Solomons Sea Battle Tests Allied Drive for Guadalcanal
Reports from Washington and Tokyo describe a major Pacific sea fight around the Solomons with both sides suffering heavy losses. US and Japanese carriers and cruisers are damaged or sunk, while land forces on Guadalcanal fight under artillery and aerial bombardment as fate of the Allied advance hangs on sea control. Wasp survivor Billy Tennyson recounts the carrier was hit by a submarine pack.
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Desert Forces Abroad Battle Report Theme
Eleanor Roosevelt describes a London screening of In Which To Serve and notes high level gatherings with the King and Queen present. Front dispatches detail the North Africa desert battle with Allied air superiority, raids on Axis shipping, and Montgomery's Eighth Army advancing into Rommel's defenses as tanks and infantry press the line near Alamein.
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England
United States
Noel Coward
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Miss Thompson
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Alamein
Erwin Rommel
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
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Tobruk
Afrika Korps
Kiska Raid Strikes Japanese Camp and Subbase
Two Army bomber raids hit Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the Aleutians, targeting a newly mentioned submarine base. Navy reports say anti-aircraft batteries opened fire but caused no reported aerial resistance, with Libera tor bombers escorted by Lightning fighters delivering 18 tons of bombs on the camp and base areas.
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Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Alaska
Kiska
Roosevelt signs $15 billion military build up bill
President Roosevelt signed a 15 billion appropriation and contract authorization bill. It funds more than 14 000 naval planes and authorizes construction of about 25 aircraft carriers totaling 500 000 tons. The measure also provides contractual authority for 500 000 tons of cruisers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Amarillo Welcomes Brig. Gen. Haddon and Panhandle War News
Brig. Gen. Julian B. Haddon assumed command of Amarillo Field and the Air Forces Technical School. The former commander Col. E. C. Black departed east. The piece details Haddon's family, his background as an early Army flier, and notes on local servicemen including Doolittle raid flyer Bob Hite and Capt. William T. Cherry Jr. It also lists Amarillo College students in the service, Navy and Army Air Corps men, Navy Day celebrations, and upcoming lecture by UPI correspondent Robert Bellaire. The column closes with local sports results for the Golden Sandies and West Texas Buffaloes, plus high school scores, society engagements, and weather.
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Julian B. Haddon
Amarillo Field
Air Forces Technical School
Col
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Haddon
Montgomery
Ala
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Sandie
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General Haddon
Craig Field
Selma
Panhandle
Bob Hite
Air Corps
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Hite
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William T. Cherry, Jr
Fort Worth
Quail
Collingsworth County
Ed Cherry
Amarillo College
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J. C. Cook
Love Murray
Durwood Finley
Junior Campbell
Tom Campbell
Panhandle Laundry
Young Campbell
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Ranger
Jimmy Daley
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Hondo
Texas
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Richard Kile
Kelly Field
Gene Grief
Victoria
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Bud Pool
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Carroll Curl
Camp Edwards
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John Stanley
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Kenneth Flamm
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George Miller
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Women's Army Ferry Service
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Dick Cline
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Carroll Hall
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Leroy Reeves
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Ploydada
Vernon
Olney
Wellington
Wheeler
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Sandies
Coyotes
Quanah
Jeanette Drapela
Jack Roach
Helen Hutcheon
Mary Lucille Dowie
J. R. Damron
Mildred Joan White
Kewanee
Ill
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Ruth Campbell
Pred L. Yelton
Maxine Campbell
Draft Boards Just Renovating Files
The Selective Service boards urge calm over the Registrant's Affidavit Family Status and Dependents form stating it does not imply immediate reclassification. Boards say they are updating files with a constant status check, and forms must be completed only if the registrant’s status may have changed.
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Selective Service Boards
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Warmer this afternoon with little temp change tonight. West Texas and New Mexico see seasonal temps this afternoon and tonight. 24 hour extremes end at 6:30 A M show a low of 38 and high of 56. Noon temperature today was 56.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Battle of the South Pacific claims major Japanese victory
Tokyo reports Japanese forces scored their biggest success since Pearl Harbor in a daylong battle off the Solomons north of the Santa Cruz Islands near Guadalcanal. The Imperial HQ says four Allied carriers and multiple ships were sunk, with heavy Allied air losses and substantial Allied ship damages while listing Japanese losses.
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New York
Imperial Headquarters
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
South Pacific
Santa Cruz Islands
Guadalcanal
Russians Repel Nazi Counterattack Near Stalingrad
Moscow dispatches report a major Soviet counter-offensive killing about 7,000 Germans and Romanians, destroying 160 tanks, and driving forces beyond hills around Stalingrad. In the city, defenders repelled carnage, killing 1,000 storm troopers and destroying six tanks.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Don- Volga
Soldier Has Weakness For Some Civilians
SEATTLE Oct. 27 Corp. Guy Daugherty 20 of Denton Texas was jailed for cashing 1200 worth of worthless checks to entertain about 100 Seattle civilians during six weeks he was absent without leave He described himself as a one man USO from the army seeking excitement and spending money on civilians The spree left him with a headache and he said most civilians were blondes brunettes or red heads
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Guy Daughtery
Denton
Tex
Army
Daugherty
Navy rejects Axis claim of ships near Santa Cruz Islands
Secretary Knox stated the Axis assertion that four aircraft carriers and a battleship were north of the Santa Cruz Islands near the Solomons was another fishing expedition by the Axis.
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Knox
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Santa Cruz Islands
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