Tanks, Motorized Troops Across Don River Front
German armor and motorized infantry forced across the Don River west of Stalingrad and drive toward the Moscow Stalingrad railroad. Russian forces counter by holding key stretches near Kletskaya and Kotelnikovski, while warnings to defend at all costs echo from frontline commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Don River
Stalingrad
Moscow-Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Kotelnikovski
Volga
North Caucasus
Krasnodar
Red Fleet
Pyatigorsk
Grozny
Corsicana banker Jester named to railroad board
Governor Stevenson appoints Beauford Jester of Corsicana to the railroad commission. The term runs into the next year with the elective term set to begin. Jester will take the oath tomorrow as the Democratic nominee faces a possible contest after Jerry Sadler resigned to join the U S Army and then withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Beauford Jester
Corsicana
Railroad Commission
Jester
Jerry Sadler
U. S. Army
Sadler
Axis raids sink 13 more ships in Caribbean sweep
The Associated Press tally shows 13 more merchantmen sunk by Axis surface and undersea raiders, raising the wartime toll in the west Atlantic to 439. Six Brazilian, four British, one American, one Panamanian and one Swedish vessel destroyed since Aug. 16, with 640 dead and 550 rescued. No U.S. East coast sinkings. 171 ships sunk since Pearl Harbor off that coast. Also reports conscription of Belgium’s 38,000 foreign Jews and Norma Shearer’s late arrival to her wedding in Santa Monica with Martin Arrouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Atlantic
Caribbean
South America
U. S. East Coast
Pearl Harbor
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
O Daniel Wins Texas Senate Nomination In Rural Vote
O'Daniel appears set to win the Democratic senatorial nomination in Texas as rural returns push him past Allred for a first six year term. Early tallies show O'Daniel with about 50.7 percent to Allred's 49.3 amid runoff fighting and questions of Roosevelt policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
W. Lee
Pappy) O'Daniel
U. S. Senate
Texas
O’daniel
James V. Allred
Roosevelt
O'Daniel
Texas Election Bureau
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
Alfred
Election Bureau
Washington
Allred
Hastings
Scrap Metal Drive Set Here Saturday in Amarillo
Local business and army trucks will marshal a four hour scrap rally in Amarillo next Saturday from 4 to 8. Col E C Black offers army trucks and drivers for the city wide collection. C J Fowlston solicits volunteers and urges truck owners and drivers to call Mally Chisholm at Oliver Implement or Robert Condon at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
C. J. Fowlston
Mally Chisholm
Oliver Implement Company
Robert Condon
Vichy Protests U S Raid on Rouen Air Raid
The Vichy government protested to the United States over last Monday's U S Army air forces raid on Rouen. Berlin dispatch says a major battle is expected in Egypt with Rommel receiving war materiel through Tobruk and Matruh as Allies strengthen forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Army Air Forces
Rouen
Stocky LM
U.R
Berlin
Dag Bladet
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Matruh
Former German Officer Sentenced In Diamond Conspiracy Case
Werner von Clemm a 44 year old former German artillery officer was sentenced in federal court to two years imprisonment and a 10000 dollar fine for conspiring to sell Dutch and Belgian diamonds in the United States in violation of President Roosevelt s freezing order of 1940. The Pioneer Import Company headed by von Clemm was fined 10000 dollars. Both penalties were the maximum. Fay Wray and Robert Ruskin married in New York following Ruskin s recent move to a wartime information office job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Werner von Clemm
Roosevelt
von Clemm
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Pioneer Import Company
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued mild temperatures in Amarillo and surrounding areas with intermittent light rain this afternoon. West Texas expects occasional showers and thunderstorms most of the district except Panhandle and South Plains, with little temperature change. New Mexico regions south and west may see showers, occasional heavy local rain near the continental divide, slightly below normal temperatures. Extremes 24 hours ending 6:30 AM show a high of 78 and a low of 61, with noon today at 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Continental Divide
War Blamed For Rising Runaway Teens
Amarillo police blame war pressures for a rise in missing persons reports focused on runaways. Most are teen girls aged 15 to 16 and boys age 13 to 15. Small towns report the bulk as youths head toward army camps or seek independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Police Department
Army
Navy
Army Rejects Human Skeleton as Draftee
Eugene Pape Jr., 23, once billed as the human skeleton in a circus, is deemed underweight by the army and rejected as both draftee and volunteer. He is six feet one inch tall and weighs 83 pounds with a 20 inch waist and disproportionately small limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army
Eugene Pape, Jr
Eugene
Nine Navy fraud indictments target cable firms and officers
The Justice Department announced the indictment of nine companies and six officers for conspiring to defraud the government through more than 50 million dollars in insulated cable sold to the Navy. Indictment returned Aug. 17 in Newark and opened in federal court. Companies named include Rockbestos Products Corp and Arthur G. Newton. General Electric Co. The Okonite Co. Collyer Insulated Wire Co. American Steel and Wire Co. General Cable Co. National Electric Products Corp. Anaconda Wire & Cable Co. Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Navy
Newark
N. J
Federal District Court
Erea
Rockbestos Products Corporation
New Haven
Bayone
National Electric Products Corporation
Pittsburgh
William C. Robinson, Sr
Anaconda Wire & Cable Company
Hastings-on-Hudson
N. Y
W.L. Spracking
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation of
New York
Argentina Grants Brazil Non-Belligerent Status
Informed sources report President Ramon Castillo signed a decree granting Brazil non-belligerent status in its war with Germany and Italy. The move, expected to be published in the official gazette, follows Peru's similar extension and signals a regional push for collective continental defense through permanent consultation among American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Ramon Castillo
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Lima
Peru
British and German naval forces clash in Dover Strait
Gunfire in the Dover Strait at dawn signals a naval engagement between British and German light forces. Heavy guns deployed on the English coast answered by German batteries on the French coast after machine gun and pom-pom fire from warships. Merle Oberon and Al Jolson arrive in Britain to entertain U S troops with other entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Dover Strait
Merle Oberon
Britain
al Jolson
United States
Allen Jenkins
Frank McHugh
Patricia Morrison
Mrs Ed Nelson Wins Globe News Trip Prize
Mrs. Ed Nelson of 2025 Ong Street wins the $5 first prize in the weekly news tip contest. Second prize goes to Atley Alice Foster of Pleasant Valley for reporting a dog indoors. third prize to Mrs. A. L. Foster of 508 North Johnson Street for neighborly mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Nelson
Ong Street
Chinese siege and Japanese base actions near Nan chang
Chinese report battles along the Fu River front claim United States aircraft aided ground forces during a two week siege of the main Japanese base southeast of Nanchang. Japanese force withdrawals along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway were noted as Chinese offensives expanded toward Junshung and Shangjao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linchwan
Fu River
Nanchang
United States Army
Fukien
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chuhsien
Jushang
Junshung
Shangjao
Suichang
Lishui
Chekiang Province
Chinese Central News Agency
Labor Day plea to keep wars plants open
Washington August 24 Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board urged American labor leaders to plan their Labor Day observance so mining, industrial and plant operations critical to the war effort could continue without shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Senate panel backs $300 dependent tax exemption cut
The Senate finance committee tentatively voted 12 to 6 to cut the dependent exemption to 300 dollars from 400 and said the move would raise roughly 220 million dollars in federal revenue, aiding a 6.2716 billion increase in the bill approved by the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Antis
Belgium
Free
Toay
Iwork
Norma Shearer
Santa Monica
Calif
Irving Thalberg
Martin Arrouge
Middle East
Wory
Vichy
Fay Wray
Robert Ruskin
Office of War Information
Argentina
Globe News
Lee Williamson
Box 74
W. B. Tyson
Virginia Street
Thurman Havens
Claude
R. E. Butler
North East
Eighth Avenue
T. B. Rogers
Moore Street
C. E. Harris
North Roosevelt Street
Betty Jo Watson
Kentucky Street
Don Allbright
Buchanan Street
S. E. Ross
Hayden Street
H. Hobdy
West Sixth Avenue
Chilton Wise
Monroe Street
Sarah Peters
Taylor Street
J R. Fowler
North Lincoln Street
Motch
North Virginia Street
Ben Beets
Amarillo Furniture Company
S. S. Beans
North 82Nd Avenue
A. O. Sanders
Florida Street
Chungking
Fuchow
Kiangsi
Bill Childress
Fillmore Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance Repair
John Maynard Lhr. Co
RAF
Boston
Sluiskill
Holland
Croats and Slovenes
Croatia
Vladislaw Brazda
Cersenice
Frantisek Janik
Preroy
Gestapo
Havas
Budapest
Karlovac
Stara Praove
Ministry of Interior
Reuters
Yugoslavia
Rome
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Draja Michailovitch
Russell Stationery Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!