Red Army Fights To Pinch Off Nazi Drive Into Ukraine
Soviet and German fronts clash as two German thrusts push toward Kharkov and Kiev, with Moscow admitting progress but reporting Red Army counterstrikes. Kiev encirclement fears grow while Leningrad and Odessa see renewed assault. Finland hints at limited war end, and a Royal Air Force wing arrives in the Soviet Union to aid northern supply routes.
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Ukraine
Upper Ukraine
Kharkov
Don
Gomel
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Moscow
North Ukraine
Kiev
Leningrad
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Murmansk
Archangel
O'Daniel Returns to Texas for Constitution Day Speech
U S Senator W Lee O Daniel arrives in Texas marking his first trip since taking the Senate seat. He plans to speak in Dallas on Constitution Day at Fair Park and recalls his time as governor while noting lumber and oil shortages influence. A separate New York trial describes Gestapo espionage links, with Elsa Weustenfeld testifying about 1938 Nazi ring planning and Centerport counter espionage findings.
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U. S
W. Lee O’daniel
Molly O’daniel Wrather
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Dallas Bar Association
Brazil
New Orleans
Gestapo
New York
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Elsa Weustenfeld
Yorkville
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Germany
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Frederick J. Duquesne
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nikolaus Ritter
Hamburg
Hans
Ritter
Mexico
FBI
Centerport
Long Island
Grid Hero Sued by Former Yankees Owner in New Jersey
Douglas C. Hertz, millionaire sportsman and former owner of the New York football Yankees, sues John Kimbrough for 500000 damages in Hackensack New Jersey. A restraining and accounting order was issued by Vice Chancellor Vivian M. Lewis and returnable October 6 in New Jersey chancery court.
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N. J
U.P
Douglas C. Hertz
New York Football Yankees
John Kimbrough
Texas A
Bergen County
Hertz
William Breslin
Vivian M. Lewis
Paterson
Kimbrough
New Jersey Chancery Court
Civil Service For Firemen And Police In Amarillo?
City commission will discuss tomorrow night a possible civil service system for Amarillo police and firemen requiring a charter amendment. Officials weigh whether to call a special election now or with a bond issue vote. Mechanics of the election are under review as officials anticipate delays before civil service takes effect.
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Amarillo
Here
City Commission
Washington
Perry Burks
Civil Service
Texas
Killed but Turns Up With Poison Ivy
Sergeant Walter Baird of the Swarthmore home guard was pronounced killed while defending a field of soy beans during maneuvers in Newtown Square Pennsylvania. He later arrived at a field hospital with a case of poison ivy, a curious postscript to the training incident.
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Newtown Square
Walter Baird
Swarthmore Home Guard
Pope Pius XII Urges October Prayer for End of War
Pope Pius XII asked Catholics worldwide to pray during October for a quicker end to the war. The appeal was delivered to bishops via papal representatives in each country, as reported by Il Messaggero Romano from Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Il Osservatore Romano
Man asks police to find stolen coupe while dog Bozo blocks help
In San Jose Robert Korter sought police aid to recover his stolen coupe. He cared little about locating the car’s occupant, Bozo the dog, who he trusted would prevent such a theft.
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San Jose
Calif
Robert Korter
Bozo
Missing American volunteers in RAF named by Air Ministry
London dispatch reports the Air Ministry says four American volunteers in the RAF are missing including Pilot Officer W W Olson of Concord Nebraska who is believed killed in action. The other three are identified as Second Aircraftsman E R Jack Sergeant E A R Thompson and Sergeant C Deges with home towns not disclosed.
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British
Air Ministry
RAF
Eagle Squadron
W. W. Olson
Concord
Neb
E. R. Jack
E. A. R. Thompson
C. Deges
Automobile Plunges 250 Feet Down Cliff in Washington
In GRAND COULEE, W ash, William Thomas’ car careened off a sharp curve, tumbling 250 feet down a cliff. He crawled from the wreckage and hitchhiked to Mason City hospital with a cracked rib and minor cuts.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
William Thomas
Thomas
Mason City
Roosevelt weighs neutrality law revisions amid war aid talks
President Roosevelt conferred with Congressional leaders on revising the neutrality act which blocks American ships from war zones. No conclusions were reached on changes or votes, while discussions also considered arming vessels and establishing Atlantic bases to bolster aid to Britain and other nations resisting Axis aggression. A lend-lease briefing shows $324.56 million in transfers, mostly to Britain, with smaller amounts to China and exile governments. the act limits total transfers to $1.3 billion.
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U.P
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Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
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Britain
China
Poland
Greece
Jugoslavia
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
America
Hitler
Ancient Tombs Of Egypt Provide Best Shelters In Siwa Oasis
British journalist Godfrey H. P. Anderson reports from Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert that ancient tombs carved into rock offer the safest air raid shelters. About two thousand residents, including Egyptians and Bedouin, live in cave chambers once used for mummies, now housing pottery and oil lamps.
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Godfrey H. P. Anderson
Siwa Oasis
Western Desert
Egypt
Siwa
Jebel Muta
Mountain of Death
Birmingham
England
Cairo
Libyan
Oasis
Maureen O Hara Seeks Annulment
Maureen O Hara the Irish film actress filed suit in Reno for annulment of her marriage to George Brown assistant director in motion pictures and now a RAF pilot. Attorney Clarence Pugh says proceedings may rely on a deposition or adjourn to her bedside at St Marys Hospital where she recovers from an appendectomy performed ten days ago. The action rests on grounds of want of understanding. They wed in Ireland in 1939 the night before she sailed to America.
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Maureen O’hara
George Brown
Royal Air Force
Clarence R. Pugh
Miss O'Hara
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pugh
Brown
Ireland
America
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. In New Mexico expect generally fair weather this afternoon and tonight with a few scattered light showers this afternoon and early evening and a Tuesday clear. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours show a minimum of 59 and maximum of 89 with noon at 83.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pretty Green-Eyed Girl and Bench-Sitting Salesman Meet
A young secretary-receptionist and a hopeful college graduate encounter each other while reading want ads in a park. Both study the classifieds as the woman debates her next move and the man quietly contemplates his first job search amid a shared moment of intrigue.
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Simpson
Knox Says Navy Will Guard Sea Trade Routes
Secretary Knox told the American Legion that starting tomorrow the U S Navy would protect all lease lead cargoes between the American continent and waters near Iceland. He said ships would be ordered to capture or destroy Axis submarines or surface raiders encountered in those waters. The pledge followed President Roosevelt’s shoot on sight policy and hinted at convoy protection, with Britain to relieve U S forces beyond Iceland.
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Newfoundland
Laborador
Greenland
Iceland
Red Sea
Panama
Roosevelt
U. S
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Milwaukee
Wis
Knox
American Legion
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Navy
London
United States
American
Hiteler
Legion
Britain
Nazis Driven Back in Libya
Cairo press dispatch reports British sources say two Axis reconnaissance columns crossed into Egypt but were driven back into Libya with heavy losses. Fighting around Tobruk lasted mainly at night over the weekend, with an Italian officer and three others captured at a strong point and a field gun plus an anti aircraft gun destroyed. Enemy tanks and fighting vehicles raided border areas, then suffered casualties as British armor and artillery dispersed the assault and captured German tanks.
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Cairo
U.P
Libya
Tobruk
Abandoned baby found by Connecticut woman
Mrs Laborio Carito in Danielson Connecticut reports a fortune teller’s month old prediction came true as she discovered an abandoned baby boy in a hallway of her apartment building. She fed the infant and waited for police and hospital investigators.
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