Home Front Diary in South Pacific Camp and Cemetery Visit
Eleanor Roosevelt describes arrival at a South Pacific base, visits to a convalescent camp, hospitals, and a salvage depot. She notes mail logistics for dispatched soldiers, tire and clothing repairs, and a cemetery with white crosses on a hill beneath a flagpole. She praises Filipino flower arrangements and reflects on sacrifice and home-front pride.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
South Pacific
Cross
Navy
Admiral Halsey
War Secretary discloses total US Army casualties at 85000
Secretary of War Stimson announced that American Army casualties in the war to date total about 85000. The figure covers December 7, 1941, to September 15, includes 3500 at Salerno, and breaks down to 10682 killed 26666 wounded 23743 missing and 20451 taken prisoner.
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Washington
Stimson
Salerno
Italy
Sicily
Mediterranean
Fifth Army
War Department
Weather Report for Amarillo and West Texas
Cooler to moderate winds across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees slight cooling Panhandle tonight with little overall change elsewhere. New Mexico experiences minimal temperature changes with scattered afternoon showers in the northeast. High 76, low 58, noon 58.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Mexico
Schools Open for Late Registration in All Grades
Late registration will be accepted Friday as the senior high and three junior high schools stay open from 8 30 a m to 3 p m Superintendent C M Rogers announced the measure applies to all grades and campuses in the district in Washington on September 30. نمای
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Supt. C. M. Rogers
Germany Isolated By Hate
Swedish journalist Arviel Fredborg concludes in Behind the Steel Wall that Germany has no friends among nations and is politically isolated due to unreliability and tactless dealings with smaller states. He notes Germans sympathize with the United States and admire Britain, while distrust of Japan grows. the Berlin Tokyo Axis is seen as a marriage of convenience with no scruple on sacrifice.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Titz Navi
America
Britain
Russia
Arviel Fredborg
Germany
Svensks Dagbladet
Fredborg
Fredberg
United States
Berlin
Roosevelt
Goebbels
England
Wilhelm II
Japan
Soviet Russia
Berlin- Tokyo
Skunk Joins Students Seeking Shelter From the Rain
A group of Amarillo High School students paused after band practice at a back door to wait for parents or the bus when a skunk joined their shelter from the rain. The odor is expected to dissipate before school opens Monday.
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Amarillo High School
Coal Situation Worsens Says Ickes Demand Pact Needed
Federal Coal Mines Administrator Harold L. Ickes warned that the coal situation is deteriorating weekly and will worsen until the United Mine Workers and coal operators sign a wage contract.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Coal Mines
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers and Coal Operators
Dutch farmer traps Nazis by goose reward plot
A Dutch farmer evaded Nazi controls on fowl sales by offering a goose as a reward for the return of a purse containing 100 guilders. The ploy drew dozens of people to return purses the next morning, said Aneta the Netherlands agency.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands
Hitler
Holland
Allied Fifth Army advances toward Naples and Pompei
Allied forces under General Clark push along the Naples coastal plain with Pompei and Mercato San Severino captured. Syrian? No. The report notes advances toward Vesuvius as air and ground operations expand from Foggia and Corsica plans, with raids on bridges and river crossings and a night flight into Formia.
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North Africa
Fifth Army
Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Pompei
Mark W. Clark
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Mercato San Severino
Tony Mistaken for Nazi After Bearded Look Alleges Case
Anthony J. Petrizzo, an American born Italian man with a heavy black beard, is mistakenly suspected as an escaped German POW. He is detained in Amarillo after police mistake his appearance for a fugitive despite credential checks. Footnote notes a blond patch and a hospital-backed nose.
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Anthony J. Petrizzo
Amarillo
Tony
Los Angeles
Bronx
Polk Street
Dalhart
FBI
Amarillo War Bond drive hits second quota surpassing goal
Cal Farley local chairman of the Third War Loan campaign seeks a new target for Amarillo buyers before Saturday night. Today the city surpassed the second quota of seven million with sales totaling 7 004 955 53 dollars. The Rock Island Railway led the effort with a 100 000 dollar purchase aided by American Smelting and Refining.
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Cal Farley
Amarillo
Rock Island
Treasury official proclaims third war loan goal met
Evansville Indiana September 30 secretary Morgenthau announced the nations third war loan drive goal of fifteen billion dollars had been met.
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Evansville
Ind
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Amarillo Bond Drive Boosted by Local Purchases
Purchases included $100000 by E J Bruilerlin of the Amarillo plant and a $15000 Bond by Crowe Gouldy Cement Co. Sales through yesterday were not yet tabulated. Team standings list top contributors in the Amarillo drive led by Mrs Thomas Wingate and others with large totals.
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Amarillo
Thomas Wingate
H. ©. Hudson
Ray Parks
Joe Pendleton
Hubert Cole
A. H. Truitt
Matt Hudson
Faye Gordon
A. K. Baracat
Germans Evacuate Naples Amid Sabotage and Revolt
Stockholm dispatch notes German evacuation of Naples after harbor installations were destroyed. A Berlin spokesman cited Communistic revolt and sabotage and said rebels cooperate with Allied troops south of Naples. German leaders fear Allied landings in Naples itself. London report claims British fleet bombarding Naples with no independent confirmation.
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Stockholm
Naples
Berlin
Aftonbladet
London
Fifth Army nears Naples as battles shift toward coast
The Cairo radio reports Fifth Army tightening its grip from the south and southeast while German communiques claim harbor installations destroyed to hinder landings. Montgomery’s Eighth Army expands air bases near Foggia and reaches toward Manfredonia as Clark’s forces advance on Torre Annunziata. Casualties mount with 5,211 Britons and 3,497 Americans recorded from early Salerno fighting. Naples looms as the next major objective with its harbor seen as key for fleet and supply operations.
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Cairo
Fifth Army
Berlin
Clark
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Foggia
Rome
Manfredonia
Zapponeto
Sherman
Pompei
Torre Annunziata
Naples
Fifth
Gulf
Vesuvius
Denies politics in FDR army assignments
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson denies any interference by President Roosevelt in assigning army officers including Gen. George C. Marshall. He calls such suggestions foolish and aimed at discrediting American conduct during a critical wartime period.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Urges Senate To Defer Draft Vote Until Military Reports
Senator Sheridan Downey of California proposed delaying the draft deferment bill while the Senate Military and Naval Committees survey the possible effects of an all out Allied war against the Axis. Repair repaint and fix up see John Maynard Lor 300 W. 3th.
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Senate
Washington
Sheridan Downey
California
John Maynard Lor. Co
Amarillo drivers face gas ration checks near Albuquerque races
Reports claim government inspectors are examining out of state licenses at the New Mexico State Fair race meet in Albuquerque and may recommend denial of gasoline for pleasure trips. Potter County ration board bans gas for pleasure trips, with B or C cards allowing longer travel. Local officials note such denials follow investigations at Eastern race meets.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Globe
New Mexico State Fair
Potter County
Weather Digest: scattered showers across Amarillo area
Drizzle turned to light rain with scattered showers in Amarillo and surrounding towns. Noon outlook suggested showers may break up but clouds could return tonight. High 76 and low 58 with moderate breezes. rain amounts varied from traces to about .20 inch locally.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Hereford
Panhandle
Pampa
Cathari
Clarendon
Tulsa
Fort Worth and
Penver
Plainview
Amarillo Officer Receives Oak Leaf Cluster Decoration
First Lt. Grover G. McDonald of Amarillo has been awarded the Oak leaf Cluster for action in the Southwest Pacific. He worked at H. A. Marr Wholesale Grocery before joining the Army Air Corps about two years ago, completed a CAA course at English Field, has been overseas about a year, and was last heard from in New Guinea. He grew up in Abilene and is a University of Texas graduate.
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Grover G. McDonald
Amarillo
Southwest Pacific
McDonald
H. A. Marr Wholesale Grocery Company
Army Air Corps
CAA
English Field
New Guinea
Air Hero
Abilene
University of Texas
Jews Worldwide Observe Rosh Hashana
Mil lions of Jews worldwide celebrate the new year 5704 during a 10 day penitential period. Rosh Hashana began at sundown and ends with Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, late October.
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New York
Eisenhower, Badoglio Confer On Cooperation At Malta
Allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower met Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio aboard a warship off Malta to discuss military cooperation in the Mediterranean theater, an official announcement said.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Pietro Badoglio
Malta
Reds Storm Gomel Gate in Soviet Dnieper Drive
Soviet forces stormed toward Gomel while Red Army units pushed from the east bank of the Dnieper and seized Trukhanov Island opposite Kiev. Red Star cited German reinforcements and massive casualties as the Russians closed on key crossings and the southeast White Russia defenses.
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Gomel
Dnieper
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Lilliud
Jy Gomel
Zetka
Sozh
Red Star
White Russia
Smolenks
Vitebsk
Orsha
Mogilev
Trukhanov
Darnitsa
Kremenchug
Berlin
Zaporozhe
Amarillo to Open City and Rural Schools on Different Dates
Amarillo city schools will begin Monday while rural schools start Friday. Price College and St Mary's Academy join the Monday opening. Health officials urge weekend openings for churches and Sunday schools and no new infantile paralysis cases have appeared in Amarillo for about two weeks. Grady Wilson says rural classes kick off Friday.
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Amarillo
Board of Trustees
Grady Wilson
Potter County
Nazis Arrest Italian Workers And Move Them North
Reports from Madrid claim Nazi authorities arrest Italian factory workers for obstructive activity and ship them by train to Germany for labor. The accounts say arrests occur in several areas and prisoners are moved to camps before transport northward.
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Germany
Madrid
Reich
Queen Mary Carried Thousands of U S Troops in 1942
London dispatch reports the liner Queen Mary transported tens of thousands of United States troops to battle fronts worldwide in 1942. The ship with berthing for 12 000 to 26 000 men also carried thousands of Italian and German prisoners of war to overseas captivity.
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London
United States
Nazis Claim U Boats Break Allied Defenses in September
The DNB news agency quoted by London reports that German U boats shattered new Allied defenses in September, destroying 17 Allied destroyers and possibly three more, and sinking seven invasion ships totaling 43 000 tons in the Mediterranean.
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London
DNB
Mediterranean
Camilla Wheatley Christen Dry Back in Faweka Calif
Amarillo girl Camila Wheatley christened a dry dock for the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company in Faweka California. Wheatley, a former tennis champion from Amarillo, is employed by the company and returned to California for the task. Neely Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance referenced.
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Faweka
Calif
Amarillo
Camila Wheatley
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Mics Wheatley
The
Bridge and Iron Company
California
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