New Mexico and Texas Dry Out After Deluge
Rain abated and streams receded across the Panhandle and eastern New Mexico while northwest Texas and southern Oklahoma faced new damaging storms. Buffalo Lake spillway, Plainview flood threats, and rail and highway disruptions highlighted continued flood conditions and emergency efforts as Clovis and Vernon saw subsiding waters and renewed concerns about bridges and dikes.
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Bill Bond
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Southwestern England Raided by German Planes
German bombers raided the southwest of England last night and early today. They struck one town, dropping bombs and causing damage as air raids continued over London and surrounding areas during the period.
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England
Amarillo Child Crushed Under Car Passes Away
Twelve year old Virginia Watts daughter of Mrs. Laura C. Watts of 209 Cleveland Street died after being crushed by a car in an Amarillo street crash. The 38th Panhandle traffic fatality this year, the incident occurred about 2 45 pm near Twenty Third Avenue and Buchanan Street. Driver Jimmy King 23 of 1303 East Ninth Avenue faced no blame beyond allowing a ride on the fender. several children were being taken for a drive when the accident happened. The Watts family survives including three sisters Vivian Betty Jean Lilly and a brother Virgil with grandfather Jim Blackburn. Funeral arrangements pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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U S RemindsJaps Policy in Indies Unchanged
Washington warns Japan to change its Pacific policy while stressing U S interest in the status quo of the Netherlands East Indies. Hull reiterates policy against intervention and non aggression pacts, aiming to preserve stability in the region and Pacific peace. Batavias talks with Japan over rubber oil and tin show Dutch rejections of key demands, with Yosizawa predicting tough agreement but no immediate rupture.
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Dutch East Indies
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
H. J. van Mook
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Yoshizawa
Germany
Vichy Readies All Out Aid to Germany Amid Deterrent Warnings
Vichy government signals acceptance of German demands to aid in the Middle East crisis. France defends its vital interests while United States warnings are dismissed as aggression. British Syria defense plans and Italian and German air activity in the region frame a tense Allied picture. Bevin and Hore-Belisha clash in London as Allied unity themes arise.
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Mine Layer Launched in Philadelphia Navy Yard
A U S warship mine laying vessel was launched at the Philadelphia navy yard amid reports of military engineers building a fighter plane base at Latakia in Syria. The project advances come as strategic tensions rise in the Mediterranean region.
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Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Weather Amarillo and vicinity: Saturday partly cloudy. West Texas: Partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with occasional showers. Cold snap in south portion Saturday afternoon. New Mexico: Scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Little temperature change, 5B NOON..max 72 yesterday. precip 0.49 inches in 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday. Combined daily totals listed.
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RAF Bombs Italian Aircraft in Middle East raid
RAF planes bombed Italian aircraft at Aleppo Syria air drome destroying one plane with a direct hit. Bombs showered on the airdrome. British planes also attacked the Kattavia airfield on Rhodes Wednesday night in the Dodecanese.
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Presidential Order To Seize Plant If Strike Persists
A government official warned Monday that North American Aviation may be taken over by presidential proclamation if striking workers do not return to work. The move would place a military administrator in charge to resume production, after the strike tied up 196 million dollars in warplane orders. The official said the government can compel workers back and deemed continued labor stoppage a risk to defense aims. Roosevelt has signaled possible new steps to curb production delays.
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Dead Nazis Brought In After Bismarck Sinking
Spanish cruiser Canarias recovered a number of dead German sailors from a sea of bodies after the battleship Bismarck was sunk. They were given burial at sea with full honors, announced tonight.
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Germans Operate From Crete Hit Alexandria
The German air raid on Alexandria, described by Berlin radio as the first operation from Crete against British possessions in Egypt, was reported by CBS as the heaviest attack yet on the naval base.
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Chinese agency estimates 4259 Japanese killed or wounded
The Chinese Central News Agency reports that 4,259 Japanese officers and men were killed or wounded in the Foochow sector over the past five weeks.
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Foochow
Sunday Want Ad: Local Rentals and Rooms for Rent
Sunday is my busiest day. This Sunday I will sell all sorts of things and rent scores of vacancies all over Amarillo. Two rooms, clean and coal, $4 per week. Bills paid. 808 North Taylor. Dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
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FDR Calls Nazi Lies on Peace Talks Deliberate Propaganda
President Roosevelt accused Germany of planting rumors that England sought peace through Ambassador Winant. He cited Nazi orders to U.S. sympathizers to push a peace scare and noted new wartime powers to seize foreign ships. He rejected any sign of a U.S. move toward neutrality with Japan and referenced a New York Times interview and Berlin directives.
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Japan
City Traffic Deaths Climb in Panhandle
A June 7 report notes 12 year old Virginia Watts dies in Amarillo as 1941 traffic fatalities in the city reach three, with Panhandle highway deaths totaling 38 this year. The piece compares current toll to 1940 and 1941 figures, signaling the rising danger ahead.
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Potter County
Panhandle
98 Cent Wheat Loans Fixed
The agriculture department announced a schedule of loan rates averaging about 98 cents per bushel for the current wheat crop. Rates vary by terminal and farm storage, reflecting transportation and handling costs, with examples showing No 2 hard winter wheat at Kansas City and terminals like Galveston and New Orleans.
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Robbery at Minneapolis Brewery Nets $50,000 Cash
Five men armed with revolvers and sawed-off shotguns entered the Minneapolis Brewery about 11:30 A M. today wounding an employee and escaping with an estimated 50 000 dollars in cash, according to advertising manager Frank Kiewel.
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