Dutch Warn Of New German Flying Bomb Bases
Dutch officials say Germany is constructing launch sites on the Hook of Holland for a larger flying bomb with a 250 mile range aimed at Birmingham and Sheffield. Goebbels has warned of a V-2 robot plane with greater payload and distance than the V-1. Shipping bans and conscription in Rotterdam accompanied the project in April and May.
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London
U.P
Hook of Holland
England
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Rotterdam
Birmingham
Sheffield
Pas-de-Calais
Death Takes John Durrett Merchant of Amarillo Dies at 84
John Milton Durrett longtime Amarillo merchant died at 11:15 last night in a Corpus Christi hospital after moving there two years ago to be with his daughter Mrs. Sarah T. Childers. He was 84, born October 29, 1859 in Mansfield, Mississippi. He earlier operated the Temple of Economy in Amarillo before 1920 and built a home on the site of Blackburn Shawv Memorial Chapel. Survived by daughters Katharine Cannady and Mrs. Childers and two grandsons J. B. Childers and Jack Durrett Childers. Funeral plans pending in Amarillo.
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John Milton Durrett
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Sarah T. Childers
F. T. Childers
Mississippi
Mansfield
Channing
XIT
Durrett
Cretney’s
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Western Auto Stores
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Alice Austin
Mineral Wells
First Christian Church
Katharine Cannady
Childers
J. B. Childers
Fort Worth
Jack Durrett Childers
Pacific
Coast Guard
The
Globe News
10-Ton Rockets May Exist in Reported German Claims
An Allied commentator said German talks of 10-ton explosive rockets against England may not be propaganda. He noted RAF Lancaster attacks on V-2 sites and cited unauthenticated French sources claiming a 90-ton rocket. the 10-ton warhead would be the forward element of a feared monster weapon.
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England
France
Berlin Reports Ships Massed For New Landing in Italy
Berlin radio reported masses of Allied warships transports and landing craft concentrated in the Tyrrhenian coast around La Spezia and Genoa with several divisions of troops for an imminent landing in northern Italy near those ports.
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London
Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Market Report Highlights Wednesday Trade Activity
Major markets show uneven moves with downswings in hogs and cattle. Chicago and Kansas City livestock listings reflect mixed demand, with hogs easing 25 cents to 50 cents and cattle mostly steady to modestly lower amid ample offerings and varied weights. Prices across hogs cattle and sheep detail regional shifts and reference typical weight brackets and quality tiers.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Pate Aos
Crisis in Prussia Intensifies As Hitler Forms Special Command
London reports mounting unrest in East Prussia and northeast Germany threatens Red Army advances. Hitler creates a unified command to fight saboteurs and guerrillas with a new Gestapo role claimed to target uneducable youths. General Eisenbach leads the anti guerrilla effort in East Prussia Danzig and West Prussia.
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London
U.P
Stockholm
East Prussia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
FCC
Radio
Morgentidningen
Hitler
Eisenback
Danzig
West Prussia
Death Claims Infant Daughter Of Mr and Mrs Al Rogers
Sharon Ann Rogers infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Rogers 1205 North Harrison Street died in a local hospital early this morning Graveside services set for 5 this afternoon at Memorial Park Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home supervision Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs Marion Corbell Amarillo
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al Rogers
North
Harrison Street
Memorial Park Cemetery
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Marion Corbell
Amarillo
Amarillo Field selects two local women for film roles
Nine Amarillo area contestants, including Mrs. Mary Griffin and Miss Robbie Williams, vie for secretarial roles in the B 29 film. The winner, Mrs. Margaret F. Robinson of Atlanta, Ga, will play chief secretary in office scenes, with Griffin Williams and six others also securing spots.
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Amarillo
Mary Griffin
Harrison Street
Robbie Williams
Fourteenth Avenue
Margaret F. Robinson
Atlanta
Army Air Forces First
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Miss Williams
Amarillo Field
Robinson
C. O. Griffin
Amavillo
New Caledonia
Bobbie Williams
Billie L. Gaines
Crockett Street
Jean Hiatt
West Thirteenth Avenue
Norma Hawkins
North Fillmore Street
Miss Gaines
Miss Hiatt
Herbert E. Hart
James B. Wright, Jr
James L. Hicks
Dorothy A. Connaughton
Jerry Kimble
Joe Wilmot
Not Quite So Hot Today Then Yesterday
Downstate Texans swelter under 100 plus temperatures as forecasters expect heat to ease this afternoon. The high yesterday was 97 and skies will stay clear with similar conditions tomorrow.
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Downstate
Texans
Weather Bureau
French Parachute Troops Fight Behind Nazi Lines
Paris dispatch reports French parachute troops operating behind German lines in Normandy as part of the invasion. Air Minister Fernand Grenier says seven French aerial squadrons participate, with three bomber and four fighter squadrons in Normandy and additional units in the Mediterranean.
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Normandy
Fernand Grenier
French Committee of National Liberation
Mediterranean
French Patriots Repel German Attacks Across Normandy and Regions
Supreme Headquarters reports French patriots defeat German tank assaults in ambushes and destroy a convoy of 116 trucks in Saone-et-Loire. Interior forces repel raids on Maquis areas, disrupt enemy rail lines in Normandy, and sabotage canals and depots across the north and east, with barges and fuel depots blown up in Nievre.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Command
Saone-et-Loire
Maquis
Normandy
Pyrenees
Nievre” Department
Battle casualties of U S pass 300000 mark
Washington July 27 Fierce fighting two hemispheres has pushed the battle casualties of the United States past the 311000 mark, the more than 63000 dead. The cost in men in this war now far exceeds the 278828 total for World War I.
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Washington
United States
Safe Drivers Honored by Coca Cola
Six year safe driving medals with three diamonds were awarded to Mark Link Dewey Johnson and Garland Campbell of Amarillo Coca Cola Bottling Company. One year medals went to William Atwood Frank Broadway T A Brown and Johnny Fonti.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Mark Link
Dewey Johnson
Garland Campbell
Byron Ellis
William At
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