Soviet Rebuff of Quebec Talk Reflected in Broadcast
Moscow insists Soviet participation in the Roosevelt Churchill Quebec meeting was never invited or suggested. The report follows Allied battlefield updates from Sicily to Kharkov, noting Luftwaffe pauses and Allied air progress in Europe and the Pacific as War Conference discussions unfold.
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London
Quebec
Moscow
Roosevelt
Washington
Moscow Radio
Tass
Stalin
Churchill
Reuter
Columbia
Daily Telegraph
Morning Post
Daily Express
Africa
Terni
Rome
Badoglio
Turkey
Algiers
Italy
Niagara Palls
Bairoko Harbor
Solomon Island
New Georgia
Salamaus
New Guinea
Panhandle OPA Officials Convene on Price Control Across Counties
OPA district officers mem bers and clerks from several Panhandle counties gathered in Amarillo to discuss price control and rationing challenges. They plan a Shamrock conference with boards and clerks, listing attendees by county and noting numerous board chairmen and representatives from Hemphill to Ochiltree.
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OPA
Amarillo
Shamrock
C. F E. Weymouth
Mike Wink
R. V. Cartwright
Roy Cloninger
G. B. Reed
Pred Bone
R. A. Wilson
R. A. Stone
Salome Hales
Neleen Zishong
Bill Boyce
J. L. Adams
C T. Crowe
J. B. Morris
Grady Wilson
Wm. Gilstrap
D. G. Dalby
Hemphi
Billy Jean Connelley
Maurine Reese
J. F. Alexander
Fred White
M.T. Brewer
Ida Belle Wagnon
EF. Casley
J. A. Robinson
Fred Chastain
R. C. Maulden
Carson
J. M. Britten
W. F Harlan
Helen Crawford
Princes Adams
Vivien Slagle
A. A. Callahan
J. W. Everly
W. H. Price
E B. Carroll
Donley
C. B. Morris
J. B. Masterson
J. R. Bulls
Ruth Bailey
Ruth Donnel
Quinn Aten
Briscoe
Roy Teeter
MC. Tull
Dora Lake
Jewell Lyons
Clean Up Campaign Intensifies In Amarillo Polio Fight
Amarillo presses ahead with a house to house survey as three new poliomyelitis cases appear in nearby towns. Mayor Jenkins orders block plan leaders and about 70 women to map sanitation efforts while Maverick Club boys join the clean up and creosote spray drives amid labor shortages.
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Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Taylor
Jenkins
Maverick Club Boys
M. L. Filler
Dumas
Happy
Puller
Bever Indicted In Wood Slaying
Harry Ralph Bever alias Edwards of Kansas City was indicted on a murder charge in the killing of Clint C. Wood a Amarillo caseman. Wood died from a small caliber pistol shot at his home on 303 Alabama Street with two bullets recovered from the body. The pistol and bullets were sent to an FBI laboratory. Bever is also wanted by the FBI for bank robbery escape and transporting a stolen car across a state line.
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Harry Ralph
Red) Bever
Back Edwards
Kansas City
Clint C. Wood
Amarillo
Wood
Alabama Street
FBI
Bever
Third War Loan Army Show Set For Amarillo
The Army Show is rescheduled to Sept 20 at Amarillo Army Air Field to honor bond buyers. Tickets go to bond purchasers at rate per 25 dollars and four per 100, with county chairs ordering tickets via E Byron Singleton. The one night performance features stars from civilian life now stationed there and is free to supporters of the Third War Loan.
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Amarillo
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Amarillo Army Air Field
18Th
E. Byron Singleton
Amarillo Field
Watering of Amarillo lawns prompts heavy usage warnings
Amarillo residents rushed to water lawns before the city’s water ban, pumping about 1,000,000 gallons per hour at peak. Water Supt. Moss urged cooperation as a waterless day was declared with no garden watering until 8 pm tomorrow. City officials warned reserves were low and pressure fragile.
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Mr. Moss
Weather summary for Amarillo area Friday with winds
Weather outlook shows warmer conditions Friday and Friday night with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas expects little temperature change and scattered afternoon and night showers mainly in mountains. Somewhat warmer in the extreme west central portion. temperatures yesterday ranged from 42 to 88 degrees with sunrise at 7 08 AM and sunset at 8 38 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pricay
New Mexico
Gas Ration Cut Forecast From OPA Chief Ickes Memo
The Chicago Tribune reports Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes ordered a 25 percent cut in gasoline rations from three to three gallons for ration A B and C at 12 01 AM Sunday. The reduction covers central and midwestern states from the Eastern Seaboard to the Rockies, excluding the Far West.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Harold L. Ickes
CPA
Midwestern
Tribune
OPA
Paul M. O'Leary
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
Far West
50 Trailers For Amarillo Approved By Housing Agency
The National Housing Agency approved a plan for Amarillo to receive 50 trailer or portable shelter units for employees of the American Zinc Smelter. Amarillo housing chief Arthur Truitt said the proposal, discussed last night, places the trailers in the northwest area of the city soon. Also noted, Guy McSwain, superintendent of the Texas Company Refinery, remained unconscious in St. Anthony's Hospital after a fall from a horse Monday night.
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Washington
National Housing Agency
Amarillo
Arthur Truitt
Housing Authority
American Zinc Smelter
Guy McSwain
St. Anthony's Hospital
McSwain
Texas Company
Amarillo Attorney Porter Underwood Seriously Ill
Porter R Underwood an Amarillo attorney lies seriously ill at North West Texas Hospital after several days of illness. Attendants report his condition as serious but improving with resting better than usual.
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Porter R. Underwood
Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
Liberators Attack Kurile Islands to Tokyo Road
Giant Liberator bombers struck 1000 miles toward Tokyo blasting Japanese defense positions in the Kuriles for the second time. They faced about 40 enemy fighters, downing at least five. two US bombers are missing. The raid signals rising Allied strength and aims to disperse Japanese power across multiple fronts.
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Washington
Tokyo
Kurile Islands
Navy
America
North Pacific
Southwest Pacific
China
Kuriles
Wake Island
Central Pacific
United States
Paramushiro
Russia
Kamchata Peninsula
Groom man admitted after fall at Northwest Texas Hospital
Morris M. Knorpp of Groom was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital after a fall. He suffered fractures in both legs, a broken left arm, and shock. Condition listed as serious though improving after an operation.
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Morris M. Knorpp
Groom
Northwest Texas Hospital
Allied Air Raids Hit Ruhr and Rhineland Oil Plants
American Flying Fortresses attacked Gelsenkirchen and Wesseling with bombardment on Bonn as heavy defenses and anti-aircraft fire enveloped the targets. Captain Clark Gable led the lead plane over Gelsenkirchen unhurt despite battle damage. Allied fighters claimed several enemy aircraft shot down while RAF jets raided over Dover and northern France.
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Rhine
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Wesseling
Bonn
Beethoven
U. S
France
Belgium
Rhineland
Cologne
London
Gelsenkirchen and
Straits of Dover
Gelsenrehen
Dortmund
Duisburg-Hamm
Clark Gable
Russians Reach Five Miles From Kharkov Amid Offensives
Russian forces push through suburbs to within five miles of Kharkov from the northeast as Moscow radio reports indicate an imminent fall of the Ukrainian city. Russian offensives expand toward Kotelva and threaten Sumy Poltava rail junctions while Bryansk and Karachev areas see gains and heavy German losses including tanks and planes.
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London
Kharkov
Chuguev
Chugaev
Moscow Radio
Kotelva
Sumy
Poltava
Lebedin
Bryansk
Keredimovo
Karachev
Orel
Moscow
Milan Target of RAF Raid
A strong RAF bombing force hit Milan heavily early today with heavy bombers from the south coast roaring in for over an hour. Air alarms sounded in Southern Switzerland and observers on the Italian frontier reported another heavy raid toward Milan as well as attacks on Turin and Genoa last Sunday.
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London
Milan
Britain
Switzerland
Reuters
Bern
Turin
Genoa
Italy
Battlefronts Ride on Two Fronts and Pacific Actions
War news notes Nazi forces retreating from Italy under heavy anti-aircraft fire while Soviet troops push within five miles of Kharkov. American bombers strike the Kuriles on the road to Tokyo as Philippine freedom looms after Japan’s defeat. Forts attack targets in the Ruhr factory region.
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Liberators
Tokyo
Sicily
Ruhr
Nasis
Italy
Kharkov
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Panhandle
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Russell Tionery Company
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Porter Underwood
U.S
England
Aly
North Africa
Messina
Noland Norgaard
Dent
Eighth Army
Messina Strait
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
Ludwig
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Cape Orlando
San Agata-Cesaro
Harold V. Boyle
Seventh American Army
Cape
Nazo
Tually
Suc Lane
Transocean
Philippine
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