O Daniel Wins Texas Senate Seat In Tight June Vote
W Lee O Daniel was declared winner of the June 28 Texas Senate race, with Lyndon B Johnson runner up by 1 311 votes. O Daniel total 175 590 to Johnson 174 279. canvass matched Texas Election Bureau unofficial figures. Officials awaited full county tallies as Senate committees eyed possible investigations.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
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U.S
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State Senate
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Coke R. Stevenson
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Paris
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Clem Fain
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Little Dies
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Seguin
Washington
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Germans Declare Enemy Crushed on All Fronts
German spokesmen claimed the Red Army was breaking apart as Nazi forces pressed toward Kiev and Leningrad. Berlin said breakthrough operations continued and Goebbels touted a decisive East, while Soviet and Allied reports offered contrasting views and a new Soviet British pact emerged.
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Amarillo Building Permits Reach Over 1.5 Million This Year
Building activity in Amarillo rose nearly twenty thousand this morning, lifting the yearly total to 1,518,942. The largest permit went to W. H. Woodlief for a 10,000 dollar apartment building at 2500 Fillmore Street, with Sam Davis obtaining a 7,600 dollar brick home at 112 Sunset Street and Leo Milam securing a 2,000 dollar addition at 2114 Jackson Street.
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Amarillo
W. H. Woodlief
Fillmore Street
Sam Davis
Sunset Street
Leo Milam
Jackson Street
Three Aces on One Miniature Golf Hole
On the A Neek Course on West Seventh Avenue last night a threesome scored holes in one on the ninth hole. The participants were Mr and Mrs D G Graham of 707 Maryland Street and Mrs Graham's father O L Phillips.
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West Seventh Avenue
D. G. Graham
Maryland Street
Axis Shipping Is Sunk by British
The Royal Air Force damaged or sunk 22 500 tons of Axis shipping in attacks on French harbors and off the Frisian Islands. Bristol Blenheim bombers hit ships at the Frisian Islands and Cherbourg, and Le Havre facilities were struck. Churchill said Britain would press the bombing campaign until Nazi tyranny is beaten.
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Molly Wrather engagement tied to speeding case in Fort Worth
Molly O Daniel daughter of the governor vented frustration over press intrusion after her fiancé Jack Wrather Jr faces a 62 mph speeding charge in Fort Worth. Wrather left for Tyler as court dates loom. Molly plans to announce marriage later.
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Jack D. Wrather, Jr
Tyler
Roy Gibson
Wrather
Louisiana
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Jack
Austin
CIO Leader Philip Murray Slips Into Fair Condition
Pittsburgh reported CIO President Philip Murray collapsed yesterday during a family outing and is now in fair condition at Mercy Hospital. A brief line notes Rubber Tile sold at Newby s.
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Huge magnesium Power Plant Damaged by Fire
A dawn fire gutted the Dow Chemical Company magnesium plant power building in Freeport. Firemen controlled the blaze with heavy damage to the power works supplying electricity to all operations. Secrecy surrounded the site due to defense product significance as entry was restricted. ARMORIES NEED CARETAKERS 36 caretakers named to guard national guard armories during the year of federal duty.
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Ala
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Fair Warm Weather Forecast Across Regions
David Bruce expects showers to end, predicting fair and warmer conditions with a high near 87. The Atlantic coast cool air mass pulled in from the Rockies, bringing varied showers in Colorado and New Mexico and very hot in Portland, Blythe, and surrounding areas.
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Blythe
Arizona
Police Get Supply Of New Tickets For Amarillo
Traffic police have received 5,000 tickets in new quadruplicate form delivered today by the printer. Corporation court fines collected Saturday totaled 142 dollars with 44 paying, 37 motorists and seven drunks. One drunk paid 25 dollars.
Amarillo Forecast: Warm Tonight With Showers Elsewhere
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity shows fair and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas and New Mexico experience scattered showers and thunderstorms today and Tuesday with little temperature change. 24 hour extremes reach 60 to 81 degrees, noon temperature 81, rainfall 0.47 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Goering Disgraced As Nazi Leaders Clash In Moscow Radio
Moscow radio said Goering faced disgrace for opposing the war on Russia and reported Hitler called him a coward and transferred air command to Milch. Himmler allegedly sought to send Goering to a concentration camp while Goering’s name faded from newspapers.
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U S Urges Portugal Keep Azores and Cape Verde
Sumner Welles said the United States wants Portugal to retain sovereignty over the Azores and Cape Verde Islands. He cited President Roosevelt’s note that strategic Atlantic outposts must stay in friendly hands, commenting on remarks by Portuguese minister Joao Dibianchi about US occupation assurances.
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Congress
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Atlantic
Welles
Joao Dibianchi
New York
Atlantic Islands
Quiet Bastille Day Observance in Vichy
France marked Bastille Day in thought and meditation with minimal festivity. Marshal Petain, Admiral Darlan, and Gen Huntziger laid flowers at the war dead monument in a four minute ceremony. July 14 once symbolized liberty and revolution in France.
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Vichy
France
Henri Phillipe Petain
Jean Darlan
Charles Huntziger
United States
Paris Bastille
Britons killed in air raids in June
Britain reports 399 deaths from air raids in June the lowest monthly total since July 1940. Seven missing is believed killed 461 hospitalized. Among the dead 175 men 160 women and 64 children. 13 month total of 94,936 raid casualties with 41,488 killed and 53,498 hospitalized.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Britain
Insist on Keeping Draftees Longer
President Roosevelt and Gen. Marshall press Congress to allow longer service for selectees National Guardsmen and reserve officers based on intelligence findings. Leaders weigh a voluntary rein enlistment plan while opposing broad opposition and seeking hearings.
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Congress
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