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WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR POES WE SKEW
Associated Press (AP)
Churchill Wins
19 Planes ir
Day Fighting Smashing Vote
ministry announced today that 19
merman planes had been shot down meg i ga •
in 24 hours of bitter air fightingAT 1
over the western European front ■ Bus I BeLLA
and acknowledged that seven Brit- I IeAATIAAECO
ish fighter planes had been lost. I 1 1 1 1 HI II I
-Since dawn today" an authorit- 11 l ll||||lll-||ll»
. alive statement said, "there has l l I l I I
Qeen continuous enemy activity by
fighter aircraft near the southeast
coast and the Thames estuary.”
1 One British fighter fell into the
sea, it was acknowledged, in the
clash of channel patrols. iThe
Germans said six Spitfires were
shot down against no nazi losses.)
Informed sources attributed the
unusually large daylight toll to in-
creasing armed reconnaissance
| flights by the Germans now that
spring has brought good weather
track to the channel area.
W Also, they said, the Germans may
have intensified their daylight pat-
rols in the hope of intercepting
RAF coastal bombers who have
claimed a heavy toll on German
coastal shipping in the past week.
■ Ou AMBURG BLASTED
■ Hamburg, which a communique
said was attacked by a large Brit-
ish force, was the center of the
RAF’s. attention overnight while
strong flights of German bombers
I concentrated on Glasgow's Clyde-
■ Wide shipyards and revisited Liver-
pool and Northern Ireland.
Casualties in the attack on the
Clyde area were feared to be heavy,
I reports from Scotland said. Busi-
ness premises Were described as
- considerably damaged and many
■ “families were left homeless. ,
The sixth successive night of
bombardment along the Mersey
created another tough job for fire-
men. many of whom had been
working under high pressure for al-
J @most a week but they confined the
I fires mostly to commercial build-
sings.
I i Besides starting large fires at
| —Hamburg, the British said docks at
I .LeHavre and "other objectives on
I the coasts of enemy-occupied tex
I Oritory” also were bombed ft
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F Shooting Victim
‘Clinging to Life
While Mrs K S Hull Jr clung
to a thin thread of life this morn-
Cng Judge M S. Long of 43d dis-
“-rict court delayed calling his
grand jury for consideration of a
charge against her husband
No charge had been filed against
him, pending recovery or death of
his wife
• Hull. 44-year-old Temple World
War veteran, shot her five times
Tuesday morning, and told police
be did It because she was a spy. €
Two blood transfusions had been
administered and her condition
this morning was reported as “un-
•changed”
Mrs Hull. In a statement to Co
Atty Theo Ash and Chief of Police
T A: Hackney, said her husband
shot her because “he didn't want
me to get a divorce "
■ Hull's statement declared his
wife is a spy and he said "more of
these spies should be killed "
Mrs Hull became a naturalized
American citizen last Feb 34 at
Waco. She Is a native of Bulgaria.
•FDR's Stomach Better
WASHINGTON. May 7 - <*) —
President Roosevelt's stomach con-
dition was improved today and nis
fever had decreased
- His physician. Rear Admiral Ross
ST McIntire, preferred, however, that
Mr Roosevelt remain in White
House residential quarters both to-
day and tomorrow and keep a min-
imum of engagements. 1
orter ~Jems
YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES,"-Byron. .
ABILENE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1941 -FOURTEEN PAGES
By,the Associated Press
Winston Churchill won today from the house of com-
mons a tremendous 447-to-3 vote of confidence despite a stri-
dent charge from David Lloyd George, World war premier,
that “America has got to do more" if she is to enable Britain
to beat Germany. • A.: 3
The white-haired elder statesman, in his most outspoken
utterance in many months, warned the government against
.exaggerating the speed or amount of United States aid and
declared American war organization traditionally is “full of
disappointments” for the British.
He demanded a “real war cabinet” and “an end to the
kind of blunders which have discredited and weakened us.”
However, Lloy George cried: “I thank God” for Secre-
tary of War Stimson's speech of last night, and said it was
clear that President Roosevelt, by his “changed” attitude,
and Stimson both realized the gravity of Britain’s position.
Churchill, restive under the old man’s hour-long tongue-
lashing. retorted 'that nearly 500.000 British imperial troops
now stand guard to defend the A
Middle East and that Britain
can count on enough new
American merchant ships to
help her through 1942 in the
battle of the Atlantic.
U-BOATS HIT HARD
Nevertheless, Lloyd George was
THWART PLOT TO
KILL IRAQ PRINCE
United Press (UP)
Evening
Edition
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Reich Agrees
To Open Two
French Zones
VICHY. May 7.—(UP)—Ger-
many has agreed to open the bor-
der between occupied and unoccu-
pied France immediately to permit
passage of foodstuffs, coal. Iron
and other merchandise, it was an-
nounced today
The French communique did not
disclose what concessions France
had granted in return for the
German agreement.
The agreement was reached as
result of negotiations in Paris by
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Fran-
cois Darlan, it was said.
The inter-zone border also will
be opened to passage of persons
gravely ill or suffering death in
their families Stocks and bonds
also may pass through the zones.
A communique said that discus-
sions now had begun to reduce the
cost to France of maintaining the
German army of occupation.
Announcement of progress by
Darlan followed disclosure that
Darlan and Chief of State Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain had arranged
an emergency meeting to discuss
French-German relations and a
possible reconstitution of the Vichy
cabinet in the Interests of French-
German “cooperation"
A communique said that negotia-
tions now envisage a reduction in
the dally costs of maintaining the
Germany army of occupation from
30.000.000 to 15,000,000 reichsmarks.
The reductions of 5,000,000 reichs-
marks or 100.000.000 francs would
mean a cut of 25 percent to the
lavy 'Readier Now Than Ever'
RI' r I A 11
o Deliver Goods, Asserts Knox
MISSING FLIER
First Step to
Open Conflict
Italy Charaes
STIMSON PLEA BACKED:
COAST GUARD INTO NAVY
WASHINGTON, May 7.—(AP)—Secretary Knox said
today that the navy is “readier now than ever” to undertake
the job of assuring delivery of war supplies to Britain—if
and when it is assigned to such duty.
The navy department chief made the statement at a press
conference in commenting on a speech last night by Secre- -
tary of War Stimson in which Stimson advocated use of the
United States navy to assure a victory for Britain in the
battle of the Atlantic. *
At the same time, Knox disclosed that the navy was
taking over “the seagoing activities” of the coast guard.
Knox was asked by reporters for comment on Stimson’s
plea for naval action “right now" and he said, “I thought it %
a forthright, courageous and very enlightening talk animated
bya high spirit of patriotism." *
Shortly before Knox’s press conference, Senator Vanden-
HOME -May 7.—(AP)—Virginio
Gayda, the eminent fascist editor,
said today that Secretary Stimson's
advocacy of United States naval
protection for shipments to Britain
could be considered a preliminary
announcement of open American
intervention in the war.
The editor of II Giornale d’Italia,
he also interpreted Stimson's state-
ments on United States-British
control of the Atlantic as "evident-
ly meaning a true and real .politi-
cal-military alliance to become ef-
fective in the more or less near fu-
ture."
Consequence Is
Clear—Germany
BERLIN, May 7.—<4h—Secretary
Stimson's suggestion that the Unit-
ed States fleet be employed to pro-
tect shipments of material to Eng-
land prompted in Berlin today the
comment: "The consequence of
such a policy would be clear "
Authorized spokesmen referred
again to the oft-stated German
warning that any ship sailing
through the blockade to Englai
"which comes within the range of
our torpedo tubes will be sunk."
But the spokesmen appeared
more interested in a statement
attributed to Stimson that the
German blockade of England
is contrary to international -
| law.
"How come? " was the gist of the
berg (R-Mich) announced that Chairman Emory S. Land of
the maritime commission had informed him that "only
eight out of 205 ships that
left our ports with supplies
for England were sunk in the
first three months of this
U. S. Rounds up
John Allison Woodall,’ 34,
above, who left his Dallas,
Texas, home April 5 for Can-
ada, was listed by the Cana-
dian government May 6 as
one of 11 U. S. plane ferry pi-
lots missing in a recent sea
disaster. (AP Telemat).
year."
Quoting a letter from Land. Van-
denberg told the senate commerce
committee that these were the “first
facts I hive been able to obtain
from my responsible official as to
how much of our magnificent aid
to Britain is actually going to the
bottom of the sea."
“This is • very encouraging re-
' WASHINGTON. May 7—(AF) ,
—The White House announced
today that President Roosevelt
had signed an annual navy
. supply Mil totaling $3,415,521,-
750.
port." Vandenberg told other sen-
ators as he quoted the letter from
Admiral Land.
German Sailors
French.
Rock Civilians
BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 7.-
_______________j (UP)—An unsuccessful attempt was
on the confidence test. They were i made today ** assassinate Prince Told to L eove
Abdul Illah, ousted re<ent of Iraq. Iola To ueave
Communist, William Gallagher So at Amman, Transjordania, where
* he had made his headquarters, a
dispatch of the Trancontinental
News agency from Beirut, Syria.
not among the trio who voted "no"
cialist Denis Pritt and Dr Arthur
Salter, a laborite.
At the same time. Captain A. J. _____..
M Hudson, civil lord of the ad- reported,
miralty, told the house of commons
Agency reports said that a new
Iraqi army, in opposition to that
—---------------,------:of the Rashid All regime, already
in the anti-U-boat campaign. had been forced in Transjordania
He added that U-boats claimed as and was taking up positions onthe
sunk could not be announced with- Iraqi frontier
out assisting the axis.
British Spitfires and German
“we have every reason to be en-
couraged by recent results achieved
Messerschmitts fought a spectacu-
lar battle over the English channel
today after a night of aerial fury
in which Adolf Hitler's luftwaffe
again pounded British shipyards
and ports of arrival for United
States war materials.
The agency reported also that
former Premier Muri said Pasha
had set up a government at Am-
man in opposition to the regime
of Rashid AH At Gaflani, and that
he had left with the members of
his government for British-held
Basra.
Reports reached here that the
1 preparing a big offen-
are to Iraq in order to impress the
population.
RAF night raiders attacked the Britich
north German port of Hamburg
and the docks at Le Havre. Then,
by daylight, bombers escorted by
fighters roared across the strait
of Dover toward the French coast j s ns
on a new mission ITsAic 1 Mrivon
The British middle east command 11 1J OTIVCI
announced that Imperial troops had 1 was
regained control of the vital Mosul- _ .
Haifa JU pipeline in Iraq and de- LrAmi Aitiald
clared that Iraq forces which have TO All Pill
been besieging the air base atl TU1S nl TOR
Lake Habbaniyah for five days ________.. 2. *
were withdrawing - CAIRO. Egypt. May 7-P)—Back-
A royal air force communique ed up by howitzers flown in by the
said that Iraqis who had cap- RAF, British imperial forces have
lured a post along the Mosul oil "ejected the enemy" from domin-
line cutting the flow of fuel to ating positions at Habbaniyah air-
British-mandated Palestine soon drome in Iraq, official reports said
after fighting started last Friday: today.
had surrendered to British ground • The RAP communique, telling
forces how the light artillery pieces were
STALIN SHEDS COAT
Sharing attention with Churchill's
appearance before commons was
the announcement from Moscow
that Joseph Stalin had at least
how the light artillery pieces were
carried over the heads of the Iraq
besiegers later to be set up and
turned on their plateau positions,
said more than 300 prisoners were
taken
The assault to break the siege
was staged yesterday
Russia. ■ (It was authoritatively reported
An official statement said he had in London that 20 Iraq officers
taken over the post from Vyache-and 408 men had been taken prl-
slav Molotov at the letters request soners to action while Iraq casual-
Molotov retained the portfolio of
foreign minister
cast off his clock of official ano-
nymity to become premier of Soviet
Political observers were uncertain
of the significance of this move,
but expressed doubt that it sig-
nalled any important change in
Russia’s foreign policy or a modi-
fication of her relations with Ger-
many.
ties so far totaled about 1.000).
Besides breaking the Iraqis’
encircling front et Habbaniyah
on the fifth day of siege, the
• 'OUT OF FRYING PAN, INTO FIRE'
British reported they had
wrested control of the vital
Mosul-Haifa oil pipeline from
the troops of Rashid AN Al
Gailani.
The general headquarters com-
munique reported that Iraq troops
under the British colors helped to
the assault on the plateau from
which anti-British Iraqis had been
lobbing shells into the British base
"In this successful setton the
enemy suffered heavy losses, where-
as out casualties were slight." It
said <
Kirby Water Plant
Work Near Finish
MADRID, May 7— (UP)—Reports
from La Lines said the remaining
civil population atJ Gibraltar had
been ordered today to leave as soon
as possible, presumably as a result
of fresh reports of an imminent at-
tack on the British fortress by arts
forces
Almost all shops at Gibraltar
have been closed, the advice from |
La Linea said, reporting that the
British were expecting an air at-
tack in the near future.
Trestles Over Red .
River Washed Out
DENISON, May 7—.»> .—Both
temporary trestles across the Red
river at Denison dam site were lost
last night as the stream climbed
above 18 feet, the highest since 1935.
The upper bridge was lost com-
pletely and a 500-foot slice was
swept from the other
The trestles were owned by Guy
F Atkinson company, contractor for
the eastern embankment and spill-
way excavation at the $54,000,000
dam project
The rise is expected to reach its
peak today.
Liquor Measure
Goes to O'Daniel
TUSTIN, May t. — un). The
Texas senate today by a simple res-
olution receded from its amend-
ments to house-passed state liquor
prescription bill and it was ruled
the action sends the. much-discussed
measure to Gov.' W Lee O Daniel to
German comment. It is impossible
to support the thesis that it's all
right for England to blockade Ger-
many and even non-warring Eu-
ropean neutrals but that it's all
wrong for Germany to try to do
the same thing to England.”
The Germans, however showed
little disposition to excitement, one
spokesman calling Stimson "a man
of much temperament, but hardly
Carpenters Hurt by
Falling Scaffolding
sign br veto.
Senators voted 23 to 2 to with- -end . an authority on in.
draw their amendments and said recognized, as.an authority on in-
they would rather have the Mil un-tememon was sserteo that his uf.
==========- -=="
tion by which no physician can
write more than 100 one-pint liquor _
prescriptions within‘90 days.
The senate action today was • 1 | n
third attempt to withdraw amend- Ancon Daur
ments. A resolution by which the | 11 I T
senate requested the house to re- "I-
turn the bill so the amendments
could be reconsidered had met no A || 1 AA | | •
house response at Marko
A joint resolution to instruct the
enrolling clerk to ignore the senate
NEW YORK, May 7—(PSquads
of detectives and immigration In-
spectors rounded up more tran 100
German seamen today, planning to
send them to an internment camp
in a western city
Police officials said they had been
told by immigration officers that
the round-up was ordered from
Washington during the night, and
that they understood It was nation-
wide.
Armed with warrants charging
the sailors with overstaying their
leave here, the officers began inva-
ding hotel rooms furnished rooms
and taverns at 4 a m.
Two hours later, the seamen—for-
merly employed on Standard Oil
company tankers— were herded into
the U. 6. customs barge office, with
Ellis island their next stop before
being sent west
The move came a day after the
transfer of 125 Italian seamen from
the island to an internment camp
in an unnamed western city The
Italians had been interned since the
U. S took over 68 axis and Danish
ships six weeks ago in American
-ports. ..
Police Captain Conrad Rothen-
gast said 135 to 150 German seamen
were to be taken into custody here
The seamen had been employed
on various oil tankers and, as the
vessels arrived in port, were re-
placed by American sailors The
Standard Oil companies had no way
• of returning them to Germany, so
MERKEL May 7—Cong. Lyndon they were being housed here at
amendments also had failed to get
house setion. 1 1
Johnson, making a 2,000 mile cam-
AUSTIN. May 7.—(UP)—Gov. W. paign swing in his race for United
the chicken Lee O'Daniel today vetoed a $44.- Steles senator this week into most r . If a
Shark carpenters lob C South 800 emerg ney appropriation voted sections of the state, was living Up Tevac Senate V ofes
Shack construction Job on South by the legislature Tor the use of to his reputation as a hard-driving. ICAC) CHIOS ¥ J
the Texas liquor control board tireless campaigner — 1.2
"I do not see any emergency Before sunup this morning. John- Canunu Dacolution
which makes necessary this appro- son had viewed the great herds of Vvllevy AGJUIUIOH
at this time If the funds —4*--1 "---4 “edu * —
First street were . Injured when
scaffolding fell about 10:30 this
morning
Lemuel M Bethel. .about 50, was
in a “very serious condition.” the pration,
attending physician said shortly be- are needed it could be cared for in
fore noon
Less seriously hurt is Jim B.
Barrett, also about 50.
Both men were taken to St. Ann
hospital in a laughter ambulance
the regular appropriation budget "
he wrote In turning the bill to
cattle on the Tom and Woody Lar-
gent ranches, and before eight
o clock had gone on,a hand-shaking
company expense.
Before the committee session,
Vandenberg charged that many
loose figures about ships sunk were
being used “to ship up support for
convoys" and that he proposed to
try to learn the exact facts. ■
Special Importance was at-
tached to Stimson’s words in
many quarters because Steph-
en Early, presidential secretary,
said II could be assumed that
the war department eblef dis-
cussed his address in advance
with Mr. Roosevelt.
Stimson was the fifth cabinet of-
Wer to speak out strongly in recent
weeks for more dynamic action to
guarantee the success of the aid-to-
Britain program, but he was the
first to advocate a specific course-
use of the navy. ,
He also assailed the character of
German submarine warfare in the
north Atlantic, calling it “illegal”
and a violation of law and human-
ity"
The U-boat tactics, he said, were
identical with those of 1917' when
they caused the president and con-
gress to take up arms in defense of
the freedom of the seas.
The charge that Germany had
extended the unrestricted zone to
hemisphere waters and “forbidden
L
Defense Bond Sale
Lagging in Abilene
the legislature without approval
The appropriation was to care
for liquor enforcement around mili-
tary camps until the regular ap-
propriations become available Sept
1. Liquor administrator Bert Ford
said.
„ , , - .__..uauIus to enter” was the first such as-
See page 12 for full sters •" House sertion to come from a high admin-
tour of downtown Merkel AUSTIN May 1 - (UP) — The istration official It. Was thought
Johnson came the ranch Texas legislature today, by resold: *»• NAVY, Fg. 13. Cel. 3
Tom Largent Tuesdaytions in both house and senate, en=
dorsed convoy of American war House Votes Ship
Requisition Bill
gent ranches.
Turn to page 5 for a complete
report of Johnson’s Abilene
speech.
Improvements at the Lake Kirby |
purification plant, started several
months ago to increase daily ca-
parity from four to six million gal-
ions, are 95 percent complete, L A
Grimes, water superintendent, said
today
The work involved the installation
of a system of baffles changing the
plant from the fill and draw type
to continuous flow »
Traffic Toll of
Life and Limb
P In this cablephoto from London, British imperial troops
disembark from a ship at an undisclosed port in the Medi-
terranean after their successful evacuation from Greece to
face Axis troops again in a new theater of war (NEA Cable-
,photo). -
DEAD
City 2, County
INJURED
5
Taylor County, 76
supplies- to Britain
Wtihout discussion, the senate
today adopted the same resolution
the nouse had adopted late yester-
day urging necessary steps to in-
sure delivery of the supplies
While the resolutions do not use
the word convoy" both house end
night after a political rally at Abi-
lene where he stressed the acute
need of. all-out production by
America to meet its national pre-
paredness demands the word “convoy” both house and over more than 100 idle merchant
Johnson, moving at a rapid pace senate sponsors said that was what ships owned by Germany and Italy
*** — 4 "was meant and the nations they have con-
---------------------------quered.
------ . dreds who gathered at each point Ima ne Arriva The final vote was taken after
About 6 p m. work of flushing to greet him a, warm response for New Seeps
—- -t his solid support of the president’s At Camp Berkeley
and north of North Eighth,’includ-| foreign policy. ATLOmP I
Ing Abilene Heights (ACC), will be f r
Water Off in ACC
Although the supply of $25 bonds _ .
has been exhausted. Postmaster O. Section Tonight
A.’Hale said this morning that sale Jussanonmun, .nu.*w=.-----
of the national defense securities The yearly job of flushing city across * West Texas in his first
issue was moving slowly at the post water mains will be completed to- swing for votes, met from the hun-
night
office.
The Abilene postoffice has sold
only $8,175 worth of the new bonds
since they were offered on May 1.
Hale said the postoffice had re-
ceived only a limited supply of the
$25 bonds, which have been the
best sellers, but another shipment
is expected within a few days
mains in the area east of Walnut
‘Official’ Opening
Of Park Tonight
Although Kirby park has been
open Morday and Tuesday nights,
the three-times delayed official
opening will be at 7:30 tonight,
with the Hardin-Simmons Cowboy
band playing a half-hour concert.
City parks board members will be
guests At t dancing will begin in
the concrete pavilion built by Wal-
ly Akin and Frazier Edmonds un-
der terms of a lease from the parks
board Burne Glover and his or-
chestra are scheduled to play
WASHINGTON, May 7.—(UP)-
The house today passed and sent
to the senate legislation empower-
ing President Roosevelt to take
I proponents of full British aid had
beaten down all non-interventionist
efforts to prevent the use of these
... -..-.... .....— -------— — J. .... ......--— .... —,---Jeep fleet of the 45th division ships in carrying American arms
started The schedule cells for com- visits to Big Spring. Lubbock and has been increased by 33 this week u Britain Before passage the house
pletion about 2 a. m. Plainview, where he was scheduled The camp quartermaster, Lieut.
-------------— - for an appearance at a Mg South Col E. C. Atkina has received the
-----------------------Plains dairy show new jeeps from Eighth corps area
an__a IUIIRTL --------------------------------------and after running them 300 miles -
STOP and THIN D L at 20 miles per hour will turn the
Torpedoed British fleet over to the division
Noriten 4 The division still doesn’t have any
Liner Is Nerisso . of the baby jeeps, also called son-
of-a ” or “son-of-a-blitz," etc.
NEW YORK May 7.——The *--------
New York Sun says the transport WAIL Due Post?
which was lost at sea with 123 per- Due
sons including 13 Americans, was WASHINGTON May 7— (UP)—
the British passenger liner Neris-. Wendell L Willkie Was being dis-
sa cussed today as the possible head
Ottawa advices yesterday report- of a new government agency which
ed that the ship presumably was some administration officials want
torpedoed Unofficial and Incom- to create to build up national
plete lists showed 35 persons ac- morale and to overcome what they
counted for with 33 of them in- consider the publics complacency
jured as a result of “enemy ac- about the defense and British-ald
On his schedule for iba day were
arma
pletion about 2 a m
The major idols of America
have been men of good will.—
Dr. Dixon Weeter, University
of “California.
The steps of a good man are
ordered by the Lord and he
delighteth in his pay. Though
he fall, he shall nor be utterly
cast down: for the Lord up-
holdeth him with his hand I
have been young, and now am
old yet have f not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.—Psalm 37:23-25.
Plainview where he was scheduled
to create
to build
national
ion.”
programs.
BATTLEFRONT TOUR SHOWS VIOLENCE OF GREEK-ITALIAN WAR
By RICHARD G. MASSOCK
BERAT, Albania, Via Rome, May
s—(Delayed)—UCountless cem-
eteries and gaunt broken trees
standing starkly on devastated hill-
sides testify graphically to the bit-
terness with which Italian and
Greek armies fought almost Inch
by Inch for southern Albania
During a 600-mile tour of the late
battlefront, around shell-torn for-
ests pock-marked by thousands of
shell holes, I saw numerous small
cemeteries of a dozen or so fairly-
fresh graves each.
A total of 15,000 men and 700 of-
ficers were killed or wounded in
holding one hill known as Mon-
astero, against the Greeks during
January and February before two
companies of Italians sacrificed buildings were reduced by Greek
their lives to drive a wedge that ---- -
was the forerunner of a finally sue-
cessful offensive
The particular hill that was the
scene of this bloody fighting is
known as Monastero because at its
top stood a monastery of two or
three buildings and a chapel
There now however, is only a
pile of dust and rubble to which the
rejected a move to recommit ths > ;
bill by s vote of 220 to 160. <.
The Weather
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U.S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER ai REAL
ABILENE and vicinity: Considerable
cloudiness tonight and Thursday with scat-
red thundershowers
WEST TEXAS (west of 100th meridian):
Few light showers northeast portion early
this evening, otherwise fair tonight and
Thursday
EAST TEXAS (east of100th meridian):
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Thuras
day, scattered thundershowers in north
portion
Highest temperature yesterday City of-
office, 86, airport, 83. s _
Lowest temperature this morning: City
office, 64; airport, 63
- TEMPERATE RES
"ITEAISA CM Hour AM
WA-1-71
artillery fire
The hill lies about 40 miles south
of Berat alongside s highway be-
tween two mountain ranges where
Greek divisions were stopped on
their drive to the north
Because of its position, this hill
was the key to Tepeleni, which. In
turn, was the key to Valona and
perhaps Albania’s capital, Tirana. I
CLOUDY •
88 —
• *
is -
Relative humidity 43
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 333, Ed. 2 Wednesday, May 7, 1941, newspaper, May 7, 1941; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1635002/m1/1/?q=lemuel+blanton&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.