For Sale: Classic and Work Trucks Across Texas
Classified notes list a 1939 Chevrolet five passenger coupe for cash and a 1941 Lincoln Zephyr. Also offered are a 1939 Dodge Truck in good condition and a 1941 K-7 three ton International truck plus a 1940 GMC long wheel base truck with good tires from sellers T. B. Mitchell and H. E. Franks in McLean and Plainview Texas.
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South Fillmore
HA Ave
Navy
Fillmore
H. EF. Franks
McLean
Tex
Sal
T. BE. Mitchell
Plainview
West
Tyler
G.M.C
Fruhauf
C. Broder
Mangum
Okla
3Rd St
Lincoln
West Ltd
Ford
Bowie
Apt. B
Sixth Avenue
Taylor
Bear
W. Page Russell
Auto listing and repossession notices from Freeman and Hedgecoke Cars
A compact sale row lists 1940s and 1941 autos including a 41 Chevrolet two-door and a 39 Pontiac Coupe with radio and heater. Repossession ads note 1936 Buick and 1935 Pontiac Standard four-door sedans with payment terms and trade-in offers from Freeman Motor Co. and Hedgecoke Motor Co.
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Hedgecoke Motor Co
Tenth
Polk Ph
Chevrolet
East 13Th
Freeman Motor CO
W. 6Th St
Pontiac
Doc” Crane Dewey Gray
Keith Motor Co
10Th & Fillmore
Apt
FORD
Hudson
Lincoln
German air and ground supply feud cited in Normandy
The New York Herald Tribune quotes Maj. Gen. E. R. Quesada of the Ninth Air Force saying German ground troops hoard gasoline and supplies at German air depots, creating turmoil in the Luftwaffe as Allied bombings disrupt transport and communications. The feud between ground forces and the Luftwaffe has limited enemy air opposition over Normandy.
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New York
June
Normandy
Herad- Tribune
E. R. Quesada
Ninth Air Force Fighter Command
Lovat and His Commandos Hold D Day Bridge
A vivid account of Brigadier Lord Lovat and the Sough Commandos who pledged to aid airborne troops on D Day in Normandy. They fight through fierce German counterattacks to reach the Caen canal bridge, arriving at 12 15 despite heavy resistance.
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Normandy
Lord Lovat
Lovat
Sixth Airborne
England
River
Orne
Caen
Survrice
Caen Canal
Saipan Battle Turn in Pacific War Signals Major Losses
Allied planes trimmed Japanese naval units as Saipan defenses faced heavy pressure. Tokyo admitted losses in the Pacific Sea air battle while U.S. Leathernecks and Marines advanced under aerial and naval bombardment.
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Pacific
Japan
Saipan
Etsuzo Kurihara
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Today
Office of War Information
Tokyo
Pacific Sea
U. S
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Noemfoor
Biak
Geelvin
Carolines
Marshalls
Plane Crash Beheading Driver Leads to Court Martial
In Wittman Arizona two Lake Field officers face court martial on flying regulation violations after a plane dipped over a busy highway. Wing smashed front of car killing Earl William Nepple a 57 year old Los Angeles hotel manager. Pilot Second Lt Howard E Stittsworth and Second Lt Dean Pundingsland were aboard. the wing decapitated Nepple and left a wing fragment with part of its ID number.
Tuberculosis Seen as Texas Health Threat in Bulletin
The State Health Department reports tuberculosis remains the leading killer for ages 21 to 45 in Texas. The Morbidity Bulletin notes polio cases rising but now totaling four in the state, amid warnings from health officials.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Germans in Italy Turn on Britons
German forces halt their flight in Central Italy and make a bitter stand against the Allied Eighth Army around Lake Trasimeno. CBS broadcasts report counterattacks recaptured Chiusi while heavy rains aid German reorganization. Allied communique notes strong resistance near Perugia and Lake Trasimeno as the push along the Adriatic coast continues toward Ancona.
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Rome
Italy
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
CBS
Chiusi
Perrugia
Eighth
Perugia
Adriatic
Chienti
Morrovalle
Montecosaro
Ancona
Westby completes interrupted high school career
Ernest M. Westby Lake county clerk of courts finished the high school course interrupted in 1918 during World War I when drafted for a bank position. He resumed studies in January 1943. The Security Benefit Association will meet at the W. O. W. Hall Monday night for a business session, followed by a public dance at 9.
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Madison, S. D
Ernest M. Westby
Lake County
The
Security Benefit Association
W. O. W. Hall
Big Bond Rally Aims to Boost E Bond Sales in Amarillo
A June 30 bond rally organized by the Potter County bond committee and local workers will be held in Amarillo with a Polk Street venue likely. A committee led by Bert Levy plans the event featuring civic club shows, Chin Up Girls, and a humorous auction of services by prominent citizens to raise funds.
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Potter County
Bond Committee
Amarillo Hotel
Bert Levy
Pinky Vineyard
Henry Munn
8. B. Whittenburg
C. & Tambia
John McMarty
Serena Waraea
Polk Street
Amarillo
Allen Early
Charles Lambie
Clay Thornton
Guy Walden
Virgil Patterson
Guy Saunders
Charles Ware
Jack King
Joe Jenkins
Oscar Ha
Charley McAfee
Rocket Bomb Barrage Strikes South England for Ninth Night
German rocket bombs hit southern England in the ninth straight night. Home Secretary Morrison warned the attacks may not yet peak while Parliament was told robot bombs have caused limited damage and fewer deaths than February air raids. Victims include elderly women and a child. houses and a church were damaged and people sought shelters.
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London
England
Herbert S. Morrison
Ministry of Home Security
Prisoner Letter Forms Arrive for Amarillo Families
Rep Eugene Worley announced that Amarillo families with sons in Japanese prison camps will receive special letter forms to contact prisoners. The Post Office Department allocated forms after a request from the local Association of War Dads. Worley noted a War Department guideline limiting to one letter per prisoner per week to avoid mail congestion.
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Washington
Amarillo
Eugene Worley
Association of War Dads
Worley
Post Office Department
Worely
War Department
OPA Orders Consolidation Of Local Boards Into Old Post Office
The OPA proposes merging the War Price and Rationing Board and the Area Rent Office on the first floor of the old post office building at about 5,000 square feet with similar protections and a monthly rent around 235 dollars. The current space is free and includes courtrooms and other offices. vaults are guarded 24 hours. Board members push to stay in the courthouse, citing improved public service and public support, and request comments from Potter County residents.
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OPA
War Price and Rationing Board
Potter County
Weymouth
Amarillo Diver Aids Salvage Of Pearl Harbor Warships
Coxswain Jill Johnson, an Amarillo diver, spent two and a half years raising and salvaging U S warships from the Solomons to Pearl Harbor. After a short leave he will train in Salvage School in New York then return to Navy duty aboard five ships including the West Virginia California Nevada Utah and Arizona. Johnson recalls rank and friends from Amarillo High School and notes the job is dangerous yet pays about 20 dollars an hour after the war.
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Solomons
Pearl Harbor
Jill Johnson
Bill
New York
Navy
U. S
Bill Hnd
Kelly Crafton
San Diego
Hawaii
West Virginia
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
South Pacific
Johnson
Amarillo
Jim Warner
Sandie Jackle
Pat Higgins
W. Z. Clark
Eden says Germans admit killing 50 Allied officers
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Commons that Germany admitted killing 50 Allied officers at a prison camp, up from 47. He rejected the Nazi explanation that they were shot resisting capture and vowed to identify and bring to justice all responsible. He emphasized no other mass killings were reported besides the Dresden escapees.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
RAF
Dresden
Eden
Switzerland
Desperate Nazis Closing in at Cherbourg Front
Reports from Cherbourg describe a slow yard by yard push against German defenses. Combat details note pillboxes, dugouts, and orders to shoot desertion, with von Schlieben signaling no retreat and heavy Allied air and artillery pressure reducing German resistance. Ray Peters of International Forwarding visited the USO offices in downtown St Louis during a business trip.
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Page 1
Cherbourg
Associated Press Front
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
von Schlieben
Fof
Cape Barfleur
Maupertus
St. Vaast-La Hague
Cap de la Hague
Carryville
Tunis
Biverte
Crimea
Normandy
France
von Chneben
Missourian
Ray Peters
International Forwarding Company
St. Louis
USO
Byrd May Be Drafted as GOP Vice Presidential Candidate
In Chicago talks, Republicans consider Senator Byrd of Virginia as a possible GOP running mate. Dewey blasted the Roosevelt administration as an overgrown bureaucracy, urging a new federal regime with closer congressional cooperation. Byrd denied any ticket interest while House leaders praised his qualifications.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Byrd
GOP
Dewey
Washington
Roosevelt
Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Virginia
Chicago
Martin
Massachusetts
Eaton
New Jersey
Platform Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Guy
Pennsylvania
Bailey
North Carolina
Guffey
CIO
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
Some Bombs Radio Guided Plan to Stop Robot Barrage
Washington reports indicate a small percentage of German rocket bombs bound for England are radio guided while most rely on gyro compasses. Military observers track countermeasures and potential expansion of robot bomb use against targets as scientists assist in halting the barrage.
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Washington
England
Patterson Wounded in Action in Italy
Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Patterson of Amarillo has been wounded in action in Italy. This marks the second wound this year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Patterson of 711 Louisiana Street and has served since 1940 with Company F, National Guard, now in the 36th Division.
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Kenneth W. Patterson
Amarillo
Italy
War Department
Patterson
A. F. Patterson
Louisiana Street
Sergeant Patterson
National Guard
Regular Army
Pro Roosevelt Democrats Plan Elector Fight in Texas
Texas pro Roosevelt Democrats vow to name their own electors on the July 22 primary ballot and press for a convention action in Dallas on September 12 to bind or names a new slate of electors. They argue the May Austin convention blocked binding and seek to ensure Democratic electors support national nominees. County conventions July 29 will select delegates to the state meeting as part of this fight.
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Houston
Texas
State Executive Committee
National Party
Nic
James A.nounced
Allred
Dallas
Austin
Supreme Court
Butler
George
George A. Butler
Boy Struck by Taxi Injures Leg in City Collision
Vaughn Killian 13, son of Mr and Mrs F A Killian, was run over by a taxi driven by Lee E Perry in the 2600 block of North East Eighth Avenue. He suffered a broken leg and other injuries and was reported resting well at St Anthony's Hospital. Don Persall accompanied him. investigators say the boys were running from Victory Riding Stables to catch a ride when the cab struck Vaughn.
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Vaughn Killian
F. A. Killian
Kentucky Street
Lee E. Perryman
Taylor Street
Eighth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
Don Persall
North West
First Avenue
Killian
Victory Riding
North East
Vaughn
Plastic rivet pilots new air clinching method
In Santa Monica engineers unveil a plastic center bored rivet that is inserted and expanded with compressed air to secure it. It weighs less than metal, speeds assembly, and can be colored to match the materials.
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Santa Monica
Cal
War Is Grave Business in Brookfield and Foy Funeral
Grandma McCollum has lived on a farm all her life and speaks of Edna at a Kansas City war plant digging graves as a graveyard shift. Glenn A. Foy of Dallas returns from Little Rock where his brother died in a menacessein accident.
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Brookfield
Glenn A. Foy
Madison Street
Dallas
Little Rock
Yanks From US May Be on Way
London dispatch reports fresh troops from the United States will be landed directly in France to support the invasion of Northern France and Belgium. German concerns are seen in Dutch reports of last minute preparations, including explosion commands to destroy evacuated buildings as a scorched earth policy.
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London
Berlin
United States
France
Cherbourg
Britain
Belgium
Holland
Holland Were Seen In Reports To “Vrij Nederland
All Manners c
Death Toll Rises From West Virginia Tornado
A powerful tornado plowed through Marion Harrison and Taylor counties in central West Virginia killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 200. In Shinnston Pleasantville 14 bodies were taken to Harmer morgue with casualties also reported in Clarksburg Simpson and Joe town areas as ambulance crews race to reach blocked roads.
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Shinnston
W. Va
West Virginia
Marion
Harrison
Taylor
Pleasantville
Harmer
Clarksburg
Charles Lockhart
Grafton News
Taylor County
Simpson
Joetown
Marion County
Shinn
Lets Whip Nazi First FDR Tells De Gaulle
President Roosevelt said further French liberation must come first before any civil government is set up in France. He noted SHAEF will oversee daily liaison with French officers while Allied progress continues. He did not comment on De Gaulle’s civil administrators, but affirmed military liberation precedes administration. He said Cherbourg progress is on schedule and only a tenth of one percent of France has been liberated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
France
Allied Expeditionary Force
SHAEF
de Gaulle
Cherbourg
Tornado Strike Kills Eight in Wisconsin and Illinois
A tornado struck Belmont Wisconsin and neighboring counties across the Illinois border last night killing at least eight people and injuring many while destroying more than a dozen homes.
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Platteville
Wis
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Belmont
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Tlp
Leonard Mosley
British Information Service
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Globe News
SBA
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Demos
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