Texan Gallant Crew Fights Off 5 Messerschmitts
Captain Fred W. Dallas of Houston led a doomed Flying Fortress after a direct flak hit at 20 000 feet near Bizerte. Despite gunner wounds and back-to-back bombardier fire, the crew crash landed on a Tunisian mountainside and were rescued by a British patrol.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Fred W. Dallas
Houston
Tex
Kermit K. Beahan
Dallas
Elmer N. Berger
Temple
Oklo
Tunisia
Bizerte
Beahan
Axis Troops Paralyzed as Red Army Drives in Caucasus Crimea
Soviet dispatches report up to 250,000 German troops trapped in a narrow Caucasus coastal strip, while Red Army advances threaten Bataisk and Rostov. British, American, and Japanese reports note ongoing air and naval clashes as Rome and Tokyo claim differing gains amid the Sea of Azov crisis.
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Associated Press
Caucasus
Crimea
Sea of
Azov
Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Rostov
Bataisk
Sea of Azov
British Broadcasting Co
Kerch
Yeisk
London
Kursk
Voroshilovgrad,& Donets Basin
Kharkov
Kupyansk
North Caucasus
Nazis Cross The Volga Report From Pravda
Pravda reported that the German army retreating from Stalingrad was crossing the Volga on drifting ice in long columns. The spies described German forces moving east toward prisoner camps behind the front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Ukraine
Moscow
Pravda
Stalingrad
Volga
Ickes Proposes Nationwide Ban on Pleasure Driving
Petroleum Administrator Ickes said he favored banning pleasure driving across the United States with exceptions for areas in the oil field country and places with no viable alternative transport. A German dispatch reported weapons caches found in Essen attics signaling an anti Nazi movement among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Stockholm
Essen
Farley Expects War End This Year
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Texas legislature that the war could end in 1943 and that the 1944 presidential election might hinge on domestic issues only.
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Austin
James A. Farley
Texas
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas
Mild today with increasing winds and not quite so cold tonight. Panhandle slight warming tonight. New Mexico warmer tonight and Friday morning with north portion warmer this afternoon. Temperature 24 hours ending 6 30 A M high 62 low 24 noon 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Yanks and Tommies Press Tunisian Battle For Djebel Mansour
Allied forces pushed toward the Djebel Mansour height south of Bou Arada as British troops held the position against German troops. American units near Sened tested Axis strength while air forces dominated, striking targets in Tunisia and Sicily and reporting several enemy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Djebel Mansour
Bou Arada
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Sened
Maknassy
Sfax
Tunisian
12Th Air Force
Tunisia
Gabes
Ousseltia
Sicily
Old Paint Straddles Bike in Backyard Mirth
A paint horse named Old Paint knocked over a bicycle in the back yard at 4051 Rio Grande. The horse tripped the bike while nosing the handlebars and rode it a few feet before collapsing it. Neighbors restrained the animal. Charles Elliott retrieved the ruined bike, with tires and chain damaged. Shirley, 4, quipped the horse did pretty good for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Elliott
Chester Elliott
Rio Grande
Charles
Shirley
RAF Blitz Targets Hamburg and Cologne in Major Night Raid
The RAF aimed sixteen bombers at Hamburg in a heavy raid with hundreds of demolition and incendiary bombs. Cologne, a key U boat parts hub, faced a Thunderbolt attack. Hamburg's strike marked the 95th raid on the city and 112th on Cologne. Germany claimed some aircraft losses but reported light damage elsewhere.
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Sicilian
Messina
Palermo
Hamburg
Cologne
Germany
North
Ger
Air Ministry
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Dover Strait
England
Sea Battles In Progress In Solomon Islands Clash
Japanese broadcasts relayed to Chungking claim ten American battleships ten aircraft carriers and twenty cruisers are in the Solomons fight. U S troops report gains on Guadalcanal and Allied air bases attack Rabaul as military secrecy masks sea developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral Sea
Washington
U. S
Tokyo
Santa Isabel Island
Guadalcanal
Rennell Island
Associated Press
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Navy
Chungking
U.P
Free China
the Solomons
Flynn Lawyer Attacks Accuser Stories In Court
Hollywood reports defense attorney Jerry Giesler pressed to discredit Errol Flynn accusers Peggy Satterlee and Betty Hansen. He questioned Hansen's credibility and alleged perjury while detailing Satterlee's claims of a Catalina Island yacht trip and alleged sexual assaults at age 15 aboard Flynn’s yacht.
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Hollywood
O.R
Jerry Giesler
Errol Flynn
Peggy Satterlee
Betty Hansen
Miss Hansen
Giesler
Flynn
Miss Satterlee
Catalina Island
Potter County War Bond and Stamp Quota Sets Record
The current month’s quota for Potter County reaches 400500 dollars, the largest ever assigned for a single month.
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Potter County
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Claude R. Wickard
Russia
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Vozy
Orel
Zolotukhino
See
Dunkirk
Kong
Greenhill
Lowndes Insurance
New
Guinea
Townsville
Australia
Caledonia
Arrow
U.S
Tarawa
Jim Farley
Social Security Record Systems
Bussell Stationery Company
Eighth Army
Afrika Corps
Middle East
Gulf of Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Tripolitania
Tunis-Bizerte
New Guinea
RAF
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