Panhandle Press Association Opens 35th Convention
The Panhandle Press Association begins its 35th annual convention in the Herring Hotel with Frank H. King of the Associated Press Dallas and Charles B. Emde of New York as principal speakers. Registration costs $2 per person. events include sessions, panels, a luncheon at Pantex Plant, an open house, and an evening dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. King
Associated Press Bureau
Dallas
Charles B. Emde
New York
Panhandle Press Association
Herring Hotel
Jimmie Gillentine
Hereford Brand
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Amarillo
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Howard Phillbrook
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission of Texas
Mason King
Amarillo Globe News
Red Army drives deep into Crimea seizing key ports
In six days of rapid advance Soviet forces captured Feodosiya Yevpatoriya and Simferopol and nursed three-fifths of the peninsula from German Romanian defenders. More than 20 000 prisoners were taken as Sevastopol loomed within reach and Axis forces faced routs and mass desertions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Crimea
Red Army
Feodosiya
Yevpatoriya
Simferopol
Sevastopol
Moscow
Afawa ¢Han Can Ishaw Ma
Romania
Sevastopo
Red Star
North
Africa
Stimson Reports Luftwaffe Losses and Allied Air Power
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said that from Saturday to Wednesday American planes shot down 378 German aircraft and destroyed many on the ground. U S losses were 137 bombers and 57 fighters missing. He noted declining German opposition over France and the Lowlands as air power supports the Soviet drive and aims to crush German production and communications. A Berlin broadcast denied a Swiss report of a Mussolini meeting with Hitler and others at Berchtesgaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
U. S
France
Stimson
London
Berlin
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Hiroshi Oshima
Berchtesgaden
Bern
Switzerland
Lake Zurich
Siebnen
Zurich
Germany
Schaffhausen
Hull
Britain
Allies Step Up Aerial Offensive Against Kuriles
Allied air attacks against the Kurile Island chain northeast of Japan intensified with three straight days of bombing. Four islands Shashikotan Paramushiro Shimushu and Matsuwa fell to air power as Liberator and Army planes struck at air fields and targets, with unreported results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kurile Islands
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Shashikotan
Paramushiro
Shimushu
Matsuwa
Navy
11Th Army Air Force
Matsuwa Islands
Kuriles
Karamushiro
Shumushu
Rabies Alert After Dog Bites In Amarillo Area
Lubbock health officer seeks Raymond Glass and his son Barry traveling from Amarillo to inform them of possible rabies after Barry was bitten by a mad dog that also bit at least three other children nine days earlier. Mrs. E R Glass reports car license to police and aids the search. News item ends with Nabonga Rialto listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
J. W. Rollo
Raymond Glass
Catonsville
Barry
E. R. Glass
Fillmore Street
Stimson Sees Large Allied Reserves in India Stand
Secretary of War Stimson said Allied reserves of men and weapons are substantial in Eastern India as British Indian forces defend Imphal and Kohima. He noted Japanese advances, warned against predicting outcomes, and cited Allied counts of Japanese dead across the Southwest and Central Pacific, including Bougainville and New Britain totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
India
Stimson
New Delhi
Tmphal
Kohima
Imphal
Southwest
Central Pacific
Bougainville
New Britain
Saidor
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
Germans Claim Calais Landing In Fake Invasion Broadcast
A dubious German shortwave report claimed a Canadian led invasion of the Calais area. No Allied confirmation, and officials doubt its authenticity. The broadcast, heard by a few Canadian stations, sparked questions of a hoax or deception in wartime radio play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toronto
Calais
Toronto Weather Bureau
London
Ont
Churchill
Washington
War Department
OWI
Canada
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Berlin
Massive Allied Air Raids Hammer German Targets in Europe
Allied heavy bombers from Britain Italy and the United States attacked aircraft plants at Augsburg Oberpfaffenhofen Lechfeld Schweinfurt and a Messerschmitt factory at Gyor along with railway yards and air fields. The raids involved up to 2 750 American planes with 36 bombers and eight fighters missing while at least 134 German planes were destroyed in air and ground actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Hungary
Britain
Italy
Augsburg
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Schweinfurt
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Budapest
U. S
RAF
Frankfurt
Bordeaux
Osnabruck
Oberpoffenhofen
Munich
Aburg
Lehrfurt
Americas
Amarillo Pilot Rex Blankenship Killed in Pacific Crash
Lt Rex H Blankenship 23 a pursuit pilot died in a fighter plane crash somewhere in the Pacific War Department informed his wife Frances Blankenship. Son Rex Jr 1, parents Orville and ??? Blankenship of Amarillo dairy family and siblings Ralph Sylvia Elizabeth survive with grandfather O R Blankenship Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Blankenship
Amarillo
Rex H. Blankenship
Pacific
War Department
Frances Blankenship
Jack Farwell
Washington Street
Blankenship
Orville A. Blankenship
Burlington Street
Liano Cemetery
Air Corps
Rex
Blenkenship
Rex, Jr
US and Britain Pressure Sweden Over Ball Bearings Trade
A note delivered to the Swedish foreign office demands that Sweden halt exports of ball bearings and the raw materials and machines used to manufacture them. The disclosures come from Stockholm dated April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Britain
United States
Sweden
Avis
Weather roundup for Amarillo and region
The forecast shows Friday partly cloudy and cooler with diminishing afternoon winds. Mid temperatures across West Texas trend cooler with scattered Friday showers, Del Rio Eagle Pass area and Panhandle South Plains cooler. New Mexico sees partly cloudy days with scattered showers and thunder in mountains and windy extremes. temperatures cooler at times with some warmth in the west. Sunrise listed as 8 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Peens Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
West Syiaar
Thropron
State Sur
P.M
Judge Rules Out Martial Law in Hawaii
Federal Judge Delbert F. Metzger ruled that martial law has not existed in Hawaii since 1948 and the military governor lacks authority. In a habeas corpus case, Lloyd C. Durean challenged a provost court sentence for assaulting two Marines at Pearl Harbor. Judge Metzger released Durean on bond after testimony from commanders supporting continued martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Delbert FE. Metzger
Lloyd C Durean
Sheridan
Wyo
Pearl Harbor Naval
Chester W. Nimitz
Robert C. Richardson
Mid- Pacific
Richardson
Pacific
Nimile
Duncan
Metaer
MacArthur Seen Receptive to Presidential Nomination
Two letters to a Nebraska congressman suggest General Douglas MacArthur is receptive to a Republican presidential run. Politicians note the lack of a disclaimer from MacArthur and cite his Illinois primary support. The MacArthur National Associates plan to circulate to delegates to urge nominating him. Edmund J. Horwath says the general is expected to accept the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Miller
Congress
Illinois
New York
MacArthur National Associates
Edmund J. Horwath
Murray Hill
Emergency Food Session Held In Amarillo
Women’s organizations in Amarillo planned a 4 PM meeting in the Potter County court room with Mrs. Mary Y Newberry emergency war food assistant to discuss victory garden growth and food conservation. She will stay about three months and will outline a city wide program and a schedule of neighborhood meetings. Invitations were sent to all interested groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Mary Y. Newberry
Victory Gardens
Potter County
Roach Family Updates From Dalhart Air Base Visit
Police officer Tom Roach returned from Dalhart to meet his son Tom Roach Jr 22 who has received a medical discharge from the armed services. Another son Carl A Roach 21 is stationed at the Dalhart Air Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Roach
Dalhart
Tom Roach, Jr
Armed Services
Carl A. Roach
Dalhart Air Base
World War II Casualties Reach 178681 in US Reports
Secretary of War Stimson announced total American war casualties through March 23 amount to 178,681. Army figures show 23,322 killed, 55,066 wounded, 28,014 missing, 28,230 prisoners. 28,977 of the wounded have returned to duty. Navy casualties total 44,049: 18,749 dead, 11,505 wounded, 9,374 missing, 4,421 prisoners. Cairo dispatch notes King George II of Greece appointing Sophocles Venizelos to form a new cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Navy
Cairo
George II of
Greece
Sophocles Venizelos
Jersey champions crowned at Panhandle Plains Dairy Show
Delogene Reese Jersey Farm of Waco displayed the grand champion and junior champion bulls in the 17th Panhandle Plains Dairy Show held in Plainview on April 13. The Jersey department recorded 233 entries the largest on record with Victory Jersey Farms of Tuba City producing the grand champion cow and T J Fuston of Cleburne presenting the junior champion female.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Delogene Reese
Waco
Panhandle Plains
Jersey Department
Victory Jersey Farms
Tuba
T. J. Fuston
Cleburne
Navy bill stalls in House vote on vast wartime appropriation
The House blocked a unanimous vote on a 32.647 billion defense bill for the Navy due to a quorum issue. With about 50 members present the measure awaits a roll call, while Navy leaders and lawmakers debate postwar retention and the projected delivery of ships planes and landing craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Patman
Texas
Sheppard
California
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Claude Wells
Paul Allingham
Amarillo Globe-News
John Price
County Wide News
Littlefield
Richard Hindley
Clovis News-Journal
Clovis
Louise C. Allen
Texas Technological College
W. R. Rutherford
Moore County News
Dumas
Lee Lyles
Len Cassell
Paramount Theater
Kerr Paper Company
McCormick Company
Crimean
Amvure
Lia Ouy
Ulnor
Asimean
Stalin
Odessa
Oviedopol
Dnesterruary
Russia
Salgir
Alma
Luftwaffe
Sea of Okhotsk
Hokkaido
Norman Bell
Aleutians
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
Empress Augusta
Millard F. Harmon
South Pacific
Nabonga
Rialto
Winer
Dubendorf
Altenrhein
Oberglatt
15Th Air Force
Tokol
Nabongs Has SA. Kisite Suman
Russell Stationery Co
U.S
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