Scrap Hunt Set Sunday sparks Amarillo war salvage drive
Amarillo launches a city wide scrap hunt with 1 000 volunteers and 100 plus trucks. J W Meadows will coordinate trucks at the high school salvage station and schools close early to aid the house to house canvass. The effort aims to gather scrap for mills aiding Uncle Sam with a 3 500 ton quota.
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Lowell, Jr
Amarillo Globe News
Wolflin School Today
Pearl Vernon
Amarillo Paper Company
Kerr Paper Company
Kans
Uncle Sam
Guadalcanal air base fight grows as Japanese landings continue
U S Marines clash with freshly landed Japanese on Guadalcanal while Australian forces push in New Guinea toward Kokoda. Gen MacArthur joins the field in New Guinea as U S pilots tally heavy enemy losses in the Solomons and a Japanese cruiser sustains damage.
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New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Kokoda
Papua Peninsula
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Aleutian Islands
Will Punish War Crimes In Postwar Efforts
In Alameda and Bastrop dispatches, officials describe efforts to identify a suspect and search for missing child Lucy Rivers Maynard, while Roosevelt outlines plans for a postwar United Nations war crimes commission. The president says the U.S. will cooperate internationally to investigate and punish ringleaders, aiming for just outcomes with limited mass reprisals.
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United Nations
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Mussolini
Uncle Sam Rejects a 300 Pound Man As Navy Rejects Gardner
In Dallas on October 7 a 300 pound man named B B Gardner was told he could not enlist as the armed services cannot accommodate his size. The story notes limitations across services with humorous quotes about boats and special arrangements for landing him. Additional items report a torpedoed British vessel, weather, and war bond sales in Potter County reaching 99 301 50 toward a 491 100 monthly quota.
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B. B. Gardner
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Army
Marines
Seabees
Sam
Gardner
Potter County
Fresh Nazi Troops Hit Stalingrad as Red Army Replenishes
Soviet dispatches report fresh German troops and a rapid Nazi drive into Stalingrad while Red Army reinforcements arrive to counter the assault. Elite guardsmen fight in city blocks as bombardment and fire devastate districts. casualties include 1,200 Germans killed in recent fighting. Northwest of the city, Timoshenko’s relief offensive regains ground against the German left flank amid heavy losses on both sides.
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Berlin
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el Alamein
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Paris
Stockholm
Weather Light Showers In West Texas And New Mexico
Amarillo area remains warm with little temperature change tonight. West Texas sees isolated late day showers in mountains and Big Bend area, while New Mexico has mild conditions with scattered afternoon showers at higher elevations. Temperature extremes 63 to 77 with noon 73. Advertisers feature housing needs and rental listings with contact numbers.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend Country
New Mexico
Raid on Sark Raid Reveals Deportation of Britons
British forces raided the German‑occupied Sark island off Normandy and found evidence Britons and families had been deported to Germany. The operation disclosed a camp with 900 conscripts from Guernsey and Sark prisoners. four shot after resisting and one returned confirming deportations.
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Malgobek
Osnabrueck
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U.P
Sark
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Dieppe
British War Office
War turning point seen by economist predicts Allied victory in a year
Dr. Mel chior Palyi, an international economist, told a wartime conference that September marked the Allies turning point and that victory would come in about a year. He said Germany could collapse if 25 percent of its production is halted by bombing while it fights on multiple fronts.
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Chicago
Melchior Palyi
Germany
Palyi
Britons Do Not Sneer at Baseball
The Glasgow Herald runs a 500 word editorial praising the St. Louis Cardinals World Series victory. It notes Brits may not understand home runs but will not sneer at baseball, calling Americans who hit home runs against Hitler grateful. Ev Repair Now, John Maynard Lbr. Co.
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Glasgow Herald
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Hitler
Oklahoma Daily Ridicules OU Students Trip to Texas Game
Norman scene as The Oklahoma Daily condemns OU students planned Dallas trip for the Texas game as unpatriotic. It argues troops need trains and space, noting past crowd sizes reached 1000 while soldiers serve. The piece urges restraint amid wartime effort.
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Okla
University of Oklahoma
Dallas
Sooner
Oklahoma Daily
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