O Daniel Campaign Rally In Amarillo Opens Late Campaign Push
Governor O Daniel and family head to Amarillo for an 8 p m rally on the Municipal Auditorium lawn with Panhandle towns sending groups The governor spoke in Memphis this morning and will travel to Canyon Borger and other towns before returning to Amarillo for an overnight stay The event featured speakers including Ernest Thompson Harry Hines Harley Sadler and several candidates The day also notes Wichita Falls speech predicting nomination and outlines absentee voting deadlines with more than 650 ballots cast and a total expected 13 000 votes in Saturday primary.
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O'Daniel
Amarillo
Municipal Audiorium
Panhandle
Spearman
Canyon
Borger
Memphis
Pat
Mike
Molly
Ernest Thompson
Harry Hines
Harley Sadler
Jerry Sadler
Cyster
Texas Rose
Hill-billies
O’daniel
Wichita Falls
Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
Congress
John Pundt
Dallas
Railroad Commission
Houston
Hubert Cole
Air battles over Thames Estuary underscore Britain gains
The London dispatch reports a fierce 60-plane duel over the Thames Estuary as German bombers attacked a merchant convoy and were driven off by Royal Air Force fighters. British communiques claim 6 German planes shot down in that raid and several more in others, with losses totaling 133 Germans to 91 British since June 17 as Britain boosts output and receives American deliveries.
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Associated Press
London
Thames
Scotland
Air Ministry
Sia Aen
Ine Dalite
Thames Estuary
Royal Air Force
England
Seykember
Britain
Reuters
Germany
Prize-Winning News Tip By Mrs Stoneham At Amarillo
The Amarillo tip prize story highlights Mrs L C Stoneham winner of first prize with a tip about a lost child. Second prize goes to Mrs S E Cox for tipping on a burglar who stole a two year old girl's savings banks. Other tipsters are named with brief notes of rescue actions at City Lake. The report also covers 1940 corporate profits rising much of the period.
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New York
Associated Press
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
L. C. Stoneham
Tyler Street
Amarillo
East
Eighth Avenue
Weldon Allard
Madison Street
G. McBrayer
Buchanan Street
B. Atterbury
Jackson Street
Lawrence Beyer
Della Morgan
West First Avenue
Robert Burnett
Henry Teague
Third Avenue
Canyon
Panola Pankratz
Box
Beulah Robinson
West
Fourth Avenue
L. L. Stone
Lincoln Street
Pat Devine
North Johnson Street
H. E. Davidson
Taylor Street
Melva Jean Anderson
Arthur Street
Boyd Jones
Maxfield Drug Store
J. B. Wilmeth
North Fillmore Street
H. D. Sanders
East Tenth Avenue
J. W Caplan
Monroe Street
Soviet to Teach Anti Religious Instruction in Schools
Moscow reports plans to introduce anti religious instruction in high schools and universities across the Soviet Union. The announcement appears amid broader educational reforms and a push to standardize ideological content.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Army assures no draft of men with dependents in peacetime
Brig. Gen. William E. Shedd told Congress that the army will not draft men with dependents during peace. He answered during hearings on the Burke Worth selective training bill, stating the October draft would include no married men and that peacetime drafts would avoid dependents entirely.
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Washington
U.P
William E. Shedd
Congress
Shedd
House
Senate
John J. Sparkman
Democrat
Alabama
Sparkman
Who's Who in Amarillo directory promotion appears
An advertisement invites readers to consult the Business Directory in the first Want Ad page showing lists of services from automobile loans to piano tuning and monuments. It notes ads can be placed at low monthly cost with Dial 6262 for the Want Ad Headquarters and new phone time service.
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Handy Business Directory
Amarillo
Barber College
Globe-News
Texarkana Woman Slashed to Death
Mrs. R. J. O'Dwyer of Texarkana was found bludgeoned and slashed to death in her bedroom. Police suspect a robbery as evidence shows a missing diamond ring a gold wedding band and a gold watch.
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Texarkana
Ark
R. J. O'Dwyer
Arkansas Police Department
O'Dwyer
Convict Ends 19 Hour Protest at Atlanta Federal Prison Tank
Andrew Jackson Wynne, a 20 year old felon, ended a 19 hour strike atop a water tank at the Atlanta federal penitentiary after refusing return to a Georgia chain gang. Guards used persuasion and starvation, with no force, as Wynne showed a hammer and shouted rebel yells amid 100 degree heat.
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Atlanta
Andrew Jackson Wynne
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Georgia
Wynne
Joseph W. Sanford
A Church Where Aisle Can't Be Crossed
In Trout River New York a bi nation border tale arises as Canadian cows wander into the United States and American relatives pursue them. Parishioners from both nations share a single church with the border altar symbolizing divided yet united communities.
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Trout River
N. Y
U.P
Joseph Richer
Canada
United States
Richer
Oville St. Oades
James Badger
Washington
Ottawa
Henri
Emile
Papa
Mama
Joseph P. Heslin
Father Heslin
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight with Thursday scattered thunder showers in the afternoon and little temperature change. West Texas fairs with scattered thunder storms in the southwest tonight and north and west Thursday afternoon. New Mexico shows scattered storms tonight and increased clouds Thursday with afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Temperature extremes 24 hours ending 6:30 A.M. were a maximum 100 and minimum 72. Noon reading was 92.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Worthington Joins Amarillo Invitation Golf Field
Joe Worthington 21 year old Kingsville stylist traveled 800 miles to enter the Amarillo Country Club Invitation. He praised the course and greens after a practice round with Ralph Petty of Carrizozo. Other entries include Joe Moore Jr Lee Ramsel Earl Stewart Jr Russell Crownover and L G Wilson expected to arrive this afternoon. 300000 gallons of water are pumped daily to keep fairways and greens in top condition.
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McCormick Co
Country Club
Paul Gore
C. B. Kindred
Dallas
John Olver
Reynolds Smith
Amarillo
Worthington
Corpus Christi
Joe Moore
Billy Bob Coffey
San Angelo
Ralph Petty
Carrizoro
N. M
Sunshine State
Joe Moore, Jr
San Antonio
Lee Ramsel
Fort Worth
Earl Stewart, Jr
Russell Crownover
Stamford
Iverson Martin
L. G. Wilson
Ste
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L. A. Woods
Herman Pipkin, Jr
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court of Texas
Bill Sutton
John H. Sharp
Kennedy
Hyannisport
Mass
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Great Britain
Neely Greenhill
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Russell Stationery Co
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