Ominous Developments Mark Week For Axis In All Fronts
War analyst Simpson reports deepening Allied pressure in Europe and moves by Allied command to continental bases. He notes Germany and Japan facing intensified campaigns, with Italian withdrawals and potential moves against Turkey as Roosevelt attends the Pearl Harbor council.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
Germany
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Simpson
Continent
Isenhower
Britain
France
Wilson
Algiers
Italy
Pacific War Council
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Parents Of Soldier Wonder If Card Hints At Time To End War
Sgt Walter R Mub Anderson, 24, captured when the Lost Battalion fell to Japanese forces in Java, sent a card from Fukuoka Japan to Mr and Mrs M D Andersen of 1418 Avenue D asking for soap candy pictures and vitamins A B C and D The parents speculated the ABCD shorthand could urge Allied powers American British Chinese and Dutch to hurry the war. The card was the third they received since his capture. His wife resides in Wichita Falls He has eight siblings all in the area except a sister in North Carolina.
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Walter R. Mub) Anderson
M. D. Andersen
Avenue D
Java
Anderson
Fukuoka
Japan
Wichita Falls
North Carolina
Death Of Witt Ruled Self Destruction
Gilbert Frederick Witt 39, a teacher, died from a single .22 shot in the throat near Ralls. Justice of the Peace J. C. Byerley ruled it self destruction. Santos Serrano, hitchhiker witness, was released after an initial arrest distant from the scene. Witt’s body was en route to Ripon Wisconsin for services. Will Marr named temporary administrator of Witt’s estate to aid his widow Mary L. Witt.
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Ralls
J. C. Byerley
Gilbert Fredrick Witt
Byerley
Roy E. Hillin
Crosbyton
Santos Serrano
Linton
Witt
Mary L. Witt
Rippon
Wis
Will Marr
Speed Of Fighter Keeps Sudan Flier From Being POW
Lt (jg) Ellis Boyles of Sudan Texas dodged capture after his fighter’s hatch jammed during a Saipan mission. He described bailing out blocked by speed, then reentering cockpit as fire eased and landing beside a destroyer for rescue. Boyles, 22, has flown 15 combat missions and earned the air medal. He attended Texas Tech before Navy service.
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Central Pacific
Ellis Boyles
Sudan
Tex
Saipan
Ushi Point
Boyles
Pacific
Texas Tech
Navy
Irish Potato Famine Drives Early Immigration Surge
The largest early immigration to this country came from Ireland as potato crop failures forced many to flee. Irish emigrants settled seeking new opportunities and faced challenges adapting to a unfamiliar land.
War aims shift as Japan fight speeds up
The announcement confirms a strategic shift allowing forces to press the war against Japan without waiting for victory over Germany. It states men and materiel will be diverted to push toward a rapid, victorious conclusion.
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Japan
Germany
New Trial Sought For Jap American Sisters
Denver reports defense attorney Kenneth Robinson said he will seek a new trial for three American born Japanese sisters convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit treason related to the escape of two German POWs from a Colorado internment camp. The jury found them guilty on the conspiracy count.
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Denver
Colorado
Kenneth Robinson
Robinson
District Court Set to Open Monday
The 72nd district court will convene at 10 oclock Monday morning for a six month term under Judge Dan Blair with a grand jury to report. The body will consider two murder charges and an array of desertion cases as it reviews a docket that includes local shooting and homicide probes.
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Bryan R. Shaw
C. H. Hamilton
N. S. Walton
Lubbock
Mr. T. Darden
Lorenzo
Joe Walker
Co. Smith
L. A. Harral
Slaton
J. A. Russell
Wv. E. Ralisback
Burton S. Burks
Burks
Blair
Vernice Ford
W. O. Fortenberry
Monroe
G. L. Farrar
Wolfforth
John Toler
Idalon
E. R. Legg
99Th District Court
J. E. Vickers
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Florence
Turkey
Balkan Peninsula
Rvae
Walter R. Anderson
Lubbock County
Walter Davies
Pol. Pol. Adv
Plymouth
Dickinson Motor Co
Yo Cayl
DODGE
West Texas
New Menaco
Dickinson Motor
Pany’s Parts
Lub
Bock, Texas
Motors For Sale
Oserveeuves Bodge
Transportation Headquarters
Botany
Cavalier
Hanna-Pope & Co
John Carpenter
Hubert Green
Portales
N. M
Green
Avenue B
Carpenter
Bayou
Galveston
U.P
Robertson H. J. Robertson, Jr
Houston
Norway
Offat'a
United States OF America Department OF Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Air Agency Certificate
Bret
Tricate
Administetvea 4
Clent Breedlove
Aerial Service
Slaton Hiway
Phon
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