Welcome to Newcomers Army Navy Softball Classic at Malin Field
Peaceful mood surrounds a Sunday 2:30 PM Texas defense event at Malin Field as Army Air Forces Glider School hosts a joint Army Navy softball game. Naval officers will meet with glider school leaders, flags rise, and a festive program features Anchors Aweigh, God Bless America, and speakers from the Navy and Army. The match marks Texas first interservice softball clash with Will Rogers Range Riders guarding the field and a full crowd expected.
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Army
Navy
Malin Field
Naval
Army Air Forces
U. S. Navy
Amarillo
Texas Defense Guard
Army Navy
Defense Guard
Will Rogers Range
Anchors Aweigh
Buddy Harris
Army Air Corps
Corp. Voight
West
Texas
Olivia Eastus
Gladys Strickland
DeLaine’ Williams
Geraldine Ray
Barry Holton
Naval Flight Selection Board
Texas Plainsmen
Naval Air Squadron
L. H. Ridout
Dallas Naval Headquarters District
Panhandle
E. H. Underhill
Mason King
C. M. Norman
T. K. Morris
Legion
Texas Defense Guards
Will Rogers
Army-Navy
Amarillo Man Missing Amid World War II Action
Amarillo resident Charles Humpy Campbell, tied to General MacArthur's small air force in the Philippines, is reported missing in action. His mother Mayme Campbell received official notice, believes he remains alive, cites his April letter noting escape from Bataan and promotion claims, and has sent details to Congressman Worley for tracing.
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Charles
Humpy) Campbell
MacArthur
Philippines
Mayme Campbell
Campbell
Humpy
Bataan
War Department
Congressman Worley
FDR Studies Saboteur Case Awaiting Decision
President Roosevelt has not completed his review of testimony from the military commission that tried eight alleged Nazi saboteurs. He had promised a two to three day finish but has been tied up with Queen Wilhelmina at the White House. Hassett said no death sentences were approved.
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Washington
White House
America
Roosevelt
Military Commission
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
William D. Hassett
United Nations
Moscow
Caucasus
Volga
Axis
Churchill
William C. Bullitt
Stalin
Stalingrad
Bradley
Laurence A. Steinhardt
U.S
Russia
Turkey
Ankara
OPA Survey to Study Grocery Firms Across Southwest
The Bureau of Labor Statistics and Office of Price Administration will begin a survey of wholesale grocery houses in Houston New Orleans Kansas City St Louis and Dallas on Monday to aid price control information. Retail stores in the same cities start August 17 with Wichita and Little Rock to follow later this month.
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Dallas
Southwest
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Houston
New Orleans
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wichita
Kans
Little Rock
Ark
Ruhr Valley Bombed Three Nights In A Row By RAF
London reports the RAF bombed the Ruhr Valley for the third consecutive night, targeting Duisburg and other industrial sites. Six planes were missing. German commanders claim damage and casualties in towns, while Luftwaffe losses in Britain appeared limited.
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Ruhr Valley
Germany
London
RAF
Ruhr
Duisburg
Air Ministry
Low Countries
Luftwaffe
Britain
Scotland
East Anglia
England
Home Security Ministry
Sky Traffic A Problem At Cologne
Baltimore reader recalls RAF mass raid on Cologne. Flight Sergeant Michael Stein Jacobs says pilots worried more about collisions than defenses as hundreds of British planes filled the skies. He notes intercom chatter and the thrill of being in the first raid.
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Baltimore
RAF
Cologne
Halifax
Jacobs
Roosevelt backs scrap drive to aid war production
President Roosevelt endorsed the War Production Board scrap campaign and urged gathering old cannons and bronze statues from parks. He noted WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson asked him to highlight the effort and stressed the need for steel, with 17,000,000 tons sought to sustain 1943 production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Groom-To-Be Plunges From Window Into Dog House
Cleveland report details Pfc. William Cummins on furlough for a wedding. After a party at Miss Mary Kowalski home, he wandered a hallway and fell two stories through an open window into a dog house. The bride aided his escape from the accidental stunt.
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Cleveland
U.P
Pfc
William Cummings
Cummings
Mary Kowalski
Pet
Cummins
Fido
Battlefronts Report August 7 1942 Great Tank Fights
Frontline dispatches describe heavy tank clashes near Stalingrad with Soviet forces holding in the southwest while Nazis push toward the Maikop oil fields in the Caucasus. Also noted are Gandhi's Congress calls for immediate civil disobedience and the RAF raids over the Ruhr for a third consecutive night.
Two Erick Men Die In St Francis Crossing Crash
Two Erick Oklahoma men Lotus Heston Tipton aged 42 and George Albert Taylor 23 were killed when their 1936 Chevrolet sedan was struck by an eastbound Santa Fe passenger train at a crossing east of St Francis about 7 15 last night. Guards T A Pinkley and B W Wharton saw the collision and testified the car stopped twice before crossing. The victims were employed on a war project and were driving south to show passes at the crossing. The car was carried 430 feet down the track with bodies found 44 and 125 yards from the crossing. Sheriff Tom B Harris Justice of Peace Fred Reiner and State Highway Patrolmen investigated and Tipton's wife survives. The younger Taylor's relation to the other man is unknown. The bodies are held by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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St. Francis
Lotus Heston Tipton
George Albert Taylor
Erick, Oklo
T. A. Pinkley
B. W. Wharton
Amarillo
Tom B. Harris
Panhandle
Justice of Peace
Fred Reiner
Tipton
Erick
A. W. Taylor
Taylor
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
War Production Behind Schedule for Nation
The Office of War Information warned the United States could lose the war if production lags. June showed shortfalls in planes tanks artillery and small naval craft while Allied input remained high. OWI called for greater civilian sacrifices and faster delivery of material to fronts to sustain 1942 as a decisive year.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Russia
China
Middle East
Owi
Allred Talk and OWI War Production Review
A digest of James V Y Allred’s KGNC address appears in this issue on page 10. The OWI review critiques inventory control and material flow in war plants and urges intensified national effort, warning of enduring consequences and the need to prepare for losses in a global war.
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James VY. Allred
KGNC
OWI
War Production Board Lifts Paint Restrictions on Toys
The War Production Board announced relief from color paint limits for children's toys. Toys may now use brightly colored paints while remaining made from non scarce materials such as wood and cardboard.
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Washington
U.P
War Production Board
Santa Claus
Conference on Saving Russia Under Way in Moscow
Urgent talks among United Nations strategists and diplomats in Moscow focus on saving Russia as a wartime priority. Attending are Admiral Standley, Maj Gen Bradley, Sir Archibald Kerr, Roger Garreau, and Maj Gen Steffens, among others, with discussions on arms supplies and the second front.
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Russia
William H. Standley
Kuibyshev
Follett Bradley
United States Air Forces
Moscow
United States
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Archibald Clark Kerr
Kremlin
Roger Garreau
William Steffens
Bradley
Murmansk
Archangel
Jap Talks Up New Front in Siberia Rumors
Tokyo radio comments suggest Japan may consider opening a second front by attacking Russia in Siberia. Reports from Moscow of Allied representatives are cited as evidence of Anglo American moves to back Soviet resistance. The broadcast notes the idea may extend beyond Europe and Asia and urges Japan readiness for possible decisive clash.
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New York
Tokyo Radio Tonight
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
Chugai
Germany
Polish Fighters to Middle East En Route from Russia
Cairo dispatch reports new Polish army contingents heading toward the Middle East from Russia. They are equipped with British and American weapons and are expected to join allied forces in the theater.
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Middle East
Cairo
Russia
Russians claim deep Caucasus drive near Armavir and Maikop wells
Soviet dispatch reports German forces pushing toward Armavir and Maikop oil fields while defending lines south of Belaya Glina. Don Bend battles intensify as Red fleet sinks a 10,000 ton enemy transport. Stalingrad threat grows with German wedges near Kotelnikovski.
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Moscow
Caucasus
Amavir
Maikop
Volga
Stalingrad
Belaya Glina
Armavir
Don Bend
Kretskaya
Kotelnikovski
Joseph Stalin
Stallingrad
Don River
Voronezh
Don
Baltic
Maikov
Kletskya
Consomol Pravda
North Caucasus
Russia
Tatarinov
Gorshkov
Kushchevska
Rostov
Krasnodar
Kuban
Rzhev
Roosevelt signs secret fund bill for naval shore facilities
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing 974 million dollars for naval shore facilities. The measure includes 399.494 million for aviation structures and 315 million for advance bases and other works. It provides training facilities for 27 500 naval aviators, with some funds described as secret training and secret weapons.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Soviet Report Claims Major Tank Losses in South Fronts
Midday communique tallies 41 German tanks destroyed and hundreds of troops killed or captured. Kletskaya notes a tank blitz repelled by mines and anti tank fire with 19 enemy tanks counted as destroyed in ensuing actions and a 800 enemy combatant death toll elsewhere. South of Kletskaya counterattacks pressured the German force back, while Kushchevka reports repeated German assaults repulsed with heavy losses and parachute units eliminated or captured.
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Belaya Glina
Kletskaya
Kotelnikovski
Rommel Depends on Small Craft to Sustain El Alamein
In the Eastern Mediterranean, Rommel is counting on motor torpedo boats and barges to speed fuel and ammunition to his forces at El Alamein. The small craft operate near Matruh and Sidi Barrani despite repeated bombardments, with air reconnaissance noting a steady flow of barges and E-Boats.
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Erwin Rommel
Matruh
Sidi Barrani
el Alamein
Tobruk
Bengali
Rommel
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and Hourly Temps
Temperatures Saturday near Friday levels with scattered showers and thunderstorms across Amarillo West Texas Panhandle and Big Bend New Mexico shows seasonal highs and scattered storms. Hourly readings yesterday in Amarillo ranged from 68 to 73 with late afternoon high near 74 and precipitation trace noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
New Mexico
Csecavanee Balm
Cennes
Cienne
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FDR
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St. Francis Crossing
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