Chine drives back Japanese at Hengyang in major victory
Amid global war updates, Chinese forces lift siege of Hengyang driving 25 miles northeast. Reported advances threaten Canton railway hubs as Saipan and Noemfoor battles unfold. Roosevelt cautions Japan’s strategic position weakening while U S air superiority aids Chinese relief.
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China
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Tokyo
Saipan
Southwest Pacific
India
Roosevelt
Japan
Chungking
Canton
Peiping
Leiyang
Who'll Walk Down Berlin's Streets First
Mrs. M A Palmateer of 705 South Cleveland Street wins today's Pulse Feeler dollar about who will be first to march in Berlin. Amarillo readers name Russians first or Americans second with varied quotes from Barfield Stubbs Graham and others.
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Berlin
M. A. Palmateer
Cleveland Street
Amarillo
Bourdon Rea Barfield
Grady Stubbs
IRS
Joe Graham
PFC
Ray Tammenbaum
Cleveland
Percy Blackburn
Air Forces Strike German Targets in Coordinated Invasion Raid
About 2 000 U S planes attacked seven German plants near Leipzig destroying 75 or more fighters amid the greatest air battle since D Day. Italy based bombers crossed Czechoslovakia to hit an oil plant near Breslau. British forces faced strong German interceptors. Wendell Keller’s group downed 18 aircraft, drawing fire from 20 Messerschmitt 410 fighters. Squadron Leader John Landers claimed three wins.
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London
U. S
Leipzig
Germany
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Breslau
Yugoslavia
Austria
Silesia
Oder
Zagreb
Reich
Britain
Ghtning
Wendell Keller
Lexington
RAF
John Landers
Joshua, Tex
Eighth Army Air Force Claims 75 German Planes Destroyed
London July 7 report says Eighth Army Air Force fighters destroyed 75 enemy planes in combat over Germany today, in an official announcement.
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London
Eighth Army Air Force
Germany
Allied bombers strike Sasebo Naval Base in Japan
Washington reports a second raid by American Superfortresses on the Japanese mainland hitting the Sasebo naval base west of Yawata. The attack follows the June 15 strike on Yawata and references the 1942 Doolittle raid as historical context.
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Washington
Sasebo
Yawata
Kyushu
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Robot Bombs Break Through London Skies Again
German robot bombs resumed daylight attacks in southern England including the London area amid an air alert. About 800 London children were to evacuate to Blackpool as shelters overflow and new deep shelters will open to house thousands in the coming week.
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London
England
Greater London
France
Blackpool
Air Ministry
New Havens
Fox Joins Family After Baseboard Mystery
In a Johnson Street home, R S Warren and spouse heard scratching for two days. They found a hungry fox in the front wall, fed it back to health, and kept it as part of the family. Warren contemplates turning the venture into a business if similar animals persist.
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R. S. Warren
Johnson Street
Warrens
Mr. Warren
Mrs. Warren
Fox
Bradley men in new push across Normandy
Allied forces report progress after a slower than expected start in France. General Omar Bradley leads dawn assaults across the Vire River toward Airel, while officials acknowledge heavy German resistance and June weather hampering air and unloading efforts.
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Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Vire
Airel
Nazis Admit Big Reverses On Eastern Front
Berlin and Moscow reports confirm major German reverses along the 350 mile eastern front as the Red Army strikes west from newly captured Kowel toward Wilno and Raz- AWA A weed noe VALANOWICZE. Soviet forces drive toward Baranowicze as fighting spreads around Kowel Luck and Tarnopol with heavy artillery and armored assaults.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Kowel
Wilno
Raz
Valanowiczee
Red Army
Lithuania
Baranowicze
East Prussia
Old Poland
DNB
Luck
Tarnopol
Bug River
Poland
Moscow
DNE
Allied Advances Hold In Italy Amid Stiff Street Battles
The Eighth Army and Fifth Army pressed through central Italy with gains near Montecatini and Castelli na, while German defenses along the Gothic Line slowed progress. Allied forces reported tanks and infantry pushing toward strategic high ground near Arezzo and Monte Ligano, with heavy shelling and localized counterattacks.
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Fifth Army
Rosignano
Castellina
Colle di Val D’elsa
Montecatini
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Florence
Albert Kesselring
Appenines
Oliver Leese
Monte Lignano
Tiber Valley
Eighth
Umbertide
Montone
Gualdo Tadino
Adriatic
Numana
Osimo
Ancona
Son-Killer Must Die in Pittsfield Court
John F. Noxon Jr a 47 year old lawyer was sentenced to death by electric chair for the electrocution of his six month old son Lawrence on Sept 22 Judge Abraham E Pinanski imposed the sentence after the defendant claimed innocence and appealed to the court The execution was stayed pending further action.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
Lawrence
Abraham E. Pinanski
Noxon
Pinanski
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The bulletin notes scattered daytime clouds in Amarillo and vicinity with clear skies at night through Sunday, little temperature change. West Texas expects partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and Saturday with fair tonight. New Mexico sees scattered thunder showers in the west portion this afternoon and early tonight, over the mountains Saturday, with temperatures near 92 high, 70 low.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Repatriation Talks On Sick and Wounded POWs
Senator Thomas says discussions with Tokyo, via the Swiss government, are under way on repatriating sick and wounded American prisoners held by Japan. He notes Japan has refused to repatriate military prisoners or non military workers on Guam and Wake. Thomas cites a State Department letter counting 19,919 American POWs and 5,543 civilians held by Japan as of late May.
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Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Thomas
Utah
Guam
Wake
Senate
Hull
International Red Cross
Grain Loan Boost Expected for Wheat Prices
The War Food Administration is set to announce a late today increase in the national average loan rate for wheat by about seven cents to roughly $1.35 a bushel. The move raises the loan rate from 85 to 90 percent of parity, lifting it toward $1.50 a bushel, to bolster sagging market prices for the 1944 crop.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Amarillo Nears Bond Drive Goal in Fifth War Loan
Amarillo races to a $6,585,000 wire in the Fifth War Loan E bonds drive as $929,567.90 was raised yesterday. Plains Creamery and radio station KFDA each contributed large sums while the Chin Up Girl contest looms as a booster. Amarillo Life Underwriters push an eleventh hour effort to hit the quota with tomorrow’s close.
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Way Post
Plains Creamery
KFDA
Amarillo
Amarillo Life
Olive Eakle
Deb-Ette Club
Peggy Gibson
Bennie Mays
Aileen Byrd
The
Red Cross
Elizabeth Whitaker
Lions Club
Hisenberg
American Legion
Warn Beer Dealers on New Price Regulations
Potter County beer dealers are warned that prices under the new beer regulation do not take effect until July 31, 1944. Dealers may not raise prices without classification by the War Price and Rationing Board. Applications for classification are at Room 311, courthouse. No price increase on July 31 without board approval.
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Potter County
War Price and Rationing Board
Water Use in Amarillo Stays Below Last Year Peak
Water consumption in Amarillo is rising but no peak has been set this season. N V Moss, superintendent, says no water rationing is anticipated. The largest pumpage to date is 14 million gallons, two million less than last year’s record.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Labor leaders back civilian goods push in WPB clash
The two labor vice chairmen of the War Production Board urged immediate civilian goods manufacture where available, citing unemployment from munitions cuts. They side with WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson against Army and Navy objections to reconversion and civilian aluminum use. Military quarters warn the plan could undermine nationwide hiring controls and expanded military programs.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPBK
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Nelson
Absentee Balloting Seen Light in First Democratic Primary
County Clerk Hubert Cole predicts a light turnout in the First Democratic Primary on July 22 due to sparse absentee voting. By noon only 29 local ballots cast, 81 mailed to service members and residents outside the county. One clerk handles absentee voting this year. two years ago staff aided the process. The first ballot to arrive may be from Staff Sgt. L. T. Leary US Marines stationed at De Ellio & in California.
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Hubert Cole
Armed Services
Cas
Cole
L. T. Leary
de Ellio
California
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FDR
Associated Press
U.S
Rembert James
Pacific
Big Top
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Baily Circus
V.,. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Ae Pte
Looseleaf Price Books
Russell Stationery Company
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Expeditionary Force
Ger
Mans
St. Lo
Reds
Russell Stationery Co
Aunt Nan
Meznano
Livorno
Cans
Cassino
Germ
Volterra
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. Sth
Bond
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