Weathering high plains promise thriving row crops and rain
Amarillo reports Maj. Bob Snowden moves his family to Denver while a favorable early growing season signals a big year for high plains farmers. Weather promises sufficient moisture and steady conditions with the Canadian river within banks as communities brace for a surge in crops and cautious optimism about sorghum and row crops.
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High Plains
Iowa
Nile Valley
Canadian
Maj
Bob Snowden
Amarillo
Major Snowden
Denver
Panhandle
Letters From the Front Tell of Amarillo to Georgia Despair
A letter writer in Amarillo regrets a pain filled war abroad and longs for calmer life in Georgia. He mocks a Lt Smith and imagines exchange to Death Valley. He voices hope to survive and be buried in the triangle of Amarillo Lubbock Clovis after the war.
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Tack
Smith
California
Death Valley
Leutenant
Georgia
Amarillo
Lubbock
Clovis
N. M
Thunderstorm Hits Dover Straits Coastal Watch Upheld
A thunderstorm broke over the Straits of Dover shortly after noon. Lightning and thunder rattled toward the English coast from Boulogne area as a strong breeze lowered temperatures. It was 57 in the shade at 9 A.M. High tides were Dover 8:04 A.M. and Calais 8:36 P.M. General Arnold said Army Ordnance trucks are expanding global reach.
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Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Russia
Gestapo
Europe
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Philippines
Hari-Kiri
Stalingrad
Himmler
London
Straits of Dover
English
Boulogne
Dover
Calais
SITTER OPENING OFFERS CARE FOR WORKING MATHERS
A reader seeks a babysitter for a 14 month old for two to three weeks in early August. Contact Mrs S T Frisina at 2223 A Taylor Street. A separate note invites Tack to care for children of working mothers at a Lincoln Street address, days nights or by the week, call 2 5871 or visit 1711 A Lincoln Street.
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Amarillo Field
News-Globe
Sandy
Capt
Walter Swett
West Twentieth Street
Maj
Lawrence Singleton
Swetts
England
London
New York
United States
Lincoln Street
Taylor Street
Lynching Reported of American Airman in Brandenburg
Berlin dispatch to Aftonbladet describes an eyewitness account of a U S pilot killed by a mob in a Brandenburg village after an air raid. The report notes uncertainty over whether this was one of five airmen allegedly lynched and recalls a nearby downed American plane and parachuting crew member.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Helje Granberg
Germany
Granberg
Senate approves debt limit bill with tax cuts
The Senate passed a bill to raise the national debt limit from 210 billion to 260 billion dollars. An amendment cut the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent and exempted uniformed service members from the levy.
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Washington
Senate
Civilians flee Changsha as Japanese advance nears city
Chungking reports civilians evacuated Changsha the capital of Hunan Province as Japanese troops push toward the city within 30 miles aiming to split China and hinder an American landing on the southeast coast. American Dynamics Co. notes organic chemistry advances yield many compounds with medical value, including sulfa drugs.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Tungting Lake
China
American Dynamics Co
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