Navy seizes Russell Islands as base near Guadalcanal
U S Navy describes rapid moves in the Solomons and North Pacific. occupation of the Russell Islands guards Guadalcanal and blocks Japanese raids while submarines sink six ships and a North Pacific battle ends with a Japanese surface force driven off.
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U.S. Navy
Solomons
Kiska
Pacific Frontier
Washington
United States Navy
Japan
Pacific Empire
North Pacific
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
United States
Pacific
Far East
Komandorskis
Russell
Navy
Viru Harbor
New Georgia
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Munda
New Georgia Group
Bougainville
Truk
Caroline Group
Mary Island
Gilbert Group
Kiska Island
Mitchell
Kiska Harbor
Gertrude Cove
South Pacific
Avengers
Funafuti Island
Ellice Group
Central Pacific
Fiji
Samoan Islands
US Army Chief in Europe Killed in Iceland Crash
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, head of U S forces in Europe, was killed in a plane crash in Iceland. The 50 year old aviation advocate and former Eisenhower successor led U S air operations in the theater and was famed as a pilot with several long distance records.
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London
Frank M. Andrews
U. S
Iceland
Bleak Island
Andrews
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
Army Air Arm
United States
U. S.S Army
General Headquarters Air Force
Panama
Caribbean
Cairo
Andreas
House Passes PAYGO Tax in Bitter Battle
The House approved a pay-as-you-go tax plan 313 to 95 ending most 1942 tax liabilities and imposing a 20 percent withholding on wages effective July 1. The vote followed a multi step fight around the Rumi proposal with leadership clashes and procedural moves as the measure moved to the Senate. Meanwhile observers in London noted potential German Tirpitz activity near Narvik may disrupt Allied convoys to Murmansk, with Arctic conditions affecting routes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Robertson
Kayjeon
Minnesota
Ways and Means Committee
London
Tirpitz
Narvik
Norway
Murmansk
Russia
Germany
Brief Showers and Gusty Wind Hit Amarillo
A brief downpour with vivid lightning swept Amarillo last night around 8 pm, totaling about a quarter to half inch. The Panhandle saw scattered showers while a large tent at Tenth Avenue and Georgia Street housing Gifford Hill Pipe Line Co machinery collapsed in the wind, injuring no one and leaving the night watchman unharmed.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Tenth Avenue
Georgia Street
Gifford- Hill Pipe Line Company
Dallas
New City Water Line
Americans seize Bisette naval base and advance in war
In a rapid update the U S Navy routs a Japanese convoy toward Kiska and sinks six ships while occupying Russel Islands flank. Axis jitters grow over early invasion front as German fortresses pound Antwerp targets.
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Axis
13 Die In Elkton Blast At Triumph Explosives Plant
An explosion and ensuing fire at Triumph Explosives in Elkton Maryland killed at least 13 workers with deaths likely to rise. Army Navy and FBI officials took over relief and casualty checks as more than one building burned.
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Elkton
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Triumph
Benjamin F. Pepper
Triumph Company
Army
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pepper
Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Union Hospi
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
Allied forces push toward Bizerte as Lake Achkel comes under fire
Allied dispatches report American and French troops advancing along Lake Achkel shore toward Bizerte with heavy artillery range. The front line says they occupy more than half the lake’s northern shores and push toward Tebourba and Mateur while Axis forces retreat east of Mateur. Prisoners are taken as the South offensive opens near Pont Du FParis and Ferryville comes under long range fire.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Lake Achkel
Associated Press
Harold V. Boyle
Mateur
Boyle
Jenna
Perryville
Riverte Naval Base
Tebourba
Tunis
Tine River
Algiers
Mediterranean
Pont du Fparis
New York
CBS
Tine
Jurgen von Arnim
Berlin
Health unit action sought after city county conference
Adequate housing and facilities to fight venereal disease and detainment wards for treated individuals are to be pursued after a War Recreation Council conference. State sanitary engineer V M Ehlers urged active health measures and pledged state cooperation. A committee led by Dr R C Stodgrass to meet county officials was formed.
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War Recreation Council
Potter County Medical Society
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo Army Air Forces
V. M. Ehlers
R. C. Stodgrass
Arthur Bluhm
FE. C. Seaman
L. K. Patton
Wales Madden
Hagel Kelley
H. Co. Vincent
J. H. Sharp
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Bill Adams
Sid Harper
Jack Cunni
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast Update
Amarillo area expects not as warm Wednesday with scattered thundershowers and breezy winds. Panhandle and south New Mexico may see showers, cooler north and west by afternoon. Temperatures near noon and early afternoon show limited improvement amid unsettled conditions.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South
New Mexico
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Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Nuernhberg
Arctic
The
Bisette Naval Base
U. S.S. Navy
Russel Islands
Casus
Caul
Antwerp
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
BE. A. Regal Co
Bizerte Base
Africa
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