France Rejects Military Bases for Outsiders Worldwide
A government spokesman stated France will not grant military facilities abroad or outside its empire as it did with Japan in Indo China. In Washington Secretary Hull declared united effort would help free peoples prevail, while London reports Russia will join an Allied meeting in London to discuss future peace era economic difficulties.
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Japan
Indo-China
London
Russia
Weather and anecdotes mix in a lively town column
The piece blends forecasts of showers for crops with a local humor column. It notes row crops delayed by weather, quotes a young golfer Jimmy Moore's $520 Calcutta win from a $30 stake, and mentions community figures, a knee injury, lifestyle reflections, and upcoming guest contributors. It also weaves in travel jokes, oil prospect notes at Tack No. 2, and local wildlife and sunflowers around Amarillo.
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Jimmy Moore
Jimmy
Calcutta
Plainview
Amarillo Welcomes a City of Flowering Homes and Pride
Amarillo is praised as a show city with hundreds of flower beds and beautified yards. Mrs William Kane at 1802 Madison Street leads the way with a vegetable garden arranged among flowers, while Mrs T F Gilbert next door also contributes to the neighborhood’s lush appearance. A visitor notes the town’s rapid transformation and envisions Amarillo becoming the beauty capital of the western hemisphere as residents vow to intensify efforts this fall and spring.
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Amarillo
William Kane
Madison Street
T. F. Gilbert
British Columbia
Bgc
Russian songs lure Viet guerrillas to surrender in forests
Berlin dispatch says German propaganda units broadcast sad Russian folk tunes from loudspeakers to coax Viet guerrilla fighters from the woods to surrender, as reported today from the front.
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Berlin
Silk Stocking Skirmish Adds to Dollar Day Frenzy
Shoppers in Amarillo battled lines and crowded aisles as Dollar Day boosted a silk stocking rush. Despite silk shortages for parachute material, hosiery priced from 49 cents to 1.09 a pair drove a noon‑time depletion, with police noting a Christmas‑like surge. The silk crisis expands beyond fashion to industrial concerns as 21,291,486 dozen hoses shipped in early 1941 show a 146 percent rise, while rayon yarn limits and price controls threaten output.
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Amarillo
Uncle Sam
United Press
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Office of Price Administration
FDR Vetoes Highway Bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a defense highway bill that would grant 2500000 for defense road work, criticizing the 50 50 split among states as misaligned with actual defense needs. He warned some critical deficiencies might remain unaddressed even with the proposed funds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
View Tack Prefers House Work Dear Tack Tam
A classified letter from a reader seeks housekeeping or child care work for a Black woman in need of employment. It also requests finding a lost dog named Smudge, a Black Scottie, with a contact phone number. The ad includes reader addresses.
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Madison Street
Apt
Tack
Bill JR. Black Scottie
Smudge
Harrison St
Lost brown leather billfold with oil well embossing
A brown leather billfold with an embossed oil well on the front is missing. It contained a large amount of cash and identification papers. A liberal reward is offered for its return. Call 2-2291 or visit 300 West Sixth Avenue during the day.
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West Sixth Avenue
Ford Testing New Engine
Detroit August 4 A 12 cylinder liquid cooled solid fuel injection airplane engine roared on the test block at the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford announced the engine has been turned over for the first time, with engineers hopeful it will reach 1800 horsepower at takeoff. Tests of a two cylinder section have run for months, with preliminary results described as very encouraging. If approved by the army air corps Ford expects rapid adaptation to mass production at River Rouge. The design includes solid fuel direct injection exhaust powered supercharger a one piece light alloy cylinder block and an inter cooler for the intake air.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Ford
Army Air Corps
River Rouge
Mexico Buys Six Heavy Locomotives From U S
Mexico City reports the government purchased six modern heavy locomotives from the United States for the 9,000 mile Mexico National Railroads, a state operated system undergoing broad reorganization.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
National Railroads
Japanese Minister Wakasugi to Report on Washington
Japanese Minister Wakasugi will depart Washington for Tokyo to file a personal report on affairs in the United States to his government, embassy sources said. The move indicates ongoing diplomatic communications between Tokyo and Washington.
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Washington
Kaname Wakasugi
Tokyo
Soviet pattern to end Hitlerism but not prewar Poland borders
Szoviet media declares recent Soviet Polish past as historically pivotal and ending Hitlerism yet notes it does not promise Poland’s pre 1939 frontiers as set by the Riga treaty. In other news a British submarine rammed by an Italian torpedo boat in the Mediterranean split in two. 91 survivors were captured. An Italian submarine also lost. The communique says it did not return to base from Atlantic operations.
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High Command
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Atlantic
Market summary and Livestock prices from Kansas City
U S D A livestock report from Kansas City shows hogs sold/stock affected. top hog price at 11.20 for 180-250 lb, 260-300 lb 10.50-11.00, 149-170 lb 10.60-11.05. Cattle and calves market activity described as steady to strong with 250 higher than last week. Colorado fed heifers around 12.50 and light to medium weight fed steers about 12.25, grass-conditioned stockers rising.
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Kansas City
U.8.d.a
Colorado
Ann Boutell Returns as Hostess at Herring Hotel Coffee Shop
Ann Boutell returns to the Herring Hotel Coffee Shop as hostess in charge of service after a ten year absence. She previously served seven years as the coffee shop manager and invites friends to visit.
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Herring Hotel
Ann Boutell
Nazi mocks US warning on France colonies
Berlin dispatch reports a Nazi spokesman dismissing the United States warning to France against Axis collaboration as partly threatening and partly impertinent and partly stupid. He says the American statement shows ignorance of European affairs and predicts French press reaction.
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Berlin
France
U. S
United States
Market Receipts and Opening Bids for Livestock
The market shows bids at 10.25 to 12.00 with bulk stockers and feeders $875 to 11.25 and yearlings around 600 lb at 11.75. Lightweight stock steer calves demand $14.00 while sheep sales total 5,000 with overall 8,300 head, bids slow. Opening native spring lamb bids are lower, but asking prices remain steady with best lots above 0.75.
She Turned Him Down ADLA Tablet Advertisement
An old advertisement urging readers to keep ADLA Tablets for quick relief from heartburn fullness and sour stomach. The ad notes discomfort hinders progress and directs readers to obtain the tablets from their druggist, Cretney Drug.
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Cretney Drug
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