Tire theft wave hits Amarillo stores and trucks
Police report another major tire burglary in Amarillo at Sears Roebuck on Polk Street. Thieves stole 60 passenger tires and a 1941 bob-tail truck to transport them, using a cashed property access method. Authorities search for the truck and suspects while warning garages to secure vehicles due to rising black market tire activity.
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Amarillo
Sears- Roebuck & Company
Polk Street
Fillmore Street
Phillips Petroleum Warehouse
Sears-Roebuck
Stenographer Exams Urgently Announced in Washington
The U S Civil Service Commission announced immediate stenographer exams for Washington D C civil service posts. Secretary H M Timmons said exams will be held this week on application day to fill urgent vacancies paying 1440 dollars yearly. Application forms are available from Mr Timmons in Room 21 of the postoffice building.
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Washington
D. C
U.S. Civil Service Commission
H M. Timmons
Board of
U. S, Civil Service Examiners
Timmons
Postoffice Building
Lost and wanted notices in Amarillo newspaper
A collection of small classified asks for lost items and personals. A girl seeks work caring for children, a widow describes her lifestyle, and notices request a job for a colored woman. Also a dog owner offers a home for a collie and four puppies, plus a reward for lost watches and a general housework request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGNC
AFL and CIO to reunify after seven year split
William Green, AFL president, announced that AFL representatives will meet CIO leaders to discuss organic reunion of the two major labor groups ending their seven year rift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
CIO
Amarillo Property Valuation Rises for Tax Roll
Amarillo expects the tax base to exceed 59 million dollars, up from 57.99 million last year, after protest hearings by the joint city and school board of equalization. Ground values on Polk Street rose 15 to 20 percent near key corners, with normal growth adding another million plus in taxable values. Perry Burks says new buildings and improvements could lift values by one to one and a half million, reflecting natural growth. The city will set a tentative value for the budget and hold a public hearing before the final levy, with a 12 month budget starting Oct 1 marking Amarillo’s first full fiscal year.
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Amarillo
Perry Burks
Potter County Trails in War Bond Sales for July
Potter County again misses the monthly war bond quota with July sales totaling 443,923.50 dollars. The county’s target was 563,100 dollars, and credit unions added only a few thousand. August began slowly before a three day campaign by Company C of the Defense Guard spurred sales.
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Potter County
Sam
Company C
Defense Guard
British Spitfires Attack Calais Area
British Spitfires attacked the Calais area in a mid day strike over the Channel as Nazi raiders damaged two English towns in scattered bombing forays. A third southern coast town was saved by strong anti air fire. Observers at Folkestone saw Spitfires returning from the Calais action.
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London
English Channel
Calais
Folkestone
Channel
Confessed Slayer Is Glad It's Over
New York August 4. Gambler Max Fox confessed to the White House Bridge Association killings, admitting he shot Robert C. Greene and Morris Wolenski. Fox, 48, once New York betting commissioner, claimed Greene cheated him of $300,000 in 1940 bets and vowed revenge. He expressed relief at the end of the case.
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New York
Max Fox
White House
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Fox
Greene
Judge Pitts Visits for Amarillo Runoff Chief Justice Post
Judge BE L Pitts of Lubbock visited here today as part of the race for chief justice of the court of civil appeals. He and Judge E C Nelson of Amarillo earned spots in a runoff primary for the high court post.
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BE. L. Pitts
Lubbock
Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
E. C. Nelson
High Court
Scrapping Drive Urges Citizens to Fuel War Effort
Roy Green hill and C. J. Fowlston urge Amarillo residents to turn scrap metal into 6 million tons needed to sustain steel production. Old pails, ash cans, golf clubs and plumbing contain enough steel for helmets and shells. Local stations run by Salvation Army Maverick Club and USO accept donations.
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Roy Greenhill
Potter County Salvage
Uncle Sam
C. J. Fowlston
City Salvage Committee
Glider Students Set to View Film at Rex Theater
Glider School cadets of the Army Air Forces will attend a Rex Theater showing of glider action scenes filmed at Lamesa. Lieutenant T Rives aided the crew, and tonight marks the final screening paired with the feature Rings on Her Fingers starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney.
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Army Air Forces Advance
Rex
Lamesa
Lieut. T. Rives
Henry Fonda
Gene Tierney
Practical Demonstration of Price Ceiling Set for Amarillo Model Store
A practical demonstration of the official price ceiling will occur tomorrow in the Amarillo Hotel blue and gold room. Local merchants provide stock while OPA specialists explain the regulations to attendees.
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Amarillo
OPA
Red Cross Opens Field Station in Amarillo
The American Red Cross moves to establish a field station at Amarillo with two field directors arriving to oversee operations. The organization maintains field stations at cantonments for training and relief work.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Amarillo
Ecantonments
Amarillo Civil Air Patrol Issues Uniforms at Weekly Session
Members of the Amarillo Civil Air Patrol received uniforms during their regular weekly meeting at the high school armory. Lieut Gordon Gill led a drill and lecture on military courtesy, with several members planning to deploy on Texas coast patrols against enemy submarines.
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Amarillo
Civil Air Patrol
Gordon Gill
CAP
Planso
Texas
Legion official opposes parole of convicts for war service
Remy Ancelin, vice commander of the American Legion's Fifth District, rejects Dr Sidney M Lister's plan to parole hundreds of short term convicts for army service. Ancelin warned that if paroled men do not become good citizens they cannot be good soldiers.
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Dallas
U.P
Remy Ancelin
American Legion
Sidney M. Lister
Texas Prison Board
Angelin
British Learn Secret of New German Plane
British air ministers possess secrets of Germanys new Focke Wulf 190 fighter a key western air front weapon. A report notes the FW 100 Westhwight down on Britain leaving German orders that the planes not cross the English Channel as a precaution against invasion.
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London
Germany
Britain
Ehgitth
Unclear text fragment from Los Angeles item
Fragmentary OCR text describes a driver and a swarm of bees with an uncertain event involving Abbott. The readable portions do not yield a complete action, location, or outcome to summarize a distinct news item.
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Tos Angeles
Frerett Abbott
Park
Abbott
Market snapshot stocks and livestock bids across major exchanges
The report shows Merrill Lynch stocks at 1 PM with 30 Industrials at 198.01 down 17.20, Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets with hogs selling mostly 150 lower, cattle and calves varied with week gains for feeders, and prices for hogs, sheep, and cattle across Chicago and Kansas City markets. Key figures include top hogs at 14.45 to 14.90, cattle up to 16.90, and grainfeds around 13.50 to 15.00 with mixed feeder prices.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S
Rain likely with slight cooling after 90s heat
Scattered showers may return this afternoon as temperatures ease from yesterday's 92 degree high. Morning low was 69 with lighter moisture reported across Panhandle at .54 and other nearby points, while Dunias and Tucumcari recorded 34 and 48 respectively.
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Panhandle
Dunias
Tucumcari
Bootleg Markets Supplying Steel for Higgins Yards
Frank Higgins testifies before a House subcommittee that bootleg markets supplied steel for his father Andrew Higgins Michaud shipyards in Louisiana. He says warehouses nationwide provided lists of needed steel before contracts were awarded, while senior Higgins questions legality and ethics.
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New Orleans
Aug
Frank Higgins
Congressional
Michaud
Higgins
Andrew Jackson Higgins
U.S. Maritime Commission
House
Marchant Marine and Fisheries
Herbert C. Bonner
North Carolina
Bower
Young Higgins
John B. Sullivan
Missouri
Sullivan
13 Year Old Boy Hunted Siblings in Ozark Arrival
Ivan Harris, 13, arrived in town this morning from Ozark Ark seeking his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Janis Childres who had come to work in war effort. He lost his billfold with the address and investigators urge anyone knowing the Childress address to contact Maverick Club director Ralph Dykeman or L L Hudgins.
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Ivan Harris
Janis Childres
Ozark
Ark
Maverick Club Seeks More Scrap Metal and Rubber
Maverick Club still needs more scrap as Director Ralph Dyke announced. Last week the group collected about three tons of scrap metal and 500 to 600 pounds of scrap rubber. The salvage truck runs on a regular schedule and residents with scrap are urged to call the club at 5289.
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Maverick Club
Ralph Dykeman
Mavericks
Texas Banana Supply Sees No Shortage
Houston importers report Texas will not face a banana shortage unlike other regions, thanks to overland shipments from Mexico. Banana supply remains steady as refrigerated cars move fruit into Texas communities.
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Texas
Houston
Lone Star State
Mexico
Brown proposes 400 credit for college dependent relief
Senator Brown of Michigan unveiled a revised 6.271 billion revenue bill offering 400 tax credits for dependents in college and extending the 400 exemption to cover college years. He urged relief to help taxpayers meet unexpected expenses and warned that high taxes could burden citizens with debt. He supports extending postwar rebates to individuals, not only corporations, a view echoed by Mayor LaGuardia.
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Washington
Senator Brown
Michigan
Brown
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Amarillo Red Cross Seeks 5000 Garments In Year
Amarillo Red Cross seamstresses have been asked to make 5000 garments over the next 12 months. Mrs. M. T. Johnson, sewing room director, said material is cut and ready. Volunteers may sew at the workshop at 125 West Tenth Avenue or at home. The chapter is also preparing comfort kits for service members departing for foreign duty.
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Amarillo
Mrs Verna White Awaits Son's Call From Hawaii
Mrs Verna White of the Potter County Health Department expects a Sunday afternoon call at 3 o clock from her son Sgt George H White who is serving in Hawaii. She received a telegraphic notification last night from San Francisco that he would call Sunday.
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Verna White
Potter County
Red Star and Red Fleet outline roles in Caucasus defense
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting near Salsk 100 miles southeast of Rostov with changes of control and stiff Soviet resistance against German tank and air attacks. Don and Kuban Cossacks drive back tanks while front lines disrupt supply routes to slow German reinforcements. The Salsk area holds the fiercest second week battle, as Soviet forces seek to sever rail links to the Caucasus.
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Red Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
Caucasus
Salsk
Rostov
Red Star
Steppes
Kletskaya
Stalingrad
Stalingrad-Caucasus
Cossacks Hold Off German Assault Despite Heavy Support
Russian high command lauded Cossacks for extraordinary courage as one unit repelled an assault by two motorized divisions with 50 tanks and numerous planes. Another regiment repelled three days of uninterrupted attacks by two German regiments. Cossacks reportedly killed hundreds of Germans and Rumanians.
Survivor recounts long swim after cruiser incident
Mrs Repke and two companions swam for hours until she reached shore and found a vacant hunting cabin. She later walked three miles to a farmhouse and noted hours of sun and disorientation. Eight hours in water estimated. friends clung to the wreckage. Sheriff Johannes said hope was slim for others to survive.
Japanese air field protection woes amid Pacific war shift
U S Air Force in India reports bombers through heavy rain crippled a Japanese stronghold in Burma, while Japanese forces seize Suichang near Kinwha in China. A Tokyo comes dispatch notes MacArthur headquarters: a British trawler survives a submarine attack off Australia as two crew die and four wounded. The submarine later surfaces near the trawler, shells strike, then vanishes. A second trawler arrives to rescue the dead and wounded.
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Japan
U. S. Air Force
India
Myinkyina
Burma
China
Chekiang
Suichang
Kinwha
Comei
Tokyo
MacArthur
Australia
Ed Dyess The Untiring Air Hero Of Bataan And Subic Bay
The narrative details Lt. Ed Dyess’s fearless missions in the Philippines including bombing at Subic Bay. He repeatedly flew dangerous raids, destroying tankers, launches, and docks while leading pilots and refusing to abandon comrades. The account links his Subic Bay actions to later ground fighting in the Philippines and notes a larger battle involving 600 Japanese marines.
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Subic Bay
Ed Wa
Bataan
Air Force
Times
Jack Donaldson
Tulsa
Oklo
Philippines
Dyess
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Wilson &@ Co
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Matuaoky
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