American Tanks Press Break Through In Normandy Drive
Allied armored columns advanced up to seven miles in the Normandy break through, overrunting Canisy and Le Mesnil Herman junctions and reaching nine miles from Coutances and six south of St Lo. Lt General Lesley J McNair, former Army ground forces commander, was killed in Normandy while observing front line actions.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Normandy
Canisy
le Mesnil Herman
Coutances
St. Lo
Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Naval
Army Ground
Ees
War Department
McNair
Army
Marshall
Dio
Marigny
Omar N. Bradley
St. Le-Percy
St. Samson de Bon Fosse
Atlantic
U.S. First Army
Pieriers
Bradley
Lessay- Periers
DNB
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caumonta
Henry T. Gorrell
United Press
U. S. Armor
James McGlincy
Adolfitler
Gorrell
St. Gilles- Cansy
U. S
Rule Out Bigwigs Rule Out Bigwigs
Allied dispatches report major Nazi leaders implicated in the Hitler bomb plot and others captured or killed. Olbricht Beck and Hoepner were listed as casualties or detainees amid Berlin broadcasts and Goebbels claims. American and British forces push breakthroughs near St Lo with heavy armor and air support advancing toward Coutances.
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Gen
Olbricht
Ludwig Beck
Erich Hoepner
Hitler
Beck
Hoepner
Berlin
Propapanda
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Moser-Hillmann
Lublin
Wilhelm Grimm
Munich
Freiherr Geyer von Schweppenburg
Normandy
Stockholm
von Machenfeldt
Russians Hit Jackpot In Breakthrough To Czechoslovakia
Stalin announced Red Army advances across the Vistula southeast of Warsaw and captures of Bialystok Brest Litovsk Stanislawow and Narva. Moscow claimed over 500 towns seized as German lines collapsed around Deblin Pulawy and Kolomya while Warsaw faced mounting artillery fire and massed attacks.
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London
Stalin
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Vistula
Warsaw
Bialystok
Moscow
Brest Litovsk
German Silesia
Vistula River
Berlin
Sivestia
Wisla
Deblin- Pulach
Silesia
Izvestia
Deblin
Pulawy
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bug
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Kolomya
Russia
Teens' publicity flair sparks Amarillo questions
A Pulse Feeler question from Mrs. Bly Sears prompts a townwide debate on handling lively teens. Contributors urge theater, juvenile programs, work opportunities, home training, and supervised activities to channel creativity and reduce mischief.
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Bly Sears
Hayden Street
Congressman Climbs A Telephone Pole
A student congressman from Amarillo High School climbed a telephone pole in front of Kirk Drug Store last night to salvage his trousers after an incident with a mob. Onlookers identified him as Congressman Stan Hickman, elected last year to represent the sophomore class in the Student Congress.
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Kirk Drug
Stan Hickman
Student Congress
Amarillo High School
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weather forecast notes fair skies across Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change through Friday. West Texas and New Mexico also expect fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Friday with highs near 90 to 100 degrees and a record high 97 for the past 24 hours. Headlines mention Aunt Nan on the Woman's Page and an advertisement for shingles and roofing by John Maynard Lahr Co at 800 W. 6th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
John Maynard Lahr. Co
W. 6Th
Unfit for Shipping Cherbourg Port Delayed in Normandy
Secretary of War Stimson said Cherbourg, captured June 26, remains unrepaired and not yet able to support Allied supply needs in Normandy. He praised Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee’s logistics but noted the port will be rebuilt for permanent use after initial landings.
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Washington
Stimson
Cherbourg
Normandy
John C. H. Lee
Battle for Florence heats up as Eighth Army advances
Allied forces press toward Florence as the Eighth Army repels German counterattacks eight miles from the city and pushes toward Castelnovo and Vallecchio. Fifth Army reports heavy shelling along the lower Arno and Pisa area with German forces obstructing streets north of the Arno and using observation posts.
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Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Pisa
Arno
Castelnovo
Vallechhio
Fourth Parachute
San Casciano
Adriatic
Air Fights Boost Allied Air Losses For Nazified Budapest Target
Air battles across Europe rack up heavy losses for Germany with Allied aircrews claiming 193 German planes sunk in three days. Liberators and Fortresses hit Manfred Weiss Works Budapest while Belgian targets near Brussels Ghent see Liberator operations. Normandy sorties limited by weather. Givors Baden rail targets hit. overall score shows 16 German planes downed yesterday, 13 Allied lost.
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London
Manfred Weiss
Budapest
Hungary
Brussels
Ghent
Normandy
Givors-Baden
Lyon
France
Germany
Berlin
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Haur
Lake Geneva
Sabang Harbor Destroyed by Allied Battlefleet in Indian Ocean
Allied warships and planes pummeled Sabang port, silencing shore batteries, sinking a freighter, wrecking jetties, workshops and wharves, with flames visible in the target area. Mountbatten confirmed a 35 minute assault, while broader Pacific and China campaigns push Japanese forces back from Guam Saipan Tinian and Hengyang.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Tokyo
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Ushi
Pacific
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Bobbie Williams
Mary Griffin
Amarillo Army Air Field
Algiers
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Gestapo
Schacht
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Voelkischer Beobachter
Nazi Party
Gauleiter
Heinrich Himmler
Tucker
Russell Stationery Company
Mrs. Sears
Fancher Upshaw
E. A. Rowley
Little Theater Board
Little Theater
Bert Steffens
Art Wheeler
Dorsey B. Smith
James Paschal
S. Robert Tisdale
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Aunt Nan
Mon
Fifth Army
San Romano
Horseshoe
Philippines
China
Orote
Sumay Town
Apra Harbor
Rembert James
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
U.S
Hengyang
Yochow
Chungking
Mankew-Canton
Chennault
India
Myitkyina
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