Roosevelt Signs Pearl Harbor Probe Bill For Immediate Review
President Roosevelt signed a bill directing an immediate investigation into the Pearl Harbor disaster while avoiding actions that would hinder the wartime effort. The measure extends prosecutions to December 7, 1944, and waives the usual statute of limitations, potentially opening cases against any party in the future.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretaries of War
Navy
Secretaries of War and Navy
Mgr. Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Missing in Action Lt. Doherty Reported by War Dept
War Department announces Lt. John H. Doherty is missing in action over Germany since May 30 after completing at least six bombardier missions on a B-17. Amarillo native and Amarillo High School graduate, he has served 14 months and has overseas service since April. His wife resides at 113 East Sixteenth Avenue.
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John H. Doherty
War Department
East Sixteenth Avenue
Doherty
Germany
Amarillo
Cretney Drug Company
England
Lieutenant Doherty
Vivian Doherty
East
Sixteenth Avenue
Romania
Raymond Coach
Hammond
Ind
Thelma Woody
South Fillmore Street
Crouch
Italy
Amarillo Field
Infantry Stops Carentan Attack
German assault along the Vire River aimed to split the bridgehead and sever Allied lines. American doughboys defended in a fierce battle at Carentan, meeting elite Nazi parachute units in a desperate effort to halt the consolidation of the beachheads.
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Don Whitehead
U. S
Vire
Carentan
Invasion Armada Sees No Nazi Counter Blow
An invasion force of 1,300 American ships neared the French coast while German air and naval counter measures failed to appear. Forrestal spoke at a news conference, questioning why German high command relied on submarines and light coastal weapons instead of broader sea control.
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British Isles
French
Forrestal
Eee
Meat Rationing Returns in July Likely
Washington reports that many point free cuts of meat are likely to be placed back under rationing next month. The notice came as U S officers visited King George VI in separate audiences at Buckingham Palace in London.
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Washington
U. S
London
George VI
Buckinghan Palace
German Adviser Warns Hawaii Defense Delays Criticized
The House military committee censured Col Theodore Wyman Jr and German born contractor Hans Wilhelm Rohl for delays at Pearl Harbor. Wyman allegedly attended lavish parties with liquor and allowed Rohl to push plans when ownership and naturalization raised questions. Contract awards valued at about 125 million dollars covered Hawaii and a Far East air route via Christmas Island Canton Nandi New Caledonia and Australia.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
House Military Committee
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Army Engineers
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Hawaii
Christmas Island
Canton
Nandi
New Caledonia
Australia
Untaxed liquor cases filed by Texas Liquor Control Board
County court reports several cases of untaxed liquor involving Pred Burley and Carrie Burley with about 15 gallons on their property and bond set at 350 dollars. Maydell Milton faces about 12 gallons of untaxed liquor. A C McElmurray and Helen charged with selling liquor on Sunday. Ed Mewton of Amarillo pleads guilty to transporting liquor in a wet area without a permit and is fined 100 dollars. Lowe notes public awareness issue.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
D W. Lowe
Pred
Carrie Burley
North Washington Street
Maydell Milton
Madison Street
A. C. McElmurray
Helen
Three Amarillo men face burglary complaints
Police filed three burglary complaints in Amarillo connected to Cal Farley and Montgomery Ward thefts. Marion Guinn, Bill King, and Vernon Counts were arraigned before Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder with bonds set at 2000 dollars each. Loot from Montgomery Ward recovered, and Cal Farley burglary dated April 21.
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Cal Farley
Montgomery Ward
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Marion Steve Guinn
Bill King
North
Harrison Street
Vernon Counts
First Avenue
Cal Parley
Montgomerey Ward
Guinn
Justice Carder
Allies Build Secret Cavern Command Post For D Day
Inside a hidden underground hub in West England Allied planners map troop movements and ship locations with color coded charts. The red ball system rushes urgent replacements to Ike and planners coordinating land and air forces across the channel.
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England
France
Britain
Channel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Col. E. Stevens
Houston
British War Office
Ministry of War Transport
American War Shipping Administration
Allied Air Arm
Masonic Temple Stockholders Meet for Dissolution
A stockholders meeting of the Masonic Temple Building Association is set for 8 o clock on June 23 at the Masonic Temple Building 305 East Fifth Avenue. The purpose is complete settlement distribution of proceeds and dissolution of affairs, with 80 percent stock representation required to act.
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Masonic Temple Building Association
Masonic Temple
East Fifth Avenue
Riley Strickland
Temple Building
Khiva Temple
Nazis Panicky After Air Raid on Ijmuiden
Aneta reports about 600 German soldiers killed as Allied daylight air raid on Ijmuiden Holland blasted Atlantic wall defenses. The blast sparked panic in the garrison and suggested that a follow up landing could have captured Ijmuiden and penetrated toward Amsterdam.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands
Ijmuiden
Holland
Amsterdam
U. S. Ninth Air Force
RAF
Allied Air Blitz Hits Six German Air Fields and Refineries
Allied forces launched a massive air campaign striking six German air fields in a major blow to weaken the Luftwaffe. Bombers hit Emmerich oil refinery in the Rhineland, while Hungary and Yugoslavia targets included refineries near Budapest and Osijek. Marauders and Havocs pounded trains and supply dumps near Caen as fighters attacked bridges, roads, and rail yards across a wide front.
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Britain
Emmerich
Rhineland
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Budapest
U. S
Caen
Royal Air Force
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Paris
Brussels
le Bourget
Creil
Etampes Mondesir
Chateaudun
Mustang
Argetan
Tours
Two Allied Destroyers Sink German Mine Sweepers
Off the coast of France early yesterday two Allied destroyers intercepted seven German mine sweepers and sank three while seriously damaging the other four, Supreme Headquarters announced.
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Supreme Arters
France
Supreme Headquarters
Redheads Are Second Major Explosive Item Coming Off Pantex Load Lines
Article reports TNT and tetryl exposure at Pantex plant turning workers hair red or yellow, with varying effects on skin and health. Chemist J M Carpenter notes rare illnesses and warnings about hair dyeing risk. workers use tobacco to stay calm on TNT lines.
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Ae Coe
Pantex Ordnance Plant
J. M. Carpenter
Pantex
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Ravenna
Carpenter
IIT
G. T. Reuss
TNT
Mrs Goschnauer Joins Chin Up Girl Bond Contest
Mrs Willadean Goschnauer wife of Lt Tony Goschnauer missing in action in China for five months enters the Chin Up Girl contest tied to the Fifth War Loan drive.14 candidates compete with prizes of 500 300 and 200 in War Bonds. Sponsors include Amarillo War Dads Texan plants Kiwanis clubs and Red Cross among others.
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Willadean Goschnauer
Goschnauer
Tony Goschnauer
China
Army Air Forces
Rosalie Daley
Amarillo
Bonita Cazzell Newby
Pantex Ordinance Plant
Bernice Arnold Dashier
Santa Fe Railway
Carlie McKnight
Rotary Club
Gwendolyn Alvarez
North Amarillo
Showers Hit Panhandle Narrow Weather Band
Spotted showers spread across the Panhandle last night reaching Dalhart Tucumcari and Pampa. Amarillo reported .38 inch of rain with hail noted between Amarillo and Tucumcari. Rainfall was recorded at Pampa Dalhart Clayton Dumas Panhandle White Deer Canyon and Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Dalhart
Tucumcari
Pampa
Amarillo
Clayton
Dumas
White Deer
Canyon
Weather
Texas Heat Sets Seasonal Highs Across Cities
The sun baked Texas with Laredo recording 97 degrees, Salt Plain in Hudspeth County 96, Dallas 95, Fort Worth 94, and Del Rio 93. Intermittent rain was forecast for parts of east and west Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dallas Weather Bureau
Laredo
Salt
Hudspeth County
Dallas
Fort Worth
de Rio
Dealer Killed In Liquor Trap In Fort Worth Shootout
Fort Worth authorities report a gun battle deadly when liquor dealer W E Seldon 33 was killed as Texas State Liquor Board Inspector Paul J Jordan shot him during a trap set to catch an unlawful sale of 760 dollars in liquor. Inspector Jordan survived with a flesh wound. Retail worker James W Smith 64 witnessed the shooting and was detained.
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Fort Worth
Texas State Liquor Board
W. E. Seldon
Liquor Board
Paul J. Jordan
Jordan
Seldon
Seldon’s
James W. Smith
W. B. Russell
Trainees and Mechanics Observe Flag Day at Amarillo Field
More than 6000 basic trainees and aviation mechanic students gathered Wednesday afternoon at Amarillo Army Air Field to observe Flag Day. Lt. Col. William C. Coogan directed the ceremony held near Post Headquarters with massed bands from the 501st and 530th Army Air Forces. Pvt. Arthur I. Moll led the pledge and the event closed with a cannon salute and the National Anthem.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Post Headquarters
William C. Coogan
Nazi Troops Join Battle on Normandy Front
German troops newly arrived on the Normandy front to within 200 miles of Allied positions are being thrown into the fray to halt Allied movements, a disclosure stated tonight.
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France
Normandy
Two Die in Blaze When Train Collides With Butane Truck
Two men died and a third man was burned seriously when a southbound passenger train struck a butane truck three miles north of Pauls Valley Oklahoma. The engineer W T Sykes of Cleburne Texas and truck driver John C Kerr of Allen Oklahoma lost their lives. Fireman G E McDonald of Cigburne Oklahoma suffered burns and was hospitalized. The engine and baggage car were damaged and flames were not fully out by 1 30 PM. The train, with ten coaches, continued a quarter mile past the crossing on US Highway 77 after the collision.
Scout Honor Court Tonight in Amarillo District
The June court of honor for the Amarillo District Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America will convene tonight at 8 o clock in the district court room on the fourth floor of the Potter County courthouse. Awards for second and first class, merit badges, star and Life ranks will be presented along with certificates of commission as official dispatch bearers for the government through the Office of War Information.
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Amarillo
Llano Estacado
District Court of Honor
John S. McKnight
Allen Early
J. E. Spann
E. L. Hunter
E. C. Seaman
Scouts
AWOL Army suspect transferred to Provost Marshal at Woodward
William A High alias William McDonald, 33, arrested in Woodward after theft losses about 200 dollars. Sheriff Marston transfers him to Woodward Army Air Field Provost Marshal, awaiting Georgia base return. Civil charges dropped to aid military process. Also note a separate two year suspended sentence for a Negro named McKinney in felony theft, discharged from the Army.
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Woodward
Milton B. Marston
William A. High
William McDonald
Georgia
Woodward Army Air Field
Marston
High
Amarillo
McKinney
47Th
Army
Jaycee Vote Set Tonight in Amarillo
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce directors will elect officers for the next fiscal year at 8 p.m. in the Southwestern Public Service Auditorium. President Charles Bates urges full attendance amid the election and a note of civic activity from daytime programs.
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Amarillo
Albert Ross Hunter Rites In Canyon This Afternoon
Funeral services for Albert Ross Hunter son of Mr and Mrs J E Hunter of Canyon will be held at the First Christian Church with Rev Joe Finley and Rev C C Armstrong officiating. Burial follows at Llano Cemetery under Grigg Thompson Funeral Home direction. Hunter a Navy seaman first class was killed in an automobile crash at Inyokern California. He had served since July 1942 and was a Canyon High School graduate. Surviving are his parents three brothers Billy in the Seabees in the South Pacific Jay Ray and Tommy all of Canyon and a sister Lila Mae of Canyon.
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Albert Ross Hunter
J. E. Hunter
Canyon
First Christian Church of
Joe Finley
C. C. Armstrong
Llano Cemetery
Grigg- Thompson Funeral Home
Navy
Hunter
Inyokern
Cal
Amarillo
Canyon High Sch
Clude
Billy Hunter
Seabees
South Pacific
Jay Ray
Tommy
Lila Mae
Princess Margaret Cooks as Part of Guiding Badge
Princess Margaret Rose, 14, trains with the Girl Guides to earn a cooking badge. The royal family dines on practice meals from rationed food, a story shared by Mrs. John Corbett of Kingston, Ontario, a Girl Guides leader. Vassar College history noted.
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New York
Margaret Rose
John Corbett
Kingston
Ontario
Corbett
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts
Elizabeth
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A.A. Sparkman
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Jaycee
John Winters
Texas Welfare Agencies
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Vassar Female College
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