Third Partner In New Front United as Britain Russia Pact
The British Soviet agreement for joint action in World War II and a propled anti Hitler coalition was announced with U S considered a third partner. Soviet reports detailed widespread Red Army air raids and a Nazi motorized unit destroyed. Molotov Cripps Stalin signed the pact in Moscow and London officials said the US was informed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Germany
London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Vyacheslav Molotov
Joseph Stalin
U. S
United States
Stafford
Kremlin
Laurence A. Steinhardt
S. A. Lozovsky
Great Britain
Lozovsky
Stalin
Russia
Japan
Berlin
Armistice Ended Syria Lebanon Campaign
Britain and France sign an armistice ending the Syria and Lebanon war. General Wilson calls it painful but necessary, while ceasefire clashes subside and Turkey could align more with the British sphere. Terms remain undisclosed. Britain strengthens Middle East position and rail links to Turkey.
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Syria
Lebanon
Levant
Germany
Henry Maitland Wilson
Wilson
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Vichy
Henri Dentz
France
Charles de Gaulle
Middle East
Il Popolo d Italia warns ships toward England will be attacked
In Rome on July 13 a Mussolini newspaper columnist Mario Appelius says all ships bound for England will be attacked. He declares ships from any nation or city heading to Britain face torpedoes bombs or guns during Iceland occupation reporting by Il Popolo d Italia.
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Rome
Iceland
United States
Weather Outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
The Amarillo Sunday News Globe reports widespread cloudiness and scattered thundershowers across West Texas and New Mexico for Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures hold steady with minor fluctuations. readings include 64 at noon and 73 in the afternoon at Amarillo. Precipitation for the past 24 hours totals 0.47 inch.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Boron Ashes
Strikers Deny Power Sabotage in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge and surrounding areas ten Louisiana communities experienced power outages as Gulf States Utilities faced sabotage claims. The company blamed a fuse removal causing transformer oil loss and an explosion, offering 500 dollars for evidence. union officials denied involvement amid a four day old strike.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Gulf States Utilities Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
O. A. Walker
International
Hal C. Leonard
Gulf States
Leonard
Red Cross to Ship $1,000,000 in Medical Supplies to China
The American Red Cross announced a $1,000,000 shipment of medical supplies to China in response to critical needs reported by officials along the Burma border to Chungking. Chairman Norman H. Davis said the cargo would be loaded on the first freighter departing Pacific Coast ports, part of more than $3,500,000 in aid already sent to China.
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Washington
American Red Cross
China
Burma
Chungking
Norman H. Davis
Pacific
Davis
Sign posts uprooted in Britain stored in depots
British Signposts Stores Bath England. People wonder what happened to hundreds of thousands of sign posts uprooted a year ago to muddle invaders. They are kept under lock and key in depots across the country.
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Bath
Eng
U.P
Farmers May Avoid Penalty on Wheat by Extension of Time
The Agriculture Department extends the grain loan storage period to April 30, 1943, allowing farmers with excess wheat to dodge a 49 cent penalty. Options include paying the penalty, storing under government loan at 60 percent, storing under bond, or turning grain to the government for relief use. A 12 cent per bushel storage allowance is provided for on farm storage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tions
Army Head Says Draftees Must Stay Longer In Service
Washington reports Gen Marshall urged Congress to extend selectee and National Guard service to sustain offshore bases. He warned a one year term would force mass redeployments from Hawaii, prompting a shuttle system between mainland and bases. Compromise talks loom as Roosevelt aides weigh options.
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Army
Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Marshall
Rayburn
Hawaii
Capitol
Roosevelt
McNary
Oregon
Hemisphere
Gurney
South Dakota
Amarillo Gas Company Transforms Cowtown to Metropolis
Amarillo residents long cooked without gas until a vast natural gas deposit, located just 20 miles away, was tapped. The development slashed local gas rates, marking a milestone in Amarillo’s growth and the rise of the Amarillo Gas Company as a city booster.
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Amarillo
United States
Amarillo Gas Company
Goering Reported in Concentration Camp Rumor
London reports unconfirmed rumor that Reichsmarshal Goering has been placed in a German concentration camp. Exchange Telegraph cites Moscow radio and Swedish circles as origins, while many past Goering rumors have proved false.
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London
Reichsmarshal Goering
Exchange Telegraph Company
Moscow Radio
Goering
Adolf Hitler
War Office Sets Spending Mark
Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson reported that the War Department obligated a total of 4,986,300,310 dollars for national defense in June, the highest monthly outlay on record.
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War Office
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Wheat harvest delayed by weekend showers in Panhandle
The Panhandle wheat harvest is held up by weekend rain and soggy soil, risking about 20 million bushels. Weeds and persistent moisture threaten yields as farmers struggle to access fields with heavy equipment across Vega Hereford Adrian and nearby towns.
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Panhandle
Vega
Hereford
Santa Fe
Adrian
South Plains
Kress
Plainview
Lubbock
Claude
Five girls to fill capsules for next draft drawing
Five girls will start tomorrow filling capsules for the second draft lottery drawn July 17. The capsules determine order for about 750,000 men called for possible military training by draft boards. Caps are nonflammable cellulose acetate, used in safety motion picture films.
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Washington
Selective Service
Personal calls to sell and place ads by daily caller
A caller promotes rapid door to door service offering 35 000 daily personal calls to residents. The advert claims ability to sell any demanded article or service, rent vacancies, recruit extra help, or recover lost valuables and provides a dialing point 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
Nazis at Gate of Rich Ukraine in Soviet War Update
Allied and Axis forces trade claims as fighting rages across the Soviet front. German high command reports breakthroughs near Leningrad Minsk and Kiev while Moscow asserts Red Army counterattacks, heavy losses on both sides, and air operations against German targets in Romania and Ploesti.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Red Air Force
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Russia
Minsk
Dnestr River
Ukraine
Pskov
Vitebsk
Novograd
Volynski
Red
Novograd Volynski
Klementi Voroshilov
Soviet Information Bureau
Rumania
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Prut
Ploesti
Memel
Germany
Red Star
London
Turkey
Britain
French
Bremen
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Channel
RAF
Air Ministry
British
Ministry of Information
Tobruk
Libya
Reds in China Won All Out Aid to Chiang
In Chungking on July 13, reports say Germany’s invasion of Russia shifted the Chinese political stance toward greater unity. Kuomintang and Communist leaders foresee closer cooperation against aggression, as Moscow gains Western backing and Japan grows doubtful of its Soviet pact. Endorsed by Churchill and Roosevelt, the thaw includes the Ta Kung Pao editorial praising Red Army cooperation in Shansi and Chou En lai’s olive branch to the Kuomintang.
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Britain
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Kuomingtang
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Roosevelt
Ta Kung Pao
Red
18Th
Shansi
Chou Enlai
Kuomintang
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