Nazis Attack To Save Lwow
British and American-era dispatches report German efforts to defend Lwow amid a broader push toward Stanislawow. The clash sees German and Hungarian forces repulsed on the Stanislawow front while Soviets claim progress near Nadworna and Kolomyja. Sevastopol siege dynamics persist as Soviet bombers and ships block sea lanes and claim heavy enemy losses.
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Lwow
Stanislawow
Red Air Force
Concen
Red Army
Sevastopol
Kolomyja
Nadworna
Tysmienca
Dnestr River
Carpathian Mountains
DNB
Dnestr
Moscow
Crimean
GHQ
Odessa
Leschenko
Loschenko
Allied Raiders Halt Danube Oil Supply
Allied air forces halted Danube River traffic by mining and bombing from Budapest to Bucharest. Affected deliveries include Romanian oil and Balkans loot aiding Nazi fronts as RAF and US Britain crews press Balkan rail and river targets amid heavy anti aircraft fire. One Wellington was lost, several vessels damaged, and a tanker destroyed leaving a blazing stretch along the river.
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Ples
Danube
Europe
Budapest
Bucharest
Axis
Fic
Balkans
Germany
Romania
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
RAF
Balkan
Travel priorities set for delegates and officials
Acting Chairman Walter S Hallanan announced that the Office of Defense Transportation will grant travel priorities to delegates alternates convention and party officials and members of the press and radio whose attendance is certified as essential by the Republican arrangements committee Navy Secretary Knox will extend similar air travel preference for trips from Hawaii extra trains or coaches are authorized for delegates only and not for others World globes and atlases Russell Stationery Company
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Chicago
Walter S. Hallanan
National Republican Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
Republican Arrangements Committee
Navy
Knox
Hawaii
30-Hour Aerial Assault Breaks Records in Europe
London reports American and British aircraft delivered an uninterrupted 30 hour offensive against Germany and occupied territories, totaling about 9 000 tons of bombs in 6 000 flights. The strike included 2 000 heavy bombers and fighters targeting aircraft factories and fields near Kassel Hamm and Calais.
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London
Germany
Kassel
Hamm
Calais
France
U. S. Air Forces Communique
Berlin
DAF
Paris
Bombing Raids Score Major Night Targets Across Europe
Targets wiped out around Noisy-Le-Sac Juvisy Vaires Villeneuve St George and Rouen with the largest single night tonnage. RAF Mosquitos hit Berlin as British planes mined German waters. A 2000 plane American force attacked Kassel Eschwege Paderborn Gutersloh Lippstadt Werl with generally satisfactory results. Liberators Thunderbolts hit Pay de Calais area. heavy anti aircraft fire encountered.
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Noisy-Le-Sac
Juvisy
Vaires
Villeneuve
St. George
Rouen
Dieppe
le Havre
Paris
Tergnier
Berlin
Kassel
Germany
Eschwege
Paderborn
Gutersioh
Lippstadt
Werl
Hamm
Pay de Calais
Holland
Bon Had His Way U S Ace Keeps Nerves Steady
The fifth chapter of Capt Don Gentile life and aerial exploits as told to Lee Carson reveals his early choice to join the RAF to avoid the draft and his push to fly with the U S Air Corps. It covers Gentile upbringing, popularity, thrift, and wartime plans, including saving about $8000 overseas and training experiences in the RAF before transferring to the American Air Force. continued on page 12
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Don Gentiles
Lee Carson
King Peatures Syndicate, Inc
U. S
England
Capt
Don Gentile
RAF
Don
U. S. Army
America
U. S. Air Corps
U. S. Air Force
Leutenant
Germany pays indemnity for sinking of Montegorbea
The foreign ministry announced that Germany provided satisfactory compensation for the sinking of the 3,720 ton Spanish passenger ship Montegorbea in the Caribbean Sea off Martinique on Sept 19 1942. The indemnity amount was not disclosed.
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Madrid
Foreign Ministry
Germany
Caribbean
Martinique
Alibi Doubt Cast on Dr Newtons Conviction
District Attorney H M LaFont asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for a rehearing of last month’s reversal of Dr William R Newton’s 1942 conviction for assault to murder in the Littlefield case. The appeal centered on trial testimony about Mrs Ruth Newton’s possible Littlefield alibi and whether guests’ statements tied to Dr Hunt’s identification. The case follows the murder of Dr Hunt and his wife seventeen months after the roadside shooting.
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Austin
H. M. LaFont
Lamb County
Court of Criminal Appeals
William R Newton
Ruth Newton
Dr. Newton
Littlefield
Dr. Hunt
Mrs. Newton
Hunt
Newton
LaFont
Newtons
Houston
F. L. Hawkins
Weather roundup for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday across Amarillo area with little temperature change. West Texas sees similar conditions with warmer Friday and strengthening winds. New Mexico areas trend cloudy with afternoon showers west and central portions. warm south and east Thursday. Calder Mt and north Friday. highs 60s north to 80s south. Precipitation daily totals and sun events noted. no significant rainfall reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Calder Mt
North
Guard on Eire Is Tightened
London reports Britain adopting new security measures to isolate neutral Eire as a potential Axis spy post. Shipping between Cork and Britain is suspended and rail traffic between Northern and Southern Ireland curtailed, a blow to Eire’s economy and a disruption of livestock and agricultural trade.
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London
Britain
Eire
Cork
Ireland
Europe
Paratroop Loss Is Revealed In Sicilian Action
Washington reports the War Department states American air forces lost 10 transport planes and 44 officers and men in the Catania airborne operation on July 13 14 in Sicily. About half of the losses were attributed to friendly anti aircraft fire, with earlier reports of higher figures cited.
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Washington
War Department
Catania
Sicily
Department
United States
British Relief Units Split Jap Siege Lines at Kohima
Allied dispatches report a British relief column piercing Japanese blocks near Kohima and reaching 1,000 yards from the garrison as tanks and infantry move from Imphal to encircle enemy forces. Simultaneously, 4,000 Nipponese dead were counted in weeks of attempts to capture Kohima and the two British bases.
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Kohima
Associated Press
India
Calcutta
Bengal-Assam
Imphal
Southeast Asia
Truk
Japan
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Carolines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Pakin Islands
Ulul
Marshall Islands
Marshall
China
Chungking
Henan
Chengchow
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Stilwell
Southwest Pacific
Nomoi
Woleai
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Solomons
Nomio
Satawan Island
Rapaul
New Britain
Liberators
New Guinea
Plea for Rome Failure Sealed In Historic Note Exchange
Washington dispatch reports Irish Premier De Valera failed to win Allied assurances to spare Rome from war damage. Roosevelt reiterated the Allied position that Rome’s fate rests with Germany, and if German forces were not in Rome, preservation would follow. De Valera warned destruction would be a calamity for humanity. Also, Adm. Hart dismissed claims that intoxication among service members contributed to Pearl Harbor losses.
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Washington
Rome
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Roosevelt
de Valera
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Thomas C. Hart
West Texas Chamber Managers Arrive for Amarillo Meet
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers from across the region arrive in Amarillo for the annual West Texas meeting at the Herring Hotel. Registration opens at 3 p.m. with an 7:30 p.m. informal reception. mayoral welcome and speakers including Julian Montgomery and J D Prewitt set to speak. The banquet Friday at 7:30 p.m. features Hod Lewis and Cal Farley among presenters.
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Herring Hotel
Amarillo
Hod Lewis
Southwestern
United States Chamber of Commerce
Max Bentley
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Jim Richards
B. F. Goodrich Company
Borger
Cal Farley
J. W. Goodwin
Houston
Committee On Economic Development
Mr. Farley
Rex Baxter
Guerrillas Rule Odessa by Night from Catacombs
Odessa reports 10 000 guerrilla fighters and 3 000 refugees living underground 75 to 160 feet beneath the streets. They conducted night forays against German occupiers as the city was liberated, with a secret entrance, a printing press, a radio network, a hospital, and a cemetery within the catacombs.
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Odessa
Moscow
Romania
Anatole Loechenko
Red Army
Nicolaevy
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