Germany Opens Pincer Drive on Stalingrad Front
Moscow dispatch says German tank and infantry forces push south and west of Stalingrad aiming for a pincer while Soviet defenses hold central front. Reports detail heavy fighting near Kotelnikovski, Kushchevka, and Tsimlyansk with significant German losses and Soviet countermeasures in the Caucasus and Don regions.
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Germany
Stalingrad
Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad- North Caucasus
Eee
Stalingrad Front
North Caucasus
Kushchevka
Rostov
Kletskaya
Belaya Glina
Caucasus
Don
Tsimlyansk
Volga
Lower
Stalingrad-North Caucasus
Kuschevka
Caucasus Steppes
Leningrad
Maikop
Kuban
Guardsmen End Bond Sale Today
Texas Defense Guard Company C winds up its war bond drive selling nearly $30 000 in bonds and stamps over two days. Guardsmen in uniform will again hit the streets to sell anti Hitler bonds. Mal Robinson reports a notable sale to a woman who bought a $500 bond after offering to buy but saying finances were tight. The drive boosts Potter County bond sales and adds recruits as ten men joined Tuesday night and more are expected to form a battalion in Amarillo. The two under manned companies have suffered losses to military service, with rapid promotions tied to guard training.
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Company C
Texas Defense Guard
Mal Robinson
Robinson
Defense Guard
Potter County
Amarillo
Lambs Alaska Film Final Showing In Amarillo
Lambs Movies Of Alaska returns for a final free showing at Amarillo's Municipal Auditorium at 8:30 pm. Jack Lamb, famed fisherman, presents two hours of Alaska scenery and adventure including icebergs, caribou, and tundra shots. The event, tied to war-time interest with Aleutian proximity, follows a sold out November run and invites first timers and veterans alike.
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Amarillo
Jack Lamb
Old Tack
Alaska
Aleutians
Allred Calls for Labor Stand in War Era Rally
U S Senatorial candidate James V Allred urged wartime labor reform at a South Plains rally in Lubbock. He proposed bills banning enforced initiation fees and dues in defense industries and limiting union charges to one dollar initiation and one dollar per month during the war. He urged bans on strikes and racketeering to protect war production and defended past governor actions against violence and kickbacks.
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Lubbock
America
James V Allred
South Plains
U. S
Senate
Defense Industries
Allred
Hitler
Fort Worth
Gulf Coast
Dallas
Miss Bob Ricks Joins WAAC for War Effort
Amarillo girl Miss Bob Ricks 600 Bellview traveled to Lubbock for WAAC physical and mental examinations as she plans to join the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. If accepted she will enter reserve and await call as WAAC expands. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ricks and a West Texas State graduate.
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Uncle Sam
Amarillo
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Bob Ricks
Bellview
Lubbock
Women's Army
WAAC
Robert Ricks
Amarillo High School
West Texas State
Farm Security Administration
T. K. Morris
Army Recruiting Office
Miss Ricks
Sheep Die From Poisoning in Sherman County
Stratford reports sheepmen in Sherman County losing animals to food poisoning. County Agent Art Bralley says the cause has not been determined yet.
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Stratford
Sherman County
Art Bralley
German Push Near Stalingrad Tightens as Allies Regroup
A wartime digest reports the German advance toward Stalingrad reaching within 95 miles from the southwest while the northern Don front stalls 75 miles away. India emerges as a new trouble zone with Gandhi engaging in talks and civil disobedience plans. US bombers strike Jap targets near Hankow, three raiders downed near Canton. New Guinea and Australian fronts quiet amid Mediterranean air operations and Icelandic attacks.
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Stalingrad
Lower
Don
India
Gandhi
China
Hankow
Canton
War Production Board urges doubling cargo plane output
The War Production Board committee on cargo planes urged at least a twofold rise in cargo plane production. Chairman Donald M. Nelson said the decision to reduce combat aircraft rests with the military chiefs, while noting expanded facilities and use of shipyards could aid the effort. The report praised the Martin Mars long-range sea plane and warned even doubling would still limit material delivery.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Military Chiefs of Staff
Nelson
Mars
Special Committee
Chiefs of Staffs
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
United States
Lee
Oklahoma
Senate
Africa
Australia
Henry H. Arnold
Army
Large cache recovers eighty four tires tied to Amarillo cases
Amarillo and Randall County deputies recovered eighty four stolen tires in a single cache. Six suspects, two men and two women in custody, others sought. Tires traced to Sears Roebuck and Amarillo Tire Exchange burglaries and the Dalby Truck Lines dock. Cars and trucks used to move loot, hide-out found near Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Randall County
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Dalby
Sid Harper
M. E. Cantrell
Harper
Lt Col Stokes Airs at Amarillo Field Caterpillar Club member
Lt Col Robert C. Stokes senior flight surgeon and station hospital commander at the Army Air Forces Technical School Amarillo Field is a Caterpillar Club member. He earned the badge by a May 17 night emergency jump near Kerrville after fuel ran short. Born in Vernon, he graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1932 and has a wife and six year old son Walker.
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Robert C. Stokes
Army Air Forces Technical School
Amarillo Field
Stokes
Brooks Field
W. N. Stokes
Harrison St
Schreiner Ranch
Kerrville
Col. Stokes
Vernon
Baylor University College of Medicine
Dallas
Medical Corps Reserve
Randolph Field
Cuero
Air Mechanics School
Walker Stokes
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast Update
Warm Thursday with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms expected in Amarillo and vicinity. New Mexico also sees warm conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Inland temperatures reach mid 80s to low 90s, with yesterday's highs around 91 and lows near 63. Precipitation reported as Trace for the past 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Trace
Mass Invasion Alternatives Are Considered
London reports British and U S service chiefs reviewing alternatives to a mass invasion of the continent. Admiral Kennedy Purvis named deputy first sea lord. limited diversions and bridgehead actions discussed as possible options. Parliament recessed while defenses along the European coastline are described as heavily fortified.
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London
Dudley Pound
Royal Navy
Charles Kennedy-Purvis
France
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Kennedy Purvis
Stafford Cripps
Churchill
Stockholm
DNB
Channel
Navy Seabees Openings Let 710 Roles Fit Civilian Skills
Amarillo Navy recruiter Chief C. M. Norman says 710 openings exist across Seabees and Navy ratings. Construction battalion jobs include carpenters, electricians, welders, operators, and support roles with further options in Class V 6 reserve ratings. Local quotas require 3,000 recruits from Texas area this month. details available at the Federal Building recruiting station.
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Uncle Sam
Texas
Navy
Norman
Federal
Amarillo
Rogers to Head Tri-State Fair
Ross D. Rogers former Amarillo mayor was elected president and general manager of the Tri-State Fair Association. Rex Baxter was chosen vice president and secretary at a special meeting. Rogers will handle all business matters for the duration or until conditions allow another fair. The next regular meeting is set for December.
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Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Ray Pinkney
Tri-State Fair Association
Rex Baxter
The
Fair Association
Rogers
Baxter
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