Germany Plows Up Its Key Airdromes
A London dispatch notes RAF bases in occupied Europe expanding airfields and numbers of new airdromes nearing completion. American volunteers in the RAF and RCAF join British pilots in the offensive with intruder squadrons over France and the Low Countries. Also mentions Dover Strait actions and raids on railways and air fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raf
United States Army Air Corps
London
Dover Strait
Dunkirk
Southampton
Britain
RAP
Royal Canadian Air Force
Tex” Linton
San Antonio
Tex
George Fraser
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Messenger
Erie
French Channel
Messenger
Fraser
France
Low Countries
Tomato crop sprouts at Bellflower station
In Bellflower California on June 22 Arthur Steinman reacts to a Halloween tomato attack as tomato vines flourish along the station parkway promising a bumper crop. Local youngsters hurled produce at his filling station and now the vines offer a bright prospect for gardeners and the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellflower
Calif
Arthur Steinman
Japs Inch Closer to Alaska in Aleutians
A War Department briefing reports Japanese landing forces advancing along the Aleutian chain toward Alaska and establishing positions at Kiska about 585 miles from Dutch Harbor. Air strikes are said to have hit a cruiser and a transport, with weather limiting operations and occasional clear spells enabling limited air activity against Kiska.
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Washington
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Kiska
United States Navy
Dutch Harbor
Kiska Harbor
Aleutians
Navy
Attu
Aleutian Chain
Amarillo Bandit Steals Quarters After Cash Drops
The so called big money bandit strikes three Amarillo service stations taking $118 in all. He targets tills late at night at Bivins service station 218 Fillmore Street Killough Store 215 Pierce Street and Virg Rowland station 301 East Tenth Avenue. Victims Floyd Batson Dick Willis and Harry Keller report the robber used a gun and forced an escort to the alley after the heist. Police believe the same man committed all three robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bivins
Fillmore Street
Dick Willis
Mr. Willis
Killough Store
Pierce Street
Floyd Batson
Harry Keller
Virg Rowland Station
East Tenth Avenue
Bandit
Rowland Station
Names Mixed in Amarillo Shooting
A man charged with assault with intent to murder in the Amarillo shooting of Lloyd H. Blankenship was identified as W. A. Carter, not the Plains Chevrolet sales manager. Carter posted a $1,000 bond and was released. Blankenship was wounded in the hand near McKinley School on West Seventh Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd H. Blankenship
W. A. Carter
van Buren Street
Carter
Plains Chevrolet
West Thirteenth Avenue
Blankenship
West Seventh Avenue
McKinley School
Water storage tank contract awarded for Amarillo school
Williams & Whittle Inc of Dallas wins a contract for water line labor and storage tanks at Amarillo Army Technical School with a second contract to C K Howard and Co of Oklahoma City for a pumping plant. A third contract to C S Lambie and Co of Amarillo covers a control tower. Bids under $1,000,000. Williams & Whittle bid 350,696 including material estimated at 260,000. Tests wells to be drilled by D J Muncy at 445 each, minimum 325 feet deep with 1 per foot beyond. City seeks land leases for test sites and urges applicants for new water line connections.
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Williams & Whittle, Inc
Dallas
C. K. Howard and Company
Oklahoma City
Erland A. Tillman
Corps of Engineers
Denison
Tillman
C. S. Lambie and Company
Amarillo
Air Force School
Williams & Whittle
D. J. Muncy
Federal Works Agency
Second Avenue
Harrison Street
Water Department
After the War Housing and Tech Prospects in 1950s America
Wide World Features previews a postwar American dream with air conditioned homes and almost effortless housekeeping. Pocket radio contact, compact efficient cars, time-saving planes, rubber streets, and unlimited synthetic rubber are outlined as coming features in a five part Globe series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wide World Features
The
Globe Today
Second Front Talks Progressing Quietly at White House
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pursue ongoing talks with military and naval experts in Washington. A joint statement is anticipated once a public agreement is reached, with Early confirming day and night conferences and no public statements yet.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
United Nations
Stephen Early
Europe
North
Africa
Swims to Enemy Shore Rescues Fliers Honored
In the southwest Pacific an American submarine officer swam ashore on a Japanese occupied island to locate and evacuate a group of stranded Australian fliers. Ensign George Carlton Cook 24 naval reserve officer from Hy-Gate Marblehead Rock Mass received the Navy Cross for the act.
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Washington
United States
Southwest Pacific
Navy
George Carlton Cook
Marblehead Rock
Mass
Crosby Establishes 50000 Estates for Four Sons
Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee filed in superior court to appoint a guardian for their sons estates each worth 50000. The petition seeks Attorney John OMelveny as guardian until the boys reach legal age. Each boy holds Crosby family stock yielding 3000 per share. Names listed: Gary Evan Crosby 9 Lindsy Harry 4 Phillip Lang Crosby Dennie Michale Crosby 8.
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Crosby
Dixie Lee
John O'Melveny
Crosby Family Corporation
Crosby Boys
Gary Evan
Lindsy Harry
Phillip Lang
Dennie Michale
Certain-teed Employees Boost USO Drive in Amarillo
Certain-teed Products Corporation workers lead local support for the USO with a $350 contribution. Amarillo’s USO campaign total reaches $12,952.03 toward an overall goal of $21,850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certain-teed Products Corporation
USO
Amarillo
L. H. (Cedar) Puckett
USC
Dutch guerrilla leader makes secret Australia visit
A high Dutch army officer who leads guerrillas fighting the Japanese in the Nether lands East Indies secret visited Australia and then returned to his command, a special communique said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Churchill Declares Allied Powers Will Bring Enemies To Knees
In a London wartime anniversary message, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the fighting alliance of Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and other Allies will surely bring the enemies to their knees. The message was sent to Premier Josef Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.R
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Russia
United States
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast notes continued cool with light rain or drizzle tonight in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas will be cooler with showers and thunderstorms in the Panhandle South Plains and east of Pecos, windy except in Del Rio Eagle Pass and Big Bend. New Mexico sees cooler conditions this afternoon with central mountains and eastward showers or thunderstorms tonight, windy in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend
New Mexico
Central Mountains
Rio Grande Valley
Red army fights to defend Sevastopol amid siege and Kharkov fights
The Red army marines and civilians held Sevastopol on its 16th day of siege while Soviet forces on the Kharkov and Bryansk fronts pushed back German troops. Timoshenko’s counterattacks recaptured four villages and routed German forces in one sector. Moscow viewed these actions as diversions ahead of a planned offensive near Rostov and the Sea of Azov.
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Red Army
Sevastopol
Crimean
Montreal
London
Kharkov
Semyon Timoshenko
Donets
Timoshenko
Bryansk Front
Pravda
Bryansk
Moscow
Taganrog-Rostov
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Japanese Sub Shells Canada and Oregon Coast
Two attacks 24 hours apart near Estevan Point on Vancouver Island and Seaside Oregon caused little damage or casualties. Officials said 6 to 9 shells landed north of Seaside with 15 minutes of firing, no hits reported, while Estevan Point saw windows broken but no major damage. Local residents heard loud detonations and saw flashes as naval units hunted the submarine.
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Estevan Point
Vancouver Island
Kenneth Stuart
Seaside
Astoria
Columbia River
Oregon
Western Defense
San Francisco
Ocean City
Lonely Estevan Point
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Tobruk Falls as Rommel Pushes Toward Egypt
British and Allied forces report heavy Axis advances after Tobruk’s capture. German and Italian troops push from Tobruk toward Bir el Gubi and Bardia while Rommel secures supply routes to the Egyptian frontier. Egypt reinforces with 140,000 troops and anti aircraft units ready to defend the Nile and Suez. The Egyptian government vows aid short of war unless invasion occurs.
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Tobruk
Matruh
Egypt
Cairo
Libya
Sidi Barrani
Fuka
Ritchie
Bir el Gobi
Bardia
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Suez
el Adem
RAF
Rome
Nile Valley
Suez Canal
Britain
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Skippy Williams
Royal Williams
Travis Street
Skippy
Germany
Austin P. Hancock
Texas
Mediterranean
Amarillo Army Technical School
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Battle Creek Baths
Hollywood
U.P
Bing Crosby
Stalin
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russell Stationery Co
Tokyo
Domei
Stimson
U. S
Midway
Coral Sea
British Columbia
Goleta
Santa Barbara
Ocean Point
Middle East
Fort Capuzzo
Berlin
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