Pacific Air War Stranded Crew Reaches Base
Three U S bomber crewmen rescued after a weeklong jungle ordeal in New Guinea. They built a makeshift landing craft from a 1914 plane with bed sheets and canvas, salvaged a propeller, and navigated 8 000 foot ridges before rescue by an Australian plane.
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U. S
Melbourne
Australia
United States
New Guinea
John D. Feltham
Newport
R. I
Hugh Turk
Piedmont
Ala
O. N. Ferguson
Los Angeles
Feltham
Chinese recapture Futou Island slows Japanese drive near Foochow
Chinese forces retook Futou Island on July 11 after the island fell to Japan July 9, inflicting 300 casualties in hand to hand fighting. The move slows the Japanese push toward Foochow and Wenchow, while China expands air traffic and coal gas reliance to offset Burma Road losses.
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Chungking
U.P
Futou
Min River
Foochow
Wenchow
Chekiang
China
Lishui
Tsingtien
Wu River
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chang Kai-Negu
Burma Road
Chang
Kuominatang
Burma
Royal Navy Bombards Matruh In North Africa Action
Alexandria reports Royal Navy ships pound Matruh Harbor as Rommel advances toward Egypt. Fire disrupts harbor installations while naval aircraft sweep the area. In Cairo, Auchinleck repels a German Italian counterattack as Allied artillery shell northern sectors and air forces contest the battle near El Alamein.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Royal Navy
Matruh
North African
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Cairo
Claude Auchinleck
el Alamein
Quattara
Malta
Air Force
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Warm Afternoon With Scattered Storms Across West Texas
Amarillo area remains warm with brisk winds and little tonight. West Texas sees similar afternoon heat, possible thunderstorms west of Pecos, while the Rio Grande Valley has scattered showers. Temperature range 97 through today’s 6:30 AM reading, noon hit 88. Also notes Allied and neutral ship losses in the western Atlantic since U.S. entry, including a Dominican schooner and a small Panamanian merchantman sunk by a submarine.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pecos
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Associated Press
Atlantic
U. S
Nazi saboteurs trial resumes fifth session in Washington
The July 13 military trial of eight Nazi saboteurs who landed from U boats resumes on schedule for its fifth session. A defense counsel member says he does not know how long it will take. prosecutors suggest the hearing could end in three to four days.
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Washington
Germans Drive New Offensive Against Voronezh Front
Soviet dispatches report a four day German thrust northwest of Moscow failing to breach Voronezh defenses while new attacks pushed toward the Don River bend. German divisions and tanks reinforced the assault as Axis columns advanced from Lishchansk toward Voroshilovgrad and Rostov.
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Moscow
Voronezh
Don River
Don
Pravda
Boguchar
Lishchansk
Voroshilovgrad
Rostov
Kalinin Front
Rzhev
Don Basin
Stalingrad
Caucasus
100Th Light
246Th
Stalinograd
Taganrog
Lishhansk
Victory Commando Ball Celebrates War Bonds Campaign
Tonight at 9 30 the Victory Commando Ball opens at the Nat with Maestro Redwine leading music to honor Amarillo retail clerks and escorts. Globe News hosts a Victory Campaign celebration for ten days of War Bonds and Stamps sales, inviting all clerks and guests to attend. General Alexander and General Morrison commend Globe News for aiding the campaign.
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Dixie Dice School OF Dancing
Amarillo
Amarillo Globe-News
Nat
Redwine
The
Globe News
Paul V. Alexander
Commandos
Gordon Morrison
Mechanics Join Army in Amarillo Rally
Several Amarillo automobile mechanics filed applications for active service with armored divisions after a Capitol Hotel meeting. Lieut. Col. J. S. Walker and Major H. R. Goodin of the ordnance department urged technicians to enlist, warning they would not be sent on a picnic.
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Amarillo
United States Army
Armored Divisions
Capitol Hotel
Walter Irvin
J. S. Walker
H. R. Goodin
The
Ordnance de
Walker
Raiders Use Old Biplane To Bomb Axis Lines In Egypt
A British pilot, formerly with the Illustrious carrier group, ferried an aging open cockpit biplane loaded with bombs to strike at Fuka airport and nearby targets. He and an observer claimed hits on five planes and enemy transports, then forced land near Axis tanks before repairs. Australians and New Zealanders bolster El Alamein defenses with fresh momentum as frontline fighting intensifies.
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Henry T. Gorrell
British Imperial Army
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Illustrous
Fuka
Alexandria
Suez
Eighth Army
McMillan
No Man’s Land
el Alamein
FBI Arrests 14 Contacts of Nazi Saboteurs in U S
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that 14 individuals acting as contacts to eight Nazi saboteurs on trial in Washington were arrested in Chicago and New York. Among those held are parents of a defendant and three women. Hoover said the group aided the saboteurs, hid explosives, and concealed part of the $176 000 funds brought to the United States by submarine.
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Washington
U.P
Francis Biddle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Biddle
Helmut Lerner
Astoria
Long Island
N. Y
Anthony Cramer
New York
Chicago
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Gestapo
Florida
High Command
Adolf Hitler
Nazis Wipe Out Village in Telemark Norway Report
Reuters reported Soviet information bureau claim that Nazis wiped out a village in Telemark, southern Norway, shooting all residents including women and children. A Norwegian government in exile spokesman denied any village was wiped out.
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London
Reuters
Soviet Information Bureau
Telemark
Norway
First Liberator Is Lost in Middle East
Cairo reports the United States air corps suffered its first Liberator bomber loss in the Middle East. A formation en route to attack Mediterranean shipping was intercepted by Messerschmitt fighters. two German planes were shot down, but one Liberator did not return.
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Cairo
United States Air Corps
Batle
Middle East
Medteranean
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