Wingman dodges rocket while on 25th mission over Schweinfurt
Staff Sgt. Randall Cowan, top turret gunner of the Flying Fortress Brass Rail Boys, reports a German Ju 88 rocket nearly collided with their bomber after a Schweinfurt sortie. Cowan saw a puff from a wing as the rocket drifted toward the plane, and warned pilot Lt. Robert L. Carson of Fort Worth.
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A. F
England
Randall Cowan
Stinnett and Fritch
Flying Fortress
Brass Rail Boys
Schweinfurt
Cowan
Sergeant Cowan
Robert L. Carson
Fort Worth
Pilot Gunner Earns DFC and Air Medal Honors
The 22-year-old gunner, a World War II veteran, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters after bailing from a bomber attack. He shot down two German fighters, a ME 109 near Kiel on June 13 and a Focke Wulf 190 on July 25 during Kiel missions. Originally a farmer in Stinnett, he hails from Fritch with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cowan residing there.
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Kiel
Sergeant Cowan
Stinnett
Fritch
Charles Cowan
Jaycees Call for Scrap Metal Drive in Amarillo
The Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce urges residents to collect and donate scrap metal to aid the war effort. They target structural steel soft metals tin lead and zinc with hundreds of pounds per car and plan to stage Armistice Day parade jalopies, nine donated to the scrap campaign after the event.
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Amarillo
Taxpayers Association To Meet Wednesday
The Potter County Taxpayers Association will hold its next regular board meeting at noon Wednesday at the Capitol Hotel. Executive secretary Robert Douglas confirms the details. The text notes an unrelated dragonfly fact.
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Potter County Taxpayers Association
Capitol Hotel
Robert Douglas
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Liver Bile Relief
Doctors link constipation to headaches dullness and a half alive feeling when liver bile flow falters. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to stimulate bile flow and ease constipation with pure vegetable ingredients. Follow label directions, priced 15 30 60 cents.
State Guard Seeks Enlistments Across Texas
The State Guard promotes enlistments during State Guard Week with an enlistment booth at the State Theater. Amarillo Companies A and C hold 7:30 pm open houses tonight and tomorrow for volunteer interviews. A joint drill is planned at Thirteenth Avenue and Tyler Street tomorrow night with a radio program from Station KFDA at 9 15 pm. The events culminate on Thursday Armistice Day with a parade.
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Texas
Amarillo
Blackburn Brothers
Southwestern Public Service Company
Thirteenth Avenue
Tyler Street
KFDA
City Commission Cancels Tonight's Meeting
City Commission cancels tonight's regular meeting citing minor business. A special session may be held later this week. Employees start earlier while the session may begin at 8 o'clock instead of 7:30. A street light petition at Thirty-seventh Avenue and Van Buren Street with 13 signatures is listed for the next meeting.
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City Commission
Thirty-seventh Avenue
van Buren Street
Evangelist Delafield Speaks Tonight at Carpenters Hall
Evangelist R. E. Delafield will lecture at 7:45 PM on Where Are the Dead at Carpenters Hall 212 West Seventh Avenue. Bible instructor Mrs. Mabel Pierce offers a color study at 7:30 PM titled Ten Signs of Christ's Return.
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R. E. Delafield
Carpenters’ Hall
West Seventh Avenue
Mabel Pierce
Horace Mann Students Entertain Kiwanians
Horace Mann Junior High students performed for the North Amarillo Kiwanis Club during American Education Week. Miss Caroline Bellamy directed the A Cappella Choir in a set of selections while R A Selby spoke on the city school system.
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North Amarillo
All-Bran Lives Up To Its Promise In Testimonial
An unsolicited letter from Alexander Klein of New York praises Kellogg's All-Bran as a reliable remedy for chronic constipation. The note highlights the product's non purgative, regulating action and urges regular consumption with adequate water, claiming lasting relief.
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Alexander Klein
West 170Th Street
Kellogg’s
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Michigan
Secretary Knox Calls South Pacific Situation Critical
Secretary of Navy Knox says Japanese position in the South Pacific is more critical than ever and that U S airmen’s raids on Rabaul area caused heavy cruiser losses amounting to a disaster for Japan. He notes Marines landings on Bougainville and a night surface action that sank a Japanese cruiser and destroyed ships without U S losses.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
South Pacific
U. S
Rabaul
Knox
Bougainville Island
Solomons
William F. Halsey
Rabaul Harbor
Radio Schedule Highlights NBC Lineup for Wednesday
The daily schedule lists 6:00 The Sky Pilot through 5:45 Let’s Learn Spanish with NBC programs including Fred Waring in Pleasuretime, Ginny Simms, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, news updates, and multiple soap operas such as The Guiding Light and Pepper Young’s Family, ending with Box K Ranchers.
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Fred Waring
Victory Tunes
NBC
News of the World
Ginny Simms
Sammy Kaye
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Richard Harkness
Roy Shield & Company
News
Sky Pilot
Trading Post
Jack Tea Garden
Lew White
Victory
Sammy Herman, Inc
Lora Lawton
Hollywood Theater of the Air
Road To Life
Society
Brave Tomorrow
David Harum
Texas School of the Air
TQN
Harry Breuer
Battle of Wits
Altr
Winstop Duzzit
The
Guiding Light
Light of the World
Wes Izzard
Women of America
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Portia
Life
Bill
Farrell
Parker Willson
Coffee Grinders
K Ranchers
Radio Schedule Highlights a Full Evening of 1940s Programs
The listing shows a Fulton Lewis Jr. program lineup with orchestras and dramas on MBS and Blue networks. It details weekday morning to evening slots including News, music, theater and serialized shows like Secretly Yours, Boys Town, and This Nation at War, ending with comic and adventure features.
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBS
Russ Morgan
Redievue
Johnson Family
Blue
Raymond Gram
Lulu
Maurice Spitalny
Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
Pennsylvania Hotel Orchestra
Edewater Beach
Daily War Journal
Central Baptist Church
Club of the Air
Sardi's
Amarillo Fire Department Sees Draft Drain on Manpower
Fire Chief Earl Curry warns Amarillo may have only two Firemen on duty per station as the draft pulls 34 men under 38 from service. Departments nationwide consider raising age limits and training volunteers while police also hire older officers amid draft pressure and riots of war effort.
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Amarillo
Earl Curry
Sid Harper
Fort Worth
Real estate talk at Capitol Hotel noon tomorrow
Amarillo Real Estate Board invites public to hear W A Thomas Dallas district tax collector discuss income tax deductions. Homer Wheeler noted Thomas may lack time to explain legal deduction methods. Thomas formerly operated in real estate.
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Amarillo
Marines Extend Bougainville Beachhead Despite Rain
Allied forces pushed their Bougainville beachhead 3,000 yards inland from Empress Augusta Bay amid tropical rains. The attack targeted Japanese ships and airfields, with air forces claiming 63 to 79 enemy planes destroyed on ground and in flight. Japanese resistance was expected to intensify as leaders fear a desperate counterattack.
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Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
Bonis
Buka Island
New Guinea
Empress Augusta Bay
United Press
George Jones
Rationing Board Faces Daily Strain Over Demands
A girl worker tearfully explains how citizens ask for food shoes and clothing under strict wartime regulations. Board members stress red tape delays and fairness, insisting no one will starve or go barefoot though miracles cannot be performed.
Board Urged To Plan Early For Public Convenience
A statement urges the board to anticipate needs and act in advance to minimize public disruption. It notes that office staff handle many problems and that proactive preparation reduces overall inconvenience for all.
Nazis Report Damage of British Battleship Warspite
Berlin radio said the British battleship Warspite arrived at Gibraltar yesterday in a damaged condition. The report gave no stated reasons for the damage and had no confirmation from Allied sources.
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London
Gibraltar
Berlin
la Linea
Spain
Birth Announced for Olsen Family Boy
A son was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs R F Olsen at 313 A East Fifteenth Avenue. Mrs Olsen’s parents are Mr and Mrs W B George of 304 South Philadelphia. The name remains to be announced.
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R. F. Olsen
East
Fifteenth Avenue
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RADIO
KON
Cedric Foster
Morton Downey
the Sea Hound
Hop Harrigan
Jack Armstrong
Superman
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Mann
Austin
Gerald C. Mann
State Supreme Court
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
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Hollywood
Olsens
Thornton & Minor Clinic
Thornton Minor
Cretney Drug
Hunsley
House OF Color
Johnny Waalkker
Hill
Johnnie Walker
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc
New York, N. Y
Women of
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U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Post Office
Amarillo, Texas
ARMY
Women’s Army Corps
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
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