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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
7
Henry Lee, a former congressman known as Lighthorse Harry, was selected to deliver the funeral oration for George Washington. He invoked the enduring line First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen, underscoring Washington's unparalleled leadership and public esteem.
A fragment expresses steadfast resolve to oppose Nazi triumph, urging continued resistance by all prudent means, highlighting broad strategic imperative and moral duty in the ongoing struggle against fascist expansion.
A stainless steel cross will rise on a dune south of Ludington within months to honor Pere Jacques Marquette the Jesuit explorer and missionary who died returning from a voyage to Illinois. The lone marker will overlook Lake Michigan and symbolize his travels in Northern Michigan.
Dallas June 2 Ernest O Thompson paid his filing fee as a candidate for governor with a $100 check marked filing fee for office of governor without music.
Silverton gains a charter for its newly organized Lions Club at a two hour banquet on Tuesday June 4 District Governor A G Bearden of Lamesa will present the charter Past District Governor Ralph Randall of Panhandle is principal speaker L G Mathews of Floydada will be toastmaster Visiting Lions from Turkey Paducah Floydada Matador Panhandle and other Panhandle towns are invited over one hundred plates planned Banquet at the High School Auditorium served by the Methodist Church ladies
Clovis prepares for the Sixth Annual Pioneer Days in Curry County with a 2 PM air circus led by Tex Rankin and Laura Ingalls. Coronado Entrada performs Wednesday and Thursday nights under lights, rodeos run Thursday to Friday with calf roping bulldogging bronc riding and a merchants roping event. A parade is set for Friday at 10 AM.
The event will showcase many beautiful floats entered by individuals, firms and organizations. A humorous aside notes that living sponges resemble a fresh liver, though it does not relate to the festivities.
Washington June 2 P Henry R Luce editor of Time and Life magazines called on Americans to strip their neutrality and openly oppose Nazi Germany in a radio address. He urged leaders to dictate plainly they wish Hitler defeated and will not recognize or aid Nazi Germany.
Leroy Kretzer on a local farm unearthed more than 30 pioneer relics including a hoe spade mattock chisels stirrups knives gunnocks handspikes awl door latches hinges fireplace hook locks a hasp and part of a saw in Defiance Ohio regions.
The Alabama state prison department opened an assembly and classification center at its central prison in Montgomery to segregate first offenders from hardened criminals from the start. Gov. Frank M. Dixon calls it a definite and worthwhile advance.
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