Americans Crush Japanese Counterattack at Bougainville Beachhead
Allied reports say American artillery and infantry drove back a Japanese assault on Bougainville, gaining ground as 1,000 enemy ground casualties and 4,000 additional deaths in sea and air warfare were tallied. Australian forces also repelled two drives near Satelberg on Huon Peninsula.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Solomons
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
New Guinea
Pacific
Song River
Satelberg
Finschhafen
Huon Peninsula
Beware Coughs Following Flu
After the flu ends the lingering cough may become chronic bronchitis if untreated. Creomulsion promises relief and offers a money back guarantee if the customer is not satisfied, advising to ask the druggist for a bottle for coughs, chest colds, and bronchitis.
Thanksgiving dinner question confuses Allied base officer
At Advanced Allied Air Base a British mess officer serving a small U S officer group prepared a full Thanksgiving meal with turkey dressing cranberry sauce and whiskey. He asked an American captain what Thanksgiving meant and was told the meaning. The officer replied that he thought it celebrated tossing the British out of America.
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Allied Air Base
America
Divorces Increase Amid Rising Marriages in Amarillo
In Amarillo divorces rise as marriages grow. Since January 1 Potter County issued 1527 marriage licenses while 573 couples filed for divorce. Domestic discord peaked in March and April with 63 divorces each month.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Security Bills Propose Unemployment Aid for Service Members
Congress introduces unemployment insurance of 15 to 25 dollars weekly plus social security credits for servicemen and veterans. Bills, backed by President Roosevelt, would also grant up to 300 dollars mustering-out pay for officers up to captain and lieutenant, with costs possibly around 4 billion dollars.
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Washington
Congress
America
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Wagner
New York
George
Georgia
Clark
Missouri
House
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Pearl Harbor
Social Security Board
Kentuckian
White House
Traffic Mishaps Rise Amid Snowy Amarillo Streets
Captain H. H. Thomas cites drivers misjudging stopping distances on snow and ice as crashes mount in Amarillo. One injury reported Mrs. Clarence Boone taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital after collisions at North East Ninth Avenue. Other incidents include a car hitting a light pole and a taxi ramming a squad car. Also notes on rooster complaints and women in war industry roles.
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H. H
Tommy” Thomas
Amarillo
Clarence Boone
North East
Ninth Avenue
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Kenneth F. Coy
Spring Street
Eighth Avenue
Buchanan Street
Tenth Avenue
Washington Street
C. R. Lynas
North Fillmore Street
Gene Cagle
Fifteenth Avenue
North
Grant Street
Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Gentle Bowel Movements
Customers are urged to use Edwards Olive Tablets to aid gentle bowel movements and support liver function. The message promotes the tablets as a dependable, effective remedy available at Jerstman Ali drugstores.
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Jerstman Ali Drugstores
Willkie to Speak in Amarillo Broadcast by KGNC
Wendell Willkie the Republican leader will address a Dallas audience tonight via KGNC from 8:30 to 9:00 PM. Ed Roberts leads local arrangements at Amarillo while Hugh Exum in Dallas coordinates, expecting Willkie to secure the presidential nomination.
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Wendell Willkie
Amarillo
Denver
Dallas
Texas Quality
KGNC
Texas
Ed Roberts
Willkie
Hugh Exum
Exum
Fire Damages Two Amarillo Homes
A morning blaze damaged two Amarillo houses at 506 North Grant Street and 209 North East Tenth Avenue. Both homes lost two rooms and contents. Grant Street alarm at 7:30 with fire marshal noting no vent and ceiling fire from a water heater. East Tenth Avenue fire started when a stove gas line loosened at 8:45, spreading to two rooms. Owner occupants linked to Mose Goodman of White Deer and Edward A. Smith respectively. No damage estimate yet.
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Amarillo
North Grant Street
Northeast
Tenth Avenue
Ed Spann
White Deer
Mose Goodman
North East
Edward A. Smith
Validity of Stamps In Book Four Announced
Green stamps D E and F in ration book four will be valid for processed food from December 1 through January 20 the Office of Price Administration announced. Stamps A B and C remain valid since November 1 and will be good through December 20 with the usual overlap.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Shea homestead becomes maternity center in Eastport
The historic Shea homestead in Eastport Maine, once a quartering site for British troops in 1812, has been repurposed to serve as a maternity center during World War II era civic needs.
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Eastport
U.P
Shea
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