Pulse Feelers Predict War End Time
Pvt M B Silberman of Amarillo Field wins the Pulse Feeler dollar with predictions on when the war will end. Entries vary from six months to three years, with guesses from a stenographer a barber a housewife a nurse a Seabee wife and others.
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M. B. Silberman
Amarillo Field
Mary Doss
O. E. Fitzgerald
Don Parker
Raymond A. Fridgen
Oldier
Dumont
Minn
Luster Huddleson
Southwest Pacific
Seabees
B. L. Amsberry
Potter County reaches near million in bond sales drive
In nine days Potter County total bond purchases hit 971,107 with 325,072.50 from E-Bonds. The drive targets 6,585,000 in bonds, including 1,490,000 in E-Bonds, with about 100,000 daily average and 10 percent of the quota raised. If maintained, bonds may reach 3.5 million. past drives topped 5 million. Federal credits of 3,000 from Morris and Ida Levine and 5,000 from Colorado and Wyoming Railway were received.
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Potter County
Federal Reserve
Morris
Ida Levine
Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company
Hull denounces British plea over provocation claim
Secretary of State Cordell Hull angrily rejects a British statement that the United States provoked Japan into war. Lord Halifax and possibly Prime Minister Churchill planned to visit to apologize for the diplomatic slip by Captain Oliver Lyttelton, with Halifax and Churchill already in talks by telephone.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Japan
Lord Halifax
Hull
Oliver Lyttelton
Winston Churchill
Halifax
Churchill
Lyttelton
State Department
Snapper the rat terrier ends life after escape and capture
A rat terrier named Snapper lived with the M L Lavance family at 503 Maryland Street until moved, lost, and pursued by neighbors and dog catchers. He fled to safety at 605 Louisiana Street before being recaptured and shot by the pound police, ending his troubled journey.
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Snapper
M. L. LaVance
Maryland Street
John
Rusty
Matt
Jeff
LaVance
New York
Lonnie Burch
Burches
R. M. Stone
Louisiana Street
LaVances
Pound
Mr. la Vance
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast calls for clear to scattered clouds with hot days and warm nights in Amarillo and vicinity. Expect fresh winds Thursday afternoon, with reduced heat and some clouds Friday. West Texas mostly fair, New Mexico partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms in mountains. temperatures near unchanged. Highs around 99, lows near 70, winds 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Shingle and roofing services advertised by John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 West Fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Summer heat waves grip city as solstice hits
First day of summer brings temperatures near or above 100 in Dallas with two heat fatalities reported yesterday. Weather Bureau warns strong winds this afternoon, foreseeing continued heat and warm nights through the week.
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Dallas
Weather Bureau
Fire damages bus on Pierce Street lot
A bus parked in the 400 block of Pierce Street was damaged by fire late this morning. The alarm came in at 11:45. Firefighters forced out a window to fight the blaze that started inside the bus.
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Pierce Street
Forced landings in Sweden Stocekholm
June 21 reports twelve American heavy bombers forced to land in Sweden raising the two day total to 33. Two planes crashed on landing and immediate crew survival was not known.
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Sweden
Stocekholm
Cherbourg Presses German Lines as U S Breaks In
Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley's force breaches the first German defense near Cherbourg and closes in on the outskirts. Henry Gorrell cites rapid gains from Beaumont-Hague to Martinvast as U S artillery and infantry pressure and German retreat toward Cape La Hague.
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Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Henry T. Gorrell
United Press War
Beaumont- Hague
Cape
Martinvast
Cher
Winterlike wind chills Dover straits in June report
Wintry weather with a gusty north wind marked by Janu ary conditions over the straits of Dover. Clouds drifted low but visibility stayed fairly good. Temperatures fell to a low of 49 last night and rose to 51 this morning.
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London
U.P
Straits of Dover
Eighth Army Advances Four Miles North From Perugia
Allied forces report the Eighth Army has ousted Nazi defenders from Perugia and pushed about four miles north toward the city. Fifth Army gains include four villages and prisoner captures from the 19th Luftwaffe Division, with intensified fighting around Highway 71 and coastal advances toward Ascoli Piceno and San Benedetto Del Tronto.
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Eighth Army
Perugia
Rome
Nearaquarters
Fifth Army
Fifth
Belgium
France
Italy
Denmark
Balkans
Mediterranean Air Force
First
Tactical Air Force
Genoa
16Th
5Th Lancers
Lake Chiusi
Chiusi
Cetona
Monticello
Seggiano
Vico D' Orcia
Bagnia
San Felippo
Patcia
Palazzetta
Poggio Manje
Pantano
Campigna D’orcia
Adriati
Menocchia
Ascoli Piceno
San Benedetto del Tronto
Corrigiano
Grottomare
Montepescall
Castel del Piano
Japanese battle fleet moves to fight in Marianas clash
Allied leaders reported Japan by sea moved into position between the Marianas and the Philippines as U S Navy eyes a potential historic sea battle. Admiral King Forrestal and Nimitz discussed Japanese fleet sighting and anticipated engagement with American forces near Saipan and surrounding waters.
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Japan
Saipan
U. S
Chester Nimitz
Marianas Islands
Philippines
U. S. Pacific
Marianas
Tokyo
London
Pearl Harbor
Adm. Nimitz
Adm
Ernest J. King
King
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Nimitz
Forts and Liberators Bomb Berlin in Major Daylight Raid
More than 1,000 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked Berlin and outskirts with about 1,000 escort fighters forming a 2,000-plane force. Basdorf was hit. German reports warned of retaliation with stronger explosives. Some planes reportedly flew east toward new American bases in Russia, part of shuttle raids from Britain to Russia.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Russia
Basdorf
Germany
Mediterranean
England
Stettin
Hannover
Brunswick
Red Army Captures Viipuri and Presses Finns Toward Helsinki
Soviet troops seized Viipuri halting Finnish resistance on the Karelian Isthmus and moved in pursuit of retreating Finnish columns toward Helsinki. Bombers and fighters blasted behind enemy lines while rail hubs and troop trains were hit to sever links to the capital as Stalin hailed the victory.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Viipuri
Helsinki
BBC
Karelia
Loneld A. Govorov
Leningrad
Finland
Karelian
Stockholm
Baron Karl Mannerheim
Joseph Stalin
Wallace in Chungking Promotes Reading and War Efforts
Vice President Henry A. Wallace met students in Chungking and urged China to boost literacy as he toured a clothes-weaving plant and an occupational camp for wounded soldiers studying umbrella and wicker furniture production. He lunched with Gen Ho Ying-Chin and visited a Red Cross club. Extra pay for infantry and glider units was approved by the House Military Committee.
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Chungking
Henry A. Wallace
China
Wallace
Russia
United States
Canada
Ho Ying-Chin
Red Cross
Washington
House
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Rota
Europe
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Russell Stationery Company
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Lovisa
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