Miss Shelton Describes Kidnaping by Two Gunmen On Highway 66
Betty Jim Shelton 22 describes being abducted by Eddie Thompson and Elbert Day after a scuffle with Detective Lem Savage. They forced her Ford sedan onto a desert road to Nara Visa while Thompson claimed recent overseas service and a Purple Heart. Police halted the pair near San Jon. Thompson and Day were arrested and Shelton was shaken but unharmed.
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Betty Jim Shelton
Betty Jim
Jim Shelton
Eddie Thompson
Elbert Day
Amaville
Lem Savage
Savage
Miss Shelton
Cleo Taylor
Moore
Shelton Ranch
Thompson
Nara View
Amarillo
Dev
Africa
New Mexico
San Jon
Desperado
Day
Taylor Woman
Tucumcari
Cleo
Earl
Nara Visa
Shelton
Hockaday School For Girls
Dallas
Gulfpark College
Gulfport
Miss
University of Oklahoma
St. Anthony's Hospital
Tyler
U. S
Kunkel
Paris
Maze of Charges Faces three men in Savage shooting case
Three Amarillo men face federal kidnaping and Dyer Act charges linked to the shooting of city detective L D Savage. Thompson Day and Kunkel are jailed on bonds of 10000 and 5000 dollars respectively, with possible indictments for assault to murder and armed robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Savage
Amarillo
E. M
Eddie Thompson
Elbert Day
Savage
Thompson
Day
Billie Joe Kunkel
J. D. Cazzell
Justice of the Peace
U. S
Kunkel
Potter County
Betty Jim Shelton
San Jos
N. M
RAF Bombers Hit Barmen After Ruhr Attacks
RAF heavy bombers attacked Barmen on the Ruhr periphery as Luftwaffe warnings signaled further raids while U S Eighth Air Force rested. Meanwhile 15th Air Force bombers from Italy hit Regensburg near Munich with Mustang escorts strafing rail lines between Munich and Regensburg.
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London
Dortmund
Essen
Ruhr
Barmen
Reich
Berlin
U. S. Eighth Air Force
15Th Air Force
Italy
Regensburg
Munich
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Rheine
Remagen
Marines Grab Two Islets In Iwo Invasion
U S Pacific Fleet reports unopposed landings by Third and Fourth Marine divisions on Kangoku Iwa and Kama Rock off Iwo Jima to seal more positions used by Japanese mortars. Cates Fourth Marines reduced Tachiiwa Point pocket. 115 caves sealed. General Smith narrowly escaped a sniper shot.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo
Rock
Nimitz
Kangoku Iwa
Kitano Point
Kama Rock
Kangoku Rock
Kama
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine
Tachiiwa Point
Clifton B. Cates
Fourth Marine
Chichi
Bonin Islands
Babelthuap
Palau Islands
Yap
Carolines
Smith
Red Army Advances Across Oder and Siege of Baltic Ports
Zhukov breaches the Oder defenses driving Germans back about 11 miles south of Stettin. The Second White Russian Army tightens the siege around Danzig and Gdynia on the Bay of Danzig. Moscow cites artillery barrages as planners map a Berlin offensive with three Red Army groups potentially involved.
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Stettin
Bay of
Danzig
Gdynia
Moscow
Oder
Kuestrin
Berlin
Conservationists To Speak In Amarillo And Pampa
Canadian conservationist Yom Main and Houston oilman Gillette Hill will speak at meetings in Amarillo on Thursday night at 8 in the Crystal Ball Room Hotel Herring and in Pampa on Friday night at 8 in the district courtroom. Pictures from Canada will be shown. Sportsmen and fishermen are invited free. Texas Game and Fish Department representatives will discuss fish culture experiments and possible plains projects with public support.
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Yom Main
Canada
Gillette Hill
Houston
Ducks, Unlimited
Pampa
Amarillo
Crystal Ball Room
Herring
District Court Room
Main
Texas Game and Fish Department
Plains
CCC Scandal Probe Ordered
A congressional probe into government corporations was demanded after charges of CCC employees involved in speculation scandals. The House extended the CCC's life 359 to 8 with a pledge to fire and prosecute any official found guilty. Rep Keefe announced a four Democrat three Republican special committee to investigate the entire government corporation setup.
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Washington
House
CCC
Rep
Keefe
Wisconsin
Rep Taber
New York
Marvin Jones
Congress
Gunnery Sgt. Sibray Survives 150 Mile Pilotless Plane Flight
Sgt. Charles Sibray from Odon Indiana describes flying 150 miles over Germany in a pilotless burning bomber. The aircraft veered toward France after a direct hit set the left wing afire. With no cockpit reply he escaped by jumping from the tail after locating the deserted craft. The report notes Sibray reached ground safely at England base.
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U. S
England
Charles Sibray
Odon
Ind
Germany
Sibray
Reich
Libray
France
Makhurst
Mindanao Advance Outpaces Japanese in Fierce Mindanao Drive
Allied forces push through four villages north of Zamboanga and press into the Mindanao hills. Maj Gen Jens A. Doe's 41st Division reports a hot pursuit after capturing Caneler Sena Maria Sinonog and Pitogo. Antipolo falls. Los Banos and Santo Tomas reached. 158th Regimental Combat Team seizes Batangas town. Formosa bombed. tanker likely sunk near French Indochina. Tokyo radio admits Mindanao and Luzon reverses as airfields near Zamboanga are seized.
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MacArthur
Jens A. Doe
Caneler Sena Maria
Sinonog
Pitogo
Antipolo
Manila
Los Banos
Santo Tomas
Luzon
Formosa
Batangas
Balawan Bay
Batangas Bay
Verde Island
Mindoro
Takao
Chilema
Oma
Ranmsport
Indo-Chine Borneo
Mindenao
Mid Petroleum
Zamboanga
Tokyo Radio
Mindanao
Lugon
San Roque
Prcery Barnes
Robert Ll. Eicheeiberser
U. S. Eighth Army
Widow declines Air Medal ceremony for pilot's posthumous honor
Newark March 13 A fighter pilot's widow declines a public Air Medal presentation saying the medal loses meaning since her husband is dead. Maj Lonergan says he released her letter. she asks not to reveal the pilot's home city as the family fears shock to his invalid mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Southwest Pacific
Arthur J. Lonergan
Ma. Lonergan
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Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
Jobots
Sam Ince
Oie
Holland M. Smith
Pacific
Zhukov Cracks
Oder River Line
Russell Stationery Company
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Amarillo Tent & Awn
Rhine
Frankfurt-on- Main
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Hodges
First Army
Westerwald
Koenigswinter
Honnef
Hoenningen
U. S. Third Army
Moselle
Eifel
Third Army
94Th
Ruver River
Trier
Saar River
Alsace-Lorraine
Unis
Saar
Whitehead
Hitler
Ling
Uwe
Moers
Insurance
Weequahic Park
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