Banks Domination of Air in Pacific Grows
U S bombers strike Japanese invasion bases from the Aleutians to the Solomons as Allied air superiority expands. MacArthur and Australian forces push Japanese back toward Kokoda, threatening Port Moresby and Guadalcanal air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Battle Front
Aleutians
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
United States
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Dougal MacArthur
Theapanese
Buin
Bougainville Island
Navy
Pacific
Knox
North Pacific
Army
Kiska
MacArthur
Russians Drive Germans Back Near Stalingrad In Stormy Combat
Soviet dispatches report heavy rains hinder German communications as Timoshenko reinforces from the north. Red Army forces reclaim lost ground around Stalingrad and defend a key factory area while reports of German hunger and stray-dog meals surface.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Semyon Timoshenko
Don
Volga
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Star
Krasnopolsky
Weather terms for Amarillo area and West Texas
The forecast notes warm afternoon in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change tonight. West Texas remains cool tonight with diminishing winds. New Mexico expects several temperatures with warm afternoon and cooler night. Overnight minimum 42 and maximum 71 with noon reading around 60.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
New Mexico
Schools Grow Their Own Hot Lunches in Amarillo
Amarillo area schools including Tulia and Claude raised more than 20 000 cans of vegetables for needy children. Mrs Helen Dillon supervised the WPA lunch project with garden produce grown on city wells in a 10 acre plot and canned at Sanborn school.
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Amarillo
Helen Dillon
Tulia
Claude
City Wells
WPA
Tulsa
Sanborn
British battleships pace German threat as speed limit imposed
In London two 35 000 ton battleships Anson and Home join the King George V class, threatening Tirpitz as war measures enforce a 35 mph speed limit to conserve rubber and fuel. Police pledge arrests for speeding. duplicates go to rationing boards, affecting future gasoline access. Public safety urges cooperation to conserve transportation resources during wartime.
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London
Anson
Home
Malaya
King George V
Duke of York
Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Texas Highway Commission
Department of Public Safety At
Austin
Axis Supply Ships Sunk
The admiralty announced four Axis supply ships were sunk in the Mediterranean by British submarines. One submarine credited with two sinkings, including a small vessel off the Italian coast and a medium ship that burned and sank after a torpedo hit. A large ship fell after three close-range hits in bad weather, and a smaller vessel went down off the Libyan coast.
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Admiralty
Jehovah's Witness minister sentenced for draft violation
Pete Buttecalli an ordained Jehovah's Witness minister from Fort Bend County was found guilty of violating the Selective Service act and sentenced by Judge T M Kennerly in Galveston to two years in a federal prison. The sentence followed a mandate from the United States circuit court of appeals denying his appeal from conviction.
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Galveston
T. M. Kennerly
Pete Buttecalli
Fort Bend County
James V. Allred
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Amarillo Drivers Turn In Tires Under Idle Tire Plan
Motorists in Amarillo surrender extra tires at about 100 daily under the idle tire purchase plan. C M Boston, Railway Express Agency official, says no more than five tires per car allowed and describes collection and appraisal at a local government warehouse.
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Amarillo
C. M. Boston
Railway Express Agency, Inc
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration and Defense Supplies Corporation
Railway Express Agency
Mr. Boston
Hayes Street
Railway Express
Clovis
Roswell
Woodward
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Boston
Dave Flowers
AAUW Drops Study Topic On Rationing
The Amarillo branch of the American Association of University Women abandons the rationing study as a member questions the topic’s usefulness. The group is reassigned to a different study item.
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AAUW
Amarillo
The
American Association of University Women
Waddill Keeps Faith With Antique Oliver Typewriters
Amarillo School Board secretary George Waddill still uses two Oliver typewriters, one at the office and one at home. The machines, about 30 years old, are described as enduring and reliable, with Waddill predicting they will last another century.
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George Waddill
Amarillo
Panhandle
Oliver
Mr. Waddill
Hitler Yields To French Demands On War Factory Labor
Reports from France say Germany extended for France to fill 150000 workers for Nazi war factories to November 15 or 30 with Laval’s approval. De Gaulle urged revolt against treason as unrest spreads from Norway to the Balkans and Lyon saw clashes over forced labor.
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French
Germany
France
Pierre Laval
Bern
Switzerland
Serbia
Europe
Norway
Balkans
Laval
Fritz Sauckel
Free
DeGaulle
British Broadcasting Corporation
Radio Vichy
Lyon
de Gaulle
Congress rejects new tax bill until after January 1
Washington Oct 21 congressional leaders voiced a firm thumbs down on further major tax legislation until after the new year. President Roosevelt prepared to sign the existing bill, which includes a 5 percent Victory Tax on weekly income over 12 and raises in corporate taxes, excises, and exemptions. Morgenthau may seek additional revenue measures after Jan 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
London
Gen Haddon is Due Today Arrives as Amarillo Commandant
Brigadier General Julian Buckner Haddon, newly appointed commanding officer of Amarillo Field Army Air Force Technical School, is en route from Selma Alabama to assume command from Colonel E C Black who requested active duty. Haddon, promoted through ranks to brigadier general, has led Craig Field as CO for 15 months and is a rated command pilot combat observer and technical observer. Weather outlook notes more nippy days with high 71 and low 42, no frost yet.
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Julian Buckner Haddon
Amarillo Field
Army Air Force Technical School
Amarillo
E. C. Black
Black
Haddon
Selma
Ala
Craig Field
Caterpillar Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Army
North Atlantic
New York
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Pena
England
U.P
Los Angeles
McCormick Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co. V
Russell Stationery Company
Mediterranean
Jehovah's Witness Minister
Eaglet
Millie Andrews
United Air Lines
Wings
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Hitler
Charles DeGaulle
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