Wreck of PennsylvanIa Limited Leaves 150 Dead
The Congressional Limited train derailed in northeast Philadelphia killing about 150 and injuring over 90. Rescue crews, hospitals, and civilian defense units rushed to the scene as officials described the chaotic aftermath and mass casualties.
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Philadelphia
Congressional Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frankford Hospital
Washington
New York
Capital
Metropolis
Reading
Bernard Samuel
City Electrical Bureau
Pennsylvania
Frankfort Hospital
St. Joachim's Church
Frankford
Glenwood Avenues
James Toughill
Philadelphia Record
Extra $100 War Bond Pushes War Effort
Democratic appeal urges buying an extra 100 bond to back the attack with war bonds. Cal Farley chair says more lending speeds planes tanks and ships, Amarillo targets a 6 642 400 quota with a large parade and show for bond buyers. The event features Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton with 75 entertainers, tickets free for bonds bought Sept 1–9, available at the Paramount Theater. Parades start 7 30 Thursday from Third and Grant to USO Auditorium, with 1 000 soldiers and seats limited.
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Cal Farley
Amarillo
Third
Grant
Polk
Taylor
USO
Amarillo Field
Paramount Theater
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Hollywood Motion
Jack King
OCD
Wilson
Horace Mann
Margaret Wills
Bond
Farley
Deadline Set To Draft Dads
Selective Service set September 15 as the deadline for fathers in non-deferrable jobs to signal a transfer plan if they want a cushion against induction. Those failing to register and prove transfer plans by September 15 face draft before October 1.
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Washington
Selective Service
U. S. Employment Service
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Weather report notes cooler conditions early Tuesday then warmer in the afternoon with light to moderate winds. It covers West Texas Panhandle cooler trends and New Mexico warmer readings in the east with minor changes in the west. Sunrise is 7 24 A M and sunset 8 06 P M. Circulation figures listed for September 6 194% show daily totals.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Seeese BR
Msrsconees
Marshall Seen As Allied Chief
The Evening Star reports General George C. Marshall will be named commander in chief of Allied forces in the European theater to lead invasions from England. Possible successors include Gen. Brehon Somervell or Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Eisenhower the favored candidate and a Marshall favorite.
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Washington
The
Evening Star
George C. Marshall
European
England
Marshall
Star
Constantine Brown
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
English Channel
Brown
Roosevelt
Churchill
the Star
Eighth Army
Messina
Europe
Messina Strait
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Naples
Paratroops encircle Lae Salamaua in new Pacific push
Allied forces under MacArthur land behind Lae New Guinea encircling about 20 000 Japanese troops. American and Australian units push from Salamaua toward Lae while heavy bomber fleets crush Heaths plantation and inland targets. Air superiority dominates as sea and land operations seal the ring.
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Lae
Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Markham
Pacific
Markham Valley
Huon Gulf
Heaths Plantation
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
Madang
Finschafen
Buna
New Georgia
Bismarck Sea
Allies Drive 10 Miles Into Italy
Allied forces pushed 10 miles inland from a 40 mile beachhead on the Italian toe through extensive demolitions and moved on Aspromonte. Italian civilians welcomed the invaders as the Straits of Messina opened for Allied navigation.
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Italy
Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Aspromonte
Berlin
DNB
Axis
Calabria
Melito
Ionian See
Straits of
Messina
Viterbo
Rome
Naples
RAF Wellingtons
Santo Stefano d'Aspromonte
Reggio Calabria
Reggio
Scilla
Calanna
San Roberto
Fiumara
Santa Lucia
Rosali
San Rocco
Musuala Laganadi
Santa Ales
Reds at Stalino-Look Toward Kiev
Soviet front reports say Red Army reached near Stalino in the Donets Basin and captured Konotop as part of a drive toward Kiev. Makeevka fell and Slavyansk and other towns were overrun, disrupting German rail lines and trapping forces while Berlin spoke of a planned withdrawal toward the Dnieper.
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Associated Press
Konotop
Slavyansk
Makeevkaesterday
Dnieper River
Flaming Stalino
Kiev
Russia
Calabria
Italy
Calabrian
Stalino
London
Red
Donets
Ukraine
Moscow
Makeevka
Kramatorskaya
Stalino- Slavyansk
Berlin
Dnieper
Bryansk
Bryansk-Kiev
Kursk- Kiev
Red Army
Bakhmach
White Russia
Kremenchug
British Fortresses Bombard Rhine as Daylight Raid Escalates
British based American B 17s and B 26s joined a grand Allied daylight raid into extreme southwest Germany and northern France. The assault followed a heavy RAF night raid on Mannheim Ludwigshafen and Boulogne harbor. The mission marked the continuation of a multi day offensive with extensive bomber and fighter participation and Swiss landings by four Fortresses reported.
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Germany
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
London
Europe
Rhineland
U. S
Rouen
France
RAF
Boulogne
Serqueux
Berlin
Mannheim - Ludwigshafen
Switzerland
Matt Ponca
Eac
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Thames Estuary
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Russell Stationery Company
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