Mountbatten Forces Advance Westward in Burma Jungle Battle
Allied forces under Adm Lord Mountbatten push west from Maungdaw on the Mayu Peninsula into Burma aiming for Akyab as part of an opening move to clear Arakan for a broader drive. Maungdaw fell after a 15 mile jungle assault across the Naf river.
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London
U.P
Louis Mounbatten
Southeast Asia
Burma
Aungdaw
Arakan
14Th Army
Maungdaw
Mayu
Akyab
Mountbatten
Akyab Island
Asia
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
Singapore
Bengal-Burma
Cox’s Bazar
Mayu Mountains
Buthidaung
Pvt Robert M Wyatt Receives Air Medal in India
Pvt Robert M Wyatt, son of Mrs Esther Wyatt of 1305 East Fourteenth Ave, was awarded the Air Medal from an air base in India. He has served nearly two years and spent the past year at an isolated outpost of the Tenth U S Air Force. The citation notes meritorious achievement for participating in more than 25 operation flights amidst enemy interceptions and attacks.
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Robert M. Wyatt
Esther Wyatt
East Fourteenth Avenue
India
Wyatt
Tenth U.S. Air Force
Amarillo Girls in WAVES Training at Stillwater
Two Amarillo women train with more than a thousand WAVES at Oklahoma A and M shown in Stillwater. Mrs. Winnie Bell and Miss Evelyn Yates, both from Amarillo, expect transfer to Washington D C after 12 weeks. They praise the program and have little time for hobbies while training.
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Stillwater
Okla
Amarillo
Women’s Reserve Training School
Texas
Winnie Lindsey Bell
B.P. Lindsey
South Bivins Street
Floyd H. Bell
Italy
Evelyn Yates
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Miss Yates
Mrs. Bell
Washington, D. C
Hunter College
Bronx
N. Y
West Texas
Blue Bonnet Squadron
Oklahoma
A. & M. Plant
Army
Navy
WAVES
Bell
Yates
Brownsville
Veterans Hospital
Tex Kiersey
Tjaden
Japanese advance repulsed near Akyab
Japanese forces pushed back into Bengal after a failed advance toward Akyab. The attack was repulsed at the village of Dombaik, about 15 miles from Akyab, marking a setback in the offensive.
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Bengal
Dombaik
Akyab
API Dance Is Announced in Pampa Oil Club Event
The American Petroleum Institute will hold its officer installation party and dance at the Southern Club in Pampa on Thursday night after a weather delay. Tickets from the postponed event remain valid and tables can be reserved by calling the Southern Club.
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American Petroleum Institute
Pampa
Divorce Granted After Alleged Abuse and Navy Enlistment
Prentiss Kirk was granted a divorce from Genevieve Ellen Kirk on testimony that she remained away from home nights refusing to explain while he admitted to blacking his eye and joining the navy. The Los Angeles case notes June 12 date and outlines the couple's estrangement and allegations leading to the decree.
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Los Angeles
Prentiss Kirk
Genevieve Ellen Kirk
Navy
Paricutin Volcano Activity Increases After Quake
In Urupan Mexico on January 12 observers report increased activity at Paricutin Volcano. A new crater formed after yesterday's quake and lava spurted from the main crater. Thick ash fell at Patzcuroa a tourist resort about 50 miles east of here.
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Uruapan
Mexico
Patzcurao
Here
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Barbara Gould
Theelin
Lilly
Nimms Beer
API Dance
Salt Lake City
Jesse M Vail
Globe-News
Fine Diamonds
J.T. Russell Jeweler
Allen
Wales
Allen-Wales
War Production Board
Taytor
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Spring
Bargain Hunters
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Pennhey ,O., Inc
D'Orsay
J. M. Hyden
of Optometry
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