Swiss Planes Sink Third German Bomber in 24 Hours
Swiss fighting planes shot down a German bomber returning from a Rhone Valley raid near Yverdon on Lake Neuchatel. The crew fought, planes were seized after surrender. Berlin and Bern report Italy may enter the war as Allied air power wanes over Po Valley industries.
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Bern
Rhine
Rhone
France
Rhone Valley
Yverdon
Neuchatel
Baden
Black Forest
Berlin
Italy
Po Valley
Italy Calls for Strike at Allies
Rome reports general mobilization as Italy girds for war though preferring individual summons. Ansaldo, editor of Il Telegrafo, says Mussolini aims to project strength and gain spoils from Britain and France while avoiding a full general call. Officials expect action soon, possibly before June 4 cabinet meeting.
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Rome
Giovanni Ansaldo
Italy
Ansaldo
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Il Telegrafo
Leghorn
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Duce
Dino Alfieri
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Europe
Corsica
Tunisia
Gibraltar
Suez Ag
Il Resto del Carlino
Grand Council
Japan To Honor Chinese War Dead Monuments Planned Across 25 Cities
At Prince Chichibu's suggestion Japanese officials announce war monuments for Chinese dead will be erected beside those for Japanese soldiers in 25 occupied cities. Chinese regimes under Japanese influence are asked to cooperate in financing the project.
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Japan
Peiping
North
China
Chichibu
Blood Pressure Readings Vary Between Home and Office
Dr. David Ayman of Boston says patients who monitor blood pressure at home record lower readings than in a doctor’s office. He shared this advice with the Massachusetts Medical Lottery noting that stress or environment may raise office measurements.
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Boston
U P
David Ayman
Massachusetts Medical Lotty
Pittsburgh Family Connections in New York World Wide Oddities
A column notes quirky events from the past week: Atlantic City hosts on street cars, San Jose coeds form a parachutist brigade, and a Kansas county declares No Accident Week. Highlights include a census revealing a Pittsburgh New York birth pattern, a New London man’s epic meal, and a Pueblo editor breaking a tooth over wartime news.
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Gladwan
New York
Goofy Gazette
Atlantic City
N. J
San Jose
Calif
Finney County
Kan
Washington, Ga
Arizona
Farley
New London
Lawrence
Madison
Wis
Ontario
Pittsburgh
Turkish Premier Saydam Declares Army Ready for Any Aggression
Ankara June 2 Premier Refik Saydam told the nation the Turkish army is ready to repel any aggression from any side. He warned against foreign radio propaganda and urged vigilance for internal fifth column activities, stressing solidarity and preparedness amid an uncertain international situation.
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Ankara
Turkey
Refik Saydam
Great Britain
France
Italy
Saydam
Brick donors for Panhandle Plains museum drive
A list of Horace Mann school students who donated bricks for the Canyon museum project includes many names such as H. B. Taylor Billy Joe Jackson Wilma Pepper Patsy Price Mary Ann Holt and others. About four times as many names follow with further donors and fragments of garbled OCR text.
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Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Horace Mann School
Museum
Canyon
H. B. Taylor
Billy Joe Jackson
Wilma Pepper
Patsy Price
Mary Ann Holt
Tommy Scott
Geneva Warren
Tommy Stelle
Forrest Prion
A. F. Pysatt
Doris Mashburn
Jeweline Aran
Loyd Law
L. G. McDowell
Roy Rigdon
Darlene Padgett
Jack Barnes
Clarence Bartley
Allene Ogg
Grace Coontz
Jeannine Merrick
Allen Ray Taylor
J. M. Whitney
Floyd Drake
Wanda Mitchell
Billie June Vermillion
Bobbie June Robinette
Jacquline Chumley
Violet Jaster
Doriel Wise
Eugene Hamby
Fern Louise Blevins
Martha Giles McGuire
Jack Davis Ward
Alfred Twing
Dalton Eason
Chaniele J Lee McCrenney
Shirley Pascoe
Betty Jo Payton
Vera Virginia Smith
Virginia Rodney
Oda Lee Rogers
Dorothy Mae Walters
Geraldine Stephens
Billlye Jo Grady
Ist
James
A.T. Oda
Mavis Jones
Davis
Laverne Ward
Dorothy Thompson
Jackie Jepberson
Louise
Franklin
Nellie Jean Parker
George
Boay. Carter
H. B. Bennett
Janette Ecker
Donald Fitzgibbon
Jimmie Maloney
H. B. Keith
Gaston Fowler
Marvin Earl Ford
Glen Don Herron
Stanley Maness
Doyle Mask
Billy Don Moore
Roy McPherson
William Plunkett
Lee Rye Parish
Kenneth Penninger
Billy Prank Rawlings
J. D. Ricks
Edward Strange
Roger Thompson
John Wiseman
Dean Wyble
Johnnie Guthrie
Nawana Abrams
Nita Downe
Blair Ruth Brittain
Marjorie Doughetee
Betty Jean Wubank
Patsy Lou Fletcher
Ramona Gruhlkey
Gordon Ann Gold
Mary Louise Griffin
Billie Joe Holman
Jewel Keaton
Mamie Ruth Knowles
Frankie McDowell
Ruby Gladys McGe
Pat Allen
Arthur Smith
Dean Oldfather
Billy Wyatt
Raymond Jordan
Chloe Hamby
Chas
Oliver
James Crockett
Roberta Gray
Pauline Giles
Charleen Burns
Melvin Raymer
Winsford Hand
Billy George Hudson
James Bidwell
R. C. Avery
Virginia Carter
Betty Louw Garner
Pegey Fawcett
Elizabeth Rapp
Grace Emma Moody
Delores Jaster
Margaret Betty
Doris Keaton
Elsie
Smallpox Glee Club Reunites At University Of Missouri
The Small pox Glee Club from the University of Missouri will reunite in Columbia this fall. Led by former football coach C L Brewer, the group recalls a 1914 tour of the Southwest and Pacific Coast. That trip faced five days of flood delays, followed by three members contracting smallpox and the others quarantined in a railroad car before hospital transfer.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Columbia
C. L. Brewer
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Strongest Engine Demands Match in Oakland Tests
The world's most powerful freight engine completed exhaustive tests in Oakland. It pulled 84 cars through mountain passes and ran from Salt Lake City to the Pacific Coast without refueling. Diesel powered, it has 32 driving wheels and may be economical only on runs needing speeds up to 75 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Salt Lake City
Pacific Coast
Old Bailey to Suspend Court Bouquet Custom During War
London reports wartime measures affect the Old Bailey as the practice of presenting judges and officials with small cottage flowers and strewing the court with aromatic herbs is suspended for the duration. Only twice has this custom been halted before, most recently during the last World War.
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Old Bailey
London
Eng
African Linen Probable CAPETOWN Move to grow flax
South African linen from flax is deemed a distinct possibility. Overseas demand drives proposals to promote a flax growing program, echoing a plan implemented 23 years ago by authorities. Names listed include Margaret Ann Newkirk and several others.
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Capetown
South Africa
UPI
Auth
Plains Man Runs For Judge Post
William Richard Watkins, Amarillo born Fort Worth attorney, announces candidacy for associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He cites a life of law practice in Amarillo, Wichita Falls and Fort Worth, upbringing in Trinidad Colorado, and a vow to avoid petitions or endorsements while seeking office. He asserts he is a deacon at TCU Christian Church and emphasizes appellate work in state and federal courts.
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William Richard Watkins
W. A. Watkins
Amarillo
Supreme Court of Texas
Watkins
Fort Worth
Fisk
Trinidad
Colo
Clarendon
Memphis
University
TCU
Wichita Falls
United States Could Send 1000 Planes to Europe
Washington reports that the U.S. could fly 1000 fighting airplanes across the Atlantic to aid England and France within three weeks if a nationwide decision were made to do so. Some experts view these bombers as highly accurate, potentially shifting airpower balance, though such a move is not being pursued and would exhaust frontline warcraft.
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John Lear
Washington
United States
Atlantic Ocean
England
France
Hitler
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Europe
Sadler Offers To Quit If ODaniel Calls Special Session
Granbury June 2 Jerry Sadler proposed withdrawing from the governor race if Gov W Lee ODaniel would convene a special session to pass a bill taxing natural resources for old age pensions. Sadler said ODaniel blocked two such bills and seeks cooperation for a transaction tax.
Floating school playground sails from logging camp site
A unique floating playground with a back yard schoolhouse was built by local men at a Bryant logging camp near Simoon time in Vancouver area. The craft rides the coastal tide adjacent to a Schoolhouse, turning the settlement into a seaworthy classroom.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
B.C
Red Wert
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