Philippines Invasion Readies as War Front Shifts
Manila reports say 270 carrier planes bombarded Manila Clark Field and Leyte Gulf as Japanese claims of invasion press the idea of breaking the Philippines in two. Tokyo says forces landed at Suluan while U S forces prepare a counteroffensive with Halsey’s Third Fleet and B 29s striking Formosa.
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MacArthur
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Morotai
Halmaheras
Peleliu
Palau
Manila
Clark Field
FCC
Leyte Gulf
Luzon
Mindana
United States
Gulf
United Press
London
Tokyo
Suluan
Leyte
Berlin
Bataan
Corregidor
War and Navy Departments
Washington
William F. Halsey
Formosa
Nimitz
Gulf of Leyte
U. S
Nazis Admit Red Tanks Race Into East Prussia
Soviet front reports describe heavy air strikes on German East Prussia as Nazi Transocean cites a deep Soviet penetration west of Eydtkuhsen with about 500 tanks involved. Berlin says Himmler warned of Hitler's Volkssturm while Soviet forces push toward Budapest and into Czechoslovakia under Malinovsky and Petrov, with rapid Carpathian crossings.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Nazi Transocean
Reich
Eydtkuhsen
Eydtkuhnen
Heinrich Himmler
Konigsberg
Adolf Hitler
Suwalki
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Rhineland Cities Are Battered
London reports heavy American air raids on Mainz Ludwigshafen and Mannheim areas in southern Germany with over a thousand bombers and 700 fighters. The attacks targeted rail yards and arms plants while night raids hit western targets. one bomber was lost and U S bombers and fighters suffered losses in Cologne and Kassel actions.
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London
Mainz
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Germany
Rhine
Hannover
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Rhineland
Cologne
Aachen
Hanover
United States
Kassel
Destructive hurricane batters central Florida crops
A tropical hurricane with 100 mph winds strikes central Florida damaging citrus crops and property. Jacksonville reports 65 mph winds and power outages as evacuations spread from Fort Myers to St. Petersburg. Evacuees seek shelter in schools and churches. higher ground refuges open in Sebring Avon Park Orlando and other towns.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
West
Jacksonville
Weather Bureau
Daytona Beach
Georgia
Fort Myers
Sarasota
Clearwater
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay
Sebring
Avon Park
Orlando
Worst Attack Leaves Southern Town in Ruins
London report details heavy casualties in a southern English town after a flying bomb strike eighth night of bombing. Rescue crews search ruins for the dead and injured as investigators probe new explosive types while a state funeral is noted for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Württemberg.
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London
England
DNB
Wurttemberg
Erwin Rommel
Allied push near Breskens and Aachen pressures on German defences
Allied forces from Antwerp and Canadian units moved within two miles of German guns at Breskens while U S First Army troops pressed east of Aachen near the Siegfried Line. British and American columns advanced toward Venray and Ameri ka, signaling a two front effort to strike in East Prussia and the Rhine Ruhr region.
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Antwerp
Breskens
Schelde
Aachen
U. S
First Army
Berlin
East Prussia
East Holland
Rhine-Ruhr
Associated Press
Second Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Venray
Amerika
Allies inch toward Duisburg as Germany retreats in western front
Allied advances press toward Duisburg as German forces pull back from Venray and Venray-Deurne road area. Eisenhower notes seizure of Venray rail hub seven miles from the border and gains along the Deurne axis. Bitter street fighting reported east of Helmond and near Aachen as the battle for the Ruhr and Vosges continues.
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Venlo
Venray- Amerika
Eisenhower
Venray
Venray-Deurne
Deurne
Helmond
Haight's Son Grilled In Murder Trial Testimony
Hugh Haight son of A W Haight faced a gruelling cross examination in 47th District Court as the prosecution rested its case after four witnesses. He identified photos of the Haight home and described the scene including Ruth Haight's closet discovery before recounting a post murder sale overseen by R C Ives. The defense may present further witnesses while the judge awaits their decision.
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Hugh Haight
A. W. Haight
47Th District Court
C. B. Reeder
T1iuril
Hugh
Howard Boxwell
Ruth Waroff
Haight
W. B. Thomas
Dick Vaughn
Orville Queen
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Vaughn
Jim Lumpkin
Ruth
Reeder
R. C. Ives
Vinita
Okla
Jim Bush
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change. In West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with cooler Panhandle and South Plains tonight. New Mexico partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered showers in west and mountains, cooler east, warmer Friday afternoon. Highs reach 60 to 75, lows 30 to 50.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
West Portion
East Portion
Neely Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance Dinner at Thomas Office
Tastefully yours dinner at Thomas Office machine repairs. Russell Stationery Company appears in the brief item.
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Neely
Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russell Stationery Company
Pulse Feeler Readers Debate What Part Of The Paper First
Pulse Feeler asks readers which newspaper section they read first. Responses vary from headlines and Tack's column to livestock market pages. The piece notes Pulse Feeler felt hurt as no one identified with him.
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J. H. Chandler
Bowie Street
M. G. Lacy
R. Dean Kirk
Tack
C. M. Lance
W. S. Cline
Stockman
Frances Wilkerson
Bank
O Daniel O Daniel Clash at Senate Campaign Hearing
A heated exchange occurred at a Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee hearing as Sen O Daniel of Texas and Sen Tunnell of Delaware sparred over circulation figures for the anti New Deal Texas senator’s weekly newspaper The O Daniel News Mrs O Daniel testified and defended her husband amid the tense session with questions from Sen Ball of Minnesota and a rebuke from Chairman Green of Rhode Island The debate touched on the paper’s distribution of about 70000 weekly copies and the financing of the publication.
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Washington
O'Daniel
Texas
Tunnell
Delaware
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Green
Rhode Island
Senator Ball
Republican
Minnesota
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ball
O’daniel
Red Cross plans relief travel for prisoners of war
Maurice Pate, director of relief to prisoners of war for the American Red Cross, has arrived in London to meet with Red Cross officials. He will then proceed to Marseilles and Geneva to coordinate expediting transportation of relief to American and Allied prisoners held by Germany.
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Red Cross
Potter County
Maurice Pate
London
Pate
Marseilles
Geneva
Liberator explodes killing 24 American airmen
A B 24 Liberator exploded at 6 000 feet near Birkenhead killing 24 American airmen. The craft broke into three parts after the crash and the cause was unknown. Town meeting tonight asks if treaties should be ratified by both houses.
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Birkenhead
England
America
Reader's Digest
KPDA
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Halsey
Borneo
NTN
Mindanao
Austria
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan I. Petrov
Sevastopol
Petrov
Poland
Carpathians
Rommel
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Maas
Duisburg
Ruhr
Aachén
Vosges
U. S. Weather Bureau
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