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Allied forces mount new pressure from Gibraltar to the Balkans as air, sea, and ground operations intensify against Germany. British and American raids hit France, while Soviet advances near Kharkov push toward encirclement. In the Pacific, American forces repel Japanese attempts and blunt air blows at Wewak and Salamaua.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Balkans
Italy
France
Berlin
Hitler
Sicily
Kharkov
Bryansk
Smolensk
Vella Lavella
Solomons
New Guinea
Wewak
Salamaua
Roosevelt-Churchill War Council
Quebec
Reich
Madrid
Europe
Red Tank Armies Close On Kharkov Amid Gains
Russian tank armies reportedly broke through strong German counterattacks gaining seven miles and taking over 30 villages around Kharkov. Soviets also claimed 20 more villages captured near Bryansk as Moscow reported continued pressure and a nine mile gap to Kharkov. Berlin denied decisive collapse despite heavy losses.
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London
Kharkov
Moscow
Bryansk
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
Red
Ponets
Imyev
Ukraine
Germany
Pravda
Spouting Whale Bags Plane In Wartime Lie Tale
Burlington Wisconsin reports a tale from Flying Officer Ralph W. Ritchie about a submarine encounter that proved to be a whale. O. C. Hulett of the Burlington Liars Club contends the story may be true, though it sounds far fetched for wartime.
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Burlington
Wis
O. C
Tulett
Burlington Liars’ Club
Ralph W. Ritchie
Middle East
Hulett
Ritchie Saye
Ottumwa
Ritchie
Worley to Speak on Courthouse Lawn in Amarillo Tonight
Rep Gene Worley addresses Amarillo residents on the courthouse lawn at 830 pm from Sixth Avenue. The event, roped off between Fillmore and Taylor, will be broadcast for 30 minutes on KGNC with ad dress system by The Maxon Company and S B Robbins Radio Service. He will discuss war home front issues and report district feedback.
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Gene Worley
Sixth Avenue
Fillmore
Taylor Streets
County Commissioners Court
Worley
KGNC
Maxon Company
S. B. Robbins Radio Service
Potter County
Ridge Before Salamaua Captured in New Guinea
Allied forces press gradual advance in New Guinea as Bobdubi Ridge falls under ground control near Salamaua while Munda airstrip in the Solomons strengthens Allied air range. US patrols clear out on Wana Wana lagoon islets near New Georgia and air attacks target Karapahtah islets near Munda.
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Bobdubi Ridge
Solomons
United States
Wana Wana
New Georgia
Karapahtah
Munda
Honolulu
Robert Patterson
Pacific
German government reportedly leaves Berlin amid war moves
An unconfirmed report from Bern quoted Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter saying the German government has left Berlin while troops shift from the Atlantic wall to defend Northern Italian bases. The report notes possible moves to Vienna and notes huge civil and military ties to Berlin.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
Italy
Bern
Switzerland
Hitler
United Nations
Algiers
Vienna
Linz
Breslau
Foreign Office
High Command
War
Navy
Home Affairs
Bracken Sees Plans to Bomb and Destroy Germans and Japanese
British Information Minister Brendan Bracken warned in Quebec that Anglo American leaders are drafting plans to bomb burn and ruthlessly destroy those responsible for the war. He said the European and Pacific theaters are a single war and that after Europe is won the empire will crush the Japanese.
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Quebec
Germany
Japan
Brendan Bracken
Roosevelt
McKenzie King
Canada
Churchill
Great Britain
Bracken
Europe
Washington
W. L. Mackenzie King
Hull
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Eden
Moscow
Allied bombarde Italy gains tempo after Sicilian victory
Allied forces increase pressure on the Italian mainland from North Africa and Sicily. U S warships freed from coastal duty join heavy artillery and air strikes as Rom and German lines face intensified bombardment. Messina Strait battles, Palmi and Gioia Tauro targets report heavy shelling while Axis divisions in Sicily suffer mass desertions and losses.
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Turin
Milan
Genoa
Italy
Switzerland
Zurich
London
Norway
Finland
North Africa
United States
Sicily
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Quebec
Mediterranean
Hitler
United Nations
Algiers
Occupied
Europe
France
Romania
Berlin
Middle East
French Morocco
Messina
U. S
Toia
Palmi
Gioia Tauro
Fifth Army
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Friday Winds
The Amarillo weather forecast calls for a warm Friday with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas shows little temperature change, while New Mexico expects scattered afternoon thunder showers and slight cooling. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 42 to 83 with sunrise at 7 10 a m and sunset at 8 91 p m.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pricay
New Mexico
Wsgeess
Nile Wee
Forts Take Over Attack on Occupied Europe
American Flying Fortresses escorted by U S and Allied fighters attacked German airfields at Viissingen Gilze Rijen and Poix Amien Glissy in France as part of a broad daylight raid across Western Europe. The day yielded 50 German aircraft shot down with Allied losses four bombers and eight fighters.
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Allied
Italy
England
Europe
Bang Gage
Mediterranean
London
U. S
Viissingen
Flushing
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Poix
Amiens-Glissy
France
Dover Strait
RAF
Dominion
U. S.S
Berlin
Germany
Amens-Glissy
Schweinfurt
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Sonora
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Muskogee
Okla
H. A. Olsson, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
J. D. Noble
Holden, Mo
A. G. Donahue
Texas City
Tex
J. B. Maguire, Jr
Jenkintown
Samuel Richards, Jr
Bates
Ark
T. F. McEvoy
Albany
J. E. Morrison
Yakima
Wash
J. P. Lynch
Boston
Mass
W. E. Sigler
Scarsdale
New Ulm
Minn
J. G. Percy
San Francisco
S. P. Spencer
Williams Bay
J. B. Mass, Jr
Gross Point Mich
N. R. Yunck
New York City
B. N. Baesler
Lake City
Leningrad
Black Sea
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Bougainville
Legation
United States of America
Hamburg
Ruhr
Low Countries
Russia
General Mud
General Winter
Rome
Leghorn
Appennines
Rimini
Spezia
Bologna
Po Valley
Venice
Mufti
Dick Rimen Grant
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Amarillo Globe
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