Navy orders shoot to protect Atlantic links in emergency
Washington reports Secretary Knox says American ships patrolling the Atlantic could fire if needed to keep communications open with Britain and strategic outposts. Willkie supports Iceland occupation and bases in Ireland and Scotland as Roosevelt plans a major defense bill near 15 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Atlantic
United States
Wendell L. Willkie
Iceland
Northern
Ireland
Soeland
Willkie
Roosevelt
White House
Winston Churchill
Wheeler
Montana
Churchill
Congress
Atlantic Patrol
Wmcker
Scotland
Britain
Hope Is Fading For Seven U S Nurses at Sea
News of the Red Cross nurses at sea reports two sinkings blamed on submarines. Six nurses are missing from a June 5 Gulf port voyage, while two others aboard the Maasdam are confirmed safe. Fifteen volunteers have been rescued or confirmed, with eleven more awaiting departure for the Harvard hospital in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Red Cross
Gulf
The
Ruth Breckenridge
Winston-Salem
N. C
Maxine C. Loomis
Springfield
Mass
Atlantic
Nancie M. Pett
Detroit
Jackson County
Jackson
Mich
Helen Jurewicz
South Amboy
N. J
Metropolitan Hospital
Welfare Island
N. Y
Margaret I. Somerville
Catschill
Albany Hospital
Albany
Dorothea L. Koehn
Oshkosh
Wis
Rachel M. St. Pierre
Amesbury
Marion Blissett
Kalaska
Victoria M. Pee
Auburn
Lillian Pesnicak
Maasdam
Britain
Red Cross- Harvard
Ploesti
Moscow
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Ostrov
Sea
Sebezh
Dvinsk
Red Armies
France
Hitler
English Channel
London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Russia
Lozovsky
Kamchatka
Far Eastern
United States
Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Maritime
Vladivostok
Soviet Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
Soviet Information Bureau
S. A. Lozovsky
Germany
Polotsk
Ostrog
Novograd Volynski
Zhitomir
Stalin Line
Kiev
Lepel
Berezina
Red Air Force
Constanta
Rumanian
Black Sea
Draft defense bill fight tests House support
The House approved the bill in its original form amid a heated debate over labor rights and draft deferments. Proponents argued for presidential authority to seize plants and resume production, while opponents warned of undermining the right to strike and worker protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Umat
Army
Navy
California
Rayburn
George C. Marshall
British RAF Hammers Leuna Plant Deep in Germany
British bombers struck the Leuna synthetic gasoline plant near Lepizig, a major Reich facility producing about 500 000 tons yearly for Luftwaffe and Panzer divisions. Daylight raids followed night attacks along the channel. losses were reported for both sides as German raiders bombed English counties with limited damage. The Paris and Syria Lebanon fronts saw British and Free French advances with Vichy announcing armistice talks ending a controversial campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Russia
Arctic Circle
Black Sea
Europe
Leningrad
Kandalaksha
Murmansk
Adolf Hitler
Nazi
High Command
Ostrov
Kativian
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Salla
Finland
General von Falkenhorst
Norway
Denmark
East
S. A. Lozovsky
Germany
Polotsk
Moscow
Novograd Volynski
Kiev
Ukraine
Red
Reich
Leun
Air Ministry
Leuna
Luftwaffe
Panzer
Lepizig
London
RAF
Channel
Bethune
France
DNB
Midlands
East Anglia
England
Scotland
Thirteen Wounded in Mine Riot in Pennsylvania
Thirteen men wounded by shotgun pellets and 20 hurt by clubs and stones in two clashes between independent miners and private detectives guarding strip mining operations on Good Spring Mountain near Pottsville. Outbreaks suggest organized effort to halt stripping area wide. state troopers restored order. A compressor was burned, a shovel toppled, and a power shovel destroyed by dynamite at separate sites.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Good Spring Mountain
Here
Amarillo Region Weather Outlook With Showers
Amarillo and vicinity fair Thursday with little temperature change. West Texas and New Mexico see partly cloudy days Thursday and Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms, warmer in Big Bend. Temperature readings show highs in the 80s and 90s yesterday with no precip in the 24 hours ending 4 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
New Mexico
Iceland Holds Diplomatic Spotlight After Roosevelt Naval Move
The article reports Roosevelt sending U S naval forces to Iceland and Britain's PM suggesting US and Britain may jointly guard Atlantic routes. A German spokesman denounces US-UK actions as expanding Western Hemisphere influence, recalling Roosevelt's earlier fear of German threats to Dakar Azores and Cape Verde.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Iceland
House of Commons
Church
United States
Britain
America
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
Great Britain
Washington
English Channel
Volga
Berlin
Dakar
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
War Department Confirms Amarillo Airport Contract
The War Department announced the letting of a $233,901 contract to Lee Moor Contracting Co. of El Paso for paving runways at English Field. Bids were opened by the district engineers at Lake Caddo, Colorado, and construction began last week with completion aimed for about October 1.
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English Field
War Department
Washington
Lee Moor Contracting Co
el Paso
Texas
Corps of Engineers
Lake Caddo
Colo
New Mexico Bandit Sought After Downtown Hold Up
Police hunted a lone gunman who last night robbed Maisel's Indian trading post in downtown Albuquerque and escaped with 144 dollars in cash. A shot was fired at pursuing officers. a soldier, Pat Gist, was hit in the pants leg but unharmed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
Maisel
Pat Gist
Army Air Base
Humble Oil Raises Panhandle Crude Price 8 Cents
Humble Oil and Refining Company boosts Texas Panhandle crude by 8 cents per barrel to meet competition. Effective 7 A M today, the schedule lists 73 cents per barrel for below 20 gravity, with a 2 cent differential up to 1.15 dollars for 40 gravity and above, covering Gray Carson Hutchinson and Wheeler counties.
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Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Texas Panhandle
Gray Carson
Hutchinson
Wheeler
Wheat crop deadline looms for Panhandle growers
Panhandle wheat farmers face a seven day deadline to save a harvest valued above 20 million dollars as excess moisture has delayed the 1941 wheat crop. Details of the outlook appear on Page 5 of the Farm Page.
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Panhandle
U S Aids Peace Plan for Latins
The United States with Argentina and Brazil proposes a no man’s land 30 kilometers wide along the Peru Ecuador border to halt fighting. Peru and Ecuador would sign a declaration of friendship while the three nations seek a lasting settlement with regional support. Military attaches would assist in enforcing the terms and maintaining the status quo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Ecuador
Sumner Welles
No Man’s Land
Welles
Argentine
Quito
Lima
Spain warns Peru Ecuador border clash could invite outside intervention
The Spanish foreign office in Madrid expressed fear that a prolonged Peru Ecuador border conflict might invite a third party to intervene on its plutocratic rights, with implicit reference to the United States. The Falange, ruling in Nationalist Spain, has campaigned to reassert Spanish influence in Latin America against U S readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Peru
Ecuador
United States
Falange
Spain
Latin America
Fire damages FW & D pump house and boxcars
A fire struck the Fort Worth and Denver pump house at Goodnight late yesterday afternoon causing minor damage. Several telephone wires burned and communications were briefly interrupted. Several boxcars were also reported damaged by the flames.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Goodnight
Shrine to stage large August event in Lubbock
Khiva Temple of the Order of the Mystic Shrine plans a major Shrine entertainment in Lubbock in late August. Trains would carry members and novices from Amarillo after a brief ceremony. Key organizers include Jerry Briscoe and Fred Higbe with 25 Lubbock novices to assist, plus ten Panhandle associate ceremonial directors and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khiva Temple
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Lubbock
Amarillo
Fred Higbe
Jerry Briscoe
Panhandle
Imperial ‘Council
Indianapolis
Rolla V. Cartwright
Fred H. Galle
Hugo Loewenistein
Bris
Coe
Shrine
Shrine Hospitals
North America
R. S. Holmes
Elmer Lewis
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U.S. Navy
Selective Service Headquarters
S. M. Robinson
Naval Bureau of Ships
Senate
Navy Department
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Janesapippin
Jane Frazee
Hellzapoppin
Arctic
Gulf of Finland
Baltic
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Titonka Heights
Saila
Murmansk-Leningrad
Smolensk
Minsk
Ion Antoinescu
Galician
General Electric
Erie
U. S. Army
Syria
Lebanon
Bibles and
Russell Stationery Company
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
FW & D
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