Weather, war news, and weddings in Amarillo area letters
A maintained weekly column from Amarillo covers rain and green fields after a harsh dust bowl myth. It notes rubber plant inspectors in Borger and a banquet in Amarillo praising progress on synthetic rubber. Crime reports include a neighborhood burglary and a broad suspect roundup. Panhandle service members and local marriages are highlighted alongside sports and social notes.
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Armed Services
Amarillo
Panhandle
Dust Bowl
Florida
California
Victory Gardens
Polk Street
Old Tack
Tack
Borger
William Jeffers
Phillips
Frank Phillips
Husky
Union Pacific
Jeffers
Pleasant Valley
Texas Rangers
FBI
Draft Board
S. E. LaRue
Rose Drive
Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Jim Farwell
Jefferson Davis
Austin
Joe B. Dooley
Texas Bar
Dr Norris Proclaims China Wins War Over Japan
Dr Frank Norris, at Central Baptist Church in Fort Worth, declares China has won the war against Japan and will be a key American ally in the post war era. He cites first hand reports and notes 20 more missionaries headed to China as Old China fades into a new, Christian nation.
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Panhandle
Ross Rogers Municipal Course
John Olver
John Munn
Jimmie Moore
J. R. Brown
Frank Norris
Fundamental Baptist
Fort Worth
Detroit
Don Clark
Amarillo College
Bob McDonald
KGNC
Bob
Rio Grande Valley
KRGV
Central Baptist Church
Eighth Avenue
Monroe Street
China
Japan
United States
Norris
Pacific
World Fundamental
Baptist Missionary Organization
Chi
Dr. Norris
Texas
Amarillo
KFJZ
Pantelleria raids, Lampedusa clash headline Allied air offensive
Allied air forces battered Pantelleria with Warhawk bombers Flying Fortresses and other aircraft, while Axis claims of a British commando attack on Lampedusa were repulsed. The day saw 19 Pantelleria losses in two days and 30 in the Mediterranean, with two Allied planes lost. Weather notes report warm return after scattered showers across Texas towns and a 89 degree high. Fairfield airman Lt. Wilton Ward parachuted home on leave after circling his ranch.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Pantelleria
Sicily
Axis
Lampedusa
Tunisia
RAF
Bostons
Baltimores
Sardinia
Emmett R. Worthey
Eldon
Fairfield
Cal
Wilton Mason Ward
Ward
Mason Ranch
Allied raid on Lampedusa tested enemy defenses in Mediterranean
British commando forces landed on Lampedusa in a raid described by Axis reports as a near failure. The action involved about five companies and lasted only hours as Italians reportedly retained the island. Allied air forces then intensified attacks on Pantelleria as part of broader Mediterranean operations.
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London
Lampedusa
Europe
Dieppe
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Sicily
Rome
Berlin
Axis
United Press
Stockholm
St. Nazaire
Tunisian
Spitzbergen
Nazis Shift to Offense in Propaganda Push
German propagandists switch from defense to offense in broadcasts four days before the 1942 Kharkov anniversary. British sources view the move as aimed at misdirecting Allied invasion plans and boosting home morale.
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Russell Landstrom
London
Berlin
Kharkov
Germany
Russia
Morley Richards
Daily Express
United Nations
Soldiers and Sailors Riot In Los Angeles Zoot Suit Clash
In Los Angeles on June 8 service men swept through downtown hunting zoot suit wearers. More than 500 troops raided theaters cafes and clubs stripping youths of their outfits and sending several to hospitals. Police riot squads patrolled while more than 100 suspects were arrested over the weekend.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Skidrow
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Slightly warmer tonight and early Wednesday with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas sees little temperature change, New Mexico reports scattered light showers in the east portion. Temperatures over 24 hours end at a high of 89 and a low of 59 with noon around 81.
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Bureau
English Field
Amarillo
Adrian
Clarendon
Dimmitt
Follett
Hereford
Shamrock
Dumas
Gage
Roswell
Clayton
West Texas
New Mexico
Nimitz King Conference Reported On West Coast
Secretary Knox said Admiral Nimitz met with Admiral Ernest King on the West Coast possibly about strategy from Roosevelt and Churchill talks. He did not comment on Churchill’s note of complex amphibious operations, calling it a conservative statement.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Ernest J. King
U. S
Knox
Churchill
19 Zeros Shot Down In Russell Islands
In a Solomons air battle the United States reported 19 Japanese Zero fighters shot down and six damaged near the Russell Islands. Navy updates noted seven American planes lost with three pilots saved, and Attu actions killed eight Japanese soldiers.
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Washington
United States
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
Solomon Islands
U. S
Attu
Chichagof Valley
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Allied Ground Forces Move in New Guinea
Allied ground forces attack the Salamaua Mubo area on the Northeast New Guinea coast as Douglas Boston bombers make 53 strafing passes in support. Reports say Allied troops hold Bobdubi near Salamaua while air raids hit Lae Wewak Madang and Lae airfields amid ongoing fighting and bad weather.
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Australia
U.P
Salamaua-Mubo
New Guinea
Buna
Douglas Boston
Green's Hill
Mubo
Bobdubi
Salamaua
Lae
Wau
Bulldog
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
Madang
American Planes Raid Burma Bases Near Myitkying
New Delhi June 8 report says American fighter planes pressed raids on Japanese bases in Burma. They attacked an enemy encampment at Wehsi, about 25 miles north of Myitkying, according to a 10th Air Force communique.
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Panhandle
Robert H. Smith
Lamesa
England
Wilhemshaven
H. M. Middleton
Childress
Spezia
Italy
Dumas
Svg Roberts
Amarillo
Pacific
Harvey Latson
H. H. Latson
West Point
Society
Lucile Rucker
M. Allison
Nston Glenn Smith
San Antonio
Tech
Joe Hochevar, Jr
Amarillo Field
Gladys Goodnight
Raymond Anthis
June King
Jack A. Webster
McLean
Iva Ekern
W. V. Mayfield
Borger
Margaret Ann Meinecke
Plainview
John Will Speck
Bryan
Louise Yrollinger
Jack Peel
Fritch
Margaret Dickinson
GC. Y. Wood, Jr
Orveta Puett
Shamrock
Thomas L. Persons
Quitaque
Virginia Smith
James H. Sprouse
Pat C. Beirne
Albuquerque
New Delhi
Burma
Wehsi
Myitkying
10Th Airforce
Congress Tensions in War Industry Strike Legislation
Washington June 8 conference leaders remain deadlocked over anti strike legislation. Debate centers on a 30 day notice and after a secret ballot to permit strikes in war industries.
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Congress
Washington
W.P— House
Senate
Russians Prove Efficiency Of New Front Line Bomber
Moscow dispatches report a new bomber in production shows high efficiency in raids behind German lines since May. Red Star cites guerrilla reports that the aircraft destroyed 10 German trains and killed about 1,500 soldiers when barracks behind the lines were destroyed.
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Moscow
Red Star
Army
New York Report on Japanese War Plant Tour
New York dispatch says Cham berlains from the Imperial Palace completed a tour of Japanese war plants as part of a national drive to spur armament production, a Tokyo broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission today.
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New York
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Japanese Continue Attacks on India
A Tokyo broadcast communique reported ongoing attacks on Eastern India from May 1 to June 5. It claimed 63 Allied planes shot down and 40 destroyed on the ground, with nine Japanese planes lost and 24 damaged.
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New York
Tokyo
Associated Press
India
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