Great Fires Left Raging
RAF Lancasters completed a 2,500 mile round trip bomber operation to Friedrichshafen and La Spezia, returning safely to England after pounding German Zeppelin works and the Italian naval base. The mission marked an unprecedented shuttle route with all aircraft reported as lost none.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
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Friedrichshafen
North Africa
England
la Spezia
British
Air Ministry
Hitler
European
Middle East
Italy
Mediterranean
Comiso
Sicily
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Mussolini
Porto Empedocle
Catania
Amarillo Residents Aid Water Emergency Cut Use Sharply
Officials praised citizen cooperation as Amarillo reduces its water use by more than half from yesterday. Reservoir levels rose 2.5 feet, gaining 1,250,000 gallons, with 13 of 19 feet of capacity stored. Mayor Jenkins urged continued conservation and outlined three water-saving guidelines.
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Water Department
Joe A. Jenkins
N. V. Moss
A. P. Hancock
Jenkins
Gardener seeks permit amid Amarillo water stoppage
One Victory Gardener of Amarillo distressed by a watering ban phones Miss Pauline Lokey, county home demonstration agent, to request a special permit. Lokey says gardeners should water sparingly and focus on spring and fall planting for canning, while dehydration and root storage offer alternatives.
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Amarillo
Pauline Lokey
Potter County
Panhandle
East Texas
Miss Lakey
Miss Lokey
Southwestern Public Service Company
Coffee ration raised to one pound for three weeks
The Office of Price Administration increased the coffee ration to one pound for a three week period starting July 1, with stamps 21 and 22 covering July 1 to July 21 and July 22 to August 11 respectively, and stamp 24 expiring at the end of June.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
U S Navy Reports Hit on Cruiser Amid Pacific Raids
U S bombers hit a cruiser in a 2000 mile round trip, fires visible 70 miles away during an attack on Macassar in Celebes. Liberators from Australia conducted the longest daylight flight yet, losing one bomber. In the Solomons Dauntless and Avenger crews bombed Rekata Bay and Bur Village, while Australian troops repelled a third Japanese breakthrough attempt near Salamaua.
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Hull
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Rome
Latakia
Syria
Castelrosso
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Ankara
Dodecanese
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Greece
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Kharkov Front
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Macassar
Célebes
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Tokyo
Burma
China
Aleutians
Associated Press
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Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
U. 8
Dauntless
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Bur
Gannonga Island
Mubo
Salamaua
Golf Courses Aren't Using City's Water in Amarillo
In Amarillo three city courses Amarillo Country Club Ross Rogers Municipal and Sunset rely on their own wells and even aid the shortage. Sunset pro Walter Sikes says locals fill buckets at the courses. A conservation-minded resident plans to save dripping icebox water for his garden and propagates thrift amid a water shortage.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Country Club
Ross Rogers Municipal
Sunset
Walter Sikes
Sunset Pro
Bus Drivers and Passengers Note Widespread Watering Violations
Observers including bus drivers and riders report seeing many yards watered during a city irrigation ban. A driver cites several lots that appeared freshly irrigated while residents were asleep, and others confirm sporadic watering as the town eyed enforcement. By evening, sprinkler activity largely ceased.
Cultivation Is Answer to Dry Farming
J. E. Bowman of a nursery urges immediate cultivation of neglected plots. He recommends loosening soil with a hoe or garden plow, watering in the cool evening, then cultivating again in the morning. Bowman says this method doubles water efficiency.
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J. E. Bowman
Beans First Neighbors Second In Amarillo Water Ration
Globe reporter finds near total water shut off in Amarillo as residents ration. One homeowner watering a bean patch admits continued garden irrigation for two weeks and plans to stop soon afterward.
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Globe
Vigilantes Target Water Waste In Amarillo Neighborhood
A local vigilante committee in an Amarillo residential area conducted a house to house check on water usage. They found a sprinkler blasting water and requested the owner to turn it off. The woman explained the children had turned it on again and the committee left, while she sought to explain the seriousness of the water shortage to two children.
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Amarillo
Bathing With Limited Water in 1934 Kansas City
A reminiscence recalls a western Kansas city drought in 1934 when residents were ordered to use only three inches of water in tubs for bathing and police watched for outside taps. People dipped tub water for trees and gardens, some taking soapless baths. The drouth veteran pledges to repeat the act if needed.
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Amarillo
Kansas
Drouth
Pantex Not Affected By City Water Shortage
Pantex Certain-feed Plant manager H G Philbrook said the plant is not affected as it has its own water system. He noted uncertainty about whether it could supply Amarillo in an emergency without engineers’ study and confirmed no plant city connection exists to test such a scenario.
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Pantex
H. G. Philbrook
Amarillo
Mr. Philbrook
Sanitation Question Puts Woman in Dilemma Over Bath
A disturbed woman asked Miss Pauline Lakey Potter County Home Demonstration Agent whether she could water her beans if she postponed a bath. She would use the same bathwater for the beans as for her tub, a request Miss Lakey called an extreme personal sacrifice given the heat humidity and grime.
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Pauline Lakey
Potter County
Kentucky
Hot dry June with irrigation boosts heat and forecasts
The climate story describes hot dry conditions in June with water rationing driving up daytime temperatures. Observers note irrigation cools nearby areas, predicting 100 degree heat and no rain as a deluge remains unlikely.
Squash withers as paper hits porch in drought water row
A Victory garden shows rapid squash vine wilting after a late watering day. The irrigation plan clashed with the dry spell as beans, peas, onions and other crops suffered, following squash decline.
We're Lucky It Could Be A Cold Wave Squash Page 11
Amarillo faces a drought driven water emergency with continued dry weather and population growth stressing supplies. Officials emphasize conservation during the period before a new water project and system upgrades are completed. A note directs readers to John Maynard Lumber Co for granaries and shingles.
Navy WAVES recruitment targets oceanfront bases
Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher says women worried about water shortage should join the Navy. WAVES enlistees are being sent to naval and air bases across the United States, with locations on or near the ocean or gulf.
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Elizabeth Huscher
Navy
America
Ocean
Gulf
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
West Texas remains warm with moderate to fresh winds. New Mexico shows little change with scattered afternoon and early evening thundershowers. Temperature over 24 hours ended 6:30 A.M. high 97, low 65, noon today 91. W. City, Ranch Loans. Southern States.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Soldier claims paternity in Hollywood scandal
Pvt. Fred Steinhauser traveled from a Texas army camp to marry Joan Barry and claim he is the father of her expected baby. Barry rejects the claim and says Chaplin may be the father. She states she has never met Steinhauser and wants nothing to do with him. Steinhauser says he will seek the rightful father and accept responsibility.
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Hollywood
Footsore
Fred Steinhauser
Texas
Joan Barry
Miss Barry
Charlie Chaplin
New York
Steinhauser
New Jersey
Oona O'Neill
Hulen
Tex
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Japanese Information Board
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Pantex No
H. C. Winburn
I. H. Davies
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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