Sea Battle Report Emphasizes Naval Struggle Near Solomons
Reports from MacArthur's headquarters describe intense naval actions off the Solomon Islands and northeast Australia as U S and Allied ships contest control of sea lanes. Analysts warn of conflicting accounts while highlighting the strategic aim to reinforce Solomon forces and pressure Ra Baul.
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Harrison Salisbury
Solomon Islands
U. S
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Rabaul
London
London Evening Star
the Star
New Zealand
Auckland
U S Fighters Boost Chinese Morale in China Air War
American fighter pilots in China, under Col. Robert L. Scott, provide interception observation and dive bombing, lifting Chinese morale and inspiring officers to push offensives against Japanese bases. British and American leaders discuss bomber roles in Europe and potential transfers to RAF coastal command.
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Karl Eskelund
U. S. Army Air Force
China
Hengyang
Robert L. Scott
Macon
U.S
United Press Today
Scott
Flying Tigers
Claire L. Chennault
Chennault
The
United Press
Chenault
Plains Fetes Navy Fliers at Panhandle Banquet
The Texas Plainsmen Navy Air Squadron arrives hourly as 400 reservations near full for a chamber banquet in the Crystal Ball room of the Herring Hotel. The Plainsmen prepare to depart after a send off for University of Georgia flight training.
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Texas Plainsmen
Navy Air Squadron m
Chamber of Commerce
Crystal
Herring Hotel
University of Georgia
Meat rationing discussed as US possibility
Chicago August 17 meat administrator Roy F Hendrickson told the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers that meat less days and rationing are a probability to distribute supplies fairly amid a regional shortage. He cited billions of pounds shipped to army and Allies and warned of a 3 000 000 000 pound civilian shortfall at ceiling prices.
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Chicago
U.R
United States
Roy F. Hendrickson
Agricultural Marketing Administration
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Hendrickson
Texas Plainsmen Banquet Reaches 400th Reservation
Rex Baxter, manager, announced the 400th reservation for the Texas Plainsmen banquet and urged all attendees to call the chamber of commerce or use telephone 5238 for ticket hold. Those without reservations are asked to attend Fort Worth & Denver station tonight at 10 to bid farewell to the Sky-Busters unit heading to the Panhandle.
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Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth & Denver
Skybusters saluted as West Texas fans bid farewell tonight
The Skybusters squadron to be mustered tonight in a gala West Texas event. Naval officers say training will be as a unit and they may fight together after graduation. The program includes music, floor acts, radio broadcasts, insignia presentation, a squadron song selection, and a chef’s dinner at the Herring Hotel. Harold Bugbee and Pinky Price of Clarendon design insignia and Texas Plainsmen station.
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Texas
Herring Hotel
Harold Bugbee
Clarendon
The
Globe News
Pinky’ Price
Skybusters
Churchill Stalin Conferenced in Moscow to Review War
British Prime Minister Churchill and his Anglo American party visited Moscow in three B 24 bombers arriving August 12 and departing yesterday. Communiques say talks reaffirmed allied unity and decisions on war against Hitler and his regime. Churchill met Stalin at the Kremlin for multiple hours with Molotov and other officials present.
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London
Churchill
Russia
Great Britain
United States
U. S
Britain
Europe
Molotov
Washington
Churchill Party
Soviet Union
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Russell P. Maxwell
Middle East
W. Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Kremlin
Stalin
Nazi Drive Flares Into Full Flame
German forces push a fresh assault toward Stalingrad in the Don Bend while Russians retreat from Maikop oil fields toward Grozny. Berlin reports heavy Soviet attacks along the 1800 mile front with German and Allied troops holding the Don Bend and advancing along the Kuban and Caucasus coast.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Maikop
Grozny
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Caspian
Mineralnye Vody
Russia
Berlin
United Press
New York
High Command Today
Don Basin
Vyazma
Rzhev
Leningrad
Lower
Kuban River
Caucasus Mountains
Black Sea
Investigation finds no black market in steel linked to Higgins
United States War Production Board says Higgins Industries shows no evidence of war material diversion. Some steel warehouses may have violated quota rules and deliveries were sometimes above OPA price ceilings or shifted to obtain premiums. Office of Price Administration probes ongoing.
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Washington
Higgins Industries, Inc
New Orleans
England
War Production Board
Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins
WPB
Higgins Company
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Greek patriots on Crete misread invasion drills
Reports from exile Greek government say patriots on Crete mistook German parachute practice for a British invasion and tried to seize Canada airdrome. Three hundred were arrested and an undisclosed number were shot.
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London
Crete
Canada
Texas Senate Runoff Campaigns Near Final Push
In Texas the U S Senate runoff narrows to a final five day sprint as W Lee O Daniel and James V Allred schedule 65 addresses. Allred lands two Fort Worth radio talks while O Daniel expands into South Texas with stops in Hallettsville Yoakum Edna El Campo and Wharton. Both men frame the race around Roosevelt and cotton prices with claims on war support and farmer relief. Additionally 104 Texans swore in to the Marine Corps in Houston as recruitment steps up across the state.
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Associated Press
U. S. Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Allred
O'Daniel
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Mineral Wells
O’daniel
South Texas
Halletsville
Yoakum
Edna
el Campo
Wharton
Roosevelt
Senate
Yesman
Houston
Marine Corps
John D. O'Leary
Atlanta
Texas
Nazi Controlled Industrial Machine Threat Seen By Foreign Policy Group
The Foreign Policy Association warned that a German victory over Soviet Russia would create a Nazi controlled industrial machine dominating world trade and isolating the United States, risking totalitarian rule. It urged a military victory by the United Nations, noting the price of victory is high but cheaper than losing.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
United States
Foreign Policy Association
United Nations
Europe
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
The forecast shows slightly higher afternoon temperatures with little change tonight across Amarillo and surrounding areas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through tonight in West Texas including Big Bend and the Del Rio Eagle Pass area, with warmer conditions this afternoon in the Panhandle. New Mexico shows similar afternoon and evening temperatures with widely scattered thundershowers in higher elevations. The 24 hour temperature extremes were a minimum of 57 and a maximum of 17, with noon today at 73.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
Big Bend
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
Panhandle
New Mexico
News Tip Prize Winners Named in Fort Worth Area Contest
Mrs. W B Ratliff of Canyon wins $5 first prize for a tip about the Fort Worth and Denver freight train wreck at Cliffside. Second prize goes to Mrs Co W Barnes for tipping the tooth pulling at her home. Third prize to Mrs D S Jackson for tip about the Gulf Coast blimp base using Amarillo helium.
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W. B. Ratliff
Canyon
D. S. Jackson
Jackson Street
Gulf Coast
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