Deskins Wells Opens Campaign in Wellington
Stressing a 10 point program, Deskins Wells opened his congressional campaign in Wellington. He urged defense readiness, immigration control, limited foreign aid, farm support, oil and gas sector freedom from federal control, continuation of New Deal programs where needed, equalizing wages, and preserving democracy across the Eighteenth District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Deskins Wells
Deck Wells
Wells
United States
Americas
United States Department of Justice
Europe
Texas
Social Security Ct
Coronado Entrada dazzles Top of Texas parade in Pampa
The 1540 Coronado pageant roared through downtown Pampa with 600 actors clad in home grown whiskers. A 12-band, 200-horse spectacle highlighted a three day Top of Texas celebration featuring floats from Beta Gamma Kappa, Citizens Bank, Tarpley Music, and the LaNora Theatre. Amarillo sent a large delegation led by Sam Elkins as the Golden Sandie Band rode in the Legion bus parade.
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Ampa
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Texas
Pampa
Clinton Anderson
Coronado
Harold Shadwick
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
George Grammas
Legionnaires
Panhandle
Chamber of Commerce
Martha Price
Knights of Columbus
Father Padilla
LaNora Theatre
XIT
Dalhart
Adobe Walls Post
Borger
McLean
Clarendon
Boy Scouts
Central States Power-Light Company
The
Lions Club
Danciger
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Eugene Bic
Tom Ellzey
Earl D. Isley
Recreation Park
Mark Hamilton
Amarillo
Sam Elkins
Chamber of Commerce Office
Elkins
Corpus Christi Head Named to Direct Naval Air School
Representative Kieberg announced that Commander Lewis N Moeller, now at Pensacola, will be sent to Corpus Christi to direct the establishment of a 25 million dollar naval air school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kieberg
Texas Democrat
Pensacola, Fla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Air School
Abilene records fourth traffic death of 1940
Abilene reports its fourth traffic fatality of the year with the death of Leonard Jones, 15, at 1 15 P M from injuries sustained when his bicycle collided with an automobile Wednesday afternoon.
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Abilene
Leonard Jones
Escape for Frenchmen in Weygand retreat amid German drive
A dramatic World War II dispatch details Weygand's doomed southward retreat as German forces press from Paris toward the Loire and Marne. It notes French aims to reform defenses east and west, while Hitler seeks a rout, with Maginot line challenges and Swiss neutrality affecting the strategic outlook.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Paris
France
Weygand
Loire
Orleans
Hitler
Loire-Seine
Nancy
Metz
Romilly- St. Dizier
Seine
Marne
Chaumont
Strasbourg
Rhine
Champaigne
Maginot Line
Montmedy
Maginot
Body of Mrs Randies Sent to California
The body of Mrs Jennie B Randles was sent to California for burial after funeral services at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. Rev H Clyde Smith presided. Mrs Randles died after a long illness and left a daughter Mrs Bruce Autry and two sons in California along with two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B. Randies
Bruce Autry
California
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
H. Clyde Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Randles
Allorg
San Jacinto
French Soldier Accuses Leaders From Front Lines Letter
A French soldier, writing from the French Front, accuses former premiers Daladier, Blum, Flandin and ex-Foreign Minister Bonnet of treachery and calls for a two-front fight against invaders and alleged traitors. Allied diplomats and Molotov discuss Russian support as Cripps and Labonne meet Soviet leaders.
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Moscow
U.P
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Communist Youth League
France
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
George Vee
Daladier
Blum
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Georges Bonnet
Europe
Stafford Cripps
Viacheslav Molotov
Erik Labonne
Cripps
Molotov
Britain
Tulia Bride-Elect Is Complimented At Tea Shower
Miss Pauline Buchanan bride-elect of John R. Sanderson was honored at a tea shower in Tulia. The event featured a receiving line with Mrs Stringer and others, a tea room serving by several hosts, and guests from Amarillo and Lubbock. Buchanan will wed June 23 at First Presbyterian Church. Sanderson formerly taught at Tulsa High School and now resides in Lubbock.
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Tulia
Pauline Buchanan
John R. Sanderson
R. L. Stringer
Lula Marjorie Conner
Stringer
Pauline Buchenau
Florence Sanderson
George Buchenau
Alice More
F. G. Shell
Frances Farwell
Amarillo
Lubbock
W. A. Fisk
H. J. Farwell
Tucumcari GIA Honors Member at Luncheon Notice
In Tucumcari on June 14 a luncheon in the Masonic dining room honored Mrs. D. G. Hines by the Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Mrs. Hines and her family are moving to El Paso after 25 years of membership. Mrs. J. H. Sharpe presented a silver sandwich plate on behalf of the GIA.
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Tucumcari Gia
Tucumcari
D. G. Hines
Masonic
Grand International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Hines
el Paso
GIA
J. H. Sharpe
Plainview Bride-Elect Honored
Plainview social column notes a pre nuptial party for Miss Margaret Ann Mc Glasson, with details of the event and hostesses. The item reflects local wedding customs and community gossip typical of 1940 society pages.
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Plainview
Margaret Ann McGlasson
Johnne ‘Ruth
Martin
Patching Daughter Weds Bass Jr at Wedon Ranch
Miss Meredith Jean Patching daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Patching of Goodnight became the bride of John M Bass Jr of Clarendon at the Patching ranch near Goodnight. Attendants lit the altar candles and music was provided by Katherine Doak. After a brief reception the couple left for California and will reside in Clarendon after June 29. The groom is a building contractor.
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Clarendon
Meredith Jean Patching
Fred Patching
Goodnight
John M. Bass, Jr
Patching Ranch
Martha Jane
Lula Stapleton
Clyde Yoes
Amarillo
Katherine Doak
Claude
Mary Walton
Pampa
Bass
Goodnight High School
West Texas State College
Mr. Bass
John Bass
Lubbock High School
Texas Technological College
California
Robert A. LeMond Rites Held in Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Funeral services for Robert A. LeMond retired telephone worker were held yesterday afternoon at 15 o'clock in the Blackburn-Shaw chapel with Dr R Thomson pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church officiating Interment was in Llano Cemetery He died in an Amarillo hospital Wednesday night after an extended illness He had lived in this city about 10 years coming from Plainview where he worked 27 years with the telephone company He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church His address was 916 Fannin Street He was 62 Survivors include two sons his mother two brothers and a sister
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Robert A. LeMond
Blackburn-Shaw
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Llano
Mr. LeMond
Amarillo
Plainview
Telephone Company
Fannin Street
J. E. Kidd
Griggs and Sons
Llano Cemetery
Kidd
Otis
The
Presbyterian Church
Amarillo Gas Company
W. J. Satterwhite
Borger
Rites Held for Mrs J E Kidd in Amarillo
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 PM in the N B Griggs and Sons chapel for Mrs J E Kidd 23 of Amarillo who died Thursday in an Amarillo hospital after a long illness. Interment was at Llano Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Mr J Kidd her parents Mr and Mrs W J Satterwhite of Borger and her mother Mrs C B Martin. The article notes a bridge luncheon linen shower for Mrs McGlasson who will marry Jim Norman on Saturday June 22.
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C. B. Martin
Mrs. McGlasson
Jim Norman
Pattern 9425 Available in Specific Women Sizes
Pattern 9425 may be ordered only in women's sizes 34, 36, 33, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 36 requires 3% yards of 39 inch fabric. To obtain this pattern send fifteen cents to Amarillo News Pattern Department. Fifty cents adds our newest Pattern Book.
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Amarillo News
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Marian Martin
Pattern Department
Alpha Iota Group Hosts Wiener Roast for Sponsor Change
Amarillo Alumnae chapter of Alpha Iota Sorority met at new sponsor Mrs Beverly Prescott's home for a wiener roast hosted by Mrs Offield the retiring sponsor at her residence. Attending were Louise Elliott Dorothy Foster Lucille Hazlip Edythe Herzet Harriet Holman Helen Immell Sara McEachern Anne Martin Yvonne Powers Lois Welin Margaret Lee Witt plus Mrs Prescott's mother. Absent were Betty Armstrong Dorothy Denton Gladys Gilmore Maxine Michelson Elaine Stover. Mrs Offield plans to move to Washington DC soon.
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Amarillo
Alpha Iota Sorority
Beverly Prescott
Vonna Offield
Mrs. Offield
Louise Elliott
Dorothy Foster
Lucille Hazlip
Edythe Herzet
Harriet Holman
Helen Immell
Sara McEachern
Anne Martin
Yvonne Powers
Lois Welin
Margaret Lee Witt
Homecraft Club Hosts Fancy Work Gathering
The Homecraft Club met Thursday afternoon hosted by Mrs. W. V. Blodgett. Members did fancy work and refreshments were served. Attending were Mesdames J. W. Holloway, Howard Davis, E. O C. Twing, E. N. Boydston, B. B. Lusk, Charles Griffith and guests Mesdames T. O. Stahl and L. A. Blackshear. The next meeting is planned for Thursday at Mrs. Boydston’s, 910 North Harrison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homecraft Club
W. V. Blodgett
Mesdames
J. W. Holloway
Howard Davis
E. O C. Twing
E. N. Boydston
B. B. Lusk
Charles Griffith
T. O. Stahl
L. A. Blackshear
Arthur McCracken Freed in Burglary Case
Potter County grand jury returned a no bill in the burglary probe involving Arthur McCracken and an Amarillo home. The district attorney gave a letter detailing the no bill, and officials labeled the case a mistaken identity.
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Arthur Oroves
Potter County
McCracken
Amarillo
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Bordeaux
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Ipling
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State OF Texas
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Byrno
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Miss Patching
John Bass, Jr
Wedon Ranch
Marian Martin Pattern
Alpha Iota Group
Snippers Club
Claude Millsap
Nellie D. Erhard
St. Andrews’ Episcopal
Fillmore Street
Georgina Waghorn
Arthur McCracken
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