China Desperate as War with Japan Enters 13th Year
George F. Sokolsky argues China under Chiang Kai-shek faces defeat amid Japanese advances and Soviet neutralism. He outlines four Japanese gambits including a pro Japanese government in Chungking, potential American troop withdrawals, British fear of Russia, and a Soviet plan to divide China. The piece frames China as fighting on two fronts and notes wartime Allied hesitations.
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George E. Sokolsky
China
Manchuria
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Soviet
Russia
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang Kai-shek
Kiang
Chiang
Asia
Japan
Chungking
Nanking
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
H. H. Kung
Madame Kung
Soongs
Soong
T. V. Soong
Madame Sun Yatsen
Germany
Hongkong
Samae
Philippines
Morotai
Berlin
Kyushu
Tokyo
Wuchow
Hainan Island
Spanking Age Debate Sparks Wide Reader Opinions
Readers offer varied views on when a child deserves a spanking. Answers range from never to two years old, with most stressing child understanding and parental judgment. Advertisements for local businesses close the column.
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J. H. Smith
Washington Street
Ernest Shearer
Amarillo College
J. Roy Smith
A. R. Castleberry
C. F. Cederholm
Preston Goodrich
Buffalo
F. E. Baker
Philippines and Asia theater battles dominate Far East fighting
Waves of American carrier aircraft pound the Philippines and Japanese positions as Adm Nimitz hails a major air victory over Manila Bay and Cavite. Allied forces press across Arnhem Nijmegen area while Patton’s Third Army drives toward the Siegfried Line amid heavy counterattacks.
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Supreme Headquarters, Aef
First Army
Trier
Arnhem
Holland
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Manila
Halsey-Mitscher
Philippines
Nimitz
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Halsey
Peneliu Island
Palau Group
Exit is a Flop Prompts Heat Wave Narrative
The report notes lingering heat despite summer ending with the autumnal equinox. Dallas hit 101 degrees, Wichita Falls 100, Gainesville 100, and the local high reached 92. Autumn begins at 9 62 tonight per the World Almanac.
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Weather Bureau
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Weekend Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
The bulletin notes fair conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with mild Saturday temperatures and a cooler Sunday. Panhandle towns may see scattered showers late tonight into Saturday, and a 30 mph wind is possible west of Divide. Highs reach around 80 to 100 degrees. lows near 40 to 60.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Divide
Italian Police Chief Executed For Aiding Nazi Murder Squad
Pietro Caruso former Rome police chief and first Fascist official convicted of aiding Germans was executed by firing squad in Rome. He shouted long live Italy and clutched a rosary as a chaplain attended. He supervised arrests and handed over hostages blamed for 32 German deaths in reprisal.
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Rome
U.P
Pietro Caruso
Italy
Caruso
Traffic Fatalities in City Reach Four
The city counted four traffic deaths after Miss Childres and her mother, Annie Victoria Childres, were struck by a taxicab in the 1000 block of North East Eighth Avenue. The county total rose to 20 with the latest fatalities.
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Miss Childres
Annie Victoria Childres
Eighth Avenue
Amarillo
East Tenth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Washington Street
One and Half Million Men Serving Overseas With Navy
Washington reports that more than 1.5 million naval officers and men are at sea with U S fleets or overseas duty. The figure, rising with new ships, accounts for about half of total naval personnel.
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Navy
Washington
United States
Bombers Hit Kassel Munich as Allied Air Forces Fight Across Front
American heavy bombers numbering about 1200, flying from England and Italy, struck Kassel and Munich behind the Siegfried Line. German reports claim additional raids on Bavaria as fighters rise in defense. Four American planes were reported lost with numerous rail and bridge targets hit across Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece.
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North Holland
Moselle
Second Army
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Berlin
Toulouse
Rhine
United Press
Ronald Clark
Nijmegen Bridge
Clark
Reich
Germany
London
England
Italy
Kassel
Siegfried Line
Munich
Belfort Gap
Arnhem N Holland
Bavaria
Ehrang
Gerolstein
Pronsfeld
Holland
Creche Forest
Boulogne
Mediterranean
Salonika
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Albania
Greece
Allied Forces Reach Rimini and Push Toward Bologna
British Eighth Army captured Rimini and moved into the southern Po Valley to outflank the Gothic Line. American Fifth Army breached the Gothic Line at Firenzuola, seized key hills and the Santa Lucia village, advancing toward Futa Pass and Bologna along the Via Emilia corridor.
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Rome
U.P
Eighth Army
Rimini
Appenine Mountains
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Fifth Army
Firenzuola
Santa Lucia
Futa Pass
Appennines
Bologna
Mola
Emilia
Russians Reach Frontier Near Tallinn and Hungary
Soviet forces push toward Tallinn 40 miles distant and near the Hungarian frontier within 15 miles. Warsaw reports Russians cross the Vistula and contact Partisans, while Riga besieged and Dukla Pass region sees renewed pressure as Carpathian gates loom.
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Moscow
Estonia
Tallinn
Warsaw
Vistula
Arad
Hungary
Tapa
Latvia
Riga
Red Army
Carpath
Czechakia
Dukla Pass
Leningrad
Buda
Pest
Transylvania
Leonid A
Rodion
Hitler
Dinshing Camp
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Bataan
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U. S
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William Halsey
Third Fleet
Ngabad
Supreme Headquarters
Western Front
Stolberg
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
Diekirch
Echternach
Patton
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Dieuze
Robert C. Richards
3Rd Army
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Metz
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Meuthe
Baccarat
Flin
1St Army
Schelde
Belgium
Ter Neuzen
Seventh Army
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Palante
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Hurtgen Forest
George S. Patton
Third Army
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Signal Corps
NEA
Texas
Potter County
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