Thompson Opens Drive for Re election in Texas
Col. Ernest O. Thompson chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission opened his campaign for re election in Austin in a radio broadcast. He used four fifths of the time urging scrap rubber collection and one fifth to announce his candidacy. He notes there are two distinct seats on the commission to be filled this year. he currently holds one while Jerry Sadler resigned from the other.
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Austin
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompson
Jerry Sadler
Unbending Red Defense Holds In Bitter Fight
Russian forces held Sevastopol's approaches and Balaklava against repeated German assaults as the Red Army fought to defend the western Black Sea port. Reports said six Nazi drives toward the Sevastopol highway and five toward Vanses defenses were repulsed with heavy German losses.
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Russia
Moscow
Sevastopol
Balaklava
Germany
Black Sea
Kharkov
von Bock
No-Man’s Land
Pantex Seeks Plains Workers in Area Tour
Pantex plant personnel director George Robertson announced a June 26 to July tour across the Panhandle Plains to recruit workers. Representatives Tom Finley and Bill Stubbs will visit Clarendon, Memphis, Tucumcari, Clovis, Lubbock, Plainview, Vernon, Electra, Quanah, Childress, Pam pa, Shamrock, Canadian, Borger, Perryton, Shattuck, Guymon, and Dalhart to seek applicants for all positions.
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Tom J. Finley
Bill Stubbs
Amarillo
Robertson
Plains
Stubbs
Finley
Clarendon
County Judge
Court House
Memphis
Tucumcari
Council Chambers
City Hall
Clovis
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Lubbock
City Commission
Shamrock
West 3Rd Street
Borger
Perryton
Shattuck
Guymon
Dalhart
Jap Closes In On Railway In Kiangsi China
Chinese high command reports Shangjao fallen to Japanese forces after an all day battle while fighting rages in Kiangsi Province. Japanese columns are close to capturing the entire 450 mile Chekiang Kiangsi railway as operations continue near Nanchang and Kweiki.
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Chungking
China
Shangjao
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Kiangsi Province
Chekiang- Kiangsi
Chekiang
Shangqiao
Kweiki
Domei
Changshan
Tengpu
Sixteen Ambulance Unit Members Safe at Bir Hacheim
Cairo report notes sixteen of twenty one American Field Service ambulance crew at Bir Hacheim escaped when the desert post was abandoned. George C. Tichenor of Maplewood New Jersey was killed. Lieutenant Alan Stuyvesant of New York, commander, is missing and believed a prisoner. Stanley Kulak of Salem Massachusetts and Alexander McElwain of Boston are also listed as missing and probably captured.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bir Hacheim
George C. Tichenor
Maplewood
N. J
Alan Stuyvesant
New York
Stanley Kulak
Salem
Mass
Alexander McElwain
Boston
Bill for Service Pay Hike Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed into law a bill increasing military base pay retroactive to June 1. The raise affects ranks from private to second lieutenant and naval ensign, with figures and allowances listed. Related measures on dependents’ aid and home policy faced a brief Capitol Hill correction before moving to the President. Also noted is the War Shipping Administration creating a maritime labor relations division to set a general labor policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Army
Navy
U.P
War Shipping Administration
Maritime Labor Relations
Ways and Means Approves Expanded Tax Measures
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved excise taxes on parimutuel wagers and coin-operated amusements and transportation by common carrier. It also voted to raise second class rates for periodicals, with estimates of impact and a plan for a possible postwar credit. Donald Nelson urged lowering the excess profits tax rate from 94 to 80 percent to preserve production efficiency.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal Treasury
Donald Nelson
House Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Nelson
Morgenthau
Colin F. Stam
Treasury
Injunction Denied in Kilday Case over Railroad Commissioner race
Fort Worth June 17 Judge A J Power of Ninety Sixth District Court denied an injunction sought by James E Kilday to stop the State Democratic Executive Committee from certifying ten candidates for the unexpired Railroad Commissioner term. The court held the authority to act rests with the State Democratic Executive Committee.
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Fort Worth
A. J. Power
Ninety Sixth District Court
James E. Kilday
State Democratic Executive Committee
Jerry Sadler
Power
Allied air power harasses Italian navy on Mediterranean fronts
Allied sources praise U S Army combat planes for inflicting heavy toll on the Italian fleet while supply routes to Malta and Tobruk face peril. Across theaters Australia warns UN nations face danger in Africa Europe and the Pacific as Nazi terror and Jap advances jeopardize rail lines and fronts. The Red Army renews pressure along key defense lines as Tobruk holds against German tanks and Chinese forces fight hard against Japan.
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Mediterranean
Malta
Tobruk
U. S. Army
United States Airmen Score 35 Bomb Hits on Italian Battleships
Newly graduated U S Army airmen led by a Hoosier veteran scored 35 bullseye hits on two Italian battleships in the Mediterranean. The raid helped the convoys reach Tobruk and Malta as RAF and American aircraft crippled Italian cruisers and destroyers. Major A F Kalberer said all Liberators returned safely.
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London
United States Army
Commercial Airways
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Malta
RAF
United States
A. F. Kalberer
LaFayette
Ind
New Nazi Home Front Drive Prompts Global Alarm
London reports a rising terror wave across occupied Europe as Nazi occupation authorities push a new propaganda campaign for fortitude and iron will. Warsaw arrests exceed 1,000 with 12 women and 3 men executed for distributing underground papers. other nations recount mass executions, hostages, and intensified labor conscription as Axis control tightens.
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London
Europe
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Poznan
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Russia
Kharkov
Yugoslavia
Secret Channel
Slovenia
Draja Mihailovic
Greece
Moscow
Athens
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Sala
Fighting around Tobruk shifts as Axis attack falters
Cairo dispatch reports German and Italian forces probing toward Tobruk with tanks and infantry. British Eighth Army and RAF repelled initial blows near Sidi Rezegh and Acroma, keeping Tobruk perimeter intact while Axis massed near El Adem. Reinforcements and landed supplies raise hopes for a counterstrike despite heavy losses.
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Cairo
Ain el Gazala
el Adem
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Acroma
Ain Gazala
Tobruk
Frank L. Martin
Eighth Army
Sidi Rezegh
Axis
Three RCAF Fliers Feared Dead In Adirondack Crash
Rescue teams searched the Adirondacks after eight Royal Canadian Air Force fliers were blown off course and four planes crashed. Five airmen were rescued with injuries, while three were feared dead.
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RCAF
Malone
N. Y
Royal Canadian Air Force
Adirondack Mountains
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Warm Thursday
Continued good weather and warm temperatures are expected across Amarillo and surrounding West Texas areas on Thursday. Hourly readings show elevated heat with a steady rise from morning into afternoon across the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Phillips Blast Fatal for One
A Phillips Petroleum Company butane tank explosion at Borger refinery killed Frank Henthorn a 28 year old plant stillman who rushed back into the inferno to close a valve. Two men burned three tanks wrecked and damage required days to assess. Henthorn died here late yesterday funeral services pending survivors include his mother sister and brother. He had just applied for Navy Seabees rating and was to attend an interview next Monday in Amarillo.
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Phillips
Frank Henthorn
Plant Stillman
Phillips Petroleum Company
Henthorn
Borger
E. B. Bender
R. R. Freund
Vivian Henthorn
F. G. Perryman
Jack Henthorn
Okmulgee
Oklo
U. S. Navy Seabees
Navy Office
Amarillo
Six Torpedoes Are Wasted
A Gulf Coast port report details a submarine firing six torpedoes worth $120,000 at a medium cargo vessel in the central Gulf of Mexico on May 12. Captain Peter Joseph Sigona and his 37 crew kept the vessel safe as torpedoes failed to explode, with one glancing blow and the ship escaping at 6:40 a.m. central war time. The cargo ship, sailing eleven knots, evaded capture after an hour and a half of pursuit.
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Gulf Coast
Central
Gulf of Mexico
Peter Joseph Sigona
Sigona
Germans Call Up Baltic Youths for Labor Service
Berlin announces all men aged 21 to 29 in Latvia Estonia and Lithuania are drafted for a year of labor service in Germany. The three Baltic states were absorbed by Russia in 1940 and are now occupied by German forces.
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Norway
Quisling
Kirkenes
Elvenes
Skien
Liege
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Germany
Berlin
Bern
Switzerland
Baltic States
Russia
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Panhandle Plains
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Taylor Street
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Bir Hacheim Safe
Jay Taylor
Ordnance Department
Taylor
Chicago
Maritime Labor
Kilday
Australia
United Nations
African Desert
Southwest Pacific
Occupied
Red Army
Drew Middleton
Derna
Martuba
Mediterranean Sea
Sid Rezegh
Bardia Agust of
Olum
Africa
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Globe-News
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
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