War Bond Buyers Get Jeep Rides Parade at Paramount Theater
War bonds go on sale at the Paramount Theater from 9 am to 7 pm as part of a Panhandle Victory Queen contest promotion. Buyers receive a jeep ride, a vote toward the queen, and a chance to have their name autographed on a B 25 bomber by North American Aviation. Proceeds support September as Salute to Our Heroes.
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Paramount Theater
North American Aviation Corporation
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Underhill
George M. White
White
Chinese retake three East China air bases from Japan
Chinese dispatches report Chuhsien and Lishui air bases recaptured with street fighting and airfield destruction halted by Chinese forces. Bypased Chuhsien and Changshutan fall as part of a broader Chekiang Kiangsi advance. Yushan retaken a week earlier. Military gains widen railway back to Nanchang while looting erodes civilian hardships.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
Japan
Chekiang Province
Lishui
Chekiang
Kiangsi
High Command
Tsinsien
Nanchang
China
Chuhsien Field
East China
Yushan
United States
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
Roosevelt
Shangri-La
Duke of Kent Body Taken to Windsor
A plain RAF ambulance in drab war paint carried the body of the Duke of Kent to Windsor, the royal family’s country seat, for burial.
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Duke
Windsor
London
Duke of Kent
Britain
Marines Storm Guadalcanal Epic Front History Told
United Press correspondent Rob ert C Miller describes the Guadalcanal assault as brave and decisive. Marines secured the Jop built airport within 48 hours, captured vast supplies, and inflicted heavy Jap losses at Tulagi Gavutu and Tanambobo while sustaining light casualties.
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Guadalcanal Island
Solomon Islands
United Press
Robert C. Miller
Bataan
Wake Island
Corregidor
Miller
Leathernecks
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Tulagi
Gavutu
Tanambodo
Fortresses Join Triple Punch Into Germany
American Flying Fortresses and RAF heavy bombers carried a day and night raid into Germany and occupied France, targeting Gdynia in Poland, Kassel in Germany, and Meaulte France. The missions included rail and shipyard strikes, with heavy losses reported and relief efforts underway as air forces clash across Europe.
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Fortresses
Triple Punch
Germany
Europe
London
RAF
Hitler
Reich
Baltic
Gdynia
Poland
Kassel
Calais
Seine
Meaulte
Albert
France
Rotterdam
Russia
Battlefronts Briefings Aug 28 1942 Warfront Updates
Allied air forces strike German held Europe creating widespread destruction. Russian forces halt a Nazi spearhead before Stalingrad as reinforcements surge to the city. Solomons progress cools Marine optimism while jungle warfare grows in New Guinea. Chaing Kai-shek regains a major Chinese airport enabling an Allied base near Japan. RAF and American forces clash with Axis ships in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres.
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Europe
Chaing Kai-shek
Japan
Japanese fail to renew Solomons counterattacks for 48 hours
Washington reports Japanese naval forces failed to renew counter-attacks for 48 hours in the southeast Solomon islands as American land sea and air units hold Tulagi Guadalcanal. Navy notes no new actions and describes U N victories as minor while Marines consolidate positions.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Solomons
Tulagi-Guadalcanal
United Nations
United States
Nazi Transport Reported Sunk Near Baltic and Black Sea
Nazi armor fought to hold Stalingrad perimeter as Soviet forces pressure Rzhev, Vyazma, and Gzhatsk triangles west of Moscow. SMBE Couvier airmen credited with sinking a Nazi transport in the Baltic. a Red warship claimed a submarine destruction in the Black Sea. German reinforcements cross the Don while frontline losses mount. oil-rich Caucasus stays contested.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Rzhev
Caucasus
SMBE
Milne Bay Fights in New Guinea Turn to Jungle Warfare
Allied headquarters report heavy ground fighting in Milne Bay southern New Guinea as low level Allied bombers aid ground troops in a third day of battle. MacArthur says Darwin was raided but undamaged. Blamey predicts continued jungle fighting with Japanese attempts to exploit terrain while Solomons campaign advances.
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Mine Bay
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Australia
Samarai
Townsville
Solomon Island
MacArthur
Allied
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Darwin
Melbourne
Solomon Islands
Malaya
Sir Thomas Blamey
South Pacific
Kokoda
Solomons
Buna
Blamey
30 More Trucks Sought For Scrap Drive Today
Amarillo appeals for 30 civilian trucks this afternoon and evening for a house to house scrap drive. J Fowlston chairs the committee with Army Air Force School personnel and Boy Scouts assisting. Trucks will canvass 4 to 8 pm, meeting at designated schools and churches. rails will be torn up on Seventh Avenue as part of the effort to boost wartime production and Allied victory.
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CG. J. Fowlston
Amarillo
Fowlston
Forest Hill School
Pleasant Valley School
Horace Mann
Polk Street Methodist Church
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Central Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
East Tenth Street Methodist Church
Corner Drug
Harrison Street
Seventh Avenue
Polk
Tyler Streets
Army Air Force Technical School
Herbert E. Hart
Lieut. Wolf
Joe Jenkins
Austin Hancock
FE. R. Thompson
Robert Condon
Amarillo Rep Warns Texans on Scrap Buying Trips
Thomas Turnbull of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation tours West Texas and parts of New Mexico to warn Texans during scrap buying trips. The report notes his caution about handling old scissors umbrellas waste baskets golf clubs and toy soldiers.
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Thomas Turnbull
Amarillo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporatiion
West Texas
New Mexico
Weather Amarillo Area Sees Warmth and Wind
Weather summary notes continued warmth across Amarillo and vicinity with strong winds. Thunderstorm activity is scattered late Saturday afternoon or evening, affecting Pecos Valley westward into the South Plains and Panhandle regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
South Plains
Panhans
Panhandle
Cactus Plant Host Today At Dumas Flag Ceremony
Thousands of Amarillo residents travel to Dumas for the Flag Raising at the Cactus Ord nance Works marking the plant’s first public event. Attendees include Chemico president W S Stowell, Maj Gen L H Campbell Jr, Maj Sidney Gruneck, Col John W Quillian, and Captains Merritt and Walters as color guards prepare to raise the flag before dignitaries.
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Cactus
L. H. Campbell, Jr
U. S. Army
Sidney Gruneck
John W. Quillian
Cactus Ordnance Works
Merritt and
Walters
Lieut
Jner
Germans Struggle Near Stalingrad As Soviets Counter
Red Army fights near the Don bridge head and beyond to the Klets kaya sector as German claims of counterattacks fail to blunt a Soviet push. Tass reports show tank destroyers in clusters wiping out dozens of tanks and infantry in well concealed trenches.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Rzhev
Moscow
Kaluga
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Don
Kletskaya
Tass
Three Enter Queen Race for Hollywood Trip
Last night first candidates were announced for the expense paid trip to Hollywood tied to the Globe News Interstate Theatre award. Miss LaNelle Ekelund, Miss Geneva Morrow, and Miss Mary Kathryn Utterback lead the field with sponsors from the American Business Club Rotary Club and Santa Fe Railway system employer. Additional candidates from Kiwanis clubs Cactus Ordnance Works and others are expected today as groups decide their queen. Army Air Forces Glider School candidates urged by Major George M White to enter. their queen to be named today. Bonds sold count as votes toward Hollywood travel.
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Hollywood
LaNelle Ekelund
American Business Club
Geneva Morrow
Rotary Club
Mary Kathryn Utterback
Santa Fe
Kiwanis Clubs
Cactus Ordnance Works
Dumas
Army Air Forces Advanced
George M. White
Special Services
New Amarillo High School Students to Report for Classification
Amarillo High School announces that new students must report for preliminary classification this morning or Monday. By yesterday 110 new students had reported and about 200 are expected. Classification and year plans will be set at the principal's meeting this morning. Registration begins Tuesday for high and junior high students.
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Amarillo High School
Coast Warns of 30 to 40 MPH Winds On Gulf Coast
The weather bureau issued storm warnings for the Texas Louisiana coast predicting 30 to 40 mile an hour winds and squalls. Weekend visitors were urged to avoid exposed coastal areas and small craft were advised not to venture into the Gulf from Port Eads to Brownsville.
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Houston
Texas-Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Port Eads
Brownsville
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