Trinity River Rising Near Dallas Amid Flood Warnings
Flooding along the Trinity River below Dallas led to rising water as the east fork drove levels. Rockwall recorded 11.97 inches of rain, with Rosser two feet over banks and forecasts of further rises. highways including US 67 and 80 faced closures while rail traffic resumed on damaged tracks near Caddo Mills to Royce City.
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Associated Press
East Fork
Trinity River
Dallas
Trinidad
A. M. Hamrick
Rockwall
Trinity
Rosser
State Highway Department
Neches
Tyler
Greenville
Grand Saline
Minerva
Katy Railroad
Caddo Mills
Royce City
Corsicana
South Plains
Lamb County
Lubbock
Littlefield
Floydada
New Mexico Line
Terrell
Texas
Honda
Fredericksburg
Attu Strategy May Key Pacific Plans
Washington experts discuss leap frog tactics to strike Japanese homeland by bypassing strong outer defenses. Seizure of Attu and bases in Funafuti and the Russell Islands are cited as steps to disrupt Japanese communications with long-range air power and coordinated operations.
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Sandor
Klein
Washington
Kiska
Attu
Aleutians
U. S
Pacific
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Tokyo
United States
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Russell Islands
Solomons
Navy
Hail Damages Wheat Crop Near Amarillo
Scattered hail damaged wheat mainly in the west and southwest of Amarillo. Mr and Mrs John Warlick reported losses to their wheat crop about 10 miles southwest with neighbors also affected. A 25 pound terrapin found by the Warlicks was described as a victim of the hail. Golf ball sized hail covered ground in San Jacinto area pruning tomato plants and garden crops. Complete damage tallies were unavailable due to localized hail regions.
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Amarillo
John Warlick
Warlicks
San Jacinto
Warlick
Amarillo Teachers Entertain Older Servicemen at USO
Tonight at 8 o clock the Downtown USO hosts a game and dance for servicemen over 30 as a regular weekly feature. Amarillo teachers will be the hosts and women instructors from Amarillo Field are invited to contribute their dancing skills for the evening.
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USO
Amarillo
Elizabeth Payne
USO Y. W. C. A
Amarillo Field
Italian Courts Moved From Bombed Regions
An Italian government decree published in the official Gazette orders transfer of court branches from Palermo and Messina in Sicily to Alcamo Castrovniale and Reggio Calabria on the Italian mainland. The piece notes factory inspections under the Ordnance Department with rejected materiel repurposed for ammo crate handles.
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Bern
Switzerland
Palermo
Messina
Sicily
Alcamo and
Castrovneale
Reggio Calabria
Grange Chief Warns Subsidy Plan Brings Chaos
National Grange master Albert S. Goss told a Senate agriculture sub committee that subsidized price controls would trigger inflation and chaos. He warned subsidies would worsen shortages and discourage production, citing a 10 percent rollback in butter and meats already ordered.
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Washington
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Senate Agriculture
Goss
America
Illinois Miners Agree To Continue Work
Gov. Dwight Green said an agreement between the Illinois Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers Union allows coal mining to continue in Illinois regardless of external union actions. The deal was announced in Chicago on June 7.
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Chicago
U.P
Dwight Green
Illinois Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers Union
Illinois
Jack Casey Dies In California
Edward Lacey Casey known as Jack Casey formerly lived in Amarillo died Friday night in San Diego at age 37. He was employed by the Santa Fe railroad while in Amarillo and moved away in 1926. Funeral services are to be held in San Diego tomorrow. He is survived by his widow two daughters one son two brothers and two sisters incl a brother Calvin Casey.
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Edward Lacey
Jack) Casey
Amarillo
San Diego
Calif
Calvin Casey
Casey
Santa Fe Railroad
Senate Approves Confirmation of Federal Employees
The Senate tentatively approves a bill requiring confirmation for nearly all federal employees earning over 4500 a year. By a 43 to 22 vote, lawmakers adopt a judiciary committee amendment refining McKellar’s proposal. The measure moves to limit confirmations to agency heads and policy makers and removes TVA from the bill’s scope.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
McNutt Warns Against Drafting of Fathers
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt told reporters some draft boards were violating the ban on drafting fathers and advised the men to appeal. He cited boards going beyond the non-deferable list by inducting fathers not engaged in listed dependency activities. He said complaints had led to correcting boards and returning fathers to the proper status.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Mort
McNutt
18 Soldiers Die In Army Truck Crash Near Nashville
Eighteen soldiers were killed when an army truck plowed through a wooden bridge railing and rolled 30 feet down an embankment near midnight Saturday. Eight were injured, two critically, in the Nashville area.
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Nashville
Tenn
Fighteen
Navy Plans Program to Build 480000 Tons of Vessels
The Navy outlined a new construction program totaling 3,922,637,400 dollars for 480,000 tons of ships from small boats to aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers. Rear Admiral E L Cochran e, chief of the bureau of ships, testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee revealing the plan.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
E. L.cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Senate Appropriations Committee
Elks Flag Day Program Open to Public
Elks Club announces public Flag Day observance at the club house 501 Fillmore Street. Exalted ruler Pedle Powell says the annual service occurs one week from tonight with principal speaker West ward and Rev. H. A. Foster delivering the invocation. Ed Green gives the flag eulogy. H. A. Shaw directs special music. KGNC will broadcast part of the program.
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The
Elks Club
Pedle Powell
Fillmore Street
H. A. Foster
Ed Green
H. A. Shaw
Texas Farmer Struck by Lightning Killed at Home
Paul Lawson a 35 year old farmer was killed last night when struck by lightning in the yard of his farm home eight miles east of Tahora Texas The incident occurred in the overnight hours and authorities noted the unusual fatality caused by a storm passing through the area
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Tahora
Tex
Paul Lawson
Here
Packard Workers End Three Day Strike
Production at Packard Motor Car Co returned to normal after a three day strike. UAW CIO president R J Thomas blamed agents of the Ku Klux Klan for the walkout. The protest targeted the assignment of three Black workers to assembly line jobs and halted engine output for airplanes and PT boats.
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Detroit
U.P
Packard Motor Car Co
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Ku Klux Klan
3000 French Volunteers Form Garrison Regt
The Nazi controlled Paris radio said 3,000 volunteers would form a first regiment of France for garrison duty possibly in central France under plans announced by Pierre Laval. The unit would wear the same uniform as the demobilized French Armistice Army.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Fire Reported Started In Buenos Aires Arsenal
A fire was reported to have started in the war arsenal at Buenos Aires today. The brief dispatch notes the incident located in the arsenal as part of the war effort. no further details on damage or cause are provided in the readable text.
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Buenos Aires Arsenal
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
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