West Bank of the Don Littered With Wrecked Nazi Tanks
German offensive drives toward the Don River front met fierce Russian resistance as tanks and air battles raged on both banks. Soviet air forces claimed 60 German tanks destroyed while enemy reinforcements and pontoon bridges were targeted. Red Star reported heavy losses and advancing Germans near Svoboda and Voronezh with wrecked units strewn along the west bank.
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Moscow
Don River
Don
Vorodezh
Svobda
Red Star
Voronezh
Star
Oskil
Kalinin
Red Army
Svoboda
Russia
Stary Oskol
Here
Moscow- Rostov
Kuibyshev and
Don Basin
U S Pilots Down 8 Enemy Planes In Action Over China
U S Army Air Force interceptors claim five Japanese planes shot down with three more probably lost as raiders attacked an American base near Hankow. Reports also note Allied forces destroying Japanese aircraft and repelling maneuvers in Kiangsi and Shansi regions, with extensive fires at Hankow docks and continued Allied air activity along the Kan River corridor.
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Chungking
U. S. Army Air Force
U.S. Army Air Force
Yuhua
Kan River
Kiangsi
Hankow
Yangtze River
Canton
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yunus Mountain
Kan
Kiangsi- Hunan
Nanchang
Poyang
Lake
Povang
Central
Henghang
Yinhang
Shansi
Fighter Bombers Strike Axis in Western Desert Action
British fighter bombers attacked Axis columns and landing grounds in the western desert near El Daba and 70 miles west of Alexandria. A night ground raid reportedly killed and captured some enemy personnel while destroying German cannon. Rommel’s line is being pressured as air and ground actions continue with losses claimed on both sides.
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Egypt
Cairo
Western
Desert
Alexandria
Erwin Rommel
el Daba
Notice: local man drafted class 1 A during war
Wearied by questions, R W Byron published in Crosbyton Review that he has been put in class 1-A and will leave when his uncle calls him. The advertisement aims to reassure readers about his and his uncle's business during wartime.
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Crosbyton
R. W. Byron
Bond Blitz in Final Attack in Amarillo War Bond Drive
Amarillo prepares for a citywide retail bond drive with a final attack to top War Bond and Stamp sales. Volunteers coordinate tabulations for semi final results, with a Victory Dance and $100 bonds awarded to the top Commando and top woman Commando.
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Amarillo
Taylor Street
High Command
Paul V. Alexander
Commandos
Gordon Morrison
Mason King
Southwest Public Service Company
Amarillo Gas Company
Com
El Boat Sunk near Brazilian coast by German submarine
El Boat Sunk. Juter Captain Soetera de Oliveira, arriving after his ship was torpedoed off the north coast of Fravil May 18, says a U S warship sank a German submarine off the Brazilian bulges. He claims the torpedoing came from a fifth column submarine targeting No 2 loaded with explosives, and a Spanish radio message prior to the attack suggested the submarine’s position.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Juter
U.S
Soetera de Oliveira
Fravil
United States
Oliveira
Lurid tale of 11 year old with two soldiers in Midwest
An 11 year old girl from Hesper Iowa says two soldiers Lt Elmer Kuske and Pvt David Westman abducted her during a week long hold up tour of the Midwest. She described being attacked in a car and her resolve to see them hang. Police report the men confessed to multiple holdups and car thefts and were arrested after a stolen Fort Collins vehicle was found.
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Denver
Tn May
Midwest
Margaret Rollie
Hesper
Elmer F. Kuske
Lakewood
Calo
David Westman
Miss Rollie
Orville Salveston
Iowa
Orville
Minnesota
Esca
Roslie
Preston, Minn
Second Front Reported Growing in Jugoslavia Guerrilla War
London dispatches say a real second front has been established in Jugoslavia by a guerrilla campaign against the Axis with officers joining the rebels led by Gen. Draja Mihailovic. Reports claim rebels captured Ojalin near Zagreb as Belgian anti Nazis dynamited a Brussels restaurant amid occupation tension.
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London
Jugoslavia
Axis
Washington
Italy
Draja Mikhailovitch
Jugoslav
Ojalin
Zagreb
Europe
Brussels
Continued warm weather with scattered thunderstorms
Amarillo and West Texas expect continued warmth this afternoon and tonight with scattered thunderstorms and light showers. Big Bend El Paso and New Mexico regions report warm conditions with widely scattered storms. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours reached a high of 94 and a low of 68 with noon reading 89.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
el Paso
New Mexico
British officer weighs strategy to defeat Japan before Germany
Brigadier G. K. Beare, member of the British joint mission in Washington, asks if it is wiser to knock Japan out first or defeat Hitler first. He notes holding UK and North America routes and anti submarine efforts as priorities while considering the potential strength of Germany versus Japan. He warns delaying on Japan could allow Japan to strengthen war production.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Japan
Germany
Hitler
United Nations
G. K. Beare
Joint Star
Washington
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Charlottesville
Washington Bourne
European
United Kingdom
North America
British Isles
RAF Pounds Wilhelmshaven With Large Night Raid
RAF attack against Wilhelmshaven naval base in the North Sea during the night involved upwards of 30 long range bombers. Fighter commands hit enemy airfields in occupied France while two German bombers were shot down. four British bombers were lost.
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Germany
North Sea
Wilhelmshaven
Fighter Command
France
Oklahoma golfer Roy Allen reaches Tri-State finals again
The Tri-State Senior Golf Association at Counter Club features an all‑Oklahoma final. Roy Allen of Oklahoma City defeats Red Gober six and four to reach a third straight final, while Charles Mahone of Hobart beats Gene Howe five and three to advance. Other semis see Sam Orr over Rasen Pierce four and three, and Chas McAfee over J C Whitney four and three.
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Counterlub
Charles Mahone
Hobart
Roy Allen
Oklahoma City
Mahone
Gene Howe
Amarillo
Allen
Red Gober
Gober
Gormie
Frente
Sam Orr
Amarilla
Rasen Pierce Clovis
Chas McAfee
Jh. C. Whitney
W. A. Askew
Armacillo
O Nethery Mangum
Okla
W. J. Hale
Plainview
R A. King
Wichita Falls
S Neel
Cordell
Crrie
Piano Blues Wartime Drama in Four Acts
Seattle lumber worker Tom Fleming heaved a piano up the stairs of an apartment house amid wartime days. Continued on page 3.
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Seattle
Wpi
Tom Fleming
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