Allied Bombs Continue Wewak Raid and Invasion Prep
Allied forces intensified air strikes on Wewak New Guinea finishing off most of the 225 enemy planes sighted and destroying cargo ships while signaling invasion plans. In Europe a radio statement urged occupied peoples to prepare for the coming invasion as Eisenhower declared Allied armies ready to strike from Sicily.
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Wewak
Europe
United Nations Radio
Algiers
Eisenhower
Sicily
New Guinea
Italy
France
Low Countries
Quebec
High Command
Badoglio
Stockholm
Berlin
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Solomons
Borneo
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tokyo air assault on Borneo cripples ships and supplies
Allied communique reports a fierce raid on Borneo with bombs and fires sinking or burning three cargo ships and damaging harbor and town areas. The strike, described as the heaviest blow yet against the Japanese air force in the Pacific, targeted ships supporting the Salamaua garrison about 350 miles from Wewak.
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Salamaua
Wewak
New Guinea
Vella Gulf
Vella Lavella Island
Solomons
Australia
Balikpapan
Borneo
Japan
Segi air base tale notes Seabees and Amarillo cowboy
A Seabee officer greets Marine raiders at Segi New Georgia as the jungle is cleared for an American air base. Amarillo native John Cowboy Curry, a Seabee bulldozer operator, attempted to bring a horse aboard a transport, famed for rodeo and polo exploits in Texas and the Southwest.
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Leif Erickson
New Georgia
Michael Currin
Bob Ryan
Ventura
Cal
Naval Construction Battalion
Ventura County
Ryan
Segi
Solomons
Segs
Texas
Oklahoma
Viru Harbor
Coral Strip
John Lyles
Wagener
Oklo
Rendova
Murat Willis
Charlotte
N. C
Seabee
Segi Chamber of Commerce
John
Cowboy
Curry
Amarillo
Tex
Bill Mann
Houston
Cowboy) Curry
M. L. Curry
East Twelfth Avenue
Los Angeles
Cowboy Curry
Seabees
South Pacific
Mr. Curry
Amarillo Field
Cactus Ordnance Works
Eisenhower's Allied Leaders Forecast Next Actions
At the Allied war conference in Quebec Eden arrives from London as Roosevelt plans a Ottawa visit next week. The talks focus on military matters while potential messages to Stalin and possible Moscow trips by Eden or Welles loom. Canadian politics add a domestic angle as Mackenzie King’s Liberals face by-elections setbacks.
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Quebec
Anthony Eden
London
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Canada
St. Lawrence
Eden
Alexander Cadogan
Brenden Bracken
Cordell Hull
U. S
Churchill
Stalin
State Department
Foreign Office
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Sumner Welles
Moscow
War Council
Dominion
W. L. Mackenzie King
Harvard University
Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
John Wheatley Taken by Death
John G. Wheatley, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, died following injuries from a car accident on Aug 2. Born in Waxahachie, he moved to Amarillo at age six and built a long banking career here, ending with the Amarillo Bank and Trust and later the First National. He would have turned 60 on Sept. 7.
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John G. Wheatley
First National Bank
Wheatley
Amarillo
Mr. Wheatley
Waxahachie
Qd. R. Wheatley
Waco
Quanah
National Bank of Commerce
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Senator Connally to Attend Panhandle Appreciation Dinner
The Panhandle will host Senator Tom Connally at a September 2 dinner in the Herring Hotel at 7 30 pm. Attendance invites include Senator Wright Patman Judge Marvin Jones Rep Eugene Worley and others with 350 tickets priced at 2 50 each. Bill O'Brien heads arrangements, toastmaster Judge R E Underwood. Connally, longtime foreign relations chair, is praised for his stance on Roosevelts policies and Panhandle ties.
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Panhandle
Tom Connally
Herring Hotel
Wright Patman
Marvin Jones
Eugene Worley
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Grady Hazelwood
Bill O'Brien
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Mr. O'Brien
Amarillo
Lubbock
R. E. Underwood
Senator Connally
Senate
House
Connally
Roosevelt
Iceland
Eanhandle
West Texas
Pan
Forts Wipe Out 3 Years Work
Stockholm reports that a U S Flying Fortress raid on Trondheim Norway July 24 largely erased three years of work on the German submarine base. The concrete hangar housing six U boats was ruined and workshops and equipment were wrecked. The Trondheim gas works harbor destroyer submarine cargo ship four steam tugs and a floating dock were sunk or damaged.
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Stockholm
Trondheim
Norway
U. S. Flying Fortress
Bender and Finger Die After Borger Plane Crash
Elmer H. Bender Phillips Petroleum refinery superintendent dies in an Aeronca crash near Borger airport shortly after 6 am. George Finger, owner of George Finger Automobile Agency, is severely injured. Bender and Finger, longtime civic leaders and fliers, were en route to Kansas City when the accident occurred.
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Elmer H. Bender
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Borger
George Finger
Aeronca
Finger
C. D. Dillard
Dillard
T- Dillard
Bender
Frank Cazier
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Amarillo
Kansas City
Air Corps
Phillips Company
Illinois
Elmer T. Bender
Ronald L. Bender
Phillips High School
S. Y. Osgood
Philips Methodist Church
J. Edmund Kirby
Borger Methodist Church
St. Louis
Powell Funeral Home
C. C. Tate
Jerry Iback
R. R. Freund
George McKenna
Fritz Ostrom
R. A King
A W. Paris
G. W. Hiatt
J. W. Mitchell
Ed Ralston
Norman Perkins
Belton Chappell
Weather and Social Security Record Systems Splits Cited
The article discusses tensions between weather data handling and Social Security record systems. It mentions Russell Stationery Company in relation to filing or archival practices and potential impacts on records management.
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Social Security Record Systems
Russell Stationery Company
Reds Cut Nazi Rail Line Near Kharkov Advance Threatens Escape Route
Russian forces smashed through near Kharkov capturing Zmyev and over 50 villages, narrowing the siege and threatening the Kharkov Lo mog railway escape. Front reports also claim gains toward Bryansk and advances on Izyum as German reserves push back. Red Star calls for Allied second front to shorten the war.
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Red Star
Berlin
Kharkov
Vances
Zmyev
Izyum
Red Army
London
Donets
Moscow
Ukraine
Kharkov-Lozmvaya
Kharkov-Krasnograd
Poltava
Brvyansk
Malinka
Bryansk
Dnieper
Europe
Russia
Rec Star
Allied Command
Sicily
Spas Demensk
Smolensk
Ludwig Sertorius
Duebious
Allies Stage Coordinated Bombing Blitz On Peenemuende
Allied air forces mounted a coordinated assault on Peenemuende and hit Woensdrecht Holland and Lille area fields. RAF Mosquitos targeted Berlin as night bombers pounded Regensburg Schweinfurt and Marseille while escorting fighters faced light opposition and some losses. Aftonbladet cited German estimates of 10.9 million Berlin evacuees, and the operation showcased multi front pressure from Africa to Europe.
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Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Germany
Peenemuende
USAAF
Woensdrecht
Holland
Lille
France
RAF
Dominion
Air Ministry
Berlin
Hamburg
Stettin
Europe
Marseille
Peenemuende Wallop
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