Amarillo School Children Called To Spearhead Fifth War Loan Drive
Junior Grade Lt Abe Condiotti led the first wave of assault boats in the invasion area between Cherbourg and Le Havre. His craft touched the beach within a minute of H Hour, possibly the first Allied landing ashore. Capt Leonard Schroeder and his company were aboard the leading boat, with Capt Howard S Lee's men delayed by currents.
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B. J. McQuaid
Chicago Daily News
Oe Allied
Associated Press
U. S
Barnett
Abe Condiotti
Brooklyn
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Condiotti
Cherbourg
le Havre
Leonard T. Schroeder
Baltimore
Condietti
Schroeder
Howard S. Lee
Chicago
Lee
Wil Omaauteom Vey
Ofaqaay Rae
Johnny
Higgins
Amarillo Drive Plans for War Loan and Bond Sales
Col. E A Simpson and Guy Saunders outline a June 12 to July 8 war loan drive with a goal of 6 585 000 including 1 490 000 in E bonds. Amarillo Life Underwriters organize student bond sales with dozens of district captains and a parade opening the campaign. Six prizes reward top sellers and a 50 war bond grand prize is offered to the best seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Col. E. A. Simpson
Guy Saunders
Amarillo Life Underwriters “Association
G. W. Mills
Archie Castleberry
Zeb Moore
Paramount Theater
Jane Withers
Jimmy Lydon
Colonel Simpson
Insurance Men
San Jacinto
Roy Cloninger
F. B. Martin
T. W. Collins
Wolflin
Lloyd Studer
Archie
Joe W. Nall
Lillian Steele
Sanborn
C. L. Copeland
Harris Landon
Jimmy Sheriff
Humphrey Highland
Leo Bock
Edgar Garner
Maud V. Cook
Forest Hill
Roy Sessions
Elmo Byrd
R. L. Dorough
River Road
A. P. Gibson
T. A. Shelnutt
A. B. Hall
Bivins
CIO Line Against Dewey Pushes Labor PAC in Race
The CIO political action committee, led by Chairman Sidney Hillman, declared its opposition to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey citing ignorance of major national problems. Hillman offered to testify on Hatch Act concerns about large union contributions and argued labor acts within the law.
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CIO
Dewey
Associated Press
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Hillman
Washington
New York
acSes
Ees
SSS
CIO Committee
Senate Elections Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National
Hill
Labor Committee
Congressional
Rescue Flotilla Men Cheered By Allied Landings
War correspondent describes a 50-ship rescue flotilla in the English Channel cheering as Allied landings succeed on the French coast. Sailors report no major German resistance at sea, while heavy bombardment and naval gunfire continue to support the beachhead.
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William Smith
Associated Press
U. 5 Coast Guard
English Channel
Channel
Cabaret Levy Is Slashed
Congress sent to the White House a bill cutting the night club tax from 30 to 20 percent and extending the same levy to armed services members. The measure accompanies a debt limit increase from 210 to 260 billion dollars and aims to support the Sixth War Bond Drive starting June 12. House approval was 172 to 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Charles Filed In Road Crash
Earl O Neil of Oklahoma City was charged in Wellington yesterday with failure to stop and render aid after a highway crash injuring road worker Dobbins. Dobbins, in Shamrock hospital in serious but not critical condition, was struck by a northbound car between Wellington and Shamrock yesterday afternoon around 4 30. The driver fled. a fellow employee pursued in a pickup but the car outran him. O Neil was later arrested in a Shamrock hotel by Highway Patrolmen Sam Gardner and Joe Cantrell and taken to Wellington for filing.
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Earl O'Neil
Oklahoma City
Wellington
Dobbins
Shamrock
O'Neil
Sam Gardner
Joe Cantrell
Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Horace Mann School Band Rally Plans Announced
Horace Mann School to host an 8 o'clock Friday rally featuring an Army band concert and a 23 minute Technicolor film Tank Destroyers. Citizens and students will organize for the Fighting Fifth War Loan Drive starting Monday with support from Kiwanis Club PTA and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Santa Fe Lines
Calf Replaces Milk on Tommy's Doorstep
Tommy Bowles of 419 East Tenth Avenue called the Globe News after seeing a calf in the rain outside his home. He described the calf as looking half drowned. A humane worker soon reported Pred Bell across the street had moved the animal to drier shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Bowles
East Tenth Avenue
The
Globe News
Tommy
Humane Worker
Pred Bell
Cook Scalded On Rock Island Construction Site
W Brown a cook for the Rock Island railroad construction crew was badly scalded on the legs and feet when a bucket of hot water spilled over him. He was taken to St Anthony hospital by a Griggs ambulance after the 6 30 pm incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Brown
Rock Island Railroad
Brown
St. Anthony Hospital
Griggs
Stimson Urges Pay Boost for Skilled Infantrymen
Secretary of War Henry Stimson told Congress that infantry bears the heaviest casualty burden in Western Europe and other theaters. He cited North Africa and Italian campaign figures, proposing a $5 monthly raise for coughboys and $10 for combat infantry badges, costing about $55 to $71 million annually.
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Washington
Europe
Stimson
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Jaycees Elect New Directors in Amarillo Meeting
The Junior Chamber of Commerce elected 12 new directors for two years starting July 1 and reelected 12 directors with one year remaining at a meeting held last night at the Amarillo Hotel. Officers to be chosen by the board in two weeks.
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Mississippi
Virgin Island
House
Dewey
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Hotel
Bob Lewis
Ivan Boxwell
Lonnie Preston
Patt Powell
Winifred Gattis
Lee Biggs
Bill Utterback
Fay Shackelford
Guy Walden
Bill Curtis
Clarence Jackson
Louis Ridings
Charles Bates
Hollis DeGrassi
George Kirsch
A. L. Mills
Chester Park
Damon Nutt
Tom Seay
Roy C. Snodgrass
Jack Cawthon
Ralph Kincamp
Edwin Martin
Rex Baxter
Jaycee
Merit System Seeks 11 Office Positions
The Merit System Council announces July 8 competitive exams for 11 state agency jobs including field worker junior stenographer apprentice clerk and more. Entrance salaries range from 1080 to 2208 with merit increases possible. applications due by June 26.
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Merit System Council
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
United States Employment Service
Texas Department of Public Welfare
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commssion
Merit System
Tribune Building
Austin
J C Penney Seeks Service Photo Display for War Bond Drive
J C Penney stores announce a Fifth War Bond Drive display featuring servicemen and women photos. Relatives are invited to bring pictures to Penneys or mail them, with the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion registering and returning the photos. The store will host the auxiliary Friday and Saturday to accept submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Department
Penney’s
P. V. Alexander
Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Penney'’s
Demolition Team Lands at Cherbourg as Invasion Opens
Corp. Johnny Locognata from Brooklyn recounts the first invasion hour at Cherbourg where his 22 engineer teammates breached a concrete barricade with charges and evacuated after a shell splashed near him. He notes no German sighting, heavy seas, and his first combat action with Africa service prior. Survivors from a sunk destroyer accompanied the evacuees aboard.
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England
U.P
Cherbourg
Corp
Johnny Locognata
Emanuel Locognata
Brooklyn
N. Y
Johnny
Africa
Sailor Marries as Army Follows Navy Way in Hilarious ceremony
A sailor wed his fiancée before Justice J. D. Cazzell with four soldiers watching. The groom declared the Navy way, kissed the bride, challenged the Army to top it, and joked about payment as the ceremony ended with playful banter and a drink invitation. The scene blended humor and a military contrast in a small-town office.
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Justices of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Cazzell
Navy
Tly
Army
Justice of the Peace
O. K
Holy Communion Set at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Celebration of the Holy Communion will be held Friday at 10 o'clock in St Andrew’s Episcopal Church with Rev Frederick A Foster as celebrant. Intercessory prayers will be offered for the military forces overseas. A magnetic compass points to magnetic north, not true north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Frederick A. Foster
Renowned Pianist Podolsky to Teach Two Week Courses
Leo Podolsky, famed Russian pianist and teacher, arrives in Amarillo for a two week teaching term at the Musical Arts Conservatory running June 12 to 24. He will conduct lectures, private lessons, a repertoire class, and a student scholarship contest judged by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Podolsky
Amarillo
Musical Arts Conservatory
Mr. Podolsky
Conservatory
Podolsky
Europe
The
Orient
Flag Cremated on Polk Street Mystery During D Day
Ben R. Solnick of the Hollywood Dress Shop found a flag burned to ashes on invasion day. He suspects a cigarette touched the staff as wind carried flames, noting no intentional act and calling the incident a mystery.
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Amarillo
Ben R. Solnick
Ong Street
Hollywood
Solnick
Rains Sweep Panhandle With Wide Texas Reach
General rains moved across the Panhandle extending to Albuquerque and north eastern Oklahoma. Amarillo got .70 inch with up to an inch near Clovis and Panhandle. A lightning storm in Amarillo struck a live wire near King Food Market causing minor fire and heater heat felt before crews repaired the damage.
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Panhandle
Albuquerque
Clarendon
Oklahoma
Gage
Amarillo
Here
Clovis
White Deer
Canadian
North Plains
Pampa
Wellington
East Thirteenth Street
King Food Market
Southwest Public Service Company
New Yorker First to Land in France Invasion
The first Allied soldier to set foot on French soil in the western invasion was Capt. Frank Lillyman, a 29 year old parachute troop officer from Syracuse New York. Lillyman, who smoked a cigar, jumped from the lead plane as paratroop carriers entered the invasion. His wife and two year old daughter live at 2 Jordan Street in Skaneateles, and his mother Mrs. Clara Lillyman resides at 520 South Edwards Avenue, Syracuse.
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U. S
France
Frank Lillyman
Syracuse
N. Y
Lillyman
Jordan Street
Skaneatles
Clara Lillyman
Edwards Avenue
German Bombers Strike England After D-Day
German Air Force conducted an early strike on the English coast, the first since D-Day. Bombs dropped near an East Coast town. one raider was believed shot down. No details on the size of the attacking force.
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London
England
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Jimmie
Lincoln
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Fourteenth Avenue
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Cook
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Dunkerque
British Army
Mufti
Jaycees
J. C. Penney
MR Meee
Fistress
Carter
Niue
Howard Whitman
Flag
Polk Street
New Yorker
Pinkney
Sno. Larp
Carton
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