Rival Slavs Clash in Montenegro Across Yugoslavia War
London reports fighting between Tito Partisans and Mihailovic Chetniks in Montenegro with heavy clashes in Matesevo and Mont Cakor as Mihailovic allegedly aids German forces. Earlier communique claimed Partisans stormed two German strongholds in western Bosnia and captured 2000 Nazis. Reuters cites Kotor estuary potentially under Mihailovic control.
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London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Draja Mihailovic
Montenegro
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Yugoslavia
Peter
Matesevo
Mont Cakor
Mihailovic
Bosnia
Reuters
Cairo
Kotor
Split
Man Accused Slayer Terrifies Wife Before Attack
Memphis, Oct 25 Barney Blair to whom charges may be delayed after a brutal assault on his divorced wife left a doorstep confession and later returned asking for a doctor as his wife lay fatally injured. The hammer used belonged to the victim and Blair, jailed, had recently arrived from East Texas. The couple’s four children were away at the time.
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Memphis
Barney Blair
Blair
East Texas
Katherine
Ruthie
Fern
Amarillo
Polo
Blairs
Tenth Air Forces Smashes Railway Yards in Burma
Libera tor bombers of the U S 10th Air Force attacked Prome railway yards in Burma on Friday while B 25 Mitchells targeted near Monywa and Mandalay. The communique said numerous hits were scored with excellent results and all aircraft returned safely.
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New Delhi
U. S
10Th Air Force
Prome
Burma
Monywa
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Alon
Manywa
Mu Canal
Army Says Turkeys Not To Blame For Shortage This Year
In Jersey City on October 25 the quartermaster depot stated civilian turkey markets may be tight but the army did not hoard. Army buyers noted military needs are about 8 percent of the 1943 crop, leaving 92 percent for civilians. services will not overbuy beyond ensuring overseas meals.
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Jersey City
N. J
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Armed Services
Allies push in Italian and Russian theaters as war intensifies
Allied forces in Italy advance toward Rome with Fifth Army at Sparanise and near Mondragone Venafro while British Eighth Army widens a Trigo River bridgehead. In the Dnieper pocket the Red Army closes on Krivoi Rog and Zaporozhe as Tolbukhin and Malinovsky push toward the Crimea and Ni Kolayev. Reports note tank battles along the Dnieper and German defenses under heavy pressure from Soviet encirclements. The bombardment of Austria continues with Wiener Neustadt as a target and Western bombers strike Ruhr and Rhineland. Rome reports suggest starvation rising amid German requisitions.
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Italy
Rome
Dnieper
Hitler
Europe
Ainesian Matani
Krovoi
Perekop
Crimea
Krivoi Rog
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Tolbukhin
Melitopol
Malinovsky
Ni_Kolaev
Bug
Black Sea
Fifth Army
Mondragone
Venafro
Eighth Army
Trigo River
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Austria
Berlin
Wiener Neustadt
Vienna
Britain
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Kick-off Breakfast Launches Amarillo War Chest Drive
Amarillo community leaders opened a drive aiming at 172000 for the war and home front effort. Col E A Simpson noted Texas shares of forces. volunteers packed the Crystal Ball Room pledging quick action and first-visit pledges to speed victory.
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Pinkey Vineyard
Mr. Vineyard
Amarillo
J. A. Hazlewood
Mrs Earl Glass Wins First News Tip Prize
Mrs. Earl Glass of 2110 Garfield Street won first prize in the $5 news tip contest for a tale about a sewing machine that sewed by itself. Second prize went to Mrs. J. M. Stone, Box 562, for tipping about Bobby Kemp on survivor’s leave after his merchant ship was torpedoed. Third prize went to Mrs. E. L. Hunter, 1201 North Buchanan Street, for tipping about a soldier applying for a ration book for his newborn.
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Earl Glass
Garfield Street
J. M. Stone
Robert Willburn
Bobby Jack) Kemp
South Pacific
E. L. Hunter
North Buchanan Street
Weather Update Forecast Warm With Moderate Winds
The bureau reports warmer temperatures with moderate winds. Yesterday’s high reached 70 while today may hit 87. No killing frost is expected.
VineYard Arouses Officials With Midnight Telegrams
George Pinkey Vine Yard, chairman of the General Solicitation for the Community and War Chest Drive, ordered a kick off meeting. He sent telegrams to all committee chairs, awakening each past midnight to emphasize the chest drive start.
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George (Pinkey
Marcel Deal Warns France That Disunity Helps Allies
A Paris broadcast cited by German radio quotes Marcel Deal saying many Frenchmen hate Marshal Petain and Laval and refuse to obey. The report notes Corsica fell to the Allies, warning France to prevent a similar outcome as internal discontent spreads through the administration, officials, and military.
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London
France
Marcel Deal
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Paris
Dent
l’Querre
Corsica
Laval
Spangler Attacks Court Conduct As Palace Guard Motive
W P Chairman Harrison Spangler charged Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and others with running a palace guard fourth term campaign to perpetuate the Roosevelt administration in power. Frankfurter’s secretary declined to comment on the remark.
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Washington
W.P
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee Today
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Connally Opens Debate On Postwar Collaboration Plan
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally of Texas urged immediate approval of his postwar collaboration resolution. He argued it would provide the framework for treaty makers to build a detailed peace structure and minimize changes to his proposal.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Connally
United States
Rommel Active in Northern Italy as Berlin Reports
Berlin radio said Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is inspecting northern Italy and coordinating German defenses to deter an Allied landing. It described railway batteries trenchworks and coastal guns hidden by fog and smoke screens along the coast and noted German forces training with heavy coastal artillery repurposed from Italian units.
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London
Berlin
Marishal
Erwin Rommel
Italy
Weather Update for Amarillo and West Texas Area
Amarillo and vicinity show warmer conditions with gentle winds. West Texas reports little temperature change and New Mexico sees no major change. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M high 70 low 37 noon 63. Vo Repair repaint and fix up see John Maynard Lbr Co 800 W 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr, Co
W. 5Th
German Air Force Using U S Planes
The Luftwaffe has been using rebuilt British and American fighters in the Mediterranean. A P 38 downed a Flying Fortress over Terni on August 11. A P 40 was destroyed near Benevento on August 27 while attacking B 25s. Luftwaffe also fields additional P 38s and a Spitfire, rebuilt from wreckage since the North Africa campaign began.
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New York
Mediterranean
Messerschmitts
Terni
Italy
B-25 Mitchells Over Benevento
Naples
North Africa
North African
Moscow tri power talks move into seventh day
Diplomatic experts record progress at the Moscow tri partite conference on war and postwar problems as Hull Eden and Molotov draft documents. The Soviet press indicated support for a three power coalition for future world peace.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Great Britain
U. S
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Hull
DSC Awarded Posthumously To Sgt Jimmy E McCurdy
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded posthumously to Technical Sgt. Jimmy E. McCurdy of Amarillo for actions during the Kassel raid in Germany on July 30. McCurdy died in combat after displaying extraordinary heroism while defending his aircraft, previously earning the Air Medal.
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Sgt
Jimmy E. McCurdy
Amerilla
Kassel
Germany
Jacob L. Devers
U.S
McCurdy
United States
East Avenue
Aire
Taylor Street
Hae
R. McCurdy
Lincoln
Amarillo
Aeace
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