Texas Crops Parched Amid Heat Wave Across State
United Press reports hot dry conditions threaten 260000 acres of sorghum and 60000 of cotton in Hale County as irrigation runs flat out. West central and south Texas suffer sun and winds damaging crops while Jefferson County loses about 10000 Victory Gardens. Houston end July hottest since 1892 with 85.6 average. multiple cities record 100s.
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Schmeling Rumor Haunts Graves Unit in France
Captain Gaddis Wittjen commands a graves registration company in Normandy tasked with burying war dead. Rumors persist that former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling was killed in action, prompting a field check of 160 identified enemy bodies and a plan to post a sign that Schmeling is not buried there.
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Joe Louis
Roy D. Craft
San Francisco
Charles H. Corlett
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Paris
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Mayfair Nite Club
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the Rainbow
Herring Hohe
Lucille Shoppe
Hollywood Dress
Levine's Department Store
Amarillo Baking Co, Mann Bakery
Dixie Cream Donut Shop
D. L. McDonald Ramey & Mathis Construction Co
Dairy Products Lane Ice Cream Co
Plains Creamery, Inc
Maxor Drug Co
Southwestern Drug Corp
M & M Co
Bush Drug Co
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Leeward Western Light and Supply Co
Financial First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Adkisson
Kearns Grain & Seed Co
Florists
Buthker's
Cunningham Fioral Co
Ideal Food Stores
No. 1 & Panhandle Fruit Co
Virgil Reager's Market
Amarillo Ice Co
Badger Ice Co
Jewelers Spicer's
the Diamond Shop
Zale's Jewelry Co., Inc
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the Star Lumber Co
Machinery & Equipment
Amarillo Welding and Machine Works
Star Equipment Co
Superior Manufacturing Co
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
Crowe-Guide Cement Co
Willborn Brothers Co., Inc
Media-Advertising Globe-News Publishing Co
Panhandle Outdoor Advertising Co
KGNC
Danube Oil Corp
Secretarial School
Hugo H. Leewenstern
Mrs. O. K. Mayo
Producer's Grain C Panhandle Specialty Wilson Camera Store
Bruce Autry
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