Bombing Kiska in Blue Fog Aerial Raider Journal
Correspondent Keith Wheeler files from a Fortress bomber en route to base after a raid on Kiska Island. The crew describes diving through Aleutian fog, bombing a tent city with two tons of dynamite, tense anti aircraft fire, and a fighter confrontation as they return home toward the distant Aleutians.
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Keith Wheeler
Chicago Times, Inc
Kiska
Kiska Island
Aleutian
Aleutians
Catalina
William Allen White on Roosevelt Fourth Term Echoes
In Washington signs point to a possible fourth term for Franklin D Roosevelt. The piece argues the presidency bears unprecedented burdens during war, warns of risks if misjudged, and calls readers to weigh democracy's fate as decisions loom.
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Washington
Napoleon
Alexander
Caesars
Franklin Roosevelt
Amarillo Soldier Entertainment Idea For Large Hall
Co B Shepard of Fritch Texas urges Amarillo to expand lively entertainment for soldiers. He cites Chicago’s party scene and suggests converting a warehouse or vacant building into a big, shared venue with support from labor groups and donations to serve 35 000 to 50 000 trainees in the area.
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Chicago
Saturday Evening Post
Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Amarillo Hotel
Dear Tack seeks board ing house job and home
A 15 year old boy requests a boarding house job and staying on site. He lists address 4093-A Tincoln Street or Maverick Club Grady Rutledge as contact. A widow desires a reliable middle aged woman to live with and work as housekeeper and cook, with references offered.
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Tack
Tincoln Street
Maverick Club
Grady Rutledge
Tick
Saves Lives By Traveling With Corpses
New York reports Maj. S. T. Chan and Capt. H. T Want, Chinese aviators scarred by war, recount escaping during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Chan hid in a closed truck with dead soldiers to flee, later guiding his son to relatives. His wife died in a bombing while tending his wounds.
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New York
U.P
Hong Kong
Maj
S. T. Chan
Shiwan
Canton
Chan
Capt
H. T Want
Teth
Soldiers Blast Namesakes on Army Hour
New York July 27 Hitler Mussolini and Yamamoto were denounced on the National Broadcasting Company Army Hour. Sergt Louis S Hitler of Fort Knox Kentucky directed his tirade at Adolf, Private from Buckley Field Colorado aimed his at Benito, and Private Shiroji Yamamoto of Fort Riley Kansas mocked Isoroku, commander in chief of the Japanese fleet.
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New York
Hitler
Mussolini
Yamamoto
National Broadcasting Company
Louis S. Hitler
Fort Knox
Adolf
N. Mussolini
Buckley Field
Colo
Benito
Shiroji Yamamoto
Fort Riley
Kan
Isoroku
Last of Saboteurs Is Examined
The military commission trying eight Nazi saboteurs in Washington announced the last defendant was examined in this morning’s session. In Brevard North Carolina Miss Helen Owen bought an $18.75 war bond using nine torn two dollar bills, each with corners missing due to superstition.
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Washington
Ara
Brevard
N. C
Helen Owen
235 Rumanians Are Punished
Dispatches from Bucharest report 235 people sent to concentration camps or confined to homes under house arrest in a crackdown on sabotage and anti government activity in Romania.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bucharest
Rumania
Amarillo Building 2 4388 Phone Number Listing
A local reader cites the Amarillo building contact as 2 4388 with a home telephone 7867, noting a reference for reader use.
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Amarillo
Markets glow in New York and Midwest livestock reports
Chicago hogs and cattle runs show price shifts with mostly steady to lower bids. In Chicago salable hogs about 14,000 with declines to 25-35 cents, while cattle and calves total around 18,000. Kansas City receipts total 3,500 hogs and 18,700 cattle with slow trade, price ranges mixed by weight and class.
Nelson Sees Drastic Cuts
Washington on July 27 194? War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson warned Americans may face a civilian economy cut down to the absolute bone similar to wartime Britain. He noted two American experts arrived in England to study industrial concentration as Britain began rationing and licensing for essential goods.
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Washington
Britain
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
England
Arthur R. Burns
Office of Civilian Supply
Henry A. Dinegar
United States
WPB
Scout Camp Applications Open for Philmont Rocky Mountain Camp
Boy Scout headquarters invites applicants for the Philmont Rocky Mountain Scout Camp set for August 2 to 9. Depart by bus August 2 and return the following Sunday. Located on the 127000 acre Cimarron area ranch donated by Phillips of Tulsa. Near Cimarron New Mexico the camp costs 7.50 for the week with travel and meals making total about 19 per day. Must register by July 30.
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Boy Scout
Philmont
Rocky Mountain Scout Camp
Boy Scouts
Aie Phillips
Tulsa
Oklo
Cimarron
N. M
Gestapo Wipes Out Norwegian Village Reported
Witnesses in Britain said the Gestapo destroyed the Norwegian village of Televaag on Sotra Island near Bergen in reprisal for the shooting of two secret police members.
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London
Britain
Gestapo
Televaag
Sotra
Bergen
Secret Police
Crash Victim Is Just Fair After Highway 66 Truck Crash
Jimmy Bernard a 14 year old Red Oak Oklahoma boy injured early Saturday in a crash that killed Ben Joe Dye and injured several others is described as just fair by attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital. The accident occurred on U S Highway 66 about ten miles west of Vega. Thirteen people were riding in the truck. most received first aid and escaped serious injury.
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Jimmy Bernard
Red Oak
Okla
Northwest Texas Hospital
Ben Joe Dye
U. S. Highway 66
Vega
Group Shelves Ship Resolution
Washington July 27 The House merchant marines today shelved a resolution calling on the maritime commission to stay its cancellation of a contract with Higgins Shipbuilding Corp of New Orleans. After a closed session Chairman Bland Democrat West Virginia announced the committee would continue its investigation without taking responsibility for the resolution. The cancellation had already taken effect and reinstatement was not intended, as the contract covered construction facilities and 200 Liberty cargo ships.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marinees
Maritime Commission
Higgins Shipbuilding Corporation
New Orleans
Bland
West Virginia
Phones Out After Ditch Digger Hits Cable in Amarillo
About 900 to 1,000 telephones in North Amarillo went out this morning when a ditch digger severed a 1200 pair cable near Fifth Avenue and North Taylor Street while trenching for an army school water line. Some service was restored this afternoon. A. O. Thomas, district manager, said full restoration is hoped by morning.
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Amarillo
Fifth Avenue
Taylor Street
Army School
A. O. Thomas
Steal of Wheel From Judge Sparks Legal Curiosity
In San Diego on July 27 a thief stole a wheel and tire from a car owned by Superior Judge Gordon Thompson who sometimes presides in the criminal court. Police investigated the theft as a bold act targeting a judge's property.
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San Diego
Calif
Gordon Thompson
Criminal Court
Dr Snodgrass to Convention at Grand Rapids
Dr R C Snodgrass pastor of First Christian Church attends the International Convention of the Disciples of Christ in Grand Rapids Michigan. He will speak at the convention and serves on the nominations committee. More American cars entered Iran in the last fiscal year than in the preceding 12 months.
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R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Iran
Market summary shows solid sausage and cattle bids
Good sausage to good to choice dealers 12 00714.00, several loads good to choice feeders 12 000 12.30, medium to good stocker and feeder steers 10.00 7 11.75, choice around 325 lb steer calves 14.25. Sheep salable 5,000 total 6,200, lambs traded steady, no lambs above 13.50, good to choice owes 5.50, medium lots 4.25 4.65. Financial Industrial Fund liquidating 1.2526 offering 1.37. Dow Jones averages at 1 P M: Industrials 1677 up .24, Utilities 1152 up .65, Stocks 35.61 up .06. Sales at 1 P M: 147,000.
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Chicago
Kansas City
U.P— Ama
Conice
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
British Forces Stage Limited North Alamein Attack
Cairo July 27 The lull on the El Alamein front ended last night as British forces launched a limited attack in the northern sector. British sources reported the assault continued despite the overall quiet on the ground front.
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Cairo
Egypt
el Alamein
Home Nursing Institute Opens in Panhandle Chapter House
The Instructors Institute for registered nurses opened at the Red Cross Panhandle chapter House at Tenth and Tyler this morning. About 30 nurses registered and officials expect the number to double by Tuesday. Miss Marie Klein from the National Office in St Louis leads the instruction. Tuesday enrollment allows makeup for Monday’s classes.
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Panhandle
Red Cross
Tenth and
Tyler
Marie Klein
St. Louis
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