France Nearing Final Break With Britain
Churchill disclosed Britain had seized French vessels in British ports after the Petain government broke its assurances. He described a ten minute Oran action that sank or damaged several ships and said the French fleet would be demilitarized or returned as possible, with the Dunkerque left as the only major vessel possibly remaining.
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Associated Press
Germany
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Commons
Henri Philippe Petain
Britain
Oran
Mers el-Kebir
Algeria
France
Commandant Teste
Strasbourg
Ough
Sheerness
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Alexandria
Egypt
Dunkerque
Toulon
Mediterranean
Geneva
Petain
Ains
Surcouf
Gensoul
West Indies
Martinique
United States
United States of America
Admiralty
House
Somerville
Atlantic
Clement Attee
Chamberlain
Naval Base Hit In Bomb Raid At Portland Harbor
London reports Twenty or more German bombing planes attacked Britain's Portland naval base in broad daylight. They destroyed a naval auxiliary vessel a tug and a lighter with undetermined casualties. Two attackers may have been shot down. Other raids caused minor damage along the coasts while incendiaries hit a southeast town.
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London
Britain
Portland
Panhandle Fourth of July Celebrations Highlight Region
The Panhandle enjoys a varied Fourth program with rodeos pageants lakes and dances across Amarillo Claren don Canadian Elida Hale Center Clayton Tule Lake Wolf Creek Buffalo Lake Palo Duro Canyon and other spots. Readers are invited to turn to page 15 for full details and schedules.
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Anvil Park
Canadian
Lake McClellan
Gray County
Elida
N. M
Hale Center
Clayton
Tule Lake
Wolf Creek Lake
Buffalo Lake
Lake Marvin
Palo Duro Canyon
the Panhandle
Axis System New Mode For Scared Romanians
The regime under Ion Gigurtu in Bucharest declares a foreign policy aligned with the Rome Berlin Axis, signaling a pro German, anti Semitic turn. King Carol reshapes government, includes Iron Guard and Goga members, and orders British oil men to leave Romania within 24 hours, amid rising anti Jewish violence and Soviet frontier pressures.
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Bucharest
Carol
Ion Gigurtu
Gigurtu
Prut
Danube
Gheorghe Tatarescu
Iron Guard
Goga
Favricius
Hans Otto Roth
Transylvania
Germany
Legation
Ion Mihail
Hermann Goering
Romania
Iron
Ithe
U S Decision On Japs Nears
Washington weighs a pivotal policy choice as Japan presses in Asia and U S leaders consider adapting to new realities in the Far East. Britain’s sea power and German success in Europe loom large as Washington analyzes future naval options and potential U S fleet withdrawal.
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Washington
Japan
China
East Asia
United States
Far East
Tokyo
Europe
New World
Orient
Far Eastern
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Pacific
East Ja
Plains Boosters to Rally for Governor Thompson
Plains Boosters from Amarillo and northwest Texas depart by air train bus and car to attend the statewide Thompson for Governor rally in Waco. Thousands are forming caravans from Lubbock Borger Dalhart Pampa and Plainview with banners drum corps and a large XIT band convoy. Thompson will speak at night in what is billed as Texas’ largest gubernatorial rally with fireworks planned.
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Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Texas
Waco
Mason King
Clay Thornton
Carl Hill, Jr
Lubbock
Borger
XIT
Dalhart
C. W. Beene
Pampa
Plainview
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
Wichita Falls
Thompson
Record of
Weather forecast for West Texas and eastern New Mexico
The forecast calls for high scattered clouds with mild to moderate thundershowers across West Texas and eastern New Mexico. Amarillo may see warmer conditions with yesterday’s high of 82 and low of 54 degrees.
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Amarillo
Claren
Texas
New Mexico
Third Term Race Held Likely With Hull as Running Mate
Reports on July 4 say President Roosevelt will seek a third term with Secretary of State Hull as his running mate. Wheeler supporters in Chicago push a convention campaign despite doubt, while Garner and Farley linger with nominal nomination prospects.
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Hull
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Wheeler
Montana
Chicago
J. Burke Clements
Helena
Mont
Montanan
Lic
John L. Lewis
CIO
Johnson
Colorado
Friends
Garner
Farley
Willkie praise echoes through wartime industry in East
Coca Cola plant operator Tom Wingate reports strong Willkie support among East Coast business and labor groups amid fears of fifth column sabotage. He notes guarded factory access, female labor shifts, and a shift from invasion panic to sabotage concerns as workers recount Willkie backing and a resurgent business climate.
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America
Tom Wingate
East
Hitler
Wingate
J. Edgar Moorer
Mr. Wingate
Air
Sam Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
New York City
Rochester
Buffalo
Albany
Canada
Detroit
Chicago
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Willkie
Henry Ford
Ford
Willke
Marshall Field
Death Strike at New York World’s Fair Kill Two
Panic-stricken crowds at the New York World’s Fair witnessed a bomb hidden in a portable radio explode behind the Polish pavilion. Two policemen were killed, several others wounded, as Lieut. John McLaughlin and Commissioner John Sullivan escaped injury. Victims identified include James J. Lynch of the Bronx and Ferdinand Socha of Brooklyn.
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New York
James J. Lynch
Bronx
Ferdinand Socha
Brooklyn
John McLaughlin
John Sullivan
World’s Fair Police
Three Bundsmen Jailed in Raid
Augustus Klapprott, president of the New Jersey German-American Bund, and two Bund officials were arrested at Camp Nordland for violating a state ban on meetings that promote hatred. They faced $1,000 bail each, with bond denied and jail transfer, as bail funds were raised. The case, argued by Wilbur V. Keegan, awaits Common Pleas Judge Losey.
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Andover Township
N. J
Augustus Klapprott
New Jersey
Bund
Camp Nordland
Klapprott
Wilhelm Kunze
Mathias Kohler
Keegan
van Ness
Common Pleas
John C. Losey
Skippy Goes by Himself To Refuge From Fireworks
In Columbus Ohio on July 4 a small dog named Skippy, disturbed by popping firecrackers, headed alone to a pet hospital three miles from home to seek peace and quiet. The owner had previously taken him there for similar safety during the holiday skies.
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Skippy
Columbus, O
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Maxime Weygand
Pierre Laval
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Dickey Meyer
James Aliory
Genia Novak
Jeannette Boyar
Emilie Chapin
Long Island
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Pal of Goering
Sofia
Bulgaria
Mihai
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Bucovina
U. S
Plains
Col. Thompson
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