review of the
Kansas City Bank
Federal Reserve, Bank
Kansas City
J. S. Triplett
Triplett
Amarillo
Charles Lequett
Beaumont
Amarillo Field
Germany
Ranch Foreman Fatally Burned In Prairie Fire
Richard R. Fuller foreman on the Toney Chisum ranch died at 7 30 a m after being burned while fighting a prairie fire near Plainview He was 43 and survived by a widow two daughters and a son News notes the fire burned 30000 to 40000 acres of grass and fences with cattle losses initially estimated but later considered light The blaze started mid afternoon near Fieldton and spread northeast to affect several ranch tracts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Richard R. Fuller
Toney Chisum
Chisum Ranch
Fuller
R. A. Green
Olton
Sand Hills
Fieldton
R. W. Pringle
Bovina
Hale Center
Brigance Ranch
Struve
Jones Ranch
Mr. Fuller
Methodist Church
Stephenville
Spade Ranch
Gene Browne
Gertrude
Richard, Jr
O. M. Kramer
Caddo
Camp Roberts
Cal
Roy Wood Funeral Home
Weather overview for Amarillo and Southwest states
U S Weather Bureau reports party cloudy and warmer Sunday with fresh winds for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas areas show partly to generally cloudy conditions with light rain possible in Panhandle Sunday and in Del Rio Bagie Pass area Sunday night. New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy Sunday with snow flurries in northern mountains and showers or snow flurries Monday west and north with colder west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Bia Head
Panhandle
del Rio-Bagie Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
Vance
Sani
Saintine
Nurse Aide Training Begins April 10 in Amarillo Hospitals
The Red Cross announced on Saturday that Amarillo hospitals need more nurse aides and will start a training class on April 10. Interviews are set for Tuesday April 4 at the Red Cross county chapter office in the courthouse, with Mrs. Paul Streit available at 2-1163 for details.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Paul Streit
Streit
Army Band to Perform Concert Tonight at USO Auditorium
The 530th Army Air Force Band under Chief Warrant Officer Dayton W. Palmer plays at 8 PM with the Skyline Chorus. Program includes New Colonial March, Russian and Ludmilla Overture, Nearer My God to Thee Hymn, Swan Lake Suite, Beautiful Dreamer and Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair, Street Scene, Volga Boat Song, Rombers Riff Song, Echoes From the Volga, Victory Garden Suite, Red Cavalry March, Bells of St Marys, Pictures at an Exhibition, Stars and Stripes Forever, and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Rombers
Volea
Brockton
Victory Garden
Walters
Red Cavalry
Bells of St. Mary's,” Dams, 13, Pictures At An Exhibition, Moussorgsky. Ae
Destroy German Sub Sunk by American Destroyers in Mediterranean
The U S Navy announced the destruction of a German submarine after a twilight battle in the Mediterranean that lasted over an hour. Two destroyers, led by Commander Henry R Wier and Commander Russell C Williams Jr, fired main batteries and depth charges with help from a third destroyer and British aid, as the U boat went down stern first under searchlights.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Navy Tonight
Navy
Henry R. Wier
Westwood
Mass
Russell C. Williams, Jr
Norfolk
Germans Pin Down Anzacs in Cassino Battle
Allied reports say New Zealand troops attacking Cassino were pinned in the southern sector by German paratroopers. Germans moved three more tanks into the Continental Hotel lobby as fierce fighting raged around Abbey Hill and Castle Hill tunnels thought to connect to a 16th century treasure route.
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Naples
New Zealand
Cassino
Continental Hotel
Hotel Des Roses
Verdun-like
Richard Heindrich
Abbey Hill
Monastery Hill
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
Castle Hill
Colorado-Gulf Road Hook-up Plan Pushed
Wade Brymer of the Colorado-Gulf Highway Association cites two reasons for designating the Colorado to Gulf route. He says the road has long served as the logical Gulf to Rocky Mountain link and now forms a direct connection between Pan-American and Alaska Highways, creating a great two continent route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Brymer
Amarillo
Colorado-Gulf Highway Association
Gulf
Rocky Mountain
Alaska
War Bonds Sold At Army Show Totaling 18450
War bonds totaling 18450 were purchased by visitors to the Army Service Forces show at the USO Auditorium last week. Cal Farley, war bond chairman, announced. Each bond buyer received a GI loaf baked by Fort Sam Houston cooks and bakers. Local banks and Paramount Theater loaned bond staff to assist Mrs Pauline Meyers at the bond headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Service Forces
USO
Cal Farley
Fort Sam Houston
Farley
Amarillo National Bank
First National Bank
Paramount Theater
Pauline Meyers
Bond
Former Amarillo Man Hurt In Car Crash
R. M. Dillard, formerly of Amarillo, was critically injured in a Woodward, Oklahoma crash that killed 39 year old M. A. Murray, an aircraft worker from Wichita Kansas. Dillard suffered multiple fractures and chest injuries. Casey Jones of Woodward had minor injuries as the car left the highway and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
R. M. Dillard
Amarillo
M. A. Murray
Wichita
Kan
Dillard
Casey Jones
Highway Patrol
Berlin Bomb Raid Heavy Losses Mark RAF Assault on Berlin
RAF bombers, nearly a thousand strong, faced fierce German defense and heavy losses over Berlin, dropping 2 800 tons and striking Kiel Weimar and Leipzig as part of a massive 60 hour bombing period. U S Marauders and Thunderbolt support pounded Hirson rail hub in Northern France amid ongoing Allied air offensive against German rail targets.
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London
Berlin
Germany
RAF
RAF Bomber Command
Baltic Sea
Kiel
Leipzig
Weimar
U. S
Thunderbolt
Hirson
France
Frankfurt
Schweinfurt
Reich
Draft changes push 22 to 25 age group toward service
McNutt framed a new manpower plan directing agencies to draft all able bodied men aged 22 through 25, with deferments limited to irreplaceables. Nelson warned essential industries like radio, radar and rubber face hard hits, while Congress weighs a limited national service idea.
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Arkansas
Nelson
Congress
Washington
Selective Service
Paul V.mcnutt
Son
House Military Committee
McNutt
Inter-Agency Committee
Churchill to address nation by radio before invasion rally
Prime Minister Churchill is slated to speak Sunday via a British American radio hookup at 9 PM London time. He is expected to urge resolve in Britain and America for a total war effort and frame the Allied world aims amid Burma fighting and shifting Balkan and Finnish dynamics.
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London
Churchill
United Nations
Britain
Japan
Germany
U. S
Burma
Balkans
Finland
Red Army
United States
Parliament
U.S. End Run In Burma Threatens Japanese Line
Merrill's Marauders and the Chinese 38th Division seized Shaduzup 45 miles northwest of Mogaung on the Myitkyina Mandalay railway and pushed toward Kamin. In the Pacific, Wake Island faced a 16th air raid as U S forces targeted Ponape Ant atolls and Marshall Islands. operations in the Southwest Pacific were limited by bad weather.
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Burma
Shaduzup
Mogaung
Imphal
India
Merrill
Kamaign
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia Command
Frank Merrill
38Th Division
Myitkyina- Mandalay
Thailand
Siam
South China
Singapore
Wake Island
Wake
Little Island
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Ponape
Ant Islands
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
Pityilu Island
Admiralty Group
United States
Lorengay
Hauwei Island
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Alexishafen
New Guinea
Land Buka
Kahili
Solomons Islands
William F. Halsey
Shamrock OPA Office Reopened After Closing Controversy
Shamrock and Mc Lean OPA offices in West Texas reopened after district officials in Lubbock confirmed the restoration. Howard R. Gholson and Vance H. Apple were in Panhandle cities handling reopening details, following March 15 shutdowns and protests over hardship concessions.
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Shamrock
OPA
McLean
Lubbock
Howard R. Gholson
Vance H. Apple
Board
Panhandle
West Texas
Mary Hardin Baylor Proxy Coming Here
Dr. Gordon Singleton president of Mary Hardin Baylor College at Belton will visit Amarillo Monday at 8 PM to meet former students. The gathering will be in room 205 at the Herring Hotel.
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Gordon Singleton
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Russians Press Deep Into Ukraine Front From Proskurov
Soviet forces captured the Ukraine stronghold of Proskurov and pressed toward the Dniester front. The drive aims at Bucharest Czernowitz Lwow railway as German defenses narrow the eastern front. Stalin announced Proskurov fell after a stubborn fight.
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London
Red
Ukraine
Proskurov
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Dniester
Czernowitz
Rumanian
Bucovina
Balkans
Moscow
Bucharest - Czernowitz
Lwow
Hitler
Russia
Carpathian
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Bessarabia
Yedintsy
Prut
Kamenets Podolsk
Mogiley Podolsk
Marshal Stalin
Amarillo Red Cross War Fund seeks $15000 in five days
Amarillo officials announced a $15000 shortfall in five days to reach $112,500 for the Red Cross War Fund. The drive ends Friday night regardless of remaining bread gifts, with five donors of $10 receiving a 4 pound loaf as a morale perk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
Olive Childers
Childers
American Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Army Band
Reds
Black Sea Base
Totters
Russell Stationery Co
Quentin Reynolds
U.S
Associated Press
Shamrock Opa
Brest
Litovsk
Royno
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