Navy denies U S ships in combat with German submarines
Secretary Knox stated American naval vessels have not engaged in convoying or combat with Nazi submarines despite press reports. He rejected claims of hostilities by the Atlantic patrol. The piece also notes a seamen shortage delaying sailings and a food conservation campaign to boost the nation's supply.
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Knox
U.S. Navy
Washington
Atlantic
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Capitol Hill
Francis J. Walker
American Merchant Marine Institute
House
North Atlantic
Britain
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Ferguson Named Jaycees Head in Amarillo
J W Bill Ferguson gas engineer for the Canadian River Gas Company and former first vice president of the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce was elected president of the organization at a board meeting. He succeeds Hollis De Grassi with Guy Walden as vice president treasurer and George Bates Jim McKnight as other vice presidents. Walden was formerly treasurer and Gordon Gill re-elected secretary. By-laws were amended to replace multiple vice presidents with three officers all titled vice presidents and to allow a joint treasurer post. Installation date set for July 16 at the next regular meeting.
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J. W
Bill” Ferguson
Canadian River Gas Company
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ferguson
Hollis DeGrassi
Guy Walden
George Bates
Jim McKnight
Walden
Gordon Gill
Capitol Hotel
Bob Stone
Bob Russell
Gill
DeGrassi
Talley Wins Divorce and Custody in Los Angeles
Marion Talley, former opera and film singer, was granted a divorce from Adolph G. Eckstrom and awarded custody of her daughter Susan, age six. Superior Judge Ingall Bull ordered Eckstrom to stop pursuing any further legal action in any state and criticized him for immoral charges against Talley.
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Los Angeles
Marion Talley
Susan
Ingall W. Bull
Bull
Miss Talley
Adolph G. Eckstrom
New York
Eckstrom
Police Chief Bruce Rainey Found Dead Near Weatherford
The body of Weatherford Oklahoma Police Chief Bruce Rainey, missing ten days, was discovered today in a 10 foot hole beside a road. A bullet wound to the head is reported. Undersheriff Bill Clark says investigators believe it was murder. A coroner's inquest is set. The discovery was made by Mr and Mrs Ted Bergin farmers while shocking wheat in a field.
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Weatherford
Okla
Bruce Rainey
Here
Bill Clark
Clinton
Ted Bergin
Clark
Russell Stationery Company
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperature Summary
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions notes scattered showers Thursday with a temperature change. West Texas expects afternoon and evening clouds with showers and thunderstorms. warmer in the far south Thursday and north Friday. New Mexico forecasts fair conditions west of the Rio Grande with scattered showers east of the river Thursday and Friday. Temperature details from yesterday show highs around 80s and a low near 60.
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Amaril
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Amarillo
Fea
Iosis
Americas Safety Policy is Urged
The United States urged American republics to adopt a policy of constructive and practical cooperation in defense of the Americas. The Uruguayan proposal would bind 21 republics to avoid treating any American country at war as a belligerent and to act as benevolent neutrals, allowing wartime use of harbors and air facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Americas
Uruguay
Montevideo
Martin Dies Returns to Post in Capitol
Congress man Martin Dies returns to Washington to resume work in the House and begin hearings on un Americanism. He thanks Texans for their support and pledges cooperation with the new senator and the national interest.
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Martin
Capitol
Orange
Martin Dies
Texas
Washington
Congress
House Committee
America
Commission Sets July 16 For Oil Proration Hearing
The railroad commission designated July 16 for the regu lar monthly statewide oil proration hearing where testimony will base August allowable order. July allowable sour natural gas production in the West Panhandle field is set at 731,000,009 cubic feet daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
West Panhandle
Russia Prepares for Prolonged War By Seeking Vital Supplies
Washington reports that Soviet Russia opened preliminary negotiations in the United States for vital supplies, signaling confidence in a drawn out conflict despite Nazi advances. Officials note delivery will be largely delayed, indicating a long-range procurement plan.
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Washington
Russia
United States
China Extends Treasury Stabilization Credit to China
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau and T V Soong signed a one year extension of the treasury currency stabilization credit to China valued at fifty million dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
T. V. Soong
China
Treasury
United States marks first anniversary of armored force
Fort Knox Kentucky July 2 news dispatch notes the U S Army celebrates one year since forming its modern armored force. Four divisions exist with 15 reserve tank battalions and training facilities producing thousands of specialists yearly. Officers cite incomplete units and gaps in tanks and air integration but praise progress under Maj Gen Adna R Chaffee.
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Fort Knox
NEA
United States
Adna R. Chaffee
Yearly U S Budget Shows Five Billion Red in Deficit
The year ends June 30 with expenditures at 12 774 890 323 while revenues reach 7 607 211 852, the highest in U S history excluding social security taxes. Defense costs in coming year projected at 15 500 000 000 with monthly totals near 1 000 000 000 in fall. The federal debt stands at 48 961 000 000.
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The
Treasury Today
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Coast Guard
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civil Aeronautics Administration
National Youth Administration Defense
Tragedy at Sea Is Investigated
At Harpswell Maine officials clash over whether the cabin cruiser Don was overloaded when it sank near Casco Bay. Investigators probe explosion evidence as 26 of 37 victims are still missing. no life preservers found on early recovered bodies.
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Harpswell
Maine
Don
Caco Bay
John Stevens
Rumford
Mexico
James A. Trott
Portland
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Coast Guard
Casco Bay
New England
Mackinac
Narragansett Bay
R. I
Cotton Subsidy Extended For Cotton Export
The Agriculture Department announced the subsidy on cotton products will continue for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. The program remains identical to the previous year's subsidy plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
American Eagles Bay Nazi Pilots
The RAF Eagle squadron, all American volunteers, shot down three German planes and damaged two others in a daylight over northern France extending to Lille. British losses were two bombers and eight fighters, two from collisions. An air battle near Lille involved about 69 Me109s, with a veteran flier recalling Dunkerque days. The youngest Eagle famously disabled a German plane before rejoining his squadron.
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London
RAF
Eagle
France
Lille
Dunkerque
Messerschmitt
Say
DNB
Channel
Eagle Squadron
LaFayette Escadrille
Kaiser’s
Merville
Mighty Monarch of Results Ad Fills Mrs Damron’s Bedroom
Globe-News Want Ad delivers a quick tenant for Mrs Damron's extra bedroom in one day. Southeast front bedroom with private entrance and bath at 3100 Polk. Ad cost just 52 cents.
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Monarch
Willie
Globe - News
Polk
O'Daniel Thanks Voters as Ballot Probe Moves Forward
Governor O'Daniel expresses gratitude to Texans after a tight U S Senate race. Texas Senate authorizes a five member committee to probe elections for possible violations and ballot counting, while Lyndon Johnson concedes to the official tally. County returns flow to the secretary of state for the July 14 canvass.
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Austin
U. S
W. Lee O'Daniel
State Senate
Secretary of State
State Election Board
Johnson
New Deal
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald C. Mann
William J. Lawson
Texas
United States
Fish Enters Camp for 30 Days Training at Fort Bragg
Col Hamilton Fish Jr a Republican representative from New York reported to Fort Bragg headquarters for a 30 day training period. He is rated a specialist and likely to serve with several outfits during his stay joining the 41st Engineers a Negro unit nicknamed the singing engineers for their habit of singing at work or marching.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
Hamilton Fish
New York
Fish
41St Engineers
Singing Engineers
Bonds Instead of a Pony
Concore North Carolina July 2 Angelo Arata seven years old son of a local restaurant man has saved pennies and dimes from his fathers cash register for five years to buy a pony Instead he bought 150 dollars worth of national defense bonds He kept his money in a bottle and counted 116 23 at the post office he received three bonds worth 150 in ten years and 375 dollars in defense savings stamps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concore
N. C
Angelo Arata
National Defense
Marines Arrive to Guard U.S. Embassy in London
U S Marines totaling 51 under Captain John B Hill arrived in England to guard the U S embassy. They will be quartered outside London briefly before billets near the embassy, relieving armed London police. Survivors of the Maarsden, sunk while transporting Marines and Red Cross nurses, are due soon. Red Cross reports several nurses landed in Iceland and others feared lost.
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London
United States
John B. Hill
Maarsden
Red Cross
England
United States Navy
United States Red Cross
Iceland
Clarendon Fete Opens Today Amid Fourth of July Observance
Amarillo civic clubs and other boosters form a caravan for the Clarendon celebration directed by Bill Beechler. Sam Elkins announces the goodwill effort. Will Rogers Range Riders join the parade Friday. Page 5 includes full Clarendon history and Saints Roost notes.
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Clarendon
Amarillo
Bill Beechler
Sam Elkins
Rogers Range
Saints
Donley County
Drug Firms Fined for Insulin Price Fixing
In Washington on July 2 three major drug manufacturers were fined 5000 dollars each and three officers fined 1500 dollars each by federal district court for fixing insulin prices.
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Washington
Greatest Soviet defeat reported on central front
German high command described a massive encirclement in the Bialystok Minsk sector as the war's biggest single disaster for the Red Army with hundreds of battalions trapped and 100,000 prisoners taken. They claimed 4,725 planes and 5,774 tanks destroyed or captured since the campaign began.
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Associated Press
Bialystok - Minsk
High Command
Central Front
Riga
Windau
Latvia
Lwow
Berlin
Finland
Murmansk
Moscow
Leningrad
United States
Kremlin
S. A. Lozovsky
Hitler
Russia
Napoleon
Minsk
Red
Borisov
Bobruisk
Russian Arctic
Kakisalmi
Karelian
Arctic Russia
Murmansk-Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Gulf of Finland
Baltic States
Libau
Lithuania
Tallinn
Estonia
Paltiski
New York
Bucharest
Moscow Radio
Red Army High Command
NBC
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DIAL
O'Daniel
Clay Cotten
Palestine
Ham Fish
U.S. Marines
Joseph Stalin
White
Ukraine
Reuters
Stalin
Wilhelm
Soviet Russia
Ribbentrop
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Arctic
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Japan
Red Army
Vichy
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