Reds Halting Nazi Push in Stalingrad Battle Reports
Pravda notes fresh Russian troops despite German numerical superiority as fighting rages across Stalingrad's plants and shipyards along the Volga. Reports detail street by street combat, air battles, and attempts to split Soviet defenses while Timoshenko pushes from the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Pravda
Junkers
Stalingrad
Volga
Volga River
Semyon Timoshenko
Big Jap Ship Is Blasted by U S Fortresses
Gen MacArthur reports U S Army Air Force Boeing Flying Fortresses hit and probably sunk a 15,000 ton Japanese merchant ship at Rabaul New Britain. The raid marked the fourth straight day of attacks on the large enemy base with additional blows on Bougainville air fields and Buna Gona area supply lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
United States Army Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Trobriand Islands
New Guinea
Buin
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Buna
North New Guinea
Ioribaiwa
Port Moresby
She Gona
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast calls for warm conditions this afternoon and tonight with fresh winds. West Texas and New Mexico expect another warm day with tonight's low near last night. Temperature extremes over the 24 hours ending at 6 30 A.M. show a minimum 144 and maximum 79. Noon reading today was 171. Repair Now. John Maynard Lbr. Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Liberty Will Have a Smug Look Tonight
A local auditorium plans a charity play Ever Since Eve to aid crippled children. John Reynolds plays Johnny Clover and Patsy Dinnh is Susan Blake with Oma Link Rowley directing. Tickets are 50 cents at Maxor Drug Store or box office. performances tonight tomorrow and Wednesday all seats reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reynolds
Johnny Clover
Municipal Auditorium
Liberty
Susan Blake
Patsy Dinnh
Ginger Owen
Margaret Dowse
Renny Plumley
Leo Wilmeth, Jr
Girl Dies With Needle in Heart
Three year old Eleanor Hughes from Clinton Pennsylvania died at Children's Hospital after living two weeks with a sewing machine needle embedded in her heart muscle. Doctors said the needle tore a hole, causing death. An attempted surgery ten days earlier failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Eleanor Hughes
Children’s Hospital
Clinton
Denny Lynch Wins News Tip Prize in Contest
Denny Lynch Aviatrix Club wins the $5 first prize for tipping the Monday truck automobile crash that killed two people. Gene Lawson receives $3 for tipping a drunken intruder incident. Johnnie Hawkins secures $2 for tipping the first frost. Other tipsters are named along with Russell Stationery Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Lynch
Aviatrix Club
Gene Lawson
East Tenth Avenue
Johnnie Hawkins
Front Street
Ruby Moody
Imogene King
Harrison Street
Hale Ricketts
East Twelfth Avenue
Emmett
Jimmie Fidler to help on Paramount Theater party
Jimmie Fidler, famed movie columnist, arrived in Amarillo to assist with a triple header pre premier program at the Paramount Theater. He plans to interview and discuss Hollywood war efforts while promoting the coronation of America’s War Bond Queen with a stage appearance by Fidler and the queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Fidler
Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Fidler
Hollywood
Jack King
Paramount
America
Los Angeles Express
Express
McNaught Syndicate
Hollywood News
Wake Island Picture Aids War Effort Cited by Fidler
Fidler praised the Wake Island image saying it will do more good for the war effort than any Hollywood depiction. He noted it shows a factual concern rather than America’s easy victory in World War II, highlighting its impact beyond entertainment. Wake Island has its West Tex
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Island
Fidler
America
Hollywood
Scrap Drive Mobilizes Amarillo For National Scrap Effort
The drive backs Uncle Sam by gathering scrap metal in Amarillo and Potter County to aid wartime needs. Roy Greenhill notes the goal is 3 500 tons from Sept 28 to Oct 17, with a Sunday search and Oct 5 school participation under John Fowlston’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
WPB
Sem
Amarillo
Roy Greenhill
Potter County
John Fowlston
City Cochairman
Germans Increase U-Boat Activity in Atlantic lanes
The German submarine fleet has intensified its operations in the Atlantic, focusing on convoy routes. A separate note from Dallas reports a theft of brass stock from a scrap drive set out by the chamber of commerce. In Washington, President Roosevelt delays any executive move to control living costs until Congress acts on anti inflation measures, possibly missing an Oct. 1 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
She's No Angel a Stenographer Plays Lady for a Month
Enid Sharon pretends to be a fashion designer while her parents fiancé and lover each believe different lies. A stenographer by trade, she acts as a temporary socialite, but her deception spirals into trouble as truth strains relationships and motives unravel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid Sharon
When a Girl Marries by Rene Ryerson Mart
The feature begins today on page 8 with a story by Rene Ryerson Mart exploring marriage expectations. It frames romantic choices and social norms through a contemporary lens and promises insights for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Ryerson
Scrap metal drive aims for 6500 tons by October 17
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce invites scrap metal donations to support the war effort. Residents are urged to print name and address and deliver or mail coupons to offices. The drive, spanning Amarillo and Potter County, seeks 6,500 tons as a wartime test of tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Potter County
Act To Avert US Manpower Shortage
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey proposed freezing essential agricultural workers into either farm production or military service to ease a growing farm labor shortage. He discussed classifying agriculture by crops or areas and said he would act if policy bodies advised. The hearing also reviewed manpower needs and potential resolutions to avert an impending food shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Democrigan
Senate Agriculture
Thomas
Oklahoma
Hatch
New Mexico
Barkley
Kentucky
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
House Agriculture Committee
War Manpower Commission
Hershey
Wickard
House
Senate
Kilgore
West Virginia
Fulmer
South Carolina
Paul V. McNutt
Donald M. Nelson
McNutt
Manpower Commission
Nelson
Pace
Democrat
Georgia
Congress
Weather Notes On Early Frost Trends And Temps
The piece notes clear but windy conditions and a recent weekend cool snap with frost threat that passed. It cites a 39 degree low, a 44 degree low last night, and a 73 degree high yesterday, along with historical frost dates from 1903 and 1926.
Bond Sales Boost County Total to $460,816.75
Bond sales continued strongly over the weekend, totaling $19,706.25 and pushing the September county figure to $460,816.75. The sales exclude theater purchases and a $100,000 city bond purchase, with first-quarter quota already surpassed after four months.
Kiska attacked by Allied planes damaging Japanese forces
Washington reports a strong force of army bombers and pursuit planes with Royal Canadian Air Force support attacked Japanese shore installations and ships at Kiska in the Aleutians last Friday. They damaged an enemy transport, shot down a seaplane fighter, destroyed six planes in the water and strafed two submarines. A separate item notes New York Mayor LaGuardia proposes free legal counsel for New Yorkers seeking to sue bookmakers to recover losses, part of a crackdown after police trapped over 100 bookmakers. Also reported: four warships, including destroyer William P. Porter, launched at Consolidated Steel in Orange, Porter the yard’s 11th destroyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Mozdok
Caucasus
Grozny
Leningrad
Voronezh
Kiska
Washington
Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Aleutian Islands
New York
LaGuardia
U.P
U. SS
William PD. Porter
Consolidated Steel Corporation
Porter
Germans seize about 300 Americans in occupied France
Zurich reports that Germany has taken roughly 300 Americans as potential hostages in occupied France, amid tense negotiations for repatriation and Laval's struggles over French labor conscription. Private Paris sources say Americans face internment as enemy aliens, while Laval weighs concessions and possible government fallout. Charles Bedaux is rumored among detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Paris
United States
Madagascar
Laval
Germany
North Africa
Charles E. Bedaux
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reds
Tlst
Hitler
Rabaul Harbor
News Tip
Mims
Fillmore Street
C. I. Shelton
East Ninth Avenue
Otho Dorman
Cleveland Street
Thomas Massey
North Pierce Street
W. K. Chase
Ong Street
Russell Stationery Company
London
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
J. Walsh
Rockford
Delan
Durand
Joe
James
Jerome Walsh
Neely-Greenbill-Lowndes Insurance
Guy
Boutherp Staten
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!