Service Men In The News From Our Defenders Highlights
Promotions and casualties across several towns. Elbert M. Smith earns staff sergeant at Camp Chaffee after enlisting May 5 1942. Robert Harbour, midshipman graduate at Notre Dame is commissioned. Jimmy Goodman missing in action in Italy since May 6. Captain Keith Staley promoted to major after Alaska service. Herschel Tucker awarded Good Conduct medal and promoted to corporal technician in the Pacific. Billie Walker killed in action over Corsica. Jack Hill Bristol, staff sergeant, B 17 pilot, flew May 7 mission over Bucharest. Air Medal awarded.
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Elbert M. Smith
16Th Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Sergeant Smith
Olton
Littlefield
Herschel Tucker
Amarillo
Corporal Tucker
Army
Pacific
Fort Leonard Wood
Amarillo Glass Company
Portales
Shamrock
War Department
Barney Walker
Tech
Billie Walker
Isle of Corsica
Walker
Summerwood High School
Canyon
Army Air Corps
J. W. Bristol
Dalhart air man earns Second Oak Leaf Cluster to Air Medal
Staff Sgt. William C. Nichols 21 husband of Mary Lee Nichols of Dalhart receives the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal in a London England dispatch. He is a right waist gunner aboard a Flying Fortress and the son of Mrs. W. E. Nichols of Clallam Bay Washington. He entered the Air Forces in February 1943 and earned his gunner wings in May.
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Dalhart
Wm. C. Nichols
Mary Lee Nichols
England
Nichols
W. E. Nichols
Clallam Bay
Wash
Air Forces
Casualties Named by War Department
The War Department released casualty lists naming U S soldiers including Lt. Charles W. Smith Jr son of Charles W Smith residing at 1706 Hughes Street.
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The
War Department
United States
Charles W. Smith, Jr
Charles W. Smith
Hughes
Automotive 71 Auto Parts and Service Ad
New and used house trailers with small down payments and up to eighteen months to pay. Cope Trailer Sales at 621 N Bath offers a four wheel trailer with hood tires suitable for hauling wheat and located at 2601 W Xth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cope
N. Bath
Unclear classified list mixes sales and notices
Fragmented 1940s style classified items list items for sale and notices including cars home listings rent helper wanted and lost ration book references with partial addresses and contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellan Bowden
N. Garfield
Chevrolet
Cohoco Station
Harrison
Army Tech Village
Apt
Beck
Belleview
Wright & Michaels
A! McManters
Lincoln
Amarillo
Peacetime Stocks Jump On Invasion News
The New York stock market rose as invasion news boosted peacetime issues to year highs. Heavy trading in motors led gains while final hour losses were limited. Major movers included General Motors, Chrysler, Packard, Willys-Overland, Studebaker, Nash Kelvinator, GM, Dow Chemical.
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New York
Motors
General Motors
Chrysler
Packard
Willys-Overland
Studebaker
Nash- Kelvinator
International Telephone
Graham-Paige
du Pont
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Eastern Airlines
American Airlines
United Air Lines
Pan American Airways
Union Pacific
American Telephone
Goodyear
Goodrich
Homestake
Dome
Dow Chemical
Park & Tilford
Schenley
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Cotton Prices Rally to Day Highs on Final Hour
New York and New Orleans reports show cotton futures rebounding in final hour trading as buying broadens and offerings thin. Closing prices gain 15 to 25 cents per bale. earlier invasion news caused intraday dips but prices recovered with steady to higher closes across months. Spot markets in Galveston and New Orleans show steady quotes for various grades with no sales reported. Chicago produce and potatoes also listed with minor price notes and receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission House
New Orleans
Army officers, soldiers cited in WWII notices across states
The bulletin lists several service members reported missing in action in Europe and Asia. Sgt Norman H. Kirby of Clovis, husband of Marjorie B. Kirby, is MIA in the Asiatic theater, while Pic Elmer L. Knight, son of Lela Hays in Childress, is MIA in Europe. Sgt Wheeler W Urban, husband of Marjorie L Urban of Phillips, is also MIA in Europe. Dudley Gordon Hill of Plainview is promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant with a U S Army Field Artillery assignment.
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Dudley Gordon Hill
U. S. Army Field Artillery
Plainview
Dance for Joy Inside Russia
Russians greeted the invasion with elation ending three years of anxious waiting for western action. Newspaper reports carried glowing tales of Rome falling as officials confirmed the start of operations. Soviet and Allied officials prepared a joint press statement for the Soviet press.
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Moscow
Rome
Peter Smollett
British
Ministry of Information
Foreign Commissaratt
John R. Deane
U. S
Broncas Burrows
Petain appeals for Nazi aid to French officials and workers
Paris radio cites Marshal Petain urging French officials railway workers and laborers to stay at their posts and support the German military machine to keep the nation alive amid battlefield conditions. He warned that France has become a battlefield and German forces may take special measures.
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London
Paris
Marshal Petain
France
Markets at a Glance New York June 6
Stocks higher on peace buying amid invasion tensions. Bonds mixed as rails reorganize. Cotton weak from liquidation and buying. Chicago wheat firm with July futures up to 2 cents. Rye volatile with gains to 2.49 cents. Hogs slow with 20,000 head held. top price $13.75. Cattle and fed steers steady. other grades down to $17.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Stock market figures show mixed gains on June 6
New York stock values list the fifteen most active issues with many up modestly. Notable movers include Packard Motors up 3 percent and Alleghany rising 24 points, while Amrep shows a 21 percent decline. Dow Jones industrials close up 0.59 with total sales near 1.79 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Packard Mot
INT Tel & Tel
Willis
Graham-Paige
Nash-Kelv
Hupp Mot
Alleghany
Studebaker
DOW Jones
King Vittorio Emanuele III Transfers Royal Prerogatives
In Naples region on June 6 the 74 year old Italian king relinquishes his royal prerogatives to Crown Prince Umberto. A decree signed by Premier Badoglio names Umberto Lieutenant General and regent while the king remains titular head of the House of Savoy.
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Naples
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele III
Rome
Umberto
Emier
Pietro Badoglio
Ravello
Council of Ministers
House of Savoy
Flying Brass Hats Jittery After Casablanca Mission
Capt. Chick Fredericks, 37, an air transport command pilot from Arlington Virginia, has flown 151 Atlantic trips including missions to China and to the Roosevelt Churchill conference at Casablanca. He notes the generals are good but the FBI scrutiny is nerve wracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Air Transport Command
Chick Fredericks
Arlington
FBI
Chick
China
General Marshall
General Arnold
General Devers
Casablanca
Grain Market Turns Firm As Invasion News Sways Prices
Chicago reports grain prices firming after invasion news. Wheat and oats rise on light offerings while rye climbs on demand uncertainty. July futures: wheat 1.62, oats 0.75, rye 1.09, barley 1.21. Kansas City and Fort Worth cash quotes follow the same uptrend.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Animal Pictures Are Her Meat in Baltimore
Hazel W. Frese of Baltimore collects about 15 000 animal stories and pictures in a hobby she calls animalana. The Martin aircraft personnel worker with a Chicago PhD aims to classify animal heroes criminals entertainers and more in complete files spanning seven years of clipping on publicized human activity with animal counterparts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hazel W. Frese
Animalana
Martin Aircraft
University of Chicago
Livestock Markets Mixed Across U.S. Reports
Across Kansas City Chicago Fort Worth and North Africa action, cattle hogs and lambs show varied prices and activity. Good and choice fed steers fetch 15.60 to 16.65 in Chicago and Kansas City. hogs top near 13.65 at Fort Worth. sheep offerings remain robust with spring lambs around 12.50 to 14.50. A separate North Africa air action notes 25,000 rounds fired with no ammo malfunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ystys Prev
Tel
West Auto
Armour & Seen Eneene
At&s&8sf
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco Bendix Aviation
Sete
Dome Mines
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Goods
Serene
General Motors
Eae
Gillette Razor
Int Harvester
Kennecott Copper Eee
Long-Bell Lumber
Glenn L Martin
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Fort Worth
North Africa
Army Air Forces
Army Ordnance
Hitler shifts to coastal defense as Britain battle wanes
As the 1941 42 winter set in, Hitler abandoned invasion boasting and ordered defenses along a 500 mile French Low Countries coast. Fortifications from Brest to Calais and Dieppe grew with pillboxes mines and trenches while Germany readied inner lines along the Meuse Aisne Po Rhine and Maginot Siegfried lines for a potential strike.
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Adolf Hitler
England
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Hitler
Royal Air Force
United States
France
Low Countries
British Isles
Norway
English Channel
Brest
Brittany
Holland
Calais
Boulogne
Dieppe
Europe
Germany
Meuse
Aisne
Alps
Italy
Rhine
Maginot
West Wall
Siegfried Line
North Sea
Balkans
Crude Oil Runs Show Increase
The Oil & Gas Journal reports a nationwide rise in crude oil production last week by 13 000 barrels daily to 4 528 250. Texas led gains up 17 600 to 2 013 050 with California up 3 750 to 836 350 Illinois up 3 000 to 209 950 and Louisiana up 2 000 to 358 600 while Kansas fell 9 150 to 274 400 and Oklahoma declined 2 450 to 331 200.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Oil & Gas Journal
Texas
California
Illinois
Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
East Texas
Texas Panhandle
South Texas
Lower Gulf
Upper Gulf
United States
Yanks Fight Germans With Coffee Cups
Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll described a destroyer engagement with a German U-boat crew. The American ship rammed the submarine rode up its deck and repelled boarders with coffee cups. A seaman bruised a fist knocking an enemy over the side, and a grenade was tossed into the conning tower as the U boat sank.
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Washington
Royal E. Ingersoll
Co Tower
House Refuses to Extend Immunity for Kimmel Short
Washington June 6 by party lines the House rejected a Democratic effort to extend immunity for Army and Navy officers tied to Pearl Harbor negligence beyond three months. The vote 164 to 135 blocked a one year extension. Only Rep Wadsworth of New York supported the amendment. The drive to force roll call on the measure followed a separate push for court martial actions within three months. The article also notes a malaria link to vitamin biotin deficiency in chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Wadsworth
New York
Army
O Daniel Backed by Hig Voters for McLean Roosevelt Hope
Gray County reporters find mixed views on the presidential race in McLean. O'Daniel’s Texas base draws strong local support while Roosevelt appeals in town. Diverse groups split over fourth term and New Deal, with farmers and workers largely leaning Roosevelt. Capt. Baldridge, veteran naval officer, new curator at the Naval Academy Museum.
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Mclean
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Gray County
Lone Star
Austin
Pampa
Roosevelt
O’daniel
Globe News
O'Daniel
Cowtown
Fort Worth
H. A. Baldridge
U. S. Naval Academy Museum
Secret Weapons Seen On Invasion Front
Detroit June 6 War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson said there are weapons and equipment in use on the invasion front that the public has never seen or heard of. He told United Press that the secret weapons match enemy devices and called for a supreme effort by war workers as D-Day arrived. Nelson, in Detroit for conferences and facility inspections, hurried back to Washington by plane after learning of the invasion.
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Detroit
Wa—War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
United Press
Washington
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T. S. Harbour of
Stinnett
U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
U. S. Naval Reserve
Clarendon
D. T. Goodman
Jimmy E. Goodman
Goodman
Clayton
J. E. Staley
Captain Keith Staley
Major Staley
Alaska
Auto Parts & Service
Springfield
Davis Investment Co
Fillmore
Pabias
Dallas
Cotton
GalVeston
Houston
Louisiana Bliss
Russia
Petain
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Am Cyan
Ark Nat Gas A
Cities Service
el Bond & Sh
Humble Ol
Lone Star Gas 5
Lt & Pow A
NEW York Bonds
At&sf
Cm&sp
C&nw
Tl Cen
MKT
Nor Pac
Penn RR
Stl SF
Sou Pac
Oo Tex Corp
WU SS
Masserry Grable
I Ky
Ee Eg Ag
Aan
Chicago Grains
Fed
Britain
Fred L. Strozier
Associated Press
Liberty
Bill Elliott
Tom Neal
Tax Inc
Penny Simpleton
Arthur Lake
Pfootlight Glamour
Floyd V. Studer
Northwest
American United Life Insurance Com
Rialto
Betty Rhodes
Weonmee Jehnston Bali Edwards
Hig
Globe-News
Thurs
Goku Garfield
Maureen O'Hara
Wallace Beery
American Legion
Greater United
Fair Grounds
Diana Barrymore
Robert Cummings
Kay Francis Disney Cartoon
Olivia de Havilland
Princess O'Rourke
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Tokyo
Tommy Tucker Orchestra
N. E
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Plainsmen
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