Amarillo mobilizes to fix housing shortage for war effort
Col. E A Simpson leads a civic task force to Washington to secure a critical defense area rating and priority housing materials. Rex Baxter Ed Hardin and local contractors push for 1800 units with Textex Celo tex supply and touted 850 local homes in planning.
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Col. E. A. Simpson
Simpson
Rex Baxter
Washington
Guy Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Baxter
Potter County
War Production Board
Celotex Company
McKenzie Construction Company
Frieze & Nichols
Certain-teed
Maj. H. P. Burgard
Lowell Munday
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Amarillo Globe
Iis
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Army
News- Globe
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce and Business
Colonel Simpson
German Reporter: Germans Praying for Deliverance from Hitler
Louis P. Lochner, veteran AP Berlin bureau chief and 1938 Pulitzer winner, said Germans pray for deliverance from the Nazi regime. He warned Hitler can be beaten and urged American forces to prepare, noting German air superiority as pivotal to Nazi successes and recounting his front-line experiences in Poland, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, and the Soviet front.
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New York
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Lochner
Poland
France
Compiegne
Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Hhe
Western Front
Siegfried Line
United States
Luftwaffe
Paris
Palace de la Concorde
Leningrad
United Nations
Finland
Ladoga Lakes
Russia
Helsinki
United States and Britain Form War Production and Food Boards
The United States and the United Kingdom establish two joint boards to pool factories and farms for wartime needs. The combined production and resources board will integrate programs and adjust to military demands, while the combined food board will plan global food supply and distribution.
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Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Combined Production and Resources Board
Production and Resources Board
Wickard
R. H. Brand
Production and
Food Board
Great Britain
Retailers Plan War Bond Sales for Victory Drive
More than 1,000,000 retail stores in 3,300 cities will begin a nationwide one day sale drive at noon on July 1 to push war bonds and stamps. Major Benjamin H. Namm, chairman of the retail committee of the War Savings staff announced the plan today.
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New York
Benjamin H. Namm
War Savings Staff
U S Bombers Hit Lashio in Burma Raid
War Department reports American B 17s attacked Lashio airdrome and ground targets in Burma. No losses from enemy action. four bombers crashed in the Burmese mountains due to bad weather. Japanese fighters engaged but damage limited. monsoon conditions forced instrument flight.
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Washington
War Department
Lashio
Burma Road
Lewis H. Brereton
India
Brereton
Department
Battlefronts June 9 1942 recaps frontline moves
A quick view from June 9 1942 details a German push against Sevastopol in the Russian Crimea met by five days of stiff defense. Free French forces in Libya repelled a violent assault, while overnight raids target industrial Germany with rumors of 10 000 bombers nightly. British and American air forces reach China to support the fight against Japan.
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Sevastopol
Crimea
Germany
Bree
Jap Naval Losses Climb After Midway Battle
From Pearl Harbor on June 9 the battered Japanese fleet limped toward home after a fierce Midway attack. The United States reported at least three Japanese warships sunk and 11 damaged, while one destroyer was sunk and an aircraft carrier damaged. Admiral Nimitz confirmed contact with the enemy was lost Saturday night.
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Mid- Way Island
America
Hawaiian
United States
Uncle
Chester W. Nimitz
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Uncle Sam
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Chuhsien
U. S
Reuters
Chungking
China
Claire J. Chennaults
Flying Tigers
Chuanshih
Min River
Foochow
Fukien
Chekiang
High Command
Paotwo
Suiyuan
Sergeant Roger H. White Missing in Java Area
Sgt. Roger H. White Jr. is listed by the War Department as missing in action in the Java area. He is the son of Mrs. Allene White of 144 Wayside Drive and was with Battery E, 131st Field Artillery after joining active service in November 1940.
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Roger H. White, Jr
Allene White
Wayside Drive
War Department
Java
RAF May Hurl 10 000 Planes at Nazi
London June 9 Allied air strength prepares for raids on the Ruhr and Rhineland targets of German war industry. Air Chief Marshal Harris predicts up to 10 000 bombers in one night in the near future, with heavy missions seen as essential to winning the war.
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Crew Middleton
London
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
A. T. Harris
RAF
Cologne
Essen
Dieppe
France
Netherlands
Harris
Bomber Command
America
Turbulent sinks Axis ships in Mediterranean theater
British submarine Turbulent reports sinking an Italian destroyer and multiple merchant vessels in the central Mediterranean between Naples and Tripoli while RAF bombers strike Sardinia and Crete bases. Chinese forces defend Chuhsien killing or wounding 7,000 Japanese as U.S. and British air units arrive in China.
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Britain
Turbulent
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Libya
Sardinia
Crete
Desert Army
Claude Auchinleck
Admiralty
RAF
Naples
Tripoli
Mussolini
Egypt
Candia
Iran
RAP
Cagliari
Spain
Italy
Axis
French
Tunisia
Sicily
RCAF Group Arrives in Africa to Aid Desert Air War
A Canadian Air Force fighter squadron has arrived in North Africa to assist British imperial and Free French airmen in combating the Axis. Authorities disclosed today.
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London
Boya Canadian Air Force
North Africa
Allred and O Daniel Campaigns Engage Local Entertainment
Jimmy Allred and James V Allred campaigns draw crowds with live acts. Dixie Dice and her Darlings perform at Municipal Auditorium amid a rally for ex Governor Alfred in Amarillo. A local band will join the entertainment as the event starts at 8 p m Friday night on the auditorium lawn.
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Lee O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Dixie Dice
Municipal Auditorium
Alfred
Amarillo
Woman taxi driver injured in Polk Street collision
Gladys Sullivan of 315 North Tyler Street received minor injuries when her taxicab collided with a heavy sedan driven by Mrs. J. H. Dunn of 1804 North Julian Street at Third Avenue and Polk Street around 8 30 last night. She was hospitalized overnight at St. Anthony's. police said injuries were not serious and both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Gladys Sullivan
Tyler Street
J. H. Dunn
Julian Street
Third Avenue
Polk Street
St. Anthony’s
Honolulu sailor's blunt Midway message sparks gag ripple
A naval message to Admiral Nimitz from a Midway commander sparks a Honolulu gag wave. The remark Japs lose pants trying to save face circulated as office machine ads by Russell Stationery Company.
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Honolulu
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Russell Stationery Company
WISC Offers Aviation Course for Teachers
West Texas State College will offer a six semester hour aviation course starting June 15 to prepare high school teachers for pre flight training next term. Instructor is J W Ted Reid a World War I pilot. cost is 20 dollars for six weeks of classes. The program covers design, structure, meteorology, aerodynamics, engines, navigation, safety and air regulations.
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Panhandle
R. P. Jarrett
Dean Jarrett
Roosevelt says 18 and 19 year olds not drafted now
President Roosevelt said there will be no immediate move to draft youths aged 18 and 19. He noted any such step would not occur for several months and that the exemption currently covers them. He cautioned reporters to wait months before revisiting the issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Five-Day Soviet Defense Fends Off German Assault on Sevastopol
Soviet defenders of Sevastopol claim to repulse a five day German onslaught with heavy casualties on both sides. They report 2,500 German dead, 24 tanks knocked out, and 6 planes shot down as Russian forces hold the Black Sea base amid civilian shelter in catacombs.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
No Citizenship for This Person
German-born Karl Schmidt had his Argentine citizenship application denied by Federal Judge Jose Manuel Astiguerra. The ruling cited world situation and Argentina’s neutrality, noting a 1913 German law retaining nationality despite acquiring another country's citizenship. The judge warned the oath of allegiance to Argentina could be invalidated by Schmidt’s prior obligation to Germany.
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Buenos Aires
Karl Schmidt
Jose Manuel Astiguerra
Argentina
Thunderstorms Bring Scattered Rain to Amarillo Area
Weather bulletin notes scattered thunderstorms Wednesday across Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. Panhandle and South Plains expect afternoon storms, warm conditions persist in West Texas and New Mexico with highs around 80 and low 50s, 1.32 inches of rain reported in the 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Shereuchi
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Ucceeac
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