Panhandle plans scale for 4th of July festivities
The Panhandle region prepares a record Fourth of July with lake outings at Buffalo Lake Lake Tule Lake Fryer Lake Marvin and other plains waters. Amarillo and many towns close government offices and schools while public celebrations include parades rodeos concerts and a giant street dance.
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Panhandle Plains
Buffalo Lake
Lake Tule
Lake Fryer
Lake Marvin
Plains Lakes
McClellan Lake
Rita Blanca Lake
Dalhart
Amarillo
Amarillo College Defense School
Clarendon
Hale Center
Borger
Cimarron
N. M
B. B. Dawson
Maverick Club, Inc
Cimarron Rodeo Grounds
Raton
Borger and
Panhandle
Independence Day Broadcast and War Division Changes
President Roosevelt to address the nation from Hyde Park on Independence Day with a radio broadcast and pledge ceremony led by Chief Justice Stone. London observances include a RAF officer tablet unveiling. Ambassador Winant to speak. The Army creates a fast experimental division with heavy anti tank battalions at Fort Benning, increasing firepower and mobility for global combat needs.
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Roosevelt
England
Hyde Park
Harlan F. Stone
United States of America
London
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
St. Paul Cathedral
RAF
Williams
Fiske
John G. Winant
United States
Washington
War Department
Fort Benning
Georgia
Carolinas
Portales Jurist Appointed District Judge Date Unexpired Term
Gov Miles selects J C Compton of Portales to fill the unexpired term of District Judge Harry L Patton who died early Sunday Compton will serve until January 1 1943 and was not a candidate for re election to the district office in last November’s elections.
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Clovis
N. M
John E. Miles
New Mexico
J. C. Compton
Portales
Harry L. Patton
Compton
Berner
Highway Patrol to Expand Under New Texas Plan
The public safety department will hire and train over 100 highway patrolmen and drivers license examiners under a new appropriation bill signed by Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel. State Police Director Homer Garrison Jr. set July 28 as the deadline to submit applications, with examinations planned for mid August at district offices.
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Austin
Public Safety Department
W. Lee O'Daniel
Homer Garrison, Jr
Safety Department
O Daniel Proclaims July 4 Rededication to Liberty
Governor W Lee O Daniel issues a proclamation declaring July 4 a day of rededication to liberty for Texans. He urges citizens to listen to a radio program at 3 PM tomorrow featuring President Roosevelt, the national anthem, and the oath of allegiance to the country. Russell Stationery Company.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Roosevelt
Advance on U S Taxes Is Asked
Secretary Morgenthau proposed a plan allowing taxpayers to pay taxes in advance via bank bought certificates starting August 1. Small taxpayers can buy $25 $50 or $100 notes with a 16 cent premium per hundred dollars per month. large taxpayers offer notes from $100 to $100,000 with a four cent monthly premium. The program aims to ease heavy year end taxes and reduce treasury borrowing.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Governor's Portrait Authorized for Capitol Rotunda
Governor W Lee O Daniel portrait approved by Texas Senate to hang in the Capitol Rotunda after he leaves for Washington as U S Senator. Senate allocated 500 from contingent expense fund of the 47th Legislature to pay the painting by an artist chosen by the governor. Similar portraits were done for former governors at term end.
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Austin
U.P
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Washington
U. S
Texas Senate
British Invasion Of Germany Seen As Possibility
London July 3 Britain's air sweeps over France and western Germany hint at a possible invasion approach before August 1. RAF daylight raids hit Hazelborough Saint Omer rail lines. losses included one bomber and seven fighters, with 11 German planes claimed down. Pilot Officer William Isaac Hall of the American Eagle squadron was missing. Cologne Bremen and Duisburg targeted. Bremen factories and shipyards bombed. four British bombers were lost overnight.
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Britain
France
Germany
Aeroplane
Russia
Reuters
RAF
Rance
Hazelbrouck
Saint Omer
William Isaac Hall
Eagle Squadron
Hall
Springfield
Cologne
Bremen
Duisberg
Rhine
Air Ministry
England
Cornish
Sub Chaser PC497 Launched at Rockport
The PC497, first of four 110 foot sub chasers built in Rockport, will be launched at private ceremonies tomorrow. A second sub chaser is to be launched in about a week.
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Rockport
Save Gas for National Defense And Get Longer Run on Fuel
Tulsa July 3 4 To the motorist who would conserve fuel for national defense and get a longer run for his gasoline dollar William R Lowe secretary of the National Gasoline Association offers suggestions Tune the motor often at least every 5000 miles An improper gasoline mixture can cause 10 percent waste Set spark two degrees below the knocking point Small power loss but a gallon of gasoline stretches a mile farther Clean and adjust spark plugs frequently Leaning and adjusting every 1000 miles cut fuel bill 10 percent Avoid jack rabbit starts and racing pickups in second gear Fast driving wastes gasoline Watch tire pressures Properly inflated tires wear longer Park in shade Gasoline vaporizes through tank cap during hot weather Keep the battery well charged for quick starts Fuel pump wastes gasoline during hard starts Avoid unnecessary choking Clean air filter The carburetor may not get enough air and mileage falls Finally drive at moderate speeds It takes a third more gasoline to go 60 miles an hour than 40.
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Tulsa
William R. Lowe
Natural Gasoline Association
Ming
Overseas Army Brings Protest in Congress
Washington July 3 A request by the army high command for power to send draftees and national guardsmen outside the Western Hemisphere stirred a storm in Congress. Senator Wheeler charged the administration planned to occupy Iceland and questioned Navy and War secretaries. General Marshall urged longer service for conscripts and reserve officers.
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Army High Command
Hemisphere
Congress
Wheeler
Montana
Iceland
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Selective Service Act
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Marshall
Germany
Russia
Administration Foreign Policy
Denmark
Britain
Atlantic
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Knox
Stimson
Navy
War
Army
Sturmson
London
Sleeping Girl's Slayer Charged
BOSSIER CITY La July 3 UP Joseph Wilbur Tate 19 son of the Eunice postmaster has confessed murder of a 40 year old divorcee as she slept in a car near Eunice late Tuesday Arrested early today by City Patrolmen L G Bumgardner and A R Teague Tate driven a stolen automobile from Shreveport Murder charges filed He confessed after asking for a typewriter to write the confession He said he shot Miss Katherine Fogleman in the head while she slept in the Natchez sawmill salesman car near Eunice the trigger snapped before the safety could be released He found the body after returning to the car and opening the trunk Authorities noted Tate had been hunting with a new .22 rifle and had returned home late Tuesday changing clothes and washing blood from his clothing Post master Rene Tate reported his son had been away from home since the evening
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Joseph Wilbur Tate
Eunice, la
Eunice
H. L. Puller
Tate
L. G. Bumgardner
A. R. Teague
Shreveport
Fuler
Katherine Fogleman
Natchez
Fred W. Hale
Miss Fogleman
al Eunice
Rene Tate
Texas old age pensions rise as checks average $18.54
The public welfare department announced that old age assistance checks will average 18.54 dollars and be mailed to 144,354 applicants. The June average was 18.50 dollars with 139,307 recipients.
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Austin
iPi
Public Welfare Department
Senate Fails To Override Oil Proration Bill Veto
Austin July 3 Senate failed to override Gov. W. Lee O'Daniels veto on a statewide oil proration bill after the House previously voted for an override. The outcome ends the proration measure at its current status.
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Senate
Austin
PHA
W. Lee O'Daniels
House
U S Urges Japs To Keep Peace In the Pacific
Washington notes Japan must avoid actions that threaten Pacific peace as the Russo German war shifts global tension. Sumner Welles says the United States hopes for pacific conduct and watches developments closely. Tokyo hints at a secret policy while warning of a world emergency. Chinese sources claim Japan may blockade Vladivostok to pressure for Axis recognition, risking Siberian proximity to Alaska.
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United States
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Sumner Welles
Welles
Matsuoka
East Asia
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Vladivostok
Russia
Siberia
Alaska
Bering Strait
Rail wage talks end split over diesel crew hire
A Chicago conference committee for Western railroads said negotiations with two labor unions have broken up over the demand to hire more diesel enginemen. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen sought a higher wage base plus an 80 percent raise. Five unions, including conductors and switchmen, had voted May 19 for a minimum $1.80 daily increase for about 350,000 members.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Piremen
Ambitious ad touts fast sale of trailer by Eastman
Fragmentary ad copy claims a local boy from 1018 Fast 10th sold a two wheel trailer in a day for 60 cents and promotes West Dial 1019 and 6262 for want ads while mentioning Prager as a beer option and a cheerful sales claim across Amarillo.
Germans Claim Red Resistance Broken
The Soviet command said Red armies held the Berezina region near Borisov, repelling German attempts to cross the river as weather hindered the invasion. Moscow reported strides in the south toward Tarnopol and Kiev, while German reports claimed progress toward Kiev Moscow and Leningrad amid mixed weather and heavy resistance.
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Red Center
Moscow
Borisov
Berezina
Grande Armee
Somme
Ukraine
Shepetovka
Kiev
Tarnopol
Russia
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Napoleon
Adolf Hitler
Moiscow
Leningrad
Hitler
Lwow
Poland
Britain
Willkie Predicts U S Navy Use in War Aid
Willkie declared that the American navy will be brought into play to ensure the delivery of supplies to Great Britain. He spoke from NBC studios in a recording to be broadcast worldwide, praising liberty and warning that Europe’s totalitarian threat endangers American democracy.
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Wendel L. Willkie
Great Britain
Willkie
NBC
Europe
America
Britain
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