Four Critical Hours As Amarillo Clears Jammed Water Valve
Amarillo residents faced four critical hours as technicians wrestled a jammed 24 inch valve on the main 20 inch line at the city pump station. Repairs finished by 1 pm, conserving the Fallon water reserve while fire crews managed grass and other blazes with maintained pressure. Weather records showed near heat wave conditions with 97 degrees reported and a past high of 103 in 1937, foretelling no relief soon.
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Amarillo
Bonham
Twinay Siure
Aulccutulnee
N. V. Moss
Moss
The
Daily News
Herring Hotel
Thirtieth
Lipscomb
Fourteenth
Grant
North West First
West Sixth
Reneetts
Wyoming
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Chicago
South Dakota
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana
North Dakota
Midwest
Mercury
Sioux City
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Mason City
Death of Borger Woman Studied
Hutchinson County authorities investigated the death of Olene Cator 35 of Borger who died at North Plains Hospital after an August 7 auto incident. Funeral set for Tuesday at the Borger Baptist Church with interment in Fairview Cemetery Pampa. survivors include parents two daughters four sisters and three brothers.
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Hutchinson County
Olene Cator
Borger
North Plains
Douglas Carver
Pampa
Paul Cullen
Fairview Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw-Brown
Cator
N. D. Cambern
Betty Joyce
Bertie Louise Cator
Stinnett
W. Shango
Amarillo
R. E. Maddox
H. C. Marsh
Washington, DC
W. D. Cambern
D. C
K. H. Cambern
H. C. Cambern
Largest Bomb Misses Target Over Fargo Test Site
On August 10 US Army fliers dropped the 25,000 pound Amazon bomb from a B-29 over the Fargo submarine plant. The test aimed at the underground U boat factory with 24 foot thick ceilings but the bomb landed several yards from the target. The non explosive test verifies penetration capability after two earlier direct hits.
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Fargo
Germany
United States Army
Cub Pilots Start Global Flight From Labrador
Two former Army pilots Clifford Evans and George Truman landed at Goose Bay Labrador four minutes apart after a 600 mile leg from Presque Isle amid plans to circle the world in 30 to 45 days. They began the second leg from Presque Isle after taking off from Teterboro yesterday.
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Presque Isle
Army
Goose Bay
Labrador
Clifford W. Evans
Washington, DC
George Truman
Los Angeles
Jerry Henry
Evans
Truman
Tetersboro
Rail crash in Jacksonville leaves one dead and dozens hurt
A Memphis bound Missouri Pacific passenger train struck the rear of a St. Louis bound train near the Jacksonville crossing at 4 26 AM. A mail clerk Armin J Emich of St Louis was killed and at least 28 others were injured with several hospitalizations. Fire crews battled a blaze from a torch used on wreckage as passengers reported a deafening impact and water pouring into cars.
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Jacksonville
Ark
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Little Rock
Memphis
Armin J. Emich
Hulene Johnson
Longview
Tex
Hattie Stone
Dallas
Johnson
Bedlam
Littl Rock
Here
Railroad District
Odom Completes Fastest Solo Round-The-World Flight
William P. Odom, 27, in the Reynolds Bombshell, finishes a 19 645 mile solo global circuit in 73 hours five minutes. He lands at Chicago Municipal Airport after 12 58 PM local time and is greeted by his wife Dorothy and two children.
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Chicago
William P. Odom
Reynolds
Douglas
Odom
Milton Reynolds
T. Carrol Sallee
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Dorothy
Bill
Ronnie
Rochelle
Amarillo Av How Bill Odom Aspired To Fly And Set Records
Bill Odom, once a radio mechanic in Amarillo, rose from an airport helper to a noted aviator. He described near disaster over northwestern Canada when a 20 000 to 16 000 foot descent nearly sent him into a 19 000 foot peak and recalled icing near Edmonton. His Chicago to Chicago round trip included many legs and an average speed of about 310 mph.
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Bill Odom
Annals of Sky
Amarillo
William P. Odom
Bill
English Field
Transcontinental Western Air Lines
Municipal
Charley Boyd
George Christopher
Paul Milner
Odom
Boyd
Santa Fe
Natty
Canada
Wiper
Edmonton
Alberta
Anchorage
Alaska
Chicago
Fargo
Douglas
Gander
Newfoundland
Paris
Cairo
Karachi
Calcutta
Tokyo
Burma
Transcontinental and Western Air
Trans World Airline
Pittsburgh
TWA
Death On Pan American Flight Returns to Ireland
Felix Dolan a 53 year old New York City firefighter, widower with four children, died aboard a Pan American Constellation en route to Ireland and was found sleeping deeply as the plane neared Shannon Airport in Eire. Cousin Terence Munday of Brooklyn reported the death to the crew. an inquest is planned for tomorrow.
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Shannon
Eire
Ireland
Felix Dolan
Donegal
Dolan
New York City
Fire Department
Pan American Airways
New York
St. Albans
Queens
Terence Munday
Brooklyn
Gander
Newfoundland
Munday
Bernard Sayre
New Disclosures Due in Hearing Over Hughes Contracts
The Senate War Investigating subcommittee hearings into Howard Hughes 40 million dollar airplane contracts enter their third week with promise of new witnesses. Meyer expense accounts and connections to Elliott Roosevelt are under scrutiny as Ferguson seeks identified players. Senator Pepper notes no proven fraud but hints at broader industry inquiry.
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Senate
Howard Hughes
Ferguson
Michigan
John W. Meyer
Hughes
Meyer
United States
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hollywood
Elliott
Jack Frye
Trans World Airline
Faye
Krug
War Production Board
Senate Committee
Pepper
Florida
Brewster
Maine
Truman
Attlee Calls for Survival Battle in Address to Nation
Prime Minister Attlee urged a national effort to weather the economic crisis, saying Britain must stand on its own feet like in wartime. He defended a new crisis bill, stressing shared sacrifice and no reliance on Commonwealth aid or American plans, with over ten million listeners estimated.
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London
Attlee
Germany
Commonwealth
America
Europe
Winston Churchill
Diplomatic Conferences Set to Shape Postwar Europe
Secretary of State Marshall and U S officials launch a series of conferences this week seen as pivotal for uniting or dividing the world. Key meetings include an Anglo American conference in Washington, a Rio de Janeiro defense conference, and talks on Germany's industry level, German treaty, and a possible later Foreign Ministers Council in London.
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State Marshall
Truman
Congress
Europe
Britain
United States
Marshall
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Russia
Prospect
Germany
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Council of Foreign Ministers
Molotov
Bevin
Bidault
London
Negro Apartment House Destroyed by Fire
A five apartment stucco building at 612 West Third was gutted by fire reported at 4 13 pm yesterday. Four Central Fire Station engines fought through thick smoke from tar paper lining the structure as flames approached the north end and spread to the far end. Firemen returned to the station at 5 59 pm.
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West Third
Central Fire Station
Shoppers from Canyon and Dallas Visit Amarillo
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Klein Smidth of Canyon and Mrs. W. M. Teel of Dallas shopped in Amarillo Friday.
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Amarillo
J. W. Klein Smidth
Canyon
W. M. Teel
Dallas
Woodward Guests Visit Smiths at Tyler Street
Recent guests of Mr and Mrs John Smith at 3805 Tyler Street include Mr and Mrs Bill Smith of Woodward Oklahoma for a social visit.
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Woodward
John Smith
Tyler
Bill Smith
Okla
Plywood for Cabinets Offered by Olver and Wiggins Lumber
Plywood for cabinets advertised by Olver and Wiggins Lumber Company located at 1200 West 6th. The brief notice lists cabinet plywood as available for customers.
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity forecast partly cloudy with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies and high temperatures with scattered showers or thundershowers possible Monday night. Hourly readings show highs around 95, with morning 7 AM near 79 and 10 AM around 85 to 90.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Wallace Heath
Auto Loans
West Sunrise
6Th Street
Somes
Cupid in blue costume sails toward romance
Shiela Hynes, 19, travels from England aboard the Queen Elizabeth to New York. She hopes a blue costume will identify her to Harold Conley of St Albans New York as they consider marriage after months of letters and photos.
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Weymouth
England
Shiela Hynes
New York
Harold Conley
St. Albans
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Cub Pilots
William Strohmeier
Civil Aeronautics Authority
la Guardia Field
Iceland
Strohmeier
CAA
Greenland
George W. Truman
Clifford W. Kkvans
Wings
Cupid In
Blue
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