Allied and Axis Planes Battle Over Armies in African Desert
Cairo dispatches describe heavy air battles as Rommel pushes toward Marsa Matruh, with 110 miles into Fayum and within 30 miles of the British base. U.S. Army Air Corps and RAF bombers raid Benghazi Tobruk and Rommel’s advance columns while British forces regroup to halt the assault.
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Cairo
North African
Feypt
Marsa Matruh
Frwin Romme
Eighth Army
United States Army Air Corp
RAF
Benghazi
Tobruk
Rommel
United States
London
Libya
Egypt
Crete
Cyprus
Syria
Mediterranean
Desert
Quattara
Neil M Ritchie
Temporary Gas Ration Proposed by Eastern Mayors
Washington reports a plan to ration gasoline and fuel oil across western New York, western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and nearby Midwest states to avert winter shortages. The move, led by Mayor La Guardia and officials Ickes Eastman, seeks price ceiling revisions and a unified transport coordinator to shuttle oil from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast and port facilities from Albany to New York harbor.
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Washington
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Midwest
H F. la Guardia
New York
Harold L Ickes
Joseph B. Eastman
Walter P. Heddon
Bureau of Commerce
New York Authority
Ickes
Leon Henderson
Eastman
Great Lakes
New York Canal
Atlantic Coast
Albany
New York Harbor
Long Island Sound
149 250 Girls In Texas Are Farmerettes
Texas farm labor report shows 149250 farmerettes among 995000 workers on Texas farms and ranches as of June 1. Women and girls make up 15 percent, with wages averaging 34.40 a month with board or 47.75 without, and cotton chopping at 1.03 per acre.
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Texas
Austin
U.P
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
One Thousand Killed in Nazi Reprisals After Heydrich Death
London reports Czech sources say Nazi reprisals near 1,000 dead since the Heydrich murder. The latest raid obliterated the village of Lezaky, about 70 miles southeast of Prague, with all adult males slain and women and children sent to camps.
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London
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia- Moravia
Lezaky
Prague
Bing Crosby Tops Pay at Paramount and Pan Am
Philadelphia report from the SEC shows Bing Crosby earning 300000 from Paramount in 1941 plus 100640 from Decca, making him Hollywood's highest paid actor of the year. Other stars listed include Bob Hope 294.16 and Fred MacMurray 299933 with Lou Mayer far ahead at 704426. Pan American details cover Trippe stock purchases and VP salaries and stock gains.
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Philadelphia
Upi
Bing Crosby
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Decca Records
Hollywood
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bob Hope
Crosby
Paramount
Pictures
Fred MacMurray
Stork
Ll. B. Mayer
Loews, Inc
SEC
Harry L. Crosby
George G. DeSviva
Martin J. Mullin
Samuel Pinanski
Juan T Trippe
Pan American Airways Corporation
Evan E. Young
Pan American, Inc
Harold M Bixby
Pan American Inc
George L. Rihl
War Front Report Backs Ritchie's Egypt Drive and Kupyansk Gains
British and American forces clash with Axis near Alexandria and at Marsa Matruh as Rommel prepares a major offensive to seize Egypt. German advances around Kupyansk push Red forces back while Sevastopol fights persist. Far East raids target Dill on Timor and Rabaul. Port Moresby repelled. Spanish monarchy restoration discussed in Rome with the Pope and Italian leaders.
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Ukraine
Kupyansk
Kharkov
Donets River
Moscow
Berlin
Donets
Red Army
Red Star
Moscow-Don Basin
Sevastopol
Sweden
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Kholm
Dill
Timor Island
Rabaul
Salamaua
Australia
Port Moresby
Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Ramon Serrano Suner
USO Benefit Dance Seen As Big Success At Nat
USO benefit dance at the Nat drew wide attendance with Captain C W Fletcher praising the event and organizers. Irene Kayser of the Pantex Plant was singled out for selling over $500 in tickets, earning top honor among personnel and officers. Mike Redwine and his orchestra provided music while Miss De Laine Williams featured on accordion. Officials expect the drive to contribute a substantial sum to the USO War Fund.
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C. W Fletcher
U.S. Corps of Area Engineer
Irene Kayser
Pantex
Mike Redwine
de Laine Williams
USO War Fund
Two Killed in Train Crash Near Parker Arizona
A Santa Fe train carrying army air corps cadets plunged through a fire damaged bridge near Parker Arizona killing Engineer EF J Murray and Fireman D L Bentz and injuring Baggageman A C Pihl while about 42 cadets reportedly escaped. Sabotage is being investigated by the Southern California defense command.
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A. C. Pihl
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
Flynn Hutton dispute over birthday party fight ends in custody
Hollywood ws reports Errol Flynn and Barbara Hutton split on drinking influence after a party ending Flynn's 32nd birthday. James Fleming claims Fleming drank and punched Gosta first. Gosta and Hutton deny, with Fleming jailed on suspicion. No charges filed unless Gosta asks.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Barbara Hutton
Flynn
James Fleming
Eric Gosta
Miss Hutton
Gosta
Hutton
Fleming
Kristan Chester
Suppression of Hot News Urged by U S Army Engineer
Col Donald Leehey urged banning hot news and political criticism in newspapers and radio to build national faith. He warned America could lose the war if criticism continues, praising MacArthur and urging all coverage that distracts from victory be prohibited. Other panelists defended limited criticism and noted critics helped wartime gains.
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Portland
Ore
Donald Leehey
U.S. Army Engineers
Leehey
Northwest Institute of International Relations Forum
Palmer Hoyt
Portland Oregonian
Donald B. Sterling
The
Oregon Journal
H. F. Peters
Reed College
British Broadcasting Company
United States
Mothers of
America
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Hoyt
Bombing scare as practice bombs explode near Albuquerque
A bomber training flight dropped 14 of 100 pound practice bombs in a cornfield owned by Manuel Griego, narrowly missing 11 children. Residents fled as explosions and dirt kicked up, believing an enemy raid. Army base officials offered no statement.
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Albuquerque
Manuel Griego
Albuquerque Army Air Base
Fighter Pilot to Command 23rd Pursuit Group in China
Col. Robt. Scott, a Macon Georgia born fighter pilot, was named to command the U S Army Air Corps 23rd Pursuit Group in China as it replaces the AVG on July 4. Brereton announced the appointment. Scott, 34, earned fame in Burma with daring solo flights over Japanese lines.
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New Delhi
India
Macon
Robt. Scott
China
23Rd
U. S. Army Air Corps
AVG
Scott
Lewis H. Brereton
United States Air Forces
West Pointer
Burma
Ramsey Takes Network Job
Ramsey leaves KFDA after March 1 1941 to join the Texas State Network in Fort Worth. He built a large Panhandle audience in Amarillo with football and baseball broadcasts after coming from San Antonio. Howard Roberson becomes KDFA commercial manager and will take over as station manager on Monday.
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Waymond Ramsey
KFDA
Fort Worth
Texas
Ramsey
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Amarillo
San Antonio
Panhandle
Howard Roberson
KDFA
W Furr Condition Reported Fair at Northwest Texas Hospital
The condition of C. W. Purr was reported as fair by attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital this morning. The brief hospital bulletin notes his status as fair and provides no further details on his illness or treatment.
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W. Furr
C. W. Purr
Northwest Texas
British Sub Torpedoes Sink Axis Ammunition Ship
The Admiralty announced that a British submarine attacking Axis supply lines to Libya torpedoed and sank a large enemy ammunition ship and a medium supply ship.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Libya
Russian Warplanes Hit Axis Transports
More than 100 Soviet Stormovik planes attacked a Finnish port on Tuesday night, sinking several Axis transports blasting supply dumps and setting fuel tanks ablaze. The Baltic fleet carried out the surprise raid in three waves targeting troop transports and munitions ships amid anti aircraft fire.
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Moscow
APM
Stormovik
Helsinki
City Taxes Due Tuesday Across Amarillo Installment Plan
City auditors report that property owners who paid 106264.44 this year must pay the same amount by next Tuesday to avoid delinquency penalties. Final installment is due by June 30. About 26270.62 has already been paid. officials praise timely payments of current and delinquent taxes. Those not in the installment plan faced full payment by February 1 or penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lilly
Perry Burks
Amarillo
Opposes Construction of New Battleships in Senate Speech
Senator Clark of Missouri urged canceling authority to begin new battleship work as airpower advocates push to speed aircraft carrier production. He proposed an amendment stopping any battleship laying down except ships already underway or with contracts let.
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Washington
Clark
Missouri
Senate
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Suez Canal
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Richard D. McMillan
McMillan
Near East
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