Our Growing Amarillo Memorial Day Observance
Memorial Day services will be held at 3 PM in the Municipal Auditorium honoring American war dead. Local stores will close at noon. banks post office and county offices close for the day. ration boards stay closed for inventory tomorrow. The program is sponsored by American War Dads American Legion DAV VFW and Spanish American Veterans with Chaplin Russell L Shay Amarillo Field Band providing music and remarks by Msgr John Steinlage and Rabbi Arthur Sluhim. E L Hunter Horace Mann School principal will preside.
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American Legion
Chaplin Rus
Sell L. Shay
Amarillo Field
Msgr
John Steinlage
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Arthur, Sluhim
Temple B'nea Isreal
E. L. Hunter
Horace Mann School
Balloon Secrecy Revealed on Japanese Bomb Balloons
Washington reports government official explains Japan's unmanned balloons are launched from home islands, guided by automatic ballast and bomb-release systems. Watts of the Forest Service details ascent and descent cycles, defense measures, and patrols to intercept balloons entering U S airspace.
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Washington
Japan
America
Lyle F. Watts
U. S. Forest Service
Blue Network
The
Forest Service
Army
Navy
Watts
United States
Objector Draws Two-Year Term for Jehovah’s Witness case
LaBoyd Towe of Dalhart was sentenced to ten years at El Reno Reformatory after being convicted by a federal jury of failing to report for induction. He testified he is a preacher and a conscientious objector to war though not opposed to killing in self defense.
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LaBoyd Towe
Dalhart
el Reno Reformatory
Towe
Dallam County
Bibles and Testaments Russell Sta Company
The listing notes Bibles and Testaments available from Russell Sta Company with contact phone 2 1257 for inquiries.
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Russell Sta- Company
Conway Woman Hurt in Crash Near Highway 66
Mrs D K Hall of northwest Conway suffered a scalp laceration possible skull fracture and three fractured ribs and remained in serious condition at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after a collision with a car carrying several African Americans about nine miles west of Conway on Highway 66 near 11 AM. Billie Loretta Cleghorn 19 of southwest Conway was bruised and cut and likely to be discharged soon.
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D. K. Hall
Conway
Amarillo Q Osteopathic
Billie Loretta Cleghorn
Hall
Victory Bond Flight sparks rival civic bids
Several clubs will back a single contestant in the preliminary phase of the Victory Bond Flight. June 6 is the nomination deadline, with final phase voting from June 6 to July 6. Prizes include trips to Mexico City New York City and Hollywood aboard Braniff and TWA ships.
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Ico City
New York City
Hollywood
Mexico City
Braniff Airways
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
News- Globe
Interstate Theaters
Japan
Blood and Blows Over House Expense Allowance Clash
Washington May 29 A confrontation over a $2 500 a year tax free expense allowance led to a physical clash between Rep. Cannon and Rev Taber in the Capitol. Taber, 65, claimed Cannon struck first. Cannon, 66, refused comment. Taber said he restrained Cannon after the blow.
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Washington
Rev
Taber
New York
Rep
Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
House
Marines Storm Shuri Castle on Okinawa
U S Marines broke into Shuri Castle on Okinawa as part of the west center assault, with Major Gen. Pedro A. Del Valle leading the First Marine Division. Marines crossed the Naha canal and seized most of the city north of the harbor while Japanese defenses held elsewhere.
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Guam
United States
Shuri
Keystone
Okinawa
Naha
Devildog
Shuri Castle
Iwo Jima
Yokohama
Tokyo
Yonabaru
Pedro A. del Valle
Fifth Regiment of Marines
First Marine Division
77Th Infantry Division
96Th Infantry
Seventh Infantry Division
Marines
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marine Division
Kabakura
Cigarette Supply Easing With Higher June Allocations
New York May 29 two large cigarette manufacturers have boosted June quotas to about 80 percent of the 1944 average from 50 percent this month. Dealers may see a further 20 percent rise, with Dow Jones noting improving supplies in cities including Los Angeles Fort Worth and San Francisco.
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New York
Dow, Jones & Co
Business News Agency
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
San Francisco
Censorship Assurance Given to Cor Respondents
A high ranking Allied censorship officer in Rome assured Trieste reporters that their dispatches would not face political censorship. The statement came amid ongoing wartime reporting concerns and signals a stance against political filtering of news in the region.
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Trieste
U.P
Rome
Final Victory In Mighty 7th War Bond Speech
Washington reports Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, commander of the Seventh Army in France, urging strong support for the Seventh War Loan drive as the final and largest contribution to final victory in Europe. He cites firsthand views of patriotic volunteers and wartime results.
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Washington
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
France
Europe
Red Censorship Scored by Luce
New York May 29 Rep Clare Boothe Luce declares on a Blue Network broadcast that Russian soldiers and generals deserted the Red army to fight with the Nazis. She says deserters seek freedom but find only oppression behind censorship and a wall of state control.
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New York
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Red Army
Balkans
Stalin
Germany
Russia
Europe
Heart of Tokyo Wiped Out As Flames Sweep Yokohama
The United States reports massive incendiary bombing of Tokyo and Yokohama in daylight raids led by B-29s. About 500 aircraft struck industrial Yokohama and adjacent areas while Tokyo claimed more than 30 enemy planes shot down during the extended raid.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
LeMay
Ham
Ae Wre
Japan
Palace
Tokyo Bay
Rio Electric
Shigaware
Mitsubishi Aircraft Industry
Diet
Parliament
Greater East Asia
United States
Ginza
Fifth Avenue
20Th Air Force Command
Washington
Bomber Command
Frank Klassen
Ford City
Radio Tokyo
Kawasaki
Chinese widen breach in Japan lifeline across China to Indo China
Chinese forces pushed a 120 mile widening gap in the south end of Japan s land corridor in southeastern China and pursued retreating Japanese along a 900 mile front from Manchuria toward Indo China. U S air raids supported ground troops as Chang Fah Kwei s veterans moved toward Shulo and Yungning while Japan withdrew toward Kweilin and Indo China.
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Chungking
Japan
Southeast Asia
South China
Indo-China
Hanoi
Manchuria
Singapore
China
Indo - China
Yangtze River
Ichang
U. S. 14Th Air Tree
Yellow River
Chang Fah-Kwei
Shulo
Yungning
Nanning
Indo- China
Dong Dang
Chinese Combat Command
Fallen Yungning
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Price Control and Rationing Extended to 1946
The Senate banking committee recommended continuing price control and rationing at least until July 1 1946 and extended the life of the Office of Price Administration by another year beyond its June 30 1945 expiration. The committee had earlier considered an 18 month extension.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Wild orgies linked to top Nazis at Berlin hotel
ABSIE reports from a Berlin hotel near the end of the Nazi regime describe Martin Bormann, Robert Ley, Hans Frank and others hosting lavish parties for their girlfriends. The Esplanade suite seen as symbol of excess. accusations include paid damages and flighty behavior amid collapse.
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London
U.K
Fuehrer
Martin Bormann
Europe
Bormann
Berlin
Esplanade
ABSIF
George Axelsson
Anthony Caroe
ABSIE
Robert Ley
Poland
Hans Frank
Axelsson
Frank
Cracow
Count von Helldorf
Hitler
von Helldorf
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Chicago Daily News. Inc
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wilkins
Simber
New Yorker
Tabor
Capitol
Luce
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
Maritime Commission
S. S. Amarillo Victory
Wilmington
Calif
Joe Jenkins
U. S. Maritime Commission
California Shipbuilding Corporation
John D. Burton
Liberty
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