Amarillo plans expansion for English Field airport
Amarillo Chamber aviation committee led by Bob Stone recommends developing English Field to a Class 4 airport under a Civil Aeronautics Administration plan. It urges dual runways, wires removal, field expansion, longer ramps, and preparations for private operator use while awaiting future FAA guidance.
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Amarillo
English
English Field
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Carl Knupp
City Commission
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Air Power, Soviet Push Highlight Wartime Fronts
The article notes massive Allied air raids on Germany, including 24 000 tons of bombs in February and 905 aircraft destroyed, while 900 sorties hit beyond Rome. It reports 15 000 German prisoners since Salerno and a potential realignment of naval forces to Russia. The Moscow broadcast claims a 105 mile break in German lines with 8 000 dead and 1 000 captured, as advances near Nikolaev Kherson Tarnopol and Proskurov unfold amid Yugoslav and Macedonian combat with Tito leading.
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Churchill
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Eworwaedebitra Aestree
Germany
Rome
Salerno
Washington
U. S
Russia
Mediterranean
Moscow
Red
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Kherson
Tarnopol
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Dniester
Staro-Konstantinov
Mies
Proskurov
Slovenia
Tito
Macedonia
U. S. Ships to Russia Deal Outlined by White House
Washington reports more than a dozen British and American surface ships plus many escorts may be sent to Russia under a pending plan for dispersing the Italian fleet. The aim keeps the Italian ships in the Mediterranean while transferring allied units for use on the Murmansk route.
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Japan
Pacific
Badoglio
Italy
Roosevelt
Russia
Mediterranean
John M. Hightower
Washington
Plaan
Murmansk
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Stilwell’s Burma drive nears pivotal clash in 1943
Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell pushes U S and Chinese forces into North Burma as 1,200 to 1,300 Japanese troops fall in the Hukawng Valley. The plan centers on linking the Burma Road via the Ledo Route, with critics debating feasibility while Stilwell reports progress.
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Prestson Grover
New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Maungkwan
Hukawng
Southeast Asia
Vinegar Joe
Stillwell
China
Stilwell
Gen. Stilwell
India
Hukawng Valley
Nazi Front Bombing Threat in Eastern Germany
War analyst Karl Zeppelin argues that Nazi retreats on the Russian front enable Red air fleets to attack eastern German cities. He warns Muscovite bombers could join Allied pressure, increasing Hitler's peril as eastern Germany remains vital for war production. Russians possess strong air power but focus on the eastern land battle.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Karl Zeppelin
Reich
Fuehrer
Germany
Hitler
WACs Writ Mash Notes To Prisoners At Camp Hale
An investigation into an escape at Camp Hale Colorado led to eight American soldiers charged with aiding the breakout and five WACs accused of sending romantic notes to enemy captives. Three soldiers admitted involvement. three WACs were court martialed and given four to six months confinement. Private Theophil J. Leonard Paul Kissman Private Eric Hotelling and Private Dale Maple face treason charges for the escape and aid. Maple, a Harvard graduate, is held for court-martial as the first American charged with treason in this war.
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Camp Hale
Colo
U.P
WACS
John Chase
Theophil J. Leonard
Stonewall
Texas
Paul A. Kissman
Erie
Eric B. Hotelling
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Dale Maple
San Diego
Calif
Chase
Leonhard
Kissman
Siering
Hotelling
Maple
Frances H. Bundorf
Birmingham
Ala
Florence C. Pechon
New Orleans
Marguerite L. Franklin
Oakland
Allo
Colorado Mountains
Edward Schwitchtenberg
Heinrich Kikilius
Rommel
Afrika Korps
U. S
Harvard University
Seventh Service Command
Tricky Sands of Canadian Sill Hiding Pistol
Pistol hunt in the Canadian River stalls as officers still search for the gun thrown in the river. Investigation into the killing of Dr and Mrs Roy Hunt at Littlefield last October hinges on whether the weapon can shed light on the case.
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Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Amarillo
Finnish commander-in-chief telegraphs Hitler on Narva fall
Field Marshal Carl Mannerheim reportedly sent a telegram to Adolf Hitler alleging the Narva setback would render the German Finnish position untenable. The move is seen as Finns pressing for German evacuation and a separate peace with Russia. Reports also note a Soviet backed broadcast claiming Hitler has begun evacuating top officers from Finland.
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Jack Fleischer
Stockholm
U.P
Carl Mannerheim
Adolf Hitler
Narva
Finland
Russia
Free Germany Committee
Moscow
U. S
Baltic States
Hitler
Mannerheim
Norway
For Your Information It Could Be Our Bombsight
A Swedish traveler reports Germans believe American bombers possess a new weapon enabling pinpoint hits. He notes Erkener ball bearing works and tank plants in Berlin’s southern suburbs were targets, with extensive fires and sections destroyed.
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Hitler
Stockholm
Erkener
Berlin
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight. light rain possible in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of the Pecos River this afternoon and tonight. moderate temperatures with fresh to strong winds in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico expected fair with no major temperature changes tonight and Saturday. 24 hour period ending 6:30 A M shows high 69, low 42, noon 50.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Taken By Death Takes Irvin Cobb Victim in New York
New York reports the death of Irvin S. Cobb famed humorist author. He died today in his apartment at the Sheridan Hotel after months of illness and a 24 hour coma. Mrs. Cobb was present. He was connected to Amarillo through relatives, including Beaumont Stinnett and Col. Robert Cobb, a Confederate officer.
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New York
U.P
Irvin S. Cobb
Sheraton Hotel
Cobb
Irvin Cobb
A. S. Stinnett
Henry C. Harding
Amarillo
Weather Bureau Forecasts Clouds and March Winds
The weather service predicted partly cloudy skies with March winds and a breezes easing tomorrow afternoon. Local observer R F Smith notes his Indian sign misread stormy March weather for March 6 to 10, but the forecast remains cautious and official.
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R. F. Smith
Mr. Smith
Weather Bureau
Beat Japs Is Home On Leave By Richard C Bergholz
Lt John Vandale U S Navy home on leave after 14 months in the South Pacific has commanded an escort vessel. He served in three war areas and praises the Navy Seabees and his ship crew. He expects to report to a destroyer escort school in Miami Beach and assumes command for another mission.
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John Vandale
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
John
Earl Vandale
Jefferson Street
Miami Beach
Vandale
North Atlantic
Caribbean
Navy
Midshipmen's
Northwestern University
Chicago
Washington and Lee University
University of Texas
Stormy
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Considers Importing Jamaica Servants
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, after three days in Jamaica, told a Kingston news conference she would study bringing Jamaica girls to the United States to help fill servant shortages. She is en route to an undisclosed destination.
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Kingston
Jamaica
U.P
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
Amarillo fund drive totals check for Red Cross war effort
Amarillo High School reports 486.66 for the American Red Cross War Fund with more contributions from teachers yet to be counted as committee chairmen plan a weekly report. Lt. Guill at San Luis Obispo praises Red Cross use and pledges more funds. Downtown volunteers will collect. Amarillo Chamber opposes socialized medicine in a Texas delegation letter.
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Amarillo High School
American Red Cross War Fund
Amarillo
Ben Guiil
USNR
Red Cross
San Luis
Obispo
Calif
Southwestern Public Service Company
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Cc. T. Kerr
Sherrill Boyd
Lloyd Jackson
Burma Road
Joe
Wingate
South- East Asia Command
China-Burma-India
Social Security Record Systems
Russell Stationery Company
Tricky Sands
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Empress Augusta Bay
MediaNews
Ama‘Tilo Field
Rolls
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Richard C. Bergholz
Los Negros
Bismarck Sea
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters
First Cavalry Division
Momote
New Britain
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Rabaul
Wewak
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