26 Terriers Executed In Attack On Woman
Miami on May 18 a pack of 26 bull terriers killed Mrs Coretta Zinke a 39 year old lecturer after a mass attack last Wednesday night. Fifteen older dogs were shot by a three man squad and eleven puppies were euthanized at a Miami veterinarian's gas chamber. Owner Joe Munn cried and allowed the killings while awaiting manslaughter charges. an inquest is scheduled for Monday.
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Miami
Fla
Coretta Zinke
W. M. Hudson
Dade County
C. W. Pusey
Greater
The
Humane Society
Society
Humane
Victory Bond Flight Contest Opens for Air Tours Prizes
The Victory Bond Flight contest by Interstate Theaters Amarillo offers roundtrips to Mexico City Hollywood and New York City for top vote earners in the Seventh War Loan Drive. Preliminary flight May 21 to June 6 with club nominations and 100 votes per $25 bond. Final winners announced July 6 with trip choices in order of finish.
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Mexico City
Hollywood
New York City
Jack King
Amarillo
Braniff Airlines
Transcontinental
Western Airlines
New York
TWA
King
Polk
Taylor
Cpl
Dave Smith
KFDA
Will Rogers
English Field
Pacific
Interstate Theaters
Glot:News Publishing Company
Bra
Niff Airlines
Transcontinental and
United States
Japan
Girl, 7, reports criminal attack near Amarillo
A seven year old girl reported she was abducted while walking home from Horace Mann School near Mirror and Panhandle Highway. A man pulled her into a car near the city dump grounds northeast of Amarillo and released her after assault. She was examined by a doctor and officers searched for the suspect.
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Amarillo
Horace Mann
Mirror
Panhandle
Feeder Subsidy and Beef Price Freeze Ordered
Government introduces a feeder subsidy and ceiling price protections to curb meat shortages. New subsidies target AA and A grade cattle and non processing slaughterers, with adjustments effective May 19 and June 4, backed by the Commodity Credit Corporation and Defense Supplies Corporation.
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Washington
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Defense Supplies Corporation
Eftec
95 Degree Heat Breaks Record in Amarillo
Amarillo reached a record 95 degrees in mid afternoon on May 18, surpassing the 94 degree mark set on May 18, 1927 and the 93 degree level from May 18, 1934. The all time May record stands at 100 degrees set on May 17, 1927.
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Amarillo
Tokyo Reports Enemy Fleet In Ryukyu Waters
Tokyo radio reports a powerful enemy fleet maneuvering south of Japan with unclear target. The broadcast notes the fleet left the Marianas early this week and calls for a rigid coastal watch as Allied forces support the Okinawa invasion nearby. The Japanese government also forms a new communications board to ease transport woes.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Enenyleet
Marianas Islands
Okinawas
Okinawa
Ryukyus
Radio Tokyo
France Offered Occupation Area and Friendship Reaffirmed
President Truman declared willingness to meet General Charles de Gaulle and offered France a portion of the American occupation zone in Germany. He urged allied cooperation against Japan and said the United States will aid France's recovery while France resumes a leading role in postwar peace.
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Washington
Truman
America
France
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Georges Bidault
United States
de Gaulle
General de Gaulle
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Chinese in Hot Pursuit Of Japs in Hunan Hills
Chinese troops pressed enemy units across Hunan Province’s hills toward the Japanese base at Paoching guarding Hengyang in a vital supply corridor through China. Reports said Japan prepared to evacuate pockets along the coast from Hangzhou Bay to Hongkong, with Chinese forces closing in near Paoching and Hengyang while targeting key supply lines to Indo-China. Fighting also raged around Foochow and near the Shensi corridor as Chinese gains closed the distance to Japanese positions.
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Hunan Hills
Chungking
Hunan Province
Paoching
Hengyang
Japan
China
Manchuria
Indo-China
Hang-chow Bay
Hongkong
Swaton
Amoy
Fouchow
Wenchew
Henegyang
Chihkiang
Yangchi
Hengyang-Kweilin
Shanmen
British Censor Worries Nazis Over Churchill Passed Documents
London May 18 Nazis irritated before Germany's surrender when war papers surfaced marked Passed by Winston Churchill and Approved by British Military Censors. Flying Officer David Rosenthal of Calgary, now in a British prisoner camp, explained the documents were lifted during a camp visit and returned after being marked.
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London
Germany
Winston Churchill
David Rosenthal
Calgary
Alberta
Britain
Rosenthal
44 000 Jap Troops Flee British Forces in Burma
In Burma thousands of bedraggled Japanese troops retreat toward Moulmein after a long withdrawal from near Thazi to Moulmein. Some 44 000 soldiers are said to be involved as fighting continues near Toungoo and Prome amid shifting fronts and reports of Thai border fortifications.
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Burma
Calcutta
Moulmein
Ecilon
Thazi
Rangoon
Gulf of Martaban
UA Lwo Laon
CauguLanu
Malay Peninsula
Admiralty
London
Toungod
Thailand
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Toungoo
Prome
Paoching
Hengyang
See-Saw Battle For Hills Ends With US on Top
American troops pressed the Southern Okinawa front as ground action met strong Japanese defense. Nimitz cited seven hill battles and a one hour grenade duel on Conical Hill with G Company, 383rd Regiment, 96th Division gaining the crest. Marines, Army air support, escort carriers and Okinawa-based warships aided the effort.
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Nimitz
77Th Infantry
Sixth Marine
Sugar Loaf Hill
Pedro A. del Valle
del Valle
G Company
383Rd
96Th
10Th Army
Siegfried
Okinawa
Naha
Yonabara
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Division
Leathernecks
Asa
Asato
Conical Hill
Weather Amarlillo and Vicinity Forecast Details
The forecast covers Amarillo and surrounding areas with Saturday and Saturday night partly cloudy skies and late afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures remain relatively stable Saturday with slightly cooler conditions Saturday night. Winds will be fresh to occasionally strong from the west across West Texas with similar winds in the Panhandle and South Plains Saturday afternoon. The extended outlook calls for partly cloudy conditions through Sunday, with lighter warmth on Sunday in the Panhandle and South Plains and continued strong winds there. Observed or reported times show temperatures around 54 at 7 am to 63 at 9 am with a potential high near 60s, sunrise at 6:40 AM and sunset at 8:46 PM for 1944.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Hitler's last desperate plan to split Allied forces detailed
Southern Germany reports quote Adolf Hitler's secretary Gerhardt Herrgesell describing a final bid to sow British distrust by claiming Russians armed 200000 Germans. He cites Hitler delaying recognition of defeat by April 22 and recounts chaotic front communications, attempts to burn records, and Hitler's diminishing control as Ardennes fallout and Red Army advances continued.
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Hitler
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
England
Berlin
Gerhardt Herrgesell
Gaden
Hergesell
Herrgesell
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Goebbels
Britain
Russia
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Moscow
Berchtesgaden
Ardennes
U. S
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Gustaf Jodl
MacArthurmen Take Ipo Dam and Valencia Airfields
Manila reports Forty third Division troops and guerrillas captured the Ipo dam supplying Manila water and seized Valencia and nearby airfields on Mindanao. The dam remained intact after counterdemolitions as Japanese forces were encircled. heavy air raids preceded the assault.
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Manila
Ipo
Philippines
Mindanao
Valencia
Ipo Dam
Markus Augustin
Leonard FP
Wing
43Rd
Fifth Air Force
Clarence Martin
Vaencia
MacArthur
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Associated Press
Amon G. Carter
Faid Pass
Tunisia
83Rd
Amon Carter
Eisenhower
Canton
Guam
Shuri
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Danzig
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