Heat Stays as Texas Faces No Change in Sight
Weather notes persistent heat with no forecasted relief. Publisher Amon Carter reports a new Texas oil sand beneath 10,000 feet may yield five to ten million dollars. Reader’s Digest warns readers amid Prohibition era and wartime headlines. Health guidance urges vigilance against infantile paralysis with home care. Local craftsman J O Vinson gains praise for handmade knives sent to troops. A drilling update from Amarillo notes ongoing efforts to reach granite despite porosity issues.
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Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Texas
Moscow
Collier's
Hitler
Tojo
Mussolini
Chaplin
Victor Moore
Practical notes and varied clippings from the News Globe
A miscellany of domestic musings and local color includes a plea for a gun clip, social observations on wages and childrearing, letters about WAVES and bustles, anecdotes on songs and marriages, and curious stats from mosquitos to potatoes. Also mention of Boston’s dome and Bunker Hill values.
Allied Planes Hit German Communications and Convoy
Allied air units bombed rail targets near Dieppe and damaged 10 locomotives during intruder patrols. Beaufighters damaged two ships in an Axis convoy off Holland. Spitfires and Typhoon units shot down several enemy planes. eight Allied planes were missing. Paris and Berlin reports add casualty and loss figures from raids and convoy battles.
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London
Dieppe
Holland
Air Ministry
Berlin
den Helder
Paris
Amsterdam
Mrs. T. J. Tacke Taken by Death at 45
Mrs. T. J. Tacke aged 45 of 12 Bowie Street died in a local hospital early today. Survived by husband, two children Joseph and Margaret Ann, one brother L. V. Passmore of Arkansas City Kansas, two sisters Mrs. O. H. Jordan of Arkansas City and Mrs. Edith Yount of Amarillo. Body in state pending funeral arrangements at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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T. C. Tacke
Bowie Street
Joseph
Margaret Ann
L. V. Passmore
Arkansas City
Kans
O. H. Jordan
Edith Yount
Amarillo
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Mrs Lewis Smith 1701 East 10th Ave
The notice references Mrs Lewis Smith of 1701 East 10th Ave and notes continued text on page 5. It preserves a reader cue but provides no further details in readable form.
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Lewis Smith
East 10Th Ave
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Kansas City Livestock Market Report July News
Markets show hogs slow, 5 10 cents lower with top at 13 55 while calves and stockers hold steady to higher. Sheep and lamb prices mixed as Chicago bids weaker but dairy and cattle trends vary by class and grade.
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Kansas City
U.P
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Packer
Japs Use Foxhole Trick Bites Back In Munda Fight
U P dispatch from Munda New Georgia July 13 reports Japanese foxhole deception spotted by American forces. A wary night attack sees a rival soldier feign aid then knife and club a comrade before being exposed. In counteraction troops now strike first with blades, waking to find a dead enemy.
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Munda
New Georgia
U.P
Buddy
Births and deaths in Amarillo show gender gap
Amarillo last month recorded 154 births with 69 male babies and 85 female births. Deaths totaled 46 with 17 female deaths, 29 male deaths, noted by Rita Levine, deputy registrar of vital statistics at city hall.
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Amarillo
Rita Levine
Destroyer Convoys Sail 9 Million Tons Without Loss
The Norwegian shipping journal Nortraship said today that one of the 50 US destroyers transferred to Britain in 1940 has convoyed more than 9,000,000 tons of Allied shipping without the loss of a ship. The destroyer was later transferred to the Norwegian navy.
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London
United States
Britain
Nortraship
Hollywood Parade Sketches Fame and Fan Frenzy Around Alan Ladd
Hollywood columnist notes Alan Ladd as the year’s sensational find with over 8,000 fan letters weekly and fans swiping stills. The piece compares Ladd to Clark Gable, cites box office personality as key, and includes quips about Lana Turner, Mae West, Maureen O Hara, and others, plus anecdotes about Charles Laughton and Humphrey Bogart.
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Clark Gable
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Ladd
Clark
Lana Turner
Maria Montez
Ava Gardner
Walter Pidgeon
Mae West
Maureen O'Hara
Oliver Hardy
Butch” Jenkins
James Whitcomb Riley
John Carradine
Ned Sparks
Pagliacci
House Breaker Nabbed After Jackson Street Burglary
J L Sterling of 412 Jackson Street startled as a man entered his home and hurled a heavy smoking stand before fleeing. A neighbor joined the pursuit to The Flats where James Tyes of 113 Harrison Street was captured and charged with assault with intent to murder and burglary. He awaits county court on $1,000 bonds.
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Jackson Street
Mr. Sterling
James Tyes
Harrison Street
Tyes
County Court House
Rex Baxter Returns From Meeting in Dallas
Rex Baxter chamber of commerce manager returns to Amarillo after a week at the Southwest Institute short course held in Dallas for chamber of commerce and trade association managers. Baxter notes 65 to 75 percent of attendees were from West Texas. On another note in Ithaca New York officials say horse drawn travel revives due to driving restrictions, but high prices keep farmers from breeding. Cornell agriculture officials say beef pork and milk cows remain more profitable than raising horses.
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Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce and Trade Association
West Texas
Mr. Baxter
Ithaca
N. Y
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College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Chinese Inflict Casualties in Kiangsu and Hupeh Reports
A high command communique said Chinese forces inflicted over 1,000 casualties on Japanese troops in northern Kiangsu near the end of June and killed 100 invaders in southern Hupeh recently. It also states a Japanese attack near Hothong was repulsed on July 7 in the Luichow Peninsula, Kwangtung Province.
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Allied air forces strike Sicily and German transports
Allied aviation attacked Sicily and nearby airfields as 15 Junkers 52 transports ferrying troops and supplies were shot down over the Tyrrhenian Sea. Missions also hit Pomigliano and Monte Co rvino airbases and Randazzo city while Mt Etna approaches were targeted from Catania.
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Reggio Calabria
Allied Air and Ground Operations Reach Catania During Sicily Breakout
Allied forces press toward Catania as American Liberators bomb routes from Messina to Palermo and Ran dazzo while 180 vehicles are hit retreating from Agrigento. British ships shell coastal targets as 30 000 Sicily prisoners are counted since the invasion began. Axis defenses center on Gerbini airbase complex 12 miles west of Catania.
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Middle East Command
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Palermo
Messina
Randazzo
Agrigento
Catania
Gerbini
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