Gubernatorial candidates share platform in Amarillo rally
Ernest Thompson and Harry Hines shared the stage with a third candidate represented by Harley Sadler at the All Panhandle rally on Butler Field. Hines outlined an economy tax on natural resources while Thompson vowed to veto any sales tax. the event drew 8 500 to 5 000 attendees amid cloudy weather and included a Dalhart XIT band and a large delegation from Dalhart.
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Lewis T. Nordyke
Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Butler Field
Jerry Sadler
Harley Sadler
West Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Panhandle
Wes Izzard
Globe News
W. H. Brian
Jack Little
C. A. Cryer
McLean
S. R. LeMay
Carl Clifft
L. A. Woods
Herman Pipkin, Jr
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court of Texas
Bill Sutton
John H. Sharp
Supreme Court
Pauline Clark
George H. Sheppard
Houston
Max Boyer
Ochiltree County
Grady Hazlewood
Potter County
Curtis Douglass
Carson County
State Senate
Allen Harp
James O. Cade
Deskins Wells
Eugene Worley
E. Tiller
Lewis M. Goodrich
Lewis Pewis
W. H. Buchanan
R. V. Converse
Tom V. Ellzey
Henry S. Bishop
Congress
John Pundt
Dallas
Railroad Commission
Ernest Thompson
Sadler
Jerry
Sweetwater
Billie
Hines
Thompson
O’daniel
Gene Worley
Lew Fields
Lewis Goodrich
XIT
Dalhart
Charles Coombs
Wells
Worley
Goodrich
Fields
Gulf Oil Corporation
North Plains
Charles Coombes
Senate Committee Approves Compulsory Military Training Bill After Revisions
The record notes a Senate committee approving a compulsory military training bill after revisions. It references Britain’s wartime posture, Nazi threat, and Allied reactions, with mentions of Lord Woolton, Anthony Eden, Czech reintegration, and Balkan diplomacy shaping the broader defensive stance.
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Senate
French soldiers reach Swiss frontier escaping German ring
Thirteen French soldiers led by a captain and a lieutenant reached Switzerland before dawn after a month of flight from Metz. They crossed near Porrentruy with arms surrendered to Swiss patrols, part of a larger drift of French Polish and English soldiers seeking safety or ports in the unoccupied zone.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Swiss
Metz
Armis
le Temps
Petain
Vichy
No Increase in City Tax Rate Keeps Budget Stable
City commission sets public hearing for August 8 to review the proposed budget of 813 914 with a 1.23 per 100 valuation tax rate. Valuation rises to 56 207 950 as auditorium remodeling bids and zoning decisions await next steps. Mayor Rogers and commissioners Jenkins and Smith attend the latest session.
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H. R. Smith
W. Frank Litle
Municipal Auditorium
North Fillmore Street
North Pierce Street
Eleventh Avenue
Pierce
Buchanan Streets
Ross D. Rogers
Joe Jenkins
H. Ernest Smith
Texas Guard Reaches Historic Strength for Maneuvers
The Texas National Guard is at a record 11 380 soldiers for upcoming Sabine Alexandria maneuvers in Louisiana. Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead announced a recent 1 500 increase. Units will train with Southern state guards and Eighth Army Corps regulars starting August 3 from Fort Sam Houston.
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San Antonio
U.P
Texas National Guard
Sabine-Alexandria
Louisiana
Claude V. Birkhead
Eighth Army Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas
Partial cloudiness with little temperature change across Amarillo and West Texas. Forecasts show scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the southeast, southwest and north central zones Wednesday and Thursday, with higher elevations in Xico receiving afternoon and evening activity. Temperature hours data are inconsistent and largely unreadable in the report.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Xico
Tal Macceciaes
Willkie at Cheyenne Rodeo Declares No Man Indispensable
Willkie, amid Cheyenne Frontier Days, says no man is indispensable as he rails at Roosevelt's remarks and attacks Democratic machines. He tours Denver to Brighton and Greeley, stressing liberty and initiative while noting Roosevelt's political jabs.
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Willkie
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
New Deal
Colorado
Denver Post
Denver
Brighton
Colo
Greeley
Cub
United States
Pendergast
Guffeys
Frontier Park Rodeo Arena
Roosevelt Voices Mind on Demos for Willkie
President Roosevelt spoke at Hyde Park about Burke Douglas Hanes and Reed joining with Wendell Willkie. He noted the party had bolted Burke and doubted Hanes and Douglas, while Reed was seen as a dissident leader.
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Roosevelt
Willkie
Hyde Park
N. Y
Edward R. Burke
Lewis W. Douglas
John W. Hanes
James A. Reed
Wendell L Yevre
Wiluikif
Burke
Douglas
Hanes
Reed
Nebraska
R. L. Cochran
Lew Douglas
Johnny Hanes
Chicago
Missouri
Senate
Farley
James A. Farley
Washington
Democratic National Committee
New York Yankees
Henry A. Wallace
Petain seeks action against French exiles in war exit
Vichy authorities plan punishment for those who left France during the war. Daladier and other ex-ministers confined to Marseille as part of a broader crackdown. Gen Charles De Gaulle rejects the Petain regime while several deputies remain in Morocco.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Edouard Daladier
Marseille
Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Petain
French
Morocco
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
London
Germany
Cesar Campuschi
Gerges Mandell
Yvon Delbos
Jammy Schmidt
Chamber of Deputies
Massigna
Casablanca
Marshal Petains
Exemptions Narrowed for Fruit and Vegetable Canners
Washington July 23 The Wages and Hours Administration ends some exemptions for fruit and vegetable canners and adds others. A new order by Col. Philip B Fleming to take effect October 1 expands plant numbers under the fair labor standards act by redefining local production areas and raises the exempt employment cap from seven to ten workers.
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Washington
Col
Philip B. Fleming
Vecoming
Lay Down Strike at Douglas County Hospital Persists
Nine women and four men patients remain in bed at Douglas County Hospital in Omaha on July 23 continuing a lay-down strike begun to protest a plan to move them to Clearview home twelve miles away. The patients say the move would inconvenience visitors.
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Omaha
Douglas County Hospital
Clearview
United States Proposes Hemisphere Trustees for European Colonies
The United States proposed a temporary trusteeship and mandates for European possessions in the Western Hemisphere to preserve sovereignty during the European war. Bolivia seeks a transcontinental railroad to move troops, while a mandate commission would govern colonies and protect them, with Hull leading the peace board.
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Havana
United States
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Bolivia
Panama Canal
New World
Conference of
Americas
Mandate Commission
Atlantic
Chile
Hull
Peace Board
Cordell Hull
Peace Commission
Leopold Melo
Eduardo Suarez
Strike Threatens Boeing Overwage Dispute In Seattle
Secretary Perkins ordered labor conciliator John L. Connor to Seattle to avert a machinists strike at the Boeing Aircraft plant. About 7,000 workers, key to military orders, faced a walkout after two months of talks with union and management on wages, seniority, and grievance procedures.
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Washington
Perkins
John L. Connor
Labor Department
Seattle
Wash
Boeing Aircraft
Machinists Union
APL
Who's Who In Amarillo Directory Ad Offer
Directory feature lists where to go for services from automobile loans to piano tuning and monuments. The Globe-News Want Ads invites readers to place ads in the directory at a low monthly cost.
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Handy
Amarillo
Barber College
Globe-News
Britain’s Wartime Budget Raises Tax Burden Dramatically
London reports a full wartime budget under Churchill that hikes income tax to 8 shillings 6 pence and surcharges top earners to 90 percent combined rate. A two tier sales tax targets luxuries at 33 1/3 percent and necessities at 16 2/3 percent with many exemptions and monthly salary collection.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
England
Scattered Showers Over Panhandle Areas Reported
Widely scattered thunderstorms occurred over the Panhandle Plains late yesterday afternoon and last night. Higgins logged three quarters of an inch of rain, with light showers near Clarendon, Gage Oklahoma, and Tucumcari and Otto New Mexico. Bridge supplies advertised by Russell Stationery Co.
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Panhandle Plains
Higgins
Clarendon
Gage
Okla
Tucumcari
Otto
N. M
Registration of All U S Males 18 to 64
Washington reports Senate committee approved a Burke Wadsworth bill for universal registration of men aged 18 to 64 with a first-year draft pool of about 1.5 million. The plan calls for 42 million registered, a year-one training period, base pay from 21 dollars, and later drafts from ages 21 to 45 with deferments for family or defense workers.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
Abo
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Sheppar
W. E. Rhode
War Department
Congress
Shedd
Nations Guard
Army
Navy
Marine
U S Fleet Stays Secret on High Seas Operations
Honolulu reports the US fleet continuing mysterious operations after a three week maneuvers period and evacuations from Lahaina Roads and Pearl Harbor. Units headed south possibly toward Christmas Island with some vessels extending below the equator as plans to patrol southern islands emerge.
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Honolulu
United States
Big Seas
Lahaina Road
Pearl Harbor
Lahaina Roads
Maul Islan
Christma Island
Equator
Unite States
Christmas Island
Grea Britain
Son Enlists in Army Mother Offers Ambulance Service
Mrs. Bessie Solomon accompanied her 18-year-old son to an army recruiting station in Philadelphia and offered to enlist as an ambulance driver or in another unit. Lieutenant Colonel Schoenfeld said women could not yet be fighters, but praised her patriotism and noted a record of the case.
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Philadelphia
Bessie Solomon
Frederick Schoenfield
Army
No Job No Citizenship Refusal on Relief Roll Applicants
Rochester July 23 is a report that a state supreme court justice refused citizenship to all applicants on public relief rolls who obtain employment. Justice Nathan D. Laphar declared there are plenty of jobs opening in industry and he will continue cases until each on relief secures work.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Lord Woolton
United States
Europe
Anthony Eden
Eduard Benes
Republic
English Channel
Scotland
Thames Estuary
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Bergen
Lord Halifax
Germany
England
Hitler
DNB
High Command
Balkans
Romania
Ribbentrop
Salzburg
Berlin
Bulgaria
Balkan
Dobruja
Rumania
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Russia
Rochester
N. Y
State Supreme Court
Nathan D. Laphar
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Texas Guard
New York
Associated Willkie Clubs of America
the Treasury
Oren Root, Jr
Robert Campbell Lawson
Tulsa
Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
Alfred E. Smith
John J. Raskob
Jouett Shouse
The
Boeing
City Auditorium
Pat
Mike
Molly
Russell Stationery Co
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