Utterly New Strategy Rewrites German Command Rules
The German radio quoted Allied forces in Normandy delivering a new war strategy with unprecedented artillery and air bombardment. Berlin reported battles as grim with devastated rear areas and German lines tested by relentless Allied pressure. A German correspondent described reinforcements and reserves moving along devious routes to critical points.
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London
German Radio Tonight
Normandy
Berlin
Richard Emskeller
Christov von Innhoff
Innhoff
Nazi Coastal Frank Withers Under Fire
Allied forces under heavy artillery fire attacked near St Lo advancing within about 1.5 miles of the citadel and moved a spearhead to within about 2.25 miles of the collapsing German flank at the western coast.
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Frank Withers
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Mid
Normandy
St. Lo
Besgm
Berlin focuses defense on Normandy front in three-way war
Allied reports describe Berlin framing the Normandy line as the focal point of Germany’s defense while a possible withdrawal to shorter eastern lines signals risk to Russian advances. The piece notes U S forces near St Lo and Caen, intense artillery and air strikes, and German counterattacks aided by elite paratroopers amid a broader struggle across occupied Europe.
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Normandy
Berlin
Germany
East
Kurt Dittman
Bungling
Dittmar
Pripyat
East Prussia
Moscow
France
Continent
Reich
Caen
Crucifix Hill
Odon
Orne
Colombelles
Orne River
St. Lo
Bayeux
Erwin Rommel
Brussels
Belgium
Bordeaux
Rommel
St. Andre-De L’epine
St. Lo- Bayeeux
BCT
Bernard L. Montgomery
Win Rommel
Periers
l+ssay
la Meauffe
Lessay
le Hommet D’arthenay
le Desert
St. Jean de Daye
Eisenhower
Guam
Japan
Whch
Nazi Strategy Proves Knotty For Hitler
Madrid dispatch reports that Adolf Hitler and his top staff have been in continuous consultation since Monday on German grand strategy as the war nears a crisis. The talks involve generals commanding fronts across the theater.
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Hitler
Saipan Casualties Reach 15053 in Pacific Campaign
Washington reports Saipan losses total 15,053 including 2,359 killed 11,481 wounded and 1,213 missing with Admiral Nimitz noting 9 000 civilians interned and about 1 000 Japanese captured. Forrestal calls Saipan a prize of first magnitude and cites carrier air cover as key to invasion.
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Washington
Saipan
Western Pacific
Marianas
Navy
Forrestal
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
A. A. Vandegrift
Walter S. Delaney
Eet
Pacific Attle Area
Japan
Delaney
Fourth Marine
Thomas E. Watson
Philippines
Charan Kanoa
Mar‘anas
Bonins
Russians Drive on Latvia in Baltic Offensive
Soviet forces push from Poland and Lithuania into Latvia as Gen Yeremenko’s Second Baltic Army advances 30 miles and captures rail towns including Idritsa. Moscow tally notes 450 towns seized on the central front with broader drive toward East Prussia and the Baltic. Wilno street fighting continues amid Nazi air supply.
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London
Red Army
Poland
Lithuania
Stalin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Liltuurile Svael Upleensess
Mrulwest
Novosololsniki
Idritsa
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Alysus
Kaunas
Riga
Latvia
Moscow
Yeremenko
Ladoga
Onezhskoye
Onega
Wilno
Berlin
Heavy Panhandle Rain Delays Wheat Harvest Moves
Rainfall across the Panhandle Plains slows harvest and grain movement. Widespread showers from half to four inches hit Claude Washburn and areas near Amarillo, risking rot on piled wheat while fields drain. Amarillo receipts will reflect delays in two days, with 135 carloads reported yesterday and a Texas A M extension estimate forecasting a national wheat yield near 170 million bushels.
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Panhandle Plains
Claude and
Washburn
Amarillo
Panhandle
Claude
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Texas A. & M. Extension Service
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture Reporting Board
College Station
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
50 000 Planes Not Enough
Gen Henry H Arnold chief of the U S Army Air forces says the command is flying more than 50 000 planes worldwide but seeks greater RAAF strength and more workers to produce them during a Buffalo plant tour.
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Buffalo
U.P
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Airforces
RAAF
Arnold
Buffalo Area
Silence on Wallace as Roosevelt May Endorse Wallace
Washington reports circulated of possible Democratic vice presidential contenders awaiting President Roosevelt's signal on Wallace as running mate for a fourth term. Delegates and aides expect the president to hint at Wallace, influencing convention sentiment and candidate positioning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Samuel B. Jackson
Indiana
Desperate Japanese Breakout From New Guinea Pocket
Advancing Allied lines report about 45 000 bypassed Japanese trapped near Wewak and Aitape in New Guinea launching attacks along the Driniumor River. Gen. Hatazo Adachi's forces clash with American units as Australians reach the Sepik River and bypassed troops attempt to move toward Hollandia.
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New Guinea
British New Guinea
Eighteenth Army
Hatazo Adachi
Buna
Saidor
Driniumor River
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari
Hollandia
Sepik
Wewak
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and Surrounding Regions
The forecast calls for Thursday mainly partly cloudy and warmer in the afternoon across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas expects partly cloudy conditions Thursday and Friday with warmer temperatures in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico projects partly cloudy days Thursday and Friday with scattered thundershowers in mountains and east areas. Temperatures ranged yesterday from 64 at 7 AM to 80 in the afternoon with highs around 70s and 80s elsewhere. Precipitation for the prior 24 hours measured 3.22 inches. Sunrise was 6 43 AM and sunset 9 02 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Permanent Recreational Plan Urged in Amarillo
H Grady Wilson urged a permanent city recreation program in Amarillo at a Potter County Tax Payers Association meeting. He serves on the City Recreation Council with DeWitt Leachman and others and said the city must provide permanent sites and facilities. He proposed Community Chest fund directors for now with eventual school system funding, targeting children six through nineteen.
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Amarillo
H. Grady Wilson
Potter County
Tax Payers Association
Capitol Hotel
Wilson
Joe Jenkins
DeWitt Leachman
W. W. Rusk
Dorsey Smith
Glen Bowen
Ross Larsen
Lucy Ann Wilkins
Community Chest
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Baltics
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