Denver Tracks Washed Out Near Tascosa
A heavy downpour between Tascosa and Channing flooded Cheyenne Creek, washing out Fort Worth and Denver trackage and prompting detours via Rock Island routes. Rainfall across the Panhandle reached over an inch in places, delaying wheat harvests and signaling more showers.
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Denver
Tascosa
Panhandle
Channing
Cheyenne Creek
Fort Worth
Magenta
Rock Island
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Santa Fe
Clovis
Canyon
Quinlan
Dumas
Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma Line
Weather roundup for Amarillo and Vicinity and New Mexico
Partly cloudy in New Mexico with scattered afternoon and evening showers today and Saturday. Ample moisture yields little temperature change. Temperature extremes from the past 24 hours show a minimum 65 and maximum 82 degrees. Noon reading today stood at 75 degrees. Airport rain gauge recorded 0.41 inch in the last day.
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West Texas
Amarillo
Vicin
New Mexico
Women Convicts Lash After Beauty Shop Riot
Five white women convicts at Wetumpka state prison were lashed seven times each for ringleading a riot in the prison beauty shop. Governor Dix announced the resignation of Warden J Curtis Weldon, noting the lashings occurred last Saturday night after a dispute over a manicure led to a free for all with a poker and hair pulling. The beauty shop had recently opened inside the prison to aid morale.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.P
Wetumpka State Prison
Frank M. Dixon
J. Curtis Weldon
Dixon
Weldon
Soap Box Derby Winner Heads To Akron Contest
A 12 year old Richard George won the championship run in 8.7 seconds as he and contestants from Class A and B reach the finals. Semifinals include Wayne Wakefield Bobby Merrick Mark Davis Richard George Vernie Robins and Jimmy Earl Bailey Jackie Fleming Donnie Sharp Dean Cleveland Bobby Ames and Leon Smith. George faces Sharp and Bailey in the final championship race with George as champion. The article notes partial results from the national derby and lists sponsors including Russell Stationery Company and Newby's Asphalt Tile.
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Akron
Hio
Richard George
Wayne Wakefeld
Bobby Merrick
Mark Davis
Ichard George
Vernie Robins
George
Wakefeld
Jimmy Earl Bailey
Jackie Fleming
Donnie Harp
Dean Cleveland
Bobby Ames
Leon Smith
Harp
James and Bailey
Sharp
A Million Yellow Men Mobilized
He told reporters at a press conference that something would come from Washington tomorrow but refused to specify what the action or outcome would be.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Japan
Indo-China
Camranh Bay
Saigon
Rishior Sumita
Cambodia
Singapore
British Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Gulf of Siam
Thailand
Victory Brick Drive Builds Panhandle Museum
Ore details describe a large fundraising effort in Ochiltree County to fund a new Panhandle museum. Residents from multiple towns pledge bricks and money, with 4213 residents named as donors. Events include a telegraph display by Potter County Clerk Hubert Cole, concerts by campus bands, and a roll call of contributions. The drive draws support from the North Amarillo Kiwanis Club and various communities.
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Canyon
Panhandle
Potter County
Hubert Cole
Canyon Sunday
Cole
Globe-News
Associated Press
Ochiltree County
North
Cousins Hall
College Band
Maverick Club Hustlers of Bricks
Amarillo
the Plains
Grady Hazlewood
Counterattacks by Reds threaten eastern front shifts
A military spokesman said Soviet counterattacks had been repulsed with heavy Russian losses. German forces push in the Smolensk-Mogilev sector while Finnish units threaten the Lake Ladoga rail line near Leningrad. Nazi columns press toward Kiev as battles widen around Lake Peipus and in Odessa and Kherson, with a 10000 ton transport sunk. Copyright See WAR Page 20.
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Smolensk-Mogilev
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad-Murmansk
Kiev
Dnieper
Dniester
Lake Peipus
Leningrad
Ukraine
Moscow
Black Sea
Odessa
Kherson
Red
Four Desperate Convicts Caught in Highway Blockade
Amarillo police and state patrols captured four escaped convicts near the Harlem prison farm incident after a dawn chase across north Texas. The group, including Jack Bronson and William McBride, attempted a highway escape with sawed-off shotguns and a rifle, but a coordinated wrecker blockade south of a grade forced surrender at 6 30. The men, from Wichita Falls Albany N Y Linden and Dallas, faced 10 to 50 year sentences for robbery and assault.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Thompson Park
Jack Bronson
Wichita Falls
Francis Hoffman
Albany
N. Y
Hoyt Beasley
Linden
William Ralph McBride
Dallas
Harlem
Sugarland
J. W. Langham
Amarillo
Harvey Foust
Dalhart
A. L.cooper
Coyle
Okla
Perico
Texline
Cooper
Dallam County
A. S
Sid” Harper
Canadian River Bridge
New Mexico
John Nunn
Bill Abbott
McBride
Dallas County
Beasley
North Highway
Elmer Green
B. C. Cosgrove
Randall County
Police Department
Cosgrove
North
Fillmore Street
Bo Saunders
Eddie Moore
Hawk” Mayfield
Harper
Aluminum Quota Readjusted To 50 000 Pounds
Kansas City July 24 civic leaders faced disappointment after four days of aluminum drives failed to reach a 250000 pound target. A wire from the OPM corrected the quota to 50000 pounds, with two days remaining and current tally at 42905 pounds. Build Now John Maynard Lumber Co Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Kansas City
OPM
Alleged Victim Questioned in Cult Rites Suit
Miss Irma Weber testified in Los Angeles that Mazdaznan religious leader Dr Otoman Hanish summoned her to his quarters during a 1933 Norco conference and forced breathing exercises including undressing before Henry Sorge allegedly assaulted her when she was 11. She is suing for 1 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
U.P Fense
Irma Weber
Miss Weber
Mazdaznan Temple Association
Henry Sorge
Sarge
Otto Emme
Ha’nish
Ideas Editor Fusses With Aristotle Too
The Ideas Editor of Globe News mocks Aristotle claiming his idea theory is guesswork and that ideas are merely money making schemes. Readers are invited to mail ideas with a $1 daily prize for the best submission.
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Ideas
Aristotle
School of Philosophy
Globe News
Hudson Bomber Crashes at Patterson Field
DAYTON Ohio July 25 a Lockheed Hudson bomber bound for Canada crashed during takeoff at Patterson Field. Both pilot and co pilot escaped before the craft burned. The plane was ferried for the Royal Air Force. Yesterday another Hudson crashed near Cardington Ohio killing its two fliers. A cold Prager helps to beat the heat.
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Dayton
Ohio
Canada
Patterson Field
Royal Air Force
Cardington
President Roosevelts clash with Wheeler over war policy
Hyde Park July 25 President Roosevelt said Senator Burton Wheeler has gone too far in opposing administration foreign policy and is on dangerous ground. He backed War Secretary Stimson who called Wheeler near subversive activity or treason for sending cards urging letters to leaders, while Wheeler argued Roosevelt endorses opposition to war.
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Anthony Eden
Malaya
Indo-China
House of Commons
Eden
United States
Far East
Japan
Dominions
Netherlands
Washington
Wheeler
Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Burton K. Wheeler
Henry L. Stimson
Montana
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
Senate
White House
Stimson
Secretary of War
Lem
Monetana
Congress
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Weather Bureau
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Miami
Muleshoe
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Plainview
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Dodge City
Kan
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Great Lakes
Rockies
Middle West
London
Red Mass
Richard Allen
France
Europe
Inners
Russell Staonery Company
Newby's
French Indo-China
Shanghai
China
Dutch East Indies
Sumner Welles
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Reds
Are
J. A. Kirkman
Foust
Gregg County
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes’ Insurance
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