Allied push at Salamaua breaching Japanese defenses
Allied ground troops on a ridge overlooking Salamaua airfield in northeastern New Guinea pressed forward as heavy artillery and air strikes target Japanese positions. The assault, part of the broader Southwest Pacific offensive, aimed to seize the airfield amid fierce counterattacks and fortifications.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Salamaua
Munda
Solomon Islands
Francisco River
Komiatum
Amarillo urged to lead postwar planning and airport rise
The Globe News calls Amarillo to raise 100000 for a citywide postwar planning effort, with a $10000 pledge from the paper. It urges expanding Amarillo Field, securing air transport growth, boosting a veterans hospital, and repurposing Pan-Tex plant for peacetime industry, naming local leaders and urging action.
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Amarillo
United States
Washington
Globe News
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Cunningham
Rex Baxter
Dalhart
Lubbock
Clovis
Roswell
Albuquerque
Amarillo Field
Veterans’ Hospital
Pan-Tex
The
Col. E. A. Simpson
Ed Hardin
Louis Weksler
Italian Government Fears German Pressure On War Withdrawal
Swiss dispatch reports Rome is blocking withdrawal from the war under German pressure. Italian press acknowledges Badoglio aims to pull Italy from conflict while preventing a giant battle on the peninsula between German forces and Anglo-Saxons advancing toward Italy.
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Bern
Badoglio
Chiasso
Rome
Breeze Promises Warm Weather With Refreshing Breezes
The forecast notes continued warmth with light to moderate breezes expected to ease the heat. Yesterday's high reached 94 degrees and the morning low was 68 as scattered rainfall from Saturday night brought varying amounts: Amarillo 1.54 inches, Claude 1.85, White Deer 2.0, Pampa 0.57, Panhandle 0.85, Spearman 0.12, with no further moisture expected.
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Bureau
Amarillo
Adrian
Claude
White Deer
Pampa
Panhandle
Spearman
Kharkov falls to Russians as German retreat unfolds
Soviet and Allied dispatches report Kharkov in Russian hands after a planned German withdrawal. The loss ends a major Nazi position east of the Dnieper, with new Soviet advances near Orel Kursk Belgorod and Bryansk. The Germans claim orderly retreat while Russians say reinforcements rush to the Donets basin.
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London
Kharkov
Russia
DNB
Ukraine
Dnieper
Moscow
Caucasus
Orel
Belgorod
Stalingrad
Overseas Service
Donets Basin
Kuban
Crimea
Moscow Orel
Kursk
Red Army
Spas Demensk
Bryansk
Donets
Sovi
Letin
Weather summary with scattered showers and steady winds
Amarillo and Vicinity report little temperature change with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas similar. New Mexico sees no major temperature shift with scattered light showers in mountains this afternoon or evening. 24 hours ending 6:30 A M high 94 low 68 noon 87. Vv. Repair, repaint and fix up, see John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W. 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Japanese Bombers Sweep Chungking and Wanhsien Attacks
More than 60 Japanese bombers attacked near Chungking and Wanhsien in Szechwan today. Chinese fighters challenged 20 bombers as the capital activated air raid shelters for a two hour alert. The raid signals Chungking’s bombing season opening, amid domestic propaganda motives.
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Chungking
Szechwan Province
Wanhsien
Yangtze River
eeomDiundanine
Sasnan
Canton
Pea Planting Tip Wins $5 for Buck Ellerbee
Buck Ellerbee wins first prize of $5 for a tip about a 4 AM pea planting before rain. Dorothy Marshall wins second prize of $3 for a tip about a diamond ring contest. Mary Stump takes third prize of $2 for tips about a cat losing its tail in a lawn mower. other tip senders are named with addresses.
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Buck Ellerbee
Howard Pugh
Alabama Street
J. L. Powell
North Pierce
Dorothy Marshall
Dorothy
The
Globe News
Mary
Geraldine Settle
Fillmore Street
Burl West
Mississippi Street
J. T. Green
North East
Eighth Avenue
J. M. Kennemer
Parker Street
Marion Barnes
Taylor Street
C. Killian
Jefferson Street
H. W. van Shaw
Tyler Street
Ww. A. Clark
Garfield Street
Charlotte Hargrove
Independence Street
Allied Landing Attempt Reported on Kolombangara Island
Tokyo radio reported Allied forces attempted to land on Kolombangara Island north of New Georgia in the Central Solomons yesterday but were repulsed. The claim notes American forces likely from Munda, with Vella Lavella already captured, as Tokyo’s dispatch cites a Japanese base account.
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Solomons
Kula Gulf
Vella Lavella Island
New Georgia
Salamaua
Tokyo
United Press
Tokyo Radio
Kolombangara Isla
Kolombangara
Vila
Munda
South Pacific
New York
Vella Lavella
Kolomb Gara
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Greenwich) Island
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War Department
John T. Williams
North Wilson Street
C. P. Williams
Lincoln Street
Los Angeles
Clarendon
Goodnight
Houston
Berlin
Associated Press
E. Ge Ditto
Russell Stationery
Minsk
Izyum
Spas Demensi
New Delhi
China
George E. Stratemey
U. S
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