Amarillo Sets Water Boom Record and Major Works Plan
Amarillo consumed 17.2 million gallons of water in a single day surpassing the previous high. City plans six new mains and a one million gallon elevated storage tank costing 100000, with construction expected to begin in August or September and finish in spring 1946.
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Holland Addition
North East Sixth
North East Pirth
Williams
Osage
Amarillo Army Air Field
Bonham Street Station
Twenty-seventh
Pierce
San Jacinto
Sam Houston Junior High School
A P. Hancock
Gunners Named In B-29 Crash Near Amarillo
Col William Lewis Jr identifies Sgt Oscar Meinhardt of St Marys Kansas and Pfc Owen Rumble of Denison Indiana as gunners seriously injured in a B 29 crash 15 miles southwest of Amarillo Texas last night. Flight crew member Primo Angeletti of New Haven Connecticut injured lightly others suffered minor injuries no fatalities
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Neb
William Lewis, Jr
Harvard Army Air Field
Oscar A. Meinhardt
St. Mary's
Kan
Owen B. Rumble
Denison
Amarillo
Tex
Primo Angeletti
New Haven
Conn
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Cloudy to partly cloudy today with cooler temperatures. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers in the Panhandle this afternoon and tonight. New Mexico reports scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in mountains this afternoon and evening, otherwise fair tomorrow with little temperature change. Highs near 89 in the mountains and 90 to 100 elsewhere. Low around 99, noon at 70, 80 for the day.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Attlee Wins Britain's Top Job After Churchill Resigns
London July 26 AP A two to one Labour landslide ousted Churchill's government and installed Clement Attlee as prime minister. Churchill resigned to King George VI. Attlee, 62, with wartime leadership, faces nationalization plans and postwar rebuilding. The Commons split 403 opposition to 207 pro Churchill. Labour 375 to Conservatives 192 in House seats. Attlee to take government with Potsdam duties, aims closer ties with US and Russia. See CHURCHILL Page 2
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Russia
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Greece
Stalin Stands Alone as Big Three Breaks in Potsdam
At Potsdam, British Labor Party victory signals shift as Attlee may rejoin talks and Churchill steps back. Churchill and Roosevelt are out of the original trio, leaving Stalin as the sole surviving member. Truman tours Frankfurt area troop formations, praising soldiers and reflecting on leadership and wartime duties.
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508Th Parachute
82Nd Airborne Division
Third Armored Division
Weinheim
Fabial Society
B-29s Rain Fire Bombs On Three Japanese Cities
Aerial bombardment by over 350 B-29s dropped more than 2,200 tons of fire bombs on three industrial centers in Japan as Tokyo sought leniency amid heavy Allied strikes. The day also carried a Potsdam era ultimatum urging unconditional surrender and a warning of Japan’s imminent final blow.
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Associated Press
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Washington
Grew
Nimitz
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Allied Air Raids Hit Three Japanese Chemical Centers
In pre dawn operations the U S and Britain struck Omuta Matsuyama and Tokuyama with incendiaries. Allied carrier forces destroyed or damaged many ships and aircraft as they press toward Singapore and deepen pressure on Japan.
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Matsuyama
Shikoku
Tokuyama
Honshu
Attlee Wins Limehouse Seat and Emerges as Labour Leader
Colorless Clement Attlee, 62, wins re election to Parliament from Limehouse, defeating Lt. Alfred Woodward 8396 to 1618. Attlee, deputy to Churchill in the wartime coalition, stands on a socialist platform with nationalization aims and a path to No. 10 Downing Street.
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England
No. 10
Downing Street
Oxford
Wage Controls Eased Consideration Stirs Reconversion Plans
Washington observers report the War Labor Board weighing a plan to relax wage controls to permit agreed pay raises without boosting prices. Public members will draft a formal proposal for release next week. William H. Davis has left for a two week Maine vacation with the rough outline, action likely after his return. Labor and industry members set to present objections by August 15.
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War Labor Board
Davis
Maine
WLB
Eddie the dog finds a home with the Rowe family
Johnny brings home a stray dachshund named Eddie. Mrs. Mat Rowe hides a smile and keeps him as the Rowe children bond with the pet. Eddie wins the hearts of Johnny Wynona and Mr. and Mrs. Rowe despite several owners claiming him.
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North Fillmore
Eddie
Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
Johnny
Wynona
Pepper
Tuffy
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