Germans Use Silent Glider Tactic In Southwest Britain
British and German air actions fill a wide wartime report. German bombers raid coastal towns, a silent gliding bomber is noted, several planes are shot down, and British fighters contest the skies over England and the channel with ships and anti-aircraft driving off raids.
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Kiel Canal
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Kat!wijk
Marines Accuse Japan of Lies Over Gendarmes in Shanghai
In Shanghai defense area fifteen Japanese plainclothes gendarmes were arrested by settlement police and disarmed by U S Marines. Col. DeWitt Peck denied mistreatment claims calling them lies while Major General Saburo Miura apologized after the gendarmes were released.
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United States
Shanghai
DeWitt Peck
Col. Peck
Marine
Saburo Miura
Gladioli Disappearances Linked to Mole In Garden
In El Reno on July 8 Mrs. Thurman Sneed reports gladioli vanishing from her garden as a mole drains soil and pulls blooms into its underground run. The incident highlights garden damage from burrowing mammals observed near her yard.
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EL Reno
Dies Committee Testimony Withheld From Release
In Austin the Dies committee opened in executive session with one witness. testimony was withheld on orders from the State Department. Transcripts will be sent to the president and to the State Department for release at their discretion in foreign relations matters.
Weather forecast for Amarillo region with thundershowers
The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight and Tuesday afternoon in Amarillo and Vicinity with continued warmth. West Texas and Panhandle areas expect fair conditions with isolated storms. New Mexico should see increasing cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms over higher elevations. Temperatures range from a high near 98 to a low around 67 with noon at 93.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Final tribute to Earl Fuqua set for tomorrow
Final rites for Earl Fuqua are scheduled for 2 30 p m tomorrow from his parents home at 1410 Polk Street Amarillo with Dr J Howard Williams and Dr C C Grimes officiating and Masonic graveside services at Llano Cemetery.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
E. Cecil Seaman
Amarillo Episcopal Diocese
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Dick Seay
Ray Pinkney
Lou Smith
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McKnight
John McCarty
Jeff Neely
Ted Neely
W. A. Askew
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Amarillo Lodge No
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al Lee Fuqua
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Wiley
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J. S. Chestnutt
First National Bank
W. A. Norman
Fort Worth
Harrison Street
Fuqua
Southwest
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Austin
Jesse Jones
Absentee voting opens in Texas Democratic primary
Texas voters began the Democratic primary absentee period. About forty people had already voted or requested ballots in Potter County, a record first day. The story notes campaign activity and candidates including Governor O’Daniel and Ernest O. Thompson, with Thompson traveling to Amarillo and multiple Texas towns for network speeches.
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Texas
Potter County
Hubert Cole
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
O'Daniel
Dies Denies Bid for Vice Presidency amid Nazi Probe
Rep. Martin Dies of Texas declared he does not seek or want the vice presidential nomination. He said his focus is on leading the committee investigation of Nazi propaganda in the United States and that politics must be kept out to preserve bipartisan support and public confidence.
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Britain
United States
Canada
Austin
U.P
Martin Dies
Texas
Dies
Cleanliness America Owns 95 Per Cent Of Bathtubs
A Hygieia magazine study contrasts bathing customs worldwide. It notes the United States owns about 95 percent of the world’s bathtubs, with Paris and London hosting few private baths, Russia demanding costly soap, and Japanese baths featuring communal, heated tanks and back-rubbing attendants.
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America
Chicago
American Medical Association
Hygeia
United States
London
Germany
Italy
Paris
Russia
The Brownwood Kid Causes Theatre Ticket Scam
A 15 year old in Brownwood opened a makeshift box office at the Queen Theater after finding an open exit. He sold 5 cent admittance tickets to friends and adults, boosting business until staff and police intervened. He promised to reform.
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Queen Theater
Car Factories Shutting for New Model Changeover
Detroit July reports Ward's automotive indicates nearly all motorcar assembly plants will close by month end for model changes. Last week five plants Cadil lac Hudson Nash Packard and Studebaker paused operations to switch over.
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Ward
Automotive Reports
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Hudson
Nash
Packard
Studebaker
Forgetting Stair Technique Ends With Fall in Spokane
In Spokane on July 8 Mrs Stella Kronnick, 21, told hospital staff she forgot the technique of dismounting at the foot of the stairs. She slid and was treated for a sprained back after the hotel incident.
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Spokane
Stella Kronnick
Cotton Cultivation Totals 25 Million Acres in July Report
Washington July 8 The agriculture department estimated cotton in cultivation on July 1 at 25,077,000 acres, 101.6 percent of last year’s 24,683,000 acres. The release shows slight overall expansion in cultivated area.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secret rocket shells hinted for British invasion
Rome reports Voce D Italia claims rocket artillery shells could be fired from standard guns and reach 155 miles. The piece links Dr Robert Goddard and German scientists to experiments on rockets for possible military use, noting Roswell tests and possible European development.
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Great Britain
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United States
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Valier
Fritz Eppel
Germany
London
United Press
Roswell
N. M
England
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Daniel
Florence Guggenheim
Charles Lindbergh
Europe
War news from July reports Allied losses and naval actions
Reports say a British submarine torpedoed five German supply ships off Norway while German sources claim heavy damage to two British destroyers and a cruiser. Other items note aerial mine laying in the Baltic, troopships Fabian and John Holt loading Senegalese or French soldiers in Lisbon, and refugee ship movements to New York. Admiral Richardson arrived in Washington from Hawaii for fleet policy talks.
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John Holt
New York
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Scythia
Liverpool
Tokyo reports unconfirmed French war talk
A Tokyo government spokesman said reports from the foreign office indicate the French government may be considering actions in a broader Anglo French war scenario. The statements were described as unconfirmed as of July 8.
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Tokyo
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