Parade of States Passes Every Day on Highway 66
An Amarillo family counted out-of-state car licenses along 240 miles of U S highway 66 from mid-morning to late afternoon. Over two runs they logged 26 states plus the District of Columbia, with California leading at 143 cars and Oklahoma next with 40. Other states ranged from Ohio to New York, Indiana, and Florida, each contributing single digits.
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Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Realty
C. P. Atwood
Southern States Loan Co
Hale County
M. C. Wisdom Southern States Loan Co
East 5Th
U.S
Amarillo
Tucumcari
States
District of Columbia
Roy Smith
California
Oklahoma
Ohio
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Maryland
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
New Jersey
Oregon
Utah
Iowa
Michigan
Florida
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Georgia
New York
Indiana
Louisiana
Virginia
Washington
Tennessee
Man Arrested After Public Safety Incident and Shooting
Jimmie Anderson, 22, walked into the city police station and surrendered claiming he struck a man. Branch, 37, lay wounded at home from a gunshot, condition described as not serious. Anderson produced a 32 20 Colt loaded with hollow-point shells and was jailed on charges of assault with intent to commit a serious offense.
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Jimmie Anderson
Harrison Street
Father Branch
St. Anthony's Hospital
Branch
Anderson
Masons To Get Master Degrees Tonight
Masters degrees will be conferred on two local men tonight by Palo Duro Lodge No 1239 A F & A M in special ceremonies at 524 12 Taylor Street. A buffet supper at 6 30 opens the program with the first degree at 7 30. Suppers are provided by the candidates Key Farr and Johnny Sullivan. Retiring officers will officiate for the last time. Installation of new officers will occur tomorrow night at 8 with W J Williams and Roy D Harwell officiating.
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Palo Duro Lodge
A. F
A. M
Taylor Street
Fred Lyon
Key Farr
Johnny Sullivan
W. J. Williams
Panhandle
Roy D. Harwell
Mystery Milk Bottle Stops Car Rattle in Flint Region
In Oroville California Dr. C B Griggs new automobile rattled until mechanics and a dream led to a discovery. A milk bottle from Flint Michigan found under the seat silenced the disturbance, solving the odd automotive mystery.
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Oroville
Cal
Dr. C. B. Grigg
Albert Means Rites Held at Clovis
Albert Means 82 year old Clovis pioneer died Friday night in a local hospital. Rites were held this afternoon at a funeral chapel with Rev. Langford officiating. Burial followed in Clovis Cemetery. Means came to Clovis in 1906. Survivors include his widow one daughter Mrs Mary Smart of Clovis three sons Clarence C Means of Wyoming Les Means of Clovis Hale H Means of Beauflower Cal ten grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Clovis
Albert Means
Langford
Pentecostal Church
Means
Mary Smart
Clarence C
Wyoming
Les Means
Hale H
Beauflower
Cal
Scouts of Troop 13 Head to Colorado Camp
Thirty members of Boy Scout Troop 13 depart for the Conejos River area in Colorado for a week long camp. A four man advance crew prepared the site in Antonito while Scoutmaster Bob McNeill leads the group with Henry Seaman Leonard Jansen as assistant directors and Dr. W. J. Shudde accompanying them. The scouts are paying their own way after saving from the start of the year.
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Jeff Amarillo
Conejos River
Colorado
Antonito
Colo
Bob McNeill
Henry Seaman
Leonard Jansen
W. J. Shudde
Texas Tech Outing Brings Plains Exes in Panhandle
More than 50 Texas Tech alumni from Canyon Clovis Hereford Farwell Crosbyton Amarillo Claude and other Panhandle towns attended the Amarillo Texas Tech Association's first annual picnic at Buffalo Lake. Guests included coach Del Morgan and assistant Mule Dowell. The group voted to make the banquet dance an annual event and praised attendance. The afternoon featured swimming and heating followed by an informal barbecue banquet.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Texas Tech Association
Buffalo Lake
del Morgan
Texas Tech
Recreation Hall
Canyon
Clovis
N. M
Hereford
Farwell
Crosbyton
Claude
Croatia orders U.S. consul to leave Zagreb
In a Zagreb dispatch Croatian authorities demanded the immediate closure of the U.S. consulate in Zagreb. The note handed to the U.S. consul general claimed American consular staff aided Germany and Italy’s enemies. Croatia cites lack of diplomatic relations but retains consular staff from prior Yugoslavia.
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Berlin
Kingdom of
Croatia
Yugoslavia
United States
Zagreb
DNB
Germany
Italy
Curiosity Delays Armory Demolition In Salt Lake City
Tear gas released from a canister opened out of curiosity delayed the wrecking of the old Salt Lake City national guard armory for hours. An army sergeant sighed live and learn as workers recovered from the effects.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
D.P
National Guard
Sleuth Finds Fountain Pen for Mr Bottom in Two Days
A seasoned recovery expert located Mr Bottom's black lifetime Sheaffer fountain pen within two days. The ad states contact details Phone 9487 and DIAL 6262 at Want Ad Headquarters for inquiries and rewards.
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Mr. Bottom
Tost
J. B. B. Reward
Ad Headquarters
Free-Lance Law Instructor Withdraws in Texas Senate Race
O L Somerville of Dallas withdrew his candidacy for U S Senate favoring Lyndon Johnson to block Gov W Lee O Danial and Lieut Gov Coke Stevenson. He urged voting for Johnson to stop the two “slacker twins” and criticized O Danial as a trouble-maker unfit to govern. Other candidates spoke at a city park rally.
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Dallas
O. L. Somerville
Dallas Today
U. S. Senate
Lyndon Johnson
W. Lee O'Daniel
Coke Stevenson
Somerville
City Park
Good Government Forum
Stevenson
O'Daniel
Texas
Congress
Murray
Pappy
Girl's Search Nets Arrest Of Couple
Fourteen year old Billie Ruth Self helps catch a Chicago couple, Mr and Mrs Gordon Dahlin, after a bad check at the Sterling Hotel. They admitted swindling by check, and were jailed in Potter County on charges of swindling.
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Billie Ruth Self
Hereford
Amarillo
Chicago
Sterling Hotel
Tyler Stret
Billie Ruth
G. D. Gathright
Postal Telegraph Office
East Fourth Avenue
Gordon A. Dahlin
Dahlin
California
Adrian
The
Sterling
Pioneer Hotel
Dickson Drug Store
Ukraine Appears First Nazi Goal
Dispatch from Vichy notes principal German thrust toward Russia focused on Kharkov in Ukraine’s wheat belt. Observers say geography and season boost success chances. Russians retreat in delaying action toward Sevardhov while Nazis extend lines. Foreseeable Baltic attack and German troop buildup in Finland cited.
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Vichy
France
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Baltic
Moscow
Severdhov
Finland
Hitler to Break Neck As German Advance Faces Russian Resolve
Moscow dispatch notes mass mobilization and unwavering Soviet resolve after Hitler declares war. Civil defense orders, blackout, air raid shelters, and nationwide broadcasts rally the population while Molotov and Stalin praise unity and pledge to defend Russia. German forces push toward Grondo and Kris tinopol with losses for the Nazis.
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Napoleon
Russia
Hitler
Red Army
Moscow
U.s.8.r
Kiev
S Lberia
Caucasus
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Vassily Molokov
London
Molotov
Stalin
Zeesen
Grondo
Kristinopol
Red Army High Command
Kalvaria
Stoyanny
Tsekmanovets
High Command
Antonescu Calls for Holy War Across Prut River
In an order to Romanian forces, General Antonescu urged crossing the Prut to smash the enemy in the east and north. He framed the campaign as a holy war to restore Romania's honor and defend church rights amid border losses to Russia and by Romania’s cession.
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Ussr
Finland
Russia
Rumania
Antonescu
Prut
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Front Backs Romania Germany Fight Extends Across Bucovina
A communique from the Rumanian German front says fighting began today across a 250 mile front from Bucovina mountains to the Danube where it meets the Black Sea. The Berlin radio reports Russia plans attacks on Reich territory citing treacherous preparations behind Germany's back.
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Berlin
Bucovina
Black Sea
DNB
Bucharest
Rumania
Russia
Danube
New York
Germany
Reich
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