Doolittle to Lead Pacific Air Offensive With Four-Engined Bombers
The Army Air Forces announced redeployment against Japan, with General Doolittle prepared to finish his Japan campaign using land-based four engined bombers and strong fighter cover. Kepner becomes new European commander as Eighth Air Force shifts to Pacific duties.
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Army Air Forces
Japan
Hitler
Europe
Doolittle
Tokyo
Kepner
Washington
Eighth Air Force
William E. Kepner
AAF
Eighth
Pacific
Air Force
Germany
Carl Spaatz
Ira Eaker
Rouen
France
Churchill hints at Big Three meeting before July 5 election
Prime Minister Churchill said he could join a post war conference with Truman and Stalin before Britain’s July 5 general election. He noted he informed President Truman of any possible delay to campaign duties and that Joseph Davies would meet over the weekend to discuss Europe’s urgent issues including Poland Syria Trieste Austria and war criminals. Churchill cautioned his absence from campaigning if called away and noted his wife would manage constituency duties in his stead.
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London
Churchill
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Woodford
Joseph Davies
Europe
Trieste
Austria
Germany
Army reveals Hog Island munitions total loaded overseas
Philadelphia May 26 The Army lifts secrecy on Hog Island operations reporting 1 340 996 tons of ammunition loaded there for shipment overseas.
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Philadelphia
Hog Island
Army
Charge on Gas for Carbon Black in Panhandle Deemed Unfair
A Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association telegram from Amarillo protested OPA price policy for residue gas used in carbon black. It cites 1.2 cents per MCF at Texas wells versus 4–5 cents in New Mexico Kansas Oklahoma and other states, urging equal treatment and noting profits in government plants.
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OPA
Panhandle
Amarillo
Gene Worley
Congress
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
R. C. Kay
Association
E. J. Dunigan, Jr
Office of Price Administration
Texas
18Th Congressional District
New Mexico
Kansas
Panhandle of
State of
Defense Supplies Corporation
Channel Carbon Black
18Th District of
Rains Restrict Okinawa Action
On Okinawa the 10th Army faced heavy rains that slowed operations along the southern front. Fleet Admiral Nimitz announced a revised report noting 166 Japanese planes were downed in the enemy air and shipping assault late Thursday into Friday.
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Guam
10Th Army
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Thunderbolt
Kyushu
Kushira
Mizaka
Kanoya
Sixth Marine Division
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Seventh Infantry Division
Yonabaru
Nimitz
Sixth Marine
Seventh Infantry
Sakishima Islands
Ryukyus
Marine Corsair
Hellcat
Palaus
Yap
Thunderbolts
Tokyo radio announcer recalls raid and fire damage in Tokyo
A Tokyo radio announcer describes a harrowing Tokyo fire raid with bombs falling about every minute and fires spreading too fast to control. He and his wife survived by shifting into a friend’s home after his house burned, praising a neighborhood fire organization that helped save much of the area.
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Guam
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Bomber Command
Imperial Palace
San Prancisco
U.P
Harvard
Toshiro Shimanouchi
FCC
Shimanouchi
Baccalaureate Services Held Across Amarillo Schools
Two Amarillo institutions stage baccalaureate events. Amarillo College graduates hear Rev. Martin J. Hartenberger at Trinity Lutheran Church on the theme Striving for the Crown of Life. Amarillo High School seniors gather at the Municipal Auditorium for Dr. Neal D. Cannon's Have You Considered Building a Life.
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Amarillo
Amarillo College
Trinity Lutheran Church
Martin J. H. Hartenberger
Amarillo High School
Municipal Auditorium
Neal D. Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
W. N. Stokes
Court of Civil Appeals
House Okays Cut in Tariffs
Washington May 26 The House passed a broad tariff cutting measure 239 to 153 lasting three years and expanding executive power under the Reciprocal Trade Act. President Truman urged further cuts as the bill moves to the Senate.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
De Gaulle Expected to Shake Cabinet Soon in Paris
Paris sources report General Charles de Gaulle poised to make four or five cabinet changes within the next few days as political informants disclose plans.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Chinese Fight North To Meet Jap Landing
Chinese army forces pressed north along the east coast toward relief of militia fighting Japanese marine landings at Siapu 68 miles northeast of Foochow. Japanese landings near Foochow faced Chinese counter moves as troops pursued to Loyuan and Tanyang while aiming to join Marines offshore.
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Chungking
China
Siapu
Foochow
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Indo-China
Lung River
Loyuan
Tanyang
Burma
U. S
14Th Air Force
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
High Command
Chihkiang
Record heat hits Woodward as temperatures soar
The local mercury topped 102 degrees shortly after 2 pm in Woodward. Officials cite an unofficial report from Pittsburgh Paints at Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West Sixth.
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Pittsburgh Paints
Olver & Wiggins Lumber _ Co
New Red Stamps Valid On Friday
OPA announced five more red stamps for meats and fats and five blue stamps for processed foods will become valid June 1. Red coupons Yy2 through Z2 and blue D1 through it will be good through Sept. 30. The agency reminded that red stamps Y5 Z5 A2 through D2 and blue H2 through M2 plus Sugar Coupon No 35 expire after June 2.
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Washington
OPA
Arrest Youths in Auto Theft Ring Probe
Four teenage youths aged 15 to 17 were arrested by city police for a six week series of thefts from automobiles. Police report the juveniles admitted stealing auto accessories such as fog lights fender skirts and items from inside cars including guns clothing flashlights and tools.
Amarillo Weather: Partly cloudy with warm weekend
The Weather Bureau reports Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies and continued high temperatures through Sunday and Sunday night. West Texas remains partly cloudy and warm Sunday and Monday. Morning to afternoon readings show highs near 92 to 93 degrees and a 69 degree reading at 7 AM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Ihea
Four Amarrillo youths jailed in cigarette burglary
Edwin Martin Roy Halsey Bobby Pearson and Johnnie Johnson all 17 to 18 were charged with burglary after arrest in the alley behind the Oliver Eakle Building. Bond set at 1000 each. Nine cases of cigarettes were taken from Carlton Florey Grocery Co. 711 Fast Second. 71 cartons and 300 dollars recovered.
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Amarillo
Oliver Eakle
Edwin Martin
Roy Halsey
Bobby Pearson
Johnnie Johnson
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Potter County
Carlton-Florey Wholesale Grocery Co
Bill Adams
Japs Flanked On Luzon Raid
American 25th Division troops outflanked the Japanese held Santa Fe road junction in northern Luzon as they widened access toward the Cagayan valley. The park airdrome at the valley head was bombed with 450 tons of bombs. In Mindanao Americans and guerrillas pressed into the hills, while U S naval planes destroyed twenty Japanese freighters and sank ten cargo craft in the South China Sea and East Indies theaters.
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Manila
Santa Fe
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
MacArthur
Park
Philippines
Mindanao
U. S
Borneo
Bandjermasin
South China Sea
East Indies
Amarillo Nears Q1 Milestone in Seventh War Loan Drive
Amarillo nears halfway to its War Bond quota with $1,800,313 in E bonds sold toward a $2,280,000 target and an overall total of $2,637,160 toward a $6,300,000 goal. Brig. Gen. Louis E. Woods comments on wartime sacrifice and national bond sales progress. Victory Bond Flight contest aims to boost sales with prizes and a Hollywood bound winner list.
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Amarillo
Katha Lynn Cogswell
War Bond Office
Federal Reserve Bank
United Press
Louis E. Woods
4Th Marine Air Wing
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United States
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Omiya
Hirohito
Chichibu, Mikasa
Yamashina
Fushimi
Nashimoto
Ken-Ri
Kan-In
Tokyo Radio
Whittier College
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Calif
Autry
Shuri
de Gaulle
To Tae Dig
Liochow
South-Central
Fukien
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Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
W. J. Morris
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Hollywood
Mexico City
New York City
News-Globe
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Transcontinental
Western Air, Inc
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