War Bond Auction and Circus Lights Up Amarillo Tonight
Tonight at Fifth Avenue and Polk Street a grand War Bond auction and circus opens at 8 PM. Chin-Up Girls and Amarillo volunteers showcase items from tires to cattle, clocks to different acts, with Pantex and local clubs supporting the drive. National bond sales soar to record levels as Alpha Alpha Beta Sigma Phi volunteers and KGNC broadcast impressions.
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Fifth Avenue
Polk Street
Amarillo
Diamond Shop
State Theater
Cal
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Sixth Avenue
Pantex
Potter County
Alpha Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi
KGNC
Ralph Carney
Soviet Drive Crashes Through White Russia Defeating Nazis
Allied and Soviet reports describe the White Russian offensive as a decisive crushing blow to German defenses. Rosters show thousands dead and tens of thousands captured as Bobruisk falls and Minsk nears, with Petrozavodsk and vital rail links secured by June 30.
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London
White Russia
Moscow
Minsk
Red
Bobruisk
Konatin K. Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Soviet Union
Vitebsk
Stalin
Petrozavodsk
Karelian Soviet Republic
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Russia
Murmansk
Barents Sea
Odessa
Black Sea
Big Rodeo Show Opens Tomorrow at Tri-State Fair
Beutler Brothers direct The Tri-State Rodeo at the Tri-State Fair Grounds sponsored by the fair. Grand entry at 8 pm Saturday with 2.5 hours of bronco busting bulldogging calf roping and bull riding. Shows continue 2 pm Sunday 8 pm Monday and both on the Fourth of July.
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Tri- State Fair
Beutler Brothers
Hoyt Hefner
Corral
Tri-State
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Two Thousand U S Warplanes Raid Germany
London reports 2000 allied warplanes including 1000 heavy bombers and escorts struck seven German aircraft factories and other targets across a 150 mile swath southwest of Berlin. Fifteen heavy bombers and three fighters reported missing. eleven enemy planes shot down near Normandy.
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London
U. S
Germany
Normandy
Leipzig
Oschersleben
Aschersleben
Magdeburg
Bernberg
Saipan
Pagan Island
Pagan
Nimitz
Finns Seek German Help to Halt Russia Peace Push
Stockholm June 29 AP The Finnish foreign minister Ramsay outlined steps toward military cooperation with Germany to forestall Soviet advances. Helsinki may reopen peace talks with Moscow if the German drive ends. the arrangement with Ribbentrop allows a separate peace, but no pledge against Moscow terms. American-Finnish relations remain fragile with no clear guidance from Washington.
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Stockholm
Henrik Ramsay
Finland
United States
Ramsay
Germany
Edmund Gullion
Karelian Isthmus
Edwin Linkomies
Moscow
Kremlin
Helsinki
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
State Department
Washington
Legation
Social Democrats
Rain and Hail Damage To Wheat Not Serious
Extensive rains and scattered hail Wednesday produced little wheat damage overall. Moore County saw only spotty hail in a swath east of Dumas, with isolated 40 percent losses in a few farms. Amarillo Grain Exchange tallied 165 carloads of wheat receipts, mostly from the North Plains, while Fort Worth reports congestion and car shortages as Panhandle wheat harvest approaches. Elevator officials voted against German POW labor for unloading. Marines at Eagle Mountain Lake air station are shoveling grain at night.
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Moore County
Dumas
Bill Rutherford
Rutherford
Amarillo Grain Exchange
North Plains
South Plains
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Fbagle Mountain Lake Air Station
Comina
Jap Den Iis Wiped Out on Saipan
United States forces report halted Japanese resistance at Nafutan Point Saipan while advancing toward Garapan. Admiral Nim itz notes Nafutan Point now in American hands after 200 Japanese deaths in a recent counterattack and ongoing jungle and sugar cane field fighting near the western coast.
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Saipan
Washington
Nafutan Point
Western Pacific Marianas
Garapan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
U S Raiders Strike Yap and Palau in New Guinea Raids
Allied headquarters announced raids against Yap Island and Palau with 28 tons of bombs dropped since June 22. Four Japanese planes were destroyed at Yap and 18 barges plus four were damaged off the New Guinea coast on June 26 and 27 as part of continued attacks on Japanese flank airbases.
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New Guinea
Yap Island
Palau
Yap
Saipan
Marianas
US War Chiefs warn of home let down despite Normandy gains
President Roosevelt released a joint chiefs report warning the nation that a confident mood could jeopardize victory. Gen. Marshall Adm. King and Gen Arnold cautioned that production must not slacken and war work must continue until complete victory is achieved.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Ernest King
H. H. Arnold
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Normandy
America
Normandy Front
French
Home Front
Cattlemen Told To Sell Now
ALBUQUERQUE June 29 J C Cash president of the Kansas City Stockyards Co urged stockmen to move beef cattle to market now and delay shipping replacement stock until the September corn crop develops to guide demand. He noted 82 000 000 cattle in the nation but said there is not too much beef and urged calm while indicating a more optimistic market view has taken hold in recent weeks.
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Albuquerque
N. M
J. C. Cash
Kansas City Stockyards Co
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Cheese Goes In Rat Hole
London dispatch reports at Berchtesgaden supplies arriving for Hitler who is described as preparing a last stand fortress. The piece notes a steady stream of Nazi leaders visiting the retreat and frequent discussions with close military aides.
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London
London Daily Mail
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Normandy
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Amarillo and vicinity with warmer temperatures Friday afternoon. Saturday shows little temperature change. Texas will see considerable cloud cover with scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon and early evening. Sunrise and sunset times noted with high and low temperatures referenced.
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Amarillo
Tex Texas
New Mexico
P.M
Dewey Maps Fast Drive To Unseat New Deal
Gov Thomas E Dewey invited Republicans to share the driver seat in his presidential campaign pledging joint decisions with Gov John W Bricker and welcoming Wendell Willkie's advice. He described the world’s biggest news conference and outlined a policy to include the Republican organization in campaign councils. He met Bricker and planned future talks with 25 Republican governors to extend campaign plans across states. The announcement followed a breakfast with Bricker and set the tone for coordinated party leadership in Dewey’s bid.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
GOP
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dewey
Saaimen
Bricker
Columbus
Battle of Armor Rages as Allies Expand Holdings
Allied forces push through hedgerows north of Caen and surrounding towns as German reserves rush from the Reich. Air power targets Metz and bridges while Montgomery’s artillery and fighter-bombers hammer rail and road links. Cherbourg salvage crews prepare for supply influx.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Montfort-Sur-Aisle
Cherisy
Paris
St. Paul- Courtonne
Caen
Orleans
Flers
Germany
D- Cay
Orne
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Evrecy
Esquay
Normandy
von Rundstedt
France
RAF
Metz
Reich
Pelee
Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
Britain
United States
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Clarence R. Huebner
Supreme Headquarters
Gerhardt
West Point
Macon
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Caefi
Lynn Beutler
Elk City
Chichie Eisenberg
American Legion
Gavelman Farley
Col. E. A. Simpson
Rex Baxter
Irene Watson
Furr Food
Jack Wood
Bettie Brady
San Jacinto Kiwanis
George Kircher
Aileen Byrd
The
Red Cross
Howard Lynch
Brave
Gwendolyn Alvarez
North Amarillo
Kiwanis
Emil F. Myers
Elizabeth Whitaker
Lions’ Club
Grady
E. W. Cain
Estelle Duncan
Kinenis
Mason King
Clay Thornton
Willadean Goshnauer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jessie George
Optimists’ Club
Frank Litle
Diversion Club
Smolensk - Warsaw
Bykhov-Minsk
Ptch River
Gomel-Minsk
Smolensk
Berezina
Borisov
Studienka
Napoleon
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Red Army
Peter Pavienko
Red Star
Beregina
Pripyt
U. S. Amity
Berlin
Tokyo
U.S. Raiders
Rip Yap
Soolchem
Ruswell Stationery Company
Harrison &. Spangler
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Stevens
Bee
Allied Expeditionary Force
Odon River
Mondrainvile
Tourville
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