Striped and Bombed Wewak Airdromes Assault Witness Report
United Press war correspondence from Harold Guard describes Allied air raid on Wewak Peninsula New Guinea. More than 200 Allied planes attacked under moonlight, destroying about 80 percent of Japanese planes. Liberator crew witnessed heavy strafing and bomb runs with multiple aerial victories against Zeros and fighters, as pilots pressed to extend the advance in the Southwest Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Harold Guard
Wewak
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Ennis Whitehead
Hari Kari
Harvey F. Minor
St. Joseph
Dagna
Robert Emminger
Indianapolis
Ind
Garrett
Middlebrook
Springtown
Tex
William Gay
Miami
Fla
Bud Lackness
Groton
Dagua Strip
Emminger
John Jenner
Milburn D. Estes
Phoenix
Ariz
Gota
Kharkov Front See-saw as German Offensives Face Red Army Hold
German counterattacks with tanks planes and troops meet stiff Soviet defense along the Kharkov front as the Red Army tightens a ring around the city from three sides. Battle reports note German shifts in tactics and tougher fighting in Bryansk and Spas Demensk with broad casualties as both sides press for the initiative.
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Oprov
Ivva
Kharkov
Red Army
Bryansk
Spas Demensk
CBS
Red Star
Karachev
Zhizdra
Plane Crash Kills Phillips Refiner in Borger
Elmer H. Bender 52, Borger Phillips refinery superintendent, was killed when an Aeronca crashed on takeoff at Borger field while taking a flight to Kansas City. George Finger, Borger businessman and former city commissioner, was seriously injured. Finger owned the plane. Bender was pilot. It was the field’s first fatal crash.
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Elmer H. Bender
Phillips
Borger
George Finger
Borger Field
Kansas City
Aeronca
Finger
Bender
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Mr. Bender
Kiger Girl Charged With Father's Murder In Covington
Burlington Ky August 18 Joan Kiger 16 faces formal charge of first degree murder for the slayings of her father Carl C Kiger 49 city commissioner and vice mayor of Covington and her brother Jerry 6 in a Boone County warrant Sheriff Jake Williams cites city ranch loans southern states repair paint and fix up see John Maynard Lumber Co 800 W 5th
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Burlington
U.P
Joan Kiger
Carl C. Kiger
Covington, Ky
Jerry
Jake Williams
Boone County
Roosevelt sanctions policy to enforce WLB rulings
President Roosevelt announced a new policy under the Connally-Smith Anti-Strike Act to penalize unions or employers for failing to obey War Labor Board decisions. Powers include government seizure of plants, withholding war priorities, escrow of union dues, and possible WMC-driven changes to draft deferments or employment privileges. Damaging actions are described as wartime sanctions to ensure compliance.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
WLB
Connally- Smith
White House
William H. Davis
Fred M. Vinson
Davis
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Reprisals in Croatia Executions Reported by Yugoslav Gov’t
London dispatch says sixty Yugoslav peasants were executed by Germans at Kraljevo in reprisal for a bridge bombing and twelve boys from the same town were shot for illegal resistance. John Wheatley’s condition worsened to very low. War bonds appeal rhetoric follows.
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London
Kraljevo
Croatia
John Wheatley
Doves Safe Dove Season Hopes Fade Amid Shell Shortage
Ammunition demand surges in Amarillo after a government allocation of 100 million shotgun shells. Farmers, ranchers, and hunters await distribution details as dove season nears September 1. War Production Board priority favors ranchers and farmers. local dealers expect delayed shipments and limited access. Potter County Ration Board to discuss new rules and gasoline coupon cuts at Friday meeting with Congressman Worley invited.
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War Production Board
Potter County Ration Board
Gene Worley
Potter County Board
Roosevelt and Churchill Inspect Invasion Blueprint
In Quebec on August 18 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill examined a newly drawn blueprint for reopening Europe. Officials indicated their sixth war conference was yielding dividends in a war of nerves against the Axis as reports from Germany and Italy hinted at new peace trial balloons during a packed schedule with war chiefs plotting major actions against the German Army.
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Quebec
U.P
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Europe
Germany
Italy
Unusual Tenant Removal Tactics Highlight Rent Woes
Rent control disputes surface as county attorney reviews cases. A house owner occupied a dwelling overnight to protest an unwanted tenant. In another instance a owner locked tenants inside prompting escape via windows. References include Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance and Ves Blationery Company.
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County Attorney’s Office
Allied guns duel with Axis batteries near Messina
Allied headquarters report a coastal duel with heavy Axis batteries across the Messina Strait as Sicily’s capture completed ahead of schedule with Messina occupied. Allied air forces bombed Italian mainland targets including Battipaglia freight yards Castrovillari and a bridge at Angitola, pursuing retreating German and Italian forces.
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North Africa
Messina Strait
Sicily
Messina
Battipaglia
Naples
Castrovillari
Salerno
Angitola
Allied forces report Sicily campaign casualties and totals
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced the Sicily campaign cost the Axis about 167000 men through the last week, with a final figure near 200000. Allied casualties were about 25000 killed wounded captured or missing in the battle for the island in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
Air power routs Japanese in New Guinea and Solomons
Allied air forces shattered the Japanese in multiple theaters. At Wewak New Guinea about 225 Japanese planes were caught on the ground with 120 destroyed and 1,500 air personnel killed. Bombers dropped 10,000 bombs while Liberators Fortresses Mitchells and Bostons struck four Wewak airfields. Vila on Kolombangara Island and targets near Baikoko harbor were hit as US and Australian forces advance. A transport and cargo ship were attacked near New Ireland.
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Lieut
Everett Eisenberg
Long Island City
N. Y
Wewak
Eisenberg
W. H. Kerner
Rochester
Whittle
New Guinea
Salamaua
Nipponese
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley Mountains
Solomons
Japan
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Vila Now
Vella Lavella Island
Kula Gulf
New Georgia
Baikoko Harbor
Baanga Island
Mund
Darwin
Australia
Tt Aroe Islands
New Ireland
Axis retreat broadside reported with Tunisian and Italian hits
A Rome broadcast cited by the Associated Press said Axis forces and wounded troops were ferried as part of a larger retreat. It noted fires of great dimensions at Bizerte harbor Tunisia and torpedoed cruiser near Cape Passero with other vessels damaged. RAF raids on Milan killed 193 and injured 1,096, while Best estimates placed Axis prisoners in Sicily at about 140,000, nearly a third fewer than Cap Bon captures.
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Associated Press
Rome
Bizerte
Tunisia
Cape Passero
Cap Bon
Castrovillari
Salerno
Naples
Pascoe Son Reports From Jap Prison Camp
Cpl. Raymond A. Pascoe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W A Pascoe of 1908 East Ninth Avenue, sent a postcard from a Japanese prison hospital stating he is in poor health but improving. He had been missing since May 1942 and reported a Japanese prisoner in May 1943.
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Cpl
Raymond A. Pascoe
W A. Pascoe
East Ninth Avenue
Cpl. Pascoe
Pearl Harbor
Goering's Wife Arrives at Basle Station for Consulate Visit
Reichs marshal Hermann Goering's wife reached Basle central station and was driven by car to the German consulate today marking a notable wartime diplomatic moment in Switzerland.
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Goering
Switzerland
Zurich
U.P
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Basle
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast notes little temperature change with light to moderate winds in Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas. New Mexico expects scattered showers and thunderstorms in the west and north this afternoon and night, with warmer readings in the east. The 24 hour period ended 6 30 A M shows a high of 81 and a low of 60 with precipitation of .05 inch.
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Bureau
English Field
Panhandle
Canadian River
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Damage in French Fields and Allied Bombing Campaigns
Allied air forces pounded airfields near Marseille 25 miles northwest with heavy damage and fires. Bombers and fighters in Sicily struck targets across southern Italy including Castrovillari Battapaglia and Naples rail hubs. Nine enemy aircraft were destroyed while Allied losses reached nine planes.
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Marseille
Sicily
Allied Air Offensive Deepens War Footprint Across Europe
Forty-one bombers and one fighter were reported missing from night operations that hit Peenemunde and Berlin along with attacks on northwest Germany France and the Low Countries. Daylight raids by American Flying Fortresses targeted key factories at Schweinfurt Regensburg and Peenemunde signaling a bold shuttle bombing route to North Africa. RAF forces joined in with night and day strikes on northern Italian cities and German targets while German raiders struck eastern England.
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Peenemaende
Berlin
Germany
France
Low Countries
Britain
Peenemuende
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Nuerniberg
Strait of Dover
East Anglia
England
Eighth Air Force
Munich
Messerschmitt
North Africa
Frankfurt
U. S
Belgium
Hland
le Bourget
Paris
Byras Sud
Poix Uiing
Darline
Calais
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Ranar Tar Tad Mist
Gibraltar
Madrid
la Linea
Atlantic
Ranch Loans
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
RAF
Burma
New Delhi
Irrawaddy
Mayu
Kaladan
Kywegu
Kanhla
Akyab
Churchill
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Social Security Record Systems
Ves Blationery Company
Island
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Borum
W. A. Pascoes
Son
Stockholm
Sweden
Strait of
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Istre
le Tube
Salon
Bizer
Adde
Lincoln
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