Timid Italian Fleet Favors Allies in the Mediterranean
Allied and Axis strength in the Mediterranean is weighed by a veteran correspondent. The Italian fleet is dispersed and cautious, with Mussolini’s navy unable to mount a effective opposition. Allied bases in Tunisia Malta Algeria and Pantelleria strengthen three dimensional warfare and threaten Italian shipping via the narrow Sicilian channel.
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Mediterranean
Virgil Pinkley
North Africa
U.P
Mussolini
Europe
Adriatic
Italy
Naples
Genoa
Malta
Pantelleria
Algeria
Tunisia
Pacific War Battle Updates and Soviet Front Struggles
Allied and Axis forces logged heavy losses as Japanese ships were sunk and damaged in the Pacific clash near Kolombangara while American aircraft hit a damaged destroyer. Concurrently in the Soviet front, German tanks and planes faced fierce Soviet defense with large-scale battles near Orel Belgorod Kursk and Belgorod counterattacks.
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Strong
Kula Gulf
Lunga Point
Solomons
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Smolensk
Kalinin
Berlin
Moscow
London Daily Mail
Kharkov
Orel- Kursk
Kursk-Orel
Odean Millman Rites Set in Tahoka
Funeral services for Flight Officer Odean R. Millman killed in a bomber crash 12 miles north of Poteet last Sunday night will be held at 5 PM tomorrow in Tahoka. He was the son of Mrs. M. S. Ozier of 701 Fairmont Street and H. O. Millman of Tahoka, and had lived in Amarillo for two years before joining the armed services.
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Puneral Services
Odean R. Millman
Poteet
Tahoka
M. S. Ozier
Fairmont Street
H. O. Millman
Tohoka
Amarillo
Armed Services
Sun Rays Start Fire in Woman's Purse in Amarillo
A small fire started by sun rays magnified through glass balls on a downtown Amarillo woman's purse badly burned the purse before she stamped it out. Mrs. Elsie Montgomery of 908 Louisiana Street witnessed the incident. The design note mentions the White House linkage to the Duke of Leinster’s Dublin palace.
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Amarillo
Elsie Montgomery
Louisiana Street
S Ee
White House
Duke of Leinster
Dublin
Clayton Case To High Court
The Texas Supreme Court granted a writ of error in the suit by Mrs. J. B. Clayton of Amarillo for injuries from a fall at a SMU Aggie football game on November 9, 1940. The case tests whether a charitable non profit like SMU is liable for damages to a third party. The trial court favored SMU. the Court of Civil Appeals reversed.
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Austin
J. B. Clayton
Amarillo
Smu-Aggie
State Supreme Court
Southern Methodist University
Supreme Court
Dallas
Dallas Court of Civil Appeals
District Court
Dallas Court of Appeals
Clayton
Braniff Executives Launch Familiarization Flight
Braniff Airways executives including R C Shrader Charles E Beard Roland Lewis and Robert Phinney flew from English Field to Denver on a familiarization flight for the Amarillo to Denver air service. The group plans traffic offices along the route and aims to start the service between July 21 and August 1 with an official schedule to be announced soon.
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Braniff Airways
English Field
Denver
Soan
Amarillo
Colorado City
R. C. Shrader
Charles E. Beard
Roland Lewis
Robert Phinney
Braniff
Frank Austin
Bernard Galkin Promoted to Corporal at Buckingham Field
Bernard Galkin author of a best selling manual on military commissions has been promoted to corporal at Buckingham Army air field near Fort Myers. The notice lists his work and his promotion date as July 7.
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Fort Myers, Fia
Bernard Galkin
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Buckingham Army Air Field
Fort Myers
Market Wrap: Dow Jones Edges Lower as Traders Assess Merrill Lynch Data
Stocks drifted as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.73 points at 1 P M with utilities and rails slipping. In Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets, hogs and cattle moved unevenly with steady to higher prices for select weights and firm demand for choice beef, while auction activity varied across regions.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Ceeseereses
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Kansas City
Texas
Khivas Prove Good Neighbors At Cowboy Breakfast Feast
Khiva Temple leaders from Canada Mexico Canal Zone Hawaii Texas and other Southwestern states joined Chicago Shrinedom at the Palmer House for a cowboy breakfast and steak feast. Imperial Potentate A E Fiebach voiced bureaucratic frustrations but announced a $50000 Shrine gift for servicemen centers and pledged 10 more centers in war camps.
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Khiva
Mystic Shrine
Canada
Mexico
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Texas
Palmer House
Joe Jenkins
Transportation
Eastman
Shriners
Imperial Potentate
United States
Potentate
Fiebach
Imperial Council
Ohio
Potentate Fiebach
Bill Gilstrap
Morley McKenzie
Harold Lloyd
Los Angeles
Lester Petrie
Henry L. Cain
Mexico City
Harry A. Comley
Charles J. Retterer
Presidential intervention eyed in Wallace Jones dispute
Reports say President Roosevelt may intervene amid rising public friction between Vice President Wallace and Secretary Jones over material procurement and postwar policy. Byrnes and others urge action to shield war effort. House probe blocked, while pressure mounts from Grass roots and Republican Representative Wigglesworth.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Jones
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Massachusetts
House
House Today
Post-War Amarillo Focuses on Airport and Industry
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce postwar planning group chaired by J. E. Cunningham backs two main aims: develop an airport system and spur industrial growth. The plan emphasizes using data, aiding existing industries, and attracting new small to medium enterprises while studying local resources and upgrading transport links.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
J. E. “Jack” Cuningham
Rex Baxter
Committee
Amarillo Denver Air Service Plans Inauguration Ceremony
The Amarillo chamber aviation committee led by Bob Stone plans a ceremony to inaugurate Braniff Airways Amarillo to Denver air service. The commerce manager will meet Braniff vice president Charles Beard in Dallas next week to discuss the event.
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Amarillo-Denver
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Braniff
Bob Stone
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Southwestern Institute
Charles Beard
Braniff Airways
Diaper and Safety Pin Shortage Becomes Acute
In Washington on July 7 Rep. Frances P. Bolton argues a diaper and safety pin shortage harms families. She notes the Army foresees 300000 babies with service related parents, urging action to solve ongoing OPA issues. Rep. Hoffman responds about fewer women at home and a push for women in military roles.
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Washington
Frances P. Bolton
OPA
Hoffman
Republican
Michigan
Bolton
WACS
WAVES
SPARS
Marines
Train Hits Truck Near Channing
An east bound Fort Worth and Denver passenger train struck a gravel truck with household furnishings near Channing at 9 30 this morning. Mr and Mrs John Lott and two sons were slightly injured and taken to Dalhart in a People's ambulance. Mrs Lott and one son suffered more painful injuries but none were serious. The truck belonged to W Carson who was about 200 yards behind and witnessed the crash.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Channing
John Lott
Thomas
James
NYA Abolition Cuts Payroll in Washington Report
The abolition of the National Youth Administration and the coal division of the Interior Department would trim more than 12,000 federal jobs, with states like Virginia and Maryland showing the largest federal over state payroll gaps. The report notes 2,665,000 federal workers earning 436.95 million dollars versus 3,237,000 state and local workers earning 384.261 million, and highlights District of Columbia payrolls as the largest single federal site at 290,000 workers.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
Interior Department
NYA
Congress
Coal Division
Citizens National Committee
United States
Sinnce
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Georgia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Southwestern
Railroads Post May Net Income of 85.1 Million
The Railroads Association of America reports national railroads earned an estimated net income of 85.1 million dollars in May, up from 63.67 million in the same month a year ago.
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Washington
Railroads Association of American Today
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