Navy plane deliveries fall short raising shipbuilding concerns
The House naval affairs committee examines a 20 percent shortfall in six month plane deliveries, as Rear Admiral Towers cites a 6 000 four engined bomber program and higher priorities. Senate approves expansion of naval facilities and a civilian guard force to counter espionage threats.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval
Navy
Vinson
Office of Production Management
John H.towers
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Towers
Army
Senate
White House
British Night and Day Air Offensives Reported From Channel
British planes roared out over the channel in a daytime raid of six RAF bombers. The attack targeted French and possibly Belgian Dutch coasts following a night raid that hit German industrial cities including Frankfurt and Mannheim. Anti aircraft guns thundered as bombs exploded along the coast.
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London
Channel
Air Ministry
Prankfurt
Mannerheim
Night Air Raids Over Rhine Valley and Dunkerque Docks
The air communique reports night raids over the Rhine Valley despite severe storms. British bombers also struck docks at Dunkerque Notterdam and Ostend with all returning safely. German raiders mainly attacked east and northeast coastal Britain, injuring a few people and causing superficial damage.
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Rhine Valley
Dunkerque
Notterdam
Ostend
Great Britain
Joint Park Concert By Amarillo and Sam Houston Bands
A joint concert by the Amarillo High School and Sam Houston Junior High School bands will be held tomorrow at 7 PM in San Jacinto Park. Under the direction of Oscar Wise and Stancil M. Bagwell, the program includes Sousa marches, national tunes, a cornet duet, and a fox trot.
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Amarillo
Sam Houston
San Jacinto Park
Stancil M. Bagwell
Jayne Bray
Ruth Wise
Marilyn Kelley
Jane Holt
J. C. Wright
Mary Beth Brady
Dale Wright
Ustin Williams
Fred Uhrich
Bobby Dilday
Peggy Houck
Jacquelyn Wood
McRichey Alsebrook
Naomi Ruth Gilbreath
Dotty
Aircraft Warning Service Planned for Texas Setup in Austin
Governor O Daniel's office awaits details on a nationwide aircraft warning plan to be sent to county judges and mayors. Brig. Gen. Walter H Frank proposes 54 000 volunteers to man 1600 posts and centers across Texas with state control and cooperation with telephone firms. The program aims to establish eastern Texas sites before September 15 and includes air raid warnings and information flow to army headquarters. The article also notes a science paragraph about lunar shadows and earth touches.
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Austin
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Walter H., Frank
Florida
J. Watt Page
National Defense Council
Third Air Force
Frank
Louisiana
Army
Rowland Attends State Meeting
J. E. Rowland director of the Commodities Distribution Service in Fort Worth is in San Antonio this week for a state welfare department meeting. He will likely depart Sunday for Amarillo.
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J. E. Rowland
Grant Street
San Antonio
State Department of Welfare
Amarillo
SCS Gets Old Bureau House
The old weather bureau building at Seventh Avenue and Taylor Street is assigned to the Soil Conservation Service. Am arillo offices will centralize with the move, transferring downtown tenants to the old weather bureau building and leaving other offices at the old post office building. Headquarters move expected in about 30 days pending Washington approval.
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