Doolittle Raiders Reach Free World After Three Years
Three surviving Doolittle raiders Lt Chase J. Nielson Lt Robert L. Hite and Sgt Jacob Deshazer return to Chungking China from Japanese captivity. They endured solitary confinement no letters no Red Cross and up to 120 days without bath or shave. One survivor Lt George Barr remained sick in Peiping.
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Peiping
China
George Barr
Queens
N. Y
Beriberi
Barr
Chungking
James H. Doolittle
Japan
War Department
Roosevelt
Nielson
Hirohito
Hito
Deshazer
Red Cross
China Sea
Hite
Free China
Weather Summary For Amarillo And Surroundings
The United States Weather Bureau reports fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. West Texas will see partly cloudy skies Sunday with scattered showers in Pecos Valley. New Mexico has partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers. Highs around 80 in the plains and 90 to 100 in mountains and eastern areas. Overnight low temperatures and yesterday’s figures noted. sunrise at 7:15 AM and sunset at 8:22 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos
New Mexico
U S Forces Prepare for Occupation of Japan Delays Shaped by Typhoons
Allied forces mass off Japan as MacArthur delays occupation by 48 hours due to storms. Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet and Spruance’s Fifth Fleet assemble around Tokyo Bay with hundreds of ships and Marines. Surrender terms and main landings postponed while Japanese hold face in grim mood and logistical strains.
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Associated Press
Sagami Bay
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Atsugi
Nimitz
Halsey
U. S
U. S. S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Okinawa
CBS
Bill Downs
Air Transport Command
Downs
General Headquarters
Hong Kong
Atsugi Field
Yokosuka Naval Base
Missouri
Isamu Inouye
Inouye
Imperial Palace
Adm
William F. Halsey
Raymond A. Spruance
Spruance
Tokyo Radio
Nanking
Voters Approve Three Changes Kill Pay Hike
Voters approved three state constitutional amendments while defeating a pay raise for Texas legislators. Support ranged from 21,048 to 60,570 for the soldier vote, with the pension and social security limits also set. Potter County backed a tax levy reallocation measure as other Panhandle counties followed statewide trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Supreme Court
Texas Election Bureau
Potter County
Commissioners Court
Panhandle
Ochiltree County
Swisher County
Hansford County
Dallam County
Atorneys
High Court
A. J. Folley
Amarillo
West Texas
Regular Army
Navy
Texas Coast Braces for Hurricane Warnings and Evacuations
As Gulf coast preparations intensify, Port Aransas and Rockport see mass departures while about 150 stay behind. Evacuations extend to Port Lavaca and Corpus Christi with military planes moved inland and state patrols mobilized. High winds, rising tides, and low lumber stock hinder boarding up homes as Red Cross and volunteers coordinate safety efforts.
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Gulf Resorts
Army
Navy
Port Aransas
Peter M. Keating
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Freeport
Matagorda
Palacios
Port O’connor
Red Cross
State Highway Department
Wharton
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Tex
Brownsville
Lake Charles
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Port Isabel
Central Flying Training Command
Foster and Aloe Fields
Victoria
Moore Field
Mission
Ellington Field
Houston
Matagorda Island
Matagorda Peninsula
Corpus Chrusi
AAF
Waco
San Angelo
Hobbs
N. M
Fort Worth
Halsey Receives Silver Saddle Ahead of Japan Occupation
In waters off Japan Admiral Halsey brings aboard a silver trimmed saddle gifted by Reno businessmen as Missouri readies for occupation of Yokosuka. Lines of transports hint at thousands more Marines, while Spruance notes uncertainty if Hirohito’s horse will appear in Tokyo.
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U. S
Japan
Halsey
Missouri
Yokosuka
Reno
Hirohito
Tokyo
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Manila
Press Group Cancels 1945 Panhandle Convention
Directors of the Panhandle Press Association met yesterday in the Herring hotel and voted to cancel the 1945 convention postponed from last spring. President Douglas Meador Matador and secretary Clyde Warwick Canyon led the session, with J B Guillen tine Hereford J C Phillips Borger and Bill Rutherford Dum as among those present. The cancellation aims to await a wartime levelling period expected to end by next spring.
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Panhandle Press Association
ODT
Douglas Meador
Matador
Clyde Warwick
Canyon
Jimmy Guillentine
Hereford
J. C. Phillips
Borger
Bill Rutherford
Dumas
Herring Hotel
Man 64 Is Struck By Taxi On Highway Intersection
Edward S. Richards aged 64 of 2401 North East Eighth was hit by a Yellow cab driven by Herbert Flanagan at the Panhandle Highway and Philadelphia intersection. He sustained a fractured left leg and facial injuries and was taken to St. Anthony hospital by a Blackburn-Shaw ambulance.
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Edward S. Richards
North East Eighth
Herbert Flanagan
Pierce Street
Panhandle Highway
Philadelphia
Richards
Frank W. Cubley
North Bivins
St. Anthony Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw
Foundry unveils high speed bicycle engine
The Wilson Foundry Co. announced it has begun production of a one cylinder two and a half horsepower bicycle engine capable of 40 miles per hour and 120 miles per gallon of gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Mich
Wilson Foundry Co
Seized Plants To Be Returned By Presidential Order
President Truman orders the return of seized war plants and facilities to private owners as soon as practicable. Individual cases will determine timing, with approval by William H. Davis of Economic Stabilization. Properties held include Montgomery Ward stores, the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad, and Goodyear Akron plants.
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Dow Chemical
Freeport
Washington
Truman
William H. Davis
Davis
White House
Montgomery Ward
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
P 38 Pilots Land in Japan
Two American fighter pilots Lt Col Clay Wight Jr and Douglass B Hall landed their P 38 on a South Central Kyushu airstrip and spoke with Japanese officers for about two hours before an B 17 retrieved them. The mission followed MacArthur s forces reaching the Japanese mainland.
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San Francisco
MacArthur
Okinawa
Clay Wight, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Douglass B. Hall
Ansmosa
Kyushu
Hall
Gordon Walker
American Broadcasting Company
Fundamental Harmony In France and U S Aims
President Truman and General De Gaulle stressed a fundamental harmony between French and American postwar aims in a joint statement. They pledged to seek even closer cooperation between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Charles de Gaulle
Amarillo Labor Day Rodeo Planned by Range Riders
The Will Rogers Range Riders sponsor Amarillo’s Labor Day rodeo with five performances starting Saturday at 2 PM and 7 30 PM, plus a Sunday 2 PM show and Monday finals at 7 30 PM. A Saturday street parade at 11 30 AM features riders from Tucumcari and Lubbock civic leaders. The event includes bronc riding calf roping bull riding and other contests with open entry and added purses. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for 1 25 adults 1.00 service personnel 50 cents children box seats extra at rodeo HQ.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers
Delbert Dalby
Polk Street
Dalby
Amarillo Army Air Field Band
Ance
Ralph and
Bill Jones
Arena
Jones Brothers
Jones
Starnes
Sisters of Stinnett
Hollywood
Bill
Lucky Burk
Bud Decker
Tex
Rodeo Headquarters
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Chase J. Nielson
Hyrum
Utah
Robert L. Hite
Earth, Tex
Jacob D. De-Shazer
Madras
Ore
Seven Dragon Slope
Wedemeyer
U S Weather Bureau
Potter County Zoo
McCormick Co
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Ed Eubanks
By Lewis Nordyke
News-Globe
Rockport
Port Lavaca
North Beach
Highway Patrol
Brownsville Army Air Field
San Marcos
Galveston Army Air Field
By AL Dopking
France
Russell Stationery Co
White Pine
Ae & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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