Ickes Halts Oil Shipment to Japan Over East Coast Shortage
Interior Secretary Ickes blocked 252000 gallons of oil from Philadelphia to Japan aboard the Azuma Maru citing an eastern fuel shortage. Sinclair Consolidated and Standard Vacuum Oil Co. shipments were halted while Ickes said no international policy issue existed. Edward Jobbins of Wilson and Co protested the move as essential to national defense and rubber mineral oil programs.
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Washington
Ickes
Philadelphia
Japan
Aids
Sinclair
Consolidated and
Standard Vacuum Oil Companies
Edward Jobbins
Wilson Martin
Wilson and Company, Inc
U S Protest Over Bombing of Chungking Safety Zone
The United States embassy protested Japan over bombs hitting the Chungking safety zone, with Ambassador Grew delivering the note personally to Foreign Minister Matsukawa. The Tutuila gunboat was not damaged, while the embassy and military offices near the attack area suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyo
United States
Japan
Chungking
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
State Department
Grew
Yosuke Matsuoka
U. S
Clarence E Gauss
China
Tutuila
Nobumasa Sugetsugo
Central Corporative Council
North
Africa
Wavell
Middle East
Europe
Mediterranean
Berlin
Joseph Grew
Churchill Urges United Action Across Oceans
Winston Churchill, accepting an honorary L L D from Rochester University, urged United action with the United States. He said divided the dark ages shall return while united we can guide and save the world and noted his American ties including his mother’s Rochester birth.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
NBC Blue
Rochester (Ny
Churchill
Rochester
Leonard Jerome
Caravan Heads to Memphis for Old Settlers Rodeo and Parade
About 40 Amarilloans join a motorcade to Memphis for the Hall County Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo. Sam Elkins invites all locals to ride, with 25 Will Rogers Range Riders joining the event. A truck caravan departs earlier for the Range Riders and a 1:30 PM parade through Memphis streets highlights the celebration spanning today and tomorrow.
Want Ad Headlines Hit 35 000 Homes Daily
A spirited ad touts Want Ad reach into 35 000 Globe-News reader homes daily. It claims rapid sales results for clients, citing a jig saw motor combo sold in two days at 610 Tennessee and urging readers to place ads with Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globe-News Reader
Shipyard Strike Triggers Coordinated Peace Efforts
Union leaders and the defense mediation board launched a dual push to end the San Francisco shipyard machinists walkout after they rejected Roosevelt’s plea to return to work. The mediation panel drafts settlement recommendations as 1,200 AFL and 500 CIO workers strike across 11 yards, while related labor actions surface elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Harvey W. Brown
AFL
International Association of Machinists
Washington
Mediation Board
Bethlehem
el We Tek
Dall Pteocisco BQ Wie
Macimiusw
West Coast
CIO
AFL Metal Trades
FDR
Mr. Roosevelt
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Automobile Workers
West Steel Castings Company
Cleveland
Navy
Federal Conciliation Service
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Congress
Food Price Indictments Shine in Chicago Grand Jury
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted sixty nine persons, firms, and organizations on food price conspiracy charges as part of a broad probe into rising food costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House Advances Draft Revision Bill on Defense Production
The House military committee approved amendments to a draft act. The measure defers men who reach 28 by July 1 and authorizes the President to resume production at strike-bound plants and use forces to protect workers returning. Violations risk fines up to 5000 and five years imprisonment.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Oldham County Wheat Fields Inspected by Grainmen
Farmers and grainmen in the western Panhandle inspected Oldham County wheat fields as part of a Texas Wheat Improvement Association tour series. A Panhandle tour was canceled due to a 2%-inch Sunday rain. Gray County, Canadian Hemphill, Perryton and Spearman tours follow today and tomorrow.
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Panhandle
Oldham County
Texas Wheat Improvement Association
Texas Extension Service
Gray County
Pampa
Canadian
Hemphill County
Perryton
Spearman
Fair Executives Meet Tonight
The executive committee of the Tri State Fair Association meets at 6 30 tonight in the Capitol Hotel to discuss important association business. About 25 committeemen are expected to attend led by President Ray Pinkney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair Association
Ray Pinkney
Capitol Hotel
RCA Ready to Start Commercial TV in New York
The Radio Corporation of America informed FCC Chairman Fly that it is prepared to launch commercial television in New York City on July 1. The announcement was made in Washington on June 16.
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Washington
Radio Corporation of America
Fly
The
Communications Commission
New York City
Nazi Consulates In U S Ordered Closed by July 10
The United States ordered closing of all German consulates and three Nazi-affiliated agencies by July 10, and removal of German nationals tied to them. The move, approved by President Roosevelt, aims to curb propaganda and espionage while not severing diplomatic relations.
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Washington
United States
German Library of Information
New York
Trans-Ocean News Service
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Germany
Reich
Capitol Hill
Rep
Izac
California
Ramspeck
Georgia
Anderson
Hess
Ohio
Tinkham
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Fritz Wiedemann
Wiedemann
Adolf Hitler
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
von Spiegel
State Department
St. Louis
Herbert Diel
Welles
Italy
Detroit
Newark
N. J
Roberto Lais
Robin Moor
British Steamer Saint Patrick Sunk Off Welsh Coast
British sources report the steamer Saint Patrick was bombed and sunk on June 13 in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast with a loss of 23 lives. The vessel operated between Britain and Ireland.
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London
Irish Sea
Britain
Ireland
Army of Nile Launches Mighty Offensive Deep Into Nazi-Held Africa
British forces opened a major offensive from Egypt into Italian Libya as Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell leads the Army of the Nile. Reports say 40 miles advanced into the colony with heavy fighting in Syria and Lebanon as Allied operations widen against Axis forces.
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Army of Nile
Nazi-Held
Africa
Associated Press
Britain
North Africa
Middle East
Axis
United States
Italian
Libya
Egypt
Archibald P. Wavell
the Nile
Syria
Lebanon
Vichy
Damascus
Beirut
Capi
British Rescue 35 Survivors of Robin Moor
Capetown reports 35 survivors of the torpedoed American freighter Robin Moor landed after 13 days at sea. They describe a German submarine threatening to sink the ship and recount pleas by Commander Munday to spare the vessel.
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Robin Moor
Capetown
South Africa
Brazil
Roosevelt
United States
British Rescue
Union of South Africa
Melvin Munday
Bethlehem
Munday
Cape Verde Islands
Africa
Telis
Ozorio
Edward Meyers
Baltimore
Robin McCullough
Legislature action in Austin drives DUI offense change
House overrides Governor O Daniel veto to make first offense of driving while intoxicated a misdemeanor rather than a felony. Senate to recess general session from June 20 to July 15 and adjourn July 18. House passes premarital examination bill for both genders. Senate adopts conference report on a 22706000 higher education appropriation and approves liquor law amendments.
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Austin
HOUSE
O'Daniel
Senate
Cochran to pilot bomber flight to Great Britain
Jacqueline Cochran American flyer will pilot a bomber to Great Britain from an eastern Canadian air port on June 16 this report said. The mission aims to support Allied air operations and showcases Cochran's continued role in wartime aviation.
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England
U.P
Jacqueline Cochran
Great Britain
Amarillo Weather Forecast Showers and Clouds Across Regions
Partly cloudy in Amarillo with scattered showers. West Texas sees increasing cloudiness with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. New Mexico reports scattered showers yesterday. temperatures held steady. Yesterday's highs and lows ranged with light precipitation totaling .02 inches. Circulation numbers note June 16, 1941 in Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Globe.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Maverick Jamboree Curtain At Eight At Municipal Auditorium
The Maverick Club presents a dress rehearsal style jamboree in Amarillo with 12 acts including The Ellis Sisters Dixie Dice and Her Dancing Darlings Sam Burchart Gib and Floy Howard Sons of the West and KGNC master of ceremonies Bob Watson. Proceeds aid the Maverick Club building fund as seats run tight. Tickets selling at local drugstores for 50 cents.
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Ralph Dykeman
Maverick Club
Amarillo
the Panhandle
Ellis Sisters
Dixie Dice
Sam Burchart
Houdini
Gib
Floy Howard
Sons of the West
Boys From the Boys’ Ranch
Old Tascosa
Bob Watson
KGNC
Dykeman
Cretney Drug
Seiwell Drug
Herbert Drug
Dicken Drug
Bert Levy
Pool Drugs
Cal Farley
Maxor Drug
Jack Phillips
Federal Pension Aid Assured
AUSTIN June 16 Federal matching of an emergency state appropriation for old age pensions was assured today by J B Murchison director of the state public welfare department Workers in his office were preparing new checks for June and would mail them within four days pending Washington notification The supplemented checks would average 18 50 The funds match a state 1 750 000 to prevent further cuts in pensions for June July and August Without the federal aid checks would average 9 50 vs 11 47 in May
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Austin
Murchison
State Public Welfare Department
Washington
Cardboard quota token shapes 1941 wheat market
At a regional meeting in the south west, Bill Neely of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration outlined the wheat marketing quotas law and the roles of dealers and producers. The card acts as proof the farmer owes no penalty and guides penalties on uncarded grain. Most growers are already eligible for cards. penalties apply to non carded purchases.
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Bill Neely
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Neely
South Weat
Irish Steamer Sunk With 23 Aboard
The Great Western Railway cross channel steamer St Patrick was sunk by an enemy plane in the Irish Sea between Rosslare and Fishguard. At least 23 lives lost, 66 survivors including women and children rescued by warship and merchant ship after four bombs struck the vessel.
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London
Great Western Railway
Cross Channel
St. Patrick
Irish Sea
Rosslare
Fishguard
Amarillo Pharmacist Roy Pool Reports At Texas Drug Meet
More than 1,000 delegates gathered in Houston for the Texas Pharmaceutical Association and Texas Drug Travelers Association conventions. Roy Pool of Amarillo delivered the pharmacists president’s annual report as events opened at 2:30 P.M. Mayor Neal Pickett spoke at the pharmacist president’s reception while Mrs. Robert Ballant of Houston welcomed attendees. Noted speakers include Dr. M C Copley, Congressman Wright Patman, and Martin Dies.
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Houston
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Texas Drug Travelers Association
A. G. Henrichs
Roy Pool
Amarillo
Rice
Neal Pickett
Robert Ballant
M. C. Copley
Norwich Pharmacal Company
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Martin Dies
Orange
Dutch East Indies acts to halt Axis aid
Gov. Gen. A. W. L. Tjarda told parliament in Batavia that the Dutch East Indies must prevent supplying the enemy with vital raw materials by export. He urged a strict policy to curb foreign activity and exports, saying any softening would be unreasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch East Indies
A. W. L. Tjarda
Tjarda
Am Cult Hearings Open As USPS Sifts Prohibition
Washington June 16 The post office department opened hearings to decide if the I Am cult may be barred from using the mails. Inspector Callahan testified about talks with leader Edna Ballard who claimed divine visitations and Jesus held her in his arms.
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Washington
U.P
Post Office Department
W. F. Callahan
Edna W. Ballard
God
Ballard
Jesus
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Memphis
Tennessee
Olal
Want
Hugh Miller
Phillips and
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
E. H. Bender
Fair
U.S
Channel
Stalin
Boulogne
Shaw- Walker
Russell Stationery Company
Maverick
Municipal Auditorium
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