Amarillo Faces Water Shortage and Rationing
Amarillo officials urged citizens to curb water use for three days to avert a serious shortage. Reservoirs hold about 6.5 million gallons short of target as pumpage hits daily highs. expansion project and new wells aimed for completion by July 10 amid dry weather and rising demand from the Army Air Field and Victory gardens.
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Amarillo
Water Department
Amarillo Army Air Field
Army Field
Victory Gardens
FWA
Palio Duro
Word Ranch
City Lake
Detroit unrest eases as restrictions lift amid riot toll
Federal troops and police guard Detroit while Governor Kelly lifts two emergency limits. Death toll reaches 29 and 4, with one white woman killed. Public venues reopen briefly as curfew liquor bans remain. Factory absenteeism remains high but improves at GM and Ford plants. Additional arrests push total above 1,250.
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Jerry Rideout
Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
East St. Louis
Kelly
Cleveland
Briggs Stadium
Detroit Fairgrounds
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
River Rouge
General Motors
Few Coal Miners in The Pits
United Press reports a minority of miners returned to the pits as the United Mine Workers Union ended a two day strike. most 530000 bituminous and anthracite miners were expected back by tomorrow night. The back to work order faced resistance as wage talks continued.
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United Mine Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Carnegie- Illinois
Shenago Furnace Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Connellsville
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
UMW
Ohio
Washington
Alabama
Wilkesbarre
Allied Jungle Troops Repel Japanese Drive in New Guinea
In the Mubo sector on the northeast New Guinea coast Allied forces repulsed a sizable Japanese ground push. After light Allied losses, air strikes supported the ground action as Liberators and Beaufighters hit targets at Taberlane and the Taberlane base.
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Mubo
New Guinea
Lababia Ridge
Mubo-Lae-Salamua
Pimple Hill
Lababia
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Lae- Salamaua
Taberlane
Aroe Islands
Hour Near as Moscow Radio Talks Decisive Event
Moscow radio told the Red Army that the hour of a decisive event is approaching. In Chungking a government spokesman stated China will reject Japanese peace temptations and continue fighting with the United Nations until victory is won.
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London
Moscow Radio
Red Army
Chungking
China
United Nations
Amarillo Health Center Plan Filed With Federal Works Agency
The city submitted an application today to the Federal Works Agency to build a health center at Fourth Avenue and Monroe Street in Amarillo. The filing lists Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance among parties involved.
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Amarillo
Federal Works Agency
Fourth Avenue
Monroe Street
Ivan Hudgins
Tennessee Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hudgins
Williams- Boyce Insurance Agency
Boxwell Brothers
Supreme Court To Pass On Firemen Pay Case
The Texas Supreme Court will review Amarillo firemen back pay in a writ of error. About $21 500 in overtime is claimed under a state law setting hours and pay. The Seventh Court sided with the firemen. the high court will decide on July 14.
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Supreme Court
Texas Supreme Court
Amarillo
High Court
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Ruhr Stormed Again as Italy Hit in Allied Bombing
RAF bombers struck Maelheim and Oberhausen in the Ruhr in a dawn raid, with heavy fires lit from previous attacks on Krefeld. Italian mainland cities Naples Salerno Castelvetrano Milazzo were struck as Allied forces push air superiority. German losses were reported heavy while casualties mounted in Maelheim and Oberhausen.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
Germany
Ruhr
Maelheim
Krefeld
DNB
Oberhausen
Weather Roundup Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather forecast shows little temperature change overnight and into Thursday with moderate to fresh winds. Showers are scattered in the Del Rio Eagle Pass and Big Bend areas with New Mexico also remaining mild. Overnight high today near 98 and low around 70 with noon temperature near 0.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend
New Mexico
Bombers Aiding China Hit Tungting Lake Front
United States Mitchell bombers and Warhawk fighters supported Chinese troops on the Tungting Lake Yangtze River front. They heavily bombed and strafed Japanese bases and shipping at three points, with warehouses burning and supply depots damaged. Two steamers may have sunk while a gunboat was damaged, as thousands of rounds were fired in an unchallenged air attack.
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Chungking
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hwajung
Takingyi
Turkish mission heads to visit World War fronts
Berlin radio quoted by DNB reports a Turkish military mission led by Col Gen Toydemir departed for Germany to inspect the war fronts. The Associated Press recorded the broadcast. For grainaries, shingles see Joan Maynard Lumber Co.
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Berlin
London
DNB
Ankara
Toydemir
Germany
Associated Press
Liberation of all internees announced in Algiers
The joint commission for political prisoners and refugees led by U S and British consuls general in Algiers declared the release of persons held in concentration camps, labor groups, or confined areas before Allied forces landed.
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Algiers
Joint Commission For Political Prisoners and Refugees
United States
Allies Have No Scruples Against Bombing Rome
A military commentator in London said the Allies would bomb Rome’s industrial and military targets but not its religious shrines. The remark framed as guidance for strategic air actions and sparked international discussion.
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Rome
London
Polish Terror Reported as Nazi Repression Expands
London dispatch cites Polish government in exile alleging a new Nazi terror wave in Poland. Over 500 men and women on a blacklist shot in recent weeks and at least 2,000 others arrested. Gestapo sweeps centered on Warsaw with 1,800 detained. 426 executed May 29 in the Warsaw ghetto ruins. Villages Godzice Tursk nearly wiped out. 52 killed at Rzeszow and 50 at Lezaysk with mass arrests reported in Lwow Pomorze and Kartuzy.
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London
Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Godzice
Tursk
Rzeszow
Lezaysk
Lwow
Pomorze
Kartuzy
Heatwave Grips Amarillo With Record Highs
The article notes extreme heat in Amarillo with daytime highs near 106 degrees forecast by H. C. Winburn and earlier records at 99 and 98. It describes hottest night lows around 70 and no relief in sight with dry winds and persistent warmth across the region.
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H. C. Winburn
Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
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Milazzo
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Balkans
Russia
Smolensk
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U. S.S
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Britain
Joan Maynard Lbr. Co
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Burma
New Delhi
United States Air Force
Monywa
Mandaay
Russell Stationery Company
Ranch Losi
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