Wreck 20 Jap Merchant Ships Off West Korea
U S Navy air strikes over Tsushima and Korea Straits and Yellow Sea left the wreckage of more than 20 enemy merchant ships, from oilers to cargo vessels, in evidence. Early reports said good results were achieved as Navy bombers hit air fields at Kanoya Ibushi Oita and Usa. Additional operations sank four ships and damaged many more as Pacific forces pressed Okinawa bombardment amid heavy enemy counterattacks.
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Guam
Japan
Tsushima
Korea Straits
Korea
Kyushu
Yellow Sea
Kanoya
Ibushi
Oita
USA
Navy
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific
Okinawa
10Th Army
Naha
Pacific
Ryukus
Sakishima Islands
Hirara
Nobara
Miyako Island
Sakishimas
Fire at Victory House Claims Twelve Lives in Mobile
A blaze at the three story Victory House in Mobile killed twelve people and left two others in critical condition. The lodging house housed war workers and was reported to be fully occupied at the time of the fire. Investigators began examining the scene for causes and safety failures.
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Mobile
Ala
Retail Liquor Permit Applications Filed in Amarillo
The undersigned applies for Retail Liquor Permits with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Applications list Mack’s Liquor Store at 114 East 3rd Avenue Amarillo Tex and M T and M Liquor Store at 112 East 4th Avenue Amarillo Tex and P and O Liquor Store at 118 East 5th Avenue Amarillo Tex both owned by Ralph M Lowe.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
E. 3Rd Ave
Amarillo
Texas
Mack’s
Ralph M. Lowe
E. 4Th Ave
T and M Liquor Store
H M. Lowe
E. 5Th Ave
Masons Honor W R Patterson for 50 Years in Lodge
Amarillo Lodge 731 A F and M honors W R Patterson for half a century of Masonic membership. A John Snider barbecue at 7 tonight in the Masonic Temple basement will feature a 50 year button presented by J C Reese district deputy grand master. The program led by W W Hickerson follows the supper. Patterson, city tax department employee for 21 years, once auditor of the Amarillo Tribune in the early 1920s.
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W. R. Patterson
Masonic Order
Amarillo
John Snider
Masonic Temple
Mr. Patterson
J. C. Reese
W. W. Hickerson
Patterson
Amarillo Tribune
Amarillo Lodge
Palo Duro Lodge
Five Texans Freed In Philippines Back
Five Texans were among 195 men women and children repatriated from Japanese internment camps in the Philippines. Names include Lilian Allison 47 El Paso Ellsworth Conant 57 Olney Helen Cutting 45 Temple Janice Robb 12 San Antonio and Thomas Tolman 37 Route 3 Hico.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Lilian Allison
el Paso
Ellsworth Conant
Care
United Geophysical Co
Olney
Helen Cutting
Temple
Janice Robb
San Antonio
Thomas Tolman
Hico
LaGuardia Announces He Will Not Seek Fourth Term
New York May 7 Mayor F H LaGuardia said he would not run for a fourth term this fall. In a WNYC radio broadcast he stated he would not enter the Republican primary and asked the American Labor Party not to circulate petitions for him. Texas has more elderly on pension rolls than any other state.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
WNYC
LaGuardia
American Labor Party
Texas
State
Bulldozer Clears Dutch Path at The Grebbe Line
An American bulldozer with an English driver and five British plus six German soldiers cleared the last roadblock barrier at the Grebbe Line in Holland. The operation took exactly 55 minutes this afternoon, enabling Canadian Army occupation of fortress Holland.
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Grebbe Line
Holland
Fortress
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Globe-News
Nsk
Ance
Inough Life Insurance
Archie Castleberry
Oliver Fable
McCor
NCE
Home Office
Dallas
West Korea
By Frank Tremaine
Tokyo Radio
PAY Cash Grocery
Bright
Nunn Bidg
Polk
Benjamin
Moore
Benjamin Moore
Amarillo Paint & Wallpaper Co
Benjamin MC
Polk St
RE Paints
Earl L. Shelton
Santa FE
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Railroad Retirement Board
P and O
Leo Garel
Gcarel
Masons
W.R. Patterson
Abilene
Snyder
Boxwell Brothers
White & Kirk
Panhandle
Bell
Haggard
Thornton & Miner
Bulldozer
Smith
Smiths
Abmanillo Gas. Company
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