Stimson to Speak on Radio Tuesday Night
Secretary of War Stimson will report his observations from Italy and India in a radio address Tuesday night at 9 15 P M Amarillo war time over the Mutual and Blue networks. Dorothy Nix of San Antonio visits her parents at 1703 Van Buren.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Indy
Amarillo
Mutual
Blue
W. F. Nix
van Buren
Dorothy Nix
San Antonio
Invasion Progress on Guam and Tinian and China Fronts
Allied forces pushed on Guam and Tinian with light casualties on Tinian as airfield capture continued and Rota neutralization moves ahead. In China, Hengyang defences held with heavy Japanese losses near Hengyang, while Chinese offensives at Aitape, Liangjiang, and other fronts pressed to reopen the Ledo Burma road.
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Guam
Tinian
New Guinea
China
Hengyang
Tokyo
Marianas
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Rota Island
Rota
Saipan
U. S
Nimitz
Agana
Orote
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Canton-Hankow
Tungting Lake
Liangjiang
Canton
Yunnan
Burma
Tengchung
Lungjing
India
Found Billfolds Reported After Election Night
A Globe News report recounts C I Slaton finding a billfold with money and a Knights of Columbus receipt for Herman Luken after election returns. Elma Carlin documented the name and protected the wallet until owner contact.
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C. I. Slaton
East 16Th Avenue
Globe News
Herman Luken
Knights of Columbus
Elma Carlin
Nelson Killed in Munster Bomber Raid
Technical Sergeant Sam Nelson 20 of Amarillo and 608 Fillmore Street reported killed in a bombing raid over Munster Germany. A waist gunner with the 92nd Bomber Group Eighth Air Force he volunteered December 7 1942. He earlier trained at Sioux City Santa Ana Amarillo Field and Horace Mann School. He had two Navy-gunner brothers and parents in San Antonio. He was cousin to Amarillo residents Mrs Murry Watts Mrs Dewey Randall and Mrs Mary Tucker.
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Clara Nelson
Fillmore Street
Amarillo
Sam Nelson
Munster
Germany
War Department
Nelson
Eighth Air Force
Amarillo Field
Sioux City
Santa Ana
Cal
Horace Mann School
John R
Bill
Navy
John R. Nelson
San Antonio
Murry Watts
Dewey Randall
Mary Tucker
Allied Drive Toward Florence Narrowly Binds Germans
Allied forces push toward Florence within ten miles as Fifth and Eighth Army units drive an arc south west to southeast of the city. German positions along the Arno are pressured while Monte Fili and Strada change hands. Ancona and Pisa fronts see shelling and renewed activity as German losses mount near Pescara and Ancona.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
San Miniato
Fifth
Eighth Army
Strada
Monte Fili
Ancona
Ostra
Pescara
Monte Pisano
Pisa
Wallet ownership disputed between Lu ken and Slaton
Globe News asks to identify a found billfold with possible owners Lu ken or Slaton. The note mentions Mrs. C. M. Howe Jr and her son David visiting Howe Sr at 3410 West Seventh Avenue while Sgt. C. M. Howe Jr returns from six months overseas in India.
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Howe
C. M. Howe, Jr
David
San Diego
Calif
C. M. Howe
West Seventh Avenue
Sgt
India
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Miss Nix
Hunsley's House OF Color
E. 6Th
Harrison St
Potter County
J. L
Hoot) Minter
Canada
Pantex
United States Employment Service
the Employment Office
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain-Teed Products Corporation
Prime Contractors
Luken
Slaton
CCL Ae
Optometrist
Zale
G. H
Marie Earle
Herbert Drug
Polk St
Los Angeles
Lloyd Noliner
Robert, Earl
Dale
Virginia Street
Mary Oliver Coble
Tennessee
Groom
New Mexico
New World
Crowe-Guide Cement Co
Tyler
Bank of Friendly Service
American National Bank
F. D. I. C. U. S. Depository
American National Bank OF
Polk Street
Amarillo Gas. Company
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