Pulses Thrill To Question On Thrills
Amarillo readers answer what would thrill them in wartime and peacetime life. Citizens including Marceal Reeves, Mrs Arthur Todd, Bill Childers, E L Smith, Mrs Marvin Fogg, and Joe Shields share local hopes from quick cherry canning to a furlough and a quiet telephone.
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Marceal Reeves
East Eleventh Avenue
Gay
Amarillo
Arthur Todd
PVA
Bill Childers
E! Centro
Calif
E. L. Smith
Marvin Fogg
Amarillo Field
Ohio
Joe Shields
Day of reckoning at hand as Warren keynote sparks GOP rally
In Chicago Stadium June 27 Rep Joseph W Martin of Massachusetts declared the day of reckoning for the Democratic party as delegates cheered Gov Earl Warren the keynote. Dewey readied to accept nomination while Willkie’s criticism roils the convention.
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Chicago
Joseph W
Martin
House of Representatives
Nazi General At Cherbourg Is Captured
Lt General Von Schlieben, commander at Cherbourg Fortress, surrendered to American forces after an interview with the U S commander. He said his remaining troops were out of contact and fighting in scattered groups as salvage ships and Allied naval support prepare to aid the Cherbourg area.
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Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Normandy
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Caen
la Gaulle
Cheux
St. Manvieu
Tilly
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
France
Germany
Maupertus
Cap de la Hague
Bradley
Montgomiery
Rommel
Schlieben
Orel
Adolph Hitler
von Schlieben
U. S
Nein
Cap le Hague
New Zealand Shrinks Army to Boost War Supply
New Zealand, once one of the most heavily mobilized nations, is tapering its armed forces to increase food and war supplies. At peak the nation had 150000 in uniform with over 100000 overseas. two infantry divisions remain, one in Italy and another near home likely to be reduced. Aviators continue fighting in Britain, Italy, India and the Pacific.
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South Pacific
New Zealand
Italy
Britain
India
Pacific
Hughes Official Ridicules Charge Over Walkout
In Houston a Hughes Tool Company vice president dismissed labor leaders charges that a walkout over War Labor Board orders halted production. He said absenteeism was light with about 1,000 workers off, contrasting with CIO union claims of 3,800 involved and near total plant closure.
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Houston
RPI
Hughes Tool Company
War Labor Board
Houston War
M. FE. Boehm
Hughes Company
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
U S Lend Lease Aids Fascist Dictators Declared
Raul Gamero El Salvador delegate at Bretton Woods charged the U S State Department is not fully informed on Latin American conditions and has given lend lease to fascist dictatorships.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Raul Gamero
el Salvador
International Monetary Conference
Bretton Woods
N. H
United States Department of State
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
The Weather report covers Amarillo and vicinity with clear nights, cooler afternoons, and partial cloud cover across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperature highs reach 95, lows around 69, and a noon reading of 90 with trace precipitation. Other lines note shingles and roofing services by John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 West Fifth.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Marianas Capital Garapan Falls to U S Troops
Allied forces push into Garapan Saipan as Nimitz reports troops securing southern town area. Marines and infantry breach defenses 13 days after invasion with Mt Tapotchau and Kagman Peninsula in U S control enabling artillery reach over Magicienne Bay. Tokyo claims a large Guam raid with 170 planes, but Allied confirmation lacking.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Garapan
U. S
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Mt. Tapotchau
Kagman
Magicienne Bay
Nazis White Russian Wall Collapses Amid Air Attacks
Soviet air fleets from four fronts pounded German reserves and fortifications as Red Armies converged toward the Minsk gateway to Warsaw. Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk bulge cities faced encirclement while MacArthur forms a new eastern air force in the southwest Pacific.
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Moscow
Germany
Orsha, Mogliev
Bobruisk
Minsk
Warsaw
Hitler
Reich
China
India
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
MacArthur
Forecasts Delay in Tires for A Card Holders
Rationing Chief Charles F. Phillips of the Office of Price Administration said new tires for A card motorists will not be available until early 1945 instead of this fall. He cited a large backlog of applications and higher than expected demand after B card eligibility expanded May 1.
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Washington
Charles F. Phillips
Office of Price Administration
Phillips
Finns Promise Nazis Theyll Stay in the War
Morgentidningen says Joachim von Ribbentrop during a two day Helsinki visit persuaded Finnish Premier Edwin Linkomaa to pledge solidarity with Germany and to keep up the war. Germany reportedly aims to send military aid including an artillery and an anti tank brigade from Estonia. A Finnish cabinet secret meeting was held last night.
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Stockholm
U.P
Morgentidningen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Helsinki
Edwin J. Linkomies
Germany
Estonia
Hoover Vows Fierce Campaign After Republican Convention
Former president Herbert H. Hoover declares he will vigorously support the Republican ticket and fight to the end. He declines to confirm barnstorming plans but promises full energy for the campaign and says the fall prospects look good. He backs the platform as right on foreign policy and comments on Willkie’s criticisms.
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Herbert Hoover
Warren
Shicago
Herbert H. Hoover
Wendell Willkie
Allied Bombers Hit Budapest Yugoslavia Rail Lines
Up to 500 American heavy bombers attacked Budapest and Brod on Yugoslav railroads while U S strategic air forces in Russia said a synthetic oil plant at Dechobycz in Poland was bombed. British Halifax bombers struck a northern France target with limited channel weather reducing strikes.
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London
Budapest
Brod
U. S
Russia
Dechobycz
Poland
England
France
Channel
Britain
Gottingen
Germany
Caen
Normandy
Italy
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Hook of Holland
Normandy Battlefront
Supreme Headquarters
Trial Delayed in Redding Murder Case to August
Trial of O. M. Redding for his wife’s murder was postponed to August 28. A 600 member venire was summoned, with 175 on the panel, and 400 more ordered. Judge Henry S. Bishop admonished jurors to avoid discussion until trial. Defense argued improper venire and publicity.
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O. M. Redding
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Bishop
American Eighth Army Corps lands on Cherbourg peninsula
The German DNB reported that a second complete American army corps the Eighth has landed on the Cherbourg Peninsula and assumed control of the southern front sector.
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London
U.P
Eighth
Cherbourg
DNB
Amarillo Bond Drive Prepares For E Day Show At Paramount
In Amarillo the first night of bond sales events draws about 1300 buyers to the Paramount Theater to see Show Business with Eddie Cantor. Col E A Simpson will interview Gen Carl W Connell. the bond talk will be broadcast. Similar bond shows are planned for tomorrow at Leon theaters. Potter County sales near one million with total Fifth War Loan now $2,776,017.59. E-Bonds total $463,227. A big E-Day rally on Downtown Polk Street features band, choral, and a public auction of scarce merchandise led by Cal Farley.
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Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Eddie Cantor
E. A. Simpson
Carl W. Connell
Amarillo Army Air Field
Leon Theaters
Rex
Star and Leon
Potter County
Guy Saunders
Polk Street
A. F. Heckett
Panhandle Stages
Western Auto Company
Gordon Anderson
Western Auto
Edwards
ABC Club
Irene Parks
Pvt
Ray Parks
Fort McClellan
Ala
Allies Drive Forward in Italy Near Siena and Piombino
Allied advances across Italy report Eight Army units pushing toward Castiglione del Lago and Chiusi while Fifth Army advances along the west coast reaching ten miles beyond Piombino toward Livorno and Pisa. First Armored Division involved in the Siena thrust with heavy German losses amid ongoing fierce battles on highway 71.
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Rome
Chiusi
Fifth
Italy
Piombino
Livorno
Pisa
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Castiglione del Lago
Vitellino
Perugia
Siena
Florence
Mark W
Clark
Fifth Army
American Planes Raid Guam Again
United presses Japanese report that about 100 American aircraft attacked Guam today resuming heavy air raids on the island 111 miles south of Saipan in the Marianas.
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Guam
United Press Comes
Saipan
Marianas
Germans Lose 60 000 Men Since D Day Invasion
London reports unofficial estimates place German losses at not less than 60 000 men killed wounded or captured since D Day. The U S Ninth Division that fought in Cherbourg Peninsula is said to be commanded by General Monton Eddy.
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London
U.P
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg Peninsula
Monton Eddy
To Limit WASPS to End Recruitment and Training
The War Department announced steps to terminate further WASP recruiting and training. General Henry H. Arnold said the Castell Bill defeat shows Congress does not require expanding WASP roles in the Air Forces, though current training may continue for those already in the program. Critics argue women pilots faced high costs and idle male pilots under the old program.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Airforce Service
Henry H. Arnole
Congress
Army
Nav
Invasion Weather Clears Over Straits Dover
London reports star clouds clearing from the Straits Dover by daybreak. Sunny weather improves visibility with a light southwest breeze. Temperature 70 at 8 A.M. High tide at Dover and ass was at 5 15 A.M.
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London
U.P
Straits Dover
Dover
Wheat Harvesting Weather Forecast At Wheat Fairs
The Weather Bureau forecasts clear skies for harvesting with highs in the 90s this afternoon and cooler tonight and tomorrow. In Chicago a 65 year old attorney from Meade Kansas collapsed from heat at the Republic National Convention and later died of a heart attack in an emergency hospital.
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U. S
Chicago Stadium
C. C. Wilson
Jtorney
Meade
Kan
The
Kansas de
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
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John Maynard Lbr, Co
W. 5Th
Great Bulge
Red Army
Orsha
Mogliev
CBS
Vitebsk
Vershinin
Sevastopol
Timofey Kruikin
Sergei I. Rudenko
N. P. Papivin
Stormovik
Netherlands ‘East Indies
Philippines
Kenney
New Guinea
Truk
Palau
Noemfoor
Magaung
Myitkyina
Yunan
Tengchung
Salween
Myithy
Manipur
Imphal
Kohima
Hengyang
Hoover
Russell Stationery Company
Redding
Eddy
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