Why Do Men Like Blondes Or Do They
Alma Parker asks readers and AMArillo supplies the take from locals. A. D. Steed cites disposition. Mrs. M. D. Redus dismisses the claim. Lloyd Roberson jokes about affordability. Virginia Alexander questions pretended prettiness. Staff Sgt. Hansard notes looks. Viola Cabel says brunettes are liked too.
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Alma Parker
Parker Street
Amarillo
Hollywood
A. D. Steed
M. D. Redus
Lloyd Roberson
Irginia Alexander
John E. Hansard
Phillips
Viola Cabel
Grand jury to hear evidence in fatal Potter County shooting
A Potter County grand jury will convene Wednesday to hear evidence in the fatal shooting of 23 year old Mrs. Rush Waroff at the home of her stepfather A. W. Haight near Soncy. Haight, 67, is charged with murder and is hospitalized after attempting to cut his throat. The shooting followed a family quarrel that began when Mrs. Haight, 41, left home after being struck. Funeral services for Mrs. Waroff will be held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving are her daughter Susan, mother Mrs. A. W. Haight, two brothers Alfred Haight and Hugh Haight, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ives.
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Potter County
Haight
Hugh Haight
Sheriff's
Susan Waroff
R. C. Ives
Vinita
Ohio
German General Staff urges Hitler to seek peace
Stockholm dispatch of July 10 reports uncredited NYA Dagligt Allehanda item stating the German general staff asked Adolf Hitler repeatedly to seek peace as military resistance grows harder to sustain. The generals allegedly told Hitler it is better to make peace now than to succumb completely.
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Stockholm
U.P
NYA Dagligt Allehanda
Ankara Cateline
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Weather outlook Amarillo area and region
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and through Tuesday with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers this afternoon, tonight, and Tuesday. New Mexico reports scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly north and east of the Rio Grande with mild temperature shifts. Highs around 97, lows near 67, noon 83.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Allied Pursuit Forces From Caen In Normandy Breakthrough
British Second Army extends from the Odon bridgehead capturing Brettevile Sur Odon Eterville Maltot and Hill 112 within a noon sweep to flank German positions near Caen. American forces under Omar Bradley push from the Vire River line toward Sainteny Periers and Lessay as Cherbourg exit routes open through flooded terrain.
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London
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Caen
Normandy
Odon
Fauborg de Vaucelles
Bretteville-Sur Odon
Eterville
Maltot
Hill 112
Orne River
Montgomery
Cherbourg
Vire
St. Jean de Daye
Omar Bradley
Sainteny
Carentan
Periers
Lessay
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Chicago Woman Killed When Car Overturns
Mrs. Dorothy A. Rich of Chicago died at 10 10 this morning in station hospital Amarillo Army Air Field from injuries after a car overturned on Highway 66 about 10 miles east of the airport. Lois Rigan of Chicago remains in hospital with a scalp wound and possible skull fracture. The Riches were traveling west toward Santa Monica when mud on the highway caused the car to skid and overturn twice. Mrs. Rich was pinned under the car for over an hour. Mr. Rich and the daughter escaped with minor injuries. the body of Mrs. Rich is at Blackburn Shaw Chapel.
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Dorothy A. Rich
Chicago
Station Hospital
Amarillo Army Air Field
Lois Rigan
Saboteurs Busy in Hungary Increase Executions Ordered
Aftontidningen quoted by the Swiss Berner Tagwacht reports sabotage in Nazi occupied Hungary rising daily. Budapest police chief says all deserters and saboteurs will be executed immediately as war tension grows.
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New York
Hungary
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Office of War Information Today
Berner Tagwacht
Budapest
Nan
Charles Samples Wins News Tip Prize
Charles Samples wins the weekly News Tip prize of five dollars for a report about a woman shrieking after sitting on a cat in a dark theater. Second prize of three dollars goes to Mrs. H L Mauldin for a tip about a man jumping on a bus hood when denied entry. Bonnie Lesan earns two dollars for her tip about a dog tail getting caught in lawn sprinklers.
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Charles Samples
Crockett Street
H. L. Mauldin
East Eighth Avenue
Bonnie Lesan
North Boyer Street
Americans Press Four Mile Break Through In Volterra Fight
Allied reports say American infantrymen surged four miles beyond Volterra as they push toward the Gothic Line. The advance aimed to curb German delays on the Fifth Army drive toward the Arno with Florence and Pisa nearby. West coast actions targeted Livorno and Pomaja while Romanian refineries near Ploesti were bombed by U S bombers with fourteen enemy planes downed and eight Allied aircraft lost.
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Volterra
Arno River
Florence
Pisa
Livorno
Leghorn
Pomaja
Lajatico
Fifth Army
Ninth Panzer Grenadier
Ranza
U.S
15Th Air Force
Xenia
Ploesti
Red Army presses toward Kaunas as Riga and Wilno fall
Russian forces drive toward Kaunas and Daugavpils rail lines as Wilno walls crack. German broadcasts say defense centers hold in Wilno while Baltic ports and rail links crumble under the advance. Evacuation plans for East Prussia and Estonian routes are reported amid manpower strains.
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London
Red Army
East Prussia
Wilno
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Kaunas
Lithuania
Moscow
Berlin
Walter Plato
Kaunas-Daugavpils
Otena
Tilsit
Riga
Baltic
Ger
Lida
Wilno-Baranowicz-Luniniec
Grodno
Bialystok
Warsaw
Dyartsovo
Erich Kock
Koenigsberg
Sky Fleets Drive Allied Bombing Blitz Over France
Allied air forces launched deep strikes on rail lines and crossroads across northern France and near Paris. Mosquito bombers hit a synthetic oil plant while Lancasters attacked targets in northern France. U.S. heavy bombers struck Ploesti and French bridges as RAF forces blasted buzz bomb sites. In Normandy, Typhoons pressed German positions as 85 tanks and vehicles were destroyed. The campaign faced weather, yet losses matched by Allied gains as fuel intakes fell and German supply dwindled.
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Paris
France
Seine River
Second Army
U. S
Normandy
15Th Air Force
Italy
Ploesti
Tours
Pas-de-Calais
Chateaudun
Orleans
Rennes
Britain
Plans Move To France
General Charles de Gaulle announced plans to move the French capital from Algiers to liberated French territory as soon as possible. He said he had frank talks with President Roosevelt and left with the best possible impression of the United States.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Algiers
de Gaulle
United States
France
Fifteen Pay Fines After Police Raid Monarch Bar
Police raided the Monarch Bar at 415 Polk Street leading to 15 men paying $10 fines each. Totals from court collections reached $277 as tip tickets were seized in a room adjoining the bar. Ranger Dudley White led the raid.
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Corporation Court
Monarch Bar
Polk Street
Dudley White
Eisenhower Warns of Long Bitter Fighting Ahead
General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of long and bitter fighting before final victory in World War II. NBC reported from Eisenhower's headquarters that optimism over Allied progress should be tempered as the war continued.
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Eisenhower
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Merrill Mueller
NBC
Europe
Khiva Plans Report on Shrine Hospital Push
Khiva Temple members will hear an update on securing a Shriner hospital for crippled children. Imperial Council’s Good Neighbor policy shifted a hospital to Mexico City with half funded by the Shrine in Mexico and half by the Imperial Council.
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Khiva Temple
Mystic Shrine
Shriners Hospital
Imperial Council
Milwaukee
Khiva
Shriner's Hospital
Mexico City
Shrine Temple
W. Preeland Kendrick
Philadelphia
Kendrick
Amarillians
Crippled Children’s Committee
North America
Shriners Hospitals
San Francisco
Rockefeller Plaza Closed for 10th Annual 12Hour Rest
Rockefeller Plaza in New York City was roped off for its 12 hour rest period marking the 10th annual closure. The private street closure follows an agreement between Rockefeller Center, Inc. and Columbia University, owners of the property, to preserve its status.
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New York
Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center, Inc
Columbia University
Road to Berlin distances note Allied fronts
The Associated Press reports mileages to Berlin across fronts three lines show Russian front 470 miles from Kowel north, Italian front 610 miles near Ancona, and Normandy front 635 miles from Caen. Separately Amarillo police seized two marble tables used for alleged free games at Amarillo Bowl. Ranger Dudley White and Neal Rabe figures tied to the raid and a $25 fine for machine charges.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kowel
Ancona
Adriatic
Normandy
Caen
Dudley White
Amarillo Bowl
Polk Street
Neal Rabe
Reverse lend lease funds repairs for Allied merchant ships
The United States has provided 66.4 million dollars for repairs fuel stores and services to American merchant ships in United Kingdom and British colonies ports under reverse lend lease with costs covered by Britain War Transport ministry figures the services are supplied free of payment. A separate item notes a deer season in Texas and a large wheat car movement in Kansas City with 2 280 cars market flow.
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Washington
United Kingdom
War Shipping Administration
Ministry of War Transport
United States
Bradley refuses first Normandy loaf to share with wounded
Lt General Omar N Bradley was presented with the first loaf baked on the Normandy beachhead but it was eaten by wounded doughboys. Bradley thanked the giver and asked that the loaf be given to a wounded soldier instead.
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France
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Quartermaster
Bradley
Our Boys In Charge On Saipan
United States forces have conquered Saipan in 25 days of brutal fighting, enabling direct Pacific strikes on Tokyo and the Japanese homeland. Allied news notes high Allied airfield use from Saipan and Noemfoor, with U S casualties reaching 1 474 dead and 8 278 wounded through June 28.
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Hengyang
Liling
Canton
Tsingyun
Taishan
United States
Saipan
Western Pacific
Japan
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Manila
Marshall Islands
Noemfoor Island
New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Sai Pan
Rembert James
U. S
Guam
Rota
Tinian
Pagan
Burma
India
Southwest
Central Pacific
Wallace Returns to Washington to Brief Roosevelt
Vice President Wallace arrived in Washington from Seattle by plane this morning and will report to President Roosevelt on his China and Russia mission. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the return came earlier than expected, altering plans for a White House visit. Shoes on sale in ration free period under new price order by the Office of Price Administration, clearance types offered at reduced prices.
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Wallace
Capital
White House
Roosevelt
China
Russia
Seattle
Stephen Early
U.P
Office of Price Administration
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