Allied invasion of Europe planned with bold naval force
London dispatch says every detail for a major Allied invasion is ready. British warships occupy strategic positions as invasion of Europe looms. Mussolini seeks to defend Sicily and Sardinia while Italians fortify and bolster anti aircraft batteries. Allied air power is hailed as pivotal to the offensive.
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London
U.P
London News Chronicle
Europe
Tunisian
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Italy
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Daily Telegraph
News Chronicle
Norwegian
Baltic
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Essener National Zeitung
North Africa
NBC
Germany
Attu Island battle nears end as Japanese hold dwindles
American troops press a closing vise on Attu Island as Japanese forces retreat to a small mountainous area near Chichagof Harbor. The two day clash on Fish Hook Ridge yielded capture of strong positions and signals the likely end of Japan's foothold on Attu within weeks.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
Fish Hook
Attu
Japan
Kiska Island
Fish-Hook Ridge
Chichagof Valley
Holtz Bay Pass
Chi‘Shagof Harbor
Lake Cories
Eisenhower Says Allied Team Ready for Any Task of War
Allied forces under Eisenhower pledge unity and readiness to continue fighting until Germany Italy and Japan are defeated. He praises teamwork discipline and improved battle technique gained in North Africa and notes the Axis fears Allied cohesion.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Italy
Japan
Tunisia
Europe
Axis
Eisenhower
First Army
Second
United Nations
Northwest Africa
England
Dunkerque
Aan
British First Army
Second Corps
Amarillo
Col Gustave Pabst Dies at 76 in Wisconsin Estate
Col Gustave Pabst former president of the Pabst brewery died at his Oconomowoc area estate after a period of ill health. He was 76 and had been ill for some time.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Gustave Pabst
Pabst Brewery
Invasion Fronts Loom in Day and Night Bombardment
War brief notes Allied air forces strike Italian base at Leghorn while French airfields face afternoon raids. Eisenhower declares all allied forces ready. U S and Allied troops press Attu operations as Japan resists in China and Germany reports damage in counterattacks.
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Leghorn
Madrid
U.P
Gibraltar
la Linea
Churchill
Viscount Gort
Malta
Dwight Eisenhower
Bernard Montgomery
Harold Alexander
Georges Catroux
Weather roundup for Amarillo region and Southwest states
Amarillo and vicinity expect warmer conditions Sunday with widely scattered thundershowers late in the day. West Texas shows little temperature change, except in the Panhandle and South Plains with a few scattered Sunday thundershowers. New Mexico reports scattered afternoon thunder showers and minor temperature shifts. Sunrise 6 35 A.M. Sunset 8 54 P.M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Byrnes Heads New War Mobilization Office Meets Roosevelt Next Week
The Office of War Mobilization under James F. Byrnes completed initial setup and is to hold a policy meeting with President Roosevelt midweek to review inflation factors and outline control policies. Vinson becomes economic stabilization director, sworn in by Chief Justice Groner, after resigning from the DC Court of Appeals.
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Washington
Office of War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Economic High Command
White House
Byrnes
South Carolina
Richard S. Whaley
U. S. Court of Claims
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Marvin H. McIntyre
D. Lawrence Groner
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vinson
Butter Subsidy Ordered by OPA Faces Criticism Across Congress
The Office of Price Administration announced a five cent per pound butter subsidy effective Tuesday with a June 10 retail price cut and a 10 percent subsidy roll back in meat and coffee to follow. Critics in Congress worry over food policy, while Byrnes seeks to settle subsidy scope and whether farm products belong with the Agriculture Department or stay under OPA.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Agriculture Department
Chester C. Davis
Byrnes
Davis
Defense Supplies Corp
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Congress
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
United States
Rep
Andresen
Minnesota
Patman
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Food Administrator
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Department of Agriculture
Rep. Jenkins
Ohio
Allied daylight raids on Western Europe mark largest bomber push
American heavy bombers joined RAF forces in a three way daylight assault on Western France as part of a week of intensified bombing aimed at Hitler's fortress Europe. Liberators hit La Pallice and Rennes while Caen and Cherbourg targets were struck. 13 bombers were lost, all planes reportedly returned.
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Ted
Europe
London
RAF
Cologne
France
Hitler
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Italy
Ruhr
St. Nazaire
Rennes
la Pallice
8Th
U. S. Air Force
Air Ministry
English
Bay of Biscay
la Rochelle
St. Nanzire
England
Brittany
Dominion
U. S
Emden
Wilthelmshaven
Maupertus
Cherbourg
Typhon
Ventura
Caen
Associated Press
Vichy
James H. Doolittle
Northwest Africa
Strategic Air Command
Leghorn
Rome
Ligurian Sea
Spezia
Genoa
Middle East
Foggia
Naples
European
Germany
North Africa
Arthur T. Morris
RAF Bomber Command
Dortmund
Duisburg
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Dusseldorf
Esser
Lord Sherwood
Air
Dumfries
Scotland
Amarillo College Holds 1943 Baccalaureate Service
The 1943 Amarillo College baccalaureate for graduates will be held at 12 o clock this morning at Polk Street Methodist Church with the commencement program set for tomorrow night in the college auditorium. Four seniors Harold Echart Bill Redding Mary Stone and Edward Vegt were not pictured in the recent school edition.
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Amarillo College
Polk Street Methodist Church
Harold Echart
Bill Redding
Mary Stone
Edward Vegt
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Khiva
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Relentless
Pacific Frontier
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National Geographic Society
Eighth Army
Pabst
China
Vinsons
Russell Stationery Company
London Sunday Dispatch
Kuban
Leningrad
Moscow
Renalt
Paris
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