Shanghai Turbulence Over Down With America Rally
In Shanghai on July 9 handbills bearing Down with America circulated amid protests by Japanese residents. A Japanese warship seized the British steamer Shengking in Shanghai harbor, triggering threats of action against Hongkong over the Burma road closing. Officials in Washington and Tokyo urged local settlement as U S Marines arrested Japanese gendarmes in the international settlement.
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Shanghai
America
Tokyo
England
United States
Far East
U. S
Burma
China
Tairiku Shimpo
International Settlement
Taiiku Shimpo
Domei
Tientsin
Japan
Hongkong
Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Senate Confirms Henry Stimson as War Secretary
The Senate approved President Roosevelt’s nomination of Henry L. Stimson, a Republican, as secretary of war by 56 to 28. The vote split along party lines, with 45 Democrats, 10 Republicans and one Independent in favor, and 14 Democrats, 12 Republicans, one Progressive and one Former Laborite opposing. Barkley urged unity in the confirmation amid war-debate pressures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Frank Knox
Stimson
Amarillo Heat Sees 105 Degree Peak Across Region
The heat surged to 105 in Amarillo, near the all time June 1939 record, with English Airport reporting one degree higher. A woman fainted downtown, while Dalhart and Plainview also hit 105 and 107 respectively. Forecasts expect little change in temperatures.
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Amarillo
English
Plainview
Dalhart
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Weather forecast notes Wednesday as fair and warm for Amarillo and vicinity. New Mexico expected to see high clouds and scattered thundershowers mainly in higher elevations Wednesday and Thursday with cooler conditions in the northeast on Thursday. West Texas may have high clouds and thundershowers with Panhandle cooling Thursday. Temperature readings from Amarillo yesterday show 7 AM at 70 with highs around 70s and lows in the 40s.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
West Texas
France Bows To Petain With Unrestricted Power
France’s Parliament granted Marshal Henri Philippe Petain power to draft a new totalitarian constitution. The Chamber of Deputies voted 395 to 3 and the Senate 225 to 1, with both houses expected to approve the measure tomorrow. A triad of Weygand Laval and Marniqui would lead the new regime as a two house parliament forms in Vichy.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Petain
Marshal Petain
Maxine Weygand
Pierre Laval
Adrien Marquiet
Havas
Geneva
Fance
Laval
Farnce
Vichys Gaudy
Casino
Switzerland
House of Orleans
Axis outlines three fold plan to win the war
Rome reports the Axis allies have set three aims for the battle of England blockade of the British Isles breaking empire links and strangling Britain at home sea and empire. Italy will target Egypt the Anglo Egyptian Sudan Kenya Somaliland to harass convoys and mobilize much of the British fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
Rome
England
Ciano
Berlin
Virginio Gayda
British Isles
Britain
Gayda
Egypt
Sudan
Kenya
Somaliland
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
Italy
Germany
German Realm Marching on a Great German Reich
Reichsleader Alfred Rosenberg told foreign press that Germany seeks a vast Germanic realm extending to areas once inhabited by Germanic peoples. He urged Scandinavians to accept protection under a great German Reich and argued Czech and Slovak peoples have been absorbed into the greater German living space. He warned small nations cannot threaten the Reich and stressed protecting itself against potential attacks.
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Berlin
Germany
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Adolf Hitler
England
Norway
Reich
Belgian Crew Sues for Wages in Beaumont Suit
The crew of the Belgian tanker Paurent Meeus, in Port Arthur for six weeks, filed a libel suit in federal court in Beaumont seeking 8000 dollars back wages and to fix their U.S. status. Under law, crewmen may stay in the United States 60 days, and the ship has delayed sailing due to potential attacks by belligerents in Europe.
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Port Arthur
U.P
Paurent Meeus
Federal District Court
Beaumont
United States
Simmons Band to Demo Meet ABILENE
G B San difer, manager of the Hardin Simmons University cowboy band, said the band accepted an invitation to be official music makers for the Texas state delegation at the Democratic national convention in Chicago.
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Abilene
G. B. Sandifer
Hardin-Simmons University
Texas
Chicago
Willkie Names Director and Heads Campaign Drive
Willkie entrusts campaign leadership to Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts as a new Republican National Committee chair, while taking a “long sleep” in Colorado. Martin will lead with John D. M. Hamilton as executive director. Harold E. Stassen chairs a large advisory group. Roosevelt remains silent on a possible third-term bid as Democrats prepare for their convention in Chicago.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
New England
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Colorado Mountains
Martin
House
North Attleboro
Mass
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Willkie
John D. M. Hamilton
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Russell Davenport
New York
Fortune Magazine
Oren Root
Root
FDR
White House
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Chicago
Rep
Sabath
Mlinois
Tllinois
All Panhandle Political Rally Set for July 23
The News-Globe sponsors a no cost political rally in Butler Field on July 23 inviting state regional and local candidates from 28 counties in the 18th district. Delegations from Panhandle towns including Curtis Douglass and Max Boyer plan attendance. Wendell Willkie possible guest. Col Ernest Thompson favorable and will adjust schedule to attend.
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Butler Field
18Th
The
News-Globe
Congress
Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
Max Boyer
Perryton
State Senate
News- Globe
Wendell Willkie
Colorado
Ernest O. Thompson
Swisher County Boosters Visit City Ahead of Jubilee
More than 100 Swisher County boosters will tour five towns in a Golden Jubilee campaign ending in Amarillo. Led by Henry Teubel, they plan a 15 minute KGNC broadcast upon arrival, as Nazareth Dimmitt Hereford Canyon and Amarillo are visited en route to the July 17 18 celebration.
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Tulia
Amarillo
Swisher County
Nazareth
Dimmitt
Hereford
Canyon
Henry Teubel
KGNC
Huge Naval Squadrons Roar Into Battle for Mediterranean Control
Allied and Axis powers flexed naval might as reports said Germany Italy and Hungary pressed Romania to cede part of Transylvania to Hungary. The plan would grant autonomous German majority regions within Romania while preserving Romania's boundaries, with Munich talks set to discuss the arrangement.
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Mediterranean
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Avace
Rumania
Transylvania
Munich
Pal Teleky
Istvan Csaky
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Teleky
Csaky
Bucharest
Romania
Fuehrer
Hans Otto Roth
FSA loan period extended in Texas to July 20
Dallas July 9 Farm Security Administration regional director C M Evans announced an extension of the loan application period to July 20 for tenant farmers in Texas to buy their own farms. Applicants need no down payment if unable, but those with livestock and equipment free of debt receive preference in loan selection.
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Dallas
C. M. Evans
Farm Security Administration
Texas
Thrifty Tips in Globe-News Want Ads
Money saving tips headline the Globe-News Want Ads. The notice promises bargains on automobiles real estate household furnishings and beauty services with a call to check daily for thrifty deals and value. Dial 6262 for the Want Ads.
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Globe-News
Arms Program in Danger of Bogging Down
The United States Housing Authority warned the defense program could bog down due to a housing shortage for industrial workers as war plants ramp up. The War Department prepared to place orders for 629 light tanks, boosting the army’s light and medium tank total to about 1,700. Additional items include a proposed 25 million dollar TVA power grant for aluminum production, delayed Burke Wadsworth training hearings, no navy vessels sold to belligerents, a 5 billion defense fund request, and governors’ defense conference plans.
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Washington
War Department
United States Housing Authority
National Executive Committee of Housing Authorities
Rock Island
National Defense Advisory Commission
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Roosevelt
Justice Department
Wreck Victims Funeral Today
Funeral services are set for Thomas Pitts 16 who died from injuries after a truck overturned while he rode in the bed on a trip to a picnic. The service will be at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Bernard Guy and Rev. J. T. Barbee officiating. Pitts was the sole injury in the crash.
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Clovis
Thomas Pitts
J. T. Pitts
Central Baptist Church
Bernard Guy
J. T. Barbee
Young Pitts
San Angelo Gets Share of Army Housing Program
The War Department disclosed a $9,364,275 temporary construction program to provide housing and facilities for the rapidly expanding army. Of this sum, $767,500 will be spent at San Angelo, Texas, for the new housing project and related facilities.
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San Angelo
Washington
War Department
Tex
Duke of Windsor Named Governor of Bahamas
The Duke of Windsor was named governor and commander in chief of the Bahama Islands. The appointment, with a salary of about 12,000 dollars annually, places the ex king and the Duchess near the United States, though their arrival in Nassau awaits, and travel decisions followed a Lisbon stay with a Portuguese banker.
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London
Dominions and Colonial Office
Duke of Windsor
Bahama Islands
Windsor
Nassau
United States
Portugal
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Lisbon
Spain
America
Battle of the Mediterranean Escalates Across Sea Fronts
Britain and Italy claim victories as fleets and air forces clash from Gibraltar to Crete. Reports describe long range shelling, damaged ships, and planes shot down, with British and Italian accounts offering differing claims.
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London
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Suez
Stefan
Cape Sparvivento
Italy
Admiralty
Reuters
Stefani
Rome
Crete
Candia
Espero
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Galeazzo Ciano
North
Africa
Churchill
Royal Navy
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
Libya
Mediteranean
O Daniel faces runoff claim after all day tour
Col Ernest O Thompson accuses Gov W Lee O Daniel of being forced into a runoff as he announces an all day campaign tour next week in Texas and Mexico. Thompson mocks O Daniel for past broadcasting from Mexico and says the governor’s six speeches signal his retreat from a single campaign stop in Waco on July 2.
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Ernest O. Thompson
O'Daniel
Texas
Mexico
Thompson
Waco
Aire & Campaign
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