Russian move toward German soil feared after Grodno fall
Russian forces broke into Grodno twice and pressed west, with tank and infantry assaults reported north of Grodno. Pinsk evacuation signaled a major Pripet retreat as Rokossovsky’s army aimed toward Brest Litovsk. German command warned of a looming push toward East Prussia and Germany itself.
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Grodno
Germany
Suwalki Triangle
East Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Grod
Pinsk
Pripet
Old Poland
Baltics
Konstantin K. Rokossovosky
Brest Litovsk
St Lo Front Notes Simmer as Allies Press Forward
Allied troops push toward the St Lo area with American infantry and tanks within about two miles of the town. Germans conduct orderly withdrawals toward Lessay while Caen restabilizes. Advances across Auxais Les Champs de Losque Es Aubris and La Vincenterie tighten the front from Lessay to Pont Hebert as air and artillery pressure mounts.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Normandy
Lessay
Carentan
Auxais
Les Champs de Losque
Es-Aubris
la Vincenterie
Pont Hebert
Lessary-St. Lo
Lessary
Havre de St. Germain
Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
la Haye du Puits
Beauvais
St. Jean de Caye
Tribehou
Gournay
Les Hommet D’arthenay
Bois de Hommet
Les Champs D’los
Bombers Hit Budapest Rail Yards and Refineries
Up to 500 escorted American heavy bombers attacked Budapest rail yards and four oil refineries in Hungary, targeting German fuel supplies as operations continue in Normandy. Liberators and Mustang fighters engaged enemy interceptors over Budapest, with losses noted among U. S. air units and Bavarian targets.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
Normandy
Beauvais
Montdider
Italy
Fanto
Shell Kodaz
Hungary Ptroleum Company
Liberators
Petfarde
Ferencuaros
Mantua
Milan
Trieste
Porte Marghera
Allies Gain Pas tina and San Luce East of Livorno in Fierce Fighting
American forces led by the 442nd regimental combat team broke German lines to seize Pastina and San Luce, driving toward the Arno River. French troops advanced from San Donato to San Gimignano and La Casette, nearing the Arno. British and Eighth Army units reported gains on the upper Tiber Valley and near Arezzo as Monte Santamaria and Monte Castiglio Maggio remained contested.
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Rome
Pastina
Livorno
Leghorn
San Luce
Era
Arno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Tiber
Citta di Castello
Santa Lucia
Arezzo
Monte Santamaria
Monte Castiglio Maggio
Invasion Bombs Guam as Saipan Deaths Highlight Pacific War
U S Navy bombardment devastates Guam in preparation for invasion. Admiral Nagumo and Rear Admiral Yano die on Saipan after fierce fighting while Japanese troops contend with encirclement in Dutch New Guinea. Allied forces press through China toward Tengchung and the Burma Road, with raids on Hengyang and Kwe Sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
U. S. Navy
Guam
Japan
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
Chuichi Nagumo
Central Pacific
Marianas
Yano
New Guinea
Aitape
Dutch New Guinea
Nagumo
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Oahu
Burma
Tengchung
Yuannan
China
Ben Lear Receives New Command Post in Army
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear, former Second Army commander, is named to head the Army ground forces, succeeding Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair who receives an overseas assignment. Lear, 64, earned the Yoo-Hoo nickname after disciplining a Memphis unit in 1941. McNair, wounded in North Africa, remains head of ground forces training duties.
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Ben Lear
Second Army
Army Ground Forces
Lesley J. McNair
War Department
Lear
Yoo-Hoo
Pearl Harbor
35Th Division
Memphis, Tenn
McNair
North Africa
Washington
Plans for postwar car production and blue orders
Washington reports top auto makers drafting reconversion plans as war ends. The War Production Board prepares a blue orders scheme to preplace parts and materials for a rapid civilian roll. A Senate panel urges small plants to gain early reconversion with modernization and anti monopoly enforcement.
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War Production Board
Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
Senate Small Business Committee
WPB
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy across Amarillo and vicinity with scattered afternoon thunder showers. West Texas sees showers in Big Bend and Pecos Valley this afternoon tonight and Saturday. New Mexico reports widely scattered storms mainly over mountains this afternoon tonight and Saturday afternoon. Highs near 85. Precipitation .26 inch. Ad for shingles and roofing from John Maynard Lumber Co 800 W 5th. Also notices Aunt Nan on Women Page schedule.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Bold Knife Wielder Sought After Amarillo Attack
Police in Amarillo search for a daylight knife attacker who slashed Jeretha Schoolland a 15 year old daughter of Chaplain C M Schoolland. The attack occurred 5 40 PM Wednesday on Hughes Street. Investigators say the incident is not linked to a separate late May beheading attempt.
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Amarillo
Daugh
Ter
Jeretha Schoolland
C. M. Schoolland
Ong Street
Dorothy Snelson
Stilleto
Joe Jenkins
Hughes Street
Twentieth Avenue
Wolflin
Four Polls Open for Amarillo Civil Service Election
Amarillo voters will cast ballots tomorrow in a special election on civil service for police and firemen. Four polling places open 8 AM to 7 PM with a judge assistant and two clerks per booth. Precinct boundaries described. 13,437 voters received charter amendment copies.
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Amarillo
Civil Service
Fort Worth & Denver
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Did We Miss World Court Peace Boat
A reader poll in Amarillo asks if the United States should have backed Woodrow Wilsons world court plan after World War I to prevent this war. Local residents and a North Dakota veteran discuss the idea, with mixed opinions on its effectiveness.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
B. P. Brents
van Buren Street
Mr. Brent
Amarillo
Fred Walker
Germany
James D. McEntire
Mary Miller Beard
Congress
H. E. Ketterling
North Dakota
Hull Warns Hungarian Jews Face Extermination Threat
Secretary of State Hull denounces Nazi atrocities saying Hungary’s Jewish population of about one million is threatened with extermination. He also condemns the Distomo massacre in Greece as part of a savage reign of terror and promises punishment for those responsible.
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Washington
Europe
Hull
Hungary
Distomo
Greece
City Lake Returns After 14 Months Of Dry
N. V. Moss reports the municipal lake refilled after heavy rains. Water from recent downpours fills the lake twenty miles south west, deepest points at five feet covering 20 to 30 acres, far less than years ago when 400 to 500 acres were present. Fishing remains unlikely while water lasts for a few months.
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N. V. Moss
Municipal Water Department
Moss
Aviation Committee Discusses Feeder Line Applications
Amarillo aviation committee met at noon to review five feeder line applications from Bowen Airways Great Plains Airways Southwest Airways Sunshine Airlines and Texas New Mexico Airlines. No action will be taken until next Friday when the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meets and airline representatives were absent from today’s luncheon.
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Amarillo
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Bowen Airways
Great Plains Airways
Southwest Airways Company
Sunshine Airlines
Texas-New Mexico Airlines
Spartan Airlines proposes network of routes across six states
Captain Maxwell W. Balfour announced Spartan Airlines Inc plans a network of mail, passenger and express routes across Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The Civil Aeronautics Board was asked for permission to operate 11 or more routes, totaling 6789 miles from Kansas City to Houston and New Orleans, and St. Louis to Amarillo and El Paso with Tulsa as headquarters.
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Tulsa
Okla
Spartan Airlines, Inc
Maxwell W. Balfour
Balfour
Civil Aeronautics Board
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas City
Houston
New Orleans
St. Louis
Amarillo
el Paso
Willkie Likely Supports Dewey in 1948 Ticket
Albany dispatch notes Rep. Charles A Halleck said Wendell L Willkie will back the Dewey ticket. Halleck, who nominated Willkie in 1940, spoke after a two hour meeting with Dewey in Albany. He has not spoken with Willkie but expects his support. Roosevelt appoints Hinckley to direct contract settlement after war ends.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congressional Campaign Committee
Dewey
FDR
Hinckley
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert Henry Hincksey
Pathfinders used to guide U S bombers in target clouds
U S bombers use pathfinder planes with trained crews and secret instruments to mark hidden German targets with flares. The method, adopted from RAF practice, speeds up bombing and was kept secret to avoid German countermeasures. Fortresses and Liberators have used the system for a year, aiding D Day operations through bad weather. Separately Amarillo police seek Dorothy Jean Wiley missing since April 26 after travel via Raton to Stockdale. she is 21, 5 ft 4 in, 138 pounds with dark brown eyes and black hair.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
RAF
France
Amarillo
Dorothy Jean Wiley
Denver
Raton
N. M
Stockdale
Showers Forecast Widely Scattered Across Panhandle
The Weather Bureau predicts a few showers in this area this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon but rainfall will be sparse. Yesterday’s total was .26 inch with other Panhandle readings listed: Adrian .42, Dimmitt .33, Dumas .27, Hereford 1.16, Panhandle .12, Stratford .18.
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Panhandle
Adrian
Dimmitt
Dumas
Hereford
Stratford
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Ernst von Hammer
Berlin
Poland
Russia
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cherbourg
Granville
Erwin Rommel
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Erly
Tokyo Radio
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Admiral Nimitz
California
Maniagassa Island
Tanapag Harbor
Hankow-Canton Railway
Hengyang
Ptting
Changsha
Kwe Sin
14Th U. S. Air Force
Ben Leer
U.P
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Nan
Jenkins
San Jacinto School
Horace Mann
Fort Worth
Sanborn School
Neely-Greenhill Lowndes Insurance
Amarillo Airline
Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery
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