Victory Drive Bricks and Cash Pour Into Canyon Museum Drive
Contributions flood in from Panhandle towns for Canyon Museum brick drive reaching over 9100 bricks and 1106.50 in cash by midweek. Notable donors include Newton Harrell Claude and Jim Golding Amarillo with numerous supporters from Shamrock Pampa and Canadian. Community event plans include a Sunday Victory Observance on the college campus with open swimming pool and Maxor Oil Company sound track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Harrell
Claude
W.H. Patrick
Clarendon
Killough
Amarillo
J. T. Christian
T. Nicholson
Shamrock
Carl Clifft
Soveee
J. B. Clark
Pampa Daily News
Sherman White
Pampa
A. B. Crump
Wheeler
Fred Ashley
Gladys Meacham
Bob Wilson
John Cagin
Claude Rancher
Floyd Studer
Harrell
West Texas
Panhandle
Palo Duro State Park
Ed Harrell
Canyon
Maxor Oil Company
Nazis at Fort Stanton internment camp visit reported
Fort Stanton New Mexico held German sailors from the Columbus after World War II era shipping loss. Vance Johnson of the News toured the CCC camp with permission from the Justice Department and El Paso Border Patrol. He will detail conditions and operations on Friday edit page. Also noted are Texas legislators attending the program with house and senate members among the guests. The draft continues with tens of thousands called as of July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Atlantic Coast
Wilhelm Daehne
Fort Stanton
N. M
CCC
New Mexican Desert
Vance Johnson
U. S. Department of Justice
U. S. Border Patrol
el Paso
Johnson
Texas House
Senate
Washington
West Texas
Jack Little
Amarillo
United States
Moscow Blitzes and Axis Setbacks Mark War Hardness
Soviet reports say Moscow repelled a mass raid as red fighter and anti aircraft defenses thwarted most attackers. German offensives around Smolensk and Kiev faltered while Red counterattacks intensified, with 15 of 150 planes shot down and reports of ongoing fierce battles in Smolensk, Polotsk, Nevel, and Bessarabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Moscow Radio
London
Reuters
Berlin
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Polotsk- Nevel-Smolnsk
Zhitomir
Bessarabian
Red Air Fleet
Red Army
Polotsk-Nevel
Smolensk
Museum Brick Stations Listed for Panhandle Towns
Bricks may be left this week at listed local offices and public spots across Panhandle towns for museum tribute observance in Canyon Sunday. Contact editors or ex-students of West Texas State College for guidance. volunteers urged in sweep of communities from Dumas to Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Dumas
Moore County News
Borger—Herald
Spearman
Perryton
Booker
First State Bank
Higgins
Higgins News
Pampa
Shamrock
Wheeler—Panhandle Power and Light Co
Miami
Moody Cafe
Bovina
Friona
Friona Star
Hereford
Muleshoe
Muleshoe Journal
Dimmitt — Higginbotham- Bartlett Company
Tulsa
Happy
Happy Herald
Canyon—Museum
Floydada
Floydada Hesperian
Panhandle Herald
Lockney
White Deer
White Deer Review
Plainview — Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Maverick Club
West Texas State College
XIT Girls Arrive Today For Amarillo Program
Dalhart hosts the first all female booster motorcade guiding to Amarillo for the sixth annual XIT Ranch Reunion on August 4-5. Led by Mrs. Elmer Elliott and Mrs. Dan Spencer, the event features a Ford caravan, Rotary Club engagement, and a KGNC broadcast of Western songs with Dalhart Cowgirl trio and Rangerettes in Western attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Reuben
Dalhart
Southwest
Elmer Elliott
Dan Spencer
Hartley
Dumas
Amarillo
Will Rogers Range
State Highway Patrol
Poe
Olk Street
Amarillo Hotel
Spencer
Rotary Club
Cal Farley
KGNC
Rotary
Dalhert
Irma Jeannette Barnes
Betty Steele
Cleo Hanson
Bill Nite
Beatrice Pierce
XIT
Pioneer
Marilyn Norrell
Perico
Rita Blanca
Priscilla Amyx
Betty
Mary Catherine Dawson
Betty Crawford
Betty Jo Hodges
Fressia Thomas
Margie Kincheloe
What Do You Know About Aluminum A Trivia Quiz
A quiz about aluminum covers the ore, its chief component, production links to the Tennessee Valley, and questions on military use. It asks true or false about aluminum weight, a federal request to housewives for action, and what Alcoa stands for plus recognition on a government priorities list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scratchis
Tennessee Valley
OPM
Amarillo mobilizes for aluminum drive with scouts
Amarillo launches a citywide aluminum collection led by Boy Scouts and city postmen. H A Gardner notes 40 plus trucks ready. trailers placed in North Amarillo San Jacinto and Polk Street. Rural residents urged to place metal near mailboxes for easy pickup. officials thank carriers for aiding the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
H. A. Gardner
Freesences Yey Yn
Boy Scouts
A. K. Baracat
Collection Chieftain
Walter Irvin, Inc
Keith Motor Co
Toney Chisum
Dalby Motor Freight
Plains Chevrolet Co
International Harvester Co
Liberty Theater
Sam Jacobs
The
Liberty
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Maureen Sullivan
Weather summary for Amarillo area July 23 1941
Partly cloudy with showers giving way to general showers in Amarillo and West Texas while New Mexico and the Southern Plateau report scattered afternoon and evening storms. Temperatures hold steady with cool air from high pressure over the north and pacific coast. several stations over central plains reported 100 or higher, and several eastern gulf storms bring moderate precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
English Field
Panhandle
South Dakota
Minnesota
Rockies
Northern
Pacific
Canada
Pacific Coast
Idaho
Montana
Wyomine
North Dakota
Plateau
Rocky Mountain States
Central Plaine
Central Plains States
Pierre
Texas
Arizona
Rocky Mountains
United States
Gulf States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victory Drive
Canyon Museum
Pat Flynn
Boone McClure
Panhandle-Plains Museum
Singapore
France
Tokyo
Far East
Japan
Indo- China
RAF
Britain
Anthony Eden
Orient
Indo-China
South-Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
Sumner Welles
U. S
Hongkong
Yang Shuen-Chen
Vichy
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Peril
High Command
Air Ministry
St. Omer
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Mk Hom
la Bomba
el Caucho
la Union
Las Cochas
Zaramilla
Zarumilla
Bolivia
la Paz
Brazil
Colombia
Edouardo Santos
Panama Canal
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
National Socialist Party
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Panama
Ernest Wendler
Ate Tache
Elias Belmonte
Wendler
Moscow Square
Maneezhnaya Square
Kremlin
Boston
Eugene Wiley
Dr. Wiley
Russell Starrv
Globe-News
Amarillo News-Globe
Associated Press
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Jambined Daily
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