Fourty- two more accepted for AA training at canyon
Fifty-two of a 60 person quota for the CAA summer flying program at Amarillo College and West Texas State College were accepted after interviews at Amarillo College. The class opens today at English Airport and Canyon flying field with 35 hours of dual and solo flying to qualify for a private pilot license. Names of accepted students from Amarillo College and West Texas State College are listed along with the program’s administrative committee.
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CAA
Amarillo College
West Texas State College
Canyon
John F. Mead
Fred Smith
Ernest Batson
Amarillo Air Service
English Airport
Bill Britton
Mort Denton
Hermon Pipkin
James Love
John Novak
Paul Smyer
Wynne Crawford
Robert Roney
Wortham Ashcroft
James Daley, Jr
Fred Biffle
Wade Holman Jr
Bert Raffkind
Tom Reames
Gerald Monroe
Bob Wilson
John Kenehan
Henry Houser
Will Caplan
James Boulware
Woodrow Henderson
George Jones
Pat Langford
Tom Kruser
Roger White
Robert Sharrock
West Texas
James Auncie
Amarillo
Leonard Earle Walker
Hugh Wilson
Lefors
Thomas Herbert Jones
Attalla
Ala
Latham Cleo Jackson
Hereford
Henry Lee Gordon
Mobeetie
Horace Lee Cox
Happy
Sherman Higdon
Kenneth Burum
Feilding Augustus Thomas, Jr
Ottis Clark Rolls
Avent Wilson Lair
Sanford Louis Black
Virgil Henson
Thornton Oxnard
The
Russian airfield near Diomede Island reported near Nome
Nome Alaska June 14 25 Russians and several Russian Eskimo families are said to be constructing an airfield and wireless station on Big Diomede Island two miles from the international boundary The wireless station would provide year round weather broadcasts The population increase is linked to a summer migration from Siberia Big Diomede lies about four miles from Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait about 150 miles northwest of Nome and 40 miles southeast of East Cape Siberia
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Nome
Alaska
Nome Daily Nugget
Omede Island
Nugget
Big Diomede
Siberia
Little Diomede Island
United States
Bering Strait
Seward Peninsula
East Cape
Caprock Sailplaners Beef Up Southwest Soaring Meet
Caprock balking sailplaners attempted a motorless Wichita Falls to Amarillo flight 212 miles uphill in the Southwest Soaring Meet. Four fliers started for a $100 prize, all landing near Clarendon as the meet winds down with two flying days left and Essery, Robinson, and Ross leading. Awards and trophies follow at a banquet Monday night.
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Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Clarendon
Harland Ross
Burbank
Cal
Ted Bellak
Chelsea
Ich
Frank Boggs
Dallas
E: Robinson
San Diego
wAll
Oklahoma
Texas
Dick Essery
Robinson
Ross
Old Man Texas To Have Fathers Day And Convention
Tomorrow Texas observes Fathers Day as families honor the family breadwinner with gifts and activities across the state. In Amarillo Panhandle District Dental Society gathers with fifty dentists from 26 counties for a full day at the Herring Hotel with lectures by Varley and Beechan and a luncheon for the auxiliary members.
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Texas
Galveston
West Texas
Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Rose Bowl
Herring Hotel
R. P. Parcells
Panhandle
Senate Raises Relief Ante For War Time Needs
The Senate backed a $100 million addition to the annual relief bill in a 58 to 16 vote. Two large Senate blocs urged extra funds to remove agricultural surpluses, aid low income families, provide school lunches, operate the food stamp plan, and support exports amid war preparedness. The bill’s total rose to $1.2248 billion with other increases, with further amendments set for an unusual Saturday session.
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Washington
Senate
Adams
Colorado
Congress
Bilbo
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Turks Make It Clear No War Plans Soon
In Istanbul on June 14 the grand council of the Republican People’s Party heard Premier Refik Saydam and Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu state that Turkey will not enter the war at this time. They stressed adherence to the mutual assistance pact with the Allies and noted Russia’s mysterious stance. The session ended with an ovation for the Allies.
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Istanbul
Grand Council
The
Republican Peoples Party
Turkey
Refik Saydam
Sukru Saracoglu
Russia
Saydam
Sarcoglu
Motorcade Tours on Deskins Wells Behalf
Deskins Wells the 18th District congressional candidate stayed in Wellington but campaign work continued. Fifty nine Wellington businessmen and Colingsworth County farmers formed a motorcade this morning and traveled 250 miles in six counties visiting citizens in support of Wells' candidacy for Congress.
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Wellington
Deskins Wells
Colingsworth County
Wells
Jaycees Aid Singers At Plateau Convention
Junior Chamber members are asked to meet Bert Levy's store at eight this morning to assist with the Plateau Singing Convention and help organizers manage performers and attendees.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bert Levy
Plateau
Record heat hits 120 in El Centro on June 14
El Centro reports yesterday’s high of 120 degrees at 2 PM marking the hottest day in its history. In Kansas City, officials note the 14 June temp also set a new high for the period. Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. says May passenger miles reached 13,540,471, up nearly two million from April and 50.7 percent over May 1939. first five months of 1940 show 60.4 percent higher business than the same period last year.
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el Centro
Boys
Calif
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Air, Inc
Insurance Men Barbecue At Palo Duro Canyon Picnic
About 200 insurance men from across the Panhandle joined a John Snider barbecue at Palo Duro Canyon yesterday afternoon as part of the annual Insurance Exchange picnic. They registered at the Herring Hotel and departed at 2 30. Softball, horseshoes and other games provided recreation.
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John Snider
Palo Duro Canyon
Illo Insurance Exchange
Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Willie WantAd Announces Campaign Platform
Willie WantAd proclaims a platform promising to find tenants for vacancies, locate cash buyers for discarded items, recruit experienced help for employers, recover lost value, and return profits to constituents after advertising bills are paid. He emphasizes a clean selling and renting record and low rates as a longtime public servant. He is part of the Globe-News Want Ads family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Willie Wantad
Globe-News
WANT
Hitler may launch peace offensive soon predicts minister
London reports say Harold Nicholson, parliamentary secretary, warned of a forthcoming peace offensive by Hitler within days. Other dispatches note Italy's merchant fleet. about 210,855 tons out of 2,500,000 tons are Allied or scuttled. Submarine and air activity across the Atlantic theater is also recorded with Allied and Axis moves in Spain and Malta.
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London
Harold Nicholson
Ministry of Information
Hitler
Italy
Red Cross Donation Totals in Amarillo Top $4 000
Amarillo residents have contributed 4577 dollars toward relief for European war refugees. Yesterday's gifts added 260 dollars and 25 cents. Potter County quota stands at 6770 dollars as local groups and individuals continue to give through the Red Cross drive.
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Carrie Hood
Evelyn Hood
Will E. Benton
N. H Armstrong
Winifred L. Bobb
Altrusa Clut
Olive Cooper
Caroline Marsh
Beulah Robinson
Keith Motor Co. & Employes
C. M. Williams & Co
Employes
J. L. Keeney
J. W. Taylor
A W. DeHope
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Miss Willies
Rosa Taylor
D. L. Middleton
Lola Stewart
Margaret Strong
Arlon Saddoris
150 Attend Church Monthly Party
The San Jacinto Methodist Church held a monthly men’s party in Fellowship Hall with a dinner served by church men. Floyd Hissong was master of ceremonies. James O. Cade spoke on The Meaning of the Flag as part of Flag Week observances. Reynold Gardner played two trumpet solos with Mrs. Joe Shields at the piano. Jim Bob Nance and Clement Birkmeyer sang with Mrs. Shields. About 50 guests attended.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Floyd Hissong
James O. Cade
Reynold Gardner
Holy City
Joe Shields
Jim Bob Nance
Clement Birkmeyer
Sadler Oil Burning Plan Denounced as Silly
Fort Worth reporters note Oil Commissioner Jerry Sadler’s plan to set the Rio Grande ablaze faced sharp ridicule. Ed Landreth and others called it impractical and assinine, citing a perennial river puddle and the risk to pumping stations and land, with concerns over protection length and invasion points along Webb County.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Jerry Sadler
Rio Grande
Ed Landreth
Rio Grande Valley
Webb County
Rubber for Only 10 Months
Senator Downey reported after a secret military committee hearing that the United States has rubber on hand for only ten months under full wartime rationing if crude supplies are cut. He said officials from Standard Oil of New Jersey, B F Goodrich Rubber Co, and Du Pont gave an overly optimistic report on substitutes. Downey also authored a bill for a 1.5 billion dollar appropriation for strategic war materials.
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Washington
Senator Downey
California
United States
Downey
W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
John Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
E. R. Bridgewater
du Pont Company
Wilmington
Del
Senate
Evangelistic services slated at numerous Amarillo churches
Multiple local churches announce revival campaigns and Sunday worships led by visiting ministers and prominent pastors. McMurry College president Dr Frank L Turner preaches at San Jacinto Methodist. other churches feature sermons on The Last Mile The Moral Equivalent of War and The Way Peter Trod among varied services with choir, piano, and radio broadcasts.
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San Jacinto
Sullivan
Offeratory
Clifton Janak
H. A. Shaw
Vesta O'Dell
Joe Shields
C. M. Goodnight
Young People’s League
Bicycle Club To Be On Safety Program
An open forum on the Junior Patrol Bicycle Club of McKinley School will be heard on the Safety program over KGNO Tuesday evening at 7 15. Maynard Drake, president of the Amarillo Safety Council, will lead the discussion with J S Evans principal Miss Annis Smith club head Marylin Cornelius club secretary treasurer and Vandal Caldthorp council president among the participants. The Amarillo Safety Council meets Monday night at 8 o clock and Drake urges 100 percent attendance as important matters are discussed. Vernon Hancock is elected publicity representative for the council succeeding Charles Belfi who moved to San Antonio.
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McKinley School
Region of Safety
KGNO
Maynard Drake
Amarillo Safety Council
J. S. Evans
Annis Smith
Marylin Cornelius
Vandal Caldthorp
Mixed-Up World War Views From Memphis Elderly Woman
An 82-year-old German woman in Memphis, Mrs. Lucia Krischick, believes England and France are fighting, with Italy allied to France, due to inability to read English. Her daughter and grandson explained the war situation to her to avoid excitement. Her son in Germany has not yet been sent to the front.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lucia Krischick
England
France
Italy
U. S. Frees Dutch Tanker Dordrecht in Court Petition
U S District Attorney McGregor urged in federal court that the Netherlands tanker Dordrecht be released from a breach of charter suit filed by Industrial Mata razzo Sao Paulo after the ship posted a 177000 dollar bond. The vessel had been requisitioned by the Dutch government and rechartered to Great Britain. The Netherlands minister in Washington sought aid from Secretary Hull, who noted immunity from judicial process for a government ship. A 154 pound topaz gem discovered in Brazil is now at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Houston
United States
Netherlands
Douglas W. McGregor
Dordrecht Ba
Clveston
Matarazzo
Sao Paulo
Dieter
Great Britain
London
Washington
Cordell Hull
Robert H. Jackson
McGireggor
Hull
United States Department
The
James W. Burson Rites Pending
Funeral arrangements for James William Burson 76 a Dalhart cattle commission man remain incomplete after his death in a local hospital from injuries in a Sunday automobile crash He is survived by four daughters two sons a brother and a sister The body lies at N B Griggs & Sons funeral chapel awaiting final arrangements.
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James William Burson
Dalhart Cattle Commission
Br. Burson
Ihc
Lucy Morrison
Dalhart
J. J. Green
Georgia Ruth Burson
Amarillo
Jeannine Burson
Midland
Earl Burson
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the Times
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Sadler
M'Murry
J. Howard Williams
First Baptist Church
Baptist Training Union
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
KGNC
Simon Peter
Thomsen
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Frederick A. Foster
Luther G. Roberts
Central Church of Christ
Clinton V. Oldham
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Taylor Street
Powell A. Smith
West Amarillo Christian Church
Smith
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
St. Paul
J. ©. Sisemore
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Calgary
John T. Sisemore
Dad
J. D. Horton
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Lem Hodges
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Line Avenue Baptist Church
H. T. Sullivan
Training Union
Glenwood Baptist Church
Hawthorne
H. R. Frerking
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelist Hayes
Church of the Nazarene
Frank L, Turner
C, M. Goodnight
Bicycle Club
R. J. McReynolds
McReynolds Clinic
Bowie
E. S. Burgess Lumber
5Th and
Tyler
Ir A
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Imcore
Amwile
U. S
Brazil
Smithsonian Institution
James W. Burson
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
EV Ty
Hela
Mes
Chevrolet CO
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