Moscow Paying For Resistance And Nazi Gamble Invasion
A Kansas City report details Mildred Fridell confessing to drowning her three month old son Charles Leonard Jr amid unable to feed formula. The article frames Moscow’s civilian toll from raids as Hitler’s invasion stalls and Britain’s alliance sharpens, noting delaying tactics, allied resilience, and the weather window for Russian conquest.
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Kansas City
U.P
Mildred Fridell
Charles Leonard, Jr
Charles Leonard
Moscow
Hitler
England
Russia
Britain
British Isles
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Army leaders discuss draftee origins and unit needs
General Marshall cites draftee origins from Brooklyn and Passaic with major objections from New York Chicago Pittsburgh and San Francisco. He endorses a national emergency declaration to extend service rather than piecemeal statutes and urges mustering out selectees while expanding to create new units. Brig. Gen. Haislip notes May resolution limits and calls for wording improvements.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Passaic
N. J
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Conress
Marshall
Army
Congress
Wade Haislip
May
National Guard
Walter G. Andrews
Secret session hears more on Marshall testimony
The committee met in private to hear further testimony amid speculation about U S occupation of Atlantic islands. Sumner Welles warned of Germany's plan for a new European conquest after its attack on Russia. The whirligig beetle uses split eyes for underwater and aerial vision.
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Marshall
U. S
Atlantic
Sumner Welles
Germany
Russia
Chewers in the Sewer: WWearily Funny Amarillo Call
In Amarillo last night at the home of Jack Wyatt chief chemist for city sanitation a phone call ends with a joke about a husband’s false teeth. The unnamed woman asks how long sewage takes to reach the disposal plant and Wyatt jokes it depends on the time of day. The line ends with a sobering punchline and a click.
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Amarillo
Jack Wyatt
City Health Department
Mr. Wyatt
Connally Calls Henderson a Dangerous Figure at Hearing
Sen. Tom Connally of Texas denounced Leon Henderson price control chief as a dangerous figure during an absentee committee hearing. Connally’s remark followed Henderson’s testimony on a 50 percent 1942 price cut plan that would affect automobile production, prompting comments from PM Director Knudsen.
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Washington
U.P
Tom Connally
Texas
Leon Henderson
Connally
William S&. Knudsen
Henderson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Hazlewood Sees Special Session on Road Bonds
Texas State Senator Grady Hazlewood predicts a special session will be called by Gov elect Coke Stevenson to address the road bond assumption law. He notes counties built many highways before the highway department took over and argues the state should relieve counties without imposing new debt.
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Hazlewood
Grady Hazlewood
Coke Stevenson
W. Lee O'Daniel
U. S. Senate
Highway Department
House
Senate
Jack Little
Amarillo
Panhandle
Potter
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
East Texas
Peru Ecuador At It Again In Frontline Skirmishes
Frontier dispatches say Peruvian planes bombed Chacras and Huaquillas with land batteries active along the southwestern front. The attack on a small Ecuadorian transport at Atahualpa was repulsed. Bolivian authorities arrest Hernan Siles and others after a Nazi putsch attempt. Police seize a short wave station at Casa Sikinger. Kansas City notes aluminum shortages affect eggs and bomber production.
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Chacras
Huaquillas
Atahualpa
Hernan Siles
Transocean
Chile
Siles
Cochabamba
Dispatches
Gustavo Abaora
Rual Cortes
Jose Holter
Lloyd Aero Boliviano
Demetrio Ramos
Romas
Wendler
Casa Sikinger
Bolivia
Senior Scout Camp Plans Completed at Philturn Reserve
Will J. Hiatt of Llano Estacado Council announced completion of plans for the Senior Scout Camp to be held at Camp Philturn near Tres Ritos New Mexico on the Rocky Mountain camp reservation donated by Mr and Mrs Waite Phillips. Campers will depart Amarillo August 14 returning August 24. The 35000 acre reserve is among the wildest and most scenic spots in the Rocky Mountains.
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Camp
Philturn
Tres Ritos
N. M
Rocky Mountain
Boy Scouts
Waite Phillips
Will J. Hiatt
Llano Estacado Council
Amarillo
Rocky Mountains
Firemen Respond to Alarm at Amarillo Stations
Firefighters in Amarillo rushed from Sixteenth Avenue station after sliding down a pole to answer an alarm. A light pole atop Eighteenth Avenue and Harrison Street caught fire as crews climbed and battled the blaze.
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Amarillo
Sixteenth Avenue
Eighteenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Camping Ahead at Scout Camp With Reservations
Advance reservations for the wilderness camp are being made at the Boy Scout headquarters to secure spots for camping.
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Boy Scout Headquarters
Cooperate On Auto Cut Avoid 50 Percent Shock
Washington today William S Knudsen director of the OPM warned a 50 percent cut in auto production would trigger unemployment and urged a cooperative approach with industry. He said no prior conference with Leon Henderson on the tentative plan and that an advisory committee would negotiate details aiming for a schedule by August 1 covering the first three months of the 1942 model year.
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Washington
Williams
Knudsen
OPM
Leon Henderson
City Slices 155 761 From Debt and Interest
City commission approves payments totaling 155 761 25 to retire debt and interest from two departments. General fund paid 55 000 principal and 29 286 25 interest while water department contributed 64 500 principal and 6 975 interest. General fund also retired street bonds 1927 sewer bonds 1927 and part of 1933 refunding issue.
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City Commission
General Fund
Water Department
Color Chart Idea Behind Horse Coat Hues At OSU
Columbus Ohio A. P. report notes Dr Carl W Gray professor of animal husbandry at Ohio State University explains color inheritance in horses. Dominant colors listed roan gray dun bay black chestnut with broken colors like piebald dominating over solid colors and a chestnut crossed with any pure color producing non chestnut offspring.
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Columbus, O
Carl W. Gray
Ohio State University
Gay
Men Carry Grover Owen Payday To Bank For Bonds
In Guymon Oklahoma three men assisted Grover Owen in taking his savings to the bank to buy 103.35 dollars of national defense savings bonds. The cashier spent most of the afternoon counting the money. Owen had saved 10 335 pennies.
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Guymon
Okla
Grover Owen
National Defense Savings
Owen
Boundaries shift over Mount Ararat under 1932 treaty
Turkey and Persia signed a boundary accord in 1932 placing both peaks of Mount Ararat within Turkish limits. The city faces several funding obligations: 52 000 to be paid next year, 72 000 remaining from a 100 000 street project, and 650 000 outstanding on a sewer issue. Water department payments include 6 000 from a 1927 issue and 58 500 from a 1933 refunding. the rest retires next year. Interest on issues ranges 3.5 to 5.5 percent. Vouchers approved after a routine session with other business.
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Mount
Ararat
Turkey
Persia
Water Department
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