Violent German Attack Opens on Stalingrad Front
Moscow reports a major German offensive against Stalingrad after gains in the North Caucasus. German forces driven east of Kotelnikovski and near Kletskaya push toward the Volga city while facing heavy Soviet resistance and losses.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
North Caucasus
Sletskaya
Kotelnikovski
Volga
Kletskaya
Don Bend
Caucasus
Astrakhan
Kotelnkovski
Joseph Stalin
Don River
Voronezh
Don
Red Army
Cherkessk
Mineralnye Vody
Krasnodar
Maikop
Kuban
Mineralyne Vody
Leniingrad
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Baku
Russia
Banquet Honor For Texas Plainsmen Fliers
Reservations for the Texas Plainsmen banquet close Monday noon by calling the chamber of commerce. Rex Baxter announces the 400 person sendoff in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. C M Norman names Mrs Norma Blossom and Mrs Francis Edwards as lieut commanders to handle last minute sales. The event salutes the all Panhandle Navy Air Squadron Sky Busters with broadcasts by KFDA KGNC KFYO and a public address system by Maxon Company. Dixie Dice and Her Sky Bustin Revue present floor show spots for the gala tribute.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
C. M. Norman
Norma Blossom
Francis Edwards
Navy
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
Panhandle
Navy Air Squadron
Sky-Busters
Texas Plainsmen
Texas
Uncle Sam
KFDA
KGNC
KFYO
Lubbock
Maxon Company
Dixie Dice
Evelyn Boyd
Carlton Scales
Bob Mueller
Texas Defense Guards
Joyce Mayce
Carlton Scales Orchestra
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
all-Panhandle Navy Air
Plainsmen Banquet Highlights Texas Plainsmen Songs
The Globe News outlines the Texas Plainsmen banquet with 10 best songs chosen by judges, sung by renowned artists. Plainsmen will pick a Plainsmen Song at the banquet as officers and 60 men muster for travel to the University of Georgia after the event.
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Carlton Seales
Globe-News
Room Canvass Results To Be Announced Monday Night
Amarillo air raid wardens conducted a house to house canvass to count rooms for war workers. Results will be sent to the Dallas office of the National Housing Administration via the Chamber of Commerce after a meeting chaired by Cal Farley last Thursday night.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Comp~ce
Dallas
National Housing Administration
Cal Farley
Navy expands blimp use in Gulf submarine hunt
The Navy adds a non rigid airship base at Houma Louisiana to bolster the Gulf anti sub patrols. Blimps patrol up to 1500 miles, hover over targets, drop depth charges, and convoy ships while observers spot subs from 50 to 70 feet depth.
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Navy
Gulf Sub
Washington
Houma
Navy Department
Gulf
Louisiana
United States
C. E. Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Gulf Coast
Congressman Worley and wife welcome baby boy
A son was born yesterday to Congressman Gene Worley and his wife. Mrs. Worley is at her father Morgan Spivy’s home in Bonham. Worley, still in the navy, was last reported at Pearl Harbor. Spivy telegraphed Amarillo friends a fine boy has just come to Ann and Gene.
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Gene Worley
Glider School Class To Receive Diplomas
The third class to finish at the Army Air Forces Advanced Glider School will receive diplomas today. The class has 33 students, as large as the first and second classes combined. Diplomas will be presented at 10 o clock in the auditorium tent to the public. Col. Edward H. Underhill will present the diplomas and Capt. A H Amick Jr, secretary of the training group, will be in charge.
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Army Air Forces Advanced
Edw. H. Underhill
A. H. Amick, Jr
Soldiers Eligible to Vote in Any Election
The War Department announced that servicemen may vote in any election for which they are eligible provided military duties are not interfered with. Officers and men will receive help with absentee ballots while the responsibility to learn state voting laws rests with the voters.
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Washington
War Department
Secre
FCC to study radio tube shortage impact next week
FCC officials report a final study will start next week on keeping radio broadcast service steady amid potential shortages of transmitter tubes and other critical materials. The spokesman released the outline as the agency weighs contingency plans.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
British RAF fighters down German fighter and two bombers
British announces RAF fighters shot down a German fighter during daylight today and two Axis bombers were destroyed last night. A large army bomber crashed tonight at Peru Massachusetts while en route from Camp Pope Georgia to Camp Edward Massachusetts. The number of aboard could not be determined immediately.
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Valletta
Malta
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Camp Pope
Georgia
Camp Edward
Mass
Peru
Mitchelfield
Warplanes Flowing to England
Army air forces chief Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold says American warplanes are flowing to Britain to join the Royal Air Force for the aerial offensive on Germany. He notes standardization of equipment with Allies and increasing Allied air action against Japan, with AVG losses and victories cited.
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Washington
Britain
Germany
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
United States
RAF
Arnold
United Nations
AVG
China
Allied Rallies Planned Across Panhandle Counties
Dalhart Aug 15 Albert Law editor of The Dalhart Texan announced an intensified Allied-for-Senator campaign across seven Panhandle counties in the 69th district. Meetings will be in Farwell Friona Vega Hereford Hartley Channing Dumas Sunray Stratford Dalhart Texline with dates and speakers forthcoming. Col E A Simpson will speak in Dalhart, and Ben Richards will address rallies in Friona Farwell Vega Hereford next Thursday and Friday.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
69Th Judicial District
Albert Law
Dalhart Texan
Farwell and
Friona
Palmer County
Vega
Oldham County
Hereford
Deaf Smith
Hartley and Channing
Hartley
Dumas
Sunray
Moore County
Stratford
Sherman County
Texline
Dallam
Law
Col
E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Ben) Richards
First Baptist Church
Farwell
Army fliers receive new half pound emergency food package
The War Department announced a new emergency bailout food package for army airmen providing a full day’s nourishment for a soldier.
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Washington
War Department
Urgency of War Training Noted By Eisenhower
Eisenhower warned that the time is short and U S soldiers must be trained for the most rigorous operations. He stressed intensive training to form the best army for future tasks as Allied leaders seek an early second front in Europe amid preparations and expected casualties.
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London
United States
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Britain
Ritish
Russia
Air Ministry
William Welsh
Flying Training Command
RAF
Absentee Balloting Closed Tuesday in Run-Off Primary
County Clerk Hubert Cole announces absentee voting hours for the Aug 22 run off. Voters may cast ballots this afternoon from 1 to 6 and again until 9 tonight and midnight Tuesday. Those out of county or working in war industries may vote at the clerk's office.
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Hubert Cole
Frontline Updates Show Fierce Pacific, African, and European Actions
Marines reportedly pushed Japanese from coastal Solomons bases in a bloody continuing battle. An Aug 8 9 Aleutians attack left a fourth Japanese destroyer burning. German forces press in Moscow toward Stalingrad with heavy losses. Eisenhower warns that new fighting zones will cost thousands of Allied lives. British announce a heavy assault on Rhodes as Gandhi’s non violence wanes. U.S. fighters join RAF in blasting Rommel’s desert positions.
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Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
The
Solomons
United States
Kokoda
New Britain
Washington
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Batavia
Java
Solomon Island
Tokyo
London
DNB
Francis M. Forde
U. S. Navy Department
London Naval
Yorkshire Post
Guadalcanal
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Makanbo
Gavutu
Reuters
Tulagi Island
Kukum
Fourth Destroyer Hit in Aleutians
Allied reports describe Japanese efforts in New Guinea and the Solomons amid Naval raids on Kiska in Alaska. U S Navy confirms heavy bombardment Aug 8 9 damaging a destroyer and multiple cargo vessels, with significant fires and silenced batteries across the island.
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Washington
U. S
Kiska
Alaska
Navy
Navy Department
Pacific Fleet
Smith backs Allred for senate amid Klan clash recall
Jefferson G. Smith, former Texas rural school aid supervisor and 1920s anti Klan figure, announced support for James V. Allred for the senate. He said he favors Roosevelt and Allred over Gandhi and O'Daniel, backing service readiness over isolationism and the president’s recommended program.
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Austin
Jefferson G. Smith
Texas
James V. Allred
Senate
Smith
Roosevelt
Allred
Gandhi
W. Lee O'Daniel
Amarillo Firms Win War Building Contract in Colorado
Amarillo companies Lambie Moss Little and James receive a War Department contract for constructing temporary frame buildings in Prowers County Colorado. The deal is valued between 100000 and 500000 dollars.
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Washington
Lambie
Moss, Little and James
Amarillo
Prowers County
Colo
War Department
Weather summary for Amarillo area with thundershowers
The Amarillo and vicinity forecast notes moderate temperatures with potential afternoon or evening thundershowers. It cites yesterday's temperatures and a 1.62 inch 24 hour precipitation reading, and mentions local business activity at Russell Stauggery Company.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Texas
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Kiska Toll
By Eddy Gilmore
Ene
Colle
John McCarty
E. C. Seaman
Wes Izzard
Sky Busters
Sky Bust
By Tremain F. Robinson
Washington Bureau of the News
Congressman
Mrs. Worley
Downs Nazis
England
Eisenhower
Rhodes
Rommel
Aleutians
Yates McDaniel
Amarilloans
Weather Bureau
Russell Stauggery Company
Stee
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