Close Check On Bureaus
Congress is tightening oversight of wartime agencies, with Worley noting measures require executive created bureaus to justify funding by Dec 21 and many major agencies already ended. He says the aim remains victory and return of servicemen, followed by decentralizing wartime government.
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Congress
Gene Worley
Worley
NYA
CCC
WPA
National Resources Planning Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Which Age Resents The Most Trouble In Life
Readers weigh the hardest life phase with responses from Floyd Cooper attorney and others. Citizens name ages from 16 to 30, citing adolescence and early adulthood as most stressful, with judges and workers naming 21, 20 to 25, and the college-to-work transition as peak pressure.
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M. D. Snyder
Madison Street
Snyder
Floyd Cooper
George Kollmar
W. W. Campbell
Ray Cox
J. A. Kirkman
Corporation Court
Hedgerows Slow Allies Near St. Lo France July 13
Allied advance in hedgerow country near St. Lo is slowed as brambles and obstacles must be cleared one by one. An officer notes the slogan of Russian in Paris British in Caen and Americans in St. Lo by Christmas. The Germans face a tougher retreat once out of hedgerows.
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ST. LO
France
Spongy
Paris
Caen
Berlin
Invasion Weather Brighter Skies Over the Straits of Dover
Weather improved over the Straits of Dover with bright sun and fair visibility. A light southwest wind maintained a calm sea while the barometer fell slightly and the temperature stood at 62 at 8.0. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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London
Straits of Dover
Harvest Delays as Panhandle Rains Halt Wheat Cutting
Heavy rain across the Panhandle stops wheat harvesting, easing grain shipment shortages. Most wheat in fields remains undamaged if combines resume soon, but downed grain and ground piles face greater loss where rainfall reached four to eight inches. Shamrock and Washburn report the heaviest totals, with other towns listing varying inches and ongoing rain in Vega Adrian.
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Panhandle
Shamrock
Washburn
Weather Bureau
Adrian
Dalhart
Spearman
Perryton
Dumas
Hereford
Vega-Adrian
German pilotless planes operable against American forces
Reports from France indicate the German army used pilotless aircraft against American troops allied with British units on the Normandy front. Initial notices place the incidents near the center of the line, marking a first use of such weapons against American combatants.
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France
Normandy
Roosevelt appoints O'Connor Red Cross central chair
President Roosevelt named D Basil O'Connor head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to chair the central committee of the American Red Cross succeeding the late Norman H. Davis. O Connor will serve the remainder of a term ending December 11. Davis died recently. Civil air mail service resumed from Britain to multiple western European destinations, reflecting Allied air domination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
D. Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Central Committee of the American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
O'Connor
New York
Davis
London
Britain
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Corsica
Algeria
Tunisia
Tangier
Morocco
Europe
Explosion at Victory Hotel Burns Two In Morning Blast
An explosion at the Victory Hotel on Lincoln Street injured two people. Miss Mary Chapman, a waitress, is in very serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital. A soldier is also seriously burned but not critical at Amarillo Air Field Post Hospital. Gas ignited when a match was struck during a search for a leak.
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Victory Hotel
Lincoln Street
Mary Chapman
Northwest Texas
Amarillo Air Field Post Hospital
L. Ruth McLemore
Miss Chapman
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with widely scattered thunder showers Friday afternoon and evening. Temperatures show little change tonight and warm up Friday. Isolated afternoon and evening storms possible in West Texas, with warmer conditions in the Panhandle and South Plains. The New Mexico area expects partly cloudy conditions with scattered mountains rain. High 86, low 65, noon 74, with 0.26 inches of precipitation. Read Aunt Nan on the Woman's Page Monday Wednesday Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
German retreat wider than Baltic pressure shifts in war
London reports grim war turns as Red Army advances near East Prussia and Baltic fronts force German withdrawals. Berlin signals a major retreat to defend Germany, with Patton linked to a possible new Western landing and Laval seeking Paris open city status.
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London
Hitler
Red Army
Baltic States
Balkans
Norway
East Prussia
Supreme War Council
Germany
Berlin
Nachtausgabe
George 8
Patton
Tunisia
Sicily
Southeast Army
Europe
London Evening Standard
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spain
Paris
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Laval
Madrid
Frankfort-on-Oder
Baltic
National Broadcasting Company
Stockholm
Grodno
Dittmar
Pskov-Ostrov
Estonia
Latvia
Kurt Dittmar
Reich
Moscow
Izvestia
Ger
Allies Strangle Germans at St Lo in Normandy Drive
Allied forces push toward St Lo with a major American tank infantry offensive gaining on a 48 mile front. Liberty towns La Boulaye and La Barre De Semilly fall as British and American units press toward the Cherbourg peninsula amid German resistance in hedgerows.
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Supreme Headquarters
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Omar Bradley
la Boulaye
Paris
Caumont
Lessay
Second Army
Maltot
Caen
Orne
Odon
St. Le-Bayeux
No-Man's-Land
le Desert
Vire
Munich Under Heavy Bombardment For Third Day
Aerial forces led by over 1 000 American heavy bombers and 500 fighters bomb Munich and Saarbrucken for the third day. Other bombers struck northern Italy targets while rail yards near Milan and Venice were hit. Luftwaffe resisted with about 125 fighters as Munich endured nearly 10 000 tons of bombs. Munich hub for rail moves and a possible aero engine works site were noted.
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London
U.P
Luftwaffe
Munich
Saarbrucken
Italy
Americans Break Through in Italy Reach Arno Valley
Fifth Army infantry seize Lajatico after bitter fighting and push to within 12 miles of the Arno valley as French forces seize San Donato near Florence. Eighth Army advances four miles in the upper Tiber Valley while Arezzo experiences a lull and attempts to clear high ground inland.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Era
Italy
Livorno
Lajatico
Arno River
San Donato
Florence
Hill 218
Poggibonsi
Arno
Eighth Army
Tiber
Citta di Castello
Castignoncello
Frantic Jap offensive seen as break from New Guinea trap
Japanese 18th Army massed for a breakout on New Guinea with attacks near Aitape and Wewak as MacArthur reports ongoing skirmishes. Allied losses from Saipan set record casualty figures, while Japanese casualties run high with thousands known dead and many prisoners taken. Allied air pressure targets Truk and Timor as Chinese forces push along the Hankow Canton line.
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Associated Press
Saipan
New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Pacific
Guam
Truk
MacArthur
Timor
Ceram
Babe
Palau
Woleai
Rabaul
China
Hankow-Canton
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