U S Fighters Sink Four Jap Bombers In Solomons
Navy reports American pilots intercepted and downed four Mitsubishi bombers over Malaita Island in the Solomons. Marine Corsairs claimed three, an Army Lightning pilot took the fourth as Liberator bombers supported the raid on Vila near Kolombangara.
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Washington
Navy
Malaita Island
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Malaita
Marine Corps
Army
Flag Day Program Planned By Amarillo Elks
Amarillo Elks invite the public to Flag Day observances next Monday at the Elks Club. Exalted ruler Pede Powell notes an appropriate program with principal speaker Wes Izzard, a flag eulogy by Ed Green, and Rev. F A Foster on the program. Music will be directed by H A Shaw.
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Elks
Amarillo
Pede Powell
Pantelleria Falls to Allied Air Power in Sicily Invasion Push
Allied air forces battered Pantelleria for 13 days in a massive assault backed by RAF and American bombers. The operation, led by Lt. Gen. Spaatz and Air Marshal Tedder, aimed to clear the way for a Sicily invasion as Pantelleria and nearby Lampedusa were cut off and starved of supplies.
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Sicily
Lampedusa
Pantelleria
Tyrrhenian Sea
High Command
Radio Tokio
Europe
Madrid
Sardinia
Arturo Riccardi
Carl Andrew Spaatz
Allied
Northwest
Africa
Arthur W. Tedder
Mediterranean
Tax Office Costs Fall Below One Percent in Current Year
City tax collection expenses for the present year reach 1.37 percent of taxes paid, with last year at 2 percent. Assessor-collector Perry Burks notes 83.24 percent of current taxes collected by May 15, and the 1941 roll is 3.71 percent uncollected.
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Perry Burks
Joe Jenkins
Burks
Soldier Killed On Way Home
Cecil B. Ivester Jr. 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivester of Sunray, died in a highway motorcycle crash while en route from Camp Maxie Paris to Sunray. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Sunray Baptist Church. Survived by parents and sister Mrs John Wheatley El Paso. Pallbearers include West Texas State College brothers Tom Cone Richard Craig Jack Williams Linus Bromert R L Roberts. Body to be sent from Amarillo to Boxwell Brothers Dumas.
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Cecil B. Ivester, Jr
Ivester
Sunray
Camp Maxie
Paris
Honeygrove
John Wheatley
el Paso
George Rickels
Sunray Baptist Church
West Texas State College
Tom Cone
Richard Craig
Jack Williams
Linus Bromert
R. L. Roberts
Amarillo
Boxwell Brothers
Dumas
61 Year Old Man Cuts Four Teeth
R. O. Wilson of 408 East Fifth Street aged 61 exhibited four jaw teeth removal noted as highly unusual for his age. He could not keep the teeth and was compelled to have them extracted to continue using a dental plate he has worn for 21 years.
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R. O. Wilson
East Fifth Street
Stock Averages and Market Figures From June Trading Day
Merrill Lynch notes open with Dow Jones utilities at 141.43 and mixed U. S. stock quotes. The New York and Chicago markets show varied gains and losses across industries, with grain, livestock reports from Chicago and Kansas City, plus a liquidation fund at 1.8168.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Penner &, Beane
Ae Ui
Chicago
Williams Receives High Praise for Hit and Run Photo
Amarillo's identification officer George Williams earns acclaim from J Edgar Hoover after providing a striking photograph of a man named John Sweeney killed by a hit and run driver. Hoover commends the composition and humanity captured in the portrait.
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George Williams
Amarilo
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Amarillo
Mr. Hoover
Loyde F. Kingman
Williams
John Sweeney
Floods Threaten Kansas City and Missouri River Region
The Missouri River rose to 23.2 feet in Kansas City, nearing a forecast crest near 26.5 feet as floodwaters from northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas race downstream. Levees are strengthened across Jackson County as nine square miles of the northeast district face inundation, with St. Charles and St. Louis awaiting higher Mississippi levels.
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Kansas City
U.P
Missouri River
Missouri
Kansas
Kaw
Wamego
Jackson County
Howard H. Martin
Missouri Valley
St. Charles
St. Louis
Mississippi
United States Army
Amarillo visit for Potter County rationing chief clerk
Murry Copeland and son Gregg of California are visiting Mrs. A. C. Hales, chief clerk of the Potter County Rationing Board, in Amarillo. The brother of Mrs. Hales accompanies the visit.
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A. C. Hales
Amarillo
Murry Copeland
Gregg
California
Potter County Rationing Board
Union board weighs portal to portal pay dispute
The UMW and Central Pennsylvania operators press a roughly $1.30 day portal to portal pay claim while the board signals possible nonaction. Lew Isopposes attendance. Morse hints at court action as operators defend existing underground travel pay in a wage hour context.
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UMW
Pennsylvania
Lewis
WLB
Wayne L. Morse
Edward R. Burke
Roosevelt Reports For Military Service
Glen Cove New York June 11 Drick Roosevelt 18 third son of Major Kermit Roosevelt who died recently in Alaska while on active duty has volunteered for military service and will report for his physical examination next Monday
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Glen Cove
N. Y
Pdrick Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
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