Americans Strike Manila Area in Philippine Campaign
Allied carrier planes from Admiral Halsey and Admiral Nimitz pressed the liberation push in the Philippines. By Nov 8 they reported 30 Japanese ships and 440 planes destroyed or damaged over two days, with five ships sunk and heavy losses including cruisers and destroyers. The fighting centered around Ormoc Bay and Leyte as MacArthur's forces met four Japanese divisions.
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Pearl Harbor
Manila
the Philippines
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Philippines
United States
Tokyo
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Bataan
Corregidor
Singapore
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Island
Ormoc
West Coast Sea
Dagami
Manila Bay
Luzon
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Gaytoll
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
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Snelson Case To Grand Jury
Potter County Grand Jury called in special session at 2 pm tomorrow under District Attorney Jim Lumpkin. Indictment may be sought against a Negro linked to the knife slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Snelson last May, as extradition steps await indictment approval. A new grand jury will be sworn in next Monday.
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Potter County
Jim Lumpkin
California
Dorothy Snelson
Texas
Condition of crash victim improves for Pvt Hor ton
Pvt LaMarr P. Horton, severely injured when his car struck the rear of a bus east of Amarillo Monday night, was reported improved at Amarillo Field Hospital. Bus passenger Rex Carroll remained in St. Anthony's Hospital with improved condition. Another bus passenger M. T. Huddleston was released from hospital yesterday.
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Pvt
LaMarr P. Horton
Amarillo
Amarillo Field Hospital
Rex Carroll
St. Anthony’s Hospital
M. T. Huddleston
Elections Across States Elect Numerous House Members
The list details newly elected U S Representatives from Alabama to Oregon during the November vote. Names include Boykin, Sparkman, Mills, Lea, Geelan, Luce, Peters, Petersen, and many others, with party designations D or R. The results span the nation from Alabama to Oregon, reflecting party control shifts.
Pickpocket veterans lament vanished era in Arkansas
In Little Rock, Morris Gordon and Louis Bell, both aged 59 and 60, recall the proscribed pickpocket days while jailed for attempting to lift a wallet from a railroad worker. Bell says eyesight failed and he is aging out, predicting the craft will soon vanish like the Dodo.
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Little Rock
Ark. U.P
Morris Gordon
Louis P. Bell
Gordon
Bell
J. O. Martin
Martin
Hot Springs
Court To Hear Bond Appeal In San Jacinto District
The Texas Supreme Court granted San Jacinto River conservation district leave to file a mandamus against Attorney General Grover Sellers who withheld approval of an 1.8 million dollar bond issue. The bonds fund a state board approved master water plan. Hearing date not set. motion filed by former Gov. James V. Allred.
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Austin
State Supreme Court
San Jacinto River
Business Visitor Gibbs in Amarillo
Frederick C. Gibbs of Panhandle was a business visitor in Amarillo yesterday afternoon.
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Frederick C. Gibbs
Panhandle
Amarillo
Gardeners win war bond prizes from Santa Fe Railway
War bond and stamp awards were given to employees for victory gardens along the Western rail line. Top prize of 100 dollars went to Addie Mann of Amarillo, with T. A. Cox and Glenn L. Mercer taking second and third prizes. Additional winners across Amarillo and nearby towns received war stamps and smaller bonds.
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Santa Fe Railway
Addie Mann
Amarillo
T. A. Cox
Glenn L. Mercer
BE. H. Qutllebaum
Laura M. Jennings
J. R. Hulin
Curtis Coble
M. C. Coffman
Fred 8. Warren
J. H. Ayers
Balloons Reach 115000 Feet and Sunfish Lays 300 Million Eggs
Sounding balloons carrying scientific instruments reach altitudes of 115000 feet. A sunfish species is found to lay as many as 300000000 eggs in a single season.
Elks Gather for Elk Feast in Tucumcari
Tucumcari Elks lodge members plan an 8 o clock feast in lodge rooms as part of their celebration. The event follows traditional customs and gathers members for the dinner.
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Elks Lodge
Chamber of Commerce Directors To Appoint Committee Members
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce board will meet Friday at noon to nominate committee members for the Southwest Aviation Conference. The conference, which met in annual session last month, voted to form a permanent conference and elect regional directors to tackle post war aviation issues.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Southwest Aviation Conference
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Frank Tremaine
MacArthur
Ormoc Bay
Fshing
West Coat
96Th Division
Patok
Maged
C. IN. Stokes Insurance Fire - Casualty
Snelson
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Globe-News
Congress
New York
House of Representatives
Alabama
Frank W. Boykin
George Grant
George W. Andrews
Albert Rains
Pete Jarman
John J. Sparkman
Arkansas
E. C. Gathings
Wilbur D. Mills
J. W. Trimble
Padre Cravens
Brooks Hays
W. F. Norrell
Oren Harris
Clarence F. Lea
J. Leroy Johnson
Franck Havener
Richard J. Welch
A. J. Elliott
Cecil R. King
John Phillips
Connecticut
Herman P. Koppelman
James P. Geelan
Clare Boothe Luce
Robert Ramspeck
Malcolm
Tarver
John 8. Gibson
John S. Wood
Paul Brown
Illinois
William A. Rowan
Edward A. Kelly
Martin Gorski
Adolph J. Sa
Karl M. Lecompte
Paul Cunningham
James I. Dolliver
R. Ith
Ben F. Jensen
Charles N. Hoeven
Minnesota
August H. Andresen
Joseph P. O'Hara
Melvin J. Maas
Harold Knutson
H. Carl Andersen
William A. Pittenger
Nobl Ke Freee
St—Noble J. Gregory
Earle C. Clements
Frank L. Chelf
Brent Spence
Virgil Chapman
John M. Robsion
Louisiana
F. Edward Hebert
Paul H. Maloney
James Domengeaux
Overton Brooks
Charles E. MacKenzie
James H. Morrison
D. Ith
Henry D. Larcade, Jr
A. Leonard Allen
D. Maine
Robert Hale
Margaret ©. Smith
Frank Fellows
R. Maryland
H. Streett Baldwin
Thomas Pomanaro
Lansdale G. Lasseer
J. Glenn Beall
Mississippy
John E. Rankin
Jamie L. Whitten
P. Pee
William M. Whittington
Thomas G. Abernathy
Arthur Winstead
William Mm. Colmer
Dan R. McGehee
Nebraska
Carl T. Curtis
Howard Buffett
Karl Stefan
A. L. Miller
North Carolina
Herbert c. Bonner
John H. Kerr
Graham A. Borden
Harold B. Cooley
John H. Folger
Carl T. Durhem
Joe W. Ervin
Alfred L. Buinkle
Zebulon Weaver
New Hampshire
Sherman Adams
Edgar A. Sharp
Henry J. Latham
William B. Barry
James A. Roe
James J. Delaney
Tin
John J. Delaney
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Eugene L. Keogh
Andrew Somers
James J. Heffernan
John J. Rooney
Donald L. O'Toole
Leo F. Rayfiel
Emanuel Celler
Ellsworth B. Buck
Vito Marcantonio
Samuel Dickstein
Sol Bloom
James Ch. Torrens
Adam ©. Powell, Jr
Peter A. Quinn
Augustus W. Bennett
Bernard W. Kearney
William T. Byrne
Daniel A. Reed
Ohio
Walter E. Brehm
Alvin F. Weichel
Pennsylvania
William A. Brarrett
William T. Granhan
D. Srd
Michael A. Bradley
John Edward Sheridan
William J. Green, Jr
Herbert J. McGlinchey
James Wolfenden
Charles I. Gerlach
J. Roland Kinzer
John W. Murphy
Daniel J. Flood
Ivor D. Fenton
Daniel K. Hoch
Robert F. Rich
Samuel K. McConnell
W. G. Stigler
Paul Stewart
Lyle Boren
Mike Monroney
Jed Johnson
Victor Wickersham
Ross Rizley
Wright Patman
J. M. Coombs
Lindley Beckworth
Sam Rayburn
Luther Johnson
Tom Pickett
Albert Thomas
J. J. Mansfield
Lyndon Johnson
W. R. Poage
Fritz Lanham
Ed Gossett
John Lyle
Milton H. West
R. E. Thomason
Sam Russell
Eugene Worley
George H. Mahon
Paul J. Kilday
O. C. Fisher
Globe News
Buthkows
AMARILLO_ GREENHOUSE
Taylor
Sociated Press
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hoover Serene Ewes
Hooves
Smith
Davis
McKinley Sesneses
Grady Huffman
Iia
Sam J. Aronson
Longines
Wyler
John Furbach
Polk Gifts & Jewelry
Aime
Conoco
Pioneer Research
Continental Oil Company
Intey
Chamber of Commerce
Fredrick's
Grand Bar
Polk St
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