War's darkest week on Jap casualty lists
The Associated Press reports Emperor Hirohito's forces suffered record losses in the Pacific. Okinawa and the Philippines saw 30,632 Japanese troops killed and 7,705 surrendered as paratroopers near Aparri joined guerrillas. U S and Chinese actions widened the conflict with new landings, air battles, and continued Japanese retreat across multiple fronts.
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Hirohito
Okinawa
Philippines
11Th Airborne Division
Aparri
Cagayan Valley
37Th
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Borneo
Ninth Division
East China
Shanghai
Liuchow
Southeast China
China
Hong Kong- Canton
Luzon
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Lallo
Another Sky Trip Offered In Victory Bond Flight
Contest officials announced a bonus Braniff Airways flight to Lubbock and Amarillo for the leading candidate Friday at 6 pm. A second series of promotions includes a $1 000 War Bond giveaway at Zale Jewelry and a Studied War Bond premiere at the Paramount. Votes total exceed 1 319 800 as Miss Lehman leads the field at noon.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Braniff Airways
Zale Jewelry Company
Zale’'s
Paramount Theater
Humphrey Bogart
Alexis Smith
Amarillo Life Underwriters Association
Dorothy Lehman
Rotary Club
C. D. Hoover
Junior Welfare League
Tynette Wilson
Lions Club
Kathryn Clark
Kiwanians
Interstate Theaters
The
Globe News
Mexico City
New York City
Hollywood
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Russia Joins In Trial Plans For Nazi War Criminals
A British Foreign Office spokesman said Russia will send two representatives to London for a conference with the United States Britain and France to set procedures and a date for trials of Nazi leaders including Hermann Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop Rudolf Hess and 100 others. Robert H Jackson will represent the United States and push for simultaneous trials before summer end with Britain backing the plan.
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London
U.P
British Foreign Office
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolf Hess
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Woman Held in Shooting Near New Canaan
Mrs. Imogene Stevens 24, wife of an Army major, was jailed in default of 50000 bail on a manslaughter charge after a fatal shooting of Albert Kovacs 19 a sailor. She claimed self defense saying the gun given by her husband was used after intruders confronted her in a neighbor's house.
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New Canaan
Conn
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
Otto Schmidt
German Communist Party Reorganized in Berlin
A Moscow broadcast reports the Communist Party of Germany has been reorganized in Berlin after 12 years underground struggle and is now officially registered with Soviet military authorities. The party has published a newspaper and issued a proclamation seeking a democratic anti fascist regime with a democratic parliament and support for free trade and private enterprise.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Communist Party
Berlin
Communist Party of Germany
NBC
Robert Magidoff
Germany
Magidoff
New Republic
Memorial services for Calavryta victims held in ruins
In Athens on June 25 memorial services were held for 1,060 inhabitants slain December 13, 1943 by German SS troops in Calavryta, a town in the northern Peloponnesus that lies in ruins.
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Athens
Calavryta
Peloponnesus
Joyce pleads innocent to high treason charges in Britain
William Joyce, known as Lord Haw Haw, pleads innocent to charges of high treason in London. His defense plans to argue American birth. A preliminary hearing is adjourned to Thursday for formal commitment to trial at Old Bailey in the July session.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Joyce
Old Bailey
Gandhi to Sit Out Indian Conference in Simla
A conference of Indian leaders called by Lord Wavell to discuss changes in government will proceed, but Mohandas K. Gandhi will sit on the sidelines after announcing he would not take an active part. The meeting is scheduled in Simla with British Viceroy Lord Wavell coordinating.
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Simla
Lord Wavell
Government of
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Manassa Mauler Dempsey Celebrates 50th Birthday
Former boxing great Jack Dempsey now Coast Guard Commander celebrated his 50th birthday yesterday in Los Angeles. The longtime champion, nicknamed the Mauler, marked the milestone amid public and family tributes.
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Los Angeles
Manassa
Argentina Efforts to Oust Nazi Networks Under Review
A military subcommittee examined Nazi plans for a third world war and reported Latin American spearheads in Argentina linger with no action. Brazil shows broad elimination of such firms, while Haiti, Chile, and Ecuador report progress. Clayton warned of hidden Nazi assets and looting tied to postwar investment. See ARGENTINA Page 5.
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Clayton
Paign
Latin America
Argentina
United Nations
Brazil
Haiti
Chile
Ecuador
Germany
Kilgore
West Virginia
Photographs Live Forever Studio Ad
A vintage studio ad from Photographs Live Forever located at 116 E 4th with phone 1922 under Autry branding. It promotes portrait and photography services in a period newspaper style.
General strike in Trieste over guard of the people disbandment
A nationwide strike was called in Trieste to protest the Allied decision to disband the unofficial police force known as the guard of the people. Docks halted, transportation stopped, and shops closed as workers joined the action.
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Trieste
Guard of
Australian Troops Seize Star of Shiburanga in New Guinea
Australian forces supported by air and artillery captured the Star of Shiburanga mountain in New Guinea, the Melbourne radio said in a broadcast recorded for the Federal Communications Commission.
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San Francisco
Shiburanga Mountain
New Guinea
Melbourne Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy with little temperature change this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico sees partly cloudy conditions with possible light showers or thunderstorms in northern mountains. Highs reach 90 to 100 degrees. Overnight low around 67 and noon around 84.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
High Fort
Rommel Death By Own Action Claimed In Allied Report
Lt Gen Fritz Bayerlein, Rommel’s former chief of staff, told Allied officers Rommel killed himself to avoid a death penalty tied to alleged involvement in the July Hitler assassination plot. Bayerlein said a German war department official pressured Rommel in September to accept suicide or face a people's court.
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Wiesbaden
Erwin Rommel
Fritz Bauerlein
Hitler
Bayerlein
German War Department
Rommel
Bauerlein
Fate of American prisoners on Okinawa remains unknown
On Okinawa June 25, a high level search found no trace of American prisoners or their bodies after Col J M Finn stated hundreds may be missing. Some Navy fliers were known to be alive after shoot downs behind Japanese lines. The exact number of captives is undetermined.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Vienna
London
Clarks
15Th
Fifth
Eighth
Fifth Army
Italy
Okinawa
J. M
Mickey) Finn
Astoria
Ore
Hill 89
Navy
Train derailment in Iran kills over fifty near Andimeshg
A railway accident in south Persia near Andimeshg kills more than fifty people and injures many as a train leaves the tracks. Authorities investigate cause.
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Teheran
Iran
South Persia
Andimeshg
Billy Jane Clark Wins News Tip Prize
Billy Jane Clark wins the $5 News Tip prize for a tip about a car crash into a tourist cabin on North East Eighth. Second prize goes to Mrs. H. T. Robb for a dining room cartridge incident, and Mrs. Nawan Akin earns $2 for a driverless vehicle tip.
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Billy Jane Clark
North East
Billie Jane Clark
H. T. Robb
Lipscomb
Nawan Akin
Stettinius' Fate in Truman's Briefcase At UN Finish
San Francisco June 25 President Truman's UN conference climax sparks speculation on Edward R Stettinius Jr future as secretary of state Many expect a White House decision soon with Byrnes possible replacement or reassignments debated amid looming Big Three talks
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San Francisco
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Eacoiucine
Stettinius
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
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