Detective shoots fleeing rapist in New Orleans lineup
In New Orleans a police detective killed William Stevens after a struggle during transport to headquarters. Stevens had admitted assaults on girls aged 9 to 14. a coast guard commander fired seven shots during questioning, later cleared.
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New Orleans
le Daughter
William Stevens
Stevens
Joseph Vigurie
Seventh Precinct
Vicurie
John J. Grosehead
Coast Guard
John P. Vogt
Vogt
Grosch
Knecht
Seatee
Patterson Predicts Japan Will Soon Be Bomb Target
Melbourne report of Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson saying bombing Japan could come soon. He praised Allied courage in the South Pacific and noted adequate war materials to pressure the enemy. Patterson and Lt. Gen. Knudsen met with Prime Minister Curtin for two hours on undisclosed matters.
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Melbourne
U. 8
Robert P. Patterson
Japan
Patterson
Aleutians
South Pacific
William 8. Knudsen
War Department
John Curtin
Lightning Sets Fire to Large Tank Near Pampa
A 55,000-barrel oil storage tank at Texas Pipe Line Company's Kingsmill tank farm six miles west of Pampa was set ablaze by lightning during a heavy rainstorm. Firemen fought the blaze with no water at the scene as the fire threatened nearby tanks. the strike occurred at 5 30 during yesterday's storm, the heaviest since October 17, 1942.
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Pampa
Texas Pipe Line Company
Kingsmill Tank Farm
RAF Divebombers Bombard Jap Shipping in Burma
RAF divebombers attacked Japanese installations and the jetty area at Buthedaung Burma scoring direct hits. Hurricanes on offensive sweeps along the Irrawaddy reported sinking four two masted boats and damaging a steamer a motor vessel and 15 sampans. Other Hurricanes attacked country craft in Cambermere Bay setting fire to one and damaging seven others. No British planes were missing according to the bulletin.
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Burma
New Delhi
Buthedaung
Irrawaddy
Pakokku
Cambermere Bay
Phillips Petroleum plans new furnace black plant in Texas Panhandle
Phillips Petroleum today announced a contract for a new furnace black plant in the Texas Panhandle to produce 8 new type materials for synthetic rubber tires. The plant, named Philiblack, aims to reduce tire rubber running heat with 40 pounds of black per 100 pounds of rubber and will operate near the government butadiene plant, producing about 22.4 pounds of black annually with completion expected by end of 1943.
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Bar. Okla
Wej
Ips Petroleum Company Today
Texas Panhandle
Philiblack
Phillips
Ilips
Raid on Marcus Island Targets Japanese Defenses
American warships and air forces struck Marcus Island at dawn in a lightning raid. The island, about 1,100 miles southeast of Tokyo, hosts airfields, oil tanks, barracks, and batteries. Tokyo broadcasts labeled the assault a nuisance raid, while warning citizens to bolster defense.
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United Press
Japan
Marcus Island
Marcus
Tok
Wake Island
Tokyo
Wake
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Pacific Ocean
Berlin is Hit by Fifth Major RAF Assault in Eight Nights
London reports a massive RAF bombing of Berlin causing great fires and heavy damage in the city during a 45 minute raid. Forty eight bombers were lost. German defenses claimed heavy losses, while observers near the coast heard the fleet pass overhead.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
England
Allied air and naval raids hit Pisa and southern Italy
Allied forces sweep 400 miles north of Sicily striking the Pisa rail yards and an aircraft plant while British ships bombard Reggio Calabria. Liberators hit Pescara marshaling yards and bridges. Beaufighters attack an Axis merchant ship off western Greece.
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North Africa
U.P
Sicily
Pisa
Rome
Italy
Reggio Calabria
United Press
U. S
Middle East
Pescara
Wellington
Salerno
Corensa
Catanzaro
Sapri
Cetraro
Sairo
Liberators
Beaufighters
Greece
Eleanor Roosevelt Is Crowned Queen of Great Democracy
In Rotorua New Zealand Maori chiefs ceremoniously name Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt queen of a great democracy at a reception. She listens to Maori songs and dances and admires the performances after touring the Rotorua geyser region.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Aukland
New Zealand
Rotorua
United States
Reds Pound Westward in Triple Soviet Offensive
Soviet forces on three fronts pressed west toward Smolensk Ukraine and Taganrog as Moscow boasted major victories. Northern thrust neared Smolensk within 45 miles while central front penetrated 40 miles into Ukraine and southern Cossack tanks advanced toward Stalino and Mariupol amid heavy German losses.
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London
Moscow
Smolensk
Ukraine
Taganrog
Stalino
Azov
Mariupol
Spas Demensk
Yelnya
Red Army
Russia
Ugra
Glukhov
Srylsk
Kiev- Konotop-Bryansk
Red
Bryansk
Karachev
Sevsk
Sea of Azov
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Much Cooler Over Panhandle With Rainfall Report
Cooler weather spread across the Panhandle and Amarillo this morning as September begins. Pampa logged 1.74 inches of rain with a 63 degree low after a 97 degree high yesterday. Other spots saw showers including Claude with 15 inch, Shamrock about half inch, Follett 0.18 inch, and English Field 0.04 inch. The change from hot to cooler conditions was noted by H. C. Winburn of the local bureau.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
Claude
Shamrock
Follett
English Field
H. C. Winburn
U S Air Activities Over Europe Hit New Peak
The U S Eighth Air Force reports August operations surpassed July with 307 German fighters shot down and a twin raid on August 17 targeting Schweinfurt and Regensburg. Fortresses led 14 raids on 21 targets in France and the Low Countries with four ships lost.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
France
Low Countries
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Slightly cooler tonight with little temperature change Thursday forenoon. West Texas sees cooler in El Paso area with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Thursday forenoon. New Mexico reports light temperature changes today tonight and Thursday forenoon. Twenty four hours ending 6 30 A M gives high 96 low 64 noon 77 with .04 inch precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Pazo
New Mexico
Allied victory forces Japanese planes to move bases in New Guinea
Allied reports say Japanese aerial fleets withdrawn to Dutch New Guinea after heavy losses. Liberator raids destroyed 246 enemy planes at Wewak airfields in two days, with about 150 more since. No Allied losses. bombs dropped on Dagua But airfields and Tadji, fires set, ground action limited.
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England
Berlin
Amiens-Glissy
France
Vendeville
Lilie
Es Ee
Beohune
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Wewak
New Guinea
East Indies
Philippines
Formosa
Hollandia
Salamaua
Lae
Madang
Dagua
Tadji Field
So Islands
Mons
Gloucester
Taberlane
Aroe Islands
Aroes
U S Fighters Score Massive Air Victory Over Kahili
U S fighters battled 50 to 60 Zeros over Kahili airfield on Bougainville and destroyed 36 enemy planes in the air. The action involved Corsair Warhawk and Airacobra units with very light American losses, as MacArthur and Halsey updates highlighted.
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U. S
South Pacific
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Corsair
Warhawk
Airacobra
MacArthur
Kahili Field
Japan
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey Jr
Solomons
Navy
Waris Shoot Down Danes Waiting for Street Cars
Stockholm dispatch reports Danish civilians endure a brutal street warfare scenario as German troops fire on Danes waiting at safety platforms. Eyewitnesses describe executions and a harsh regime led by General Hermann von Henecken seeking to restore normalcy amid resistance.
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Waris
Stockholm
Christian X
Sweden
Nast J
Hermann von Henecken
Jand
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Pius XII
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Reuters
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Paeneen
Russell Stationery Company
Tanganrog
Europe
Solomon Sea
Rabaul
New Britain
Bougainville
Halsey
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