Amarillo Forecast: Fair Weather Across City
Amarillo faces fair weather today and tonight with only light clouds tomorrow. Temperatures peak near the high 80s, lawns needing water, and a few scattered fallouts in nearby towns. Rainfall in recent 48 hours brought small amounts to Adrian Clarendon Crosbyton Lubbock and other Panhandle towns.
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British Soviet Invasion of Iran Faces Persian Resistance
British and Soviet forces press into Iran from Iraq and the Caspian side amid claims of German agents triggering the move. Tehran districts brace for the oil heartland clash as London and Moscow push to secure pipelines and oil fields before sabotage.
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Russians Attack With Huge Tanks In War News
Reports from Moscow say Red Army counterattacks with heavy tanks infantry and cavalry as Soviet naval forces claim the sinking of two German troop and munitions transports in the Baltic. The communique also notes Romanian and German divisions routed and 26 000 Romanian troops lost, with other transports set afire or grounded.
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Germans Hit British Harbors and Trade in Major Raids
German claims report sinking twenty one Gibraltar bound merchantmen totaling 122000 tons in a single convoy along with three convoy escorts and three other ships. Hitler’s paper calls it an Atlantic meeting and notes eight freighters reached neutral Portugal. A separate update says the convoy was stalked by U boats and that all eight freighters escaped to neutral waters. Amarillo names A P Hancock as new city manager as Kerrville official resigns to take Amarillo post. Over 50 Southwestern Drug employees join a payroll defense stamp and bond plan.
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New Jersey Shipyards Readied as Navy Takes Over
Three thousand workers under navy management return to the Federal Shipbuilding plant in Kearny New Jersey after CIO Marine and Shipbuilding Workers end their strike. The union seeks a maintenance of dues clause and will negotiate with the navy. An AFL transit strike in Detroit also ends as elections determine representation.
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Tax Board to Quit Thursday Amid Valuation Hearings
The city school joint tax equalization board will adjourn after Thursday sessions the tenth protest day. About 20 taxpayers were heard, including C J Fowlston who won a major revision after presenting photos of his Zero Lockers property. Ehrenberg Survey may aid the board for 10 days more, at pay if extended. The session noted no suit had been filed and most protests will close by Thursday afternoon. V Steel office furniture, Russell Stationery Company.
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Weather Outlook Narrowing for Amarillo Area
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy and little temperature change. West Texas shows mostly fair conditions with scattered thundershowers in the south this afternoon and evening. New Mexico remains warm and fair. temperatures range 66 to 88 with noon at 87.
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Roosevelt vetoes bill to freeze wheat and cotton stocks
President Roosevelt vetoed legislation to freeze government stocks of wheat and cotton, calling it contrary to sound governmental policy and to farmers and consumers' long term interests. He warned approval would harm the agricultural adjustment program and related policies benefiting farmers. Advocates argued stock sales could depress prices.
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Roosevelt nominates Francis Biddle as attorney general
President Roosevelt nominated Francis Biddle solicitor general to be attorney general succeeding Robert H. Jackson. Biddle, a former federal circuit judge in Pennsylvania, would be replaced by Charles Fahy as assistant solicitor general.
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Japan Criticizes Churchill In Cross‑Continental Row
The Japanese agency denounces Churchill for misreading events and claims Japan’s China policy, French Indo China actions, and talks with China are peaceful and defensive. RAF dispatch to Malaya signals Allied resolve amid rising tensions.
Facsimile of Idea Might Win Dollar
A contest invites readers to submit ideas to the Globe News Your Ideas Editor for a daily one dollar prize. The program promises weekly earnings for top ideas, encouraging participation without requirements like mail-in boxes or product purchases.
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Submarine Finback Launched Ahead of Schedule
At Portsmouth Navy Yard a month early the submarine Finback was launched before naval officials and yard workers. Mrs. Adolphus E. Watson, wife of Rear Admiral A. E. Watson, served as sponsor. The Finback was originally set for Sept 24, and comes six weeks after the Flying Fish launch.
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Soldier sentence cut to three years for Fort Bragg insubordination
Acting House Democratic Leader John J. Cochran said the War Department informed him that Private John Habinyak, initially given a 10 year nine month sentence for insubordination at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has had his term reduced to three years.
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Five Acts of Sabotage Hit Paris Railways
French authorities disclosed five acts of sabotage against railways in the Paris area over the past two weeks as a car full of Germans crashed into a cable trap in a Paris suburb. Fer nand de Brinon urged railroad workers to avoid endangering thousands of lives, blaming revived Communist activity for the damage.
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