Bright Smile of Genevieve Powell Defies Blindness
Genevieve Powell, 29, blind from a brain tumor, remains a lively, hopeful example of adaptation. Her Seeing Eye dog Blackie accompanies her as she works, travels, and plans marriage to her fiancé who stood by her through crisis. She recently spoke in Bowie and Amarillo amid Rotary events, and will stay with friends in Clarendon before returning with Blackie to Arch er City for several weeks.
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Genevieve Powell
Blackie
Miss Powell
Powell
Clarendon
Archer City
Wichita Falls
Rotary
Amarillo
New York
Dallas
Hugh Donnell
House Rejects Amendment to Cut Lend-Lease Funding
The House voted 133 to 84 to reject Rep. Francis Case’s bid to trim $100 million from a $1.19 billion ordnance portion of the $5.985 billion supplemental lend-lease appropriation. Leading Republicans and Democrats anticipated passage of the overall fund with fighting over anti-Soviet aid and other amendments.
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U.P
House
Francis Case
South Carolina
Russia
Appropriations Committee
Robert F Rich
Pennsylvania
Robert F. Jones
Ohio
John Taber
New York
Jones
Joint Aircraft Committee
Harry Hopkins
Lend Lease
U. S
Government
Great Britain
South America
Britain
Toronto
Argentina
Cry for action to divert Nazi push in Russia
London newspapers urge immediate British action to relieve Nazi pressure on Russia amid fears the peak crisis of the war has arrived. Reports say Churchill has not decided on steps, while Russian sources claim Anglo American supplies would be preferred over a direct British attack.
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London
U.P
Russia
Winston Churchill
Britain
Moscow
Narvik
Bay of Biscay
Evening Standard
Frank Owen
Evening Star
Evening News
Norway
Spain
Emanuel Shinwell
Labor
House of Commons
Shinwell
Persian Gulf
New York
United Press Listening Post
Weather Bureau Disagrees On First Frost Date
The first norther of the season arrived Aug 11 and frost was expected Oct 11, but the Weather Bureau predicts fair weather. Temperatures will rise tonight and tomorrow with a low near 46, keeping frost from forming. A south southeast breeze of 10 to 12 mph is noted.
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Weather Bureau
No More Mowing Gladdens Fitz
Chester Fitz Amarillo parks superintendent says one hundred acres is a lot of lawn to mow and welcomes the end of the mowing season. He notes far more work can be done in fall and winter as the city begins its tree-planting season in the coming weeks. Build Now John Maynard Lumber Company Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Chester Fitz
Amarillo
Mr. Fitz
Nazis Break Through Central Front in Russia Drive
German forces breach a 310 mile gap in Russia’s central front and push toward Moscow. Reports say encirclement rings tighten around the Red Army at Bryansk Vyazma and the Sea of Azov while Orel falls, signaling a major advance and mopping up of Russians in several sectors.
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Russia
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Gam
Sea of Azov
Bryansk
Vyazma
Moscow
Warsaw
Orel
Red Army
Tank Production Stopped by AFL CIO Labor Fight
U P reports war department officials say a jurisdictional clash between AFL and CIO factions of the United Automobile Workers at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo Ohio and Hillsdale Michigan threatens 70 percent of the combat vehicle program. A CIO secondary boycott at Spicer blocks finishing Hillsdale output, risking tanks jeeps and related parts for the U S Army Great Britain and Russia.
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U.P
War Department
AFL
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Spicer Manufacturing Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hillsdale Steel Products Co
Hillsdale
Mich
U. S Army
Great Britain
Russia
Spicer
Labor Relations Board
Britain Plans Unlimited Lend Lease War Aid to Soviet Union
Lord Beaverbrook announced Britain will supply the Soviet Union with war materials on a lend-lease basis without payment and in unlimited quantities, during a London briefing.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Lord Beaverbrook
Roosevelt Denies Armistice Pressure as British Fleet Sinks Supplies
In Washington President Roosevelt says no evidence Russia may seek armistice as reports on aid to Stalin remain unelaborated. Meanwhile Britain’s fleet air arm off Norway strikes German supply ships and targets on land, destroying pylons on Grand Island.
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Gulf
Iran
Russia
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Josef Stalin
Berlin
British Fleet Air Arm
Norway
Admiralty
Fleet Air Arm
Grand Island
Borger Motorcade Postponed Planned Adobe Walls Tour Delayed
The Borger motorcade promoting the Adobe Walls Indian Ceremonial has been postponed. Amarillo was to be a tour stop and officials state the event will be held at a later date.
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Borgans
Adobe Walls
Amarillo
Borger
Sailors laud Jane Russell as the girl in every port
The navy’s sailors applaud actress Jane Russell naming her “the girl we’d like most to have waiting for us in every port.” She receives six loving cups personally delivered by petty officers from various ships and stations. Russell later entertained officers at a studio luncheon.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
Miss Russell
Japs Readying War Measures Amid Moscow Crisis
Tokyo sources note a Nazi diplomatic push timed with Moscow’s offensive and Japan braces for a potential rupture in talks with Washington. German reports claim talks have broken down as Eugen Ott and Henrich Stahmer reengage with Tokyo officials. Officials accelerate air raid drills and food storage to preflight wartime footing for an early crisis.
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U.P
Far East
Moscow
Japan
North
Tokyo-Washington
Eugen Ott
Nobufumi Ito
Government
Henrich Stahmer
Nanking
China
Washington
East Asia
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Amarillo and vicinity expect clear and sunny conditions this afternoon with fair nights and Saturday. High near 70, low around 46. West Texas: fair north with clouds south, possible showers southeast, warmer by Saturday. New Mexico: fair tonight and Saturday, clouds along southern border. Noon temperature 69.
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Amarillo
Vicineity
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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