Churchill Seeks U S Sacrifice for Allied Victory
Churchill declares threefold Axis losses in July and August exceed Allied losses and urges greater American production and civilian restraint to crush Nazi tyranny. He calls for larger American aid, a possible expeditionary force, and intensified aid to Britain and Russia as the war widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
United States
Robert Cary
Sir Archibald Wavell
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Fuehrer
America
Soviet Union
Moscow
Far East
Spitsbergen
Arctic Ocean
Tobruk
Africa
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Impossible Wire Walker Delights Minstrel Crowd
Glyndon Burns defies a dreamed challenge by walking a rope with feet in a box. He headlines Amarillo Minstrel Show at Municipal Auditorium Thursday 8 15 pm with 40 cent adults 20 cent children tickets. Street parade at 4 pm precedes the event by Khiva Temple Shrine and Rainbow Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers Circus
John Ringland
John
Gosh
Ringling
Glyndon Burns
Burns
Amarillians
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Order of Shrine
Municipal Auditorium
Shrine
Polk Street
Khiva Temple
Dixie Dice
Will Rogers
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Amarillo and nearby areas expect clear to partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Cooler tonight with rising temperatures Wednesday. West Texas shows considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms in southeast portions and mountains southwest. New Mexico mostly cloudy with scattered storms this afternoon and evening then clearing tonight. Temperatures ranged from 45 to 74 in the last 24 hours with 89 at noon today. A cold can of Prager is advised before dinner tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
RAF Stages Big Raid On Locomotive Works
London reports nearly 100 RAF planes attacked Kassel targeting the Henschel locomotive workshops. Most reached the objective with no losses, two crew members killed in an accident. Raids also hit Muenster and Cherbourg docks, weather favorable, while Palermo raids produced limited damage and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kassel
Air Ministry
Muenster
Germany
Cherbourg
France
Rome
U.P
Palermo
Sicily
High Command
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Marsa Matrun
Africa
Ethiopia
Sessa Sinking Highlights Atlantic U Boat Fight
The S Sessa, formerly Danish and Panama registered, was torpedoed Aug 17 about 300 miles southwest of Iceland. Twenty four crewmen, including one American, are presumed lost. three survivors were picked up by the U S Navy. Survivors say cargo for Iceland did not include arms. The incident follows the Steel Seafarer attack near Suez with Allied and Axis hostilities intensifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Iceland
Navy Department
Navy
Maritime Commission
United States
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Hurghada
Dishet el Tabaa
Suez
Egypt
Red Sea
Steel Seafarer
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
British Arctic naval action claims sinking three German ships
British naval forces in the Arctic report sinking three German supply ships bound for troops on the Russian Arctic front. They also likely sunk a German warship, according to dispatches from London dated September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Murmansk
London
Arctic
Germany
Texas Solons Launch Their Extra Session
The Texas Legislature opened a special session at noon with factions near agreement on road bond legislation. A compromise would shift financing of highway right of way costs to the state gasoline tax and set future highway department payment policies. Reps Claude Gilmer and G. C. Morris filed the bill to continue construction bond payments and handle surplus funds as part of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Merritt S. Gibson
Longview
Texas County Judges and Commissioners’ Association
Highway Commission
Brady Gentry
Gibson
Gentry
State Highway Department
Claude Gilmer
Rocksprings
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Morris
Gilmer
House
Highway Department
Traffic Violations Near Score a Day in Amarillo
J. W. Kirkman reports traffic violations in Amarillo for the week ending yesterday totaled 137 with fines of 255 dollars. In addition 17 other cases were docketed and violators paid 120 dollars in fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
J. W. Kirkman
City Hall
Hitler Sends Envoy To South America
RIO DE JANEIRO Sept. 9 U P Adolf Hitler has sent Capt. Fritz Wiedemann to South America with orders to proceed immediately to Argentina amid rising anti Nazi activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
South America
Rio DE Janeiro
U.P
Adolph Hitler
Fritz Wiedemann
Argentina
Russians Break German Hold Near Leningrad and Smolensk
Soviet counterattacks led by Marshal Semyon Timoshenko recaptured Yelyna east of Smolensk and pressed a widening drive toward the German positions. In the Moscow front the Red Army and Black Sea Marines inflicted heavy losses on Romanian forces attacking Odessa and tightened the encirclement of German troops near Leningrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yelyna
Smolensk
Red Army
Odessa
Black Sea
Timoshenko
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Air Fleet
Leningrad
Karelian
Roslavl
High Command
Moscow
Schlisselburg
Ceremany
Europe
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Arctic
Tallinn
Prize Winners Announced in City News Tip Contest
J F Mayer of Tenth Avenue and Monroe Street wins $5 for reporting a wounded man found at Bovina station linked to a Lefors constable killing. Freda Moss takes $3 and Mrs J N Allard wins $2 for tips on a truck train crash and a dog poisoning incident near Russell Stationery Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Mayer
Arch Road
Bovina
Pampa
Lefors
Freda Moss
Third Avenue
Grand Street
J. N. Allard
Monroe Street
Russell Stationery Company
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Exas
U.S
U. S
Cary
India
Australia
Atlantic
Indian
Middle East
Near East
Syria
de Gaulle Free France
Iran
RAF
Locomotive Works
Eteel
Cairo
Gulf of Suez
Wane Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Texas Solons
Association
John Maynard Lbr. Co
United Press
New York
Central Front
Berlin
Leningrad-Murmansk
White Sea
Kronstadt
Kotlin Island
Baltic
Dwight Newby
Aid
Tenth Avenue
Marie Noland
E. R. Fountain
East 12Th Avenue
C. R. Compton
Western Avenue
J. M. Malone
Lincoln Street
L. 8. Jinkins
Carolina Street
M. B. Darby
Madison Street
James Moran
North Buchanan Street
N. C. Beckman
Austin Street
Ed K. Chapman
West
Thirteenth Avenue
W. B. Hand
Maryland Street
Jack Cross
Hazel Husted
North
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