Eighth Air Force Completes First Year of European Operations
The United States Eighth Air Force reports its first year over Europe with 68 daylight bombing missions and 1,199 enemy planes shot down. Bomb tonnage reached 11,423 while American losses totaled 276 heavy bombers.
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Washington
Army
8Th Air Force
Europe
Germany
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
le Mans
Nantes
la Pallice
Invasion Fears Prompt Warning For Hitlerites
Allied and Axis broadcasts signal rising tension as Eisenhower drives 1,000,000 tons of shipping toward a Mediterranean invasion plan while Crete raids and guerrilla actions continue in Greece and Yugoslavia. Allied observers assess London and Berlin reports amid air and sea operations in the Pacific and Mediterranean theaters.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Europe
France
Italy
Berlin
Associated Press
Crete
Vichy
Madrid
Draja Mihailovic
Greece
Budapest
Axis
Germany
Yugoslavia
Reich
Algiers
Dodecanese
British Ministry of Economic Warfare
Stalingrad
North Africa
Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Kula Gulf battle yields heavy Japanese losses after bold Allied strikes
Allied forces reported a decisive victory in the Kula Gulf night action with nine Japanese ships sunk or set afire. The Helena was the U S cruiser lost as aircraft and surface forces bombarded Munda and Rendova positions. U S and Australian air units dropped 100 tons of bombs near Salamaua while gains held near Munda and Raolo.
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Australia
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
Kula Gulf
Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Solomons
Rice Anchorage
Bairoko
Zanana
Barike
Southwest Pacific
Observation Hill
Mubo
New Georgia
Bairogo Anchorage
Helena
Rairoko Harbor
U. S.S
Strong
Rendova
Barike River
Gulf
Frank
U. S. S.S. Helena
Tokyo Radio
Italy
New York
Kursk Battle Opens As German Offensive Fails To Breakthrough
Russian and German reports describe a major eastern front offensive aimed at Kursk belaboring the Belgorod region. Soviets claim 13,000 enemy dead and massive losses including 1,681 tanks and 649 aircraft in three days.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Axis
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belgorod
Hitler
Red Army
Berlin
Hany
Kursk
Germany
Europe
Eastern Front
Orel
Transocean
Kurt Jeserich
Associated Press
Tunisia
Allied air on Sicily weakens Nazi opposition in night raids
Allied forces hammered Sicily with Flying Fortresses Liberators and bombers destroying Gerbini airfields and dispersal areas. The drive damaged enemy air strength as 5 Allied planes were lost while 3 were shot down.
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North Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
Gerbini
Middle East
French Africa
Northwest Africa
Pantelleria
Biscart
Milo
Catania
Palermo
Trapani
Porto
Tiber
Allied bombards Kiska as Jap silence persists
Heavy pressure keeps Allied forces rolling in the Southwest Pacific as naval bombardment targets Kiska with no Japanese reply. In the Solomons, a light cruiser Helena is reported lost, while Sicily endures continuous air raids. Giraud travels to Washington for conferences as German forces renew air reserves against the Reds. Sheaffer and Parker pens and Russell Stationery are mentioned in the scene.
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Southwest Pacific
House Senate Food Subsidy Clash Halts Compromise Efforts
Deadlock between the House and Senate on food price subsidies stalls progress on the appropriations bill. Conferees consider dropping the federal crop insurance reform while disagreements linger over subsidies and a broader subsidy prohibition attached to the Commodity Credit Corporation extension.
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Washington
House
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Trume
Rep. Taber
New York
Taber
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ity
Agriculture Department
Boy Hurled From Train Cowcatcher in Dalhart Accident
James Richard Lott aged 14 months was hurled from his mother's arms into the cowcatcher of a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train and dragged 200 yards. His father Johnnie Lott, of Dallas, explains they were relocating to Channing when the crash occurred. Doctors have not yet determined injuries. the child and his mother are listed among the most critically hurt.
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Dalhart
James Richard Lott
Fort Worth
Denver
Johnnie Lott
Dallas
Dumas
Channing
Concrete Material Co
Magenta
Lott
James Richard
Thomas Arno
Weather Summary Amarillo Area Thursday Outlook
The Weather Bureau forecast little temperature change for Thursday with gentle winds in Amarillo and vicinity. In west Texas a slight rise in clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms across New Mexico, followed by low to moderate temperatures Thursday and Friday night. Sunrise 6 40 AM. Sunset 9 04 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Dante
Casenil
Yeat
Khiva's Steak Makes a Hit
CHICAGO July 7 AP Steaks for breakfast drew guests from Texas and beyond as Khiva Temple Amarillo Texas hosted a novelty meal during the National Shrine Potentates Convention. The menu included steak saved with rationing coupons to feed more than 50 people amid shortages. The event supported a plan to establish five men’s centers and was announced by Albert H. Fiebach, imperial potentate from Ohio.
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Chicago
Khiva Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Amarillo
Texas
National Shrine Potentates
Texas Panhandle
Canada
Canal Zone
Mexico
Hawaii
Amarillo Shrine
Ingums
Albert H. Fiebach
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Kiska Island
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Akhtyrka
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Sheaffer and Parker Fountain Pens
Russell Stationery Company
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Amarillo Globe
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