Troops Still in Java May Operate Under Searle Leader
Tokyo controlled Batavia radio reported that some members of the U S first artillery regiment from Texas National Guard may still fight in interior Java under Col Almbert C Searle of Pawtucket R I The report cited the Netherlands East Indies information service and noted the capture by Japanese of Maj Gen A Pesman who led Dutch guerrilla troops in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Caswell
Melbourne
Batavia Radio
United States First Artillery Regiment
Texas National Guard
Java
Almbert C. Searle
Pawtucket
R. I
Netherlands East Indies Information Service
A. Pesman
West
Uncertain Command of 131st Field Artillery Mentioned
Report notes 131st Field Artillery may still resist in dawn's wilds but cites Col Blucher Tharp of Amarillo as commander. War Department lists Tharp as missing. Col Searle’s role unclear possibly an instructor.
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131St Field Artillery
Panhandle
Searle
11St
Col
Blucher Tharp
Amarillo
Tharp
Australia
War Department
Outfit
Searle and Dutch Guerrilla Leaders in Java Resistance
Reports say Searle and his artillery unit may join Gen. Schilling’s guerrillas in West Java. Dutch officials note resistance persists with remnants of Allied forces among British American and Australian troops. Tokyo claims capture of others, while Searle’s fate remains unconfirmed. Searle, 50, known for resourcefulness, earned the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
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Java
Searle
Pesman
West Java
W. Schilling
Batavia
Tokyo
Bandoeing
Schilling
George H. Brigt
Fire damages Borger Phillips refinery storage division
A blaze at the Borger refinery of Phillips Petroleum destroyed the butane storage division yesterday. The fire started when a parked truck rolled into a butane pipeline, igniting near a boiler house and spreading to tanks. Two men were hospitalized, with Frank Henthorn critically burned and R R Freund burned on the head shoulders and arm. Plant officials expected the plant to resume operations soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
E. H. Bender
Frank Henthorn
Stillman
R. R. Freund
R. C. Jopling
Bartlesville
Kla
Two Men Facing Narcotic Charge
A pharmacist at Maxor Drug No 2 doubted a narcotic prescription and called the doctor. The doctor arrived and said the prescription had been raised. Police were notified. Bruce Helms, itinerant, and L F Cooner of Altus Oklahoma, were charged in federal court with narcotic offenses. Bonds were set at $500 each.
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Bruce Helms
L. F. Cooner
Altus
Oklahoma
Scrap Rubber Drive Aids War Effort In Panhandle
Wardens will conduct house to house checks in Amarillo to gather scrap rubber for Uncle Sam. So far twenty tons weighed in since the roundup began Monday. Rubber is donated by oil companies paying agents a cent a pound and will net a profit for U S Army Navy Red Cross and Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred DeCoster
Office of Civilian Defense
Amarillo
H. O. Starks
Panhandle
Uncle Sam
Axis Attacks Hurled Back Near Tobruk Front
British forces defending Tobruk approaches repelled multiple Axis assaults on Sidi Rezegh Acroma and El Adem as Rommel seeks an eastern foothold. The day’s communique said attacks on Acroma and Sidi Rezegh were broken up and El Adem remained unopened to Axis assault.
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Cairo
U.P
Tobruk
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Middle East
Erwin Rommel
Imperial Line
el Adem
Libya
Ed Duda-Sidi Rezegh
Rommel
el Gazala
Knightsbridge
Neil M. Ritchie
Ed Duda
War Production Board Opposes 94 Percent Excess Profits Tax
Chairman Donald Nelson argued against a flat 94 per cent excess profits levy on corporations, saying it could endanger wartime output. He urged possible postwar credits or exemptions to promote efficiency and resource conservation, while the Ways and Means committee weighs an 80 to 94 per cent rate.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Sportsmen Protects Duck and Eggs
A worker at the Pantex Ordnance plant site spotted a mallard sitting on nine eggs. The men fenced off the area with a warning flag and left the duck and nest undisturbed.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
Warm conditions with scattered thundershowers in Plains
Amarillo and vicinity expect warm weather this afternoon and cooler tonight with few local thunderstorms. West Texas remains warm with scattered Panhandle thundershowers this evening. New Mexico sees warm conditions and mild tonight with scattered showers in extreme northeast. Extremes over 24 hours: 97 high, 64 low. noon temperature 80.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo Aviator Wounded in Far Pacific Air Raid
Lieut. Fletcher Marsalis Glenn of Amarillo, a B-26 airman with thousands of hours, was wounded on the ground when a large Japanese bomb exploded near his aerodrome. He survived with a shrapnel wound to the side and notes the incident in a hospital letter to his parents.
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Pacific
Amarillo
Everett W
Gladys M. Glenn
Lieut
Fletcher Marsalis Glenn
Glenn
United States Army Air Corps
Randolph, Kelly
Langley
Mitchell Field
Patterson Field
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Russian Counterattack Delivers Blow Near Sevastopol Front
Reports from the front say Soviet forces repelled a German push near Sevastopol and halted reserves after a bayonet charge. In Kharkov the Red Star credits Timoshenko with holding positions and launching counterattacks as German forces press south of the city. Izvestia notes German fears of revolt and the removal of civilians from Kharkov.
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Kharkov
Crimean
Sevastopol
Red Star
Siberia
Stalin
Semyon Timoshenko
Izvestia
Bomb Axis Crushed Like Fish in Barrel by Liberators
United States Army Liberator bombers with RAF forces report 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships in the central Mediterranean. Major Alfred F. Kalberer led the flight, claiming the bombardment was highly effective as Axis forces suffered multiple hits and ships damaged or sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
RAF
Mediterranean
United States
Alfred F. Kalberer
Kalberer
LaFayette
Ind
Cairo
Egypt
London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Tobruk
Mussolini
Pacific
Middle East
RAP
Malta
Japan Pays Dearly For Chinese Town
Chungking reports Shangjao, eastern anchor of the Hangchow Nanchang railroad, fell after a massive Japanese offensive with 8000 plus casualties. Chinese forces retreat south of the Sin River while Linchwan and Poyang area see captured points and repulsed island landings as Japan shifts strength northward.
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Chungking
Shangjao
Hangchow-Nanchang
Yingtan
Kiangsi
China
Linchwan
Poyang
Sin River
Russian Siberia
Manchuria
Japan
Siberia
Germany
Mihailovitch Strikes Again in Bosnia and Montenegro
Gen Draja Mihailovitch's Jugoslav guerrillas report capturing about 1500 Axis troops including an entire enemy battery in Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro. Italian casualties totaled 75 killed and 783 wounded as fighting persists with heavy losses on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Draja Mihailovitch
Jugoslav
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Jaroslav
Mihailovitch
Serbia
Reinhard
Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravyia
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Victory Bond sales fall short of June quota
Victory Bond and Stamp sales in Potter County average under $10,000 daily. With more than half of June gone, the total stands at $119,230, far below the $300,000 monthly target and under 10 percent of the county's expected income for the period.
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Potter County
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Axis
Russell Stationery Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Bell and Braden
U. S
Tropic of Capricorn
Africa
Los Angeles
G. I. Loggins
Moscow
U. S S
Aleutians
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Force
Glenn L. Martin
Aleutian Islands
Ers
Lidice
Gandhi
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