Amarillo Faces No City Tax Rate Increase for Next Year
City hall reports no rise in the property tax rate for the coming fiscal year, potentially holding at about $1.19 per $100 valuation. Officials offer no confirmation, while budgets rise due to war-related costs and population growth. Delinquent taxes and health permits exceed forecasts, and revenue relies on existing sources like parking meters and the tax roll growth.
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Amarillo
City Hall
OPA
Amarillo Globe
Health Department
San Diego
Texas
Sashio Raid Led by U S Air Force in China
A U S Army Air Force report describes a major raid on Sashio Burma, with bombers and fighters destroying Japanese bases and planes. Col. Haynes and Col. Scott led the operation after intelligence warned of 10,000 new Japanese troops at Lashio. The article also notes Japan’s withdrawal from Kenchow and Chuhsien, and Stimson announcing higher enlistment ages up to 50 for skilled veterans.
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Wnhien
Japan
Lishui
Tokyo
Wu River
Kenchow
Chuhsien
United Press
United States Army Air Force
China
U.R
Sashio
Burma
Caleb V. Haynes
North Carolina
Robert L., Scott
Macon
United States
Lashio For
Kunming
Lashio-Kunming
Sashio Airdrome
McNaughton calls for Western Front as Allies prepare to cross Channel
Canadian General Andrew G. L. McNaughton, commander in chief, predicts a Western European front and says Allied forces will cross the English Channel to win the war. He cites Dieppe precedents and likens operations to industrial production, noting strong British, Canadian, and American forces in the U.K. and warning against staying put.
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Britain
Andrew G. L. McNaughton
English Channel
McNaughton
Dieppe
Europe
United Kingdom
America
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina Returns to England by Air
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands arrives in England after a visit to the United States and Canada. She is welcomed at the airport by Prince Bernhard.
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London
Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands
England
United States
Canada
Prince Bernhard
Texas scrap shipments top 260 thousand tons in four months
Texas scrap dealers shipped 260,290 tons of scrap metal in April July, the War Production Board's general salvage section reported. Monthly totals were 65,456 in April, 88,188 in May, 69,514 in June, and 37,312 in July.
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Texas Scrap
Austin
Texas Scrap Dealers
War Production, Board
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
Amarillo and vicinity forecast warm with fresh winds today and tonight. West Texas areas expect warm conditions with possible thundershowers. Big Bend and New Mexico show thundershowers this afternoon or evening. Temperature extremes over 24 hours end 6:30 AM ranged 69 to 91. noon reading 85. Vo Repair Now. John Maynard Lor. Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
New Mexico
Amarillo Faces Further Cut In Coffee Quota
Amarillo, one of the coffee consuming cities, risks another quota cut as war driven shortages persist. Oldham and Hansford counties receive quota increases though Amarillo's remains tied to sugar registrations. Rex Baxter, Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager, notes the shift reflects wartime logistics.
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Amarillo
Oldham
Hansford
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Baxter
Oldham County
Defense Recreation Bulletin From Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce issues the first Defense Recreation Clearing House bulletin for next week. Deadline for activity listings is Saturday noon. Sponsors may call Mrs. Hale. officers will only recognize activities listed by the clearing house posted at army camps and nearby schools.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Defense Recreation Council
Hale
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Clearing House
Merchant Vessel Torpedoed by Submarine in Caribbean
The navy announced a medium sized United States merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean area early this month. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Caribbean
Allied air men press toward possible El Alamein battle
Allied air forces including United States Army pilots cooperated with the RAF in raids from Tobruk to Suda Bay and Crete. Long-range fighters hit transport columns west of El Alamein while New Zealand Maoris raided Axis positions around El Mireir, taking prisoners and inflicting casualties in a local action not yet a full scale offensive.
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Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Egypt
Caucasus
United States Army
Tobruk
Desert
Suda Bay
Crete
Corinth Canal
Greece
RAF
el Alamein
New Zealand
el Mireir
Desert Front
Hunter Mistakenly Shoots Woman During Squirrel Season
In Bloomfield Indiana on August 27 a hunter mistook 19 year old Mrs Dexter Days for a squirrel and fired through trees wounding her with 53 pellets from face to ankles. She is hospitalized and the shooter remains unidentified.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Dexter Days
WWI Veteran Tom Landis Joins Navy as Gunner's Mate
Tom Landis, formerly chief clerk at Draft Board No. 1, left inducement notice writing to join naval recruiting as a gunner's mate. He will handle high explosives. In Australia, General Douglas MacArthur spent six hours visiting US troops in training in an undisclosed area of the war zone.
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Tom Landis
Landis
Draft Board No. 1
Naval Recruiting
MacArthur
Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Russian push to Rzhev and Stalingrad struggle rages
Russian central front armies struck at the German held Rzhev Vyazma railway 120 miles west of Moscow pushing into Rzhev streets and claiming 610 captured communities while Stalingrad remains critical. A tank led move toward Mozdok and potential thrusts toward Grozny and Ordzhonikidze figures of heavy German losses are reported. In Bombay six killed as troops fire on demonstrators attempting to torch private property.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Russia
Rzhev-Vyazma
Rzhev
Reuters
Red Army
Lower Volga
Central Caucasus
Mozdok
Prokhladnenski Battlegrounds
Grozny
Ordzhonikidze
Rzhev - Gzhatsk - Vyazma_ triangle
Upper Volga
Soviet Information Bureau
Germany
Gregory Zhukov
Don
Volga
Bombay
Kaiser Firm Restrained From OPA Violations in Cleveland
A federal court froze actions by the Kaiser Co Inc led by Henry J Kaiser and Cleveland’s Builders Structural Steel Co on suspected OPA steel price ceiling violations. The order, issued by Judge Robert N Wilkin, follows partial steel purchases and alleged evasion via selling in small lots. A Sept 5 hearing was set. Kaiser was not personally named.
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Cleveland
Kaiser Co., Inc
Henry J. Kaiser
Robert N. Wilkin
Office of Price Administration
Kaiser Concern
Builders Structural Steel Co
James C. Gruener
OPA
Kaiser Co
Cleveland Concern
Gruener
Builders Structural Steel Company
Wilkin
Kaiser
New Iowa Battleship Launched Ahead of Schedule
The 45,000 ton Iowa, largest US battleship, slid from the Brooklyn navy yard. Ralph A. Bard, assistant secretary of the navy, said it would fire faster and farther than any ship afloat and recalled past ships that helped blast the Spanish fleet at Santiago Bay.
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New York
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ralph A. Bard
Santiago Bay
Pacific War Council Sees Allied Victory Gains
Washington reports Pacific war council members with President Roosevelt hail the Solomon Islands progress as a real gain in the ongoing sea and air battles with Japan. The Petit Parisien notes French roundup of foreign Jews in unoccupied zone underway and to be completed.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
Roosevelt
Solomon Islands
U. S
France
Vichy
Petit Parisien
Axman kills mother wife daughter then ends life near Coushatta
Dwight Lindsey 38 an oil field worker fatally bludgeoned his mother Mrs Sam Lindsey 65 his wife Mrs Lucie Lindsey 35 and his five year old daughter Faye Lindsey before lying on a railroad track and being struck by a train authorities said. The crime occurred at their home a mile south of Coushatta and the bodies were found at 5 A M by Sam Lindsey night marshal and father of Dwight. The slayer's body lay on the Louisiana and Arkansas tracks about 50 yards from the home with a large head wound.
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Shreveport
Coushatta
Ray Adcock
Red River Parish
Dwight Lindsey
Lindsey
Sam Lindsey
Dwight
Lucie Lindsey
Faye Lindsey
Louisiana and Arkansas
Japs Pay Dearly for New Guinea Landing
The ongoing Southwest Pacific battle tightens as Japanese marines land at Milne Bay near New Guinea. Allied air power destroys transport ships and a cruiser, while naval actions off Guadalcanal and in the Solomons continue with heavy losses on both sides.
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John H. Wiggins
Washington
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Milne Bay
MacArthur
Australia
U. S
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
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Chekiang Province
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Stimson
Army
War Department
Ces
Ieee Oe
Associated Press
Ennai Etenomedi United Press
Wilhelmina
Bureau
John Maynard Lor. Co
C. of C
Defense Recreation
Cairo
Alamein Line
Churchill
Kaiser Firm
Russell Stationery Company
AXMAN
Tulagi-Guadalcanal
Buna
Neely-Greenhill- Lowndes Insurance
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