Mussolini's fascist officials cling to power in Lepini towns
In the Lepini mountains area, AMG officers report fascist officials remain in many towns to avoid violence and help maintain order until Allied control arrives. Cori, once bombed, shelters 10,000 refugees from Arteria and Velletri while awaiting bread relief. locals recall German plundering and hostility as occupation ends.
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Edward Kennedy
Lepini Mountains
Republic
Rome
Artena
Velletri
Cori
AMG
Fury of Allied Drive on Rome Mounts in Italy War Report
Allied forces pressed the Rome front advancing toward Castel Gandolfo and Velletri as German resistance and street fighting intensified near Rome. British and American troops sought to penetrate the Alban Hills while Nazis prepared a defense ahead of possible retreat north of the capital.
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Naples
Rome
Velletri
Alban Hills
Castel Gandolfo
Pescarella Nuova
Fifth Army
Albert Kesselring
Hitler
Valmontone
Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Italy
Kennedy
Montone
Point Sening Velletri
Lanuvio
Campoleone
Veiletri
Monte al Gedo
Hermann Goering
Via
Casilina
Sir Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
Via Casilina
Prosinone
Ceccano
Frosinone
Lepini
Carpineto
Sezze
Liri
Eighth
Fontana Arpino
Strangolagalli
Bankers to Convene in Amarillo for Fortieth Annual Meeting
Bankers from the Panhandle and across the Southwest gather in Amarillo for the fortieth Panhandle Bankers Association convention at the Amarillo Hotel. Jim Farwell presides with R. L. Thornton of Dallas and Jeff Williams among principal speakers. Estimated 400 to 500 registrants. officers include R. L. Grimes, J. Gillham, and TY. L. Deaver.
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Panhandle
Jim Farwell
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Amarillo Hotel
R. L. Thornton
Mercantile National Bank of Dallas
Southwest
Bob
Jeff Williams
Oklahoma
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The report notes partly cloudy conditions and a slight temperature change in the Amarillo area, with Texas anticipating partly cloudy skies and scattered showers across the Panhandle and southern regions Thursday afternoon. New Mexico shows widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the north Thursday and Friday, with fair conditions and cooler temperatures later.
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Amarillo
Perature
Texas
Thunderous Raid Jars Amarillo Death Probe
Two Amarillo residents, a man and a woman, are held for questioning in the midnight murder of Mrs. Dorothy Dearley Snelson. Police say they may be witnesses though not proven suspects, as motives point to someone who knew the victim.
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Dorothy Dearley Snelson
Sid Harper
Dorothy Snelson
Amarillo
Panhandle
Shamrock
Texas Highway Patrol
Harper
Bill Adams
R. J. Snelson
Snelson
TrampCaught in Panhandle Case Ties Flagged Suspect to Murder
Dover Strait sea conditions reported with high tides planned for Calais and Amarillo case updates follow. A man jailed near Shamrock was cleared as a suspect in the murder of Mrs. Snelson, whose body was found in Clarendon. R. J. Snelson cooperates with investigators as funeral rites are set for the victim.
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London
Dover Strait
Calais
Amarillo
Workers Held In Plant Graft
More than 100 shipyard workers at the Bethlehem Hingham plant building Navy vessels were arrested on charges of conspiring to defraud the government. FBI described it as the era’s most extensive war fraud racket. welders and counters allegedly fake credits and kickbacks, with some people earning up to 75 dollars weekly extra and overpayments totalling more than 500 thousand dollars.
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Boston
Bethlehem-Hingham
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
E. A. Soucy
Soucy
Amarillo Ships 180000 Pounds Of Waste Fats In May
Potter County and Amarillo shipped 180000 pounds of waste fats in May as part of a nationwide drive to aid service members. The total, second only to March, reflects strong local cooperation from packing companies, cafes, hotels, and residents.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Y Packing Company
Doty Packing Ny
Rend
Oe Bads
Ernest Bads
I & Partner
J. H. Doty
Doty Packing Company
Pinkney Packing Company
Battlefront
Pinkney
Amarilo
Wis P. Fields
Potter County Steats
Tog FE Ten
Nyon Ne Mata
Allied air blitz hits French coast and German targets
A massive night bombing raid from Calais to Cape Gris Nez targets long range guns along the French coast. Allied air forces pause after 15 minutes as bombs fall and ack-ack silences. The raid accompanies a broader May offensive including Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Soest transport centers and Ploesti refinery strikes.
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London
Hitler
Europe
French
Calais
Cape Griz Nez
West Wall
Channel
Dover
Plains Airline meeting to organize Panhandle Pl ains system
Representatives from communities across Portillo and Amarillo businessmen meet at the Herring Hotel to discuss forming a Panhandle Plains feeder airline. A May action is possible as CAB reviews Braniff style plans and other applications with initial capitalization proposed at 100000 dollars.
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Bob Epperson
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charles E. Beard
Braniff Airways
Amarillo
Mr. Beard
Braniff
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Denver
Altus
Okla
Lawrence Hagy Commissioned Major in Army Air Forces
Lawrence Hagy oil operator rancher and civic worker has been commissioned a major in the Army Air Forces. He will report to Wright Field Ohio to join the Material Division fuel and lubrication supply. A Amarillo resident since 18 years, he helped develop the Panhandle oil field and leads War Bond and Red Cross drives. He married Ann Scott in 1931 and the Hagy home is at 2406 Lipscomb Street.
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Major Hagy
Lawrence Hagy
War Department
Army Air Forces
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Air Forces
Hagg
Canadian River
Hagy, Harrington and Marsh
University of Oklahoma
Amarillo
Panhandle
Don Harrington
Stanley Marsh
Forts Salute Fallen Fliers Memorial Wreath Ceremony
A World War II bomber base in Britain honors fallen airmen as they head toward Germany to strike the Schwerte yards. A memorial wreath is dropped into the channel, placed by Col. Thetis C. Odam of Murfreesboro Tennessee, during a Memorial Day observance.
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Britain
Germany
Schwerte
Channel
Thetus C. Odam
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Two Americans Removed From Refugee Ship at Sea
The Serpa Pinto, a refugee carrier, was halted by a Nazi U-boat near mid ocean. It seized two American men Virgilio Magina and Manuel Pinto as hostages and forced removal of 385 passengers and crew to lifeboats before the ship was allowed to proceed to Philadelphia. Six people died during the perilous transfer and hold of the two prisoners aboard the submarine.
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Philadelphia
Serpa Pinto
Mid-Ocean
Berlin
America
Canada
American Joint Distribution Committee
Barber
Farmer
Beatrice Trapunski
Twore
Poland
Virgilio Magina
New Bedford
Mass
Manuel Pinto
Waterburk
Conn
Portugal
Navy
Americo Dos Santos
Manuel Valentine Pinto
Pinto
Dos Santos
Camilo Grande Perez
Perez
Virgilio
Magina
Hale Reesoners
States
Blackstone
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Bey Samt
Mel
Allied Drive
Amarillo Daily News
Russell Stationery Co
John Fain
Cap Crawford
Buchanan Street
Joy Heathington
Clarendon Baptist Church
R. D. Evans
Clarendon Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Earl Webb
Doyle Brazille
Raymond Walker
Pat Myers
Leon Foster
Otto Elliott
Ploesti
Romania
Hamm
Osnabruck
Soest
Lightning
Mediterranean
Luxuil
Eighth Air Porce
Washington
Texas-New Mexico Airlines
Robert Houck
Arm
Raymond Weatherly
Maj
Lawrence R. Hagy
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