Flame-Throwing Tanks Reported On Tunis Front
Allied forces pressed toward Tunis through varied Tunisian fronts on Tuesday. British Eighth Army fought north toward Pont du Fahs while American units advanced near Sedjenane and Mateur, and French troops neared Garaet Achkel. German Italian defenses held, with air and naval actions accompanying the ground fighting.
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London
1St Army
Tunis
Pont du Fahs
Eighth Army
Medjez- El-Bab
Garaet Achkel
Bizerte
Second Corps
Sedjenane
Mateur
Djebel Dardyse
Djebel Azzag
Djebel Ajred
United Press
C. R. Cunningham
Diebel Azzaq
Sidi N’sir
Jeffna
Meteor
First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Tebourba
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Ksar Tyr
Dedjez
Massicault
Bir Meherga
Rome Radio
Gulf of Tunis
Eleven Die as Plane Crashes Onto Bus in Scotland
Eleven people were killed and six injured when a plane crashed onto a bus in southeast Scotland. Two RAF fliers eight naval ratings and the bus driver died. eighteen others on the bus survived.
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London
Scotland
Coal Strikes Threaten General Walkout of Coal Miners
The United Mine Workers refuse to send a representative to talks with bituminous coal mine operators and a War Labor Board panel, signaling a possible Saturday walkout by 450,000 soft coal miners and a risk of halting steel production within two weeks. The board may seek Roosevelt intervention after a formal vote this afternoon.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
UMW
Roosevelt
One Man Army Dude Higgs Fights Japs in China and Burma
American pilot Captain Frank L. Higgs, famed as Dude Higgs, describes his China Burma theater service with the Flying Tigers and China National Aviation Corporation. He ferried evacuees from Hong Kong to Free China, braving shelling and mined runways while loading 20 to 30 extra passengers per flight. He recalls standing at the door with a machine gun, guiding as many as 80 evacuees per trip during Hong Kong operations.
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Lillian Callif
New York
Higgs
Frank L. Higgs
Columbus
Hip
China
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
China National Aviation Corporation
Burma
Dude Higgs
Visib
Les
Generalissimo
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Wendell L. Willkie
Chungking
Canadians Take Part in Japs Raids in Aleutians
Canadian airmen joined U S forces in raids on Kiska Aleutians delivering two of 13 attacks on Monday. Canadian pilots flew American Warhawk fighters as bombers and fighters hit the main camp area damaging runways and buildings. Adjacent strikes hit Bougainville Ballale Vila and Kolombangara bases with fires reported. A mid Atlantic US merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine with survivors landed at New York.
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Washington
U.P
Aleutians
Kiska
Navy
Aleutian
Royal Canadian Air Force
E Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Ballale Island
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Ballale
United States
Mid
Ard
Middle Atlantic
New York
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and region
The forecast notes little temperature change tonight and Thursday morning with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas sees little change tonight except warmer conditions in the Panhandle. New Mexico expects warmer tonight into Thursday with 24 hour highs around 75 and lows near 51.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
War Housing Permit Issued for Amarillo Conversion Plan
The HOLC secured permits for converting historic upstairs 500 1-2 to 504 1-2 Taylor Street into 11 apartments at an estimated 17000 dollars. Additional HOLC permits include 12 rooms at 1712 Polk Street for 6000 dollars and a eight-room duplex at 1223 Polk Street for 2300 dollars. The plan aims to create up to 150 living units in Amarillo as a critical defense area with public or private funding. H. Vandenburg represents HOLC in Amarillo and is called the king bee of the program.
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Amarillo
Taylor Street
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Fifth Avenue
Old Town
HOLC
Polk Street
H. Vandenburg
NHA
Malta-Based Planes Boost Their Bag Past 1000 Mark
Malta based planes boosted the RAF tally to 1,001 enemy aircraft after two Axis planes fell to Spitfires. Fighter bombers attacked the Italian island of Malta and the airfield on Lampedusa.
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Valletta
Malta
RAF
Lam
Pedusa
Amarillo Seeks Over Top in War Bond Drive
Amarillo trails by 403123.75 dollars to reach the Second War Loan goal as of this morning. Potent contributions from Cal Farley and local unions pushed totals toward 5,598,886.25 with 282,870.00 in sales yesterday. leaders include Pendleton 593000 and Carter 561000 while workers pledge to surpass the quota by Friday.
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Amarillo
Cal Farley
Potter County
Uncle Sam
Bob McDonald
Farley
Great West Mill and Elevator
San Jacinto Bus Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 602
Steam Fitters
Joe Pendleton
W. D. “Buck” Carter
Henry Munn
Tom Wingate
Ray Parks
Navy twin engined transport crashes near Oakland
A navy twin engined transport plane crashed into a hill 10 miles east of Oakland airport killing eight of ten aboard and seriously injuring two. The fuselage burned and wings were sheared off as witnesses described the wreckage and scattered bodies over a 60 foot area.
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Oakland
Calif
Carl Bigelow
Oakland Tribune
Bigelow
Stamps in G H and J series extended to May 31
The rationing board notes blue stamps G H and J for processed foods are valid through May 31. In other news the Norwegian government in exile announces the destroyer Eskdale was lost to enemy action.
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London
Eskdale
Taylor predicts no food shortage in coming year
Lieut. Col. Jay Taylor in Amarillo says 99 percent organization will handle farm labor with no shortage now or this year. He outlines migrant labor, volunteer groups, training for 60,000 girls, and pooling of labor and machinery, with county agents directing local efforts.
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Washington
Jay Taylor
Chester Davis
Amarillo
Salt Lake City
New York
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Taylor
Col. Taylor
England
Liberators Hit Rangoon Again in New Air Assault
United States Liberators struck Rangoon Burma damaging warehouses near the central railway station and starting fires in a heavy bombardment announced by an Army Air Forces communique from New Delhi dated April 26.
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New Delhi
India
United States Liberators
Rangoon
Burma
Flying Fortress Crew Survive 66 Day Pacific Ordeal
A nine member U S Air Force Flying Fortress crew survived 66 days after a crash in the South Pacific. They endured a sea drift, island marooning, and hostile encounters before rescue by a navy flying boat from Guadalcanal. Crew included Ruiz Classen Dorwart Gibson Martin Nichols Hunt Turnbull Edwards and an unidentified tenth man.
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Flying Fortress
U. S. Air Force
South Pacific
Richard Stepp
New York City
Guadalcanal
Ernest C Ruiz
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ruiz
Thomas J. Classen
West de Pere
Wis
Robert
J. Dorwart
Seattle
Balfour C. Gibson
Berkeley
Don Martin
Decatur
Ill
W. H. Nichols
Feiser
Ark
James Hunt
Effingham
Corp
R. J. Turnbull
San Antonio
Tex
Theodore Edwards
Youngstown
Ohio
Islands
Soviet Polish Rift Widens In London Appeals
London reports say no early reconciliation appears possible as Poland and Russia remain at odds over the release of the Polish government in exile, refugee appeals, and a request for probe into alleged Smolensk massacre of Polish officers.
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London
U.P
Russia
Smolensk
Kidnap Threat Endangers Governor's Family in Georgia
A man calling himself Leland Harvey, a Tattnall prison escapee, telephoned Mrs. Ellis Arnall, wife of Georgia Governor Arnall, and threatened to kidnap the governor's five year old son Alvin unless a search for him was called off. The call came from Atlanta on April 28 as authorities investigated the threat.
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Atlanta
Leland Harvey
Tattnall
Macon
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Alvin
Miners Walkout Threat Looms as UMW Leaders Stay Silent
The eyes of the coal dispute turn to the War Labor Board as miners’ walkouts swell across states including Western Pennsylvania and Alabama. With John L. Lewis signaling in New York and the UMW silent, a general strike could trigger a Roosevelt appeal or federal intervention before Friday midnight.
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UMW
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
WLB
George W. Taylor
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Irving S. Olds
U. S. Steel Corp
America
Thomas Kenney
Taylor
Imine
War Labor Board
Soldie
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Intrepid
Essex
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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