Allied drive tightens noose around Salamaua Lae in New Guinea
Allied forces press toward Salamaua and Lae in northeastern New Guinea as Australian and American units push along the Busu and Markham river valleys. Japanese resistance remains light, with airstrips and coastal targets subjected to heavy bombardment and reconnaissance bombing.
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Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Francisco
Huon Gulf
Busu
Huan Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Markham River
Heath
Solomon Islands
New Britain
Red Army advances threaten Bryansk front in major push
Soviet forces reach within 12 miles east of Bryansk after a four mile drive that yielded 40 villages and heavy fighting. Elsewhere Russians moved toward Kiev and Poltava, cutting rail lines and pressing German positions as 3,700 Germans were reported killed and dozens of tanks trucks and guns were destroyed or seized.
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London
Bryansk
Red Army
Belye Berega
Orel
Dnieper
Bryansk-Vyazha
Bitosh
Roslav
Gomel
Roslaval
Smolensk
Kiev-Konotop
Kiev
Ukraine
Vnezhin
Zenkov
Poltava
Khakov
Donets
Adriatic
Italy
Maples- Salerno
Alled
Eighth Army
Salerno-Naples
Salerno
Frosinone
Rome
Corlete
Auletta
Safri
Castelnuovo
Battipaglia
Associated Press
Berlin
Badoglio
Roosevelts Sydney Visit Highlights Nurses and Allies
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts a two hour flight from Melbourne to Sidney, meeting Red Cross officers, U S Navy and Army nurses in clubs, and local officials. She notes nurse hardships in New Guinea, mentions a Silver Star citation to James Kaufman, and praises Helen Hall for her wartime organizing.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Sidney
Australia
Melbourne
Red Cross Officers Club
New Guinea
Eichelberger
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Admiral Jones
Poughkeepsie
Gil
James Kaufman
Guadalcanal
Mary Kaufman
Town Hall
Red Cross Club
Helen Hall
Miss Hall
Low Flying Record Set by Army Pilot
New Haven Connecticut September 13 Warrant Officer Stephen I Bass training with army flying cadets set a new low flying record. Bass flew a link trainer device claiming an altitude record while never leaving the ground. He allegedly had been flying 400 feet underground.
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New Haven
Conn
Stephen I. Bass
Army
Bass
More Italian Warships Arrive at Malta
Valletta Malta September 13 Italian warships joined other surrendered units at Malta. The force includes the 23 000 ton battleship Giulio Cesare and the 5 000 ton carrier Giuseppe Miraglia plus four destroyers and several submarines. The Giulio Cesare came from Venice.
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Valleta
Malta
Giulio Cesare
Giuseppe Miraglia
Venice
Federal turkey ban affects Houston man over locker stock
Washington report notes WFA and WPA clash over a Houston man's frozen turkey under a wartime embargo. Army aims to secure 16 million pounds by early October for Thanksgiving and Christmas rations, with exceptions only via hardship permits. If the bird is not offered to the army, possession remains illegal until October.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Globe-News
Washington
Wer
Ool
Food, Distribution Administration
Houston
EDA
WFA
WPA
Armed Service
Dallas
Chief Harper Urges Residents To Report Suspicious Persons
Amarillo police chief A S Sid Harper warns residents to report strangers in their neighborhoods amid recent house burglaries. He notes burglars target women clothing and that loot is likely moved to fences in other cities. The latest break in occurred at 907 Virginia Street with theft of a war bond wallet pistol and wrist watch.
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A. S
Sid” Harper
Amarillo
J. M. Reed
Virginia Street
Fighting With Japs Reported On Mongolian Border
Brisk clashes were reported between Japanese forces and outer Mongolia troops under Russian protection along the inner and outer Mongolia boundary north of Pailingmiao. Japanese recuited 20 000 Chinese laborers to build three defense lines near Pailingmiao in the area.
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Chungking
Outer Mongolia
Central News Agency
Inner
Pailingmiao
Peiping
Suiyuan
Kailinho
News Tip Prize Is Won By Mrs. Verna Tucker
Mrs Verna Tucker of 813 Bryant Street wins the weekly News Tip contest with a tip about kissing a stranger soldier who knocked on her door. Second prize of 3 dollars goes to Mrs W E Thompson for a tip about an Amarillo man fatally burned. Third prize of 2 dollars to Billie Ruth Key for a tip about a boy who playfully hugged a passing woman.
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Verna Tucker
Bryant Street
East
Ninth Avenue
British Capture Crotone as Salerno Battle Rages
Allied dispatches report British forces seizing the port of Crotone 110 miles from Bari while the Fifth Army fights to widen the Salerno bridgehead. Allied air and ground actions disrupt German reinforcements as operations press along the southern Italian front.
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London
German International Information Bureau
Associated Press
North Africa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Crotone
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taranto
Appenines
Adriatic
Brindisi
War Bond Event To Honor 1500 Buyers At Amarillo
Bond officials announce 1500 War Bond buyers will be guests at a barbecue at Ellwood Park at 6 pm and a premiere of So Proudly We Hail at the Paramount Theater 8 pm. Tickets limited to one barbecue and one premiere per bond. purchases at local banks and Cal Farley’s. Army Air Forces Band from Amarillo Field will perform. ceremony hosted with proceeds to buy two Flying Fortress planes.
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John Snyder
Ellwood Park
Paramount Theater
Amarillo National Bank
First National Bank
American National Bank
Cal Farley
Army Air Forces Band
Amarillo Field
Treasury ‘Department
Amarillo
Lawrence Hagey
Chancelor Weymouth
Boys Ranch
Mr. Snyder
Bataan
Claudette Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Veronica Lake
Sonny Tuff
Paramount
KGNC
Wes Izzard
Jack King
U S Bombers Hit Axis Airdromes on Rhodes
American Liberator bombers struck Maritza and Calato on Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean damaging runways and setting at least six aircraft on fire. South African Air Force planes reportedly set an enemy cargo ship ablaze at Gaveos Island near Crete. All planes returned safely.
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Cairo
Maritza
Calato
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Middle East
Gaveos Island
Crete
Schools reopen with health approval amid polio case rise
Superintendent Rog ers announced that Amarillo schools will open Thursday under county health oversight. Dr W B Thomas Jr said poliomyelitis seems to decline and in school health measures, including special sanitation instruction, will protect pupils. Registrations begin Tuesday for various grades with details by surname. St Marys Academy and Price Memorial College also set to open Thursday.
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Rogers
Hughes Street
W. B. Thomas, Jr
County Health Board
Amarillo
Thomas
Dr. Thomas
St. Mary's Academy
Tom Drury
Price Memorial College
Brother Lawrence
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The report notes little temperature change with light to moderate winds in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees cooler conditions with minimal change through tonight and Tuesday morning. New Mexico experiences scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
US City
Ranch Loans
Fighting in Dodecanese as Axis friction turns to battle
Reports from Turkish towns on the Aegean coast say German Italian clashes spread in the Dodecanese with three days of fighting near Rhodes and Athens after Italy’s surrender. Italians on Rhodes reportedly yielded Saturday while Germans evacuate civilians from Samos amid stronger Italian forces. Van Bass sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to motor vehicle theft. Shaw-Walker filing cabinets. Russell Stationery Company.
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Ankara
Aegean
Dodecanese
Istanbul
Rhodes
Athens
Samos
Turkey
van Bass
47Th District
Philipps Petroleum Company
Nazis Chortle Over Mussolini Reports
The report of Mussolini's release, unconfirmed, unsettled Italy as fascist parades were said to erupt in northern cities. Berlin boasted it as a master stroke while German broadcasts teased mystery and claimed other leaders were freed too.
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Mussolini
Palermo
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Mussolin
Italy
Berlin
Associated Press
DNB
Office of War Information
British Heavy Ships Move To Aid Pacific War Effort
British naval units head to the far eastern fleet under Admiral Somerville as an Allied payoff drive against Japan gears up this fall. Lord Louis Mountbatten’s southeast Asia command may gain reinforcement with commandos, aiming to recapture Burma and seize strategic sea lanes. An Arakan campaign showed naval air power is key to Burma’s reconquest. Italian planes that fled to the Middle East landed safely, officials say.
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London
Great Britain
James Somerville
Southeast Asia
Louis Mounbatten
Britain
Burma Road
United States
Arakan
Burma
Fighters and Divebombers Hit Jap Supply Lines
New Delhi dispatch reports Hurricane fighters hit Japanese troops on the Sinoh area in the Mayu Peninsula Burma with casualties. RAP Beau fighters damaged locomotives cars and four large army trucks on rail and road routes Pyinmana to Myingyan. Allied patrols sunk at least nine enemy supply boats around Rataree Island and Xala dan River, with over 150 Japanese killed in the August 31- era attack.
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New Delhi
Sinoh
Mayu Peninsula
Burma
RAP
Pyinmana
Myingyan
Rataree Island
Xaladan
It Could Have Been A Fatal Mistake
A Houston report recounts a construction worker omitted from pay at Hitchcock Naval Air Base. He requests mailed wages be sent to him at a hospital after being shot by mistake, per a letter to the personnel officer.
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Houston
Hitchcock Naval Air Base
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Shaw-Walker
Russell Stationery Company
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Switzerland
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