Eastern Gasoline Curfew Leaves Roads Heavier Than Night
Traffic on the East Coast remained heavy despite after dark station shutdowns. Most service stations from Maine to Florida complied with the curfew, but many independents in New York City stayed open. Stranded motorists and improvised fuel shortages surfaced across several states as police and drivers adjusted to the conservation effort.
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Associated Press
Eastern Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New York City
Harold Daily
Seaboard
Long Island
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Retail Petroleum Dealers’ Association
Ickes
British Battleship Rumored in Gulf of Siam Waters
Unconfirmed reports say a British squadron including the 30,600 ton warship Warspite sighted in the Gulf of Siam near Malaya and French Indo China. London comments were not available. If true, it marks a rare eastward deployment of a capital ship to counter new eastern threats.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Associated Press
Gulf of Siam
Asiatic
Malaya
Thailand
London
Finland
Suez
Orient
Amarilloans Storm XIT Parade At Dalhart
Amarillo led by Mayor Joe Jenkins and Rep. Jack Little joined the Dalhart Dalhart XIT Ranch Reunion parade with 30 Will Rogers Range Riders and 100 residents on 30 to 40 horses. The event featured a 3 mile parade, rodeo, and dances with plans for a repeat show tomorrow.
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Dalhart
Amarillo
Dumas
Joe Jenkins
Jack Little
Will Rogers
Mr. Little
U. S
Marvin Myers
Amarillo Station
Marine S
W. D. Twich
Mr. Twichell
Canyon
XIT
W. D. Howren
A. S. Howren
Weather drift shows more of the same for Panhandle
David Bruce forecasts persistent heat and only scattered showers for the Panhandle area on Tuesday. Sunday brought no measurable rain in the southern Great Plains while Minneapolis received 2.64 inches and Phoenix 0.02 inch. A weak storm over the Rockies and generally hot, droughty conditions prevail across the region.
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David
Bruce
Panhandle Area
Great Plains
Minneapolis
Minn
Phoenix
Ariz
Rockies
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas Forecast
The forecast notes generally fair conditions in Amarillo tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers possible Tuesday afternoon. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder-showers west of the Pecos Valley and little temperature change. New Mexico is partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers in the Rio Grande Valley and westward, with minimal temperature variation. The 24 hour extremes show a minimum 64 and maximum 92, and noon temperature around 88.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Lubbock
Galveston
Amarillo
Plains
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Newby’s
O Daniel sworn as U S Senator from Texas
Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel took the oath of office as senator to fill the late Morris Sheppard term. He stated his governor term ends automatically and joined committees on commerce, claims, District of Columbia and irrigation. He was greeted by Connally and McKellar and congratulated by fellow lawmakers as photographers recorded the moment.
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Washington
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Laws
Lone Star State
Connally
O’daniel
Senate
Commerce, Claims
District of Columbia
O'Daniel
McKellar
Langer
North Dakota
Lanham
Russell
Kleberg
Thomas
Worley
Beckworth
Gossett
Luther Johnson
Sumners
Poage
Coke Stevenson
United States
Lee O'Daniel
District of Columbia Committee
Miller's Bank
Britain May Open Northern Front Soon
Reports from Goteborg and London suggest Britain may launch a Northern European front soon, possibly in Finland near Petsamo and the Rybachi Peninsula, while Germany fights Soviet Russia. Unconfirmed, unchallenged by official sources, the rumor notes a British amphibious shock force and hints at further raids or landings near occupied territories as a strategic diversion.
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London
Britain
Finland
Germany
Russia
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Daily Express
Iran
Fintland
Petsamo
Rybachi
Norway
Fleet Air Arm
British Heavy Raids On Germany And Calais Coast
British planes conducted heavy raids on western Germany including Hanover and Frankurt am Main and attacked docks at Calais after a dawn raid on Berlin. One aircraft was lost. On the Dover front, explosions awoke residents as British bombs targeted the French coast between Calais and Boulogne amid searchlights and anti aircraft fire.
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London
U.P
Germany
Berlin
Hanover
Prankfurt-am-Main
Calais
Air Ministry
Dover
Boulogne
Britain
England
Well Dressed Thue's Wife Is Wearing- What the well dressed burglar's wife will wear
Judith Elliott of 2103 Jackson Street described what the burglar's wife will wear after a burglary Saturday night. Clothing valued at 150 to 175 dollars was taken along with a large amount of sewing equipment likely for alterations.
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Judith Elliott
Jackson Street
Mocking Birds Back Up Keep Off Grass Signs
At Randolph Field the keep off the grass warnings may include beware of the mockers as mocking birds named Joe and Christiana patrol the air station. A soldier was treated at the station hospital for a head wound after trying to move a sprinkler on the barracks lawn.
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Randolph Field
Joe
Christiana
Russians Halt Nazi Pincers Near Kiev In Smolensk Fight
German forces push toward Kiev and Smolensk as Red Army counterattacks disrupt the German plan. Soviet units claim to have halted advances at Korosten and Belaya Tserkov while cities like Tallinn and Constanza face air and naval actions. The Moscow front remains volatile with heavy fighting, air raids, and reported tank losses, as Soviet and German forces clash across multiple sectors.
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United Press
Red Army
Kiev
Smolensk
Moscow
Ukraine
High Command
Upper
Dvina
Moscow Front
Leningrad Front
Korosten
Belaya Tserkov
Smelnika
Tallinn
Estonia
Leningrad
Baltic Gulf
Finlan
Baltic
Onl
Nigt
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By Lewis Nordyke
Dairen
Japan
Manchukuo
China
Shanghai
Tte
Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
China Ports
San Francisco
Kobe
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Seattle
American President
Canadian Pacific
Russell Stationery Company
United
David Bruce
North Africa
Admiralty
Mrs. O'Daniel
Wrathers
New York
Molly
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Thue
Russian
DNB
Constanza
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