Keep the Flag Flying in a Nation of Liberty
A stirring poem by Clara James Mitchell invokes President Roosevelt and the flag for unity and equal rights. It describes a reconstruction of brotherhood, a world of peace, and citizens’ duty to defend freedom, faith, and democracy across devastated lands.
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President Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Man
Clara James Mitchell
Eke
Matey Meen
Australia
Philippines
Designk & Nation
MacArthur
West Point
Roosevelt
White House
Presi- Ln
Amarillo
Manuel Quezon
Don Francisco ‘Castilo Najera
Soviet Checks Greatest Nazi Blow of Year
Soviet forces report repelling a major Nazi offensive on the Kharkov front as Red Army units counter attacked and halted German tank and infantry assaults. Other actions include Sevastopol defense, heavy losses to Germans on the Kalinin front, and Soviet naval and air successes in the Black Sea and rail junction raids. A Dallas police chase ends with three injured after a drunken driver collapses amid fumigation gas.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Soviet Bureau of Information
Red Army
Long Front
Sevastopol
Kalinin
Black Sea
Odessa
Stormovik
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Donets
Izyum
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Star
Dallas
War Stirrred Americans Honor Flag and McArthur Day
Across the nation war stirred Americans paid tribute to the flag and joined allied nations in reaffirming resolve to victory. In cities and villages bands played troops marched and home fronts paraded honoring General Douglas MacArthur and Flag Day.
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United Nations
Douglas McArthnur
Dav
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Fifth Avenue
Boston
Lexington
Coral Sea
Fore River Arch
Los Angeles
Weslake Park
McArthur
Vincent Lim
Lim
Bataan
Thatalifornia City
Philadelphia
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Citis
Betsy Oss
Baltimore
MacArthur
Fort McHenry
Scott Key
Waubeka
Wis
Bernard J. Cigrand
Chicago
Nea
General MacArthur
Donald Nelson
Soldier Field
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Boston Garden
Hu Shih
Constantin A. Fotitch
Yugoslavia
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Osmena
Philippines
Survivors Land After Wilford Shelling Off Mozambique Channel
Survivors from the 2158-ton Norwegian steamer Wilford have landed at Portuguese East African ports after the vessel was shelled by a Japanese submarine 200 miles off the Mozambique channel.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Wilford
Mozambique Channel
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Summary
AMARILLO AND VICINITY light winds Sunday, warmer afternoon. NEW MEXICO warmer Sunday east of Sangre de Cristo mountains with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers over Sangre de Cristo and Jemez mountains. WEST TEXAS cooler Sunday Del Rio Eagle Pass area, warmer Panhandle Sunday afternoon, and scattered thundershowers in Big Bend. Values for yesterday show max 64, min 41. Precipitation 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday. Circulation June 13, 1942.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo
Jemez
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
Big Bend
Tal
Neou
ASME
Grace
Greatest U S Convoy Reaches Ireland AEF Deploys in North Ireland
Thousands of U S troops arrived in camps in Northern Ireland after the largest American convoy to cross the Atlantic. The force includes 28 ton tanks and anti tank artillery with mixed routes from nine states. Negro troops were landed on British soil for the first time since the last war. Authorities warn opening a western front faces ship shortages and supply hurdles as logistics dominate strategy.
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AEF
Northern Ireland
United States
Atlantic
Germany
U. S
Pennsylvania
California
Georgia
Illinois
New Jersey
Maryland
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
British Army Auxiliary Forces
Texas
Jersey
Russia
France
U S Bombers in Turkey After Raid On Nazi Forces
Four federal bombers with American crews reportedly landed in Turkey after striking Axis targets along the Black Sea coast of Russia. Ankara officials and press reports noted possible U S bomber command activity in the Middle East while Turkey extends martial law in border regions.
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London
United States
Turkey
U.S
Egypt
Black Sea
Russia
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Ankara
Middle East
World War II Fronts Move Across Multiple Theaters
June 13 1942 reports show American air forces striking Nazi positions on the Russian front while bombers return to Turkey and patrols hit the Aleutians. A large American convoy reaches Ireland as Tobruk battles intensify in Libya and Sevastopol endures heavy fighting in Crimea. Japanese rail lines face Chinese defense, and murky Scandinavian notes hint at British river landings near Murmansk.
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America
Russia
Turkey
Army to Use Amarillo Water for War Effort
The Amarillo Army Technical School will use city water after a special commission meeting. Army engineers will take over existing large pipes, build the line, and have it ready by July 15. The city seeks aid for another line and will adjust water rates while drilling test wells to boost supply.
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Amarillo
Army Engineers
Joe Jenkins
Sam
School Damage Here Serious Deliberate Destruction
Amarillo school board president Avery Bush urged parents and children to act patriotically after windows were broken at Margaret Wills school costing 50 dollars to replace. He noted 12 windows at Wilson school were broken last Saturday and all south side windows at Sanborn school were damaged. He blamed youth mischief for property damage and urged restraint to oppose Hitler’s influence.
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Avery Bush
Amarillo
Margaret Wills
Wilson School
Sanborn School
Hitler
Sunray School Bids To Be Opened July 2
Fort Worth report says bids for Sunray school additions will be opened July 2 in Amarillo. George F. Harley confirms the project, estimated at 16000 dollars, will be financed by a federal grant from the Federal Works Agency.
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Sunray School
Fort Worth
Sunray
Amarillo
George F. Harley
Federal Works Agency
Hitler Collapsed After Heydrich Assassination News
London June 43. Radio Kuibyshev quoted Stockholm reports that Adolf Hitler collapsed on receiving news of Reinhard Heydrich's assassination. He lay immobilized for two days, then recovered his wits in a rage and ordered the Gestapo purged for failure to protect Heydrich and demanded extermination of the Czech intellectual class.
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London
U.P
Radio Kuibyshev
Reinhard Heydrich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Stockholm
Gestapo
Heydrich
Aleutian Invasion Watch Shapes U S War Watch
Pacific front reports indicate Japanese landings at Attu while Kiska harbors ships. U S aviation fights poor weather to press operations as lawmakers weigh Alaska risks and potential for further Japanese strength in the Aleutians.
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Attu
Kiska
Rat
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