Identity Of Hero In Epic Air Fight Narrows To Two
A U S fighter base in Britain reports the lone Mustang pilot who attacked 30 German fighters may be Maj. James H. Howard of St Louis Missouri or Lt. Jack E Breadley of Brownwood Texas. Howard is credited with two confirmed kills and possibly six aerial victories. Breadley describes his own double kill, while fellow airmen recall the audacious, heroic assault as the greatest display of courage in the battle.
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Henry B. Jameson
Associated Press
U. S
Britain
Germany
James H. Howard
St. Louis
Jack E. Breadley
Brownwood
Tex
Airforce
Eighth Air Force
Howard
Burma
China
Far East
Breadley
Maj
Allison Brooks
Pasadena
Calif
Edwin Brown
Oakland
Texan roundup lights up Honolulu with Nimitz welcome
In Honolulu on January 16 8500 Texans will gather for a Lone Star celebration honoring Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Speaker line includes Nimitz and Lieut Gen Robert C Richardson. Army Navy bands will play with hosts from Texas cities and a modified rodeo planned amid lively hospitality and a rodeo bucking bronco search.
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Honolulu
Lone Star State
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Fredericksburg
Tex
Elizabeth Wright
Corpus Christi
Hawaii
Miss Wright
Nimitz
Robert C. Richardson
Central Pacific
Army
Navy
Texas
Nazi curfew and bike ban extend in Florence after attacks
The Nasi military command in Florence extended the curfew and banned bicycles after night incidents against German offices and homes. The Nazi radio broadcast reported this, captured by U S government monitors.
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New York
Nasi
Florence
U. S
Daughters of Former Sailors Join WAVEs in Dallas
Two Wharton brothers who enlisted in 1918 watch their three daughters and a friend take the WAVEs oath in Dallas. Ensign Helen Rena Upson conducts it, with Billie Arden Wharton 22 Bonnye Kathryne Wharton 20 Marie Wharton 21 and Helen Ruth Henderson among the recruits.
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Dallas
Jan
Bonnye Kathryne Wharton
A. A. Wharton
East Texas
Marie Wharton
William D. Wharton
Helen Ruth Henderson
Shreveport Faces Severe Sleet Storm Aftermath
Shreveport, La. faced its worst sleet storm in years as the danger to light and telephone facilities diminished. The city suffered heavy damage to trees and shrubbery and traffic accidents increased during the storm.
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Shreveport
U.P
Gas Line Probe Takes New Turn
Washington January 15 investigators for the House Small Business Committee led by Patman report “very interesting” data on the Texas West Virginia natural gas pipeline project and may hold a hearing to assess justification for continuing the Tennessee Gas line. The probe compares pipeline costs with Appalachian coal conversion options and notes objections from Texas officials. McGrath, for coal and railroad labor groups, filed a petition challenging the FPC’s certification in the U S court of appeals.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
House
Small Business Committee
Tom McGrath
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Power Commission
Acpu
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
Chicago Corporation
Appalachian
East
Coke Stevenson
War Production Board
WPB
National Coal Association
Anthracite Institute
United Mine Workers and Railroad Labor Executives Association
McGrath
Texas State Senate
Court of Appeals
FPC
War Expenditures For 1943 Surpass Eighty Five Billion
The War Production board reports 1943 war expenditures totaled 85,135,000,000, up from 52,406,000,000 in 1942, a 62.5 percent rise. The average daily rate was 272,900,000, while December expenses reached 6,951,000,000, down 10.8 percent from November’s 7,194,000,000.
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Washington
UPR
War Production Board
Church Crusade Sessions Set in Amarillo
Dr. L N Liscomb announces a Crusade for New World Order meeting at Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo. Bishop Ivan Lee Hope opens at 10 am with speakers Mrs J D Bragg Bishop Edwin F Lee Dr Wayne C Williams and Dr Karl Quimby addressing morning afternoon and night services. The Amarillo event is part of a nationwide series in 76 cities and draws ministers and lay workers from Luobock and nearby areas.
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L. N. Liscomb
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
New World Order
Amarillo
Polk Street Methodist Church
Ivan Lee Hope
Dallas
J. D. Bragg
St. Louis
Women's Society of Christian Service
Edwin F. Lee
Manila
Singapore
Wayne C. Williams
Denver
Karl Quimby
New York City
United States
Liscomb
Luobock
Hamilton attacks Willkie backers over delegate claims
Philadelphia January 15 John D M Hamilton, addressing the Republican national committee, charges Willkie managers pressured leaders to pledge support before hearing alternatives. He cites claims Willkie has 360 to 500 delegates and labels the effort a “Willkie blitz” to foreclose nominating others before the convention.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Hamilton
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ewt
Austin Columnist Announces Run for House Place 2
Austin columnist Tom Martin announces candidacy for the state legislature place 2 in Travis County. Incumbent Rep Joe Carrington undecided. Rep James A Stanford will run against Sen Houghton Brownlee. Mrs Marietta McGregor Payne seeks Stanford’s seat. Martin long wrote a homespun Austin Statesman column and previously served in Gillespie County.
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Austin
Tom Martin
Today
Place
Travis County
Joe Carrington
James A. Stanford
Houghton Brownlee
Marietta McGregor Payne
Stanford
Martin
Wallace Sees Little Future For Taxpayer
Vice President Wallace told 400 labor and liberal leaders at a CIO sponsored conference that postwar national income would exceed 130 billion dollars to cover interest on the national debt and provide full employment. He said the postwar debt could reach 200 billion and urged maximum use of labor to sustain interest payments while attacking big business isolationists seeking profits through German trusts after the war.
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New York
Wallace
CIO
Political Action Committee
News Butch On Speeding Flier Gets Airing Out
Raphael Kasdin a Kansas City news butcher boarded a Santa Fe train for coffee. He sprinted back as the train pulled away, clung to the steps while the 70 mile per hour car sped toward Neva junction. Crews flagged the train, Kasdin collapsed on stopping, treated for minor bruises and exposure.
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Newton
Kas
Raphael Kasdin
Kansas City
Neva Junction
Ellinor Junction
Kasdin
Penalties Rise in Southern College Football in 1943
The Southern Football Officials association reports 1943 as the roughest year in 12 years of records with 104 games played. An average of 14.50 penalized fouls per game topped 1942's 13.41 and far above the 1932 all time low of 9.06.
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Lake Wales
Fra
Southern Football Official
Association
War worker shot near Orange roadhouse in Louisiana
Joe Munoz a 26 year old shipyard worker was fatally shot at a roadhouse five miles east of Orange Louisiana early today He died later in a local hospital with authorities investigating the incident.
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Orange
Joe Munoz
Louisiana
Fragmentary Political Feuds Split Parties Across Nations
The text notes semitic movements fueling hatred of the president and discord in the Democratic party while others back isolationism in the Republican party. It highlights internal partisan tensions and divergent ideological currents shaping early 20th century politics.
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Democratic Party
Republcan
Texans Called On To Tame Arkansas Well
McKinley brothers Texas wild well tamers arrived in Magnolia to control Phillips Petroleum No. 1 Mrs. J. S. Mc Williams in Columbia county. The Macedonia field gusher, blown Thursday night, ran wild until midday with temporary packings failing. Engineers halted it briefly last night and again today as gas and distillate spurted. the well was producing about six million feet of gas and five hundred barrels of distillate daily.
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Magnolia
Ark
McKinley Brothers
Texas
Phillips Petroleum Company
J. S. McWilliams
Macedonia
Columbia County
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Telephone lines reach moon distance 105 times
A striking distance claim states that if the United States telephone lines were laid end to end in a single continuous line, they would stretch to the moon and back 105 times. The report frames the feat as a testament to the vast reach of national communications infrastructure.
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United States
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