Rangers Rally Youth to Gather War Scrap in Amarillo
Junior Texas Rangers in Amarillo led a citywide scrap drive collecting iron, steel and car parts for war efforts. Roy Greenhill praised teamwork as schools, officials and pupils haul wagons and bikes loaded with scrap while larger pieces are moved to salvage stations for credit.
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Texas Rangers
Amarillo
Uncle Sam
War Industries
Roy Greenhill
Glenwood School
Cc. C. Walden
Forest Hills
Japs Caught Flat Footed By Carrier Bombers In Solomons
A joint attack by a US Navy carrier task force and Australian based Army bombers damaged ten Japanese ships in the Solomon Islands. Five ships were hit by carrier aircraft and five by bombers, with heavy and light bombs and strafing in the Shortland Island area. Weather limited observation. Temperatures rose to 81 and fell to 54 as reports noted no allied losses.
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Walter Logan
Washington
U.P
Australia
Solomon Islands
Navy
Shortland Island
Douglas MacArthur
Army
MacArthur
Solomons
Faisi
Shortland
Bougainville Islands
Kieta
Massive Allied daylight bombing sweep over Lille area
More than 100 American bombers joined British and Canadian fighters in a major daylight attack over northern France, targeting the Lille region. The operation marked the first large scale U S Army Air Force involvement with RAF units, with Flying Fortresses leading the assault and new U S fighters in action for the first time.
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France
William
Dickinson
London
Lille
Boeing Flying Fortresses
U.S. Army
British
Air Ministry
English Channel
Folkestone
United States Army Air Force
Royal Air Force
England
Calais
Boulogne
Belgium
Strait
Ramsgate
Nazis baffled by new secret Soviet weapon
Moscow reports a 15 year old canvas covered trainer biplane dubbed a silent aerial motorcycle used near Stalingrad. Slow speed 60 to 70 mph allows night bombing with minimal exposure and quick transfers between targets, while pilots operate from hidden fields and drop bombs by hand.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Stalingrad
Wen
New Nazi Attacks Menace Stalingrad
Front dispatches from Moscow report the Soviet position near Stalingrad deteriorating and a German column 100 miles southeast pushing into the Kalmyk steppes. German forces press in the northwest and south as heavy river crossings are bombed, with no new gains despite losses of 4,000 men and 16 tanks earlier and ongoing reinforcements to the city.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga City
Kalmyk Steppes
Steppes
Kotelnikovski
Volga
Incensed Community Demands Action Over Baby Rattler Incident
I W Mathewson says Bushland residents are angered that a young mother and her 17 month old daughter Joan Thomason were ignored by passing motorists after a rattlesnake bite. The child died hours later. the snake fled under the house and will be investigated. The house may be raised to locate additional snakes.
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I. W. Mathewson
Mr. Mathewson
Joan Thomason
W. O. Thomason
Bombers Pound Kiska and Loss of Muskeget
Navy communique reports army bombers dropped 15 tons on Kiska last Tuesday damaging a cargo ship and firing camps. It also notes the Coast Guard Cutter Muskeget, 1,827 tons, missing presumed lost with all hands after overdue status.
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Navy
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Muskeger
S. S. Cornish
Eastern Steamship Lines
Victory Tax Approved in Senate Vote
The Senate voted to add a 1 percent victory tax on annual earnings over 624 dollars, to be placed atop the regular income tax for individuals. The action sets a temporary levy aimed at financing wartime needs.
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Washington
Senate
Red Cross Announces March War Fund Campaign
The American Red Cross will shift its annual Roll Call to March 1943 and run separate from War Fund. Norman H. Vivis and President Roosevelt approve the plan to avoid combining drives. The Red Cross cites treaty and charter obligations and notes difficulty in aiding prisoners in Japan while Japan-blocked passage and missing lists affect support.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Floyd Cooper
Utive
Potter Ferns
The
American Cross
Norman H.vis
Themerican Red Cross
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Japan
F. A. Winfrey
International Committee
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Gripsholm
Manila
San Francisco
Philippines
United States
America
China
Army
Navy
Ter
Father Enlists After Son Missing in Java
Roger H. White Sr. 43, a Santa Fe Railway auditor, has enlisted in the Army at Fort Sill to avenge his son Sgt. Roger H. White Jr. 23, of Battery E Second Battalion 131st Field Artillery, reported missing in action in Java while with the Pacific duty unit. The elder White learned of the disappearance June 6 from the War Department and began plans to enlist.
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Roger H. White
Java
Mr. White
Santa Fe Railroad
Army
Fort Sill
Oklo
131St Field Artillery
Santa Fe
Pacific
Philippines
Roger White
War Department
Nazis Shackle More Britons
Berlin reports that 107 British officers and 1,269 non commissioned officers were bound yesterday, with threats of equal retaliatory arrests of Britons if Germany faces British counter measures. Rome and London broadcasts cite alleged Italian prisoner killings and Nazi reprisals linked to Dieppe captures.
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Berlin
London
Rome
Tobruk
Germany
Dieppe
Britain
Roosevelt to Speak Monday Night on Radio
President Roosevelt announced a national radio address for Monday at 9 P.M. Central War Time lasting about thirty minutes. He again said subjects are undecided though he has considered many ideas and other topics suggested to him.
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Washington
Oct
Roosevelt
Striking Across Nation Shuts Chrysler Plant Workers
Detroit Oct 9 A spokesperson for Chrysler Corp says 2000 war production workers walked out after 400 were sent home for smoking on the job violating a plant rule. Toronto Oct 9 American Legion Commander Roane Waring calls strikes in war industries treasonably unpatriotic and vows to treat strikers as Hitler or Mussolini.
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Chrysler Corp
Toronto
Ont
American Legion
Roane Waring
American Federation of Labor
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect little temperature change today with a slightly cooler night. West Texas mild this afternoon and a cooler night. Panhandle slightly cooler. New Mexico shows scattered showers this afternoon or evening in the southwest mountains, with warm afternoon and cooler northwest tonight. Extremes: 6:30 A.M. min 64, max 81. Noon reading 74.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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Ranch Loans
John Maynard Lbr. Co
U.S
Nahe
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
V. Neely-Greenhill- Lowndes Insurance
Sheaffer and Parker Pens
Russell Stationery Company
Mr. Winfrey
Son
Roger H. White JR
Roger H. White, SR
Detroit
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