RAF Blows Right in Der Fuehrer's Face
DeWitt MacKenzie reports Allied air raids into Germany and beyond. RAF blitz hits Pilsen Skoda works and Mannheim Ludwigshafen. Russians strike Koenigsberg Danzig and Tilsit. American Fortresses target Bremen Focke Wulf plants, deep daylight penetration unescorted by fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Germany
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Pilsen
Bohemia
Skoda
Essen
Manneheim
Ludwigshafen
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Talsit
Focke-Wulf
Bremen
Rationing Roundup and War Flight Narrative
Rationing details list valid periods for MEAT CHEESE FATS CANNED FISH and PROCESSED FRUITS VEGETABLES SUGAR COFFEE SHOES and GASOLINE stamps with dates and limits. A separate wartime combat note describes Yankee pilots fighting through German defenses, shooting down about fifty Nazi planes illustrating fierce air combat.
Legion Open House Planned At Legion Home In Amarillo
Legion Post announces open house tomorrow at 8 pm at Legion Home 1800 Harrison. Gala program includes dancing floor show and music by Amarillo College Music Makers and Amarillo High School Choir. Auxiliary will serve refreshments and a free will offering will buy cigarettes for Panhandle men overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
BE. A. Simpson
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Auxiliary
Bill Gilstrap
Amarillo College Music Makers
Julia Dean
Amarillo High School
Buddy
Hanson Post American Legion
Amarillo
Texas
142Nd Infantry
131St Field Artillery
Goebbels Orders Flag Display for Hitler Birthday
Berlin radio says Propaganda Minister Goebbels ordered a general display of the German flag across the Reich tomorrow to honor Adolf Hitler's 54th birthday, with no sign of organized nationwide celebrations. The report notes heightened activity from Mexico's Paricutin volcano nearby.
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London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Pimples Vanish Overnight Claim Kleerex Ad
An advertisement touts Kleerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples overnight. Claims include dramatic results for users who follow directions and a money back guarantee. Advertisement also promotes a typing guide with a mail order offer from Amarillo News Household Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretney Drug
Amarillo News
Household Arts Department
W. 14Th
Steet
New York
N. Y
U S Plans for Agriculture Private Preview in Congress
Washington April 19 Two House committees will hear a private preview of President Roosevelt's postwar world agriculture plan ahead of the UN food conference to be held May 18 at Hot Springs Va. Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson will explain aims while criticisms over delegation representation and press access are noted. An international AAA proposal to balance food production is discussed along with past calls for global cooperation. An Army pursuit plane costs 137000 dollars the equivalent of 1800 war bonds at 75 dollars each.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dean Acheson
House Foreign Affairs and Agriculture Committees
Hot Springs
Fulmer
South Carolina
Agriculture Committee
State Department
Congress
Congressional
United States
Wallace
Agriculture Wickard
Flower Photo Fiesta At Texas Bluebonnet Fields
Hundreds of camera fans and spectators yesterday joined the sixth annual Texas Bluebonnet Photo Fiesta to record the colorful fields of bluebonnets and wildflowers in pictures. Local enthusiasts gathered to capture the spring bloom and celebrate nature's display.
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der Fuehrer
The
Associated Press
Jericho
Mexico City
Mexico
Globe-News
U. S
House
Adleriha
Cretney Drag
Ins
Mom
America
Philip Morris
Philip Morris & Co
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
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