Amarillo Airports Solved by Private Land Deal
The city and chambers of commerce praised private developer T Thornton Oxnard for acquiring English Field land after RFC release to build a modern airport. The arrangement, backed by Mayor Rogers and leaders of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, transfers airport control to Oxnard with immediate construction of an administration building and hangar.
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Texas
Clash Across Channel Deepens as German Forces Advance
Paris reports show French armies reorganizing to counter the German advance toward the sea as Britain and Ireland consider invasion risks. Churchill warns the Nazi threat grows hourly as power-diving bombers and aggressive air power pound targets along the coast.
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Weather and war headlines sweep West and Europe
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico calls for fair, warmer conditions with a few afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains. Across Europe, Mussolini boosts war production as German forces push toward Calais and the English Channel, with battles at Cambrai and Arras shaping a widening western front and Allied efforts to hold Paris.
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Aisne
French War Ministry
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U.P
Calais
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High Command
McNeill Dedication Sets Friday Flagpole Ceremony
Amarillo High School to hold the Laughlin McNeil Memorial Flagpole dedication Friday morning weather permitting. Funds for the pole and pedestal came from Amarillo High School students and alumni. Dr. R. C. Snodgrass of First Christian Church will deliver the dedicatory address.
Want Ad for Twelve Pianos Sells Fast in Amarillo
A reader notes that a simple want ad in the Globe and News brought twelve piano buyers in Amarillo after five days. The ad advertised a Kimball upright piano and bench for sale with a contact phone 6140 and urged using the Globe-News want ads at Dial 6262.
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Amarillo
Kimball Upright Piano
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