Big Bombers Hit Vienna Refineries
U S flying Fortresses and Liberators from Italian bases attacked Vienna area targeting refineries railyards and an aircraft plant. Capt Samuel G Brown of Tulsa led a Mustang escort claiming 138 percent in total air combat as four German fighters fell. The raid disrupted German supply lines ahead of Cherbourg while Budapest and other targets drew RAF and Mosquito strikes.
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U. S
Vienna
Schwacht
Whinterhafen
Loudon
Floridsdorfer
Kornenberg
Moosbierbaum
Heinkel
Railr
Samuel G. Brown
Tulsa
Oklo
Germany
Homberg
Duisberg
Normandy
Bretonne Forest
Seine
Evrecy
Canen
L'Aigle
Argentan
England
Cattle Theft Charge Filed in Amarillo Case
Texas Ranger Dudley White filed a complaint against Herbert Joseph Friemel of Deaf Smith County for theft of five head of cattle on December 7, 1943. Two head came from Jack Vincent of Potter County and three from Floyd Tomlinson of Canyon as the investigation began with a June 5 sale attempt in Amarillo. Friemel, out on $2,000 bond, was indicted for four head theft and has been released on bail. Bonita Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star meets at Khiva Temple at 8 pm inviting service members and wives to attend while in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dudley White
Herbert Joseph Friemel
Deaf Smith County
Jack Vincent
Potter County
Floyd Tomlinson
Canyon
White
Amarillo
Gib Landis
Hiram Sweeney
Rais
Ers Association
Jack Newell
Hereford and
Friemel
Ambarger
Grand Jury
Tomlinson
OES
Bonita
Order of the Eastern Star
Khiva Temple
Leola Tuttle
Velvet Ice Cream Without Cream Wartime Favorite
A wartime recipe for velvet ice cream uses Knox eggs gelatin and milk to create a rich frozen dessert. The method involves softening gelatin in cold milk, heating custard with gelatin, cooling, adding flavoring, freezing in trays, then folding beaten egg whites and returning to the tray. banana and maple variations are offered, plus a note to request Mrs. Charles B. Knox’s 40 page recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Charles B. Knox
Johnstown
New York
Battle of Adobe Walls 70th Anniversary Marked
Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Adobe Walls fought at a Canadian River trading post in what is now Hutchinson County. Comanche Kiowa and Cheyenne forces attacked 28 men and a woman, with Billy Dixon’s famed long shot remembered after the daylong clash.
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Panhandle
Adobe Walls
Canadian River
Hutchinson County
Quanah Parker
Lone Wolf
Little Robe
White Shield
Billy Dixon
Dodge City
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
U. S
Nelson Miles
Harrahan
Jap Base at Mogaung Under Heavy Attack
Allied forces press the offensive in Burma and Manipur with Chinese units striking Mogaung and Myitkyina while British and Sikh troops push toward Imphal and Kohima. Reports note Japanese losses, Chinese advances near Tengchung, and continued operations across the Salween front amid supply and transport measures back home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. A. Lentatigne
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Myitgyina
Kiaing
Paca A
India
Kohima-Imphal
Manipur
Imphal
Ishrul Road
Bishenpur
Silchar
Yunnan Province
Tengchung
Chungking
Lungling
Hsiangta
Mangshih
Wheat Speeds on North Plains Harvest Progress
Amarillo notes faster harvest on the North Plains with carloads of wheat arriving from Hitchland Grover Boydston Jericho White Deer Panhandle Kings Mill Pampa Bernstein Conway San Jon N. M. Groom Pullman Piiona Happy Laketon Miami Claude Bovina Chillicothe Goodnight and Lariet. The test of the wheat received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
North Plains
Here
Hitchland
Grover
Boydston
Jericho
White Deer
Panhandle
Kings Mill
Pampa
Bernstein
Conway
San Jon, N. M
Groom
Pullman
Piiona
Happy
Laketon
Miami
Claude
Bovina
Chillicothe
Goodnight
Lariet
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Mediterranean
Charles M. McCorkle
Newton, N. C
Europe
Cherbourg
France
Italy
Budapest
West Indies Islands
Gosden
Gosden Petroleum Corp
Knox Gelat
Thriftscheck
The
First National Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Oldest Bank
the Panhandle
Mogaung
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Ietute Wilson Grey
Goldston
Donley County
Clarendon
Gene Worley
Washington
National Selective Service
Texas Selective Service Board
Worley
War Department
Treasury Procurement Division
Dallas
E. O. Walker
Office of Defense Transportation
Sayman, le Ma
Sweetbriar Shop
Deugh
Stillman
the Stillman CO
Aurora
Ill
Aurora, Ill
Globe-News
New Mexico
County Records
Polk Street
Simmons
Taylor
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