Allied Air and Naval Operations In Pacific Theatre
Allied forces conducted repeated air strikes on Halmahera and Celebes targets using carrier air groups and bombers. Japanese claims cited American losses while U S and Philippine defense lines held around Manila Bay and Cavite. Peleliu and Angaur island actions continued with heavy shelling and high casualties on Japanese garrisons.
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Halmahera Island
Galeia
Mili
Dutch Celebes
Ceram
Philippines
Cavite Navy Yard
Nichols and Clark Air Fields
Manila
Subic Bays
Grumman
Jose P. Laurel
Archipelago
Manila Bay
Domei
Manila Radio
Japan
Peleliu Island
Palaus
Peleliu
Navy
Angaur
Tokyo Radio
Burma
Arkan Front
Mayu Range
Myitkyina
Troopers in Civvies and MPs Missing Near Aachen
Reports from near Aachen say several military policemen are missing as General Hodges tightens discipline to curb fraternization with German civilians. A jeep with captured gear was found two miles from command post. MPs suspect SS operatives in civilian clothes ambushed the unit.
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Aachen
Germany
Hodges
First Army
Botgen
Lindsey Nelson
Knoxville, Tenn
British Rescue Drive Lists Gains by Yards
Japanese forces push toward Liuchow after capturing Wuchow and Jungyun, threatening a line from Hainan to Hongkong. U S 14th Air Force supported Chinese defenses while Allied air and ground forces stall at Arnhem amid heavy fighting along the Siegfried Line and in Holland.
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Chungking
Wuchow
Sikiang
Kweilin
Liuchow
Kwangsi
Jungyun
Hainan Island
Hongkong
Hunan-Kwangsi
U.S
U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Arnhem
Holland
Ike Presents Plain Rules for Beaten Germans
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announces a hard line policy for occupied Germany. Death penalty for Nazi aids, dissolution of Nazi bodies, purge of Nazi influence from laws, censorship control, and establishment of English as official language. AMG to seize property transfers, supervise communications, and repatriate POWs and displaced Europeans.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Germany
Hitler
AMG
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Allied
United Nations
Thomas Granted New Hearing in Plainview Murder Case
Thomas, a paroled convict convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the slaying of Dr. Roy Hunt in Littlefield last Oct. 26, was granted a new trial by District Judge WA Russell in Plainview. The motion cited jury misconduct including talk of the defendant being an ex convict.
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Plainview
Jim Thomas
Russell
Thomas
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Ted Andrews
Amarillo
Andrews
Virgil Winn
Guy Witt
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Witt
George McCarthy
Defense Counsel
Winn
J. M. Stubblefield
Hunt
Elgar Winn
McCarthy
Curtis Douglas
Pampa
Charles Clements
H. M. LaFont
George Dupree
Charles Crenshaw
Lubbock
E. A. Bills
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair skies and mild weekend temperatures dominate Amarillo and vicinity with a cooler Saturday. West Texas sees generally fair conditions with a chance of scattered Panhandle showers late Saturday. Hourly readings show highs near 90s, lows around 60s, and sunrise at 7 36 A M with sunset at 7 43 P M. Temperatures west of the Gulf Plains run slightly above normal with little precipitation expected.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Texas
Gulf Plains
Blind Love Travels Alone For Her GI In Kansas City
A 21 year old blind woman from Oregon arrives by train in Kansas City to marry Pvt Foster Pierson of Independence. She traveled alone after a conductor allowed passage despite a rule against blind travelers. The couple plan to wed before Pierson sails to Jefferson Barracks.
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Kansas City
Oregon
Vina Baldwin
Portland
Pvt
Foster Pierson
Independence
Miss Baldwin
Ray R. Baldwin
Reedsport
Ore
Jefferson Barracks
Noisy Souvenir Lost to Marine in Malden Mix-Up
A Japanese machine gun captured by an American Marine sergeant on furlough was found by Malden police after he displayed it to his father behind a cemetery. The sergeant forgot he was home and demonstrated the weapon, causing a police response. No charges were filed.
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Malden
Mass
Saipan
Bombers Strike Kassel and Munich in Heavy Allied Raids
Nearly 1,000 British based American planes hit Kassel deep in Germany while 500 U S bombers from Italy targeted Munich. Liberators based in Italy flew to Warsaw on a 1,750 mile round trip to parachute food and war materiel to Polish partisans. The Kassel raid involved 650 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with 300 Mustangs escorting, focusing on Daimler Benz factories and other Ruhrbound targets. Roosevelt and Dewey report no campaign expenditures or contributions to the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee.
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London
Germany
Kassel
U. S
Italy
Munich
Larissa
Greece
Warsaw
Britain
Aachen
Daimler Benz Motor
Ruhr
Cologne
Russians Storm Tallinn in Baltic Breakthrough
Red Army captured Tallinn after a six day 121 mile advance from the Narva sector aided by an Estonian corps. Stalin announced the city’s fall as Germans evacuate northern Estonia and Warsaw reports contact with Soviet units near the city.
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London
Red Army
Tallinn
Berlin
Finland
Estonia
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Bor
Warsaw
Vistula
Romania
Szeged
Hungary
Govorov
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Kronstadt
Baltic Sea
Zolibers
Warts Saw
Mokotow
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Kwanyang
Chuanhsien
Chen Mu-Hung
Second Army
Hogland
First Airborne Army
Nijmegen
Blue
Waal Rhine
Siegfried Line
U. S S. First Army
Stolberg
Canadian First Army
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le Portel
Wimereux
Associated Press
William F. Boni
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Shaef
Russell Stationery Co
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