Italy Prepares War Command Under Duce As France Battles
Italy strikes in secret as Mussolini assumes supreme command on all fronts and counts on new war taxes to fuel a total mobilization. Badoglio, Graziani, Cavagnari named to lead army navy and air forces while Italian authorities push for blackout measures and seizure of enemy-controlled industries.
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Associated Press
Italy
Tl Duce
Mediterranean
Vittorio Emanuel
Edda Ciano
Ti Duce
Count Ciano
Corsica
Malta
Premir Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Hindenburg
Rodolfo Graziani
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Domenico Cavagnari
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Piccolo
Mussolini
Il Duce
Rome
Genoa
Turin
Roosevelt
Umberto
Tr Duce
Maritime
Alps
Geneva
Dormance
Rhone
France
Larche Pass
Barcelonette
Obelisk Pass
Briancon
Mont Cenis
Little
Saint Bernard Passes
Seafino Mazzolini
Egypt
Britain
Eicini Aden
Soviet embassy hit as Chungking faces fierce raid
The Soviet embassy in Chungking was directly struck in the heaviest air assault since May. Japanese warplanes pounded the provisional Chinese capital while the AP office and foreign correspondents’ headquarters trembled, and the residence of Andrew Bassi of Chicago was razed with belongings lost.
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Chunking
Chungking
Andrew Bassi
Chicago
Yes|Vereau’s
Associated Press
Paris Battle Turns to Battle for Paris 1940
The dispatch describes Paris as not to be captured but a half-empty city under blackout. Tours remains the government seat on the Loire as anti-aircraft fire rings out last night. Embassy staff relocate to Tours while Ambassador Bullitt and remaining staff await final orders amid a dark, quiet capital.
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Republic of France
Paris
America
The
Herald Tribune
South
Seine’ S
Marne
Oise
Seine
Normandy
Seine-Inferieure
Rouen
Soissons
Rethel
Aisne
Maginot Line
France
Tours
Loire
United States
William C. Bullitt
Britain Tightens War Blockade Cuts Italian Shipping
Britain seizes or scuttles over 50 000 tons of Italian merchant shipping and bombs German cruisers near Trondheim. The Umbria was captured in the Red Sea with bombs and cement destined for Italian East Africa. Suez Canal area is effectively closed to Italian shipping as Attlee defies dismay over Italy's entry, citing US aid as key to victory.
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Europe
Attlee
Roosevelt
United States
Andre Maurois
Maurosis
France
Rethel
Dunkerque
Commons
Italy
Gulf of Venice
Gulf of Guarnaro
Gulf of Taranto
Albania
Admiralty
Libya
Dodecanese
England
Air Ministry
Germany
Norway
Seine
Meuse
Herbert Morrise
Cade
Trondheim
Nowray
Red Sea
Umbria
Suez Cango
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
Atlantic
Union Label League Told of Values
W J Moran of El Paso spoke to Am arillo Union Label League members about the league and its aims. E J Berry of the Texas Unemployment Service outlined its purposes. A F Whitney and Moran planned a round table on labor and national defense at KFDA. The session at Carpenters Hall explained buying union made products.
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W. J. Moran
el Paso
Texas State Conference of Bricklayers
Union Label League of
Amarillo
America
E. J. Berry
Texas Unemployment Service
Mr. Moran
A. F. Whitney
International Brotherhood
PITY THE POOR GORILLA AND PILOT LANDING GEAR
The piece notes that Paul du Chailly and Edgar Allan Poe helped shape fear of gorillas, contributing to their feared reputation and near extinction. It also reports a survey showing 89 percent of airline pilots prefer tri cycle landing gear for all airliners.
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Paul du Chailly
Edgar Allan Poe
Rue Morgue
Amarillo Barbecue Crew Heads to DC for Jaycee Convention
The Amarillo barbecue truck crew leaves at dawn for Washington to feed 4000 business men at the Junior Chamber of Commerce national convention. Charley Lowe leads the team with Barney Ogle and others riding herd on pots, beans, and beds as they camp out en route. Texas delegates to the event will assist in serving, with Sen Tom Connally and Rep Marvin Jones among those joining the hospitality on the Potomac banks.
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Washington, D. C
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charley Lowe
Plains
Barney Ogle
Bill Beechler
Ben Carlton Mead
O. C. Jones
I. M. Holt
Farris Padgett
Washington
Amarillo
Kiwanians Mark Flag Week Observance and Plans
The North Amarillo Kiwanis Club held a Noon meeting with James O. Cade as speaker urging exact flag salutes and distinguishing flag worship from reverence. The event opened the club’s second year, with a barbecue anniversary last Tuesday at Buffalo Lake and a planned city recreation program kickoff next Monday. Oscar Hargett and Ralph Roush will attend Kiwanis International in Minneapolis.
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North Amarillo Kiwanis Club
James O. Cade
Cade
Buffalo Lake
Oscar Hargett
City Commission
Civic Clubs
Hargett
Ralph Roush
Minneapolis
Kiwanis International
Italian steamer Andria captured in Red Sea by British navy
Reuters report from Cairo states the Italian steamer Andria laden with 5000 tons of bombs and thousands of tons of cement for the Italian East African air force was seized by the British navy in the Red Sea. Paris dispatch notes film star Robert Montgomery narrowly escaped a German bombing near his ambulance in France.
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London
Reuters
Cairo
Andria
Red Sea
Paris
Robert Montgomery
France
Cities Cut Bonded Debts in 1939 Decline
New York June 11 American cities above 30 000 population reduced their gross bonded debt by an estimated 88 900 000 during 1939, continuing a downward trend since 1936. The National Municipal League reported the survey conducted by Rosina Mohaupt of the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research Inc shows more than 75 percent of cities reporting decreases. Total bonded indebtedness of 310 cities over 30 000 population was about 8 467 139 000.
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New York
National Municipal League
Rosina Mohaupt
Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research, Inc
Roosevelt on policy label mocks thesaurus
President Roosevelt, asked if policy could be called non belligerency, laughed that he’d been too busy to consult a thesaurus. In Houston, Mayor Holcombe urged united support for the president’s address as about 4,000 delegates arrived for the 64th annual Firemen and Fire Marshals’ Association convention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Houston
Oscar Holcombe
State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association
Crisis Near Paris as Italy and Germany Press War on France
War column reports a widening Franco-British line strain from the English Channel to the Meuse as German forces breach Weygand defenses near Soissons Reims and Oise Ourcq Marne pockets form with France and Britain reportedly withdrawing to defend Paris area while Mussolini signals limited Italian involvement and naval actions in the Mediterranean precede broader moves.
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Kirke L. Simpson
France
English Channel
Meuse
Germany
Weygand
Maginot
Marne-Paris‘Seine
Italy
Berlin
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Malta
Channel
Soissons-Reims
Oureq
Marne
Paris
Oise
Ourcq
Oise-Aisne
Forest
Compiegne
Lower
Seine
Dieppe
Forges-Les-Hauxs
Ourcq-Marne
le Havre
Sone
Keeney files to run for Randall County commissioner
J. L. Keeney announced yesterday his candidacy for Randall County commissioner in precinct 4. He lives on a farm six miles southwest of Amarillo and served with the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1918 19. A long-time Amarillo resident, Keeney is a former businessman and farmer who has never held office before. He pledges a practical business administration and seeks the support of precinct residents.
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J. L. Keeney
Randall County
Amarillo
Keeney
France
Coronado Queen Is Named As Pampa Fiesta Opens
Mrs. Martha Price was chosen by the Entrada casting committee to play Beatriz and reign as queen of the Top o Texas Fiesta parade. Pampa prepares for the four day Top of Texas Fiesta and Seene Entrada opening Thursday. Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Price, is a Texas Tech beauty queen and La Re munda winner, with a pictured record in La Ventana. She is 5 feet 3 inches, 108 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, born on the Price ranch near Pampa.
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Pampa
Martha Price
Entrada
Beatriz
Miss Price
W. D. Price
Texas Technological College
White Deer Creek
Mr. Price
No Signs Blown Up On Highway 66 Front
Official communique No 4 from the 66 sector says all was quiet on the western front at a late hour this evening with possible reconnaissance flights along the front.
Ten Attack Planes Grounded in East
MITCHELL FIELD New York June 11 Army communications report ten army attack planes forced down at eastern airports during heavy fog with one plane missing after flying from Patterson Field Dayton Ohio or March Field California The planes of Northrop all metal monoplane type were en route to Buffalo as obsolete aircraft for Allied purchase One Brooklyn landing caused minor injuries to a pilot
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
U. S. Army
New York City
Buffalo
Army
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
March Field
Cal
Brooklyn
Northrup
Evangelist Proclaims Jesus Is Hope For World
Evangelist Frank A. Godsoe told Central Baptist Church that Jesus is the only hope for the church Jew and world government. He urged revival services at 2 PM and 8:15 PM daily and posed the question Why Doesn't God Do Something About the Woes of This World.
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Jesus
Frank A. Godsoe
Central Baptist Church
Man of God
Satan J
the Evangelist
Godsoe
Congress Proposes Repeal of Johnson Act to Aid Allies
Washington June 11 Congress heard growing demands for more aid to the Allies. Rep Dingell of Michigan introduced a bill to repeal the Johnson Act saying it was born of Nazi propaganda and spread by Hitler. He urged maximum possible assistance to France and England to preserve democracy.
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Congress
Ward Washington
Rep. Dingell
Michigan
Hitler
France
England
No Campaign Fund Excesses In Dewey Vandenberg Primaries
The Senate committee reports no evidence of unreasonably large expenditures in the Dewey or Vandenberg presidential primary campaigns. Inquiries in Nebraska Wisconsin and Maryland failed to establish excessive spending, said chairman Gillette.
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Washington
Dewey
Vandenberg
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Maryland
Bee sting affects Memphis man during incident
In Memphis Walter Clark opened his mouth to yell and a bee sting protruded, stinging his palate and swelling his face. A friend removed the stinger afterward. The item notes there are 353 airliners in the United States today.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walter Clark
Clark
United States
Tours Becomes Refugee Capital of War-Consumed Frenchmen
June 11 report from Tours describes the city as the emergency capital of France. Ministries, embassies, legations, and staff occupations fill old buildings as government records move southward with refugees from Paris. Officials note continuous influx, with diplomats from Belgium Argentina Spain and ministers from Uruguay Venezuela and Colombia among arrivals.
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Tours
Loire
France
Paris
Legation Imousines
Belgium
Argentina
Spain
Uruguay
Venezuela
Colombia
Jon
Loire Valley
Europe
Socialized Medicine Impetus Seen By A M A Leaders
New York June 11 Officials of the American Medical Association predicted a move toward socialized medicine in the United States. The house of delegates adopted a resolution saying Congress bills and expanded veteran administration hospital programs could open wedges to a government controlled medical care system. The resolution notes VA beds total 54 779 and 16 345 more in other government facilities with 10 000 under construction.
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New York
American Medical Association
United States
House of Delegates
Congress
Veteran's ‘Administration
Veteran's Administration
Wolf Taken From Georgia’s Door in Rome Protest
A bronze Capitoline Wolf statue from 1929 gifted by Mussolini was removed from its marble base in Rome Georgia by the city commission and replaced with a U S flag as a protest against Italy’s war declaration against France and Britain. The piece stood as a local symbol amid civic action. An unrelated note mentions general taxicab service averages about one cab for every 2000 people.
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Rome
North Georgia
Mussolini
United States
Italy
France
Great Britain
Embryo Fliers Meet Friday at Amarillo College
Amarillo College schedules a Friday night meeting at 8 o clock to finalize details for a CAA flying course starting June 15. President J F Mead reports 30 applicants will pass physicals by then, with 20 already cleared and up to 10 remaining to be examined tonight and tomorrow.
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Amarillo College
J. F. Mead
Mead
Thornton Oxnard
Amarillo Air Service
Oxnard and
Fred Smith
Amarillo Air
Sorority Barbecue and Dance Hosted by Beta Sigma Phi
More than a hundred local members of Beta Sigma Phi will hold a barbecue and dance at Buffalo Lake Friday evening. The Gamma Kappa chapter led by Fay Wooley hosts with Alpha Alpha led by Jenna Reid Scott and Gamma Iota led by Ruth Herron participating. They will depart Ellwood Park at 6 30 in trucks and private cars arranged by Walter Irvin Inc. Special plates will be prepared for those unable to attend. Tickets are available from the three presidents or from Lela Hickox and Cecile Parsons of the arrangements committee.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Buffalo Lake
Ellwood Park
Walter Irvin, Inc
Gamma Kappa Chapter
Fay Wooley
Alpha Alpha Chapter
Jenna Reid Scott
Gamma Lota
Ruth Herron
Lela Hickox
Cecile Parsons
McNutt Plans Parachute Campaign Swing to Three Arkansas Towns
Gubernatorial hopeful Dr. Walter Scott McNutt, 52, a college professor and World War aviator, announced a new campaigning tactic. He will descend by parachute to fill speaking engagements in Magnolia, El Dorado, and Russellville, Arkansas.
Annenberg Sentence Date Set in Chicago Case
Fed Judge James H. Wilkerson set June 20 for sentencing millionaire racing news distributor M. L. Annenberg for a $1,217,296 income tax evasion after a five day hearing. He has also agreed to settle civil claims for $8,000,000.
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Annenberg
Chicago
Fed
James H. Wilkerson
S?t
M. L. Annenberg
Death for death in Carthage case verdict
Luther Hill, a 34-year-old African American man, was convicted and sentenced to death by a jury for the arson murder of his wife in April. The case drew wide attention as jurors deliberated amid age and motive questions.
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Carthage
Luther Hill
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Union Label League
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Brazil
Maurois
FDR
J. L. Keeney Alleen
Coronado
East
Evangelist
Georgia
Embryo Fliers
Sorority
China
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