29 Airplanes Lost by RAF
London July 27 The Port of Hamburg was hit in a heavy RAF attack the sixth on Hamburg this year and 91st since the war began. 29 raiders failed to return. British losses followed a 5 percent rate, suggesting a force of at least 600 planes. German raids on England caused civilian casualties. Hamburg’s Blohm and Voss yards could build 25 U boats at a time. Allied air activity included American pilots over Europe and daylight sweeps over northern France with nine Focke Wulf 109s downed. Allies lost three planes.
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London
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Blohm and Voss
England
Midlands
East Coat
East Anglia
Germany
Duisburs
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Army Air Forces
France
O Daniel trails in Texas primary with runoff likely
Returns from 254 counties show O Daniel with about 48.1 percent of the roughly 900,000 counted votes. He trails Allred Moody and Ryan totals by about 30,000, signaling a runoff as only 8 percent of votes remain. Second primary set for August 22 with statewide results cited from the Texas Election Bureau.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Allred
Moody
O’daniel
Ryan
Hatcher
James
McGee
Mills
Smith
O'Daniel
Fort Worth
Morris Sheppard
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Senate
Houston
Jerry Mann
Martin
Lyn
Dogfight In China Over Chungking
United States Air Force fighters engaged Japanese war planes in Chungking during the first raid on Free China’s capital this year. American planes intercepted from Western China base after 6:30 P M alarms. Japanese forces from Hankow lost many craft before reaching Kiangpei. bombs fell away from targets and visibility dropped under a full moon.
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Chungking
United States ‘Air Force
Free China
United States
U. S. Air Force Command
China
Claire L. Chennault
Western China
Hnracter
Hankow
Kiangpei
Ailing River
Chungsing
Chiang Xiai-Shek
Housing Up To Amarillo Says Mayor at Mass Meeting
The mayor urged all property owners and business leaders to attend Amarillo’s war housing meeting. Col E A Simpson led the event with no rent discussion, promising a brief program of music and talks limited to 10 minutes each. Speakers included Col E C Red Black and George H Robertson detailing the need for 2000 more living quarters to avoid a postwar ghost town.
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Amarillo
Col. E. A. Simpson
Chamber of Commerce
Pantex
George H. Robertson
Teed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance
Jenkins
Col
E. C. “Red” Black
Amarillo Army Technical School
Charles Wolflin
Wade Brymer
Lowell Munday
Hal Brown
John McCarty
Hugo Loewenstern
Col. Simpson
Mr. Robertson
Jap Planes Bomb Chungking Again
Japanese planes bombed Chungking for the first time this year with bombs falling on suburban points at 8 30 P M An air raid alarm sounded at 6 30 P M and the all clear followed three hours later.
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Chungking
U.P
Baby Jimmy Walker Eats Anything He Wants
A ten month old boy in Memphis feeds on goat milk and whatever else his mother says he desires. Jimmy Walker weighs 27 pounds, walks a little, and has four teeth. He lives at 735 North Garfield Street with his family. Meanwhile in the war front, Rommel’s forces in Egypt report 146 British tanks destroyed and 1,400 prisoners captured since July 22 as German and Romanian units advance near Stalingrad and Rostov.
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Jimmy Walker
Jimmy
A. W. Walker
Ada Beth
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
el Alamein Front
Tobruk Bombed Again by Allied Air Forces
Cairo July 27 heavy bomber force hit the Axis supply port of Tobruk again last night starting fires and explosions and scoring a direct hit on an enemy ship British headquarters reported. It was the second raid in two nights following a Saturday assault in which United States heavy bombers played a major role American airmen described Tobruk as lit by blazing gasoline after the weekend raid though thick clouds hindered visibility Long range RAF fighters also attacked Axis barges off Sidi Barrani garrison areas faced limited operations amid dust storms and low clouds as Germans and Italians prepared for renewed desert fighting near El Alamein.
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Cairo
Tobruk
United States
RAF
Sidi Barrani
el Alamein
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region today
Widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening with little change in temperature. West Texas expects scattered showers late this afternoon or tonight, with similar temperatures to yesterday. Panhandle, South Plains, Big Bend and westward see the same pattern. New Mexico reports scattered showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon and tonight, little temperature change. Temperature at noon today 85.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Bend
New Mexico
Luxury Hotel Occupied by Father Divine
ATLANTIC CITY N J July 27 The $1 000 000 Brigantine Hotel at Brigantine opened to Father Divine and 5 000 followers as their Holy communion hall and church chapel A banquet for 300 friends marked the opening The self described owner and 85 associates bought the hotel last March for 75 000 Father Divine sat amid sterling service before a large mirror Neon sign read Gods Holy Communion Table of Palate Mission He planned to rent 150 double rooms at 2 a week with meals at 15 cents each
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Atlantic City
N. J
Brigantine
Father Divine
Propert
Palate Mission
Two Strong Boys Show Strength in Enlistment Test
Portland, July 27. S Wulf and Jack Rudarmel attended an enlistment center punching bag test. Wulf removed his coat and swung hard, but missed the bag and cut his hand on the wall. Rudarmel then struck the bag and dislocated his shoulder in the process.
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Portland
Ore
S. Wulf
Jack Rudarmel
Wulf
Rudarmel
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Don Johnson
Johnson
Alfred
Dan Moody
Coke Stevenson
Hal Collins
Stevenson
Collins
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Harold Beck
Texarkana
Boyce House
Beck
Jesse James
Charlie Lockhart
Russell Stationery Company
Caucasus
Rommel
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Rostov
Bataisk
Don
Tsimlyansk
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Lower Volga
Kalatsch
Don) River
Kachalino
Volga River
Red Air Force
Don Estuary
Caucasus Mountain Range
Baku
Caspian
Moscow
The
Voronezh
Novocherkassk
John Maynard Lbr. Co. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
WAR Brides
Evelyn Kashuk
New York
Corp
Jay E. Kashuk
New “American War Brides
Thomas C. Griffin
Josephine Despres
Ferndale, Mich
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