Senate approves roosevelt column plan to transfer agencies
The Senate approved Roosevelt reorganization aimed at quick action on a fifth column. The vote was 55 to 4 with Norris Lundeen Wheeler and Murray opposing. The plan moves immigration service to the Justice Department ten days after enactment, and back to House for action on June 30 transfer of the Civil Aeronautics Authority and Weather Bureau to Commerce.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Congress
House
Chamber
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Weather Bureau
Commerce Department
CAA
Agriculture Department
Norris
Lundeen
Wheeler
Murray
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hitler
Hoover
A. Mitchell Palmer
Funeral for Arnold Tow Held at Causy Cemetery
Roosevelt County obituary notes funeral services for Arnold D. Tow age 17 of Lingo conducted yesterday at Causy with burial in Causy Cemetery. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John Tow and four siblings.
British Fliers Claim Dunkirk Air Victory Overwhelms Odds
Royal Air Force pilots recount a lead-filled siege over Dunkirk where 12 German planes were shot down as 12 British fliers faced a larger force. They say their squadron downed 53 Germans in four days, with one pilot nicknamed Cookie claiming eight kills in two days while protecting the escape route to the sea.
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Royal Air Force Command
England
Air Ministry
Dunkerque
Messerschmitt
RAF
Britain
Cookie
Flanders
English Channel
Jeneees Onestrote
Jerry
Rites Due Today for Amarillo Man Lawrence Kroner
Last rites for 80 year old Amarillo resident Lawrence W Kroner will be held at 10 30 a m in the Griggs & Sons chapel with Dr E B Fincher officiating. He died in a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after 18 years in Amarillo and reportedly had no known relatives. Pallbearers are George Schaefer Oliver Austin Harvey C Williams Robert Verdun Dudley Holman Grason Gathright. Burial is in Memorial Park Cemetery. The 1939 trucks registered in the United States reached 4 320 829, a national all time high.
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Lawrence W. Kroner
Amarillo
Griggs & Sons Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
Mr. Kroner
Germany
George Schaefer
Oliver Austin
Harvey C. Williams
Robert Verdun
Dudley Holman
Grason Gathright
Memorial Park Cemetery
Beef and Beans Roll In for Jaycee Washington Barbecue
Powell in charge of eats for the Jaycee Washington barbecue said last night the beef and the beans are rolling in for the June 20 dinner. Donations for the 4,000 meals come from C. L. Duniven Grocery Bordwell's J.H. Harris & Son Furr Food Stores City Market & Grocery Abe Feferman Johnson Bakery and the City of Amarillo. Mason King is rounding up nine beeves for the barbecue.
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Pode Powell
Eats
Jaycee Washington
Washington
U. S
City Market & Grocery
Abe Feferman
Johnson Bakery
City of
Amarillo
Mason King
Franks Rites Incomplete In Amarillo Funeral
Funeral arrangements for David Jasper Franks, 58, Amarillo resident for 36 years, were incomplete last night. Former Santa Fe railroad brakeman and late night watchman at San Jacinto, he died yesterday morning at 10:30 in an Amarillo hospital. Survivors include wife four sons and daughter, mother, two brothers and three sisters. Body in state at N. Griggs and Sons chapel.
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David Jasper
Franks
Amarillo
Santa Fe Railroad
San Jacinto
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Georgia Street
Jess
Delmar
Fred Franks
Ray Franks
Avon Park
Fla
Doris Franks
Nancy Smith
Tom Franks
Childress
L. M. Franks
Plorence Ensley
L. &.Gill
Amar
Fighter pilots praise box formation and urge more ships
A senior officer with multiple medals describes safe single combat avoidance, says pilots fly in box formation and warn that losing it invites danger. He notes aircraft are better armored and maneuverable and emphasizes the need for more ships. Enthusiasm surrounds the Defiant monoplanes with Merlin engines on 300 mph. The base, called a halfway house between life and death, has serviced three thousand planes in three weeks.
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Jerry
Rites Held for Herman A Turner 25 Farmer
Funeral services for Herman A Turner age 25 a farmer were held at Tenth Avenue Methodist Church with Rev Hubert Thomson officiating He died from injuries in a tractor accident He resided nine miles southeast of Amarillo and is buried in Llano Cemetery Survivors include his wife a daughter his parents three brothers and three sisters
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Herman A. Turner
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Hubert Thomson
E. B. Fincher
T. M. Cummings
Turner
Amarillo
Llano
N. 8
Griggs
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Accountants & Auditors
E. S. Burgess
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Tyler St
London
United States
Lawrence A. Kroner
Sherwin - Williams
of Paints
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Co
Tyler
Jefferson Davis
First National Bank
Amarillo National Bank
American National Bank
Priestley’s Nor East
Priestley
Nor-East
America
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Austin
George Alin
Wambhan
Swuse Criminal Appeals Commission of News-Globe
al- Wes
Bayer Aspirin
Lon Wilson
Chemical Company
Preme Court of Arizona
Wilson Apiary
Bela Lanan
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