Plans Laid With Care
London reported Britain plans a carefully staged invasion of Europe while Soviet forces press toward Kharkov. Richthofen arrives in the Kerch battle zone as 100000 parachutists are massed for a Caucasus assault and Arctic convoys face German shipping losses in April.
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Russia
Great
Ukraine
Kharkov
London
Caucasus
Kerch
Kerch Strait
Moscow
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Belgrade
Germany
Crete
Recused Killer Collapses in New York Court
Eli Shonbrun co defendant in the murder trial of Madeline Webb and another man collapsed at the counsel table with a heart condition. Webb, a 28 year old model, rushed to his side as attendants carried him out. The trial for the slaying of Susan Flora Reich in her hotel suite was recessed during the eighth day of general sessions. Murray Hirsch, a key state witness, testified as Webb’s lover described by the defense.
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New York
Eli Shonbrun
Madeline Webb
Shonbrun
Jacques Buitenkant
Miss Webb
John D. Cullen
Buitenka
Hirschl
Hirsch
Sheriff Deputies Wear Distinctive Uniforms In Night Patrols
The county launches a night patrol under Sheriff Bill Adams with Deputies McKenzie and Bill Watson in striking uniforms. They respond to calls on Highway 66 and patrol towns and installations, boosting jail intake by about 60 percent and leveraging ex‑experience to track criminals.
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L. B
Mc) McKenzie
W. H
Bill) Watson
Border Patrol
Bill Adams
Mc McKenzie
Bill Watson
Bill Speed
Commissioners’ Court
Adams
McKenzie
Watson
Texas Fliers Led Tokyo Raid Network of Heroes
The Tokyo raid duos included 79 hand picked airmen with Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle. At least 14 Texans are known among the group, inspiring pride in their hometowns and supporters. Mrs. L. A. Wilder is noted among the newest heroes.
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Texas
America
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
L. A. Wilder
Mystery of Fitzhugh Son Ties to Doolittle Raid Deepens
In Galveston Mrs. J. G. Fitzhugh asserts her son Lieut. William Fitzhugh 27 is with Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle in the Japan bombing raid. She says the belief grew after hearing of Doolittle’s promotion and that Billy was with him in Florida on a secret mission, seeming happy when he spoke of it.
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Galveston
J. G. Fitzhugh
William Fitzhugh
James H. Doolittle
Japan
Doolittle
Billy
Florida
Colonel Doolittle
Mrs. Fitzhugh
Tokyo
Texas woman recalls son’s daring Pacific raid
At Taylor the mother of Lt. Rodney R Wilder reveals she kept a letter from a general about his squadron’s japsub sinking off California two months earlier. She also notes her husband Lt. E. E. McElroy’s latest family news and speaks of the B 25 air mission and the Hilger family losses tied to the war.
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Taylor
Rodney R Wilder
California
E. E. McElroy
Longview
Edgar Earl, Jr
Nazis Fight Bottlenecks Slow German War Production
Lisbon reporting on Hitler's war effort outlines five bottlenecks hampering Germany. Material shortages sabotage manpower transport and electric power impede output while airplane production is estimated at 2,200 to 2,500 monthly with total planes near 25,000.
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Germany
Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Associated Press
Shanke
Lisbon
Hitler
1000 Bombers A Night Aims To Hammer Germany
Allied air sources say expansion plans could allow 800 current bombers to rise to 1,000 aircraft a night against German targets. The Mannheim raid used hundreds of bombers with a 54th attack on the city. A northeast England town suffered a German raid with at least 12 reported deaths.
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London
Mannheim
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Badische Amlin Chemical Works
Lanz Armament Works
Daimler-Benz Engineering Works
St. Nazaire
England
USO Drive Totals Five Thousand Five Hundred Three
Amarillo campaign workers reported a total USO collection of 5 503 80 early this morning with the goal nearing 22 000. City county chairman L H Puckett said an additional 500 was expected today as drive headquarters cited growing demand at Amarillo Building Room 823 for government built quarters.
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Amarillo
USO
L. H. (Cedar) Puckett
Drive
Amarillo Building
Secretary Hull Sees Grounds for Hope for Early UN Victory
Secretary Hull told reporters he saw grounds for hope that victory for the United Nations might come sooner than anticipated. He noted U S powers and facilities are expanding for offensive and defensive operations and discussed immobilizing French warships at Martinique where oil removal left vessels unable to sail but able to power lighting and minor installations.
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Washington
Hull
United Nations
United States
Martinique
Nazi Killings and Bombings Reported in Occupied Paris
In Vichy on May 20 a U P report states two Paris German occupied businesses were bombed and a German officer was shot seriously in the last 24 hours. Eight hostages were executed by authorities, and Paris blamed five Eastern European Jews for attacks on a German soldier and a dynamite strike on May 10. An alleged 17 year old boy shot the officer three times near Notre Dame, then fled on a bicycle.
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Vichy
U.P
Paris
Lille
Conti
Notre Dame Cathedral
Amarillo Reports First Rain of Month and Temperature Dip
The Panhandle received light showers to 0.75 inch in Amarillo area with 1.05 inches at Claude. Moisture covered eastern New Mexico western Kansas and parts of Colorado and Oklahoma. Cooler weather is forecast with yesterday’s high near 75 and morning low around 52.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Claude
Lubbock
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
The forecast calls for cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight across Amarillo and West Texas with showers and thunderstorms expected. Del Rio Eagle Pass Pecos Valley and New Mexico show cooler trends and similar or lower temperatures than the previous day with a 0.75 inch precipitation total in the past 24 hours and noon temperature around 51 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
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