Rain and Hail Damage Wheat Across Panhandle Areas
Thunderstorms and heavy hail disrupted harvest weather with reports of widespread rain from Waynoka to Clovis and up to three inches in Amarillo. A ten mile band between Dumas and Bautista suffered severe hail damage to unharvested wheat, while other locales noted lighter effects and rising water on roads and rails.
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Panhandle
Dumas
Bautista
Santa Fe
Acre
Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Waynoka
Clovis
Gage
Oklo
Arnett
Fort Worth
Civic Leaders Stage Comic War Bond Auction Tonight
Civic leaders host a large war bond auction and sideshow to lure crowds with charity stunts and local talent. Prominent figures from Gulf Oil, Rex Baxter, Colonel Simpson, and Robbie O Keefe promote fashions, raffles, and humorous demonstrations to raise funds and entertain the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbie O'Keefe
War Bond
Colonel Simpson
Rex Baxter
Hamlin
Emil F. Myers
Mason King
Patsy Flynn
Kressend Company
Open-to-Everyone War Bond Auction Sideshow Planned
A Fifth Avenue Polk Street platform will host an auction and sideshow with a 50 man chorus and military band from Amarillo Army Air Field. Eleven performers and 14 Chin-Up volunteers will entertain while goods and services go to high bidders in a wartime fundraising event. A special Pantex truck exhibit of explosives will be on Sixth Avenue. Dallas leads Fifth War Loan drive. Texas surpasses halfway with 76.5 million in bonds against a 74.89 million quota.
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Gulf Oil Corporation Consignee
UK Street
Cal Farley
Jenks Mode
Man Mountain Dean
Bull Lynch
Jack Woods
Frank Little
E. W. Cain
Dr. Cain
Sixth Avenue
Polk Street
Pantex
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Dallas
Texas
Nathan Adams
War Finance Committee of Texas
U. S. Treasury Department
Adams
Caen encirclement advances as Allied forces drive German lines
Allied forces led by British tanks and Canadian artillery pressed toward Caen from the south and west, forcing multiple German counterattacks to fail. Frontline reports say over 60 German tanks knocked out in three days, with more than 160 destroyed since June 6. The offensive aims to encircle Caen despite bad weather, with advancing infantry and armor across the Odon and adjacent routes.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Europe
Epron
Heronville
Orne River
Point Blank Range
Tourville
Odon
Rauray
Fontenay
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Normandy
Greene
Bernard L. Montgomery
Paris
St. Lo
Weather outlook for Amarillo region with thundershowers
Partly cloudy conditions persist Thursday and Friday across Amarillo and vicinity with widely scattered thundershowers in late afternoon and early evening. West Texas and New Mexico show similar trends with scattered storms, limited to afternoons and evenings. temperatures rise slightly Thursday. Sunrise 6 35 A M, sunset 0 05 P M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ration Order Hikes Beef Points as Lamb Returns
The Office of Price Administration announces higher point values for choice beef cuts due to a 12 percent July supply shortfall. Lamb, some cheeses and perishable varieties return to rationing, while butter and margarine keep their points. Canned milk rises slightly and overall meat supply for civilians in July is projected just below June levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price
Chester Bowles
OPA
Wheat Harvest Boosts Amarillo Receipts To 123 Cars
Wheat receipts at Amarillo elevators rose sharply with 123 carloads counted yesterday. The tally compares with 77 on Tuesday and 87 for Sunday and Monday combined, while Saturday and Friday yielded 37 and 36 cars respectively. Harvest on the High Plains appears near peak within a week or ten days as weather and labor conditions strain required combines and trucks. Local extension official D A Adam notes the critical need for harvest machinery and labor, with western states ready to supply equipment as the crop ripens. Weather variation across the Panhandle explains staggered ripening, with heat and rainfall affecting timing. Stock accounting forms, Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
High Plains
D. A. Adam
Plainview
San Angelo
Brownwood
Brady
Oklahoma
Adam
Austin
Federal Weekly Crop and Weather Bulletin
Memphis
Dalhart
Panhandle
Randall County
Fatherland Line Wiped Out in Minsk Drive
Soviet forces smash toward Minsk encircling Bobruisk and capturing Mogilev Lepel Osipovichi Shklov and Bykhov as Gen. Rokossovsky and Gen. Zakharov lead the Red Army in a major offensive on the Eastern Front. The drive reports tag German generals captured and a collapsing 12th Infantry Division.
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Fatherland
Minsk
London
Mogilev
Lepel
Osipovichi
Bobruisk
Moscow
Matvei Zakharov
Stalin
Dnepr
Bammir
Ermannsdorf
Monitor
Ivan Bagramian
Russia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Shklov
Bykhov
Marvin Jones On Way Home
War Foods Administrator Marvin Jones said food distribution for Americans and Allied nations under rationing or lend lease will not be affected by the presidential campaign. He noted rationing may continue briefly after the war but will be abandoned as quickly as possible and praised the federal price support program as a key wartime pillar.
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Dallas
War Foods
Marvin Jones
Jones
Washington
Amarillo
Tex
United States
U S Finland Break Nears Amid War Shifts
U S Finland relations head for a break as Finland vows active war with Nazis against Russia. President Roosevelt faces the choice on severing the remaining diplomatic ties. Officials note deteriorating ties since Pearl Harbor and Finland’s role with Germany. A separate Allied dispatch reports a Channel cable line now in use.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
Argentina
Roosevelt
United States
Hjalmar Procope
Pearl Harbor
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Foace
English Channel
Farley-Garner Plot Charged
Rixey Smith alleged a plot by James A Farley and John N Garner to form a southern revolt against Roosevelt. He spoke before a Richmond audience forming a committee for Roosevelt reelection. Garner refused comment on the Richmond address noting no statement from Texas officials.
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Richmond
Rixey Smith
Carter Glass
Soan
James A. Farley
National Committee
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Smith
John Marshall
Texas
Europe
Bryan
Farley
Garner
South Carolina
Mississippi
Committee For
Uvalde
John N. Garner
Houston
Tex
George Butler
Texas State Democratic Executive Committee
Dewey Seeks Youth and Peace in US Presidency
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accepted the Republican nomination pledging to end one man rule, crush Germany and Japan, and renew freedom at home. He criticized the Roosevelt administration as old and tired and urged a new, progressive government to solve jobs and ensure military conduct remains nonpolitical. He praised John Bricker and emphasized a cabinet of able leaders in a coming Dewey administration.
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Chicago Stadium
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mrs. Dewey
Martin
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
United States
John W. Bricker
Ohio
White House
Bricker
John Bricker
New York
Washington
Invasion casualties total 40549 for first two weeks
London reports Allied casualties for June 6 to June 20 totaling 40549 with 24162 Americans killed wounded or missing. British and Canadian losses numbered 584?. total dead 5287. Burma India losses stated as 6000 killed or missing and 12000 wounded.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Caen
Southeast Asia Command Headquarters
Oey‘lon
Burma
India
Japan
Joseph Ww. Stilwell
France
Washington
Breshenters
Normandy
Vaso
Navy
Wiwu Oni
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Leif Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Saipan
Rota
Guam Island
Tinian
Chester W. Nimite
Nimite
Pacific Fleet
Kurabu Zaki
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Marianas
Donnay 9
Garapan
Nafuan Point
Nafutan Point
Aslito
Tinian Island
Guam
Rota Islands
Apra Harbor
Kurabu
Zaki
Kurile
Frank Jack Fletcher
Shumushu
Truk
Sumushu
Ventura
Seventh Army Air Force
Nimitz
Carolines
Hall Islands
Ats
Fifth Avenue
Amarillo Army Air Field
Clay Thornton
Vichy Radio
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Maupertus
S. 8
Panhandle Plains
Russell Stationery Company
U. S.-Finland
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