O'Daniel Loses Veto War Over Water District Powers
Austin reports Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel loses in the veto battle as the House 104 to 7 and Senate unanimously override his disapproval on a bill giving the state board of water engineers power to appoint directors of the San Jacinto conservation and reclamation district. The same session votes 86 to 34 to override his veto of a labor seniority bill for returning soldiers and considers other nominations and measures.
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W. Lee O’daniel
House
Senate
State Board of Water Engineers
San Jacinto
Engineer Board
Benton
Wylie
Claude de van Watts
Liquor Control Board
Edwin Lacy
Longview
Game Commission
W. O. Yarborough
Corpus Christi
Prison Board
P. Lockhart
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Supreme Court
Vichy Seen as Having Key to Axis Strategy
World observers weigh France's role in British Axis war as Vichy cabinet talks with Weygand and Petain suggest decisive policy. Possible Axis moves via Syria or Sicily to strike Egypt, with French cooperation seen as critical and potential Turkish links fueling Syria operations. British and Cairo silence adds tension while Berlin and Vichy denial clash with Brenner meeting hints.
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France
Germany
Italy
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle East
Malta
Vichy
Weygand
Petain
Africa
Syria
Sicily
Egypt
London
Iraq
Cairo
Turkey
Ankara
Syrian
Cyprus
Berlin
Palestine
Crete
Dodecanese Islands
Brenner
The Blarney Stone Legend at Blarney Castle
The Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle near Cork Ireland is famed for bestowing eloquence on those who kiss it. The tradition draws visitors seeking the legendary gift of persuasive speech.
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Blarney Castle
Cork
Ireland
Little quits race for speakership of Texas House
Austin report notes five candidates withdrew to back Speaker Homer Leonard for a second term. Price Daniel leads among first-term members, while Leonard's base lies with veterans. Jack Little of Amarillo publicly withdraws and praises Leonard's past service and seeks to support his bid for re election.
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Jack Little
Texas House
Austin
House of Representatives
Homer Leonard
McAllen
Price Daniel
Liberty
Amarillo
Claude Gilmer
Rockssprings
W © Reed
Dallas
Fort Worth
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Daniel
Leonard
Little
Gilmer
Reed
McAlister
Morris
Baylor University
Coke Stevenson
Junction
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
G. H. Nelson
Lubbock
Dallas Blankenship
Eighth Corps Army Opens Southward Battle in Texas Region
Eighth corps army forces advance slowly in a simulated battle along the Colorado River. The 2nd division pressed last night near Mullin and pursued the foe toward Pecan Bayou along the Santa Fe line. Artillery and prisoner reports place enemy units near Brady and south of Jordan Springs as rains test road conditions.
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Brownwood
Eighth Corps
Colorado River
Mullin
Pecan Bayou
Star
Mills County
Winchell
Brown County
Brady
Jordan Springs
5Th Infantry
Parking Meter Debate Shapes City Policy and Budgets
The city commission discussed meter regulation and revenue potential with notes on reduced police workload in meters cities. Other actions included adopting a short term budget, zoning decisions, sewer planning, and bids for turbine pumps at Wordwater.
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Maynard Drake
Amarillo Safety Council
Ben Manning
Carpark Corporation
Joe A. Jenkins
Shamrock Oil & Gas Company
Old Town
North East Eighth Avenue
South Fillmore
H. R. Smith
Wordwater
Washington Street
L. C. Cravens
Jenkins
Smith
R. H. Epperson
O. H. Hargett
Katheryne Burwell
Texas Teacher Retirement Plan to Start Full Operations
Mortimer Brown says provisions in the recent Texas Legislature tax bill allow the Teacher Retirement System to begin full operation in September. Since 1937 teachers have contributed five percent of salaries. the state will match contributions, enabling various annuity options and new applications forms for teachers who notify the office.
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Austin
U.P
Mortimer Brown
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Texas
Brown
Amarillo Man Leaves for RAF Service Training
Jim Daley son of Mr and Mrs William J Daley of 1815 Taylor Street a student pilot at the Canadian Air Force training school in Tulsa Okla will depart this morning after a brief visit He will graduate June 14 and proceed to Ottawa for further training before joining Canadian pilots for Atlantic service with the Royal Air Force Daley began training in Amarillo and later took the C P T P course Sanctioned by Amarillo College he leaves at 8 oclock with friends by car.
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Jim Daley
William J. Daley
Taylor Street
Canadian Air Force Training School
Tulsa
Okla
Ottawa
Canada
Daley
Atlantic
RAF
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Plains Ford Dealers Convene For Panhandle Meeting
Ford dealers and salesmen from the Panhandle gather in Amarillo today and tomorrow for a two day sales meeting at the Herring Hotel. J M Reynolds of the Ford Motor Company in Oklahoma City leads the event with assistance from Keith Cogswell and Louis Lee.
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Ford
Panhandle Area
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
M. B. Witt
Walter Irvin, Inc
Ford Dealer
J. M. Reynolds
Ford Motor Com
Pany
Oklahoma City
Keith Cogswell
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle
Louis Lee
British Bombs Over Beirut
NBC heard Italian radio report that British forces bombed Beirut Lebanon today. The broadcast provided no details.
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Beirut
New York
Lebanon
NBC
Amarillo Airport Contract Delayed Bids Exceed Authority
English Field airport project in Amarillo faces delay as bids for paving two runways and apron, lighting, and regrassing come in at 234 000 by an El Paso firm, above the 200 000 authorized by the CAA. City Manager H. R. Smith says no letting word arrived.
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United States
Caddoa
Colo
el Paso
CAA
H. R. Smith
Naval Attache in London Dies in Northern Ireland
Lieutenant Commander Walter Raymond Jones assistant naval attache in London and former White House aide died by his own action. A London embassy staff member said the death occurred yesterday in Londonderry Northern Ireland. Navy officials withhold details pending a board of investigation. Jones 43 native of Grand Ledge Michigan and a 1921 naval academy graduate.
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Washington
Navy Department
Walter Raymond Jones
London
White House
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Navy
Jones
Grand Ledge
Mich
Naval Academy
Five RCAF Men Die in Sable Island Crash
Five Royal Canadian Air Force servicemen were killed when their plane crashed near Sable Island off Nova Scotia, about 1000 miles offshore, on June 3.
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Halifax
N. S
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
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