Rommel Flanks First Problems On Normandy Invasion
Field Marshal Rommel faced early setbacks as Allied forces consolidated the Cherbourg peninsula. Reports say German defenses were outflanked by airborne troops, with French underground sabotage and Allied air and naval power steadily reducing coastal fortifications and delaying German counter actions.
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U. 58
Orces
France
U.P
Erwin Rommel
Europe
Cherbourg
Rommel
Reich
No Man’s Land
U.S
101St
82Nd Airborne Division
Normandy
Secretary of Treasury Visits Amarillo Field
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. was a breakfast guest of Brig. Gen. Carl Connell at Amarillo Army Air Field. He arrived early, declined interviews, and departed by private plane around 8 o clock after a California trip tied to war efforts. Morgenthau once farmed near Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York.
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Carl Connell
Amarillo Army Air Field
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Third of Chuckholes Filled With Asphalt
Ama rillo fills one third of chuckholes with asphalt totaling 569 tons, with labor shortages slowing work. City manager A P Hancock notes patching is hampered by lack of workers as street crews under E R Thompson mend holes from last winter’s freeze thaw cycle. Meanwhile six year old James Floyd sustains a double fracture after a porch fall.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
E. R. Thompson
James Floyd
W. E. Floyd
Carolina Street
James
Carol Lively Dies of Infantile Paralysis
Eight year old Carol Lively daughter of Mr and Mrs T L Lively formerly of Amarillo and the Amarillo Hardware Company died last night in their new Phoenix home from poliomyelitis. Her aunt and grandparents live at 817 Prospect Street.
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Caroli Lively
T. L. Lively
Amarillo
Amarillo Hardware Company
Phoenix, Ariz
G. R. Dwight
T. C. Lively
Prospect Street
Townsend Club President Urges Full Attendance
V Wyatt president of the Townsend Club urges members to attend Sunday meetings at 2 30 in the courthouse fourth floor. He says election is near and there is work to be done with something of interest to report. Visitors are welcome.
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V. Wyatt
Townsend Club
Court House
Eggs Scrambled by Truck Crash Near Pullman Switch
A truck overturned on the highway near Pullman Switch scattering eggs. State patrolmen found the scrambled eggs en route to Claude, as they investigated the minor mishap. Past Matrons Club to meet Friday at Mrs. W. R. Irwin’s home for luncheon and officers’ election. Miss Selma Rose Maness of Fort Smith, Ark., is visiting her grandmother at 1209 Western Avenue.
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Pullman Switch
Claude
W. R. Irwin
Harrison Street
Miss Maness
Selma Rose Maness
Fort Smith, Ark
Kate Maness
Western Avenue
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New York
Henry Morgenthau
Norwich
Secretary of Treasury
Hancock
Bannister
von Globe-News
Khoury Bros
Dad
Levine
Levine's
Hickok & Paris
Hickok
Munsingwear
Levine’s Price
Tranks
Seersucker
Johnnie Walker
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
N.Y
Carol Lively
Hillbilly
Panhandle Record Store
Tyler
Ae Ates
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