Washington Roundup Accuses Japan of Full Scale Atrocities
Washington reports Japan has launched a full scale atrocity campaign against the United States as radio broadcasts accuse American fighting men of cruelties. Admiral Nimitz and President Roosevelt discuss plans for new strikes while OPA extension faces party line debate and opposition. The ILO cites global job dislocations after the war and FWA funding battles loom in Congress with talks of trimming funds and criticizing allocations.
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Sun Rrepe
Washington
Japan
United States
Tojo
U. S
Jang
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Alse
Roosevel
Women Seek Delegate to Peace Table
A Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs resolution urged an outstanding American woman join postwar peace talks with voting rights as delegates. The two day meeting at the Gunter Hotel drew 150 delegates and saw several resolutions on organization strength, cancer control, and international issues.
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Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Club
National Cancer Control Program
Preston Dinl
San Antonio
Dial
Frederick Oppenheimer
Volney Taylor
Brownsville
Evan R. Moon
Resolutions Committee
Gunter Hotel
Soldier's Art to Be Shown At Witte
An exhibition of water colors drawings and an off panel by Cpl. Jack Strimban of Brooksfield opens Sunday at Witte museum with the J Walter Thompson Advertising agency in New York before his induction into the army. He studied under Charles Rosen and earned a place of honor at the 1937 Devoe exhibition in Radio City.
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Cpl
Jack 3. Strimban
Brooksfield
Witte Museum
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency
New York
Strimban
Charles Rosen
Devoe
Radio City
Ration Tokens Used As Poker Chips in Medford
Medford grocer W. A. Gates reported tokens from ration programs being used as poker chips. A customer explained requesting 200 to 300 tokens in exchange, noting the blue tokens function as nickels and red ones as pennies, revealing why few tokens were returned.
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Medford
Ore
INS
W. A. Gates
Texas Workers Get $93,591 In Back Wages In Dallas Region
Back wages and unpaid overtime totaling 93 591 20 dollars were paid in the past three months under the fair labor standards act. Russell L. Kingston, regional director for the wage and hour division of the U S department of labor, announced the Dallas region total of 204 002 17 dollars covering Texas Arkansas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Dallas
Texas
Russell L. Kingston
U. S. Department of Labor
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Airman Magoffin Leads New P-47 Group in England After Pearl Harbor
Lieut. Col. Morton Magoffin, commander of the new P-47 Thunderbolt unit of the 8th Air Force in England, recalls Pearl Harbor and his early war duties. A West Point and Kelly Field graduate, he earlier led combat missions from Mitchell Field and Wheeler Field Hawaii. His eight prior missions include a daring Western Europe airfield strike despite heavy flak and enemy fighters. He and his family live at 1502 West Kings Highway.
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Morton W. Sfagoffin
San Antonio
Sth
England
Pearl Harbor
Magoffin
Arm
Carol
West Jing’s Highway
Wheelerfield
Hawaii
West Point
Kelly Field
Third Fighter Command
Tampa
Fla
Getion
Mitchell Field
Europe
Pre March 1 Tubes Still Needed for Tin Salvage
Austin residents urged to deliver empty shaving cream toothpaste and similar tubes bought before March 1 to local drug stores for tin salvage. Governor Stevenson emphasized salvaged tubes may be used this month and new tubes contain little tin, so trading old for new is unnecessary.
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Austin
Stevenson
Cotton Men Set Dallas Meeting
L. T. Murray of Waco, vice president and general manager of the Texas Cotton Association, says a committee led by A. B. Conner of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station will meet Dallas March 25 to set the time and place for the fifth annual Cotton Research Congress. The association will hold its annual convention in Galveston March 22.
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Dallas
L. T. Murray
Waco
Texas Cotton Association
A. B. Conner
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
College Station
Galveston I Mareh
Junk Dealer Freed on Two Counts in Throneberg Case
In Waco Texas Albert Nelson Israel of Hillsboro was acquitted by a federal district court on two counts tied to the escape of O B Throneberg, a murder suspect in Colorado. A jury found him not guilty on two other counts and Judge Charles A Boynton was to pronounce sentence.
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Waco
Albert Nelson Israel
Hilsboro
Texas
O. B. Throneberg
Colorado
Fough
Charles A. Boynton
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Federal Works Agency
Representative Taber
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Centennial Benevolent Association
Florence Scott
Rio Grande City
Scot
Witte
RED Cross War Fund
Jorrie Furniture Co
San Vedra, Gee
Col
Morton Magoffin
WEA
Wolff & Marvy—Hasement
ST. Mary's University Downtown College
College Street
W& M’s
Walt? & Marxs—Basement
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Wolff & Marx
Iasement
Wolfe & Marx
Wolfe &Marx—Basement
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