Japanese Appeal Warns Asia to Fight for Existence
Japan's foreign minister Shigemitsu urged East Asia to join a life or death war as Allied pressure crushes Japanese gains in the Pacific. American air raids from the Kuriles to Halmahera hit Halmahera, Boeroe, and surrounding targets while Patton and Nimitz push toward Paris and strategic pockets in France.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Shigemitsu
Asia
Tokyo
Kuriles
Halmahera
Boeroe
Molucca
Philippines
MacArthur
Moluccas
Yap
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Central Pacific
Truk
Carolines
Pagan
Aldmagan
Marianas
Atone
Marshalls
Paramushiro
Nauru Island
Gilberts
Nimitz
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Hunan
Hakkow-Canton
Patriots Fight at Maginot Bel Fort Amid French Resistance
Reported by Algiers radio the Patriots and German forces clash inside Belfort near the Maginot Line as Laval escapes Vichy to establish a Nazi aligned government. Swiss dispatches claim 20 000 to 30 000 German troops move to defend a Rhineland gateway with Maquis reinforcement across southern France.
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George S. Patton
Seine
Mantes
Gaillon
Nort
Elbeuf
Vernon
Channel
Paris
Candian
Seine River Tunnel
Argentan
Chambois
Trun
Meaux
Fontainebleau
Rozoy
Capital
Northwestern Front
Indon
Algiers
Maginot Line
Belfort
Pierre Laval
Vichy
France
Rhineland
Laval
French Army of the Interior
Spanish Pyrennes
FFI
Riviera
Love at First Sight Query Sparks Mixed Reactions
A Pulse Feeler experiment asks random residents if love at first sight exists. Responses vary from definite belief to skepticism with one respondent recommending eyesight tested before trusting such love at first sight.
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Patsy Ruth Russell
North East Second Avenue
W. J. Daley
Dee Moore
Phoebe JO Baker
CY Clemmons
Otha Foster
A. D. Foreman
Patricia Flynn
Texans urge Byrd electors as Roosevelt foe in 1932 race
Two Texans on a statewide network urged Democratic electors to support Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd over Franklin D. Roosevelt. Texas electors said to follow convention instructions while criticising Chicago convention outcomes and arguing for Byrd’s candidacy.
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Tne Associated Press
Roosevelt
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Texas
National Democratic
Las
T. G. Tilford
Nacogdoches
R. A. Stuart
Fort Worth
Byrd
Tilford
Houston
Stuart
Tillford
Tarrant County
America
Chicago
CIO
Dallas News
Blalock
Nelson Decides Not To Leave WPB Post
Washington August 22 Nelson considered resigning as War Production Board chairman after Roosevelt guaranteed his China mission was critical and reconversion policies would stay intact. Roosevelt called rumors unfounded and defended Nelson amid tension with the armed services over peacetime production plans.
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Nelson
WPB
Washington
U.P
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Roosevelt
China
Orient
Red Army advances across Baltic front and Romania drive
Soviet and Romanian reports describe heavy fighting along the Iasi region and a southern push from Targul Frumos to Tighina. German forces retreat from Galati Gap toward Bucharest and Ploesti as Red Army and Polish units press on Riga and Warsaw sectors.
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Falaise
Mantes
Seine
Argentan
U.S. Third Army
Targul-Frumos
Iasi
Tighina
Galati Gap
Bucharest
Ploesti
Riga
Moscow
London
Pravda
Red Army
East Prussia
BBC
Spain
United
Tukums
Jelgava
Siauliai
Warsaw
Bug
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
the Bug
Warsaw- Bialystok
Romania
FCC
Targul- Frumos
Constanta
Sulvia
Scooter Fund Nearly Went Up in Smoke
Bobby Ray Harbin a 12 year old carrier for The Globe saved money to buy a motor scooter. He hid the cash around the house and behind curtains until a stove started smoking and the money burned in a celluloid soap box. He plans to take the damaged ten dollar bill to the bank for replacement.
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Bobby Ray Harbin
West
Third Avenue
Bobby
Globe
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy tonight with considerable cloudiness on Wednesday and afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Notably warmer conditions ease midweek in some areas. Del Rio Eagle Pass and New Mexico regions show afternoon storms, with cooler east portions Wednesday. Highs reach 80 to 100, 24 hour readings include 91 high and 64 low. Appointment books and desk calendars from Russell Stationery.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Weather Bureau Forecast Sees Scattered Showers Tomorrow
The U S Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday’s high reached 91 with a low of 64. Little temperature change is expected this afternoon and tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Red Cross Increases Blood Supply for Overseas Need
The American Red Cross began shipping 1000 pints of whole blood daily to Europe to supplement plasma for treatment of American wounded in England and Normandy.
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Red Cross
New York
England
Normandy
American Red Cross Today
Possible infantile paralysis case in Amarillo
A preliminary diagnosis indicates polio in Amarillo. Five year old Jimmy Meeks Jr of 305 B Mississippi Street is a patient at Northwest Texas Hospital and has been ill two days. His physician said poliomyelitis was indicated this morning. Building materials for repairs seen at John Maynard Lumber Co. 800 W 5th.
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Amarillo
Jimmy Meeks, Jr
Mississippi Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Marshal Petain Arrested by Gestapo at Vichy
Reports from Geneva say Marshal Philippe Petain and aides were seized by Gestapo at the Pare Hotel in Vichy. Petain refused a transfer with Laval and is likely in Germany. observers call the Vichy regime finished as French relations shift to Berlin.
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Marshal Petain
Gestapo
Geneva
Philippe Petain
Pare
Vichy
Petain
Bernard Menestrel
Maquis
Belfort
Germany
Basel National Zeitung
France
Berlin
Allies Destroy 1300 German Tanks in Western France Since D-Day
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced that Allied forces have destroyed or damaged 1300 German tanks in western France since D-Day. The report cites cumulative tank losses across the campaign, highlighting progress by Allied units under General orders.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Toulon Isolated as Allied Drive Reaches Marseille Corridor
Allied forces push toward Marseille from Aix en Provence and Toulon as American spearheads advance west and north. French units seize nearby fortifications while German resistance tightens around Hyeres and coastal defenses.
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St. Julien
Barreme
Basses Alps
Cannes
Marseille
Aix-En-Provence
Alexander M. Patch
Aix-En- Provence
Seventh
Durance
le Puy
Rhone
France
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Orleans-Fontainebleau
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the Marne
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Normandy Bulge
le Treport
Dieppe
Drouen
Evreux
AVAL
Klencon
Nogent
LE Havre
Lorleans
Patriots
Maginot
WLB
Lee Nelson
DNB
Gulf of Riga
Latvia
Estonia
Vistula River
Radom
Scooter
U S. Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery
John Maynard Lbr. Co
5Th
Fof
Provi
Toulon
Rome
Mediterranean
Allied
Marseilles
Aubagne
Italy
Balkans
Ai ~-En-Provence
Grambois
Manosque
Valensole
Lyon
Coudon
Hyeres
Hotel de Golf
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