Zero Hour Imminent as German Aerial Blitz Hits Britain
Allied and Axis reports describe a three day barrage by 400 to 600 Nazi aircraft across a 200 mile channel front. Berlin claims 69 RAF planes downed. London cites 28 German raiders shot, with British bombers targeting German bases as invasion fears rise.
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Hitler
Tronn
Berlin
London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Borgum
Gotha
Germany
France
Holland
RAF
Britain
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Amarillo Considers Food Stamp Plan To Boost Purchases
Amarillo to sponsor the federal food stamp plan with a $1,500 city share and a $5,000 revolving fund to buy stamps. Mayor Rogers says plan could raise relief buying power by over $100,000 annually and cover office and staff costs with county participation favored. The city notes 200 US cities already use stamps and nearby Plainview and Lubbock are considering inauguration.
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Amarillo
United States
Texas
Wichita Falls
Childress
Memphis
Plainview
Lubbock
Rogers
J. N. Riggs
Grant Street
Electoral College Yells Fuel Panhandle Campaign Bustle
Amid a divided vote in the Electoral College pep contests a mix of readers landmarks and candidates flood Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle towns. Speakers including Gene Worley and Deskins Wells tour Prairie City venues with bands and rallies from Shamrock to Hereford as campaigns accelerate toward August 24 primaries.
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Lewis Nordyke
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Canadian
Higgins
Perryton
Robbie Wells
Claude
Groom
Clarendon
McLean
C. C. Bishop
Logan Cummings
Collingsworth County
Quitaque
Silverton
Tulsa
Dimmitt
Hereford
Canyon
Future Farmers
Quail
Pete Chandler
Wells
Panhandle
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers. West Texas west of 100th meridian mostly cloudy with intermittent showers and little temperature change. New Mexico partly cloudy with showers over mountains and some light rain in western portions. temperatures show little change. Temperature extremes for the 24 period ending 6:30 A M show a low around 63 and a high near 81. Dwight Newby Awings 5553. Neely Greenhill Insurance Build Now. John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
British Plan for 1300 to 1400 Warplanes Monthly
Arthur B. Purvis announced that the United States will offer Britain between 1300 and 1400 warplanes monthly starting late 1941. This optimistic plan details a substantial ramp in Allied aircraft aid as World War II continues.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
United States
Great Britain
Navy weighs Newport fortress to guard New York
Newport Rhode Island August 13 The navy department was reported considering turning Newport into a Gibraltar like fortress to make New York City virtually impregnable from the east or northeast as part of planned defenses.
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Gibraltar
New York
Navy
Newport
R. I
U.P
Navy Department
New York City
Japan refusals and shifts in Indo China talks
Reports from Shanghai say talks at Vichy address Japanese demands for economic and military concessions in French Indo China. Hochi quoted by Domei asserts Japan will not be deterred by US interference as Admiral Hart, head of the US Asiatic Fleet, arrives to oversee Shanghai defense matters after Britain's troop withdrawal.
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Shanghai
Vichy
Hochi
Domei
Japan
Thomas Charles Hart
United States
Asiatic Fleet
Tsingtao
Britain
International Settlement
Admiral Hart
Hart
North China Port
Orient
Moriji Takeda
Steer Bites Hedge Funds? Farmer Loses $150 in Cash
Butler, Pa. Aug 13 A farmer recalls feeding cattle when a steer snatched a handkerchief from his hip pocket. The animal bit into the fabric and swallowed two twenty dollar bills and a ten, leaving $130 missing as the farmer pulled cash from the steer’s mouth.
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Butler
Max Luther
Farmer loses license, drives tractor to town
In Raleigh on August 13 a farmer convicted of drunken driving had his automobile license revoked. He began using a tractor for town trips, with the attorney general's department deeming this act acceptable.
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Raleigh
N. C
Attorney General's Department
Germans Use 16 Inch Guns In Assault On Russian Fort
Twenty five years ago today August 13 1915 German forces employed 16 inch siege guns in a heavy assault on a Russian fortress and pressed large numbers of troops toward the Kovno region as reported by E A Regal Co FHA Loans.
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Kovno
Regular August weather replaces dog days spectacle
Weather expert Mr. Collman says dog days end and regular August conditions prevail with clouds, showers, and cooler nights. He notes Sirius heliacal rising marks dog days, but forecasts continued showers, lows near 63, highs around 80, and scattered rain amounts across towns such as Vega, Amarillo, Claude, Crosbyton, Dalhart, Muleshoe, Des Moines, Springer, Lovington, Tucumcari.
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Sirius
Mr. Collman
Vega
Amarillo
Claude
Crosbyton
Dalhart
Muleshoe
Des Moines
Springer
Lovington
Tucumcari
First of Cardenas Peasant Guards Take Up Work
Several hundred peasants surrounding Congress refused admission to non deputies or senators and began guarding the national legislature. The group, the first arrivals of an anticipated 50 000 strong contingent, aims to protect the building during upcoming political tensions.
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Cardenas
Mexico City
Congress
Finds It Pays To Sleep on the Job
Kansas City August 13 Joseph Dahlin a motor car dealer dozed in a bank lobby waking to 29 cents in the hat he had resting on his lap the amount found by his slumbering effort.
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Kansas City
Kas
Joseph Dahlin
Attlee Announces Interned Aliens Sent to Camps
In a Commons address Clement Attlee reports 9120 internees designated enemy aliens have been moved to concentration camps in Canada and Australia for national security amid threat of German invasion.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Canada
Australia
Accident Tips Take Prizes in News-Globe Contest
The News-Globe contest last week awarded prizes to Amarillo residents for accident tips. First prize of 5 dollars went to J. W. Zschang for reporting a fatal wreck near Umbarger. Second prize of 3 dollars went to W. R. Hobe for a tip on a truck motorcycle crash, five minutes ahead of others. Third prize of 2 dollars went to Paul Wilson and Joe Phelps for a tip on a wreck near Wildorado. In all, 34 people entered, with a long list of other participants named by street addresses and names.
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News-Globe
J. W. Zschang
Umbarger
W. R. Hobe
East Ninth Avenue
Joe Phelps
East Tenth Avenue
Paul Wilson
North Mirror Street
Wildorado
Bristol Unharmed by German Air Raids Tour
Reporter and press party tour Bristol and its port to assess damage after raids since June. The aircraft plant and harbor show no major harm while docks overflow with wheat, frozen meat, and canned fruit. Bus and trolley lines run. streets filled with calm pedestrians heading to air raid shelters.
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Drew Middleton
Bristol
England
Ministry of Information
Battle of Britain intensifies as raids hit English coast
British and German air forces clash over southeast coast towns and coastal defenses. Germany claims air superiority while Britain reports heavy losses on both sides with hundreds of planes engaged and the air battle continuing for a third day.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Guardian British
Army General Says Volunteers Won't Fill Ranks
Brig. Gen. William E. Shedd told the House military committee that voluntary enlistments cannot meet Army manpower needs. He urged compulsory military training and argued against a one year voluntary enlistment for the regular army, noting even a larger ad campaign and higher pay would not supply required forces in time.
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Washington
William E. Shedd
Senate
House Military Committee
Beauty for Sale in Globe News Want Ads
Bargain rates on permanents, hair styling and all beauty services offered daily by leading shops. Find the nearest shop in the Globe News Want Ad listings and buy inexpensive beauty. See Classification 32, Dial 6262 Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe News
Globe-News
Dial
Italo Slavic Crisis Deepens Over Zara Killing Sparks Tension
Rome reports friction between Italy and Yugoslavia as Zara incident inflames anger in the region. Greek leader Metaxas rejects a Rome Berlin suggestion on renouncing Britain guarantees amid rising tensions over Albanian affairs and alleged Greek responsibility for a murder.
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Associated Press
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Yugoslavia
la Tribuna
Zara
Leonardo Ciurcovich
Athens
John Metaxas
Greece
Great Britain
Ministry of Propaganda
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Hoggia
Stefani
Tirana
Albania
Tomorit
British Repel Italian Attacks Near Jugargan Pass
Cairo reports Aug 11 British forces repelled a general Italian assault with support from low-flying aircraft. The communique says one large enemy bomber was shot down while Italians push toward Berbera after occupying Adadleh. Fighting continues in the Adadieh area with losses on both sides and Italian air raids on Malta.
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Cairo
Putuh
Jugargan Pass
British Somaliland
Berbera
Adadleh
Adadieh
Mediterranean
Malta
Mexico Senate considers U S oil settlement
Mexico's eight million five hundred thousand dollar settlement with Sinclair Oil for expropriated properties was sent to the Senate after unanimous approval in the Chamber of Deputies. President Cardenas said the price represented 40 to 48 percent of American oil holdings and that the agreement opens a world market for Mexican oil, signals Mexico can pay a fair price, and sets a key international legal precedent.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Sinclair Oil Company
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Cardenas
Sinclair
Rent Tax and Insurance Funds For Soldiers Bill Stated
The War Department asks Congress to require courts to act as umpires in financial settlements for soldiers in active duty. The measure covers National Guardsmen and reservists called to service and men with dependents under the Burke-Wadsworth plan. Courts would determine how and when rent, insurance, and tax payments are met while on duty.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Browder Wife Sought by U S Officials
Justice department officials announced an order for the apprehension of Mrs. Browder, wife of Earl Browder, general secretary of the United States Communist party, for questioning about her presence in the country. She is described as a native Russian.
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Browder
Washington
Justice Department
Earl R Browder
United States Communist Party
Six-Year-Old Evangelist Delivers Sermon in Amarillo
Billy Keith a 6 year old preacher, the youngest ordained minister, spoke for 25 minutes at the Gospel Tabernacle on 500 McMasters Street in Amarillo. He quoted over 50 scriptures from memory before about 150 listeners, en route home from a Mexico vacation.
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Billy Keith
Amarillo
Billy
California
Mexico
Gospel Tabernacle
McMasters Street
Kelley Merritt
The
Tabernacle
McDonald Calls Farm Policy Above Party Politics
Texas agricultural commissioner J. E. McDonald, a Democrat, told the Republican Convention in Beaumont that the nation’s agricultural problem is best solved by setting aside party politics. He discussed the domestic allotment plan for agricultural marketing and avoided political implications of his appearance.
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Beaumont
J. E. McDonald
Texas
McDonald
Wendell L. Willkie
German pilot and barefoot escape attempt in England
Railway workers who helped a German pilot shot down in southeast England removed his shoes and socks to hinder his escape. Barefoot, the pilot moved about as he tried to evade capture.
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London
England
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