Mansfield Is Missing In Europe
Lieut. Robert W. Mansfield a Flying Fortress pilot from San Angelo is missing in action after a bomb raid over Germany. A former San Angelo football star and Vega rancher, Mansfield registered for service in World War II and has been missing since May 19. Panhandle residents expect he will turn up later with credit to him and his crew for their action against the Axis.
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Robert W. Mansfield
San Angelo
Germany
Vega
Panhandle
Bobby” Mansfield
Bobby
Bobby Mansfield
Bobcat
Abilene
Bobcoats
Mansfield
Edwin Puller
Puller
Fuller
North Africa
Amarillo
French Chiefs Reach Accord Amid War Front Updates
The article notes a new French unity with De Gaulle and Giraud forming a seven man executive committee in Algiers, and mentions the Allied fleet joining from Alexandria. It covers heavy Allied air activity across Naples Foggia Pantelleria Sardinia and Algiers with substantial bombings and casualties.
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Algiers
Venerais
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
London
Alexandria
France
United Nations
Mediterranean
Naples
Foggia
Million in May War Bond Drive Tops Two Million
Khiva Temple's Million in May campaign nears climax as purchases push the total to about 2.16 million. First National Bank led a million dollar buy for Masonic groups across 40 counties, with Shamrock Oil & Gas adding 150000 and Amarillo Potter county figures totaling 702477. The temple plans further bonds for each novice to Mecca as the trial balloons for future drives spread.
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Khiva Temple
First Na- Hon Bank
Ross Rogers
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation
Amarillo
Potter County
Khiva
Mecca
Mystic Shrine
American Legion
Uncle Sam
T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Friendly Conductor Goes Holiday Free Rides
Detroit May 31 a Grand River Jefferson street car conductor announced rides were free for the holiday and refused to collect fares then transferred to a female conductor who ordered fares and resumed normal operation.
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Detroit
Grand River-Jefferson
Fortress Sets Record by Destroying 11 Nazi Planes
A Flying Fortress led by First Lieutenant Robert H. Smith of Lamesa Texas shot down 11 enemy aircraft over Wilhelmshaven earning a new single combat record in the European theater. Crippled, the bomber limped to the North Sea on its own power. crew survived after 30 hours in rubber dinghies and rescue.
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London
Robert H. Smith
Lamesa
Texas
Wilhelmshaven
Eighth
United States Air Force
North Sea
Industry Takes 90 Percent Of Mobilized German Women
Stockholm dispatch reports Berlin details of total mobilization showing 90 percent of women called up placed in industrial work and 6 percent in office duties. Of all mobilized, over 83 percent were women, highlighting men up to 65 already in army or war work.
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Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
Ose
Weather Cycle Nearing End Says Bureau
The weather bureau notes showery activity is tapering with little temperature change. Sunday’s high reached 90 and the morning low 51, with light showers over the weekend but no substantial moisture. Expect moderate to fresh winds today and this evening.
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Bureau
Germans Expect Invasion June 22 Amid War Jitters
Berlin dispatches to Swedish newspapers claim Hitler’s line urges the Allies to open a broad front against Europe around June 22. They say Roosevelt can now direct Stalin, while the three cards cited are the North African victory aiding Allied Europe, Soviet reliance on US and Britain for supplies, and Soviet industrial strains. Helsinki reports Finland’s People’s Party urges better US ties and loosening censorship to support democracy.
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Germany
Russia
Britain
United States
Berlin
Hitler
United Nations
Svenska Dagbladet
Roosevelt
Stalin
Reich
Communist International
Europe
U. S
Helsinki
Peoples Party of Finland
Finland
Tokyo Would Belittle Our Attu Island Loss
The Tokyo radio broadcast minimized the American seizure of Attu Island noting the capture as insignificant with Italian attache Col. Guido Bertoni claiming Attu had no strategic value. The AP recording relays that the broadcast framed the episode as a minor incident in the broader war.
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Tokyo
Attu Island
Associated Press
Radio
Attu
United States
Aleutians
Guido Bertoni
Japan
Bees in Paradise filming interrupted by German raid
A London film crew shooting Bees in Paradise on Britain’s southwest coast cliffs endured a German air raid. Twelve glamorous performers and comedian Arthur Askey hid as RAF observers warned of approaching bombers. A bomb fell and machine gun fire sprayed the location, but Askey later met a boy asking for his autograph.
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London
Arthur Askey
RAF
Askey
Shrine Lays Yearly Plans For Masonry Activities
The Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine plans a fall ceremonial class of 266 novices, one larger than its 1920 inception size. Potentate T W Gilstrap announced the aims at a 10 am meeting with aides, while 165 of 218 petitioners are registered for the Mecca trip before noon. Ring candidates, including Thomas W French, Ben Solnick, John Snider, Melvin Downs, and Paul Crouch, were active in morning events.
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Khiva Temple of
Mystic Shrine
T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Khiva
Uso-Municipal
Mecca
Thomas W. “Corncob” French
Lubbock
Mike
KFPDA
Ben Solnick
John Snider
Melvin Downs
Pampa
Paul Crouch
Shrine
Coal Miners Walk Out in Kentucky Over Dispute
More than 800 coal miners left four Southeastern Kentucky soft coal mines in Harlan as no agreement was reached at the Washington union operator conference. Ed Bean, UMW representative, said the walkout reflected dissatisfaction with stalled talks.
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Kentucky
Harlan
Ed Bean
United Mine Workers
Kenneth Hamilton Wins Tip Prize for House Break In
Kenneth Hamilton won the first prize of $5 for information about the boy who fell off a railroad overpass. Other tip winners include Barbara Nelson Billy Reed Myrtle Molyneaux John Hunter and several residents, with multiple prize amounts noted.
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Barbara Nelson
Harrison Street
Billy Reed
North West
Second Avenue
Myrtle Molyneaux
Western Avenue
John Hunter
West
Eleventh Avenue
C. F E. Mace
Jackson Street
J. L. Martin
Third Avenue
Billy Burns
Fifteenth Avenue
J. O. Whitby
Sunset
Rille
Kenneth Hamilton
Lincoln Street
Marion Champeau
West Seventh Avenue
R. C. Dorothy
North —W
West Pirst Avenue
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
German Prisoners Clearing Oklahoma Land for Denison Dam
First German prisoners of war in the United States are employed on a government project in Oklahoma clearing land for the Denison dam reservoir. Captured in North Africa, they are members of Hitler's Afrika Korps and wear PW marks on their uniforms.
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Denison
United States
Oklahoma
Afrika Korps
Army Engineers
Etters
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Slight warming tonight and Tuesday morning with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas sees little temperature change with Panhandle warmer and fresh winds. New Mexico shows no major temperature shift. Temperatures measured 24 hours to 6 30 A M show high and low near 86 and 51 with noon readings around 98.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Japs Suffer Losses on Attu and China Fronts
United Press reports Attu garrison resistance ends leaving a potential US base 724 miles from Paramushiru. Chinese forces halt a Japanese push in Western Hupeh, destroying an enemy division near Yuyankwan with about 9,000 casualties. Australian commandos in New Guinea claim 500 Japanese deaths. MacArthur’s aircraft strike Wewak with 13 tons of bombs.
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Attu
China
Aleutian Islands
United States
Paramushiru
Kurile Islands
Tokyo
Hupeh
Yangtze River
Szechwan Province
Chungking
Yuyankwan
Ae Yangtze
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Attu Island Mopping Up Isolated Japanese Pockets
On Attu in the western Aleutians American troops continue mopping up isolated pockets of Japanese resistance. Naval officials report pockets range from three or four to as many as 40 or 50 enemy troops with no organized resistance remaining. This completes subjugation and positions forces for potential attacks on Japan.
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Washington
Attu
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Naval
Attu Island
Egyptian government to recognize Russia today
Cairo reports the Egyptian government decided to recognize Russia. London dispatch notes diplomat V. E. Wellington Koo, China’s ambassador to Great Britain, returned to the city after eight months abroad in China and the United States. Leather brief cases. Russell Stationery Company.
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Russia
Cairo
W.R
Koo
London
Dr. V. E. Wellington Koo
Great Britain
China
United States
Russell Stationery Company
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San Angelo High School
Texas A. & M. College
Randolph Field
Morinne Brooks
Penar del Rio
Cuba
Sevring Field
Fla
Lieut
Clark Gable
England
Adjutant General of the Army
Kiel
Flensburg
Blondy Cross
Carl C. Cranmer
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Bari
Adriatic
Ponteza
Pacific
Joseph Stillwell
India
Burma
English Channel
Martinque
Atlantic
Italy
B. C
St. Jean
Fortress
John Colburn
Continent
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Fifth
Ama
United Press
U. 5
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