Germany Plows Up Its Key Airdromes
A London dispatch reports British air forces widening the attack on occupied Europe. RAF bases near the coast are expanding, with American volunteers aiding operations as they target airdromes and rail hubs. Separately in Amarillo Texas city officials weigh traffic signal changes. In Egypt, RAF torpedo bombers struck Axis convoy targets in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover Strait
Dunkirk
Southampton
Britain
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
D. “Tex” Linton
San Antonio
Tex
George Fraser
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Messenger
Erie
French Channel
Messenger
Fraser
France
Low Countries
Cairo
Egypt
Mediterranean
Tomato crop sprouts at Bellflower service station
Bellflower California June 22 Arthur Steinman fumed when kids sprayed his filling station with tomatoes last Halloween now tomato vines grow in the station parkway and a bumper crop outlook improves the site’s curb appeal Fuller brushes polish and wax listed by phone number 2 5845
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellflower
Calif
Arthur Steinman
Japs Inch Closer to Alaska in Aleutians
Japanese landing forces inch along the Aleutian chain toward Alaska and establish tents at Kiska about 585 miles from Dutch Harbor. Army fliers report hitting a cruiser and sinking a transport as weather limits operations. Attu already saw small enemy landings with ships observed nearby at Kiska.
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Washington
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Kiska
United States Navy
Dutch Harbor
Kiska Harbor
Aleutians
Navy
Attu
Aleutian Chain
Amarillo's Big Money Bandit Strikes Again at Local Stations
The so called big money bandit robbed three Amarillo service stations last week totaling $118. At Bivins 218 Fillmore Street the thief took $46 from the till and escaped with the attendant, Dick Willis, forced to the office. Killough 215 Pierce Street yielded $20 and Rowland 301 East Tenth Avenue produced $52. Police and victims link the cases as the same man.
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 Mix Up In Amarillo Shooting Case
The man charged with assault with intent to murder in the Saturday night shooting of Lloyd H Blankenship was not W A Carter of Plains Chevrolet. The correct defendant, W A Carter, gave 1508 West Thirteenth Avenue as his address, posted a 1000 bond, and was released. Blankenship sustained a hand wound from a small caliber pistol near McKinley School on West Seventh Avenue. The confusion arose from identical names.
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 tanks contract awarded for Amarillo school
Contracts announced for Amarillo Army Technical School water system now include storage tanks and a pumping plant. Williams and Whittle of Dallas won the water line contract, while C. K. Howard and Company of Oklahoma City secured the storage and pumping plant award. A separate contract to C. S. Lambie and Company of Amarillo covers a control tower. Bid amounts were not disclosed beyond “less than 1 000 000.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Army Technical School
Williams & Whittle, Inc
Dallas
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 Vision of 1950s Homes and Gadgets
Wide World Features previews a five part series on postwar life in the 1950s. It imagines air conditioned homes with effortless housekeeping, pocket radio conversations, low cost efficient cars, time slowing planes, rubber streets from unlimited synthetic rubber, and rapid nationwide travel. The Globe runs the first installment on the Editorial Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Wide World Features
The
Globe Today
Second Front Talks Progress in White House Briefing
Washington reports that Roosevelt and Churchill are holding round the clock talks with military and naval experts. A joint statement is anticipated later, though no public details on opening a Second Front or North Africa strategy were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
White House
United Nations
Stephen Early
Europe
North
Africa
Ensign Cook Earns Navy Cross For Rescue Mission
An officer from a United States submarine in the southwest Pacific swam ashore on a Japanese occupied island, found stranded Australian aviators, and arranged their transfer to a submarine for safekeeping. The action led to Ensign George Carlton Cook of Hy-Gate Marblehead Rock Massachusetts receiving the Navy Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Southwest Pacific
Navy
George Carlton Cook
Marblehead Rock
Mass
Crosby Creates 50 000 Estates For Four Sons
Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee filed in superior court to appoint John O Melveny as guardian of the estates for their four sons Gary Evan 9 Lindsy Harry 4 and twins Phillip Lang and Dennie Michale. Each son holds Crosby family stock valued at 3000 a share with trusts of 50000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby
Dixie Lee
John O'Melveny
Crosby Family Corporation
Crosby Boys
Gary Evan
Lindsy Harry
Phillip Lang
Dennie Michale
Certain-feed Employees Aid USO Drive in Amarillo
Employees of Certain-feed Products Corporation remain top donors to the Amarillo USO drive led by city-county campaign chairman L. H. Puckett. A recent report shows a donation of about $350, bringing Amarillo’s USO total to $12,952.03, short of the $21,850 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certain-feed Products Corporation
USO
Amarillo
L. H. (Cedar) Puckett
USC
Dutch guerrilla leader visits Australia before returning to command
Allied dispatch from Australia states a high Dutch army officer heading guerrillas against Japan in the Netherlands East Indies made a secret visit to Australia and flew back to his command. The communique confirms the covert trip and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Churchill Reaffirms Allied Resolve in War Anniversary Message
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill sending a wartime anniversary message to Premier Stalin praising the fighting alliance with Russia and the joined resources of the United States. The note emphasizes unity with the Allies to bring enemies to their knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Russia
United States
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Regions
Weather report notes continued cool conditions this afternoon and tonight with light rain or drizzle in Amarillo. West Texas sees cooler conditions with showers and thunderstorms in the Panhandle. South Plains and east of Pecos remain windy with some areas calmer. Central mountains of New Mexico forecast showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours show a high of 85 and a low of 62. noon reading 69. Russell Stationery Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend
New Mexico
Central Mountains
Rio Grande Valley
Reds at Sevastopol Resist in Streets
The Red army, marines and civilians defend Sevastopol yard by yard on the 16th day of the siege as fronts report streets in the city. Timoshenko’s forces drive Germans back on the Kharkov front while Soviet counterattacks on Bryansk push through, with diversions seen to disrupt a large German buildup near Taganrog Rostov.
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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
Jap Sub Shells Coast Hits Vancouver Island and Oregon
Two separate attacks within hours targeted Estevan Point radio station on Vancouver Island and a coastline near Seaside Oregon. No casualties or major damage reported. Eyewitness accounts described loud blasts and orange flashes at sea but no hits inland. Naval units searched for the suspect Japanese submarine. lights were dimmed along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estevan Point
Vancouver Island
Kenneth Stuart
West Coast
Seaside
Ocean
Astoria
Columbia River
Oregon
Western Defense
San Francisco
Ocean City
Lonely Estevan Point
Pacific Ocean
Washington
British Columbia
Goleta
Calif
Santa Barbara
Ocean Point
Libya crisis deepens as Tobruk falls to Axis forces
British command reports clashes 12 miles northwest of Fort Capuzzo in Libyan desert as German-Italian forces seize Tobruk. Axis gains include a desert railway extension toward Matruh, with exhausted British and Allied troops retreating to the Egyptian frontier and Rommel poised to advance toward Suez. Egyptian defense units and air power are mobilized as London pledges aid short of war.
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Fort Capuzzo
Libya
Tobruk
Matruh
Egypt
Cairo
Sidi Barrani
Fuka
Ritchie
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Suez
Nile Valley
Suez Canal
Britain
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Skippy Williams
Royal Williams
Travis Street
Skippy
Germany
Orivain
Teally
United States Army Air Corps
Austin P. Hancock
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Battle Creek Baths
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Stalin
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russell Stationery Co
Robert Lucas
Lucas
Tokyo
Domei
Stimson
Midway
Coral Sea
Middle East
Berlin
Bir el Gobi
Bardia
el Adem
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