Plans on Japan Focus Plans on Japan
United Press war analysis outlines Allied aims from the Pacific and Indian Ocean fronts. Mountbatten heads a regional command as U.S. and British plans converge toward Burma and Malaya with sea and air operations shaping the two ocean defense of Japan and its empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Asssault
Japan
Pacific
Britain
Indian Ocean
Lord Louis Mountbatten
United States
Aleutians
Australia
India
Ceylon
Burma
China
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Sumatra
Java
Trincomalee
Calcutta
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Gulf of Martaban
Rangoon
Irawaddy
Akyvab
Southwest Pacific
First Concrete Barge Goes Down the Ways
Concrete No. 31 a 5150 ton oil carrying barge launched on Gulf Coast at San Jacinto Shipbuilding in Houston. Mrs. Matthew H. McCloskey sponsored the vessel. Three similar barges expected in weeks, while contract on 16 others was recently cancelled by the U.S. Maritime Commission.
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Houston
U.P
Gulf Coast
San Jacinto Shipbuilding Company
Matthew H. McCloskey
ITI
U.S. Maritime Commission
Late Spray Stops For Bagworms In Amarillo Parks
Chester Fitz, superintendent of city parks, warns it is too late to spray bagworms or tent caterpillars in Amarillo. He notes tents are fleeing ground and burning is the only effective method left this season. He fears trees, especially poplars, may not survive another season if damage continues. Thirty thousand soldiers were killed in the battle of Munda, Spain, in 45 B C.
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Amarillo
Chester Fitz
Mr. Fitz
Highway Leaders Plan Amtrak Meeting? Not Amtrak
Amarillo delegates prepare for a two day highway meet in Denver to back the Alaska to Cape Horn route as the official path linking the Alaska and Pan American Highways. Rex Baxter says members of the highway committee will attend. maps have been sent to many chambers to spark postwar travel benefits. Seven Stockton shipyards are building barges for wartime use.
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Amarillo
Denver
Pearl Harbor
A. B. Davis
Lubbock
Range Riders Set For Benefit Show At Amarillo-Panhandle
The Will Rogers Range Riders plan a large exhibition of riding and horsemanship at the Tri-State Fair Grounds Labor Day to raise funds for the local American Red Cross. Dalby notes 50 riders and over 100 horses expected across 21 classes, with 25 to 30 fine horses likely in competition.
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Dalby
American Red Cross
Will Rogers
Labor Day
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Delbert Dalby
Sunset Stables to Exhibit 21 Classes at Dual Showings
McNichols announced a two-session event featuring 21 classes with Hackney horses in tandem singles and doubles plus Range Riders. Tickets cost 1 dollar for adults 50 cents for men in uniform and for children. Tickets are sold at Maxor Drug Cretney Drug Red Cross office and Southwestern Public Service Company.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
al LE
Cety McNichols
Sunset Stabies
McNichols
Maxor Drug
Cretney Drug
Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
Invasion Price Will Be Great
Sen. Tom Connally said a European invasion is essential and will entail stag gering manpower losses for the Allies. He warned Russia’s wartime role will secure Stalin a seat at the peace table and influence postwar negotiations. The note ends with a stray zoological line about serpents.
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Houston
Europe
America
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Russia
Germany
Stalin
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L.N. Pittman
Opto A Eee
Fe” Quality
Estera
Westcraft
Nic
Pole ST
RLM
Munce
eMeae
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottlina Company
Amarilla
Ford
Viking
Poliwax
Wescote
Davis
Ncan Auto
Guaranteed Auto Parts
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Mercury
Pennsylvania
Penn Motor
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Western Auto Stores
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