Haight Denies Counsel and Suspended Sentence Request
A. W. Haight testified at the 47th District Court trial over the murder of Ruth Waroff that he did not want counsel and did not mind what happens to him. He admitted refusing to permit his attorneys to file for a suspended sentence if convicted. The morning session covered real estate transfers by others during his jail time and lack of proceeds to him. The defense then called character witnesses to bolster Haight’s peaceable reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Haight
Haight
47Th District Court
Ruth Waroff
Henry 8S. Bishop
B. D. Halley
W. A. Winn
J O. Benson
Rock Island
James LeGrand
Lula LeGrand
MacArthur Leads Massive Leyte Invasion Forces
General Douglas MacArthur commands up to 250000 troops in a 600 ship armada landing on Leyte Island near Tacloban. American assault waves push inland amid light Japanese resistance while Halsey’s naval air bombardment devastates defenses. The operation, supported by 14 16 inch shells, aims at Tacloban airfield as Krueger’s Sixth Army advances.
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MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Tacloban
Bataan
Corregidor
Leyte Island
Dulab
William F. Halsey
Ryukyu Islands
Formosa
California
Pennsylvania
Bataan and
Philippine
Richard Sutherland
George Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Sergio Osmena
Carlos Romulos
World Trade Plan Proposed by British
Washington report outlines a United Nations backed world trade alliance to promote full consumption of export outputs, stable prices, and rising global demand. A World Trade Alliance Council would oversee export product committees and a central development commission to buy surpluses and finance public works in backward nations.
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Ralph W. Page
Washington
United Nations Organization
World Trade Alliance Association
Buckingham Street
London
World Trade Alliance Council
Council
Central World Development Commission
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. In West Texas fair today tonight and Saturday with slight variation. New Mexico sees fair skies today tonight and Saturday, warmer today. Highs near 80 degrees today. low 30s north 50s south tonight. 24 hour high 64 low 42 noon 64.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Double Air Blows Hit Stuttgart and Nurnberg In RAF Bombing
The RAF mounted a two wave assault on Stuttgart with Halifaxes and Lancasters, followed four hours later by a large strike on Nurnberg, and a lighter raid on Wiesbaden. Over 1,000 bombers took part, flying about 1,000 miles round trip. Few combats occurred as clouds lit up with a glowing backdrop during the Stuttgart attack.
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London
RAF
Stuttgart
Germany
Nurnberg
Wiesbaden
Rhineland
Marine makes political history by not making a single promise
Pvt. John W. Mitchell USMC Republican candidate for the U S House spoke briefly at a reception saying due to Marine Corps restrictions he shall make no speeches and no promises and shall not campaign in the usual sense in Kansas City on October 20.
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Kansas City
John W. Mitchell
USMC
U. S. House of Representatives
Marine Corps
Caribbean hurricane leaves 37 dead and Florida citrus loss
The tropical storm sweeping inland caused 37 deaths in Cuba Florida and the Carolinas. Wind peaked at 65 mph in Greenville 55 mph in Charlotte with heavy rain. Six hours of power loss in Charleston. Florida losses include 20 million dollars in citrus. Eleven sailors drowned near Bradenton as two others died in Miami and Cuba reported fatalities. The storm moved from Sarasota area to Jacksonville then up the coast to Savannah before striking the Carolinas.
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Charleston
S. C
Carolinas
Cuba
Florida
Greenville
Charlotte
N. C
New Orleans
Bradenton
Fla
Third Air Force
Tampa
Miami
Battery District
Sarasota-Tampa-St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
Atlantic Seaboard
Savannah
Brunswick
Havana
Surgidero de Batanbano
MacARTHUR Aborts D Day for A Day In Philippines Invasion
General MacArthur marks October 20 as A Day marking the invasion of Leyte Gulf as the high command seeks a new designation for the Philippine landings. The note contrasts the change with the traditional D Day naming.
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MacArthur
Leyte
High Command
Philippines
Aachen Falls in Ruins and Allied Advances Reported
Allied forces declare Aachen captured at 3 30 PM after street fighting and a 155 mm gun knocked down a defending building. The Ruhr gateway’s fall follows rapid Allied pushes from Antwerp toward Ruhr and continued Soviet advances east of Poland.
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Ruhr
Berlin
Cologne
Rhine
Aachen
Merril Daniel
Geneva
N. Y
German-born Krueger Leads Sixth Army in Pacific Drive
German born Krueger, 63, commands the U S Sixth Army and Marines in the Pacific, credited with victories in New Britain and Hollandia and awarded the Legion of Merit. He began as a private in the Spanish American War, rose through WWI roles, and later taught in military colleges. Married with two sons and a daughter.
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Krueger
U. S
Sixth Army
New Britain
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Cincinnati High School
Islands
AEF Tank Corps
ITV
Germany
Army and Navy
Air Corps
Pulse-Feeler Of Cats And Mirrors And Other Things
A light column on superstition notes Americans hold quirky beliefs in pets and mirrors. Readers from Mrs Don Salvey to Ruth Betz share views while Earl Vandal and Mrs Arthur Prichard offer varied takes on luck and black cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don W. Salvey
Ruth Betz
Earl Vandale
Arthur Prichard
W. W. Finch
Ailing Hull To Get Checkup Before Returning to Work
Secretary of State Cordell Hull will enter a naval hospital for a physical checkup before resuming duties after a three week absence. The announcement confirms Hull plans to return to office following the examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Washington
Cordell Hull
Naval Hospital
O Daniel Family Fealty to Politics in Texas Saga
A portrait of W Lee O Daniel and family tracing his rise from Texas flour distributor to U S senator amid New Deal battles. The piece notes Mrs O Daniel's sorrow during Senate questioning and chronicles campaigns from 1937 to 1942, highlighting radio fame, party foes, and public support.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
O’daniel
Jimmie Allred
Austin
Molly
Pat
Mike
Fort Worth
Morris Sheppard
U. S. Senate
Washington
Texas
O'Daniel
Young Johnson
Allred
Roosevelt
Jim Ferguson
O Daniel
O’daniels
Potomac
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Australia
Walter Krueger
U. S Weather Bureau
Marine
Antwerp
Reich
Ventron
Mulhouse
Bruyeres
Epinal
Vosges
East Prussia
Narew River
Warsaw
Moscow
Red Army
Debrecen
Hungary
Budapest
Eydtkau
Lithuania
Memelland
Memel
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugo
Tokyo
Lae
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Admiral Barbey
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Barbey
Admiralties
Seventh Fleet
Portland
Ore
Naval Academy
Wales
Naval Staff
New York
Atlantic Fleet Services of Supply
U.S. Fleet
Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Papua
Pacific
Paris
91St Aero Squadron
Caribbean
Dayton
Daniel E. Barbey
George C. Keeney
Z. A. Ding
Sorger
John Maynard Ltr. Co
Russell Stationery Company
By Lewis Nordyke
Neely
Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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