Most Destructive Naval Unit Lashes Nippon Fleet
Washington reports Task Force 58 as history's most powerful naval unit with 22 large carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. The force, under Vice Admiral Mitscher, has dominated Pacific bases from Truk to Saipan and planes pounded Japanese ships, with minimal losses to 58.
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Amarillo 'Y
Amarillo
Texas
Nippon
Washington
Navy
Arthur W. Radford
Air
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Marc A. Mitscher
Raymond A. Spruance
Pacific
Truk
Palau
Marcus
Wake
Saipan
Tinian
Volcano
Bonin
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Hollandia
Douglas A. MacArthur
Marianas
Arene Srg. Salae
Russo Finnish terms reported to end war if borders kept
Aftonbladet says Russia offers ceasefire if Finland accepts 1940 borders and allows temporary Red Army movement through Finland. Demands include transit for troop concentration against Dietl in Northern Finland, access to Osterbotten air bases for attacks on Dietl forces, and holding Aland Island bases to pressure supply lines. The report cites New York Times correspondent information.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Finland
Red Army
Aland Islands
Eduard Dietl
Osterbotten
Red
Dietl
Baltic
Diet
Jae
New York Times Ed
Boasts Backfire on Japan's Navy
U S naval sources say the Japanese task force attacked near Saipan and Luzon but was lured into a trap by Admiral Spruance. Japanese airpower exhausted as they pursued a weakened American force, with a mass air attack on the ships on Sunday.
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Japan
Luzon
Fort & Satele
Saipan
Congress Set To Take Rest Till August First
Congress plans a recess through August 1 after late sessions with five other measures. Senate leaders said lawmakers will return August 1 to review if any pressing issues remain. Barkley indicated the break could extend again if needed. France operates over 26 000 miles of railways.
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France
Saipan Battle Seals U S Victory in Pacific War
U S Pacific Fleet reports ultimate victory at Saipan after decisive carrier battles. Japan loses many ships including carriers. American air and sea forces ready to push toward Japan from captured Aslito airfield. Nimitz says island fortress will project power far west and north.
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Leifee
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Japan
Marianas Island
Tokyo
America
Aslito
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Marc A. Mischer
Midway
Guadalcanal
United States
Yorktown
Hammann
War casualties total 225,382 with Army and Navy figures
Washington reports 178000 Army and 46705 Navy casualties through June 6 and today total 225382 for both services, up 8251 from two weeks earlier. The increase includes losses on the first day of the invasion.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Death of Mrs Kathrine Jelaney at St Anthony's Hospital
Kathrine Jelaney 72, medical patient at St Anthony's for a week, died last night around 5. She was born in Vienna in 1872 and was a devout Catholic. Survivors include daughter Mrs J Myers of Cactus Ordnance Plant. arrangements pending family arrival. body at Boxwell Brothers.
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Kathrine Jelaney
St. Anthony's Hospital
Vienna
Austria
J. W. Myers
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Shell No
Boxwell Brothers
AP Reporter Stanley Ross Arrested by Argentine Regime
The State Department reported that Associated Press reporter Stanley Ross has been arrested by the Argentine regime. No reason was provided by the authorities, which the United States does not recognize.
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Washington
State Department
Stanley Ross
Associated Press
Department
United States
Heroism in African Skies Honor for Sgt Mervin Johnson
Sgt Mervin E Johnson decorated for heroism after fifty aerial missions over Tunisia Pantelleria Sardinia Sicily and Italy. At Amarillo Field he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters for actions in North Africa. He helped a wounded gunner fed him sulfa and shot down two German fighters during a B 17 engagement. His home is Nokomis Illinois where he visited his father Fred B Johnson.
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Tunisia
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Italy
Mervin E. Johnson
States
Amarillo Field
North Africa
Johnson
Nokomis
Fred B. Johnson
Navy says Western Pacific action shows effort. fleet not yet satisfied
Secretary James Forrestal reported the Pacific fleet sank four Japanese ships and damaged ten others in a dusk engagement east of the Philippines. He said some damaged vessels may return to port, only one warship sunk, and that Japanese cautious tactics limited heavy engagement.
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Washington
Western Pacific
Daswistal
Wiluowm
Philippines
Forrestal
Southwest Airways Firm Proposes 39-Route Feeder System
Southwest Airways plans a 39 route feeder network in Texas and Oklahoma with main lines from Dallas Fort Worth Houston Oklahoma City San Antonio and Amarillo to connect to Dallas Fort Worth Houston Corpus Christi and other points. Five shorter interline routes are also proposed with hearings set for late November.
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Dallas
Southwest Airways Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Airways Public Relations Office
Dallas-Fort Worth Trade Center
Houston
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Amarillo
Tulsa
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth
Austin
Bryan
Beaumont
Texarkana
Sherman
Denton
San Angelo
Pecos
Wichita Falls
Shreveport
Port Arthur
Wharton
Sugarland
Waco
Lufkin
Wichita
Kan
el Reno
Kingfisher
Fort Smith
Ark
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Brownwood
Big Spring
Laredo
Amarillo Lodge Elects Officers No 731 A P F and 4 M
Amarillo Lodge No. 731 A P F and 4 M elected and appointed officers at a Khiva Temple meeting. Elected: Martin Clifton worshipful master Fred H Galle senior warden J Frank Triplett junior warden C M Tyler treasurer Henry C Lyle Se McManus trustee J N Browning trustee for three years Frank Wright trustee for two years D W Mays trustee for one year James Bowen chaplain Leon L Hoyt Jr auditing committee chair. Appointed: Marvin McCuan senior deacon Howard Bridges junior deacon Ray Parker senior steward N J Carpenter junior steward. Jack Reece district deputy grand master hailed the year as the lodge's biggest in history.
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Amarillo
Khiva Temple
Martin Clifton
Fred H. Galle
J. Frank Triplett
C. M. Tyler
Henry C. Lyle
Se McManus
J. N. Browning
Frank Wright
D. W. Mays
James Bowen
Leon L. Hoyt, Jr
Marvin McCuan
Howard Bridges
Ray Parker
N. J. Carpenter
Jack Reece
Candidates To Report Expenses by June 26
Potter County candidates must file campaign expense accounts with the county clerk by June 26. Fifteen reports already filed cover advertising expenses. a second report follows the election. Expenses range from nothing to more than 500 dollars, with Judge W. E. Gee reporting two dollars donated to the Democrat fund. All district office candidates will also file with the secretary of state.
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Potter County
Hubert Cole
Democrat
Judge Gee
Secretary of State
Cole
Theta Pi To Sponsor Dance Tuesday Night
Theta Pi girls' club announces a pay dance in the Crystal Ball room at the Herring Hotel next Tuesday from 9 PM to midnight to raise funds for the annual Cabaret Dance in July. Members also roll bandages weekly at the Red Cross Center and plan a Sunday meeting with sponsors to discuss uniforms and duties with the Gray Ladies.
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Theta Pi
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Red Cross
Wales Madden
Miles Bivins
Meat output to top 1943 by wartime boost
R C Pollock of the National Live Stock and Meat Board forecasts a bumper meat crop in 1944, exceeding 1943 by more than a billion pounds as wartime production accelerates to a pace never before seen.
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Chicago
R. C. Pollock
National Live Stock and Meat Board
President Signs GI Rights Bill
President Roosevelt signs the GI bill of rights authorizing federal loans hospitalization job insurance education and other postwar benefits for servicemen and women. He urges Congress to extend similar unemployment and education provisions to Merchant Marine members and credits veterans with a near completed comprehensive benefits program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans’ Aid
Congress
Veterans’ Organizations
Merchant Marine
Will Rogers' Widow Buried Monday in California Family to entomb in Claremore
Betty Blake Rogers 65 died after weeks of illness at the Rogers ranch Santa Monica Canyon. Private funeral services were set for 3 PM Monday at Glen dale Wee Kirk of the Heather. Her body may be entombed in the Will Rogers memorial at Claremore, Oklahoma where her husband Will Rogers was laid to rest after his 1935 Alaska crash.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Betty Blake Rogers
Glendale
Will Rogers
Alaska
Claremore
Okla
Rogers
Rogers Ranch
Santa Monica Canyon
Washington, D. C
Japanese Admiral Yoshimasa Dies Heroically in Action
Japanese Rear Admiral Yoshimasa is reported killed in action in the Greater East Asia Area. Domei said the death was disclosed by Yokosuka naval station and noted an undisclosed number of men also died.
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New York
Domei
Yoshimasa
Greater East Asia
U. S
Yokosuka Naval Station
German Glider Bomb Attacks on Normandy Beachhead
An Allied high air officer reports Germany tried to use glider bombs against concentrations in the Normandy beachhead. The weapons achieved little, the officer said. Official dispatch from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force dated June 22.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Normandy
Vou
Globe-News
Draft Dewey Gains Headway in 1944 Republican Nomination
Chicago June 22 New York Dewey supporters report 22 states and two territories backing him to make the Empire State governor the 1944 Republican standard bearer California represented by its 50 vote undeclared delegation Sprague New York committeeman said more delegates would join as conferences continued Ohio Governor Bricker arrived leading a pre convention faction and said he would run to the finish and seek the nomination Dewey may meet the resolutions committee next week and his name is expected to be placed in nomination at the Chicago convention
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Chicago
New York
California
J. Russell Sprague
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ohioan
Stevens Hotel
Republican Resolutions Committee
Warren E. Austin
Vermont
Sprague
Dewey
Resolutions Committee
Mackinac Island
Police Hunt Nitro-Bandit in Fort Worth Bank Robbery
Police pursue a suspected nitroglycerin threat bandit who loitered in the Continental National Bank lobby at closing and allegedly returned Thursday to steal $6,000 from teller Mrs. Freda Denton. Bank officials, after consulting with staff, advanced the theory.
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Fort Worth
Continental National Bank
Freda Denton
Saunders Urges War Bond Support at Rotary Meeting
Saunders, vice-chairman of the Fifth War Loan Drive for Potter County, urged Rotary members to buy War Bonds citing wartime costs and inflation risks. He defended government leadership, praised wartime production and warned against slackers who withhold funds. Pledges totaled $119,545 from 73 buyers, with many pledges from Rotarians for firms and personal purchases.
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Guy Saunders
Potter County
Rotary Club
Washington
Saunders
Rotarians
Allies Warn Fishermen About Cherbourg Port
Allied supreme commander Eisenhower warned fishermen from Denmark Norway Holland Belgium and France to stay in port until 9 PM June 29 as a second seven day extension of the port defense notice. The message aimed to protect the Cherbourg effort amid ongoing fighting.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
Supreme Command
Temple Stockholders Meet to Dissolve Association
The Masonic Temple Building Association schedules a meeting at 8 tonight at Khiva Temple to dissolve the corporation and distribute proceeds from the sale of the building. All Masonic bodies surrendered stock to allow individual stockholders a greater return. Riley Strickland serves as association president.
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Masonic Temple Building Association
Khiva Temple
Riley Strickland
Free French Cut French Telephones Isolating Nazi HQs
Free French authorities report sabotage has severed telephone links between Paris and cities including Calais Creil Lyons and Marseilles. They say Nazis face famine as Parisian factories shut and big wartime plants close. Heavy fighting noted in southern Jura with around 400 German dead and guerrilla activity near the Allied beachhead.
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Algiers
France
Paris
Calais
Creil
Lyons
Marseilles
Free Fre
Jura
Rhone
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