A Letter From Home To Boys in Service
A home front note from Amarillo recounts Halloween calm amid wartime, local deaths and casualties, military honors, prison camps, and new bride and wedding reports. The piece highlights Lt. Otha Draper for the Distinguished Flying Cross, pilots missing in Europe, and Armistice Day football scores with Panhandle teams.
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Panhandle
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Lubbock
Texas Rangers
Hunt
Groom
MacPhillips
Porterville
Calif
Phillips
Amarillo
Richard Donovan
Eighth Service Command
Amarillo Field
E. O. Thompson
Austin
John Snider
Herring Hotel
Mariano Soni
Mexico City
Amarillo High School
Woodward
Okla
Walter
Corbin Newcomb
Otha Draper
China
Daniel Roberts
Clayton
Jack Pittman
Thunderbolt
Joe B. Dooley
North Carolina
Thomas H. Lair
Schweinfurt
Germany
Joseph Hunt Bourland
Clarendon
Russell Whelchel
Lloyd M. Starlee
Grover
Woodrow Pool
Channing
James R. Drummond
Canyon
Tommy D. Moreland
Lakeview
Pred L. Dean
Toney Dodd
Ware Twins
Charles
Neal
Navy
San Diego
Robert Mecaskey
Bobby Jack Kemp
Japan
Pukuoka Camp No. 2
Sgt
Warrent Robertson
Pic
George Lynn
Philippines
Marshall
Tex
Dorothy Adams
Bill Adams
Charley Underwood
Globe News
Jack Altman
Look Magazine
Golden Sandies
Sandies
Shawnee
Lubbock Westerners
Pampa Harvesters
Westerners
Lubbocks
Brownfield
Butler Field
Plainview
Vernon
Childress
Quanah
Burkburnett
Electra
Olney
Sweetwater
Lamesa
San Angelo
Odessa
Midland
Abilene
Big Spring
Tohoka
Dumas
Tulsa
Canadian
White Deer
Shamrock
Mangum
Memphis
Wellington
McLean
Floydada
Matador
Spur
Lockney
Cpl
P. G. Johnson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
North Pole
City Taxes Reach New Total of 120000
City official notes the tax collections rose to 120000 by October after a delayed start. He adds the revenue continues to flow at a strong pace while current taxes remain not delinquent until the end of the month.
Dates Set for Four Brown Stamp Groups in Book 3
Office of Price Administration announces the good dates for four sets of brown stamps in ration book three. L on November 21 M on November 28 N on December 5 and P on December 12. All expire January 1 1944. City tax collections exceed last year by thirty thousand dollars in October.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Henry Beverley
Russell Stationery Company
Marines Storm Bougainville In Surprise Pacific Landing
United Press reports American Marines landed at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville in a surprise move aimed at breaking Japanese defense east of Rabaul. The beach assault met light resistance though 40 000 Japanese troops were nearby, with allies sealing off southern Bougainville bases and pressuring treasury islands and Choiseul.
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United Press
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Rabaul
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Empress
Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Navy
Frank Knox
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Treasury Islands
Choiseul
Little Boy Falls From Third Floor Window in Amarillo
Pedestrians witnessed Earl Stephen Bannister fall about 25 feet from a third floor window onto a downtown Amarillo sidewalk. He was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital in critical condition with a fractured skull. His Los Angeles parents were visiting Missouri before returning home.
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Amarillo
Earl Stephen Bannister
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jamess. Bannister
Los Angeles
Missouri
Polk Street
Russian forces land near Kerch in Crimea amid German setback
Reports from London outline Russian landings in eastern Crimea north and south of Kerch as Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian Army drives deep into the peninsula. German counterattacks are reported near Kerch and Perekop while Wehrmacht forces retreat toward Kherson and Odessa, with thousands of Germans captured or abandoning equipment.
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London
Crimea
Kerch
Moscow
DNB
Berlin
Caucasus
Taman
Russia
Black Sea
Feodor Tolbukhin
Florida
Kerekop
Tolbukhin
Perekop
Kherson
Odessa
Rumania
Dzhankov
Simeferopol
Sebastopol
Feodosi
Armyansk
Dzhabkov
Kurman-Kemikehi
Sarabuz
Mandalay Japanese communications center bombed by RAF
RAF bombers hit the key Japanese communications hub at Mandalay Burma after daylight attacks on Irrawaddy River traffic and positions in the Chin hills. The operation followed earlier strikes by fighter-bombers reported in a British communique.
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New Delhi
Mandalay
Burma
Irrawaddy
Chin Hills
Drought Quietly Extends Its Hold As Cold Spell Returns
The region endures a record autumn low of 25 degrees with cold, fair forecasts into Wednesday. Precipitation for ten months trails by 55 inches. only about 14 inches of moisture this year. October’s showers were light and scattered. the year’s wettest moment occurred in July Amarillo. President Roosevelt votes Hyde Park, calling himself a tree grower, for the Democratic ticket.
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Amarillo
Bureau
Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Old Town Hall
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas region
Continued cold with hard freeze tonight in Amarillo and vicinity. Wednesday remains fair and cold with cold conditions across Panhandle and much of West Texas. In Del Rio Eagle Pass area frost and freezing temperatures likely. New Mexico clear and warmer in east portion tonight. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M reports high 49 low 24 noon 56. Repair and repaint notice for John Maynard Lumber Co. 800 W 5th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr, Co
5Th
Fiendish Littlefield Murders Stir Deep Mystery
The Littlefield killings of Dr. Roy Hunt and his wife remain shrouded in mystery as Sheriff Hutson and Ranger Captain Maney Gault chase links and tips across Texas. A parolee suspect with a Nebraska past is questioned while a $13,500 reward fuels tips and confusion amid statewide investigations.
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Littlefield
Texas
Blanton
Frome
Hutson
West Texas
Waco
Temple
Houston
Galveston
Gault
Nebraska
South Texas
Little Littlefield
Bougainville Landing Opens as Marines Hit Beach
A U S torpedo bomber pilot reports the Bougainville invasion beginning with the first wave at dawn. Destroyers fire on shore installations while Higgins boats push toward the beach amid air bombardment and strafing. Avenger fighters unleash mortar and dive-bomb runs to support the landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Hampson
U. S
Bougainville
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Cape Torokina
Avengers
Pulse Feeler to Ask Some Questions
Amarillo Globe launches a daily feature named Pulse Feeler asking readers for questions to gauge public opinion. The newspaper will pay $1 for each question used and plans five or six interviews daily with Amarillo residents from diverse backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Globe
The
Pulse Feeler
Dr Guy Owens and Angus Huckaby Injured in Crash
Early this morning at the Line Avenue and Mississippi Street intersection two drivers were injured slightly in a traffic crash. Angus Huckaby a Cactus plant worker reported his first day off in a year and was driving north on Mississippi while Dr. Guy Owens driving east on Line sustained hip injuries. Police filed a complaint against Huckaby for driving a stop sign.
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Guy Owens
Sunset Terrace
Angus Huckaby
West
Tenth Avenue
Line Avenue
Mississippi Street
Huckaby
Mississippi
Owens
Houston Streets Flooded By 9.43 Inches of Rain
Houston experienced widespread street flooding as 9.43 inches of rain fell from 11:30 PM to 7:30 AM, disrupting traffic and forcing closures. Buses stalled or operated irregularly, and most underpasses north of Washington Avenue flooded with about 15 rescues from flooded low areas.
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Houston
Washington Avenue
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Globe and News
Joe Williams
Mr. Williams
Williams
REDS
Arlie Hudson
Amarillo Photographic Society
Victor Wayne Shawgo
Victor O. Shawgo
Madison Street
Shawgo
Southwestern Public Service Company
RAF
Post Office
Dr. Hunt
W. R. Newton
Cameron
Newton
Galveston Medical School
Lamb County
Bianton
Luther Bianton
John
San Perlito
Luther
King Ranch
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Juarez
Mex
el Paso
van Horn
Jo Ann Hunt
Nesly-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Hungary
South
Reuters
Ankara
Kiev
Dallas
John E. Parks, Jr
John E. Parks, III
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Sterrett Anaes
Stockholm
Gorm
Denmark
Christian
Sweden
Earth
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