Bomb Japan Again Rumors Stir Pacific War Outlook
Tokyo warned of another U S bombing raid as Senator Chandler warned the Pacific conflict could stretch for years. Mac Arthur headquarters reported Dutch U S planes hit two Japanese ships in the Arafura Sea while Allied aircraft attacked targets in New Guinea New Ireland and New Britain. British forces under Wavell repelled Japanese infiltration on the Arakan front near the Bay of Bengal.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Washington
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate Military Committee
South Pacific
Pacific
U. S
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Arafura Sea
New Guinea
New Ireland
New Britain
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
Two Days and 300000 Left In Bond Drive
Amarillo and Potter County face a tight finish in the Second War Loan drive to fund Allied forces. Potter County leader Sam Fenberg boosted totals with a 60000 investment plus 10000 via radio. Buck Carter’s team leads the volunteers with 601525.55. Amarillo must raise 309537.75 today and tomorrow to meet the 6002000 goal, as total campaign sales reach 5692462.25.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Frank Scofield
Texas
Sam Fenberg
Pampa
Borger
Uncle Sam
WHO
Des Moines
Iowa
W. D
Buck” Carter
Bob McDonald
Treasury
Cal Farley
Joe Pendleton
W. D. “Buck” Carter
Henry Munn
Tom Wingate
Ray Parks
John Lewis Must Decide By Saturday
President Roosevelt urged soft coal miners to return to work by 10 A M Saturday or risk government actions to protect war production. He warned the strike harms the nation and appealed to John L Lewis and secretary Thomas Kenney to submit the case to the National War Labor Board.
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John Lewis
Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis
Thomas Kenney
National War Labor Board
New York
White House
United States
WLB
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Walter White
Tabor Union law Tested
Kansas City, April 29. Kansas new labor union control law, backed by the Republican majority, faces two federal court tests as union lawyers seek stays. The act licenses union business agents, requires dues and fund reporting, restricts picketing and strikes, with suits by the Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council AFL and United Mine Workers of America. Judge Hopkins to hear petitions today.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas
States District Court
Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council
AFL
United Mine Workers of America
Carries Mail 10 Days With A Broken Leg
Edgefield postman James Hoghland walked five miles daily for ten days with a broken left leg. He kept delivering mail until a doctor confirmed the fracture and he began resting, ending his long strain on the route near Thirty-sixth Avenue South.
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Ger
James Hoghland
Llo
Hoghland
Edgefield
Thirty-sixth Avenue
H. Horne
Chennault and Stilwell Center in Washington
In Washington on April 29 Gen Joseph W Stilwell commander of U S forces in the China Burma India theater and Maj Gen Claire Chennault commander of the 14th air in China held military conferences with the war department officials.
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Washington
Wleut
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
China-Burma-India
Claire Chennault
China
Air
Ttment
North Africa push advances noted in allied communique
The second U S Army corps was announced to have made further progress and gained some important ground as it pushed through the brushy hills of North Tunisia toward Mateur and Bizerte. The 19th French corps in the south reported local gains between the British First and Eighth Armies. Nazi counter attacks began with infantry and 30 tanks at 4 40 P M.
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Tunisia
Mateur
Bizerte
First
Allied pamphlets claim Rommel left Africa and call for surrender
Allied headquarters in North Africa report pamphlets dropped on German troops in Tunisia cite captured documents saying Rommel and his staff left Africa weeks earlier. The leaflets urge surrender at Djebel Bou Anokaz near Medjez el Bab as British and German forces clash in heavy fighting.
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North Africa
Medjez-El-Bab
First Army
United States
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Cooler tonight and Friday with strong winds diminishing Friday. West Texas slightly warmer tonight. New Mexico cooler in the north tonight with little change elsewhere. Temperatures ending 6:30 A M show high 83 and low 59 with noon reading about 80.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bomb Nazi Naval Base Raids Hit Wilhelmshaven Air War Update
Britain’s largest bombers struck the Wilhelmshaven naval base in a night raid as RAF forces mined the Baltic Sea in a bid to hinder Axis offensives. Twenty three RAF bombers were lost, while a German broadcast cited RAF demolitions over East Prussia.
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London
Britain
Wilhelmshaven
East Prussia
Royal Air Force
Baltic Sea
Air Ministry
Red Air Force
Baltic
RAF
Russia
Malmoe
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Brittany
France
England
Strike Strands Cleveland Mass Transit During War Work Walkout
AFL strike shuts down Cleveland mass transit paralyzing streetcars and buses during morning rush. Thousands of war workers hitchhike or walk as mayor pleads drivers to pick up pedestrians. Union demands wage scales of 1.05 to 1.15 dollars per hour for streetcar and bus crews amid a breakdown in talks.
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Cleveland
AFL
City Transit
Frank J. Lausche
Robert P. Patterson
Meany
Red Air Force Hammers German Positions in December Battle
Moscow reports the Red Air Force conducting round the clock heavy raids on German air dromes and supply lines, claiming over 50 German aircraft destroyed in 24 hours, while Berlin radio says Soviet assaults near the Kuban bridgehead and Leningrad failed. German air force reportedly shot down 52 Russian planes.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Berlin
Associated Press
Kuban
Leningrad
Nikolai Akimov
Moscow News
Kerch Strait
British Repel Japanese Attacks on Mayo Ridge
British troops beat back several Japanese probes on the Arakan front in Burma as RAF pilots provided close ground support. A British communique noted a concentrated attack on Japanese positions along Mayo Ridge yesterday.
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New Delhi
India
Arakan
Burma
Mayo Ridge
FDR Ends 20 State War Inspection Trip
President Roosevelt concludes a seventeen day tour surveying war activities in twenty states. He visited eleven army posts four war plants and a marine base and met governors from across the nation. He paused in Monterey Mexico and emphasized training and national service after victory though offering no specific plan.
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Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Roosevelt
Washington
Uo Monterey
Denver
WAAC
President Roosevelt Trains Through Amarillo for 30 Minutes
President Roosevelt’s special train paused 30 minutes at Amarillo’s Fort Worth and Denver station last Friday afternoon. His dog Fala drew a crowd of about 1000 as security kept onlookers back. Officials noted no public appearance, though rumors spread of possible detours to local facilities.
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Roosevelt
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Fala
Corpus Christi
Here
Amarillo Field
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Dumas
Panhandle
Texline
Hereford
Marvin McIntyre
Ellwood Park
Douglas Cornell
Associated Press
Corneil
Washington
McIntyre
Texas
Memphis
Dalhart
Secret Service
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Mediez-El-Bab
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Thomas P. Meany
Sheaffer and Parker Pens
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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