Eleanor Roosevelt Reports Hawaii Visit and Pacific Briefings
In a diary style dispatch Eleanor Roosevelt recounts arrival in the U.S. mainland from Hawaii aboard a plane. She notes visits with Army and Navy personnel, Ranger training, hospital tours, and meetings with actors, officers, and Admiral Nimitz. She mentions Jimmy’s Makin Island raid past and plans to share impressions and answer questions via the column.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Hawaii
U. S
Sfore
Haaii
Army
Navy
Jimmy
Makin Island
Colonel Carlson
Admiral Nimitz
Harriman Nominated as Ambassador to Russia
President Roosevelt nominates W Averill Harriman to be ambassador to Russia, succeeding Admiral William H Standley who returns to report on Soviet attitudes toward Anglo American Russian war talks. Harriman, 51, has led the London office since 1941 and comes from the prominent Harriman family.
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Washington
W. Averill Harriman
Roosevelt
Russia
Harriman
William H. Standley
Moscow
Standley
London
EF. H. Harriman
Destroyer St. Croix Sunk on Atlantic Convoy Duty
Ottawa reports the Canadian destroyer St. Croix torpedoed and sunk during convoy duty with 146 men lost. Navy Minister Angus MacDonald cited renewed German submarine activity on North Atlantic supply routes while noting prior transfers of U S destroyers to Britain and Churchill’s wartime disclosures of an Atlantic envoy under attack.
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Ottawa
St. Croix
Navy
Angus MacDonald
North Atlantic
MacDonald
St. Croex
U. S
Great Britain
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
House of Commons
Decision in Pantex land case delayed to October
A federal district court judge said the decision in the Pantex land dispute over 15,000 acres for the Pantex Ordnance Plant will be delayed to October 11. The ruling will settle the price to be paid for the property and affect the plant project.
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Cision
James C. Wilson
Federal
Ict Court
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Victory in Naples Signals Turning Point in Italian Campaign
Allied Fifth Army troops entered Naples after German demolition left the port battered and burned. The fall provides a base for a push toward Rome, with air fleets harassing railways and bridges. The advance covered about 200 miles since Sept. 3 invasion, as Montgomery’s and Clark’s forces pressed the Germans from Salerno to the city.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Rome
Clark
Salerno
Torce Annunziata
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight W. Fisenhower
Volturno
Naperstein
Foggia
Allied staff talks likely before three power meeting
London reports say Russia's eastern front surge has pushed for early American British Soviet military staff discussions. Russian officers may join the talks with Gen. George Marshall and Secretary Cordell Hull in attendance, and separate sessions among the three nations are probable.
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John C. Chester
London
Russia
George C. Marshall
Cordell Hull
Unidentified Bugs Invade Amarillo
Mystery bug invasion hits Amarillo focusing on Globe News building and Sixth Avenue to Polk Street. Thousands crawled on north windows with sizes from gnats to locustlike forms. migration tied to recent damp breeze and recurring yearly patterns.
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Amarillo
Globe News
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
County
Federal Building
New Mexico
Maine
Bombers and German fighters clash over eastern Switzerland
Reports from Bern say American bombers and German fighters engaged over eastern Switzerland. Swiss anti-aircraft batteries joined the defense and shot down a Flying Fortress in the action. In London the Algiers radio quoted a French communiqué claiming German forces were retreating on all Corsican fronts. An employee at Pioneer Bakery reports a caller asking how to remove a bread wrapper.
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Bern
U.P
Switzerland
London
Algiers
Corsica
Pioneer Bakery
Lincoln Street
Geese Sightings Increase Over Amarillo
Mrs. Ray Kemper reports hearing geese flying south over the western part of Amarillo at about 6 this morning. The anecdotal note appears as residents observe more bird activity.
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Amarillo
Ray Kemper
Fairmont Street
Phantom prowler defies locks in Amarillo burglaries
Police investigate a mysterious phantom thief who enters locked Amarillo homes at night to steal money and items from pockets and purses. In two recent cases at Dr W B Thomas Jr residence 2701 Tyler and Leonard McGinnis 1108 South Lincoln the burglar left windows and doors undisturbed while rummaging closets and tables. One night the thief took about 75 dollars from pants pockets and later the McGinnises found both pants and money missing. The pattern mirrors a prior home intrusion at the county health officer’s residence with similar behavior and loot.
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Amarillo
Dr. W. B. Thomas, Jr
Tyler Street
Leonard McGinnis
South
Lincoln Street
McGinnises
Thomases
Amarillo Hopes to Add 110 Homes to Ease Shortage
Government housing moves target Amarillo with 119 new homes under NHA Title and conversion of 127 local buildings to wartime housing. Technical Village and Pantex Village near capacity, while four two story dormitories could be repurposed for workers. Rex Baxter and Amarillo housing chief plan a Dallas trip to push approvals.
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Amarillo
NHA
National Housing Administration
Washington
Technical
Amarillo Army Air Field
Ordnance Plant
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Arthur Truitt
HOLC
Rainfall totals scatter across Amarillo region
Rainfall last night covered Amarillo Hereford Tucumcari and Dumas with scattered showers in others. Hereford led with 1.10 inches Amarillo 0.46 Tucumcari 0.97 Dumas 0.43 Pampa 0.18 Roswell 0.21 Lubbock dry. High 68 low 56. Weather forecast calls for cooler, widely scattered showers today and tonight.
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Amarillo
Hereford
Tucumcari
Dumas
Bureau
Pampa
Roswell
Lubbock
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
Farwell Captain Receives Distinguished Flying Cross at Ellington
Capt Julian R Thornton Jr a Farwell bombardier was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross at Ellington Field in a ceremony. Col W H Reid announced that 82 graduates received citations for the Hall of Heroes. The group includes members from the Eighth Air Force in England the Thirteenth Air Force in China and the Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific with decorations from the Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Julian R. Thornton, Jr
Farwell
Ellington Field
W. H. Reid
Eighth Air Force
England
Thirteenth Air Force
China
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Allied tactics force Nazis to scatter armed forces
London Oct 1 British Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert said only a quarter of Germany's fighter planes, half of her bombers, and two-thirds of her divisions are now fighting the Russians on the eastern front. He credited Russia with success and said the Allies diverted Nazi strength elsewhere through aid and supplies.
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London
Germany
Sir Philip Joubert
Philip
Russia
Night bloom mixes blossom timing in Stewartstown notice
Stewartstown Pa October 1. Mrs R Smith Edie reports her night blooming cereus opened during the day causing an unusual bloom mix up for residents observing shifting work hours.
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Stewartstown
R. Smith Edie
Amarillo War Bond drive aims to add one million to quota
War Bond workers in Amarillo rally to push the Third War Loan beyond a $6.64 million local target toward a final one million dollar overage by tomorrow night. Chairman Cal Farley urges extra purchases to back the effort and keep Allied forces supplied against the Nazis. Small buyers in Amarillo have already contributed nearly 750,000 dollars from $18.75 and $37.50 bonds, per Parley.
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Amarillo
Rome
Cal Farley
Berlin
Mark Clark
Treasury Department
Farley
Hint Push In Balkans Not Far Off Allied Move
King Peter of Jugoslavia, speaking in Cairo, signaled a large Allied Balkans offensive is not far off as Jugoslav partisans clash with reinforced German troops in Susak. He vowed to join loyal patriots and urged equal support for Tito’s forces while his government prepares to return to Yugoslavia with Allied liberation.
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London
U.P
Peter
Jugoslavia
Balkans
Susak
Cairo
Egypt
Josip (Tito) Brozovich
Draja Mikhailovitch
Jugoslava
300 Jews Escape From Denmark in Rowboats
Three hundred Jews fled Nazi Denmark by small craft across a sound to Landskrona and Halsinborg Sweden. Refugees said a general roundup ordered by Hitler may be under way as Gestapo reinforcements arrived to intensify the crackdown.
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Stockholm
Gestapo
Denmark
Landskrona
Halsinborg
Sweden
Hitler
Roosevelts Crusade Aim Free Rome Vatican Pope
President Roosevelt framed Allied Italy objectives as a crusade to free Rome the Vatican and the Pope while avoiding destruction. He praised American and British teamwork under General Eisenhower and predicted Naples as a base for northward advance toward Rome. Allied forces captured Avellino Torre Annunziata and moved toward Naples as German resistance yielded to air and ground onslaught.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Rome
Vatican
Pope
Eighth Army
Monique
Conta
Torre Annunziata
San Severino
Avellino
Montemarano
Melfi
Adriatic
Agaan
Ferme. Ee
Naples
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather notes slightly cooler conditions with moderate to fresh winds in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas cools tonight and Saturday morning. New Mexico sees little temperature change with scattered local showers this afternoon or evening. Highs around 68, lows near 56, noon 61. City: Ranch Loans. Southern States.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Two Marines Battle 135 Jap Aircraft Near Vella Lavella
Capt William Crowe and 1st Lt Thomas Mutz fought 135 Japanese planes Aug 18 near Vella Lavella. With two other Marines they downed four bombers and scored two probables, claiming odds of 135 to 2. Crowe landed with bullet holes in his tail fin. Mutz noted a near-miraculous sortie for the squadron.
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Douglas White
Associated Press
South Pacific
Vella Lavella Island
William E. Crowe
Eastside Drive
Austin
Tex
Thomas R. Mutz
Indianapolis
Ind
Captain Crowe
Mutz
Beach Head
Crowe
Mute
Marine Fighter Squadron
William M
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Russell Stationery Company
Insula
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Avellino Road
Bay of Naples
Radio France
RAP
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Capua
Benevento
Piano
Castelvenere
Amorosi
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