Nazis boast mystery weapon will win war
London reports from Aug 30 say Germany aims to use poison gas on a mass scale and boasts of a new mystery weapon that could end the war within six months. Berlin headlines promise near victory, while observers call the claims propaganda linked to V-2 expectations and robot bombs.
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William R. Higginbotham
London
U.P
Germany
London Daily Mail
Hitler
Daily Mail
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Joachim Fernau
Waffen Elite Guards
Fernau
France
Downhill to Belgium The Amarillo Globe War Front Push
Allied tanks and infantry smash through the Aisne and Marne valleys as American, British, Canadian forces widen bridgeheads along the Seine and drive toward Amiens. German resistance collapses in the south as Montelimar and Briancon area battles uncork prisoners and high ranking captures.
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Germany
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Aisne
Marne
Seine
Paris
Rouen
Beauvais
Amiens
London
Neufmarche
Rhone
France
Marseilles
Montelimar
Otto Richter
Russia
Ruhfus
Toulon
Valence
Seventh Army
Bagnols
Avignon
Italy
Briancon
Hull Opposes Peace Talks While Hitler Escape Risk Grows
Secretary of State Hull said Germany seeks negotiated peace but Allied demand for unconditional surrender stands. He warned Hitler and aides may flee to neutral countries and noted U.S. and British cautions to neutrals against providing refuge. Hull said the government is addressing the escape problem.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Russians push in Balkans as Germans retreat on Black Sea
Moscow reports German forces fleeing from their last Balkan holds as Soviet units near Constanta and Ploesti strike through Wallachia. Red Army advances threaten Bucharest while Bulgaria faces potential defection. warships patrol the Black Sea as German influence in the region crumbles.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constanta
Romania
Bucharest- Ploesti
Reich
Baltic
Bulgarian
Dobrudja
Greece
Macedonia
Balkan Peninsula
Pulses Ask Their Ideas Of Ladies
Pulse Feeler surveys random people to define what a lady is. Respondents describe a lady as polished with manners, honest and virtuous, well dressed, refined, tactful, and properly brought up in a normal home.
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L. B. Pinkerton
C. T. McCartney
H. E. Ham
Indianapolis
Paris Sees First New American Films Since 1940
Paris movie goers await the first new American films since 1940. Thousands watched older titles repeatedly amid a German-operated Meeters scene as the industry tentatively resumes activity.
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Paris
Testimony Ended In Trial of Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas trial for murder in the Roy Hunt death ended after judge sustained defense objections to 6 year old Jo Ann Hunt testifying. Prosecution rested after 21 witnesses. defense rested without presenting evidence. The case proceeds to the jury for final verdict.
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Thomas
Tex Keirsey
Plainview
Jim Thomas
64Th District Court
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
C. D. Russell
Little Jo Ann Hunt
A. L. Bochardt
Vernon
Russell
Fred
F. W Janes
Olton
Jo Ann
Jane
Dr. Bochardt
Curtis Douglass
George McCarthy
Charles Clements
Douglass
West Texas
Allied Air Offensive Presses German Ports and Cities
Large formations of American and British bombers hit Kiel Bremen Stettin and Konigsberg while Mosquitos targeted Berlin and Hamburg. Over 1 000 heavy bombers and 1 500 tons of explosives attacked northern France and Baltic ports in direct support of Russian armies on the eastern front.
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London
Kiel
Bremen
France
Baltic
Stettin
Konigsberg
Berlin
Hamburg
Pas de Calais
Konigberg
Germany
Air Ministry
Rains Widespread Across Panhandle and Texas Cities
Rain totals from a quarter inch to over 1.2 inches covered much of the Panhandle with heavy totals in Panhandle 1.23 inches and Clarendon 1.03. Other readings included Amarillo 0.68, Lubbock 0.68, and Wichita Falls 1.53 inches. Cooler weather was forecast locally with mid 80s expected tomorrow as flood warnings persisted along the Rio Grande region.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Clarendon
Hamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Pampa
Follett
Claude
Adrian
Hereford
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Dumas
South Plains
Dimmitt
Lubbock
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Rio Grande
Red Cross
Mission
Fredericksburg
Port Arthur
Galveston
Lufkin
Palestine
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
San Antonio
Austin
Waco
Brady
Fort Worth
Dallas
del Rio
Wichita Falls
Quanah
Laredo
Houston
Pravda accuses Turkey of harboring Nazi spies
Pravda, the semi official Soviet paper, accuses Turkey of sheltering German spies and calls the break with the Nazis a friendly rupture. It notes German attaches remain in Ankara twenty days after their planned departure as Soviet troops near the Dardanelles. Porquerolles surrender reported by Navy Secretary Forrestal as Omaha lands in southern France.
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Wallachia
Pvince
Ploesti
Buzua
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
Pravda
Turkey
Moscow
Pravda Today
Dardanelles
Ankara
Porquerolles
Washington
Porquerrles
United States
Omaha
France
Navy
Forrestal
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Thursday with continued cool tonight and warmer Thursday afternoon. West Texas fair this afternoon tonight and Thursday with scattered showers Del Rio Eagle Pass area this afternoon and tonight and cooler in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers mostly over mountains this afternoon. fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler today and in south portion tonight, warmer Thursday. High today 75 to 85. High 24 hours ending 6:30 AM 91, low 58, noon 68, precipitation .68.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Amarillo Leading in Non-Durable Goods Sales Gain
Amarillo retailers led Texas cities with an 18 percent rise in non durable goods sales last month, outpacing the state's 10 percent gain across 914 stores. Houston and Waco each up 13 percent, Dallas 12 percent, San Antonio 10 percent, Corpus Christi 2 percent. Fort Worth declined.
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Amarillo
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Houston
Waco
Dallas
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
John Maynard Lbr. Co
May Plead Insanity in Former Grocer Slaying Trial
O. M. Redding may plead insanity as defense in the murder case. Jury panel questions on insanity defense were used by H. H. Cooper's defense. Four jurors named, with W. G. Henderson, a dry cleaner, seated this morning.
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O. M. Redding
H. H. Cooper
W. G. Henderson
Henderson
A. H. Muncy
Millard P. Brown
Bob Bellamy
Finis O. Scott
Henry 8. Bishop
47Th District Court
Scott
Push at Italian Front Drives Germans From Last Hills
British and Polish forces smash through veteran German parachute troops on the Gothic Line near the Adriatic and press toward the Po Valley rim. The Eighth Army drove the first parachute division from a ridge above the Foglia River after crossing the Arzilla, while coast forces and Poles push two miles beyond Fano.
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Rhone
Montelimar
Loriol
Drome
Grane
Allex
Rome
Eighth Army
Cassino
Foglia River
Arzilla
Fano
Burglars Steal Sugar and Ham at Dutch Mill Cafe
Burglars conducted a systematic search of the Dutch Mill Cafe at 3403 West Sixth Avenue last night. They removed sugar from bowls, emptied a cash register, and took food valued at about $50 including a whole ham, leaving some eggs and canned goods. Access was gained through a window.
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West Sixth Avenue
Witnesses describe Majdanek horrors and mass killings
A Polish Russian committee reports Majdanek concentration camp housed over 1.5 million killed in gas chambers and crematoria. Witnesses recount gas chamber design, cremation pits, and horrific executions, with details of scarce records and looted inventories dated 1943.
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Arthur Inkpin Lublin
Poland
Majdanek
Lublin
Tadeus Budzin
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Globe
Amarillo Texas
Associated Press
Laon
Reims
Loon
Chalons sur-Marne
Rhineland
St. Dizier
Vitry-Le-Francois
Upper
U. S. Third Army
19Th
Channel
Troyes
Robomb
Rhone Valley
Cherbourg
Bologne
Bourges
Argentina
Spain
Roosevelt
Slovakia
Central Europe
Red Army
Red__ Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I Tolbukhin
R. A. Swenson
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Lee Thomas
Weather Bureau
W. Shaw - Walker
Russell Stationery Company
May
Redding
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