Dalhartans Rally For Big Lake Opening Weekend
Dalhart and nearby communities gather at Rita Blanca Lake as Dalhart ranchers H. and Dick Coon perform daring aquatic stunts. Dick pilots an outboard boat while Dick signals fast driving during handstand on an aquaplane. Sunday will feature boat racing water skiing stunt diving massed plane flight and a polo game concluding with the official dedication of the $500000 lake by Marvin Jones and Panhandle Water Conservation Authority.
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Heavy Showers Darken Outlook For Panhandle Wheat
Heavy clouds and showers have reduced the Panhandle wheat outlook. With uncut wheat, harvesting demand rises as farmers seek five to eight foot swath combines. Costs climb above one dollar per acre, quality slips with loads testing 50 to 55 pounds, and Amarillo grain receipts lag behind normals.
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WPA Grants $16,000 For West Texas State Campus Improvements
President J A Hill announced Roosevelt approved $16,000 in WPA funds for West Texas State University improvements. Projects include paving caliche roads, sidewalk retopping, curbing, demolishing three buildings, and constructing garages concessions toilets and tennis courts. A paved drive will encircle the campus and connect athletic fields to the campus.
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Sea lanes to Iceland stay open as Roosevelt backs draft extension
President Roosevelt declared the sea lanes to Iceland will remain open at any cost. He announced plans to back proposals to extend the service period for draftees, National Guardsmen and reserves, with a message to Congress next week. He pressed Wheeler of Montana over criticism and defended occupation of Iceland as necessary for defense. Senator Downey proposed a $30 monthly bonus for service beyond one year.
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Postmen End Session Today In Amarillo Convention
More than 500 delegates and visitors attend the two day postal convention in Amarillo as officers for six branches are chosen and the 1942 site bids opened. Corpus Christi is among early bidders while Grady Cooper notes high attendance and ongoing recommendations to improve working conditions and service.
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Amarillo Hotel
Litle Gets Big Contract for Fort Sill Buildings
War department announces award of a 305793 dollar contract to W Frank Litle Construction Company of Amarillo Texas for construction of buildings for cantonment and station hospital areas at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Time for completion not announced.
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Two Milk Cows For Sale In 2010 Front Ad
A want ad clipped from Globe-News notes two milk cows offered for sale for three days but killed after the first day. The ad cost 40 cents and includes a Dial 6262 contact, with a note about want ad revenue for killed ads.
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Explosions Hit Seminole Oil Refinery Fire Kills One
A refinery blast at Sinclair No. 12 near Seminole Oklahoma set 1 000 barrel gasoline tanks ablaze killing Mary Elizabeth Sacksfield 81 and injuring four. Fire crews from Seminole Shawnee and Wewoka battled flames threatening 50 homes and 18 wells as tanks exploded and a mile away heat and smoke were visible.
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Mac McGrather
Weather Mixes Showers With Heat Across Panhandle
A wildardo area storm brought strong wind and heavy rain damaging a lumber shed at Eldorado Grain and Mercantile and ripping canopies from two service stations. Power was out briefly and no injuries were reported. Extreme heat yielded to a cooling breeze after late showers. Temperatures reached 85 at 4 30 pm. Forecast calls for continued fair warm weather in Amarillo with slightly cooler conditions tonight and Saturday.
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Czechs Sign Mutual Aid Pact to Fight Germany
Czecho-Slovak military units under the Red Army command will battle Germany under a mutual aid treaty signed by Soviet Russia and the refugee government of Czecho-Slovakia at the Soviet embassy in London.
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Weather update for Amarillo and West Texas July 18 1941
The Amarillo Daily News reports fair and warm weather for Amarillo and vicinity with cooler temps Sunday. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms Saturday, followed by a Sunday largely fair with scattered thundershowers. Temperatures in the Texas Panhandle expected to be slightly cooler Saturday, with Friday’s high at English Field 95 and scattered showers around Amarillo. The Gulf states moisture has faded, bringing drier air and higher temperatures in southern states. A cool air outbreak west of a Lake Huron to Central Oklahoma line has lowered temperatures Friday across the region. No major change anticipated in the Mountain WestFOREST area.
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Reds Dig in for Cover Rain in Moscow Front
Reds dig in amid rain in Moscow to delay Hitler’s mechanized push. Red troops burrow into wet earth, fighting from individual trenches like WWI foxholes in an elemental resistance to German columns.
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Soviet Center Cracks In Fighting Zones Up To 75 Miles
German forces push deep into the Soviet defense with actions around Smolensk, Nevel, and Polotsk as the war crosses 60 to 75 miles into Soviet territory. Soviet bulletins report heavy fighting, high casualties, and encirclement efforts while the German high command claims expanding salients near Smolensk and successful operations along the Dnieper and Dvina corridors.
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Phillips Company Sets Panhandle Crude Price At 1.15
The Phillips Petroleum Company announced it would pay 1.15 dollars per barrel for Panhandle crude of 40 degrees API gravity and above with a 0.02 dollar downward adjustment for every degree below 40. Effective July 9, the move aligns with the Texas Company price. most buyers met the top, while Texas Company and Sinclair-Prairie already paid 1.15, Humble matched it last week, and Shamrock Oil and Gas joined the price rise.
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