Allied Armies Advance Along Italian Front Near Livorno
Allied forces pressed the Italian front from Livorno to Cecina with heavy bombardment and ground advances. The 442nd Combat Team led an assault along the West Coast while Fifth Army reported 40 000 prisoners taken since Salerno and continued captures inland. Cortona and Cecina faced air and ground attacks as British Indian troops secured Monte Acuto and advances reached Umbertide and Gubbio.
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Lake Trasimeno
Eighth Army
Magione
442Nd
34Th Infantry
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Nna
Fifth
Cascla D’elsa
Rome
Siena
Arezzo
Eighth
Marciano
Lucignana
Hermann Goering
Trequanda
Cortona
Tiber Valley
Monte Acuto
Umbertide
Perugia
Gubbio
Rimini
Adriatic
San Severino
Matelica
Osimo
Ancona
Cloudy Day Keeps Amarillo Temperatures Mild
Considerable cloudiness will hold temperatures in the 80s today. The Weather Bureau expects no showers in the Amarillo vicinity, though some may fall in the Panhandle. Stratford received 1.6% inch of moisture yesterday, with Spearman and Hereford reporting light showers and a very light sprinkle at Panhandle points this morning. Read Aunt Nan on the Woman's Page Mon Wed Fri.
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Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Panhandle
Stratford
Spearman
Hereford
Husbands Learn To Take Orders Better After War
Postwar home life attitudes from random respondents include PVT William Dokos of Salt Lake City saying married men aim to return to old routines, Mrs. John A. Tweedy noting no big change, USO director Harold Nichols citing varied tension and faith helping, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker predicting sameness, and Chaplain Paul Shelford urging greater appreciation for home duties after the war.
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Red Cross
William G. Dokos
Salt Lake City
John A. Tweedy
Amarillo Field
Elizabeth Whitaker
Paul Shelford
Bombers Hit Oil Targets and German Air Fields
Up to 500 American heavy bombers from Italy targeted Rumanian oil fields for a second day while a British air force strike hit German air fields in France. The report notes continued Allied aerial offensives during World War II.
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Batler
France
London
Italy
Britain
Russians Push West From Minsk in Large Offensive
German and Finnish reports confirm rapid Russian advances beyond Minsk, Polotsk and Slutsk, with German generals captured as Red Army forces push toward Baltic republic borders and key railway junctions. Prisoner tallies near 100,000 already, while escape routes from Minsk narrow to 51 miles.
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Polotsk
Minsk
Slutsk
Berlin
Karelian
Suomenvedenpohja
Karisalmi
Sia
Massachusetts
Russia
France
Bug River
Red Army
Daugavpils
Dvinsky
Latvia
Kaunas
Lithuania
Bialstok
Old Poland
Daugapils-Wilno- Warsaw
White Russia
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Cherniakhovsky
Rokossovsky
Ivan Bagramian
Matvei Zaharov
Seventeen Year Olds Charged In Victory Alley Burglary
Two 17 year old youths were charged with burglary for entering the Victory Alleys. They were arrested yesterday and bond was set at $1000 each by Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder. One youth bonded out. the other remains in county jail. Sea cancella r Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Sea Cancellar Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Canadian assault at Caen hits Carpiquet strong point
Canadian forces break into Carpiquet as part of a broader British Canadian push on the Caen perimeter. Ross Munro describes a bedlam of fire with Typhoon rockets and German counter blows. American columns reach near La Haye Du Puits and Carentan while Bradley's forces advance in a wide semi circle.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Carpiquet
Caen
U. S
Cherbourg
la Haye du Puits
Montgomery
Brideghead
Munro
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo D'Ourville
Carentan
St. Lo
Allied Air Fleet Leads Heavy Invasion Support Bombing
An aerial force of over 250 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the Eighth Air Force led a large Allied air operation across the channel to strike French airfields. Escorting Mustangs, Lightnings, and Thunderbolts accompanied dawn sorties, with indications of up to 5,000 missions. RAF Mosquitoes attacked Ruhr targets, while night patrols over Normandy claimed several German aircraft shot down.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Channel
France
Germany
Ruhr
Normandy
Second Tactical Air Force
Orleans
Cloyes
Montfort
Paris
Argentan
Eighth
15Th
Balkans
Bucharest
Giurgiu
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness today with partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday. Widely scattered thundershowers expected late Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures not much changed. West Texas shows cloudy skies today tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. New Mexico partly cloudy with isolated showers and storms this afternoon into Wednesday. Highs around 89 and lows near 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
MacArthur advances west in Pacific push toward Philippines
Allied forces report rapid gains in Pacific theater. MacArthur launches amphibious drive to Noemfoor Island near New Guinea, capturing Kamiri after heavy bombardment and minimal Allied losses. Far East airforce raids Palau Yap and other targets as Saipan battle nears its close with Garapan reported to be finally falling.
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Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Kuriles
Noemfoor
Saipan
Bonin Islands
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Noemfoor Island
New Guinea
Philippines
Palau
East Indies
Sixth Army
Kamiri
Biak
Ocean
MacArthur
New
Far Eastern Airforce
Manokwari
Timor
Yap
Wewak
Rabaul Kavieng
Bougainville
Five Killed in Santa Fe Chief Wreck Near Williams
The Santa Fe Chief derailed in northern Arizona near Williams on a curve, killing at least five and injuring 26 to 40. One victim was fireman John H. Edwards of Winslow. film actress Mimi Forsythe was among the injured. Rail officials later revised death toll to five, with possible sixth, as ambulances rushed the wounded to hospitals in Williams, Bellmont, and other points.
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Williams, Ariz
Arizona
John H. Edwards
Winslow
Ariz
Mimi Forsythe
Williams Hospital
Santa Fe
Im & Ditch
A. B. Enderle
Albuquerque
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Pavai
Gulf of
Genoa
Lodi
Ligurian Sea
Corsica
Spezia
Massa
Zapraia
Elbage
Piombinot
Bastia
Adriatic Sea
Tern
Harold Nichols
USO
Russell Stationery Co
Victory Alley
Nile Front
Ross Munro
Nazi ‘International Information Service
Amarillo Globe
Texas
United Press
Meee Eye
SKY Fleet Out
Taance
Blast Bonin Islands
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Chichi Jima
Tokyo
Carolines
Douglas MacArthur
Wise
Sible
Bellmont
Army Ordnance Hospital
Williams
John Maynard Lbr, Co
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