Dewey Must Renounce GOP psenate Bloc
Washington columnist Ralph W Page argues that both President Truman and Governor Dewey avoid public debate on joining an international peace organization backed by force. He warns a Republican senate bloc led by Ball may delay or block any such agreement and urges Dewey to take a clear stand amid looming political pressure.
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Ralph W. Page
Washington
Dewey
Internapeace
United States
Roosevelt
Moreier
Tate
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Wendell Willkie
Senate
Republican Party
Senator Ball
Minnesota
Ball
Tactful ways to say I told you so in Pulse Feeler
A reader asks for tactful phrasing to remind someone of a previous warning. Suggestions include direct phrases like I told you so and gentler hints such as Isn’t that what we thought. Readers also propose framing around the subject or a light hint to convey the point.
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A. H. Polachek
van Buren Street
J. D. Clark
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a cooler Thursday. North areas reach 70 to 85 today, low 35 to 55 tonight. West Texas and Panhandle see similar trends with cooler conditions Thursday. North east portions and northeast New Mexico experience cooler nights, scattered light showers today then fair Thursday. Highs around 75, with lows near 46 at noon 64 today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
North Portion
Continental Divide
Compton Says War Won’t End This Fall. Patton Sees Progress
Rep. Ranulf Compton of Connecticut, in England after a Western Front tour, said Allied High Command did not plan a 1944 end to the war. He quoted Patton as noting the fighting is not over and supply problems slowed advances, with Metz and the Rhine possible next spring. Compton praised morale and noted severe rain and mud but good food and warm winter gear for troops.
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U. S. Air Base
England
Ranulf Compton
Republican
Connecticut
High Command
OWI
Compton
Western Front
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Patton
Metz
Rhine
Subs Rack Up 32 Jap Ships and U.S. Fliers Rake Philippines
American submarines have destroyed seven warships and 25 merchantmen while Third and Fifth Fleets report 905 vessels sunk or damaged over four and a half months. Navy Secretary Forrestal cites 1,827 planes downed and 1,253 destroyed on the ground since last June. Admiral Nimitz notes Ulithi atoll occupation, and MacArthur forces hit Mindanao with a bold daylight sweep destroying 62 trucks and six staff cars.
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U.S
Philippines
Associated Press
Japan
Navy
Forrestal
America
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Ulithi Atoll
Carolines
Task Force 58
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Mac
Jurors Accepted in Haight Murder Trial
Eleven jurors accepted for the murder trial of A. W. Haight as 47th District Court recessed at noon. Three jurors were chosen this morning: C. J. Headrick, D. D. Hurley, and A. E. Thompson after 123 veniremen were examined. Total examined stood at 146. Haight stands charged in the slaying of his stepdaughter Ruth Waroff at his home on July 9. Defense is Clem Calhoun and C. B. Reeder. state representatives are District Attorney Jim Lumpkin and J. L. Bagwell.
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A. W. Haight
47Th District Court
C. J. Headrick
D. D. Hurley
A. E. Thompson
T. R. Tosh
F. G. Russell
D. R. Amos
W. M. Rippey
Lex Ray
W. J. Reed
Elmer L. Miller
M. A. Webb
Haight
Ruth Waroff
Clem Calhoun
C. B. Reeder
Jim Lumpkin
J. L. Bagwell
Caribbean hurricane moves toward Florida Straits
The hurricane, now in the Florida Straits between Havana and Key West, threatens the Keys with winds up to 70 mph. Key West reports 35,000 people remaining, many naval personnel and families. Communications are failing on the Keys as the storm edges northward toward the Florida coast tonight.
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Miami
Fla
Key West
Keys
Havana
Florida
Florida Straits
Hitler forms armed home guard in Germany
Adolf Hitler declared the formation of a German home guard and ordered all civilian men between 16 and 60 into the volkssturm. He urged readiness to fight as Germany faces its enemies alone, saying the second all out effort must succeed.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
DNB
Volkssturm
Britain
France
American Divisions on Western Front Identified
Supreme Headquarters lists the American divisions on the Western Front since D Day. Armored divisions include Second through Seventh. Airborne divisions are 101st and 82nd. Infantry divisions listed are First through Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, 28th, 29th, 30th, 35th, 36th, 45th, 79th, 80th, 83rd, and 90th.
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Supreme Headquarters Expeditionary Force
Paris
Armored
101St
82Nd
Amateurs Forecast Weather Based on Flies
Amateur weather prophets warn of a cooler day with a five degree drop from today's high near 71. The Weather Bureau confirms the change and notes a slight chance of additional moisture this afternoon after a morning of a four drop rain.
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Weather Bureau
Triple-Header Blow at Reich
Allied air forces attacked Cologne Bonn and Kassel in a three-pronged assault on German supply centers behind the front. 600 tons dropped on Cologne as US Eighth Air Force and RAF Lancasters focused on rail yards and war plants. 550 heavy bombers plus escort hit Cologne and Kassel while German counterattacks near Aachen and Metz were repelled as Allied ground forces moved toward Metz and Venray fell to British forces.
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London
U.P
Rhineland
Cologne
Bonn
Kassel
Luc Wessenl Lion
Royal Air Force
United States
Eighth Air Force
United Press
Walter Cronkite
Venray
Meuse River
Duerne Canal
Victory Guns Are Primed in Moscow as Belgrade Falls
Moscow dispatches report victory guns primed to salute Belgrade's fall as German troops are said in a death trap and the capital of Yugoslavia endures fierce day and night street fighting. Partisans with captured arms join the final mop up amid many buildings in flames and heavy casualties.
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Moscow
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Izvestia
Germany
East Prussia
Red Army
Baltic States
Schirwinot
Reich
Virbalis
Junkers
English Coast Rocks Under Seventh Night of Attack
The east coast of England endured another night of large explosions as antiaircraft guns interrupted incoming robot bombs. It marked the seventh straight night southern England and the London area experienced robot attacks.
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English Coast
London
England
Berlin radio claims Nazi electric machine gun on front
London dispatch reports Berlin radio stating Nazi troops on the Russian front use an "electric machine gun" called "the death scythe" as the latest weapon. The claim centers on a new device said to deliver electric firing capacity.
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London
Berlin
Visit for Lt Berthelot at Sunset Terrace
Lt. Byron W. Berthelot visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Berthelot at 1021 Sunset Terrace. He has been stationed in Philadelphia and will report to Fort Knox Kentucky. For lumber of all kinds see John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 W. 5th.
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Byron W. Berthelot
T. D. Berthelot
Sunset Terrace
Philadelphia
Ieport
Fort Knox
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Unclaimed Pulse Feeler Checks at Globe-News
Three Pulse Feeler checks undelivered by mail await their winners at the Globe-News. They are addressed to Mrs. J. H. Smith, Harold Inman, and Mrs. Ed Thompson, who may claim them by visiting the business department. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Globe-News
J. H. Smith
Harold Inman
Ed Thompson
Business Department
Fierce fight as Fifth Army nears Bologna and Cesena gains
American troops drive through Monte Belmonte to bring the Fifth Army within eight miles of Bologna while Eighth Army advances toward Cesena. German resistance stiffens in the Apennines amid rain as U S forces slip through canyons east of Livergnano and press toward the Po Valley along the Rimini Bologna corridor.
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Rome
U.P
Monte Belmonte
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Cesena
Appenines
Italy
Florence
U. S
Uew Dee
Livergnano
Adriatic
Po Valley
Allies Take Scarpanto Island as Greek Population Cites Containment
Two British destroyers landed forces at dawn to seize Scarpanto in the Dodecanese after the Greek population reportedly contained the enemy garrison. The mountainous island lies between Crete and Rhodes, about 30 miles long and eight miles wide, with around 8,000 inhabitants. The operation occurred with no opposition.
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Rome
Scarpanto
Dodecanese
Crete
Rhodes
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