Allied air forces drop over 100000 tons on flying bomb targets
Lt Col Edwin Duncan Sandys announces that Allied air forces have dropped more than 100000 tons of bombs on robot bomb installations since August 1943. He notes heavy August attacks near London with 450 planes lost by British and American forces and about 2 million people evacuated at the peak.
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Edwin Duncan Sandys
War Cabinet
Hitler
London
England
Germany
Sandys
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Europe
United States Strategic Air Forces
RAF
New York
Washington
Night School Registration at Amarillo College Tonight
Amarillo College opens adult night school registration from 7 to 9 pm tomorrow. Courses include art with Maude Fletcher, music with Gertrude Elliker, math refresher by George Whetstone, aeronautics for private pilot prep, and a government course by Harold Schoen. Tuition is 10 dollars per 18 week course with various schedules. entry requires no high school diploma.
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Amarillo College
Maude Fletcher
Amarillo
Gertrude Elliker
George Whetstone
Whetstone
Texas
Harold Schoen
Paris After Liberation Through an American Eye
HAL BOYLE recalls Paris after liberation, noting a white-haired French woman with a ladder kissing soldiers in parked jeeps, the city’s beauty, and quirky prices and manners as Parisians respond to freedom. He highlights contrasts with English soldiers and vivid street scenes amid De Gaulle’s parade.
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Hal Boyle
Paris
France
DeGaulle
OPA Rules Allow Food-First Beer Sales Clamp
The Office of Price Administration regional office announced an exception to the rule against requiring food purchases before serving beer. If establishments derive 70 percent of business from food, they may during 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and 6 PM to 8 PM require food purchases to accompany beer sales.
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Dallas
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bus Passengers Learn School Has Started
Bus riders report school has started with morning crowds between 8:15 and 8:45. One bus faced near tragedy as it became so full that passengers struggled to breathe until a quick idea let some inhale while others exhaled, averting asphyxiation.
Dewey Opens Wartime Presidential Campaign Tour
Governor Thomas E. Dewey left New York City with 97 escorts on an l car train for a national speaking tour. He planned a 30 minute speech in Philadelphia and a 6,700 mile trip to the Pacific coast and back by Sept 28, meeting service men labor Negro and Republican women groups along the way. He emphasized foreign policy amid progress noted in the Dumbarton Oaks talks.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Abraham Lincoln
Dewey
GOP
New York City
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
NBC
CBS
Pacific Coast
Louisville
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Dumbarton
Oaks Conference Aims for Nonpartisan Path to Peace
In Washington, a conference led by Oaks advocates a nonpartisan approach to establish permanent peace, seeking broad support across political lines and international actors.
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Oaks
Washington
Drivers License Bureau Reopens Monday After Closure
The Texas Department of Public Safety drivers license division will reopen Monday morning after a weeklong closure while license examiners and staff attend a school of instruction in Austin. The patrol division remains in operation with at least one patrolman on call. Rudolph H. Gerken, son of Mr and Mrs W H Gerken of 1515 Pierce Street, has completed aviation mechanics study at Amarillo Army Air Field and will be sent to an air base for active duty.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Austin
Department
Rudolph H. Gerken
W. H. Gerken
Pierce Street
Amarillo Army Air Field
Marine Sgt. James Wayne Comes Home From Pacific
Amarillo Marine Sgt. James L. Wayne, 28, returns to the United States on a 30 day furlough after service in the Mariana Islands campaign. He earned the Purple Heart for wounds and is brought home under Marine policy for long service and repeated injuries.
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James L. Wayne
Amarillo
United States
Marine Corps
Mariana Island
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