Amarillo On Track For National Defense Roles
In Amarillo, Mayor Ross Rogers champions Panhandle assets for defense aims and aircraft plant prospects. He urges a complete factual survey to attract plane manufacturers while stressing the region's American heritage and strategic location for a future Panhandle air base and military resilience.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Ross Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Rogers
Chamber of Commerce Committee
San Antonio
Shreveport
Nazis Face Longer Fight to Seize Channel Ports
Allied forces counterattacked in northern France recapturing Arras and pressuring German lines along the Aisne and Scarpe. Weygand directs renewed thrusts as Britain and France mobilize resources, while Berlin says Arras was retaken and Abbeville push continues. Casualties rise on both sides. strategic aims center on Boulogne Calais and relief for trapped Allied troops.
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United Press
Arras
Aisne
Scarpe
Picardy
Flanders
Maxime Weygand
France
Weygand
London
Channel
English
Abbeville
Somme
Montreuil
St. Pol
Amiens
Boulogne
Calais
England
Rethel
Paris
English Channel
French
Valenciennes
Germania
Germans Lose About Eleven Thousand In Blitzkrieg Losses
The Associated Press reports Col. Gen. Walther von Reichenau said Germany has lost about 11 000 men in the blitzkrieg on the Belgian and French fronts. He did not give numbers for the Netherlands. Official sources say 110 000 Allied prisoners have been taken in the west, excluding Holland.
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Holland
London
Western Front
Poland
Scandinavia
Associated Press
Germany
Netherlands
Walther von Reichenau
Louis P. Lochner
Adolf Hitler
West
Roosevelt seeks transfer of immigration service to justice department
President Roosevelt asks Congress to move the immigration and naturalization service from labor to justice to speed action against aliens whose conduct harms the public interest. He says the plan aims for better control without stripping civil liberties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Labor
Justice Department
Open House for Newcomers at KGNC Studio
KGNC hosts a Thursday open house for newcomers to Amarillo and the Panhandle at the Eighth venue and Harrison Street studio. Ross D. Rogers, mayor of Amarillo, will welcome attendees with a brief greeting and the event runs 8 PM to 8 15 PM.
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KGNC
Amarillo
Panhandle
Eighth Venue
Harrison Street
Newcomrs
Harrison
Ross D. Rogers
Trade now for a dependable streamlined car offers
Ad promotes trading in an old car for a modern reconditioned vehicle with better value than a neighbor’s six year old car. Encourages calling the Globe-News Want Ads at 6262 to describe the pick of the few.
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John H. Towers
Naval Air Chief
Pensacola
Miami
Jacksonville
Corpus Christi
Texas
Navy
Towers
Globe-News
Weather showers scattered across Plains region
Scattered showers fell across the Plains area with varying rainfall totals. Hollis Oklahoma reported a heavy flood rain of 2.80 inches, Amarillo only 0.05 inches, and other towns like Tucumcari Dimmitt Lubbock and Plainview recording minor amounts. Mr. Collman expects clearing tonight with a high near 65 and low around 50, and warmer weather tomorrow with a southwest breeze.
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Shamrock
Plains
Collman
Hollis
Okla
Amarillo
Des Moines
N. M
Springer
Santa Fe
Tucumccari
Dimmitt
Muleshoe
Plainview
Lubbock
Clarendon
Childress
Georgian Finally Gets His Man in Census Challenge
Colum bus Ga city manager Morton tells Amarillo city manager H R Smith that after a decade he found the man they were seeking and he brought 9962 with him. Census figures show Columbus's 1940 population at 53 104 vs Amarillo's 51 497. Morton jokes about beating by more than one.
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H. R. Smith
Amarillo
Marshall Morton
Columbus
Morton
Smith
Officials’ Association
Georgia
Museum Talk on KGNC Tonight at Canyon
Grady Hazlewood and Floyd Studer will be heard on Station KGNC from 9 to 9 15 tonight discussing the museum at Canyon. Studer will speak about ten minutes detailing the museum's importance and value to the region.
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Grady Hazlewood
Floyd Studer
KGNC
Canyon
Studer
Russian Forces Rally Along San River In German Drive
Russian forces rally along the San River as German forces press their drive on May 22, 1915, with troops regrouping to halt advances and protect nearby positions amid World War I hostilities.
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Paris
Anne Morgan
San River
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in Amarillo and surrounding West Texas. Cloudy tonight in West of 100th meridian with rain in the south portion and afternoon thunder storms in the southwest on Thursday. cooler in the southeast. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms Thursday. warmer tonight. Extremes: min 52, max 73. noon 54. Precipitation to noon today 0.11 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
News Tip Prize Won By Mrs Virgil Miller
Mrs. Virgil Miller wins the weekly Newstip top prize of five dollars for reporting that Herman Turner near Amarillo was run over by a tractor but escaped with a broken arm. H H Horn earns second for spotting Bill Hall’s pursuit of a stolen car. C N Weaver places third for a crash near Washburn with Mrs. Ralph Stevenson injured. Other newstips list autos, horses in mud, and several names in supper entries.
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Virgil Mier
West Seventh Avenue
Herman Turner
Amarillo
H. H. Horn
Pierce Street
Bill Hall
Post Office
C. N. Weaver
Seminole Street
Washburn
Ralph Stevenson
Claude
Francis Walsh
Adams Street
Maud White
Herring Hotel
J. C. Moore
North Wilson Street
Bill Lane
Madison Street
John Stanley
North Pierce Street
Harry Ott
Buchanan Street
Ben Myers
Rumania calls up more reserves amid war concerns
The Romanian general staff announces additional reserve call ups due to the international situation and actions by neighboring countries. British air raids on German and Belgian targets continue as heavy bomber operations pressure railways, bridges, and roads along the front. Parliament grants Churchill government sweeping wartime powers to mobilize labor and wealth against invasion.
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U.P
Rumania
London
Germany
Belgium
Air Ministry
RAP
Aachen
Meuse
Namur
Dinant
Britain
House of Commons
House of Lords
George
Winston Churchill
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