Navy Reopens Attack on Jap Coast Fighter Pilots Hit Factories
Acting for the President a Navy captain presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to Mrs. Lillabel Roan in Claude. Private First Class Charles H. Roan of the Seventh Marines died saving four comrades on Peleliu. The ceremony highlighted a long wait for the family and followed Roan’s prior service at Cape Gloucester and initial enlistment in Oklahoma City.
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Navy
W Claude
United States
Charles H. Roan
Ciizens
Claude
Armgstone Coury
J. B. Lonegstaff
Eighth Naval District
Lillabel Roan
Claude Marine
White House
Washington
Charles H
Seventh Marines
First Marine Division
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Roan
First Chass Roan
Lves
United States Naval Service
Harry Truman
Longstaff
Hierry Truman
Pereliu
Cape Gloucester
Olahoma City
San Diego
Cal
A. A. Vandegriff
Marines
Armstrong County
Meaais
Lngathy
Pic
Medals of Honor Highlight Seven Texas Plainsmen
Seven Texas Panhandle men are noted for Medal of Honor awards. Six Army scouts earned honors in 1874 at Buffalo Wallow Hutchinson County. Billy Dixon’s Medal is at Panhandle-Plains Museum Canyon. Charles H. Roan of Claude earned one for heroism in a grenade incident overseas.
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Texas Panhandle
Nelson A. Miles
Buffalo Wallow
Hutchinson County
Billy Dixon
Amarillo
Panhandle-Plains Museum
Canyon
Carson Creek
General Miles
John Morgan
Amarilo
England
Eljivy Dixon
Estabbe
Bravest Marine Charley Sacrifices Self on Peleliu
A hometown hero Charley, regarded as steady and loyal, died on Peleliu after diving on a live grenade to save five Marines. The Medal of Honor ceremony shocked the crowd as his mother heard he had already been severely wounded before the final act.
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Charley
Peleliu Island
Pacific
Japanese coast bombardment meets no enemy resistance
Allied ships bombarded Tokyo Bay approaches with no retaliation as Admiral Nimitz reports. Coordination cites raiding of air and sea targets while Sagami Gulf entry remains clear. Far East air operations hit Nagoya Osaka area and rail/industrial targets on Kyushu and in China.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Bay
Nimitz
Sagami Gulf
Nojima
Gulf
Tokyo
Navy
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Dayton
Atlanta
Ault
John W. Weeks
Nagoya- Osaka
Honshu
Okazaki
Kamazaki
U. S. Army
Japan
Far East Air Force
Mustang
Kagoshima
Kyushu
China
Kushikino
Miyakonojo
Kweilin
Washington
Navy Department
MacArthur
Borneo
Sambodja
Ol Man River Trip Ends With Car Stuck At River
James Craig and two actresses Dorothy Patrick and Peggy O Neil found themselves stranded when their car sank into the Canadian River at Tascosa crossing. Craig waded ashore with Dorothy while Peggy urged a swift rescue. Craig returned with equipment to pull the sedan free as director Roy Roland complained of a two hour delay.
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Dorothy Patrick
Peggy O'Neil
Craig
Dorothy
Peggy
Sir Galahad
Roy Rowland
Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
West
Amarillo Men Return From Queen Elizabeth Voyage
Four Amarillo men listed as rivals aboard the Queen Mary when it docked in New York last Friday. The returnees are Staff Sergeant Gilbert Conner of 803 Monroe, Private First Class Oscar G. Grisham of 515 North Fifth, Private First Class Robert J. Brecht of 507 Prospect, and Private Talmadge D. O Quin of 2803 West Third.
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New York
Sunday News Globe
Gilbert Conner
Monroe
Oscar G. Grisham
North Fifth
Robert J. Brecht
Prospect
Talmadge D. O Quin
West Third
P-38 Sets American Altitude Record
In Burbank on July 21, 1943 report states test pilot Joe Towle and Col. Randolph Lovelace set an unofficial American altitude record of 44 904 feet in a two seated Lockheed P 38 Lightning. The flight used a new oxygen mask for B 29 crews and occurred April 30, 1943.
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Burbank
Cal
Joe Towle
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Towle
Lockheed
Col
Randolph Lovelace
Army
Aero-Medical Laboratory
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas Vicinity
Weather report for Amarillo and surrounding areas shows fair conditions through Sunday night with little temperature change. West Texas will be partly cloudy on Sunday with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms in New Mexico, mainly in mountain areas. Highs Sunday range around 80 in mountains to 90 100 in lower elevations. Sunrise 6 49 AM Sunset 8 53 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ee Anloeas
Cobb
Max
Vest
Thoroughbreds Arrive for Amarillo Show Benefit
An Amarillo horse show under the Amarillo Horsemen's Association and Will Rogers Range Riders benefits the Crippled Children's Polio Fund. James Craig will be honor guest. the event features the Starnes twins, Merry Dictator, and Tennessee Walking Horses. Tickets range from 1 to 2.50, with shows at 8:30 p.m. and box office opens 7. Delbert Dalby leads the Range Riders. Arrangements praise the Fair Grounds facilities and the city’s rise in the national show circuit.
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Amarillo Horsemen's Association
Will Rogers Range Riders
Crippled Children’s
Herbert, Cretney and Maxor
Delbert Dalby
Range Riders
James Craig
MGM
Ing
Roman
John Josey
Malley J. Chisholm
Englewood Farm
Amarillo
Merry Dictator
Chisholm
Fair Grounds
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Howard W. Gilmore
Gilmore
Charles E. Kelly
Commando Kelly
Italy
John D. Bulkeley
Philippines
Bulkeley
Willam S. White
Mary Welker
Walker
Claude Man
Pte
Jesselton
Big Island
East Indies
Army and Navy Journal
Truman
State
War and Navy Departments
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Henry C. Roan, JR
Joe Bacon
Queen Elizabeth
U S Weather Bureau
Turner Young
Starnes Twins
Stinnett
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