MacArthur declares Philippines freed after costly campaign
General MacArthur claimed the entire Philippine Islands, 115,600 square miles with 17 million people, have been won back from Japan after 250 days of fighting. He said roughly 420,000 Japanese were slaughtered and Allied casualties totaled 54,891, with bases to be built for future operations.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
16Th
Imperial Division
Bataan
MacArthur
Publisher Savoie Lottinville to Speak on regional press
Savoie Lottinville director of the University of Oklahoma Press speaks at 3 PM Friday July 13 in Room 202 Herring Hotel. The talk covers Southwestern Books and the Regional Press with Panhandle writers invited. The press, a leading regional house, published Laughing Boy Plowman’s Folly Western Words and titles by Haley Hamner and more.
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Southwestern Books
Savoie Lottinville
University of Oklahoma Press
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Lottinville
Oliver LaFarge
Ramon Adams
Dallas
Littlefield
Evetts Haley
Laura V. Hamner
Miss Hamner
Wren Lines Nest With Damaged Letter in Post Box
Strange Post Office notes accompany a damaged letter found in Lisburn Northern Ireland. The note explains a wren used the paper to line a nest, the bird building its nest inside a post box.
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Lisburn
Northern Ireland
Khiva Seeks To Erase Shrine Temple Debt
Khiva Temple 240 Club plans to erase debt by gathering 240 members each contributing 100 dollars. Only 123 members were secured, and 8,000 has been paid on a 24,000 debt leaving 16,000. W S Norman urges contributions to the Mortgage Club and volunteers to continue the drive.
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Khiva Temple
Ross D. Rogers
Shrine
W. S. Norman
Khiva
Amarillo Still Free of Polio Says Health Officer
Dr. David M. Cowgill reports Amarillo has no polio cases and a healthy situation. The nearest polio case is in Lubbock. He notes a rise in summer complaint from overeating, a decline in scarlet fever cases, and two scarlet fever cases still under quarantine.
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Amarillo
David M. Cowgill
Lubbock
Cowgill
Marian Martin Pattern 9247 for Shirrings at Waist
Pattern 9247 creates a slender shirred dress for important afternoons. It offers sizes 34 to 46 with yardage 2% in size 36 and requires 39 inch material. Send twenty cents to Amarillo News Pattern Dept for details and order. The Marian Martin Summer Pattern Book promotes new family apparel with a free nightgown pattern in the book and a fifteen cent copy price.
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Amarillo News
P. O
Station O
New York
N.Y
Marian Martin
McDonald Reaches 2000 Combat Flight Hours
Captain Ernest McDonald, son of Mrs Mae A McDonald of 1119 Polk, reports 2000 combat flying hours in the Pacific and his promotion to flight leader. An AP dispatch from Iwo Jima notes he clipped a high tension line over a Japanese airfield at 356 mph. He earned his senior pilot wings before leaving the United States.
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Ernest McDonald
Mae A. McDonald
Polk
Pacific
Associated Press
Iwo Jima
United States
Beatrice Feldstein Hurt When Cab Horse Rams Manhattan
Friends in Santa Monica report Miss Beatrice Feldstein suffered serious injuries after her cab horse bolted in midtown Manhattan. The accident left her needing medical care and prompted concern from her social circle.
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New York
Beatrice Feldstein
Santa Monica
Cal
Midtown Manhattan
Judge rules on sink stopper negligence suit
In Knoxville Tennessee a circuit court awarded $280 to a plaintiff for damages to a wardrobe after ruling the defendant held exclusive control of the sink stopper and could be negligent for water overflowing walls. The judge stated water faucets do not turn on by themselves and the stopper prevented drainage.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Pvt Dale Hongsermeier Sees Mother's Nameplate in Germany
During the Yanks rapid advance in Germany Pvt Dale W Hongsermeier glimpsed a house with his mother's maiden name on its nameplate. He was shot in the shoulder shortly after. An exchange of letters followed with his parents Mr and Mrs
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Grand Island, Neb
Germany
Dale W. Hongsermeier
BC Headache Relief Ad Claims Quick Action
An old advertisement touts the BC formula for headaches and neuralgia easing quick relief. It markets BC as effective for muscular aches and functional periodic pains and as a sedative for nervousness with 10c and 25c sizes and physicians’ consultation advised if pain persists.
Wounded in Action Report for Grand Island Soldier
William Hongsermeier of Grand Island is wounded in action near his mother’s birthplace, per the wartime casualty update. The communication confirms his status and locality connected to the family home.
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William Hongsermeier
Grand Island
Lucille Shoppe Owner Leaves for New York Buying Trip
Jo Kapelus owner of the Lucille Shoppe departed yesterday for New York on a buying trip and is expected to be away about two weeks.
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Jo Kapelus
Lucille
New York
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Far East
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East Indies
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Mindanao
Army Forces In the
Kor Lovelier Harry
Toa
Laos
Don Tsuler
Mosso
Prblum
Lentheric
Lucien Lelong
D'Orsay
Dubarry
Fred Hansard
Don Yarbro
16Th & van Buren
Glidden Pottery
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the Bull Tire Company
Tyler St. Ph
Tyler ST
Planner
Norman
Globe News
the Bush Drug
Taylor
McDonald
Water CO
H. V. Kaltenborn
America
Reader’s Digest
Keda
Betty Reynolds
Brooklyn
Miss Reynolds
Cretney
Fairbanks-Morse
A. C
Electric Motor Service & Supply CO
W. Sixth
Alstaff
eassTar
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Z. Brewers’ Arts
Falstaff Brewing Corporation
St. Louis
Omaha
New Orleans
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