Tojo Foresees Allied Counteroffensive, Vows Japan Stand
Premier Hideki Tojo told a Diet session that signs point to an all out Allied counter offensive in the Pacific and warned Japan faces mounting Allied might in fierce battles. He reaffirmed a pledge to fight with Germany and Italy and warned the world of entangling U.N. powers.
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Hideki Tojo
Pacific
Japan
Diet
Tojo
United States
Great Britain
Rome-Berlin
United Nations
Germany
Italy
69 Jap Planes Out of Action
Military authorities report 69 Japanese planes destroyed in the first two weeks of June. The total since July 31, 1942 rises to 1,337. Losses for the Allies are not stated. Monthly totals show October peak at 370 with 115 on Oct 26 in the Santa Cruz battle.
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South Pacific
United States
Solomons
Battle of
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Fighter Planes Proved Deadliest Against Japanese
Fighter planes accounted for about 900 of the total deaths among Japanese during the conflict. Heavy bombers such as Flying Fortresses and Liberators shot down about 200. Navy bombers and anti air craft fire destroyed about 100 each, with the remainder credited to night fighters observation planes and ground guns.
Armed Forces Needing Beef Across Nation
Chicago report shows War Meat Board warning of critical beef shortages for the armed forces as War Food Administration aims to secure 45 percent of weekly packer production for military use, amid small cattle receipts and a crackdown on a veal black market. Purchasing centers will accept very small consignments meeting Army specs.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
WFA
E. O. Pollock
Wisconsin
Bold Bad Robber Pulls a Slickie
Los Angeles on June 16 reports a robber counted $72 from a cash register, tucked it away, and left. The man claimed to work there on day shift and was confronted when the owner was notified by the night chef. The proprietor Ernest M. Groves denied knowledge of the assailant.
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Los Angeles
Ernest M. Groves
Littell's Liquid aid for itching skin irritations
An advertisement announcing Littell's Liquid as relief for itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat eczema and insect bites. Priced at 50 cents and available at Cretney Drug Store.
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Cretney Drug Store
Brown Urges Food Subsidy to Stabilize Prices
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told the Senate Banking Committee that subsidies to processors are needed to carry out price stabilization. He cited Sections of the 1942 acts and argued a fair margin between producer and consumer is essential. Brown said personnel issues and food prices are his immediate problems as he returns from vacation.
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Fred Bailey Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Senate Banking Committee
Brown
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Prentiss M Brown
OPA
Feed Peanuts Grow Well Despite Cotton Infestation
Texas crops showed fair to excellent growth in feed and peanut crops per the USDA. Cotton suffered from insects in some areas while wheat harvest improves with High Plains nearing maturity. E corn and grain sorghum progress. pecan damage from case bearers. East Texas tomatoes and North Texas onions near normal movement. vegetables abundant but ranges in West Northwest and South Texas need rain.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
High Plains
East Texas
North Texas
West
Northwest
South Texas
Navy Seabees Urgently Sought As Major Recruitment Drive
Chief Harry Longabach announced that Seabees are the Navy’s top objective. Skilled tradesmen aged 17 to 50 are urged to enlist with lowered eye sight and dental requirements. Women in Amarillo may join WAVES with training at Hunter College New York and then serve at naval bases nationwide.
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Harry Longabach
Navy
Longabach
Panhandle
Reds Bounce Nazis Back Near Orel Front
German troops under a smoke screen pushed toward outskirts of towns northeast of Orel but were driven back with 400 dead and six tanks lost. Four German attacks northwest of Mtsensk failed as Red Army gains momentum. Allied and Soviet air forces struck enemy bases and ships, sinking vessels and destroying aircraft in northern and Ukrainian raids.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Orel
High Command
Mtsensk
Radi Leningrad
Europe
Stormovik
Red Air Force
Ukraine
Balakleya
Lewis Kicked In Teeth by Penn Miners
Appalachian coal operators unite against John L Lewis while awaiting a War Labor Board decision. The breakdown with central Pennsylvania operators lines up producers again and could influence a New York stoppage as the UMW meets to review wage dispute developments and a tentative Pennsylvania agreement.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
U P
Appalachian Coal
United Front
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Lewis
New York
WLB
Reading
Central Pennsylvania
UMW
Pennsylvania
Yeoman Huscher Sings Tomorrow for Navy Mothers Club
Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher will perform a naval service themed program tomorrow evening at the Legion home in Amarillo. She will sing Anchors Aweigh, the Marine Hymn, and Semper Paratus as the WAVES recruitment outline is presented. all parents and relatives are urged to attend.
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Yeoman
Elizabeth Huscher
Navy Mothers’ Club
Navy
Marine Hymn
Marines
Coast Guard
WAVES
Amarillo
Legion Home
Harrison Street
M. E. Jordan
Levoptik Promises Relief for Burning Eyes
Overworked eyes from work driving dust or wind are soothed by Levoptik. Soreness itching and tired feeling are relieved with this remedy advertised as refund guaranteed. Thousands praise it and it is available at all druggists.
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United Press
N.s.griggs & Sons
Littell
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
Michigan
Office of Price Administration
Betty Huscher
Hunter College
New York City
Yeoman Huscher
George C. Marshall
U. S
Penn
Globe News
City Cab
Bern Robertson
Taylor
Iran
EL Haren
Cretney
Naet On of Ered
Asoo
Avery
Rie
Cretney's
KFDA
Polk
Dad
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