Rally to climax election week in Panhandle political event
A large rally at Butler Field Tuesday at 7 30 p m features talks by congressional and state senate candidates and two gubernatorial contenders Ernest Thompson and Harry Hines plus Harley Sadler for Jerry Sadler. Downtow n parades and a Gulf Oil sound truck from Dallas boost the event with band music and short entertainment.
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Butler Field
Harley Sadler
Jerry Sadler
Gulf Oil Comny
Dallas
Gulf
XIT
Dalhart
Charles Coombes
XIT Ranch
Polk Street
Lew Fields
Gene Worley
Deskins Wells
Max Boyer
Senate
Thompson
News-Globe
Last Wind Storm Victim Released at Malin Park
The last patient injured in the Malin Park grandstand collapse, Gene Fatheree the Pampa druggist, was released from St. Anthony's Hospital yesterday morning after a severe head gash. Several others with minor injuries were treated and released. The West Texas New Mexico League all star game was rescheduled for August 9. Damage to the grandstand neared $1000. The Lamesa Amarillo doubleheader proceeded after debris clearance. Pocketbooks dropped during the incident were returned to Don Howard at the ticket office.
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Malin Park
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Gene Fatheree
Pampa
J. W. Jordan
Jackson Street
S. G. Forney
Borger
C. L. Morris
J. D. Bailey
Washburn
Amarillo
Don Howard
Thompson Motorcade Plans for Thompson Rally
Ernest Thompson, governor hopeful, will be greeted by thousands of supporters as motorcades are organized by delegation lieutenants in 28 counties. Thompson will speak at Vernon, Quanah, Childress, Memphis, Hedley, Clarendon, Claude, Panhandle, and Amarillo, with a big All Panhandle rally at Butler Field in the evening.
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Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Butler Field
Thompson
KGNC
Roy Pool
Thompson For Governor
Panhandle
Plains Lakes
Black
Deaf Smith County
Umbarger
Buffalo Lake
Tierra Blanca
Canyon
Hereford
South Plains
Tulla
Tule
Plainview
Slaton
Groom
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
Clarendon
Thompson Leads In Rio Grande Valley Straw Poll
In Harlingen and across the Rio Grande Valley Ernest Thompson leads in a straw poll for governor, neck and neck with O Daniel as results are released. Thompson plans 23 campaign appearances ending with a homecoming in Amarillo and a closing rally in Fort Worth to boost his run for the governorship.
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Texas
Thompson
Fort Worth
O'Daniel Truck
Amarillo
Panhandle
Wise
Ketch Plans Globe Circling Voyage From Seattle
A 36 foot auxiliary ketch built and crewed by three Seattle youths aims to circumnavigate the globe and possibly be the lightest vessel to pass Cape Horn. Albert Hausske 21 John Rathbun 21 and Joseph Bowers 24 organize the amateur project with Mrs Hausske joining in Samoa. They plan to sail in September with support from steamship firms marine suppliers and other backers.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Cape Horn
Albert Hausske
John Rathbun
Joseph Bowers
Samoa
Opening Gala At Lake Fryer Draws Thousands
More than 5,000 attended the Lake Fryer dedication on Wolf Creek Sunday. The event featured boat races, band concerts, a bathing beauty revue, swimming, and picnics as the nearly full lake entertains Panhandle residents. Legends of the lake’s creation and praise for the Panhandle Water Conservation Authority highlighted the celebration.
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Lake Fryer
Wolf Creek
H. H. Finnell
Soil Conservation Service
the Panhandle
John McCarty
Dave Shanks
Ochiltree
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Garnett Reeves
Pampa Chamber of Commerce
John Osborne
Forrest Mullins
Sherman County
Clancy Fischer
Hemphill County
W. J. Caserta
R. M. Hartung
Martin Reinholt
George Parker
Fred West
Scott Amend
James Wilcox
E. H. Christian
Panhandle
D. C. Cattell
Ochiltree County
Jim Fryer
Plains
McLelland Boat Clubs
Ray Jeffries
Pampa
Frank Haskens
Paul Woods
A. L. James
Clarence Rogers
R. J. Meacham
Jim Green
Robert Green
Bobby Powell
Amarillo
Katherine Pitt
Don Allred
Frank Herrington
Lowell Pitt
Shorty Allred
Pitt
Allred
Tom Pitt
Melvin Parker
Harvey Wilson
Doris Jean Russell
Spearman
Six RAF Fliers Claim Victory Over 80 Nazis
Six British Hurricane fighters fought off 40 Dornier 17s and 40 Messerschmitts above the English Channel, shooting down at least one enemy plane with no British losses. The engagement coincided with raids on Germany, with reports of damage to docks and ships, and continued air activity across England and occupied territories.
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England
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Hamburg
Bremen
Emden
Ruhr
Holland
Belgium
Urshire Island
Stavenger
Norway
Flushing
Vlaardingen
Rotterdam
Ministry
Wales
Eastbourne
English Channel
Three Baltic States Join Soviet Union in Fact
Riga and Tallinn and Kaunas residents watched as Estonia Latvia and Lithuania voted to petition Moscow for membership. Red Army already guards fronts as Soviet-backed governments take power, signaling full union and removal of buffer status along the German Russian frontier. Population totals about 5.5 million across 65 243 square miles on the Baltic coast.
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Latvia
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Baltic Sea
Cabinet Leaders Push Arms Fund
President Roosevelt seeks a total defense appropriation of 4 848 171 957 with cash and contract authorizations. Secretary Knox and naval officials will testify followed by Stimson and war department spokesmen. House action on TVA expansion and delays to excess profits tax could affect preparedness efforts.
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National Defense Commission
Publisher Houston Harte Inspects Ranch Near Vega
San Angelo publisher Houston Harte visits the 60,000 acre Landegrin ranch near Vega owned with Jay Taylor and the Mansfields. Two thousand head of cattle run the land as Harte contemplates gradual improvements and expansion of his Texas publishing holdings.
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Houston Harte
Jay Taylor
Broadmoor St
Jack Mansfield
Harte
Old Landergin Ranch
Vega
Mr. Harte
West Texas
A. A. Wright
Fort Worth
National Credit Finance Corporation
C. Barnett
Chicago
Producers Commission Company
Oe Kkk
West Teas
Jay Taylors
San Angelo
Texas
UL Ranch
Mansfields
Abilene
CoriDus Christi
Big Spring
Marshall
Paris
Bernard Hanks
Mansfield
Texas A. & M
British Submarine Salmon Feared Lost
The British admiralty said Salmon is considerably overdue and presumed lost. The 670 ton submarine sighted the German liner Bremen last December 12 but did not attack owing to insufficient warning for Bremen crew under international law.
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London
Bremen
Weather outlook West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms over north central and southwest portions Monday and Tuesday and southeast Tuesday. Slightly warmer central and southeast portions Monday. New Mexico fair in the morning with afternoon and evening showers over higher elevations Monday and Tuesday, little temperature change.
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Texas
New Mexico
Returning Panhandle Demos Tell of Convention Politics
Panhandle delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago returned home with tales of political intrigue and showmanship to attract attention to the Texas delegation. The group highlighted publicity stunts such as beautiful girls on snow white horses and the Hardin-Simmons band as signs of success in Chicago.
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Panhandle
Chicago
Texas
Bascom N. Timmons
Amarillo
Washington
Garner
Grover B. Hill
Lawrence R. Hagg
R. E. Underwood
James E. King
Memphis
W. L. Boyles
Hal C. Peck
R. E. Stalcup
Dalhart
Tom Jones
Joe L. Briggs
Borger
Phillips
Blake Timmons
Bankhead
Wallace
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Jesse Jones
Houston
Rayburn
Germany Holds Dagger Ready
Germany asserts invasion readiness as Hitler presses for peace terms with Britain. Berlin reports betokened by air raids on England, naval actions near the Wilhelmshaven base, and dismissed fears of extended conflict while Goering’s press outlets push a stark "fate of the British empire" warning.
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Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Paul Reynaud
France
Galeazzo Clano
Italy
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Newcastle
Wilhelmshaven
English Channel
Germany
Reich
Roosevelt
America
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