War Bond Premiere at Paramount Draws Huge Crowd
Nearly 3000 people expected as War Bond Premiere at the State and Paramount Theaters offers a $1000 bond drawing on stage at 9 15. Bond sales in the Seventh War Loan topped expectations with about 135000 raised while flight prizes include trips to Mexico City New York Hollywood and a Braniff familiarization tour.
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Paramount
Paramount Theater
Zale Jewelry Company
Ray Kohn
Lubbock
Braniff Airways
Bond
Japan
Mexico City
New York City
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Hollywood
TWA
Lord Haw Haw bound for Old Bailey treason trial
London reports that William Joyce, known for Nazi broadcasts as Lord Haw Haw, was bound over for trial at the Old Bailey on charges of high treason against the British crown.
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London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Old Bailey
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Today Through Friday
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon tonight and Friday in Amarillo and vicinity. Wind northeast 25 to 30 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with cooler Panhandle South Plains. New Mexico fair tonight tomorrow and Friday with cooler southeast tonight. High 102 yesterday low 64 noon 75.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Chiang Kai-Shek foresees prolonged war against Japan
In Chongqing on June 28 Chiang Kai Shek said defeating Japan may take more than 18 months with a possible year timeline. He urged rapid American landings on the China coast to open a major supply port, praised Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer and Maj Gen Patrick Hurley, and stressed economic aid and renewed Chinese readiness to bear land fighting with American air power. Radio Tokyo boasted of a secret invasion weapon, but observers doubt its impact.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
China
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Albert Wedemeyer
Patrick Hurley
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Tokyo
Malaya Peninsula
Singapore
Balikpapan
Kume Island
Major Hagy Aids Russians in Bombed Oil Fields Revival
Maj. Lawrence Hagy an Amarillo Texas Panhandle oilman aids Soviet efforts to restart Hungarian oil and gas properties once owned by Americans. He reports near normal crude flow and three cracking plants back in operation with output about 1600 gallons daily. If Soviet lines shift eastward Budapest fields could supply more for Allied fleets, potentially freeing Atlantic shipments for Pacific use.
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Texas Panhandle
Lawrence Hagy
Amarillo
Tex
United States
Japan
Hagy
Europe
Pacific
Atlantic
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Stars and Stripes
Hagg
Armed Forces
Gene Howe
Debrecen
Hungary
Standard
British Oil Company
New Jersey
McNarney Maps End of U S Italy Occupation and Austria Move
General Joseph T. McNarney said U S occupation of Italy will end by year end except for small forces. General Mark W. Clark to head U S occupation in Austria with Vienna headquarters. Occupying divisions to come from European theater, with Salzburg as Second Army Corps HQ.
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U.P
U. S
Italy
Joseph T. McNarney
Mediterranean
Mark W. Clark
Austria
Vienna
Europe
Clark
Second Army Corps
Geoffrey Keyes
Salzburg
First Armored
10Th Mountain Division
Venice
McNarney
Pacific
Youth poses as navy veteran to obtain ration certificates
A 16 year old Indiana youth claimed 12 major battles in three theaters and obtained certificates for 120 gallons of gasoline from a local ration board. He is in Potter County jail in U S marshal custody after failing to post $250 bond and was arraigned on delinquency and fraud charges. Police found two navy uniforms in his possession.
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Navy
Indiana
Potter County
U. S. Navy
Stalin Named Generalissimo by Soviet Supreme Soviet
Moscow reports Premier Josef Stalin received the title of generalissimo after the Supreme Soviet elevated him to the position yesterday. The proclamation follows his long leadership during wartime and consolidates his top command authority in the Union.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
Stettinius Resignation Triggers State Department Shakeup
President Truman accepts Edward R. Stettinius Jr. resignation and may name James Byrnes as his new Secretary of State. Byrnes would prompt a near total turnover in aides. Stettinius to head U.S. delegation to a proposed United Nations organ and serve on the Security Council.
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James F. Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Capitol Hill
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Sanramoa Count Tietina
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WWME
Vudlist
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Stettinius
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League
Security Council
Senate
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Kansas City
Ross
Alf Landon
Landon
Kansas
State Department
William L. Clayton
Latest Books at Russell Stationery’s Book Department
Russell Stationery in Georgia lists new arrivals with fiction and non fiction titles. Highlights include author signings and curbside pickup options for customers.
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Russell Stationery Ga
Industry Congested by Strikes Across Nation
The semaphore of labor shows 80,000 idle workers nationwide, down from 93,000 yesterday. Hudson Motor Car Company settlement in Detroit reduces idle autoworkers to under 50,000 for the first time this week, while Goodyear Tire workers in Akron and glass plants in 11 cities report no settlements amid ongoing walkouts.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Detroit
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Forum Tonight Debates Recreation Program Funding
An open 8 pm forum at Amarillo Hotel discusses a tax supported recreation program costing 33000 annually. Pinky Vineyard is publicity director for the Recreation Study of Council chaired by Mrs. George Hammock. Dallas parks chief L B Houston explains leisure facilities expansion.
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Amarillo Hotel
Recreation Study of Council
Pinky Vineyard
George Hammock
Vineyard
L. B. Houston
Parks and Recreation
Dallas
Hottest Day of Year Sees 102 Degree Mark
Yesterday's heat peaked at 102 degrees as Amarillo faced a record day. Weatherman H C Winburn forecast cooler conditions and partly cloudy skies this afternoon with 25 to 30 mph winds easing overnight. Relief from the heat spread through the city as residents queued for ice and discussed the scorchers.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
South Plains
Warsaw forms new Polish unity government
Warsaw radio announced a new unity government led by Eduard Osuka Morawski former premier in the Soviet sponsored provisional government and included Stanislaw Mikolajczyk former premier of the exiled cabinet in London. The old provisional government resigned and a successor was formed under the Yalta Agreement after the Moscow unity conference.
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London
U.P
Warsaw
Eduard Osuka-Morawski
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Yalta
Moscow
Two Japanese Hitch-Hikers Grabbed by Charlie Hill
Tech Sgt Charlie Hill of Amarillo Texas and Cpl Joe Smith of Atoka Oklahoma picked up two Japanese hitch-hikers on a highway. The pair, suffering malaria, were surrendered to a Filipino who directed them to find a hospital.
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U.P
Tech
Charlie Hill
Amarillo
Tex
Joe Smith
Atoka
Okla
Darnand Seized by Allied Forces Near Edolo
French interior minister in the Vichy regime Joseph Darnand, also head of the French militia, was arrested three days earlier by Allied intelligence near Edolo. He faced accusations over harsh actions against patriots and the Maquis, his role likened to Himmler in Germany.
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Joseph Darnand
Darnand
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Edolo
Storm Battered Liberty Ship Returns Troops From France
A storm battered Liberty Ship the Jonathan Elmer docked in New York with 390 reassignment troops after a voyage from France. The vessel rode a 70 mph hurricane and rolled up to 40 degrees. Veterans from the 65th 66th 71st and 106th Infantry divisions, the Eighth Air Force, the 101st Airborne and the Fourth Armored Division were aboard.
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New York
Jonathan Elmer
France
65Th
Eighth Air Force
101St Airborne Division
Fourth Armored
Spencer Receives Suspended Sentence for DWI
Alfred Spencer was sentenced to four years suspended by a jury in 47th District Court after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. The jury panel which reported Monday morning has been dismissed.
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Alfred Spencer
47Th District Court
Spencer
Pacific deployment set for 28th and 30th Divisions
Supreme Headquarters announced the 28th and 30th Infantry Divisions would leave Germany next month for Pacific service. The 13th Armored Division arrived at Camp Atlanta as part of redeployment from the Reich toward Japan.
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Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Pacific
Camp Atlanta
The
Reich
Japan
Bong assigned to test Lockheed P-80 jets in Los Angeles
Major Richard Bong, famed American air ace, receives new duty in Los Angeles to test the Lockheed P-80 shooting star jet fighter for the Army Air Forces, as announced by the Air Technical Service Command.
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Los Angeles
Richard Bong
Army Air Forces
Air Technical Service Command
Urges Speedy Senate Ratification of UN Charter
Senate opens a landmark debate led by Tom Connally urging rapid ratification of the United Nations Security Charter. He argues world peace hinges on U S participation and early ratification will spur others to act. President Truman plans to transmit the charter next week.
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U.P
Senate
Truman
Connally
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
United States
Texas Law Lets Presidential Candidates Appear On Ballots
A new Texas law directs that presidential and vice presidential candidates appear on ballots in future elections rather than the names of electors. The provision is included in a compilation of new and revised laws from the last legislative session.
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Texas
Premier Soong Leaves Peking for Moscow
Mos cow radio quoted a dispatch saying Premier T Soong departed Beijing yesterday bound for Moscow, signaling a high level move in Sino Soviet diplomacy.
Superfortress Loops on Dallas in Pacific feat
War reporter Wick Fowler describes Lt. Jack Tunnell of Cross Plains Texas piloting a B 29 through an inside loop over Saipan. Ten crew members including San Angelo gunner Bob Byrd confirm the stunt after storm aided climb and rapid bomb bay breach en route to Iwo Jima. Capt Morrison, formerly Big Spring county judge, also noted.
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Dallas
Pacific
Jack Tunnell
Cross Plains
Tex
Wick Fowler
73Rd Wing
Saipan
Bob Byrd
San Angelo
Iwo Jima
Fowler
W. S. Morrison
Big Spring
Tokyo Admits Invasion Talk Grips Japan As War Rages
Tokyo creates Tokyo defense army command under Maj. Gen. Minoru Timura as invasion talk spreads across Japan. Allied actions in Luzon and Okinawa escalate, with MacArthur lauding Luzon valley fighting while Japanese casualties mount. Losses among U S and Allied forces rise, highlighting the intensified Pacific war effort.
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Tokyo
Luzon Island
Philippines
Pacific
Ryukyu Island
Okinawa
Minoru Timura
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