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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1940

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Argentina Opposes Pan American Trusteeship Over European Possessions

Argentina delegation at the emergency Pan American conference voiced opposition to collective trusteeships or outside pressure over European possessions in the hemisphere. Melo urged hearing European rulers, warned against force or coercive treaties, and outlined four proposals on possessions neutrality and child protection.

Havana Leopoldo Melo Argentina United States Brazil Americas Cordell Hull Europe Roosevelt

Youthful sailor uses navy uniform to hitch rides on bomber

In El Paso on July 25 a self styled sailor in a navy uniform boarded Biggs Field seeking a ride to California. He claimed to be attached to a San Pedro battleship and due back on ship. Army men offered to ferry him to March Field until FBI was alerted sparking a suspected spy scare. He later said he wore the uniform to hitch rides.

EL Paso Army FBI California Biggs Field San Pedro March Field Jin

Campaign Climax As Races Near Election Day

Campaigns wrap up with polls opening at 8 a m and closing at 7 p m. Election judges meet at the courthouse at 8 p m for instructions. Congressional candidate E T Miller plans a rally at Ellwood Park at 8 15 p m broadcast on KFDA Amarillo and KPDN Pampa.

Sealiss Los Senate E. T. Miller Ellwood Park KFDA Amarillo KPDN Pampa Miller

Globe-News Election Party Broadcast Details

Tomorrow evening the Globe News will stage its election party with Amarillo Electric Company. The broadcast from the north side of the building at Sixth Avenue and Fillmore Street will cover local regional and state returns as they come in from correspondents and the Texas Election Bureau. Seats will be on the courthouse lawn and state regional results will be by counties while local races are by boxes. The event begins at 7 o clock.

Globe-News Amarillo Electric Company Globe- News Sixth Avenue Fillmore Street Texas Election Bureau

Texas Governor Race Sparks Campaign Music and Crowds

In Texas the Democratic primary shapes the governor race as incumbent W Lee O Daniel faces five opponents including Miriam Ferguson and Jerry Sadler. Big campaign crowds and lively songs mark the contest while issues focus on taxes and old age pensions.

Hare Texas U. S O’daniel W. Lee O'Daniel Jerry Sadler Col E. O. Thompson Harry Hines Arlen B Cyclone) Davis Miriam A Ma) Ferguson O'’Daniel Cross Roads O'Daniel Tom Connally Washington Thomas L. Blanton The Treasury Rep Martin Dies Orange Lindley Beckworth Congress Game, Fish and Oyster Commission State Highway Commission State Safety Commission State Railroad Commission

Veterans of Foreign Wars fund drive progresses in Amarillo

Perryton candidate Tom Ellzey plans a San Jacinto Park rally tonight while Shamrock candidate Gene Worley closes his campaign at Wheeler. Pampa speaker Helen Dudley will back Worley in Borger as Lewis Fields Am arillo vows late campaigning. KGNC broadcast at 1 PM highlights final push by several candidates.

KGNC Lewis Goodrich Shamrock Will Deskins Wells Dennis Zimmerman Allen Harp R. V. Converse Henry Bishop Jim Cade Grady Hazlewood Curtis Douglass Max Boyer

Fleet to stay near Hawaii as barges moved to Pearl Harbor

Reports indicate the US fleet may remain in Hawaiian waters with oil barges from San Diego being towed to Pearl Harbor. Separately, Earl G. Harrison warned against "chiselers" selling fingerprinting services under the new alien registration law.

San Diego Calif United States Hawaiian Pearl Harbor Washington Wu.p Earl G. Harrison Justice Department

Jaycees Urge Poll Attendance Campaign

Amarillo Jaycees push the Go to the Polls effort urging citizens to vote tomorrow. Thornton Oxnard will fly over the city dropping leaflets saying be sure to vote. Bert Levy of the Americanism committee notes the campaign began seven months ago with Sam Davis as Junior Chamber president.

Amarillo Jaycees Thornton Oxnard Bert Levy Junior Chamber of Commerce Mpaign Sam Davis

Cardenas Plans Legal Congress Read Presidential Message

Mexico City reports President Lazaro Cardenas will decide which rival congress is legal by reading his message before Sept. 1. After a disputed election Avila Camacho and Almazan claim victory as two congresses convene. Almazan vows to meet despite exclusions. Chiapas quarrel over governor appointment also noted.

Mexico City Lazaro Cardenas Manuel Avila Camacho Juan Andreu Almazan Almazan Congress Chamber of Deputies Cardenas Department of Interior Havana Chihuahua Meena Alfredo Chavez

Unusual Wants in Globe-News Want Ads

The notice advertises diverse items available in today’s want ads including Alemite fittings ammonia compressor bolts a folding baby carriage a portable typewriter a tenor saxophone inlaid linoleum tractor magnetos an ice machine a rural telephone an airplane type stand and fans.

Globe-News

Nazi Raids Turn Channel Into Streak of Flame

London reports a day of aerial combat over the English Channel with heavy German raids and Allied defense. British losses include six trawlers and hundreds drowned on ships. German claims cite 11 ships sunk totaling 43,000 tons. Government notes 2,823 British troops and refugees lost on one ship amid detentions linked to Sir Oswald Mosley’s movement.

Associated Press London English Channel London Admiralty Air Ministry Channel Admiralty Kingston Galena Rodine Portland

Lancastria Disaster Sinks After Searing Bombardment and Torpedo

The Lancastria, a 16 243 ton liner, was torpedoed and bombed off the English coast. About 5 300 troops and refugees aboard perished or were lost. Rescue efforts saved around 950 survivors and 2 477 were counted as saved by small craft. The Meknes survivors reported German assurances of safe passage before being attacked.

BEF Admiralty A. V. Alexander House of Commons New York West Indies

Senate Debates Intensify Over Peacetime Draft Plan

In Washington July 25 vigorous opposition arose in the Senate to a peacetime conscription program as military committees moved to speed action. Senators Vandenberg Wheeler Reynolds clashed over the Burke Wadsworth bill while provisions to register 42 million men ages 18 to 64 and to protect drafted workers' jobs drew support and scrutiny.

Associated Press Washington Senate House Vandenberg Michigan Wheeler Montana United States Reynolds North Carolina Military Committee Congress Sheppard Texas

British to pour colossal sums into U S airplane industry

Secretary Morgenthau said Britain will fund expand­ment of U S aviation capacity to far beyond 50 000 planes a year as the United States pledges facilities for Britain to buy 3 000 planes monthly. Officials cited early 1941 targets amid factory enlargements and high capacity estimates.

Washington Morgenthau United States West Coast White House Louis Johnson Stephen Early Robert Porter Patterson United States Circuit Court of Appeals Johnson Patterson Henry L. Stimson Roosevelt Spain Germany Italy Japan Congress France

Willkie for President Democratic Club Formed in Amarillo

The Willkie for President Democratic Club organized in Amarillo with Charles H. Keffer as president and Miles Bivins Joe Sneed W F Nix and Mrs Alice Nichols as vice presidents Dan Thomson as secretary and Mrs Don Hughes as assistant secretary Dick Nelson as treasurer The group invited Wendell Willkie to visit Amarillo and planned a local headquarters Sneed chaired the meeting and the club pledged to support Willkie while maintaining Democratic ties

Wendell L. Willkie United States Willkie Democratic Club Amarillo Charles H. Keffer Miles Bivins Joe Sneed W. F. Nix Alice Nichols Canyon Dan Thomson Don Hughes Dick Nelson Washington Keffer Roosevelt Plan Headquarters Potter County

Seven teen cops raid vacant basement during noisy scene

In New York on July 25 seven teenage officers entered a vacant building with drawn guns. A crowd of about 300 watched as Patrolman Frank Williams ordered the suspects to come out. Three young boys surrendered from the basement amid reported odd sounds.

New York Frank Williams

Weather update for Amarillo and surrounding regions

The Amarillo vicinity forecasts cooler temperatures Friday with scattered showers in the afternoon. West Texas expects partial clouds Friday into Saturday with showers and thunderstorms mainly north, then cooler weather and cooler north portions. New Mexico sees partly cloudy days Friday and Saturday with showers and thunderstorms over the continental divide and east of the Rio Grande, cooler in west and north portions Friday.

Amarillo West Texas New Mexico Continental Divide Rio Grande China and Glassware Dept

Aynesworth Rites Today at Borger

Funeral services for Joseph H. Aynesworth Borger city attorney who died in a Waco hospital will be held at 11 oclock this morning at the First Baptist Church of Childress with Rev. J N Hunt officiating Burial will be at Childress Aynesworth born November 11 1874 in Williamson County Texas spent his boyhood in Graham He practiced law in Paducah Childress and Wichita Falls before moving to Borger in 1926 Surviving are his wife four sons three daughters seven grandchildren and several brothers and sisters

Joseph H. Aynesworth Borger Waco Childrens Aynesworth Kenneth H. Aynesworth Horace Sr. Aynesworth First Baptist Church of Childress J. N. Hunt Borger Baptist Church Childress Judge Aynesworth Williamson County Graham Texas Mary Alice Timmons Baylor University Paducah Wichita Falls CAA Mary Alice Aynesworth James II. Aynesworth Jack H. Aynesworth Houston Hiram K. Aynesworth Horace D. Aynesworth Moffat Field Cal W. P. Windslow Shattuck Okla A. Board of

Suit for Peace Bond Filed by Baracat

A. K. Baracat filed a peace bond against 8. F. Salamy and N. F. Salamy in Justice J. D. Cazzell’s court yesterday. The action follows two Polk Street fights with Baracat, affray charges by Sheriff Bill Adams, and a scheduled hearing next week in the justice court.

A. K. Baracat F. Salamy N. F. Salamy Justice Court Court of Justice J. D. Cazzell Baracat Polk Street Bill Adams Carwell H. W. Duke

Willkie to discuss agricultural problems with midwestern governors

Wendell Willkie will chair an August 5 conference in Des Moines with Republican governors candidates for governor and farm leaders from eight midwestern states. The invited list includes Governors Stassen Minnesota Bushfield South Dakota Ratner Kansas and Heil orbit Wisconsin.

Des Moines Iowa Wendell Willkie Midwestern George A. Wilson Town Stassen Minnesota Bushfield South Dakota Ratner Kansas Heillot Wisconsin

Relief From Heat May Hit Sunday

Amarillo and much of the Panhandle face no heat relief until Saturday or Sunday as a heat wave lingers. Eng lish Field hit 103 degrees with downtown a few degrees cooler. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for the Panhandle, with cooler conditions expected in the west and north on Saturday. A northwest cool air mass moves across the Midwest toward the Ohio Valley, bringing thundershowers and eventual relief beginning in Montana and the Dakotas and northern Iowa and Nebraska.

Amarillo Panhandle English Field Middlewest Ohio North Atlantic Seaboard Montana Dakotas Minnesota Iowa Nebraska

Prisoner to return to jail after new Pike jail

Pikeville Kentucky July 25 Sheriff Keel expects to recapture one of four jail escapees after the new county jail opens in several weeks. A card signed by Jim Rowe says he will surrender when notified at his wife’s address. Rowe is serving six months for reckless driving.

Pikeville D. T. Keel Pike County Jim Rowe Rowe

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