Sergeant Kirkman Named Night Desk Sergeant in Amarillo
The Amarillo police department announced Serge ant Kirkman will assume the night desk sergeant and corporation court judge role after Sergeant Elmer G. Green was dismissed. Green, with over 15 years in the force, turned in his badge last night. Chief A. S. Harper was away at a funeral and unavailable for comment. Authorities note promotions follow approval by the city commission.
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Kirkman
Elmer G. Green
Sergeant Green
A. S
Sid” Harper
Harper
Lovington
N. M
Hobbs
Tommy Thomas
Leo Yielding
FBI
Green
Perry Burks
Dnieper River Dams Destroyed Amid World War II Combat
Russian defenses slow Nazi push as Red Army fights along the Dnieper in Ukraine. Berlin reports flooding parts of the Lower Dnieper and Kherson estuary as the Dnepropetrovsk dam dynamite attempt fails and Stalin orders river waters diverted toward the Black Sea.
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Dnieper
Berlin
Kherson
Gomel
Ukraine
Dnepropetrovsk
Josef F. Stalin
Black Sea
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Moderate southerly breeze. West Texas fair southeast portion. elsewhere partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers today and Friday. New Mexico cloudy with scattered storms. minimal temperature change. Extremes: 2 to 86 degrees. noon 79. Rainfall 0.43 inches in past 24 hours.
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Amarillo
Fridaay
Texas
New Mexico
USDA workers in Amarillo sell defense stamps and bonds
USDA employees in Amarillo report purchases totaling 11 614 20 in stamps and bonds to August 15 with 472 participants averaging 32 20 each. Groups include Farm Security Administration Soil Conservation Service and others with varying participation and averages, led by the National Farm Loan Association at 100 percent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Amarillo
U. S. Defense
R. Douglas Smith
Usda Club
Department of Agriculture
Thawanant
2Ilcg
LEP LVI Group i
Farm Security Administrations
Group Two
Soil Conservation Service
USDA
AAA
National Farm Loan Association
A F Smith Wins News Tip Contest
A F Smith wins the weekly Ws tip contest and five dollars for a tip about a 75 year old man struck by a bicycle. Second prize goes to Mrs W T McClain for a Borger party catching old fish at Amarillo Lake. Third prize to Mrs Joe Killough for details about the Night Blooming Cereus plant at her home.
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R. F. Smith
East Fifth Aveue
Sicycle
Smith
W. T. McClain
Jeffern Street
Amarillo Ty Lake
Joe Killough
West
Seventh Avenue
Don Carl
Tennessee
Lewis Manning
Butler Field
Opal Wren
Lincoln Street
Amarillo City Manager Job Offered to Kerrville Official
Telegram from Amarillo mayor and city commission proposed Kerrville’s A. P. Hancock accept the city manager post by Sept 10. Hancock, Kerrville city manager since 1933, has overseen about 60 employees and previously worked in Fort Worth engineering.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Kerrville
Hancock
Engineering Department
Fort Worth
Amarillo Weather Eases With Narrow Rainfall Forecast
David Bruce predicts a lull in rainfall for Amarillo as 43 inches fell overnight and temperatures ranged from 62 to 86. Miami and Shamrock logged over an inch, with Childress at 2.60 inches, while Panhandle thunderstorm activity spread eastward.
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David Bruce
Childress
Texas
Miami
Shamrock
Quanah
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Claude
Clarendon
Dumas
Follett
Lubbock
Memphis
Muleshoe
Pampa
Plainview
Spearman
Boise City
Okla
Guyman
Beaver
Gage
Elk City
Des Moines
Iowa
Springfield
Colo
Illustrious in U S shipyard for repairs under Mountbatten
The British press service says the battle scarred carrier Illustrious is in an American shipyard for repairs with Capt Lord Louis Mountbatten arriving by clipper to command the work. The vessel, 23 000 tons, was nearly destroyed in Axis air attacks near Sicily and Malta earlier.
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New York
Lord Louis Mountbatten
King George VI
Ministry of Information
London
Siciliy
Malta
German News Agency Papers Seized in Cali Turned Over
Police in Cali handed over to the government papers of extraordinary importance seized from Transocean representatives. The documents were taken from Frank Sechmolk, Transocean agent in Central America, after he received them from Willy Meyer, the agency's agent in Colombia. They were detained but later released.
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Bogota
Colombia
Cali
Transocean
Frank Sechmolk
Central America
Willy Meyer
Columbia
Jones ready to back Soviet RFC loan for war effort
Federal loan administrator Jesse Jones said at a press conference that he has discussed a potential RFC loan with Soviet ambassador Constantin Ou nuvuky to help finance the Soviet Union’s war effort against Germany. No formal loan application had been filed yet.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Jesse Jones
Constantin Ounuvuky
German radio warns Leningrad fate similar to Warsaw
A German radio broadcast heard by CBS in New York Aug 21 declared that if Leningrad is defended it will meet the same end as Warsaw, which was reduced to rubble by Nazi air and siege actions after Polish surrender refusals.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Winston Church
Europe
Asia
American
New York
Leningrad
Warsaw
CBS
German Soviet fronts clash as Leningrad defense urged
Berlin says small dam breaks cause temporary Nazi delay while both capitals report fierce fighting on the eastern front. Germans hold Kingisepp Novgorod and Narva en route to Leningrad as Moscow cites air defenses repelling Luftwaffe strikes. In Ukraine, a Russian counter blows up to 15,000 Nazi troops amid heavy shelling and artillery fire on Odessa.
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Berlin
Moscow
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Narva
Leningrad
Warsaw
Ukraine
Odessa
Nazi claims force British response after Baltic and Ukraine battles
Berlin reports warn Britain of full Nazi might across land sea and air once Russia falls. Moscow says Germans lost 2,000,000 troops in two months with 1,000,000 killed. 5,000,000 Soviet troops out of action, including 1,200,000 Russian prisoners, and 14,000 Soviet tanks and cannons captured or destroyed. Front updates include Kherson seizure on the Dnieper estuary and the Gomel battle ending after 10 days with Russian divisions defeated.
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Berlin
DNB
Great Britain
Russia
S. A. Lozovsky
Ukraine
Black Sea
Kherson
Dnieper
Odessa
Crimea
Gomel
Britons urged to invade continent for a second front
Unofficial English Polish and Norwegian strategists pressed for a British invasion of Europe as the path to defeat Germany. They call for a land assault possibly against Italy with multiple landing points along the coast. They argue bombings have disrupted German communications, enabling a breakthrough.
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London
Germany
Frank Owen
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Owen
Italy
British Bomber Fleet Relentless Over North France and Netherlands
British formations smashed into North France and moved toward the Netherlands and northwest Germany as night raids increased over German cities. RAF daylight strikes hit the invader coast, with observers noting the heaviest operations of the week as bombers and fighters surged over the North Sea and Channel.
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Sidney J. Williams
United Press
London
France
Netherlands
Germany
Britain
England
Royal Air Force
English Channel
North Sea
English
Continent
le Touquet
Lille
Russian air raids devastate Romanian oil exports
Istanbul dispatch reports Soviet bombing hit the Constanta port and Cernavoda bridge area, damaging pipelines and rail lines. Fires burned for hours as oil stores and aviation gasoline supplies for Germany were severely reduced, with Constanta’s reserves largely destroyed or hard to evacuate.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.P
Constanta
Cernavoda
Bucharest
Danube
Belgrade
Germany
Russia
You Think Youre Better Than OP Chris Columbus Offers Dollar Prize
A playful brief promotes sending ideas to YOUR IDEAS EDITOR Globe News for a chance to win a dollar daily with minimal risk. It highlights easy odds, a penny entry, and a $1 prize for each good idea. Mentions a prayer themed item and a rubber tile sale by Newbys and John Maynard Lumber Co.
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OP Chris
Globe News
Newby’s
John Maynard Lbr. Co
500 Fire Chiefs Respond to Hull Blaze at Banquet
A Hull fire last night drew 500 fire chiefs from the International Association of Fire Chiefs to the town for its annual banquet at the inn. Only one alarm was sounded as the blaze was brought under control.
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Hull
Mass
U.P
International Association of Fire Chiefs
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