Axis Battering at Tiny Malta Again
British planes shot down 23 Axis aircraft over Malta with five RAF losses. Over four days 83 German and Italian planes were destroyed nearby, with many Axis bombers damaged. Civilians suffered in two villages as RAF reported limited military damage. Captain R. E. Ryan from Worcester damaged his propeller while chasing a tank but remained airborne and returned to base.
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Cairo
Malta
Royal Air Force
Raf Lnsses
RAF
R. E. Ryan
Worcester
Mass
A. C. Strickland
United States Air Forces Fighter Command
Middle East
Strickland
Ryan
Jerry
Soviet suggests tribunal to punish Nazi leaders including Hess
Moscow proposed a special tribunal to punish any Axis leaders captured by anti Hitlerite states. Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Alfred Rosenberg were named as organizers of German atrocities in the occupied eastern regions.
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Moscow
Stalin
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Russia
Hess
London
Roosevelt
Hitler
Reichmarshal Goering
Goebbels
Gestapo
Himmler
von Ribbentrop
Alfred Rosenberg
Chief Engineer For Cactus Dies At 48 In Moore County
William Robert Hyatt chief electrical engineer of the Cactus Ordnance Plant died at his staff house after a week of illness. He was a Chemical Construction Corp employee and had lived in Moore County since May 1. Survived by wife, three sons Charles William and Daniel Hyatt, a daughter Mrs. W M Wallingford of Toronto, two brothers James and Fred Hyatt, and sister Mrs A L Lewis. Body to Boxwell Brothers. funeral in Toronto. San Francisco Oak and Bay Bridge marked five years of operation with over 190 million passenger crossings.
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William Robert Hyatt
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Cactus Plant
Chemical Construction Corporation
Moore County
United Church of Canada
Charles Hyatt
England
Scotch Collie Dog Aids Soldier In Italy Mission
In ITALY TEX Oct 15 Buddy a Scotch collie protects the scrap metal pile for Mary Price while her soldier master Martin Reese serves. Mary notices extra metal missing and discovers Buddy dragging a large metal vessel to the pile, a patriot’s quiet wartime helper.
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Italy
Tex
Buddy
Martin Reese
Mary Price
Mary
Price Farm
Scrap Metal Drive Tops Cities In Per Capita Totals
In the nationwide drive led by newspapers, Lynchburg Virginia posted the best per capita haul at 286.3 pounds per person from a total of 12,754,989 pounds. Kansas led states by total tonnage with 65,000 tons, while Nevada and Rhode Island followed in per capita and aggregate figures across 24 states in the top half of the nation.
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New York
Lynchburg
United Scrap Metal Drive Committee
Kansas
Danville
Pontiac
Mich
Ada
Okla
Portsmouth
Nevada
Rhode Island
Utah
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Oregon
Colorado
Ohio
Montana
Vermont
Delaware
Texas
Nebraska
Virginia
Arizona
Maine
Michigan
Iowa
Missouri
Soldier Dances Planned Tonight
Two Victory Command companies are set for dances tonight. Company B will host at Amarillo High School and Company D at the USO in the Municipal Auditorium. Mrs. Grady Wilson urges attendees to buy 15 cent Victory Command badges.
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Victory Command
Grady Wilson
Company B
Amarilo High School
USO
Municipal Auditorium
Smith Did Not Ask Hike in Salary
A Globe report claimed District Clerk Ben Smith sought a salary raise along with other county officials, but that was incorrect. Smith’s budget showed a $4,250 annual salary, a figure set years ago when the county moved off the fee basis, and the rise to $5,000 was not approved by the commissioners court.
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Tuesday Globe
Ben Smith
Smith
Tom Seay
Commissioners Court
Japs Honor Their Dead in Pacific War Awards
Tokyo broadcast lists posthumous awards of the Order of the Golden Kite for Pacific war losses. Among the honored are a vice admiral two rear admirals and two major generals, with thousands receiving the decoration at the Yasukuni Shrine festival. The incomplete tally covers Pacific losses to mid February and notes prior China service awards.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
Yasukuni Shrine
China
Shaffer Infant Succumbs Here
Jack A. Shaffer infant son of Mr and Mrs Jack Shaffer of 1927 Van Buren Street died at 1 30 this morning at a local hospital. Survived by parents and grandparents A A Shaffer Amarillo and W R Walker Shamrock. Funeral at 4 pm Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev J D Horton officiating. Burial Llano Cemetery.
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Jack A. Shaffer
Jack Shaffer
van Buren Street
A. A. Shaffer
Amarillo
W. R. Walker
Shamrock
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
J. D. Horton
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
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Tank
Cactus
San Francisco Oak and Bay Bridge
Willard
Uri
Cretney Drug Store
FOX Drug Stores
Pool Drug Stores
Walgreen Drug Store
Virginia City
Britain
House of Commons
Bozeman
Blackburn
Printing & Letter Service
Shaffer
Dau
Kroehler
Sedgwick and
Gaymont
Star L
Ane
White's
Mackinaws
U. S
U. S. Army
O. D
Blue Melton
White's Auto Store
Polk ST
White's Save
Loafer
Coats
Hwhite's Auto Store
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