Buttle Lake Vancouver Island wilds and wild weather report
A Vancouver diarist visits Buttle Lake in the heart of Vancouver Island. Surrounded by 7,000 to 8,000 foot peaks, the remote lake hosts rainbow trout and abundant game, with bears, cougars, and wolves nearby. Fire risk looms as a dry season approaches. the author notes inaccessibility and limited visitors, and questions the lake’s photogenic appeal despite its beauty.
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Buttle Lake
Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Strathcona National Park
Harry Rogers
Will Reid
Long Beach
Cal
Battle Lake
Canada
Lake Louise
Reids
Panhandle
Wolf River
Reid
Field & Stream
Chinese Hold 350 Miles of Coast Opposite Okinawa
The piece notes Chinese control of a 350 mile coastal strip opposite Okinawa, from Hangzhou to Foochow and Wenchow, seen as a potential air and sea corridor for delivering war material. It discusses Japanese withdrawals, Russian fears, and possible effects on invasion plans in the China theater.
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Okinawa
Chungking
China
Wenchow
Russia
Amoy
Swatow
Hangchow
Shanghai
Indo-China
Malay Peninsula
Bias Bay
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Home Islands
Foochow
Liangshan
Sanmen
Taichow
Japan
Europe
Funeral rites for William Allen Burch observed in Amarillo
Funeral services for four year old William Allen Burch will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 in Griggs Chapel. Rev Loyd Jones will officiate with burial at Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers include H G Baker Curly Hudson Charles Ware and Alvin Casey. He died yesterday en route to a hospital after months of illness. He was the son of Roy and Mrs Burch of 4128 Van Buren. Roy Burch works for the United States Postal Service. Survived by sister Shirley K and paternal grandparents Henry Burch and Carl Fulton and their wives, all of Amarillo.
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William Allen Burch
Griggs Chapel
Loyd Jones
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
Llano Cemetery
H. G. Baker
Curly Hudson
Charles Ware
Alvin Casey
Roy Burch
van Buren
Burch
United States Postal Service
Shirley K
Henry Burch
Carl Fulton
Amarillo
Wheat Shipments Increase Twelve More Carloads Here
Twelve more carloads of wheat were received in Amarillo today bringing the total for today and yesterday to twenty. The Amarillo Grain Exchange expects a pretty fair run by week’s end and notes the movement may come from north to west simultaneously. Three cars came from Conway by the Rock Island. nine cars from Happy, Tulia, Kress, and Canyon by the Santa Fe.
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Amarillo
Australians Drive on Bougainville in Southern Bougainville Fight
Melbourne dispatch says two drives by the Third Australian Division on southern Bougainville cut the Bain Road and slice off large Japanese gardens while disrupting defenses east of the Bain River. In New Guinea the Sixth Division reports heavy Japanese losses with over 117 killed in two days.
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Melbourne
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Bain Road
Baii River
Army Department
New Guinea
Wewak
Striking Rubber Workers Present Their Side Today
Representatives of 18,000 United Rubber Workers union members at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. will meet Disputes Director Morton Burrish to present their side of the story. Picket lines remained at company plants despite a War Labor Board order, though office workers would be allowed entry.
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Akron
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Morton Berrish
Pres
Solomans from Matador Visit Jinkins in Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Soloman of Matador are visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Jinkins at 1018 Carolina.
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Matador
Henry Soloman
L. S. Jinkins
Carolina
Red River Vacation Of Mr. and Mrs. H W Anthony Family
Mr. and Mrs. H W Anthony and children Jerry and Sharon of 3502 Polk are vacationing in Red River.
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Red River
H. W. Anthony
Jerry and
Sharon
Polk
War Bond drive cited by Rear Adm Bagley on 7th loan
Vice Adm. D. W. Bagley commandant of the Hawaiian Sea Frontier and 14th Naval District urges support for the 7th War Loan. He notes fighting men at the front and wounded in Pacific hospitals are buying bonds and asks Americans home to meet the challenge.
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Washington
Adm
D. W. Bagley
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
14Th Naval District
Pacific
Burglars Take 400 From Bottling Company Safe
Burglars broke a rear window at the Seven-Up Pan handle Bottling Company 701 West Seventh last night and took between 300 and 400 dollars from a safe. Police said another weekend burglary targeted the R. and R. Electronics at 412 West Tenth, with four table radios stolen.
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Panhandle Bottling Company
West Seventh
R. & R. Electronics
West Tenth
Eisenhower questions Hitler death claim
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said he was not sure Hitler was dead at a Washington press conference. He had initially believed Hitler alive but after discussions with the Russians he questioned those reports.
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Eisenhower
Hitler
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
Tuehrer
Paris
Warship Is Lost in Okinawa Attack on Emmons
The USS Emmons, escorting President Roosevelt to the Teheran conference, was sunk off Okinawa after a kamikaze strike. Though she shot down six of twelve attacking planes, five hit the ship, causing 139 casualties including 59 dead and 78 wounded, with two missing. The destroyer minesweeper, on its first Pacific action, was abandoned after a heavy explosion in a handling room.
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Washington
Emmons
Roosevelt
Okinawa
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Ie Shima
Heyser recalls Buckner family ties and Okinawa death
Potter County treasurer Heyser and his wife say they knew Lt Gen. Simon Boliver Buckner Jr and his father, the former Kentucky governor. Heyser notes farm ties, business connections, and social outings with the Buckners, calling them a wonderful family after the general was killed on Okinawa yesterday.
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Potter
Heyser
Buckner
L. D. Heyser
Potter County
Mrs. Heyser
General Buckner
Mr. Heyser
Submarines Sink 11 More Jap Ships in Far East
United States submarines sank 11 more enemy vessels in the Far East, including two medium patrol vessels and other noncombatant ships. The toll raised the total Japanese losses to 1,153.
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Washington
United States
Far Eastern
Navy
Childress Man Nominated As Brigadier General
President Truman nominated Cols. Yanus H. Taylor of Bartlett Texas and Leonard D. Weddington born in Childress Texas for brigadier general. The list also names 12 major generals to lieutenant general 12 brigadier generals to major general and 48 colonels for temporary brigadier general rank.
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Washington
Truman
Cols
Yanus H. Taylor
Bartlett, Tex
Leonard D. Weddington
Childress
Tex
Miss Anderson Visits Big Spring Kin in City
Miss Melba Dean Anderson of Big Spring visits her grandmother Mrs. B. C. Morgan at 904 Travis and Miss Claudia Botts of 2801 Van Buren.
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Anderson
Melba Dean Anderson
Big Spring
B. C. Morgan
Travis
Claudia Botts
van Buren
WFA Urges Wives to Save Waste Fats for War Needs
Latham White of the War Food Administration urged Dallas area housewives to save waste fat and hand it to grocers. He said fats are urgently needed to produce TNT, incendiaries, vaccines, and other battlefield necessities, noting each pound is worth two red points and cash.
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Dallas
U.P
Latham White
War Food Administration
White
Blowout Believed Cause Of Accident Near Vega
A front tire likely failed causing a car to overturn near Vega injuring Hub Williams of 926 Fannin. Williams received treatment at Vega and St Anthony Hospital before being sent home. State patrol investigated the crash.
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Hub Williams
Fannin
Vega
Williams
St. Anthony's Hospital
No Indictments Today Reported by Potter County Grand Jury
No indictments were returned by the Potter County grand jury at the noon recess. Several cases were presented by the district attorney's office.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Wheeler Returns From Fort Worth Assignment
J. R. Wheeler of 610 Alabama has returned from Fort Worth where he attended school for the Telephone Company.
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J. R. Wheeler
Alabama
Fort Worth
Telehone Company
Texans in Blackhawk Division Return Home for Furlough
Famed 86th Division members including about 900 Texans have landed in New York and will be processed for 30 day furloughs before heading to the Pacific. From Camp Kilmer they are scheduled to arrive at Fort Sam Houston around Friday for final processing. About 100 of the returning Texans are Dallas residents.
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San Antonio
Blackhawk
New York
Lone Star State
Pacific
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Fighting Outfit
Fort Sam Houston
Mrs. Minerva Holt Services Arranged
Funeral services for Mrs. Minerva V. Holt 81 will be at 10 tomorrow in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Frank A Godsoe to officiate. Body to Mountain Park Okla for burial. Mrs Holt longtime Amarillo resident 38 years family home 504 North Johnson.
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Minerva V. Holt
Blackburn - Shaw Memorial Chapel
Frank A. Godsoe
Mountain Park
Okla
Jail's Popularity Dips to 23 In Potter County
Population at Potter County jail has fallen to 23 inmates the lowest in years. Sheriff Bill Adams cannot explain the drop after a steady two month decline from 45 in March. Phil Darnell notes a meat shortage and says the jail cook has learned new bean preparations.
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Potter County
Bill Adams
Phil Darnell
Mr. Darnell
Charter Will Be Presented Panhandle Engineers Society
A charter will be presented to the Panhandle Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers at a banquet in the Capitol Hotel Monday night at 8 oclock. Elgin B. Robertson of Dallas state president will make the presentation. The Panhandle society was organized at a meeting here last month.
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Panhandle
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Capitol Hotel
Elgin B. Robertson
Dallas
Panhandle Society
Promotion of John H. Nunn to Coast Guard Lieutenant
John H. Nunn formerly a highway patrolman at Amarillo has been promoted to lieutenant in the Coast Guard. He is stationed at Richmond California and previously lived in Abernathy before joining the patrol several years ago.
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John H. Nunn
Amarillo
Coast Guard
Richmond
Cal
Nunn
Abernathy
Highway Patrol
Find More Nazi Gold In Second Central Germany Hoard
American troops uncover a second German gold treasure worth over four billion dollars in a salt mine near Merken. The 12th Corps, which made the prior discovery, announced the find as part of the central Germany hoard uncovered in the days before Germany's surrender.
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Paris
Merken
Supreme Headquarters
12Th Corps
Germany
Merchants Return From Clarendon Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Merchant and their family return to 1915 Jackson after visiting Clarendon as guests in the home of Mr. Merchant's mother, Mrs. Cal Merchant.
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Ira C. Merchant
Jackson
Clarendon
Mr. Merchant
Cal Merchant
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