Bomb tonnage reported as Allied air campaign grows
London reports over 100000 tons of bombs dropped on Germany in November with RAF and US Air Force conducting heavy raids on Dusseldorf and Cologne. The Allied command warns of a winter offensive as troops close in from three sides. Mrs John Allen of 700 A Mississippi Street hospitalized at Unity Benefit Association Hosts in Topeka.
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Leo
Disher
London
U.P
Germany
RAF
Dusseldorf
Rhine River
Aachen
Mders
Cologne
1St Army
U. S. Air Force
Britain
15Th
U.S. Air Force
Italy
John Allen
Mississippi Street
Unity Benefit Association
Topeka
Lufkin Aims To Lead Texas In Sixth War Bond Drive
Lufkin and Angelina County push to become the first Texas city and county to meet a sixth war bond quota. A one day drive on the local radio raised over 10 million dollars across previous drives, with bond salesmen taking over the mike. The campaign targets 1 115 000 dollars and will be held November 15, a week ahead of national events.
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Texas
Lufkin
Texarkana
Angelina County
Christian Science
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Initiate New Members
John B. Golding Post 1475 to initiate four new members at its regular meeting tonight at Odd Fellows Hall. Armistice Day planning and the annual poppy sale are on the agenda for the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in the event.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
John B. Golding Post
Saturday Club Members Include Holmes Emerson and Longfellow
America's most distinguished fraternal group, the scholarly Saturday Club, counts Oliver Wendell Holmes Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell Lowell among its members, highlighting its historic scholarly ties.
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America
Scholarly
Saturday Club
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Russell Lowell
Girl Scouts Celebrate Founder Juliette Low in Amarillo
Amarillo Girl Scouts and Brownies plan activities marking Juliette Low's birthday with penny collections. Fifty five troops participate with events at Amarillo College gymnasium and funds support the Juliette Low Memorial Fund and international relief efforts across China Greece Egypt Britain and Russia plus a U S Victory Fund for postwar reconstruction.
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Amarillo
Juliette Low
R. A. Burnett
Amarillo College
Girl Scouts
General Fund
China Relief Fund
Madame Chiang Kalshek
American Red Cross
Moses Well
Egypt
Girl Guides
Britain
United States
Five Civil Service Jobs Open in Amarillo
Applications for five civil service positions are announced by the civil service commission. Openings include office appliance repairman, stationary fireman, motor truck driver, staff and apprentice dietitians with varying pay scales. Apply through H. M. Timmons, Room 21, Post Office Building, Amarillo, with deadlines for stationary fireman by Jan 16 1945 and truck drivers by Nov 20.
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Civil Service Commission
H. M. Timmons
Amarillo
Dietitians
Grass Fire Plague Keeps Central Station Busy
Officials report ongoing grass fires near Central Fire Station with minor damage on Washington Street and 4200 West Sixteenth Avenue. Additional blazes touched 736 North Wilson Street, mattress near a vacant house, and property at 1701 East Tenth Avenue as crews responded.
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Central Fire Station
Washington Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Wilson Street
Mattress
Tenth Avenue
Connally Predicts Roosevelt Win in Electoral College
Senator Connally of Texas predicted Roosevelt would win a majority of at least 50 electoral votes. He forecast Roosevelt to receive 65 to 75 percent of Texas’s popular vote and expected Oklahoma to back the Democratic nominee.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Two Mitchells Sink Large Japanese Cargo Ship Off Paramushiro
U P report from Alaska dated Oct 24 details a naval air attack on a 7,500 ton Japanese cargo ship near Paramushiro. Pilots Lts. Banker and Goller, nicknamed Katzenjammer Kids, led the mission with ground crew signaling aided by a blinker light. Navigator Lt. Evans witnessed the sinking aftermath as fellow airmen Daugherty and Reavis supported the strike.
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11Th Aap
Alaska
U.P
Paramushiro
Kurabu Zaki
D. #. Banker
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Andrew Goller
Hansten
Kan
Kurabu
Jack B. Evans
Detroit
Banker
John F. Daugherty
Dadeville
Cecil Reavis
Shamrock, Tex
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Lufkin and
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Tables Straits
Wiseyans
Philippine Islands
Arthur L. Downing
South Haven
Mich
Ozarka
Mann
Liqueurs
Capitol
Polk
A Polk
Civil Service
Globe-News
FDR
Wntton
Pennsylvania
W. King
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery
Cage
Moe Vy
Effanbee
Wooden Mallets, Inc
Colorful
Springfield
Kit
Montgomers Ward
Glenmore Distilleries Company Incorporated
Louisville, Kentucky
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