Citizens' Departure: Tax Protest Hearings Highlight Revisions
A city tax hearing scene shows H. J. Ellis of American Pipe and Junk Co securing a tax reduction after identifying post January 1 construction as non taxable for 1940. The public learns valuations shift between city and schools, with the “little equalization board” providing figures by phone and in person, while most adjustments arise from clerical errors or misvaluations. Dwight Newby.
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H. J. Ellis
American Pipe and Junk Company
Ellis
Jack Little
Little
Nazis Fall Short Of Big Goal In Ukraine And Leningrad
Nazi forces pushed into Ukraine and Leningrad defenses but failed to destroy the Red Army as a fighting force. Berlin claimed seizure of eight Soviet warships and gains toward Leningrad, while Moscow reported fierce street fighting and stubborn Soviet defense along the Dnieper frontier.
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United Press
Russia
Ukraine
Leningrad
Red Army
Texas
Dnieper
Donetz Basin
Berlin
Moscow
Black Sea
Smolensk
Kiev
Korosten
Dnieper West Bank
Taint So Charlie Foresees Lubbock Albuquerque Rivalry
In The Plainsman column The Plains man Lubbock publisher Charlie Guy argues Albuquerque is the only rival to Lubbock for regional leadership. He notes Albuquerque’s size health beauty and transport links as advantages but says both cities remain in a race for the Southwest’s top all around city. The piece mentions broader wartime and Allied events in Europe and Asia as backdrop to the era.
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Lubbock
Albuquerque
Southwest
Amarillo
Charlie Guy
Plains
Melwin
The
Plainsman
Guy
Old South
New England
Middle West
Believe Girl Begged Killer To Spare Life
Billie Grayson an 18 year old choir singer was found dead in Lonely Oak Park Cemetery near Chandler Oklahoma after being abducted by a man driving a sedan. Police described the killer as a swarthy, medium build man and believe the crime occurred around midnight Sunday in a case they suspect was driven by passion.
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Debs Myers Chandler
Okla
U.P
Billie Grayson
Lonely Oak Park Cemetery
Marvin Roberts
Roberts
Miss Grayson
Gene Duncan
Rele Atives
Warwick
Chandler
Helen Grandstaff
Helen
Billie
Ed Grayson
Stroud
Amarillo National Bank Plans Remodel and Construction Updates
Amarillo National Bank announces a remodel with interior and exterior improvements. Construction costs for the year are near two million dollars with bids for the southeast corner project at Fourth Avenue and Polk Street to be opened this afternoon.
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Amarillo
Amarillo National Bank
Fourth Avenue
Polk Street
Oliver-Eakle Development Company
North
Amarillo Day Nursery
van Buren Street
M. W. Dobbs
Milam Street
J. A. Parker
Milam Steet
F. F. Ford
Rusk Street
Lee McMurtry
Travis Street
Mechanized Ninth Army Corps Carriers Carry Batteries
In South West Washington on August 19 1941 members of the ninth army corps carry dry cell batteries for their electric razors during maneuvers.
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Washington
Ninth Army Corps
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy through today and Wednesday with light northerly winds. Slightly warmer on Wednesday. Scattered thundershowers possible in southern New Mexico mountains and near the Rio Grande east of the mountains. Temperature held near 64 degrees overnight and around 79 at noon. Scrap books and photo albums from Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Continental Divide
Albuquerque and Lubbock Compare In City Features
A comparison notes Albuquerque and Lubbock balance in education, health, banking and military facilities. It cites University of New Mexico versus Texas Tech, larger private hospitals in Lubbock, two versus three banks, and a larger air base and school planned for Albuquerque. Census figures show Albuquerque around 35 000 and Lubbock 32 000.
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Albuquerque
Lubbock
University of New Mexico
Texas Tech
Tech
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Army Air Corps
New Mexico City
Guy
Petain vows to crush all opposition in Vichy regime
Marshal Henri Petain declared at Royal that opposition to the Vichy government must be crushed and pledged to obtain oaths of allegiance from public officials. He warned that the time for hedging is past and urged supporters to back the national revolution for France, Europe, and the world.
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Vichy
Henri Petain
Royal
Petain
France
Europe
A Hundred to One Chance Is Usually Good
A promotional note describes odds of 100 to one for ideas sent to YOUR IDEAS EDITOR. The cost to submit is one cent on a postal card or three cents in an envelope, with one dollar paid daily for the best idea. Globe News invites readers to choose odds and submit ideas now.
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IDEAS
Globe News
Draft-extension bill strains Army morale, says general
Fort Worth dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan, commander of the Eighth Corps area, stating that passage of the draft-extension bill has placed a serious strain on the morale of a very large number of men in the armed services now.
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Fort Worth
Richard Donovan
Eighth Corps
Philadelphia Woman Files Bankruptcy Petition
Mrs. Gertrude Simon Hirshorn of Philadelphia lists liabilities of 1,485,015.20 and assets of 50 in a federal bankruptcy petition. She describes being a housewife with no income in two years, no tax returns, and no bank account, noting most debts arise from mortgage transactions dating back to 1929.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude Simon Hirshorn
Murder in convoy serial tale opens with espionage intrigue
A Commodore leads a briefing aboard Convoy MX as British and Canadian naval officers discuss a Nazi agent among 20 000 troops slated to sail. The plot centers on spy danger and possible romance, with a looming plan to sink the troop carrier under guard.
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