U.S. Fliers Hammer Axis Depots in North Africa Battles
Allied air and ground forces pressed Axis supply lines and armored columns in the El Alamein area. U S Army planes supported British troops as Rom an spearheads fragmented into multiple columns amid sandstorms and heavy fighting. Captain Hopkins praised Allied pilots as no losses were reported.
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Gambut
Sidi Barrani
el Alamein
Mediterranean
Qattara
Alexander
U. S
98Th
57Th
Hopkins
Palestine
Texas
U.S. Army Air Corps
Alexandria
Amarillo Schools Open With Record Enrollment
It's back to school for Amarillo's largest minority and the city's 21 public schools register over 10,000 students for the 1942 43 term. Classes start tomorrow at 9 with possible hour changes to ease bus crowding as Forest Hills School shifts to two sessions to handle rising enrollment.
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Amarillo
Office of Defense Transportation
Forest Hills
Rush of livestock exports doubles weekly meat animal moves
Agricultural department figures show a sharp rise in meat producing animals moved to markets in the first six days of September, with hogs cattle and sheep moving from Buffalo to Denver and Fort Worth. Separate items note a British plane shot down over the Moroccan coast and a rapid marriage during a 20 minute train stop in Yuma.
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Chicago
Agricultural Department
Buffalo
Denver
Fort Worth
London
U.P
Paris
Yuma
Ariz
Corp. Martin A. Banks
Blanco, Tex
Maurine Stobaugh
San Antonio
Court House
Allied Fighters Strike Japanese in New Guinea Kokoda area
Allied planes and Australian jungle troops press the Kokoda fight in New Guinea as Japanese forces push toward Port Moresby. Two rapid raids target enemy positions while Australians hold Kokoda village area and mop up remnants at Milne Bay under Maj Gen Cyril Clowes. MacArthur hints at details in forthcoming Milne Bay victory report.
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MacArthur
Australia
Kokoda
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
South New Guinea
Cyril Clowes
Milne Bay
Irish Riot After IRA Leader Williams Is Executed
Riots erupted in Belfast after the execution of Thomas Williams an IRA member with women demonstrators giving Nazi salutes to American soldiers near city hall. Two men were jailed for assaulting a policeman as crowds of women and girls marched singing Republican songs. Armored cars patrolled streets and police reinforcements arrived as Belfast remained out of bounds for U.S. troops.
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Belfast
U.P
Thomas Williams
Irish Republican Army
North Ireland
Williams
IRA
Spanking For U. S. Employes
Attorney General Biddle reported to Congress that 36 federal employees were discharged and 13 disciplined after investigating 4,579 complaints of subversive affiliations. He found broadside allegations of disloyalty were not proved. There is a note about steel in bed springs used for shells.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
Married Men Won’t Be Drafted Soon Says May
Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee said married men with dependent wives and children should not be drafted for about a year and a half, possibly not at all. He cited a selective service survey and urged deferment to protect homes and war production.
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Washington
Sept
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Fall of Kinhwa Reported Near
Chinese forces reach the environs of Kinhwa Chekiang Province a Japanese base. The communique confirms the capture of Yungkang and Wuyi on Aug 31 as Chiang Kai-Shek forces sweep northward and eastward along a railway. A southeast column advances on Kinhwa from Lishui and Sungyang. Kinhwa lies 85 miles southwest of Hangchow.
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Chungkking
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Yungkang
Wuyi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lishui
Sungyang
Hangchow
Texan Would Tax Excess Earnings
Sen728 Connally proposes a 50 percent levy on individual excess earnings modeled after the excess profits tax. The plan would use a base period to compute average earnings and tax 50 percent of earnings above the base, with adjustments for fixed salary increases.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
The
Treasury
Connally
Stalingrad Crisis Mounting Amid Allied Front Woes
Soviet defenses near Stalingrad retreat to a fourth line in 48 hours as German armored force breaches threaten the Volga city. Red Star reports a major attack backed by 80 tanks and two infantry divisions. The German push coincides with Romanian gains near Anapa and renewed clashes around Grozny and Mozhdok with a water barrier at Terek.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Army
Red Star
Bomb Nazis Bomb Nazis Over Saarbrucken Raid
A 200 to 300 strong RAF bombing force hit Saarbrucken in night strikes described as an outstanding success. Allied fighters including American squadrons joined the daylight sweep over northern France with few losses, fires and heavy damage reported at the German target.
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London
Royal Air Force
Saarbrucken
Air Ministry
France
English Channel
French
Dover
Channel
Nazi Europe
RAF
Straits of
Dieppe
American Troops Arrive in Belgian Congo
The Belgian government news agency said American troops have landed in the Belgian Congo and were welcomed at Leopoldville by residents who praised their spirit and equipment. The Congo lies near the center of Africa along the Allied supply route to Egypt.
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London
Belgian Congo
Leopoldville
Congo
Africa
Egypt
100000 Londoners Cheer Yank Parade
More than 100000 Londoners lined the West End to cheer a detachment of United States soldiers and marines on their first march through London since the AEF landed in Britain. The march highlighted a moment of Allied camaraderie as troops passed in formation through the capital.
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London
West End
United States
Britain
Soviet Forces Rout Romanian Cavalry on Black Sea Front
Soviet marines defeated the fifth and ninth Romanian cavalry divisions destroying about seventy percent of their strength amid intensified battles along the Black Sea coast. In the Stalingrad area German and Italian forces pressed, with new troops moving toward the Volga as Soviet central front advances claimed several localities.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Red Filet
Stalingrad
Volga
Kotel-Nikovski
Kletskaya
Don
Volga River
Kretskaya
North Caucasus
Krasnodar
Convicted Spy Bahr Sentenced to 30 Years
Herbert K. F. Bahr, convicted of conspiracy to aid Germany as a spy, received a 30 year prison term in federal district court in Newark New Jersey. Judge William F. Smith said the maximum sentence was imposed and indicated Bahr may still be protecting Nazi colleagues. The judge noted Bahr likely has more information and names.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert K. F. Bahr
Germany
William F. Smith
Federal District Court
Bahr
U S Engineers To Help Brazil
President Roosevelt announced a special U S technical mission of industrial engineers led by Morris Llewellyn Cooke will depart for Brazil to aid in expanding the Brazilian government war industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Technical Mission of Industrial Engineers
Morris Llewellyn Cooke
Brazil
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Surrounding Area
The forecast calls for a continued cool spell with scattered showers through early afternoon and cooler tonight. West Texas and Panhandle areas show a mix of cool and warm conditions with isolated thundershowers, except in Panhandle and El Paso where conditions differ. New Mexico remains cool east of Sangre de Cristo with warmer readings elsewhere. Extreme temperatures reached 77 as the high and 66 as the low in the past 24 hours, with 0.33 inches of precipitation reported at the station.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Sadler Sues Beauford Jester Over Office Keys
A federal suit in Dallas accuses Beauford Jester newly appointed Texas Railroad Commissioner of taking Sadler's Austin office keys without due process. Jester assumed office Aug 25 after a Democratic run off where he defeated Pierce Brooks to serve out Sadler's term. Sadler had resigned to join the army then withdrew resignation amid a vacancy dispute.
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Dallas
Beauford Jester
Texas Railroad Commission
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
Austin
Jester
Pierce Brooks
Japan Moves Troops Toward Siberia Amid War-Talk
The Associated Press reports Japan denies plans for Siberian invasion while reports claim 100,000 troops moved north toward Siberia and a large fleet massed off north Japan. Premier Tojo asserts no policy shift, amid resignation of Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo fueling speculation of a Japanese strike on Vladivostok.
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Japan
Russia
Siberia
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo War Cabinet
Comei
Hideki Tojo
Foreign Ministry
Shigenori Togo
Togo
Chungking
China
Ta Kung Pao
U.S.S.R
China War Theater
Central Time Chamber votes to keep Amarillo on Central
Chamber of Commerce directors in a luncheon meeting today voted against changing Amarillo's time from Central to Mountain War Time. Potter County Democratic Convention had endorsed Mountain War Time, with local business and civic leaders opposing the move. War bond and stamp sales were $13,043.75 in Potter County yesterday, the first day of the September drive, and $15,000 in bonds from last night theatres are pledged or credited to today. County quota in the Billion Dollar drive this month is $491,100, with no quota met in three months despite large payrolls and abundant bank money.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Central
Mountain
Potter County
Cardenas Named Defense Minister in Mexico
President Manuel Avila Camacho appoints Gen. Lazaro Cardenas, former president, as minister of national defense amid reports the ministry will expand to include naval operations along with the army and air force. Willkie travels to Cairo en route to Russia India and China.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Willkie
Cairo
Wendell L. Willkie
Russia
India
China
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Rommel
Morocco
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Texan
Anapa
Novorossisk
Grozny
Terek
Mozhdok
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Maynard Lor. Co
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Russell ‘Statinery Company
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