Draft Calls Remain High and Wounded Hero Returns Home
A wounded Amarillo veteran Sgt. Alfred W. Windham who lost both feet in France last December returns home aboard a hospital train. He will attend a John Snider barbecue at the Old Tascosa in Amarillo to help mobilize support for the Seventh War Loan Drive. President Truman signs a bill extending the Selective Service Act for one year, with draft calls remaining large. The vast redeployment plan aims to move millions of troops from Europe to the Pacific, with thousands of soldiers expected home or reassigned over the coming year.
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Amarillo
Alfred W. Windham
A. W. Windham
North
Windham
France
R. J. O'Donnell
John Snider
Old Tascosa
Herring Hotel
Mr. O'Donnell
Interstate Theaters
Texas
War Activities Committee
Panhandle
New Mexico
Germany
Japan
North Africa
Italy
1Z1st Field Artillery
Amarillo High School
National Guard
36Th Division
Europe
United States
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Washington
Truman
Office of War Mobilization
War and Navy Departments
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Pacific
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Mediterranean
Rome
Pacific Theater
Charles P. Gross
Army Transportation Corps
Gross
U.S
News
Albert W. Windham
Nooh
Part of Big Nazi Sub Fleet Will Be Turned Against Japs
London May 9 The Germans had between 200 and 300 submarines to surrender to the Allies, according to best estimates here, and some of them likely will be used against Japan before long. The admiralty has given no hint of the actual surrender numbers yet.
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London
Japan
Admiralty
Whereabouts of President No Longer Military Secret
Washington May 9 Wartime censorship on the President's whereabouts was lifted by Censorship Director Byron Price following victory in Europe. The change ends wartime secrecy and allows public disclosure of the President's location and movements.
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Washington
Byron Price
Europe
More American Repatriates Flown From Nazi Prisons
London dispatch reports that over 7,000 American repatriates, rescued from German prison camps, were flown from the surrendered Reichs to France and Great Britain yesterday.
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London
Reichs
France
Great Britain
Amarillo Weather Summary for Thursday and Friday
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes partly cloudy and colder conditions for Amarillo and vicinity on Thursday and Thursday night, with partly cloudy skies and not quite as warm across West Texas on Thursday and Friday. Hourly temperatures show 54 at 7 AM rising to a high around 86, with lows near 43 to 53 and a daily max near 86.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Max Vest
Max. Vest
Victory in Pacific Economic Reins To Hold Tight Until Japs Beaten
Washington May 9 government tells civilians to stay in virtually full war mode until Japan is defeated. Ban on racing and midnight curfew are lifted. Vinson forecasts 1.5 million may lose jobs next year, 3 million more after six months, with reconversion absorbing most. Navy won’t demobilize. Army to shed 1.3 million in a year.
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Pacific
Washington
Japan
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Jbe
Jap Forces Hold Davao Sector As Allied Drive Advances
Japanese forces in Mindanao fight to slow Maj. Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff’s 24th Division after landing on Samar Island and pushing 140 miles toward Davao City. Allied air support bombs Tarakan and surrounding targets as Australian and Dutch troops seize Api Hill and push toward Djoeats oil field.
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Tarakan
Roscoe Woodruff
Samar Island
Davao Gulf
Borneo
Tarakan Island
API Hill
Djoeats
Judat
Brunei Bay
Miriane Bandjermasin
Labaun Island
Labaun
Sumatra
Shanghai
North China Sea
Hainan Island
Luzon
Benguet
Carabalio
Balete Pass
Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Moro Gulf
Davao City
Mintal Town
Dacao
Okinawa Casualties Surpass Sixteen Thousand Confirmed
American casualties on Okinawa total 16,425 through Monday with 2,107 soldiers and 577 marines killed. Wounded reach 12,?. missing about 539 as of May 3. British Pacific Fleet reports minor damage after air attack on Miyako and Ishigaki. Doughboys advance south amid weather delays.
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Guam
Okinawa
Admiral Atlanton
Tala
Kerama Island
Nimitz
Miyako
Ishigaki Islands
Sakishima Group
Ryukyu Chain
Doughboys
Associated Press
Heavy Rains Slow Vehicles in Okinawa Reports
Correspondent Vern Haughlend reported from Okinawa that heavy rains had bogged down vehicles, hindering movement and transport in the area.
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Vern Haughlend
Okinawa
Okinawa Costs US 26 Vessels
In Guam on May 9 Fleet Admiral Nimitz said about 26 US vessels sunk by Japanese air attacks during Okinawa operations. He noted 3,000 enemy planes destroyed since March 18 Ryukyus campaign and that every gun ashore and afloat fired in mark of V E Day. Pittsburgh Paints at Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co.
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Guam
U. S
Okinawa
Pacific
Nimitz
Ryukyus
Haugland
Goering and Kesselring Surrender to American Forces
In Austria Hermann Goering and Albert Kesselring surrendered to Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch's Seventh Army. Goering and his wife were flown to headquarters with their six year old daughter after a dramatic capture near Radstadt. Goering spoke of Hitler and the doomed Reich while detailing his capture and escape from Berchtesgaden.
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A. L. Goldberg
Katzbuehel
Austria
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Ting
Albert Kesselring
Western Front
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Goering
Hitler
Patch
Kesselring
Reich
Berchtesgaden
Robert Stack
U. S
36Th Division
von Rundstedt
Tulu
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
List
von Leeb
Ritter von Epp
Munich
Thefuehrer
Berndt von Brauchitsch
Stack
Jonn FE. Dahlquist
von Brauchitsch
Goering’s Swedish Connection and Escape Claims Stir Doubt
After a lunch discussion with Dahlquist, Goering questioned his Swedish roots and a joke about a single passenger Cub plane was told. Guards dispute Goering’s escape tale from Berchtesgaden as American sentries and a mixed guard detail, including Lt. Jerome Shapiro and seven veterans, watched over him at Fischhorn Castle.
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Stack
Dahlquist
Goering
Berchtesgaden
United States
Germany
United Nations
Story
Air Force
Hitler
Fischhorn Castle
Jerome Shapiro
New York City
Salerno
Cassino
Italy
Richard Snell
Houston
Tex
Lester Leggett
Fort Worth
Robert Neal
Lufkin
Filomena Penna
Taft
Everett Coody
Centar
James Farmer
Port Worth
Don Parsons
Hillsboro
Golden Sill
Salt Laxe City
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Insurance
Dial
S Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Co
CCI
I. ‘Fs
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Emmy Sonnemann
Luftwaffe
Ritter von Grein
Berlin
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