Allies Strike Across Europe In Heavy Bombing Campaign
Allied air forces attacked Budapest and its railway yards in Yugoslavia while American heavy bombers hit a German synthetic oil plant in Drohobycz Poland. RAF Halifaxes conducted a daylight raid on flying bomb installations from England as weather limited other operations.
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Master Minds of Robots
London
Italy
Budapest
RAF
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Drohobycz
Poland
Mysery
North
Rubr Wn
Gottingen
France
Dios
Bratislava
Slovakia
Brod
Yugoslavia
Britain
England
Rodeo Tickets Moving Rapidly in Five-Show Run
Advance sales for all five i-State Rodeo shows in July are brisk according to Finan L1Cevs chamber of commerce. Organizers report strong customer response and expect continued demand ahead of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of Finan
Tri State Rodeo Opens With Top Hand Lineup In Panhandle
Big sale to Panhandle Laundry nets 225 tickets for Sunday show. Five shows run 8 p m nightly Saturday Monday Tuesday with 2 p m matinees Sunday Tuesday Fourth of July. Promoter Lynn Beutler debuts new stock led by a fierce 11 000 pound bull from Old Mexico. Open show excludes Turtle Association blacklists. Expect Whitey Stewart Puzzy Garner Slick Ware among top hands. New broncs include Sailor Man Inflation Community B 24 Sky Blue Red Skelton. Special acts Monty Rogers Cecil Cornich Hoyt Hefner Dixie Lee Virginia Mae do trick roping and riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mexico
Beutler
Tri-State
Turtle Association
Whitey Stewart
Puzzy Garner
Slick Ware
Monty Rogers
Cecil Cornich
Hoyt Hefner
Dixie Lee
Virginia Mae
Absentee Voting Begins In Amarillo Civil Service Election
Absentee balloting has started in Amarillo for a special election to decide if municipal departments should join the civil service system. If approved, the fire and police departments would be included. The election is set for July 15 with absentee voting ending July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Civil Service
Fire Department
Police Department
King and Tito Reach Unity in Yugoslav Cabinet Plan
In Bari on June 23 reliable reports say King Peter of the Yugoslav government in exile and Marshal Tito of the Partisans agreed on a unified cabinet. Tito would direct the military forces while Draja Mihalovic claims he was not consulted.
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Bari
Italy
Peter
Tito
Partisans
Draja Mihalovic
Eye Injury Risk Warns In Rocket Attacks
British Health Ministry warns residents to stay away from windows during air raids after a London dispatch notes eye injuries from flying glass in rocket bomb casualties.
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New York
British Information Services
London
Ministry of Health
Civic Leaders Hone Bond Rally Tactics in Amarillo Auction Night
Amarillo readers learn bond sales for the Fifth War Loan near half its quota as $2,776,017.50 in bonds are bought. A Friday auction at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street features prizes and local figures auctioning services, cars, hats, and other items to spur purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Amarillo
Cal Farley
mid-Amarillo
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Bert Levy
United States
George Hammock
E. W. Cain
Bull Lynch
Jack Woods
Jack Sears
Hugo Loewenstern
B. Altman
George Kercher
San Jacinto
Emil F. Myers
Amarillo Gas Co
Ted R. Gamble
Comshet
Warren Warren Refuses Vice Presidency Draft at Convention
California Governor Earl Warren flatly rejects any vice presidential nomination as Republican leaders in Chicago seek a running mate. The draft talk centers on possible support from New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, with Willkie opposition and a planked foreign policy debate shaping the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Stadium
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Warren
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
M. Harvey Taylor
Willkie
Hall
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Hoover
America
Luce
Connecticut
Congress
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Warren Austin
Vermont
Platform Committee
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Austin
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
British Outflank Caen In Swift Major Attack
Health department strained by limited funds and increased population due to army installations. Authorities face extra burdens as operations continue amid shifting civilian and military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caen
Health Department
Health aid cut by state threatens Amarillo health unit
Amarillo faces a $470 monthly rise to operate the public health unit after the State Health Department withdraws funding on July 1 1944. Mayor Joe A Jenkins notes the loss and Dr M L Fuller heads to Austin to seek reinstatement. County actions influenced state participation and the USO lease for the Municipal Auditorium was renewed. Rezoning petition for Miller Heights Addition advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
State Health Department
City Commission
Joe A. Jenkins
P. A. Kerby
Potter County
Jenkins
M. L. Fuller
Austin
A. P. Hancock
USO
Block
Miller Heights
Yanks and Japs Battle For Capital of Saipan
Allied forces press toward Garapan as fierce street fighting erupts in Saipan. Marines and infantry close in on Mt Tapotchau with Japanese snipers and heavy resistance in ruined Garapan and Donwai Village as the protracted battle for the Marianas intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas Islands
Garapan
Mt. Tapotchau
Amarillo Proclaims Fifth War Loan Bond Drive
A 1944 proclamation urges Amarillo residents to buy Series E War Bonds and wear a participation tag. Citizens must display the tag from June 20 until the drive ends July 8 and attend a June 30 mass meeting at Sixth Avenue and Polk Street to back troops overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Italy
Pacific Islands
Amarillo
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
A. D
Jor A, Jenkins
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Clear with scattered cloudiness expected Wednesday with slight cooling in the panhandle. Partly cloudy conditions persist with less warmth in the Panhandle region. Sunrise times and temperature trends are noted for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Mogaung Falls To Allied Push In Burma Campaign
Chinese and British Chindit forces captured Mogaung in north Burma after a three day assault. Allies trapped a large Japanese force between Mogaung and Kamaung 20 miles northwest, while American troops pushed toward Myitkyina and Chinese attack positions formed on the Irrawaddy east bank.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung
Burma
Kamaung
Southeast Asia
Myitkyina
Irrawaddy River
Mainga
Upper Burma
Hukawng
Val- VS
Swiss Report Says Neofascist Bloc Dismantled in Italy
Swiss telegraphic agency cites reliable frontier reports that Germany dissolved the Neofascist movement in northern Italy and assumed full administration of public functions. Rumors persist that Benito Mussolini has moved to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Swiss Telegraphic Agency Today
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Nazis Move In On Finland
Stockholm reports Nazi troops marching through Helsinki bound for the eastern front as Finland agrees to stay in the war with Germany. A Finnish communique says von Ribbentrop, President Ryti, and Foreign Minister Ramsay reached a perfect understanding to provide armed aid for Finland to continue the war against Russia.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Finland
Russia
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Legation
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Risto Ryti
Allied push toward Caen after Cherbourg fall in Normandy drive
Allied forces report rapid gains in Normandy as British outflank Caen front near the Odon River, sever rail links, and advance seven miles in two days. About 20 000 Germans captured, Cherbourg port secured to support Paris-bound reinforcements.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Paris
Odon
Villers-Bocage
Avranches
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Colleville
Tourville
Mouen
Grainville
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Carentan
Bayeux
Maupertus Airfield
We Peninsula
Hitler
Wests
French
France
Erwin Rommel
Civilian rail travel warned of possible overnight bumps
Civilians traveling by rail this summer may be awakened and asked to abandon their berths to free space for wounded soldiers under a government order in effect today. Dispatches note that bumps will vary by region and line, with Pullman bedrooms most affected, though passengers need not leave the train.
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Washington
Charles E. V. Prins
Office For Defense Transportation
Prins
Wheat harvest shifts pattern across Panhandle North Plains
Wheat movement in Panhandle North Plains and South Plains shows an unusual year. Amarillo received 77 carloads yesterday with 75 from North Plains and two from Plainview and Chilicothe. Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce says combines are in shortest supply and labor is most needed in Ochiltree and neighboring counties as harvest progresses from northeast to southwest.
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Panhandle
North Plains
South Plains
Amarillo
Plainview
Chilicothe
Hereford-Dimmitt-Muleshoe
Miami
Grover
Canadian
Pampa
Bernstein
Hitchland
Clarendon
Texhoma
Perryton
Rex Baxter
Hansford
Ochiltree
Roberts
Carson
Gray Counties
Fatherland Line Breached as Reds Trap Nazis in White Russia
Moscow announced a major Soviet crossing of the Fatherland Line in White Russia with the capture of Orsha and Mogilev, and the encirclement and surrender of several German divisions near Vitebsk. Preliminary reports tallied about 10,000 German prisoners and heavy German losses across a 200 mile front. Parallel Soviet gains against Finland liberated railway segments and intensified battles around Ladoga and the Karelia Isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
White Russia
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Vitebsk
Moscow
Bob
Polotsk
Red Army
Fatherland
Finland
Leningrad-Murmansk
Svir
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Onega
Piins
Aunuksenlinna
Aunus
Karelian
Hemjoki
Kali
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GOP
Panhandle Laundry
Tri- State Fair Grounds
Lynn Beutler
King
Grady Wilson
Col. E. A. Simpson
Russell Stationery Company
Quarters
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Yap Island
Carolines
Douglas MacArthur
Northwest New Guinea
Noemfoor Island
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari
Woleai
Palau
Wewak
British New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
New Mexico
Ays
Moor Vc
Civar
Anenes
Mogaung Falls
Reds
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