Aluminum Drive Brings Free Transit For Amarillo Youths
Amarillo launches a city wide aluminum collection drive at nine thirty this morning in the Paramount Theater lobby. Admission is a piece of aluminum, and the donation also earns a free bus ride to see Bob Burns in Tropical Holiday. The Knot Hole Gang led by Glenn Williams organize local youth participation to defend liberty through civic action and attendance.
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Turing Bob Burns
Donald Dog Laundry
Natty Spy
Baracat
Knot Hole Gang
Kiwanis Club
Glenn Williams
Liberty Theatre
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Maureen O'Hara
Pee Adolphe Menjou
Sam Jacobs
Liberty Theater
A. K. Baracat
Zale
Mr. Barncat
America
Europe
V For Victory
Dallas
Wart Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Texas
W. H. Dick
William H. Hunn
James Stewart
North American Aviation
Dallas News
Hunn
W. H Dick
Mrs. Hunn
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Widely scattered showers occurred over the Panhandle with .64 inch in the city. High temperature 88 at the airport. Expect similar conditions and temperatures Wednesday and Thursday. Winds light to southwest. Record warmth in the Plains and Midwest due to a low pressure system near Billings.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Caersy
Abun
English Field
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Huron
S. D
Billings
Mont
United States
Rockies
South Atlantic States
Gulf States
Upper
Take
100000 Skilled Workers May Be Shifted by U S
Washington July 22 1941 defense expansion looms with a fivefold rise in aircraft factory work and a push to move 100000 skilled maintenance workers to defense plants. Draft policy debate features Taft Roosevelt and Palmer as Congress weighs extended training and national emergency actions.
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Washington
OPM
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Hillman
Congress
Senate Military Committee
John McAuley Palmer
A. J. Muste
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Taft
Ohio Republican
Roosevelt
House Naval Committee
Navy
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Committee
Britain
United States Army
Senate
White House
Luftwaffe Bombs Moscow and Arctic Nazi Pushes Review
German bombers attacked Moscow for a second night as Soviet defenses repelled the main force. Reports say only a few planes breached city defenses with fires spreading in dwellings and a hospital damage. Meanwhile German Finnish drives near the Karelia Isthmus aimed to sever the Murmansk Leningrad railway as Soviet front lines reported heavy fighting and limited gains. The terror of air raids contrasted with strong Russian counteractions and ongoing northern offensives.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Capital
London
Karelian
Murmansk- Leningrad
Leningrad
Porkhov
Smoljensk
Zhitomir
Petrozavodsk
Hitler
Luftwaffe
Berlin
Kremlin
Stalin
High Command
England
Museum V Drive Gains Momentum
Canyon’s museum brick drive shows momentum after two days with cash and brick pledges totaling 815 dollars and 60 bricks. Local workers report ongoing contributions from several residents and businesses as volunteers expect more gifts this week to complete the new unit honoring past builders who laid the foundation for the project.
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Savinmays
Common Brick
Charles H. Keffer
Marvin Jones
Morrow-Thomas Hardware Company
Heh. Ee Neene Oeteresedile
Levi Cole
Canyon
V for Victory stickers spread across town
Bruce Autry of Amarillo printed 5 000 yellow V for Victory stickers at his own expense and delivered them to the chamber of commerce which acts as distributor. The stickers appear on cars and homes as support for Britain. Autry expects 10 000 to 15 000 more soon as requests rise. The new knock using three dots and dash forms a V with the fingers to ward off bad luck.
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Bruce Autry
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Autry
Mr. Autry
Cavalry Criticized For Mobility In Desert Maneuvers
General Walter Krueger and Maj. Gen. Innis Swift urged faster action as 17 000 men of the First Cavalry Division and Texas 56th Cavalry Brigade struggled through a 17 hour desert exercise. They cited bogged armored scout cars and slow horse units, saying cavalry must improve to perform well in Louisiana maneuvers.
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Desert
Walter Krueger
Louisiana
United States Army
Texas
Innis P. Swift
Krueger
Red threat to Smolensk looms amid halted German push
London dispatch reports rising RAF raids on Germany and signs German defenses improving at Channel ports. Observers in London believe Soviet defense around Leningrad and Moscow is stubborn, with some neutral sources predicting a Soviet counteroffensive at Smolensk within 72 hours. Kiev area risks if Ukraine falls, as Germans could redirect to Britain.
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London
North Sea
Black Sea
Leningrad
Moscow
Smolensk
Germany
Cross Channel
Pskov
Kiev
Ukraine
England
Nazis Break Through On Northern Front At Polotsk
German forces claim to have taken key positions near Polotsk, enabling a broad front infantry advance after a two day battle on the Stalin line behind the Dvina River. Berlin says Soviet defense is being torn apart while Moscow reports heavy German air raids caused limited damage and 22 planes shot down.
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Polotsk
Moscow
Lorenz Bersch
DNB
Dvina
Smolensk
Berlin
Red
Nazis Advance At Snail Pace On Vast Front
After four days of mud, rain, and heavy fighting along the German Russian front the Nazi advance slows to a snail's pace. Hitler's headquarters cites a breach in the Stalin line but no new strategic crossings or junctions as proof of decisive success and Moscow confirms only local stubborn resistance and counterattacks by Soviet forces.
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Hitler
Stalin Line
Red Army
Moscow
Smolensk
Red
Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
State Department
White House
John A. Beardall
Navy Department
Indo-China
Tokyo
Hongkong
Hanoi
Saigon
Chungking
United States
New York
CBS
Bloody Battle Report Released by Germans
Tens of thousands of Russian troops were reported killed or wounded as Germans seized a section of the Stalin line near Polotsk behind the Dvina River after two days of hard fighting. German high command described the assault as one of the heaviest air force raids, with Soviets defending fiercely but suffering large losses.
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Associated Press
Polotsk
Moscow
Berlin
DNB
Stalin
Dvina River
Nazi US stance fuels diplomatic clash in Americas
Berlin denounces Roosevelt move to extend drafted service while Bolivia expels German minister and U S aid to Bolivia provokes Berlin. Reports describe Indian unrest in Cochabamba and Nazi coup fears as Britain and Poland attack targets in France and Indo China tensions rise with Japan and Moscow.
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Dienst Aus Deutschland
Bolivia
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Reich
Dienst
Berlin
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Bolivian
Cochabamba
Enrique Penaranda
Ernst Wendler
Switzerland
Inti
Wendler
Antofagasta
Chile
Hans Haller
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Afi
OSCOW
Pag tMation Bureau
Worley
Army
Eugene Worley
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Amarillo Marine
Marine Corps
Odell H. Coneley
Amarilo
Tex
Wood B. Kyle
Whitney, Tex
Hollis A. Mustain
el Paso
Mr. Webb
Russell Stationery Company
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Arctic
U. S
Latin America
Aginy
Canyon Museum
Reds
Nazis
Red Front
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Agriculture Department
France
Seine River
Russia
Vichy
Paris
Les Nouveaux
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