World Series Opens As Cooper Strikes Out Five Yanks
Mort Cooper mowed down five New York batters in the opening of the fifth game at Sportsman’s Park St Louis. The Cardinals failed to capitalize and the clubs played through three scoreless innings before a 34,000 strong crowd.
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Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Mort Cooper
New York Yankee
St. Louis Cardinal
Cardinals
Sanders
Hopp
Chandler
Crosetti
Joe McCarthy
Rue
Marion
Eften
Gordon
M. Cooper
Klein
Metheny
Fifth Army advances toward Volturno in Italian mud
Allied dispatches report Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army capturing Pontelandolfo 12 miles northwest of Benevento after hard fighting through Italian mud. Eighth Army on the Adriatic front gains two to three miles, pushing through difficult terrain as German resistance stiffens.
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Allied
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Pontelandolfo
Benevento
Voltturno River
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Adriatic
Volturno
Fifth
Clark
Naples
Calik
Garibaldi
Rome
Italy
Tammaro
Office of Information
United Nations
Terracina
Calore
Ponte
Termoli
Biferno River
San Marco
Gambatesa
Collectorio
Larino
Guglionesi
Biferno
Yanks Occupy Kolombangara and Hit Wake Raid
United Press reports American seizure of Kolombangara in the Central Solomons completes a three month campaign destroying many enemy positions. Wake Island raid wrecks defenses with hundreds of tons of bombs and 61 enemy planes downed, at a cost of 13 American aircraft.
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Kolombangara
Solomons
Wake
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Vila
Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
North Central
Amnesia Girl Karen Yale Remains Mysterious at Amarillo Hospital
Karen Yale, an amnesia patient at Northwest Texas Hospital, remains without identification by noon. Dr. Fuller notes she shows interest and knowledge of photography, while memories only extend to events after her Saturday hospital admission. Local Amarillo woman recalls a Raleigh origin tale and plans a visit to confirm identity.
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Karen Vale
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fuller
Amarillo
Raleigh
N. C
Yale
Super Panco Press
Karen
A. K. Baracat Recovering at Veterans Hospital
A. K. Baracat underwent gall stone surgery Saturday at the Veterans Hospital and is reported to be resting well today. He is recovering from the major operation.
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A. K. Baracat
Veterans Hospital
Weather Synopsis for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast notes little temperature change with light drizzle late night and early Tuesday in Amarillo and vicinity, winds fresh to strong. West Texas shows slightly warmer tonight and Tuesday forenoon with occasional light rain, except Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico expects very light showers in northern mountains with minimal temp change. 24 hour figures: high 76, low 47, noon 65.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Urges Caution for Negro Demands
Eleanor Roosevelt writes in Negro Digest about Negroes showing restraint in demanding white support. She argues for proving quality through work and progress, noting possible bitterness but urging full participation in the war effort.
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Chicago
Eleanor Roosevelt
Negro Digest
News Tip Winners Revealed In Canyon Community
Mrs. Thomas W. Russell wins first prize for tip about an unidentified old man in the Blodgett home. Jack Riley earns second for tip on a missing girl last week at the square. Frank King takes third for tip about the fire department’s iron man returning from Africa to the Veterans Hospital. Several others are named for tips submitted.
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Thomas W. Russell
North
Polk Street
V. W. Blodgett
Frank King
Taylor Street
Iron Man
Africa
Tirpitz Hit by British Midget Submarines Off Norway
British submarines torpedoed and damaged the German battleship Tirpitz on September 22 near Altenfjord in Northern Norway. Three midget subs are presumed lost, with aerial photos showing the Tirpitz still anchored and oil around it as small vessels linger nearby.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Altenfjord
Norway
Allied Offense Forecast Against Japanese Seapower
London observers forecast a three pronged Allied push in southeast Asia to choke Japanese seapower and supply lines. Tokyo radio reports British patrols crossed into western Burma with about 250 British Indian troops advancing at dawn and engaging Japanese forces. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt turns 59 at Hyde Park New York amid a busy schedule after traveling roughly 100000 miles since last birthday.
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London
W.P
Southeast Asia
Tokyo Radio
Burma
Tokyo
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Land Owners Benefit in Pantex Decision
The Pantex land condemnation case covers 37 tracts with 12 settled out of court. Government offers total about 400000 dollars and commission awards near 600000. Judge Wilson may raise the total about 700000 as a final figure. The crowded courtroom and historic record reflect a landmark war site land seizure affecting Liberty Community residents in Carson County.
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Liberty
Carson County
Wilson
Texas
Globe-News
Pantex
Police Trace Swag in Campbell Case Ties Amarillo to Dallas
Police Chief A. B. Sid Harper disclosed shipments of loot from Amarillo to Dallas cleaners and back, with hundreds of items found stolen as far as Wellington. Ralph Campbell and wife Claudine remain under arrest after loot was uncovered at 102 A Prospect Street. Wellington residents James and Mrs Doneghy later identified 52 stolen items at the Amarillo warehouse.
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Campbell
Sid” Harper
Amarillo
Dallas
Wellington
Ralph Howell Campbell
University of California
Claudine Campbell
Prospect Street
Avalawn Cleaners
Tennessee Street
Campbells
Oklahoma City
Tennessee
Amarillo Globe- News
James Doneghys
James Doneghy
Reds Break Through Kiev Outer Defenses In Battle for Ukraine
Russian forces widened Dnieper bridgeheads and neared Kiev as German evacuations were reported. Assaults below Kremenchug pushed 10 to 15 miles beyond the west bank while fighting raged around the surrounding areas. Kiev reportedly burned as the Red Army ferried troops across under air cover toward a solid west bank line.
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Moscow
U.P
Dnieper
Kiev
Ukraine
Stalingrad
Kremchug
West Bank
Dnepropetrovsk-Zaporozhe
Crimea
Kremenchug
Red Air Force
Black Sea
Radio London
Gome
White Russia
Coer
Underground Reports Nazis Kill Americans in Cracow
The Polish telegram agency, via a London dispatch from Nowe Drogi, says all Jewish American citizens in Cracow have been shot by the Gestapo. No figure given on how many Americans lived there.
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New York
London
Nowe Drogi
Cracow
Poland
Gestapo
Service Mothers Day in Amarillo Planned for Thursday
Amarillo prepares a city wide Service Mothers Day with a 11 am parade from Third to Polk to Tenth and Taylor, a 1 30 pm salute on courthouse steps by Governor Stevenson and Army Navy officers, a 3 30 pm Army Air Field bombardiers performance, and the film This Is the Army at 8 pm. Admission honors mothers whose children serve in any branch.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Wacs
Amarillo
USO
Sixth
Taylor Streets
Armed Services
Grant Street
Psik
Polk
Taylor
Fourth
Grant
Polk Street
Stevenson
Army and Navy
Childress Army Air Field
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Portugal on the Verge of Joining Allies
Madrid reports Premier Salazar near declaring Portugal abandons neutrality and offers bases to Allies. Unconfirmed reports say Allied warships reached the Azores, enabling expanded anti submarine patrols on routes from the United States and Britain to the Mediterranean and to India via South Africa.
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Madrid
U.P
Antonio de Olivira Salazar
Portugal
Spain
Portuguese
Azores
United States
Britain
Mediterranean
India
South Africa
Russell Stationery Company
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Johnson
Garms
Etten
Musial
W. Cooper
Kurowski
Yankees
Keller
Dickey
Stainback
Cooper
Garrs
Cardinals Garms
Calore River
United Press
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Thomas Russell
Erans’ Hospital
Ray Stewart
Austin Street
Bobby Manning
South Taylor Street
O. H. Speed
Garthright Hotel
Carl G. Sutton
J. M. Pittman
North Tyler Street
W. L. Howze
Kentucky Street
Billye Jo Grady
North East
Seventh Avenue
Carlie Joe Price
Louisiana Street
W. D. Greer
Fillmore Street
J. E. Nicholson
Tirpitz
Commission
Pantex Land
Harper
Mrs. Doneghy
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