Heroic City Can't Fall
Leningrad endures two years of siege as Hitler’s forces fail to crush the city. Residents endure hunger and bombardment yet labor in factories, plant vegetables, and defend the city with unyielding patriotism. The city remains a cultural center with theaters, concerts, and libraries packed as scientists and workers pursue progress.
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Leonid Mitch
Red Fleet
Associated Press
Leningrad
Peter the Great
Hitler
S. S
Russia
Vasily Andreev
New York
Konstantin Rabinovitch
Leningrad University
Marsov Square
Pushkin
Talbert Wins On Long-Distance Tip In News contest
J Willkie Talbert of Pueblo Courts won $5 for a long distance tip about a railway crossing accident in Plainview. Day of Plainview missed by minutes. second prize went to W N Garrett for a cottonwood tree cut down report. Third prize to J W Lawrence for three offices robbed. list of other tipsters follows.
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J. Willkie Talbert
Pueblo Courts
South Plains
Plainview
Globe News
Day
W. N. Garrett
Hughes Street
J. W. Lawrence
Eakle Building
Garland Smith
Cleveland Street
Ruby Moody
East 24Th Avenue
Sgt
B. L. Roberts
North Arthur Street
Margie Vaughn
Louisiana Street
Marvin Blair
North
Taylor Street
Rae Nell Armstrong
Monroe Street
R. J. Broyles
Buchanan Street
Art McKay
West
12Th Avenue
Red Cross
Amarillo
Ernest Blake
Fifteenth Avenue
Bongayle Johnston
Fillmore
City Sets Evening Watering Schedule for Gardens
The municipal water department announces watering will be allowed only after 7 PM on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays effective tomorrow and lasting until further notice. By July 8 the supply project is expected to be in service. After three days of voluntary rationing Amarillo experienced a run on water and the reserve was almost too low for fire protection.
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Municipal Water Department
Amarillo
Death of Texas cattle leader Theo Pyle
Theodore Maxwell Pyle a 74 year old cattle industry leader for 52 years in Texas New Mexico and Kansas died after brief illness. He helped found pure bred livestock raising and served 38 years as a director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Funeral services are set for 4 PM tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers chapel with burial at Llano Cemetery.
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Theodore Maxwell Pyle
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Theo” Pyle
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Earl G. Hamlett
Llano
Bob Heulitt
Pyle
Allied air strikes hit Eleusis and Hassani near Athens
Allied heavy bombers struck two Axis airfields near Athens Eleusis and Hassani as part of a broader weekend offensive against Italy Naples and Salonika. Liberators claimed multiple enemy planes shot down while British and American forces targeted Naples and other Mediterranean targets.
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STB
Berlin
London
Europe
Mediterranean
Athens
North Africa
U. S
Sedes
Salonika
Greece
Bulgaria
Dodecanese Islands
Crete
Wellington
Northwest African Strategic Air Force
James H. Doolittle
Naples
Sicily
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Gerbini
Reggio Calabria
Fioe
Eleusis
Cairo
Sardinia
Messina
Sicilian
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American fliers intensify air raids on Kiska and Solomons
U S forces report seven more attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians bringing total incidents to sixteen over three days while six raids hit targets in the Solomons including Munda Kahili Rekata Bay and Kolombangara. Liberator Mitchell Ventura fighters supported by P 38s and P 51s hit anti aircraft positions runways and fired on camps. The report notes high activity across Pacific fronts and hints at possible push to clear Aleutian stronghold.
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Washington
Pacific
Kiska
Aleutians
Solomons
Four Children Die After P-38 Crash Off Huntington Beach
A P-38 army pursuit plane crashed and exploded on Huntington Beach before 20,000 bathers. The pilot parachuted to safety but died from burns. Four children Mary Silva twelve Frances four Faith Barrega eight Rosalvo five died of injuries. Sixteen others injured or burned as wreckage and flaming gasoline spread over the area.
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Huntington Beach
Cal
Mary Silva
Frances
Faith Barrega
Rosalvo
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday morning with diminishing winds. Showers and cooler air expected in Panhandle this afternoon, widely scattered thundershowers elsewhere this afternoon, then mostly cooler tonight. Temperatures in the past 24 hours: high 97, low 66, noon 67.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
Pecos Valley
Big Bend
el Paso
New Mexico
Coal Miners Return While Steel Industry Feels Pinch
The United States reports most soft coal miners back at work amid partial standouts and wage disputes. West Virginia Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania show mixed returns as steel output in Pittsburgh area may drop 22 percent this week with furnaces banked and coal operators debating vacation pay and contract terms.
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United Press
United Mine Workers
Union Policy Committee
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Steel Company
Kentucky
Ed 5
Morgan
UMW
Dis
Trict
Pikeville
Steel
Pittsburgh
Washington
Oklahoma-Arkansas
RAF Hubs Convoy in Channel Strikes Dutch Fleet
Royal Air Force planes battered an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast sinking two ships damaging three more and firing on others. Typhoon and Hurricane fighters led the attack as the air offensive extended into its ninth night with raids across France and Germany indicating deep wartime strain on German industry and transport networks.
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London
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Berlin
Paris
France
Stockhen
Daily Telegraph
Orleans
Fleet Air Arm
Cool Weather Brings Relief as Heat Wanes in Panhandle
A cool wave reduces heat but moisture remains scarce with only light drizzles. Eastern Panhandle may see heavier moisture, while officials note the year's peak heat likely already passed. The all time high, 107 in June 1940, stands as a benchmark as water shortages linger.
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Panhandle
H. C. Winburn
Winburn
Sone Busine
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Ben Webb
North Buchanan Street
Clyde Gibbons
Kay Frances Johnston
Fillmore Street
C. R. Higgins
Tenth Avenue
Ruby Pope
Claudia Jean Turner
Taylor
Donald Goodwin
T. M. Pyle
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Zurich
Rome
Popolo di Roma
Daily Mail
British Broadcasting Corporation
Trikkali
Thessaly
Balkans
Istanbul
Hassani
Vesq— Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Ickes
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Pendington
RAF
Russell Stationery Co
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