Amarillo Launches 10 Day War Bond Drive July fin
Amarillo merchants join the Retailers For Victory drive under General Paul V. Alexander to sell more War Bonds and Stamps than ever in July. The program runs July 1 to 10 with a 15 minute White Out starting at noon and a citywide patriotic program beginning at 11 55 AM.
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Amarillo
America
Paul V. Alexander
Alexander
Mason King
King
Uncle Sam
A. P. Hancock
Polk Street
Victory” Drive
Exhibition Scores Success at Amarillo Horse Show
The Second Annual Amarillo Horse Show opened at Malin Field with Hazel Grady the Open Jumping Class winner driven by Richard Ingram. Final performances by the Amarillo Horsemen's Association, sponsored for Red Cross benefit, to run at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM today, with the Will Rogers Range Riders performing Parade of the Flags.
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Amarillo
Malin Field
Hazel Grady
Richard Ingram
Amarillo Horsemen's Association
Will Rogers Range
State of
Texas
American Red Cross
German Kharkov Drive Stalled by Russians
Moscow dispatch reports Soviets halted the eight day German push on the Kharkov front while Sevastopol defenses repelled repeated Axis attacks. Soviet air forces claimed 23 planes shot down, 46 tanks and 117 trucks destroyed, with 300 Germans killed.
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Kharkov
Moscow
BBC
New York
CBS
Sevastopol
Ukraine
Kupyansk
Pravda
Crimean
Red Fleet
FBI says eight German agents landed by subs on coast
J Ed gar Hoover announced eight alien agents landed from two German submarines along the east coast. Four were landed on June 13 at Anagansett Beach Long Island and four at Jacksonville Beach Florida. They wore Nazi uniforms then changed to civilian clothes and planted TNT and time clock fuses before heading to New York City.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hoover
Long Island
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Atlantic
France
Anagansett Beach
New York City
Florida
Santerra Beach
Jacksonville
Booker Needs Combines for Wheat Harvest in Booker Texas
J A Ryan of 1502 West Eighth Avenue says Booker needs 50 combines and several trucks immediately for the wheat harvest. Wheat yields run 30 to 45 bushels per acre and combining costs are 3 dollars per acre for trucking or three to five cents per bushel.
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Booker, Texas
J. A. Ryan
West
Eighth Avenue
Mr. Ryan
Battlefronts Quick View June 27 1942
A joint statement from the President and Churchill promises a diversionary offensive against Germany to ease pressure on the Russian front. Rommel slows in Egypt as a decisive battlefront threat looms, while a large U.S. Army Air Force gathering signals stronger strikes on Nazi Europe. Kharkov halts, Sevastopol endures a 24th siege day, and Japan seizes Lishui with Kweiki retaken. Allied airmen down six to ten Japanese raiders at Port Moresby as Axis supply lines are reported blocked.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kharkov
Germany
Churchill
Port Moresby
RAF
Hitler
George C. Marshall
U. S
Britain
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Marshall
Black Sea
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tobruk
Bengali
Ploesti
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied leaders promise diversionary strike to ease Russian front
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pledged a coming operation to divert German forces from the Russian front. The joint statement praised improving munitions production, noted sub threats, and emphasized transportation as the UN's major problem. It suggested the second front could be near, citing Washington talks and broad unity on war plans.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
London
United Nations
Atlantic
Washington
Russia
British Isles
Rostock
Cologne
Bremen
White House
Congress
United States
Axis
China
Amarillo Daily News Weather Circulation June 27 1942
Weather circulation report from the Amarillo Daily News dated June 27 1942 notes expected conditions and brief meteorological updates. The item provides historical context for daily weather reporting and circulation figures for that date.
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Amarillo Daily News
Massive US Army Air Forces Prepare for Allied Bombing Blitz
In England a large U S Army Air Corps contingent readies to join RAF in mass raids on Germany. Officials say preparations are secret but units have deployed to strike Bremen Cologne Essen Rostock Lubeck and other targets as weather allows. American crews increasingly operate with RAF under a separate command while coordinating long range bombing plans.
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London
United States Army Air Corps
British Isles
Germany
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
Rostock
Luebeck
United States
RAF
Atlantic
Air Ministry
Norwich
East Anglia
U. S
Hiteler
Gauleiter
Kauffemann
Hamburg
Rommel Slowed in Push On Base at Alexandria
Cairo June 27 British Eighth Army 15 miles west of Matruh faces a strong Axis force led by three mechanized divisions aiming toward Alexandria and the Suez Canal. Rommel’s advance slowed to 15 miles overnight as Allied air and ground forces press to protect Egypt and the Qattara depression.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Eighth Army
Matruh
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Desert Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Nile
Mediterranean
Qattara
Rommel
Axis
RAF
Edwin Rommel
Libya
Bir Abu Mishelfa
Salum
Buqb Uq-Sidi Barrani
Malta
Berlin
el Daba
Larry Allen
Material Firms Help Solve Bin Problem In Panhandle
Cement companies, lumber firms and other local businesses rush deliveries of materials for building permanent and temporary wheat storage bins. Prefabricated bins arrive to ease a growing storage shortage, sold to farmers by the Commodity Credit Corporation at cost.
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Panhandle
Commodity Credit Corporation
Axis Supplies For Libya Hit Sub Patrols
British submarines report no Axis convoy reaching Bengali Libyan base for two weeks. Lieut Commander Philip Stewart Francis described sinking two 7000-ton ships bound for Libya, while RAF patrols claim seven enemy fighters shot down with no losses. A burning Axis troop transport was sighted on the same mission.
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Egypt
Tripoli
Libya
Philip Stewart Francis
Somerset
Valletta
Malta
RAF
Mediterranean
Francis
Every Employe Buying Bonds At Amarillo Air Field Firm Pact
Lawless and Alford of Paris oversee War Bond efforts at Amarillo Army Air Forces Technical School. Every worker volunteers to buy stamps and bonds, totaling at least ten percent of weekly pay, with the firm purchasing for them. Last week, collective purchases reached several hundred dollars. A group of 11 workers initiated the program at Mr. Alford’s suggestion.
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Lawless and Alford
Paris
Amarillo Army Air Forces Technical School
J. W. Lawless
Jess B. Alford
Alford
Tongariro Sinks Japanese Sub In Ten Minute Battle
The 8719 ton liner Tongariro reported sinking a Japanese submarine off Britain Homeward with Australian meat and wool. Captain Bavans steered away from fire and ordered shells fired. a single long engagement ended with a massive explosion believed to be the submarine magazine.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
Bavans
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Clerks
Commandos
Bob McDonald
Ows
Bob Mueller
Raurhan Rev
Walter
Timoshenko
Booker
U. S. Army Air Force
Europe
Lishui
Chekiang
Kweiki
Ash
West Texas
New Mexico
Russell Stationery Company
Russell L. Maxwell
U.S
Africa
Middle East
Nile Valley
United States Army
Neil M. Ritchie
Lake Ontario
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