Argentina seeks Inter-American conference over policy dispute
Washington diplomats pored over Argentina’s sudden request via the Pan American Union for a conference to discuss Buenos Aires attitude toward other republics. Observers weigh motives from reconciliation to public airing of Argentina U.S. policy, amid stalled relations and past tensions spotlighted since the 1942 Rio conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Manning
United Press
Washington
Argentina
State Department
Pan-American Union
Buenos Aires
United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Argentine
Island Advances in Leyte Campaign Near Dagami and Barugo
Allied forces push through Leyte advancing toward Dagami and Barugo as Nipponese positions crumble. Fifth Air Force damaged ships in Camotes sea and MacArthur reports capture of Carigara and other highway outlets. Japanese 16th division concentrates near Bagging remnants while survivors from sunken ships are captured.
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Leyte
Tenth Corps
Carigara
MacArthur
Barugo
Leyte Valley
Burauen
Dagami
Damagi
Japan
Ban
Fifth Air Force
Camotes Sea
Leyte Island
Fifth
5 R
Ision
Acre
Angad
Pu Wert
Roosevelt Promises Postwar Economy and Jobs Plan
Roosevelt in Chicago lays out an economic creed favoring free enterprise and private investment to fund postwar expansion and 60 million productive jobs. He asserts government aid to private industry, expanded foreign trade, and a wage policy tied to postwar stability while pledging to lift controls when not needed. He cites past airplane production as proof and supports collective bargaining after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Nye
Gerald Smith
Chicago Tribune
Congress
America
United States
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Drunk driving fines and assorted police reports
Alph Lee Wright and Ernest Jones paid fines of 850 and court costs for drunk driving and surrendered driving privileges for six months. O W McPhearson was fined 25 and costs for suspended-license driving. Eddie Fletcher was detained on a peace bond. Marcial Arriola jailed for receiving stolen property. Police investigated a burglary, thefts, and wrecks. ten jailed for drunkenness. two women for health inspections. A watch and a radio were reported stolen. tires and fender skirts taken from two vehicles. Mr and Mrs Marcus Huff depart Tucumcari after a weekend visit with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alph Lee Wright
Ernest Jones
O. W. McPhearson
Eddie Fletcher
J. T. Inmon
Justice of Peace
Inez Davis
Marcial Arriola
Austin
C. M. McCain
Ave. H
W. A. Corley
Tech Stadium
C. O. Lofland
Lubbock
Route 5
Elizabeth Robinson Leads Miss Lubbock Beauty Race
Elizabeth Robinson leads the Miss Lubbock contest sponsored by the Texas Tech Chamber of Commerce as tabulated by Glenn Woody of Woody Tire. Trailing candidates include June Mc Queen Jeannine Brown Dorothy Jo Stevenson Candy Smith and Belle Freeman. Voting closes at 6 pm next Wednesday with about 4000 votes still possible. All 16 entrants appear on stage at Lindsey Theater around 9 pm for the winner announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Robinson
Texas Tech Chamber of Commerce
Woody
Lindsey Theater
Typhus Reports In City From Two Men
Two cases of typhus are reported to city health officer Dr. J W Rollo. Both patients are male residents one from Plainview highway and one Mexican man who recently arrived from the Rio Grande valley. Officials note occasional cases yearly and blame fleas on rats or body lice. recommend eliminating rats as the best defense. Public Health Service inspectors report rodents are comparatively few in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Rollo
Plainview Highway
Lubbock
Rio Grande Valley
Rollo
U. S. Public Health Service
Rites Set Today For Mrs. Martha McGill
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha McGill 78 resident of this area for 52 years who died near Farwell Friday will be at 3 p m at the Baptist church in Oklahoma Lane Survived by four brothers W O Turlington Seminole Okla M M Turlington Wheeler Tex A O Turlington Tyler and J R Turlington Clovis two sisters Mrs W S Matheson and Mrs C Presswood Grand Saline Texas two sons Clarence McGill Mancos Colo Homer McGill Chandler Ariz and nine grandchildren Burial will be in Texico cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha McGill
Farwell
Baptist
C Presswood
Grand Saline
Texas
Clarence McGill
Mancos
Col
Homer McGill
Chandler, Ariz
Texico Cemetery
Turkey Dinners Limited For Texans This Thanksgiving
L J Cappleman, regional director of the War Food Administration, said civilians cannot buy turkeys until all service member demands are met. Only half the 60 million pound military turkey quota is purchased and cranberry supply is also reduced. He noted Christmas looks brighter with more turkeys but cranberries remain scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
L. J. Cappleman
War Food Administration
Armed Services
Cappleman
Dewey Assails Generalities In Farm Speech In Syracuse
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged farmers to end generalities about the abundant life and criticized New Deal theorists and cabinet confusion in a Syracuse speech at the New York State fair. He warned against price fluctuations and pressed for farm price supports and full employment to strengthen the nation. The remarks followed a Minneapolis foreign policy exchange and a radio introduction from Iowa Governor Hickenlooper.
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Gardner Bridge
Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Washington
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
Dewey
Onions Trigger Divorce Bid in Dallas Court
In Dallas on October 28 a husband sought a divorce after his wife kept eating onions despite his protests. He claimed three hospital visits for onion allergies and argued with the wife late into the night. Judge Bush granted the divorce, noting the husband had made a strong case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Sixty-Eighth District Court
Bush
Three youths confess slaying Houston shipyard worker
City Detectives say three Negro youths, two juveniles, signed statements admitting they beat, slashed, and stabbed Clarence W. Howard of Houston last Sunday. Howard’s body was found by a fellow worker in a wood near the city edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
George Kivenhagen
San Antonio
Clarence W. Howard
Irish Giant Deer Extinct by 14th Century
The giant Irish deer possessed an impressive antler span of 12 feet and was driven to extinction in the 14th century.
Stored Texas Wheat At New High Mark
Texas farm stocks on Oct 1 totaled 19,268,000 bushels up from 9,455,000 last year and 7,549,000 in the eight year average. Mill elevator and warehouse stocks reached 11,600,000 bushels, compared with 12,350,000 a year ago. Total U S stocks in mills and warehouses stood at 202,585,000 bushels, down four percent from a year earlier.
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Austin
Crop Reporting Board
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Dies Says New Deal Deserted Democrats
Rep. Martin Dies of Texas told East Texas farmers in Lufkin that the New Deal deserted the Democratic party and urged voting the Texas Regulars ticket at the upcoming election. He criticized policy for favoring workers over farmers and voiced his support for the Regulars.
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Lufkin
Martin Dies
D-Tex
Democratic Party
East Texas
Texas Regulars
Ohio State Rolls Over Minnesota 34 to 14 in 1944 Clash
Ohio State known as the Scarlet Scourge defeated Minnesota 34 to 14 in Columbus extending its winning streak to five games. The win gave the Buckeyes undisputed first place in the Western conference after Michigan beat Purdue. Ground peanut hulls are noted as a cork substitute for bottle caps.
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Ohio State
Minnesota
Columbus
Ohio State University
Gophers
The
Bucks
Michigan
Purdue
Births in Lubbock area announced for military and civilian families
Several births are recorded at West Texas and Lubbock hospitals. Cpl. and Mrs. Thomas Herbert Sherman welcomed a daughter 7 pounds 8 ounces at 10 50 a m in the Army Airfield hospital. S Sgt and Mrs Joseph Kaiser reported a 6 pound 10 ounce son at 11 30 a m in West Texas hospital. Pvt and Mrs L R Rodgers added a 6 pound 8 ounce son at 8 41 p m in Lubbock General hospital. Other families noted include Mrs Beesinger and Mr Reid with daughters, and Mrs Burfield and Mr Gregory with daughters born at local facilities.
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Thomas Herbert Sherman
Lubbock Army Airfield
SAAF
L. H. Reid
Ave. R
West Texas Hospital
Joseph Kaiser
Main
L. R. Rodgers
Lubbock General Hospital
Texarkana
Roy Burfield
Abernathy
H. P. Gregory
Citrus Shipments Reach New High In Rio Grande Valley
Orange shipments from the lower Rio Grande valley rose to an all time high with 61 rail cars and 11 by truck reported by the Federal Market News service. Grapefruit remains the valley's primary citrus crop and daily orange shipments typically range from 10 to 20 cars.
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Weslaco
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Federal Market News Service
Market News Service
Stilwell’s Possible China Theater Reassignment Rumor
Washington weighs Stilwell for a Pacific task force while MacArthur runs the Philippines. Circles outside the War Department suggest Stilwell would command a China coast invasion tied to Burma-India aims, with MacArthur continuing in the Philippines. No clear decision announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Asia
Pacific
Stilwell
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Pacific War
MacArthur
China
Chiang
Burma
War Department
Japan
Europe
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
India
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Generalissimo
14Th Air Force
White House
Battles in Pacific Shrink Japanese Sea Power
Reports from the Pacific indicate Japanese losses in three major actions near the Philippines and Leyte. Admiral Halsey and Admiral Kinkaid claim large parts of Nippon’s fleet were sunk or crippled, with 40 ships reportedly lost or damaged and additional vessels hit by US Liberator bombers.
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Tokyo
Lodon
America
Leyte
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
New Guinea
MacArthur
London
William F. Halsey
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Nippon
U. S
Pacific
Tacloban
Douglas MacArthur
Adm
Forrest P. Shereman
Pacific Fleet
Chinaea
War Update on Pacific Front Reveals Heavy Japanese Assaults
Nips waking up reported damage to seven carriers a battleship and two cruisers. Japanese troops are attacking one American division in the Tacloban area and two divisions in the Dulag area to the south. The announcer says the enemy is throwing in all his strength to determine the fate of the Pacific and the war situation cannot be viewed with optimism.
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Tacloban
Dulag
Pacific
Polish Showdown Spotted Between Katerine and Salonica
Allied headquarters in Rome said troops landed from the British cruiser Sirius occupied Piscopi in the Dodecanese midway between Rhodes and Kos without opposition. The report notes activity around Salonika and other transport movements in the region.
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Katerine
Salonika
Rome
Sirius
Land of Piscopi
Tilos
Dodecanese
Rhodes and
Coo
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Yesternae Island
Wit ‘Alend
Philip
CBS
Mac
Marcus T. Huff
Tucumcari, N. M
Mr. Huff
Mrs. M. W. Huff
Thirteenth and
Ave. T
Woody Tire Company
Broadway
Ave. Q. Dunlap’s
Onions
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Marilyn Hardenbrook
Harry J. Kolkebeck
Cordéra
Josef
Formosa
Samar
Nimitz
Seventh Fleet
Nips
Zelmer
Rudy
Esmer
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