Allied Air Campaigns Soar as German Fronts Suffer Heavy Losses
In August Allied air forces report sweeping German losses with over 60 000 sorties and 75 000 tons of bombs dropped. RAF Lancasters and Mosquitos struck Brest Bremen and rail lines while night fighters began based in France. The month saw 2 228 locomotives hit and 319 enemy aircraft destroyed with vast damage to shipping and railway targets.
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Paris
Pil
Juvincourt
St. Dizier
Lontdivier
Laon-Amiens- 8
Re-Toulon
Lance
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Knocke
Ghent
Ypres
Lille
Brest
Bremen
RAF Mos
Quitos
St. Quentin
Kaiserlauten-Saar‘bracken
Theu
Wesere
Baltic
Balkans
MediterraneThe
Missing Lt Harless safe in English hospital after D-Day plunge
Lt Clarence R Harless Jr 20 of 1904 Avenue K reported missing in action over France July 18 is described as safe in an English hospital. He was in a P-38 group he bailed when his plane caught fire after a dogfight with 40 German FW-190s. His parachute opened near ground and underground forces helped him back to Allied lines. He graduated from local high school in 1942 and enlisted in 1943.
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Clarence R. Harless, Jr
France
Avenue K
England
Harless
Soldier Louis Herman challenges Camp Bowie sentence
Brownwood reports Louis Herman, a soldier held at Camp Bowie, claims the military court lacked power to sentence him for illegally inducted as a conscientious objector. He asks for a writ of habeas corpus. a similar local case from June was denied and is on appeal.
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Brownwood
Camp Bowie
Louis Herman
Army
Sweetbriar Fur Sale Opens With Astounding Values
Sweetbriar announces the start of a fur sale today featuring attractive values aimed at prospective buyers. The brief notice promises notable deals on fine furs.
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Sweetbriar
Lt Jesse H. Snider dies of wounds in France
Sec. Lt. Jesse H. Red Snider, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Snider of Compton California and former Lubbock and Wolfforth residents, died in occupied France July 5 from wounds received the day before. He served as bombardier on a B 24 Liberator and had been overseas since April after enlisting in October 1942 and earning wings at Goodfellow Field. He attended Frenship High School and Texas Tech before moving to California. He is survived by his parents and grandparents.
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Jesse H
Red) Snider
J. H. Snider
Compton
Calif
Lubbock and Wolfforth
France
War Department
L. Snider
Snider
Congressmen push to lift export bans on gold and silver
Senator Scrugham and Representative Engle introduce companion bills to remove statutory and executive barriers on exporting newly mined gold and silver from the United States and possessions. The measure targets only metals produced after enactment and seeks sales in foreign markets.
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Washington
Scrughan
D-Nev
Engle
Entire Texas Town Is Sold in Major Liquidation
Deweyville Texas near Port Arthur was sold for about 125000 by the Soltiz Liquidation Sale company. The town includes a railroad, 260 residences, large sheds and livestock facilities on 1000 acres plus the former New County Lumber plant.
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Texas
Bluff
Ark
Deweyville
Port Arthur
Soltiz Liquidation Sale Company
New County Lumber Company
County chairmen named for United War Chest drives
Area headquarters in the chamber of commerce announced 16 of 18 South Plains counties will participate in the United War Chest drive. Rod Merritt will lead the Texas UWC headquarters with dates for drives during the national campaign October 10 to November 10. Local quota figures were not set and Hale and Lubbock counties await chairmen.
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South Plains
United War Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Rod Merritt
UWC of Texas
Bailey
Tye Young
Borden
D. Dorward
Cochran
R. E. Strickland
Crosby
Hubert Bratcher
Dawson
Dutch Leuenberger
Dickens
Johnnie Koonaman
Gaines
Alton Freeman
Garza
Homer McCrary
Hockley
T.O. Patty
Kent
C. P. Kelly
King
Lassiter Hensley
Lamb
J. W. Holt
Lynn
Happy Smith
Stonewall
C. H. Bates
Terry
T. C. Lucas
Yoakum
W. T. Dobbs
Hale and Lubbock Counties
Public school plans and staff in Floydada area
Public meetings set for 9 30 am at the school building to outline the county program. Incoming Superintendent Deering, formerly with Lake View Public Schools, will be welcomed. Teachers listed include Owen Coleman Beck Greenlee O Keef Dawley Sohn Harville and others. Lunchroom will be open Thursday. Floydada Fire Chief Carl Rodgers notes no fires in three months despite a recent alarm.
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Gata
Deering
Lakeview Public Schools
H. E. Owen
Myrtle Coleman
Beck
Mra
J. ‘D. Gene Us
L. C. Greenlee
Katherine
O'Keef
Margie Dawley
John H. Sohn
Margarete McCarver
Floydada
Carl Rodgers
Readable OCR Fragment on Local Church and School Staff
An OCR fragment notes a visit by Roy Boyd the county superintendent and lists filled positions in the Shallow Water Methodist and Baptist churches and the local school staff. Names include B Putman Peat Mee Roy Mints Miss Elleine Woodward and several grade teachers.
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Shailowater
Roy Boyd
Lubbock County
B. Putman
Peat Mee -Roy Mints
Elleine Woodward
Mia
Moscow luncheon hosts Nelson Hurley and guests
Nelson and Hurley attended a Moscow luncheon hosted by Foreign Commissar Molotov with Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley and Donald News War auction board chief aboard on a mission for President Roosevelt. They joined Anastas Mikoyan and other officials in informal talks after meeting the Chinese ambassador earlier.
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Nelson
Hurley
Moscow
Donald News War Auction Board
Patrick J. Hurley
Tohina
Roosevelt
Yeenenny Molotov
Anastas
Mikoyan
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Olds CO
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