Allied Breakthroughs Push Through Low Countries
British and American forces surged into Brussels and Antwerp as Antwerp fell within 10 miles of the Dutch border. The advance split Belgium, opened logistics routes, and signaled a rapid push toward the Netherlands and Germany. Reports claimed U.S. troops may have entered Germany near Aachen and Perl, with Eisenhower urging Dutch and Belgian cooperation for liberation.
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Brussels
Antwerp
Netherlands
Belgium
Germany
Ninth Air Force
France
Pieter Gerbrandy
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Paris
Rhine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rotterdam
Breda
U. S
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Perl
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Eisenhower
Duchy
Aneta
Gent
Courtrai
Liege
Namur
Federal Communications Commission
Norway
Dunkerque
Aalst
Lille
Calais
Boulogne
Aire
Armentieres
Ypres
German Press Calls for All-Out War as Invasion Feared
German media intensified today with calls for a people’s war to defend the Reich, while reports claim top Nazis may flee. Lisbon dispatches note a German plane arriving in Barcelona with male passengers. women reportedly travel on to Portugal. Anman and Trefoger are named as figures connected to Nazi leadership, and Goebbels’ Der Angriff urges total mobilization including border districts and 14-year-old volunteers.
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Barcelona
Spain
Portugal
Anman
Trefoger
Max Anman
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Germany
der Angriff
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Sundermann
Goebbels
Reich
Allied Air Raids Sinker Mindanao and Bonins Ships
Allied forces reported sinking or damaging 32 Japanese ships in raids on the Bonin Islands and Davao, with 13 ships sunk, four likely sunk, and three damaged. Aerial action extended to the Volcanos and other Pacific targets, while Mindanao and Celebes saw additional ships sunk and airfield blows.
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Associated Press
Admiral Nimitz
Macrthur
Pacific
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Japan
Nimitz
Chichi
Haha Islands
Bonins
Tokyo
Volcanos
Wake
Rota
Maug
Marianas
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Nauru Island
Gilberts
Mili
Wotje
Maloelap Atolls
Marshalls
Mindanao
MacArthur
U. S. Catalina
Davao Gulf
Philippines
U. S
Dutch Celebes
Celebes
Halmahera
Adrawal
Dollar Day Returns on Tuesday After Labor Holiday
It marks the first Dollar Day of the year on a Tuesday since Labor Day shifted the event from Monday. Shoppers, especially families, can expect bargains on children's needs as schools begin this week. The forecast calls for no rain today.
Four Teens Hurt When Car Hits Pole on Fillmore Street
Four teenage boys suffered injuries when their car struck a telephone pole at Twenty first Avenue and Fillmore Street. Driver Glenn McDowell and Paul Mayo were hospitalized at St. Anthony's, Bill Toombs and Shrewder Hendley at Northwest Texas hospital. An oil truck slowed ahead, forcing McDowell to swerve and strike the pole near a parked car. Major Hamilton Gayden of Amarillo Field aided victims at the scene before ambulances ferried them away.
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Twentyfirst Avenue
Fillmore Street
Glenn McDowell
North
Lincoln Street
Paul Mayo
Louisiana Street
Temple
Bill Toombs
South
Arthur Street
Griggs
McDowell
Hamilton Gayden
Amarillo Field
Mihai Restores Freedom in Romania With Liberal Constitution
In Bucharest on September 4 King Mihai issued a decree restoring Romania’s liberal constitution abolished in 1938. The move aims to repeal Axis allied racial laws and other anti-Democratic statutes, possibly aiding an Allied armistice. Russians detained over 800 Germans in Bucharest, including diplomats and Gestapo agents. In New York Svenska Dagbladet reported six Nobel prizes for 1944 with two in physics, two in chemistry, one in literature, and one in medicine.
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Bucharest
Mihai
Romania
Carol
New York
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Post War Cars To Be Lighter and Cheaper
General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr describes the postwar car as lighter, more attractive, and more economical though prices may rise depending on labor and material costs. GM is ready to reconvert as soon as government approval is received, with four months to start production and six months to reach prewar capacity.
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Chicago
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Sloan
General Motors
O.K
Filipino Plan to Surrender Include Islands for Japanese
Vincente Villamin outlines a postwar strategy inviting Japanese soldiers who surrender to live on chosen Pacific islands. He suggests the United States and Britain assign suitable lands where they can build new communities after the war, hoping the offer persuades surrender and survival.
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Los Angeles
Vincente Villamin
United States
Britain
Pacific
Waste Paper Trucks Rolled for Amarillo War Effort
Amarillo launches a city wide waste paper drive with trucks and high school volunteers. Crews begin house to house pickup at 8:30 Wednesday morning, paper should be bundled if possible for easier loading and shipment. Twelve railroad cars prepared to move the collection to processing for war materiel.
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Amarillo
Ck King
Inter- Theaters
King
van Buren Street
Mr. King
Back to School Registration Underway in County
Pupils in public schools begin registration today and tomorrow with high and junior high students classing by last name initials. Elementary registration starts Wednesday, with classes set to begin Thursday. Vaccination proof and birth certificates are required for certain entrants while Amarillo College also schedules Friday and Saturday registration.
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Price ‘College
St. Mary’s Academy
Amarillo College
Domestic Problems in Redding Testimony
Testimony in the O M Redding murder trial describes years of money troubles and domestic friction. His children Marvin and Evelyn testified about violence and the couple’s estrangement, and about money disputes over a failed investment and support needs.
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Redding
O. M. Redding
Gertrude Redding
Marvin Redding
Evelyn Redding
Clem Calhoun
Gari
R. E. Underwood
Defense Counsel
Underwood
Marvin
Grandmther’s
Evelyn
New Mexico
Leans
Cease Fire Order Ends Three Years of Finnish War
Dramatic cease firing ends three years of war with Soviet Russia, as fronts from Viipuri to Salla fall silent. German troops in southern Finland to evacuate soon, with claims of voluntary withdrawal and uncertain northern front. Tass criticizes Finland's stance toward Germany amid peace talks.
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Stockholm
Russia
Viipuri
Salla
Finland
Karelia
Helsinki
Barents Sea
Lapland
Sweden
Mannerheim
Fie
Hitler
Tass
Hanui Hackzell
Hackzell
Postwar survey made at Pantex
Detroit architect and engineer R Giffels visited Amarillo to assess postwar use for the Pantex Ordinance Plant. He serves on the War Department Advisory Board for surplus facilities and met with local business figures to discuss Texas site prospects before continuing to Denver.
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Giffels
Detroit
Amarillo
Pantex Ordname
War Department
Texas
Denver
Bill Walker
Pantex
John Boyce
Chamber of Commerce
Giffels ‘and Wallet, Inc
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Weather notes show Tuesday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and little temperature change. West Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and local storms, highs around 80, sunset at 8:09 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
Mexico
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