Heavy rains flood panhandle highways and creeks
Widespread moisture drenches the Texas Panhandle and neighboring plains with heavy downpours. Morse section in Hansford County records the heaviest rainfall at 65 inches as creeks and draws run full and Four miles of detour on Highway 287 between Dumas and Stratford flood. Railroads report high water but no flood threats though some gravel company tracks washed out. Detours advise motorists to use Dalhart route.
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North Plains
Morse
Hansford
Palo Duro Creek
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Dumas
Stratford
Dalhart
Fort Worth
Denver
Chanming
Weather Bureau
Collman
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Childress
Texline
Clovis
Oklahoma
Amarillo
English Field
Adrian
Claude
Dimmitt
Follett
Hereford
Pampa
Panhandle
Boise City
Hooker
Clayton
Blk City
Clarendon
Crosbyton
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Stinnett
Sanford
Grover
Fritch
Wildorado
Conway
Perryton
Spearman
Wellington Showers
Italy Enters World War as Mussolini Declares Conflict
Mussolini announced Italy's entry into war against Britain and France from Venice, promising to rally 9,000,000 bayonets and unite with Germany. He warned Switzerland Yugoslavia Greece Turkey and Egypt to note the struggle while Italian troops moved toward embassies in Paris. Berlin reported rapid German advances threatening Paris as Italy joins the conflict.
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Italy
Germany
England
France
Berlin
Mussolini
Riviera
C.S. T
Yugoslavia
Greece
Switzerland
Turkey
Egypt
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Far East
Europe
London
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
Vittorio Emmanuele
Great Britain
Venice Palace
Jugoslavia
Victory Emmanuel
Three Alarm Fire Destroys Amarillo Tire Exchange
A three alarm blaze at Amarillo Tire Exchange on North Fillmore Street destroyed the building and stock. Fire chief Cooper reported 30 to 35 off duty men assisted as flames spread through skylights. The shop valued 35,000 to 50,000 dollars included 20,000 dollars in new equipment and 10,000 dollars in tires. owner Roger Harris planned rapid reopening with leased gear.
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Amarillo Tire Exchange
North Fillmore Street
Roger Harris
George B. Cooper
San Jacinto Station
Central Station
Cooper
North
Amarillo
Political pie suppers fuel county races at River Road and beyond
Voters gather for a busy week of fundraisers and rallies as River Road hosts a pie supper and country store while candidates file for ballots by Saturday midnight. Events at Forest Hill, St Francis, Johnson School and Cathedral Hall feed supporters with free meals, speeches, and a Brotherhood barbecue tied to a Texas convention.
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Forest Hill
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Max Boyer
Perryteo
Texas
St. Francis
Potter
Carson
Johnson School Parent-Teacher Association
Johnson School
John Snider
Cathedral Hall
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
Brotherhood and
Aux
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Amarillo and vicinity: Fair to night, Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas west of 100th meridian: Fair west of mountains, southwest portion cloudy tonight with showers. southeast portion tonight fair and cool, southwest portion warmer and Panhandle Tuesday. New Mexico: Fair tonight and Tuesday except lower Pecos Valley cloudy tonight. Rio Grande Valley westward Tuesday. Temperature extremes for 24 hour period ending 6:30 A.M.: Maximum 80, minimum 54. Noon 60.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Mountains
Panhandle
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Rio Grande Valley
Sign Chopped Down Near Amarillo Sparks Billboard Battle
A private roadside sign at the junction of U S Highway and a county road near Amarillo was cut down after it diverted traffic onto Tenth Avenue away from the official Sixth Avenue route. The highway commission says the sign on private property cannot be removed by the state and will be replaced on its own. Complaints over the misleading sign led to reported friction with the division headquarters.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers
Tenth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Highway Division
Amarillo Safety Council To Meet Tonight
The Amarillo Safety Council will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at KGNC. Neely Greenhill Agey for Insurance.
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Amarillo Safety Council
KGNC
Fate of City Oil Test To Be Known in Few Hours
Oil test near Amarillo awaits final results after a 2 PM blast at Old Tack No 1. A 150 quart nitroglycerine charge aimed to expose oil in paying quantities at 3,797 feet amid prior saltwater setbacks and city lease terms.
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Amarillo
Thompson Park Wild
Amarillo Oil Company
Carley Price
Army strength and National Guard powers approved
The House military committee advanced a bill to raise the regular army to 400 000 and to authorize the President to call out the National Guard during Congressional recess for use or training within the United States or possessions. The panel also rejected an amendment to permit Guard use anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. The guard authority is limited to the adjournment period until the next Congress convenes.
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Washington
House Military Committee
United States
Italy Could Muster Vast Forces in War to Aid Germany
United Press reports Italy could field about 2 million soldiers along with 2,500 to 3,500 planes and a sizable navy including six dreadnoughts and numerous cruisers and submarines. Troops are concentrated along the Alps frontier, in Africa, Albania, the Dodecanese, Sardinia and Sicily, with major forces in Libya and East Africa, plus naval activity in the Mediterranean. An alpine assault on France is contemplated though passes are narrow and easily defended.
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United Press
Italy
Germany
Chain of Alps
France
Mediterranean
Africa
Lotterio
Libya
Italian East Africa
Ethiopia
Albania
Dodecanese Islands
Sardinia
Sicily
Adriatic
Front News: German Breakthroughs Threaten French Lines
Allied forces hold the Bresle line but German tanks penetrated behind defenses raising fears of withdrawal. Beauvais area sees similar danger as armored assaults push toward the Marne and Aisne fronts. Heavy fighting and losses reported along the Aisne and Argonne while Germany aims at Chesne and Pouleaux.
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Beauvais
Paris
Normandy
Seine Inferieure
Eure
Tardenois
Soissons
Rheims
Bresle
Marne
Upper
Aisne
Argonne
Ardennes Canal
Chesne
Pouleaux
Mournelle
Two .S
Veugier
Maginot Line
Siehett
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Austin
San Antonio
Netherlands
Big Spring
Abilene
Abbeville
English Channel
San Angelo
Sweetwater
Plains
Associated Press
Nazis
Roosevelt
Seine
Oise
Politics Country Store
River Road School
River Road
Billboard
Ail Company
Russell
John Maynard
Lbr. Co
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