Disintegration Of Nazi Army Under Way
In 102 days Gen. Bradley's U S Army forces have shattered German defenses from Normandy to Paris and beyond. Allied air superiority and rapid ground advances left German high command unable to halt the onrush as Cherbourg fell and St Lo opened the way for Patton and Collins to push toward Brittany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
U. S. First Army
Germany
Gen. Bradley
Europe
Bradley
Normandy
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Paris
Belgium
von Rundstedt
Hitler
Channel
Rommel
Vire
84Th Corps
Seventh Army
Brittany
Panzer Grenadiers
Gen. Collins
Seventh Corps
Patton
von Kluge
Radiey
Anti Roosevelt Democrats organize new Texas party
In Austin a closed convention formed a new anti Roosevelt party to file its own slate of presidential electors. The group says the Democratic name has been stolen by those favoring state socialism and aims to restore Jeffersonian democracy and constitutional government. The decision follows a Texas Supreme Court ruling on elector certification for the November ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Democratic
State Supreme Court
New Party
CSO
Edgar Townes
Houston
C. C. Renfro
Dallas
J. Hart Willis
Sidney Latham
Willis
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Truman
T’akes
Democratic Party
C.I.O
C.I.O. Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Texas Movement For
States Rights
James P. Alexander
FDR Accuses GOP of Campaign Fraud in Speech
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign with a sharp rebuke of Republican tactics accusing GOP orators of fraud and claiming credit for the New Deal. He spoke before AFL teamsters union and defended the administration against Dewey attacks, denouncing calls to keep soldiers after the war and referencing Fala in a broad critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Teamsters Union
Gov
Dewey
New York
Teamsters
Mr. Roosevelt
War Department
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The report notes fair, cool conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies for West Texas. Sunday through Monday bring rising temperatures in Amarillo and fair to partly cloudy conditions elsewhere, with cooler mornings and mild afternoons. Sunrise is at 7:37 AM and sunset at 7:41 PM.An advertisement for genuine hand tooled leather goods at Beck Bros. 411 Polk.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panandile
South Plains
Sayen
Beck Bros
Polk
Marines Hold Three Fourths Of Peleliu Island In Victory
Allied advances on Peleliu saw Marines capture about 75 percent of the island after heavy fighting with Japanese defenses. Adm. Nimitz reported total enemy deaths on Peleliu and nearby Anguar rising past 7,000 with 950 Nish Nipponese killed by U S forces near Anguar.
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Associated Press
Peleliu
Adm
Nimitz
Anguar
Wildcat
Navy
Yap
Palaus
Alert
Ngesuebus Islands
Peleli
Davao
Philippines
Moluccas
Banda Sea
Morotai Strait
Morotai Island
Halmahera
Morotai
Philippine Republic
United States
Great Britain
Tokyo
Jose P. Laurel
Japan
Nippon
Pacific
Imperial Army
Waste Paper Drive Today in Amarillo Second City Collection
Amarillo conducts a second and likely final city wide waste paper drive to aid cardboard carton production for war supplies. Eight trucks will begin at 1 pm with Jaycees and Boy Scouts assisting. residents should bundle newspapers magazines and cardboard. trucks will not return. City manager A P Hancock urged delivering bundles to through streets to aid ahead crews.
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Amarillo
Jaycees and
Boy Scouts
Jack King
A.P. Hancock
Russians Break Baltic Trap Push Toward Cluj Budapest
Russian forces race across the Baltic region as Parnu falls, sealing off thousands of Germans fleeing Tallinn. Stalin declares Parnu captured while Go sov orchestrates a broader push into Hungary and Slovakia. Roman a and Romanian units attack Cluj Targu Mures along a 55 mile front.
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London
Estonia
Parnu
Gulf of Riga
Tallinn
Mies
Marshal Stalin
Berlin
Red Army
Cluj
Hungary
Slovakia
Moscow
Red
Budapest
Govorov
Leningrad
Riga
Paide
Gulf
Valga
Baltic
Volga
Gulf of Finland
Warsaw Underground
Vistula River
Praga
Warsaw
Romania
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Targu-Mures
Targu- Mures
Reghen
Arnhem Front Holds Amid Steady Allied Breakthroughs
Allied forces pressed near Arnhem as the Second Army completed a brutal six mile relief march and shelled across the Rhine while American and British units push from Veghel toward the Dutch front. German counterattacks faltered under air and armored pressure as Polish reinforcements arrived and morale held. An Amarillo woman’s WWII-era Nijmegen photos accompany the wartime report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnhem
Second Army
Rhine
U. S. Third Army
Burnville
Baccarat
Nancy
Third Army
Ruhr
Berlin
Eindhoen-Nijmegen
Lower Rhine
Beek
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
Moselle
Aachen
Metz
Pournoy
Channel
Cape Griz Nez
Calais
Boulogne
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Veghel
Supreme Headquarters
Holland
Oosterbeek
Lorraine
France
Hitler
Wes
Amsterdam
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Glider Army
Harry L. Seay
W. H. Kittrell, Jr
Profdr Demos
FDR
Marines
Peleliu Isle
7Tvies
Rus Sell
Stadt Lair
Finland
Marcus Bendorf
North
Taylor Street
News-Globe
Bendorf
Memmengen
America
Oklahoma City
Wichita Palls
Levine's
Harry
Gestapo
Reich
Eisenhower
Brest
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