Graduate Helps Keep Boys' Ranch Going
Roy Williams, a former resident of Boys' Ranch at the old courthouse, rose from a troubled youth to ranch hand and employee recruiter. He now contributes part of his pay to the ranch, helps younger boys, and envisions becoming a full-time rancher. The ranch has expanded with a new building, livestock, and a state-accredited school, supported by Cal Farley and C. E. Weymouth, with growth from six boys to nearly 40.
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Lewis Nordyk
Roy Williams
Tascosa
Roy
C. E. Weymouth
Roys
Cal Farley
Cal
Mr. Weymouth
Sidim
Port Worth
Beaumont
State Department of Education
Julian Bivins
Tom Wingate
Bivins
Oldham County
Mr. Wingate
Farley
Jap Menace To Aussies Is Growing In Southwest Pacific
C Yates McDaniel reports from Australian theaters that Japanese expansion in the Southwest Pacific has edged closer to Australia. New Guinea bases, Guadacanal holdings, and Kei Islands create a protective island arc that could support air and naval operations aimed at northern Australia if Tokyo orders a southward push.
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Southwest Pacific
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
New Guinea
Sumatra
Tokyo
Commonwealth
Papua
Port Moresby
Guadacanal
Solomon Group
Kei Islands
Arafura Sea
Amboina
Darwin
RAF and German Air Raids on European Coasts
Britain and Germany exchange daylight raids with RAF Spitfires attacking Netherlands trains and barges while German Focke Wulf aircraft bomb and machine gun towns in northeast England and along the southwest coast. Reconnaissance photos after Düsseldorf show major damage to buildings and factories, with several plants identified as destroyed or heavily damaged.
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Prince Bernhard
Juliana
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
United States
England
Stockholm
Reykjavik
Iceland
London
Britain
Germany
Midlands
Channel
Reich
Duesseldorf
Saarbruecken
Erhart and Schmer
Stahlwerk Krieger Steel Casting
de Limon Sluhme and Company
Phoenix A. G. Rohenwerk
Werkzeug Maschinen Fabrik Schiess Defries
Nuess
Handelshafen
Holzhafen
Hereford Potatoes Aid Boys' Ranch At Tascosa
The Hereford Potato Growers Association and J. H. Baker and Lee Stewart delivered 200 sacks of potatoes to Boys' Ranch at Tascosa. Each sack weighs 100 pounds, providing solid food for nearly 40 boys.
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Boys
Hereford Potato Growers’ Association
J. H. Baker
Lee Stewart
Tascosa
Hereford
Boys Ranch Proves Worth Work by Donors and Leaders
The text credits ongoing financial support and leadership by Mr. and Mrs. Alton Weeks who oversee the ranch started to help boys. It states the program aims to salvage any boy and notes successful outcomes with Roy Williams among the youths showing progress.
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Alton Weeks
Boys Ranch
Roy Williams
Eighth Army Corps Opens Louisiana Maneuvers at Camp Polk
The 8th Army Corps of the Third Army begins a 10 part tactical exercise in southwest Louisiana. Soldiers train for guerrilla warfare and land air offensives with new weapons and secrecy, while older maneuvers from 1941 are kept under wartime censorship.
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Camp Polk
U.K
Eighth Army Corps
Third Army
Louisiana
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Weather in Amarillo and vicinity shows moderate temperatures on Tuesday with afternoon thundershowers. Similar conditions in New Mexico and West Texas with scattered storms, warmer Panhandle. Hourly Amarillo readings indicate 92 degrees, 41 at night, 62 at evening with 0.03 inch rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
West Texas
Panhandle
War Labor Board Orders Wage Increase for Manhattan Building Staff
The War Labor Board ruled unanimously to raise wages by about 13 percent for 21,000 building service workers across 2,225 Manhattan apartments offices and loft buildings in New York City.
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Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
Manhattan
New York City
Verdict Delivered in Nazi Sabotage Case to Roosevelt
President Roosevelt receives the findings from the eight alleged Nazi saboteurs case after a military commission reconvened. The findings and possible sentences arrive at the White House in four Manila envelopes carried by Major General McCoy and aides. Roosevelt will review the report before public disclosure, with possible death penalties in the mix.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Frank R. McCoy
Military Commission
McCoy
Myron C. Cramer
Oscar Cox
F. Granville Munson
John M. Weir
War Department
Battlefront One Liner Updates From World War II News
On Aug 3 1942 reports show German forces slowed near Maikop oil fields as Soviet defenses held. Red Army pincer moves contended with Don elbow and Tsimlyansk bridgehead threats while Norway and Iceland defenses were tested. British bombing campaigns reported dockyard destruction and fires after heavy raids. Egyptian front saw patrols and artillery duels as Japanese activity expanded around northern Australia.
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Iceland
Stockholm
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Norway
Kristiansund
Trondheim
Ottero
Alesund
DNB
Jacob
Berlin
Biarritz
France
Kerkenes
Associated Press
Germany
Caucasus
Maikop
Stalingrad
Red
Don Elbow
Tsimlyansk
Wilhelmina to Address Congress in Joint Session
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands will speak to a joint session of the Senate and House in the Senate chamber Thursday afternoon. The announcement came from Bloom, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, to the House today.
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Washington
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Senate
House
Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Petrillo Charged by Government in Recording Ban Fight
Chicago report details United States government action against James Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians over a recording ban. The civil suit seeks an injunction to stop alleged anti competitive practices that would curb phonograph records radio broadcasts and juke boxes. The government accuses the defendants of violating the Sherman Act and plans to force Petrillo and officers to address the ban and related boycott tactics.
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Daniel Britt
U. S
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Petrilo
Petrillo
Times
John L. Lewis
AFM
National Broadcasting Company
Interlochen
Mich
Department of Justice
Union
C. L. Bagley
Soviet Push In Caucasus Stalls German Drive On Stalingrad
Soviet communique reports heavy fighting 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad and in the western Caucasus. Russians claim over 9,500 German dead in 24 hours and multiple enemy tank losses as they counter attack near Kushchevka Salsk and Kletskaya.
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Moscow
Don River
Stalingrad
Salsk- Kushchevka
Western
Caucasus
Kletskaya
Red Peasant
Maikop
Don Bend
Volga
Don
Tsimlyansk
Pravda
Communist Party
Hitler
Russia
Kuban
Rostov
Don Elbow
Kushchevka
Salsk
Leningrad
Baku
Caucasian
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Rae
Adolf Hitler
Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Paris
le Moniteur
Clermond Ferrand
Aneta
Low Countries
RAF
Inside
Europe
8Th Army
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Grocess
Gore
FDR
Russell Stationery Co
Congress
Chicago
James Caesar Petrillo
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