RAF and Soviet War News From The Front
Reports from Stockholm and London describe RAF raids against German docks at Dunkerque and heavy bomber losses. British and American plans include supplying and reinforcing air power to England, while German aims in the Soviet Union and potential Western invasion are debated. The article notes London sources predicting long war implications and shifting battle lines across Europe and Asia.
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RAF
Netherlands
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Archibald
Dunkerque
Air Ministry
London
Germany
Russia
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Astrakhan
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Hitler
Dust Bowl to Wheat Boom Transforming Kansas Fields
In Hutchinson Kansas the Dust Bowl era recedes as the 14 southwestern counties plan a wheat yield near 35 million bushels with corn sorghum and lush pastures following. Liberal Seward County and Greeley County show strong moisture and stock growth while broader Kansas expects 185 million bushels nationwide.
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Kansas Corner
Liberal
Kansas
Seward County
Luther Trued
Tribune
Greeley County
Ratcliff Rites May Be Held on Monday
The body of O. T. Ratcliff died Friday at his Crockett Texas home arrived in Amarillo late yesterday. N. S. Griggs and Sons said rites were tentatively set for Monday. Ratcliff, 67, was father to E. M. Ratcliff an Amarillo salesman and Ted Ratcliff of the Amarillo health department.
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Royal Air Force
Singapore
England
Britain
RAF
Siberia
Indo-China
Japan
Yunnan
China
Burma
Foreign Office
United States
Russia
The
Pacific
O. T. Ratcliff
Crockett
Texas
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Ratcliff
E. M. Ratcliff
Ted Ratcliff
Amarillo Health
Sailor Rescued in Lake Erie After Night Adrift
In July 1971 at Ashtabula Ohio, sailor David D Doherty 23 of Flint Michigan fell from the steamer Great Buffalo into Lake Erie. After two hours adrift 25 miles from shore he hailed the oil tanker Britamolene and was rescued with $17 in water logged bills and a 55 cent loss complain.
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Toledo
Ohio
David D. Doherty
Flint
Mich
Great Buffalo
Lake Erie
Ashtabula
Doherty
Britamolene
State funds hit debit mark over thirty million
In Austin the state's general funds declined further, posting a new negative balance of 30,110,047 dollars as of today. The deficit highlights ongoing fiscal strain and tighter budget conditions affecting state operations.
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Austin
D. V. Ross Buried at Llano Cemetery
Funeral services for D. V. Ross Amarillo bootmaker and World War Veteran were held at the Central Church of Christ with Luther G. Roberts officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Survived by wife four daughters two sons and five brothers.
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D. V. Ross
Amarillo
Central Church of Christ
Luther G. Roberts
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Buckles Burial Rites To Be Held Monday
Obituary notice for Jack C. Buckles, a Borger oil well driller, who died in Amarillo Friday. Service at Central Baptist Church in Pampa at 3 p.m. Monday, burial in Pampa cemetery. Blackburn-Shaw directing. Rev. T. D. Sumrall presiding. Survived by wife, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, sister, and brother. Also notes a 100,000 Dutch workers in Germany this year.
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Jack C. Buckles
Borger
Amarillo
Central Baptist Church
Pampa
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
T. D. Sumrall
Rain Report for Southwest Corn and Wheat Region
Rainfall data for 24 hours ending at 6 30 yesterday morning covers Hereford Guymon Oklahoma and surrounding areas with precipitation measurements noted.
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Hereford
Guymon
Oklo
Amarillo
Abilene
Albuquerque
N. M
Big Spring
Clayton
Christi Corpus
del Rio
Denver
Colo. Eee
Elk City
Okla
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Waynoka
Wichita, Kansas
Wink
World War II Style Mock War to Be Held in Deep South
NEA Service says the largest maneuvers in history are planned for September in Louisiana and eastern Texas. About 472,000 U S troops and 60,000 trucks will participate, spanning 15,000,000 acres and costing nearly 1,000,000 dollars. Opponents in this vast make believe conflict will be the Sev-
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Louisiana
Texas
U. S
Sev
Army maneuvers to test regulars and trainees in Louisiana
The Second Army and parts of the Third Army plan exercises with headquarters in Shreveport and Lake Charles, La. The G H Q directs with First and Fourth Armies staffs assisting. Divisions include the 5th 6th 27th 33rd and 35th infantry and the 2nd Cavalry Division among others.
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Enth
Shreveport
Lake Charies
G.H.Q
2Nd Cavalry
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet Today
Radio Leningrad
Kremlin
Goering
Commerce Department
Lord Halifax
Richmond
Cal
Far East
Hutchinson
Kan
the Special News Service
Eighth Army
Brownwood
Eighth Army Corps
Mansfield
2Nd Armored
Fort Benning
56Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Oklahoma
Georgia
Bowie
208Th Military Police
Corps
Claude V. Birkhead
Camp Bowie
Goldwaithe
Gatesville
Waco
Mexia
Palestine
Rusk
Mount Enterprise
Timpson
Teneha
113Th Cavalry
Brooks Field
Fort Sill
Marshall, Texas
Houston
Egalveston
Mexico
Miles
Buckles
U. 8S. Weather Bureau
V.y
Meyer & Meyer
NEA Service
Zephyr
Amarillo Fort Worth
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
Uncle Sam
Leonard
America
Lifetin
NSA
Stetson
Carmen
Eureka
Detro
Prince Garde
Bill Folds
Polk Stree W
Polk
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