Ammanuals at new Soviet bomber base bring US and UK crews together
Amarillo College alumni reunion scene in a Soviet Union base reports American and British correspondents observing the Fifteenth Air Force welcome. Lt Puntch and Capt Smyer from Amarillo, Texas reconnect after years, sharing memories with Russian hosts and fellow airmen.
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Amarillo
Soviet Union
Fifteenth Air Force
John W. Puntch
Thelma Puntch
Bonham Street
Blackland Army Air Field
Waco
Puntch
Southwestern Public Service
Paul A. Smyer
W. M. Smyer
West Tenth Avenue
Americas
Norden
Price Memorial College
Amarillo College
Army Air Corps
Lowry Field
Denver
Allied Air Operations Hit Munich and France Amid Severe Weather
Allied bombers struck Munich area and rail yards across Rennes Fougeres Alencon Mayenne and Pontaubault while Italian based planes hit Porto Marghera and Rome area. Weather hindered daylight raids over the Channel with reports of 52 German planes destroyed and 35 Allied fighters lost. American parachute troops in Ste. Mere Eglise sector achieved a major airborne operation with over 1 000 planes involved and about 2 percent losses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Alps
Italy
Munich
Germany
Channel
Britain
Normandy
Augsburg
U. S
Porto Marghera
Venice
Rome
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
Johannes Balskowitz
France
Saumur
Normandy Front
Lisieux
Argentan
Caen
Isigny
Ninth Air Force
Ste. Mere Eglise
DNB
Bayeux
Carentan
Casen
Angle
Ludwig Sertorius
Transocean
Atlantic Wall
Valognes
Ithe Norman Peninsula
Explosion on Gypsum Prince kills four at Galveston dock
A blast on the tugboat Gypsum Prince at the Todd Galveston dry dock kills four men four workers including Elmer Schwinger of Cameron Texas and three unidentified Black laborers. Flames follow the explosion amid tense aftermath. In Hollywood Joan Blondell files for divorce from Dick Powell citing extreme cruelty.
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Galveston
U.P
Todd- Galveston Dry Dock
Elmer Schwinger
Cameron
Tex
Hollywood
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Chiefs of Staff Arrive in London for War Command Meet
President Roosevelt announced the arrival in London of General George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest J. King and General H. H. Arnold top Army Navy and Air Force leaders. They met with Roosevelt after news of the European invasion reached the United States.
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London
Stephen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
High Command
Combined Chiefs of Staffs
Marshall
Army
King
Fleet
Arnold
Roosevelt
Washington
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
H. H. Arnold
Texarkana Hosts War Loan Launch First Fifth Drive
The 16 billion Fifth War Loan opens Monday with a nationwide broadcast from Texarkana U S A. Secretary Morgenthau, five governors from Texas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma, and Hollywood stars will participate. Morgenthau tours the town to rally bond help and review a civilian D Day parade.
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Washington
Texarkana
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Texas
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
The
Treasury
Orson Wells
Morgenthau
Nazis Predict Allied Invasion Of Belgium In Next Days
London reports German broadcasts predicted an Allied invasion of Belgium between Dunkerque and Ostende in the coming days. They claimed large Allied reinforcements, airborne divisions, and Canadian troops mobilized as Montgomery and Eisenhower could deploy over 50 divisions for the French Belgian front.
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London
Belgium
Dunkerque
Ostende
Normandy
England
Scotland
Theawam
Emma Invacion
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Bayeux
St. Lo
Fallen Ste. Mere Eglise
Valognes
Cherbourg
Paris
Coutances
DNB
The
Orneath
En Bessin
Quinerville
Senate backs Bankhead cotton price amendment amid White House fight
The Senate approved 39 to 35 the Bankhead cotton price amendment, opposed by President Roosevelt and OPA chief Bowles, who warned costs could top 250 million dollars annually and disrupt price stabilization. Bankhead argued it would lift cotton prices and sustain parity plus milling costs and profit. The chamber also passed Wiley’s wage veto power waiver, covering up to 37.50 weekly pay and about 20 million white collar workers.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Roosevelt
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Alabama
Wiley
Treasury reports May Money In Circulation Reaches New High
Total money in circulation on May 31 was 22,112,323,541 dollars a new high. The Treasury calculated that figure would fund every person in the country to about 160 dollars.37 if divided equally.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Allied Invasion Push Deepens On Cherbourg Front
Allied forces led by Lt Gen Omar Bradley push toward Cherbourg as air power returns and paratroopers link with ground troops. Ste. Mere Eglise falls, German defenses stiffen near Caen Bayeux and St Lo amid worsening weather and heavy armor exchanges.
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Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Bayeux
RAF
France
Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg Peninsula
Normandy
Caen
Ushant Island
British
St. Marcouf Isles
Seine Bay
Omar Bradley
Formigny
St. Mere Eglise
Bay of the Seine
Bayeux-Caen
Carentan
Orne River
St. Lo
Texas private to serenade as invasion begins
London reports Pvt. Ernest Barker of Eastland, Texas, joining invasion forces with rifle over one shoulder and a guitar over the other. The account suggests he planned to play the guitar to lift spirits once a beachhead was established.
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London
U.P
Texas
Pvt
Ernest Barker
Eastland
Frank
Japanese Destroyers Sunk by American Bombers Near New Guinea
Four Japanese destroyers were sunk and a fifth damaged by American bombers off Manokwari in Dutch New Guinea as U S forces thwarted a counter to reinforced positions. Five Zeros were shot down, three American planes lost.
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Japa Sy
Associated Press
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
U. S. Sixth Army
Philippines
Billy Mitchel
Truk
Caroline Island
Solomons
Myitkyina
India
Kohima
Imphal
China
Tokyo
Henan Province
Honan
Shensi Province
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Chiang Kai-shek
Central Pacific
Navy
Canadian Dam Plans Weighed by Officials in Meeting
Col Francis J. Wilson Tulsa District U S Army engineers spoke to 75 residents and delegations from Borger Pampa Sanford and Dalhart about a Canadian River dam. He pledged cooperation to balance cost and long term value while Wesley R Nelson noted preliminary studies question irrigation justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Francis J. Wilson
Tulsa
U. S. Army Engineers
Wilson
Borger
Pampa
Sanford and
Dalhart
R. E. Cole
D. P. Gresshams
Henry K. Shane
John L. Mutz
Wesley R. Nelson
Bureau of Reclamation
F. W. Thompson
Rock Island Lines
Sanford
Mason King
S. B. Whittenburg
Film Writer Arrives For Boys Ranch Movie Project
William Ludwig Metro Goldwyn Mayer writer arrives with Mrs Ludwig to confer on material for a film about the founding of Boys Ranch. He will stay several days and visit the ranch to meet the boys. Ludwig wrote the Andy Hardy series and the Journey for Margaret story. He is a New York native who has worked in Hollywood since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Hardy
William Ludwig
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Boys’ Ranch
Mrs. Ludwig
Ludwigs
Cal Farley
Mr. Ludwig
Ludwig
Margaret
Metro
New York
Hollywood
Showers Reach Panhandle Towns in Light Rain
Scattered showers moved across the Panhandle last night with reports from Adrian, Amarillo, Clovis, Canyon and Hobbs. The Weather Bureau at English Field logged only a trace of rainfall by late hour, noting cool conditions and no hail in the area.
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Panhandle
Clovis
Washburn
Canadian
Adrian
Amarillo
Canyon
Hobbs
English Field
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The region sees partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday with fresh to strong winds. Temperatures rise slightly on Saturday with little change on Sunday. Showers are possible in the Panhandle and South Plains, with scattered thunder showers in eastern New Mexico during the weekend. Highs reach 80 to 90 degrees Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
East
Amarillo War Bond Drive Mobilizes School Children
Amarillo prepares for the Fifth War Loan opening with 75 student captains forming teams for a block to block canvass at 10 AM at the Paramount Theater. A parade from Third Avenue and Grant Street at 2:30 PM will showcase soldiers from Amarillo Army Airfield and local units.
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Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Potter County
Amarillo Army Airfield
Third Avenue
Grant
Tenth Avenue
Polk Street
Sixth and
Polk
E A. Simpson
Lars For Sons
KGNC
Ralph Carney
Wichita
Kan
Carney
Panhandle
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Russia
Strait Kimmons
Houston
John Johnson
Draffin, Ky
Josie Lee West
Whitesburg
John Puntch
Paul Smyer
Lege
Tartar
Javelin
Huron
Blyskawica
Bay of Biscay
Brittany
Isle de Bas
Lessay
S@cial Security geen systema
Russell Stationery Co
Texan
NBC
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