German Troops Near Lyon Reach Exhaustion Hopes
German mechanized units, pressed by cross country clashes and air superiority, push toward Lyon within 20 miles while Maginot Line remnants defend. French, backed by Alpine forts, hold key lines as German air forces bomb and machine gun French positions near Bellegarde and along the Rhone valley.
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Charles 8. Foltz, JR
Geneva
Switzerland
Ain Valley
Lyon
Denarte Kraucht
Rhine
Basel
St. Louis
Hunique
Rhone
France
Italy
Jura Mountains
Germany
Bellegarde
Gibraltar
la Souisse
Black Mountain Frontier
Les Verrieres
St. Claude
Nantua
Mussolini
Alps
Vosges
Ferney
Jura
Voltaire
Lower
Alsace
Vosges Maginot Line
Colmar
France reports new battle on Loire and retreat southwest
French forces halt on Loire front after delivering a renewed clash with the enemy and begin withdrawing to establish a stronger line. Lorraine units retreat through German mobile and mechanized forces as divisions operate in isolated groups yet retain cohesion. Elsewhere French troops aim to unite south toward the Mediterranean and Pyrenees while attempting to reach main forces. Creditors warned in Potter County Texas notice.
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Bordeaux
France
Loire
Lorraine
Maginot Line
Flanders
Mediterranean
Pyrennes
Spain
Atlantic
The
Vosges
New Armor Plate Demonstrates Lighter Bulletproof Steel
DETROIT June 19 The armor plate combines steel with a rubber compound and matches the bullet resistance of a heavier steel plate. F B Davis Jr president of United States Rubber Co says the weight savings enable greater armament speed maneuverability and cruising radius. The plate withstood shots from various calibers at ranges from 200 yards to close range.
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Detroit
F. B. Davis, Jr
United States Rubber Company
Davis
Amarillo Woman Earns VFW Honor in Texas
In Galveston on June 19 the 1940 VFW convention announced the 1941 department officers led by Tom H. Carter of Lubbock elected as commander and Fort Worth named convention city. New state, auxiliary officers include J A Benton Wylie senior vice commander R A Duryea San Antonio junior vice commander W J Gates Galveston quartermaster and others with Amarillo’s Gladys Andrews named junior activities chairman.
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Galveston
Tom H. Carter
Lubbock
Department of
H. W. Goodpastor
Baytown
Pat H. Eveton
Dallas
Fred E. Dickinson
Austin
VFW
Neil Moody
San Antonio
Madeline Wiseman
el Paso
Edna LeBlanc
Carrie Olson
McAllen
Agnes McDurmit
San Angelo
Adela Varela
Eleanor Meyers
San Benito
Vera Foster
Waco
Maybelle Nagle
Gladys Andrews
Amarillo
Nell Roop
Wichita Falls
Harold Cook Enters Constable Race Without Consent
Dairyman Harold Cook is entered on the ballot for constable in Joseph County. He did not know of his entry and seeks removal, but the county clerk is advised that removing his name would be illegal. Eight others run in the race.
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Joseph
Harold Cook
John Mitchell
H. D. Allison
Cook
Empress Zita and Archduke Otto Arrive in Madrid
The former Empress Zita of Austria and her son Archduke Otto arrived today in Madrid en route to Portugal. Otto remains a claimant to a non existent Austrian throne. The grand duchess of Luxembourg was also expected.
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Spain
France
Zita
Austria
Otto
Leopold III
Belgium
Portugal
Jose Felix le Querica
Madrid
Zita of
Luxembourg
Teamsters Union Fined For Sherman Act Violation
Federal Judge Murray Hulbert fined Local No. 807 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 10000 after the union’s May verdict for violating the Sherman act and anti racketeering rules. The case charged the group with taking 942 dollars from each over the road truck entering New York City over eighteen months.
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New York
U.P
Murray Hulbert
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York City
Bankhead Hints Congress May Recess By Weekend
Speaker Bankhead said Congress could recess by the weekend with hard riding and some night sessions. He noted the plan to adjourn has been abandoned as leaders survey members about a possible recess until August 1. Republicans favor no more than a one week recess.
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Washington
Bankhead
Congress
House
Hale County AAA appoints Pool as secretary
H D Pool of Levelland arrives to take over as AAA administrative assistant and Hale County Agricultural Conservation Association secretary. J W Evans will succeed him in Hockley County as AAA assistant secretary.
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Plainview
H. D. Pool
Levelland
AAA
Hale County Agricultural Conservation Association
J. W. Evans
Pool
Hockley County
Estate of Abbie Miller administration notice
The estate of Abbie Miller deceased grants Letters of Administration with Will Annexed dated April 29 1940 by Potter County Court Texas. Creditors must present claims to R L Miller administrator with will annexed at 310 Louisiana Street Amarillo Texas within the required time.
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Marie Machovec
Marie Machover
Potter County
Texas
Hughes Street
Amarillo
County of
Potter
State of Texas
Asbbie Miller
Abbie Miller
Louisiana Street
Blackout Ends Juneteenth Ball Game In Amarillo
Juneteenth celebrations in Amarillo drew crowds from Pampa Borger Clovis and beyond with a downtown parade a noon barbecue at the fairgrounds and a ball game that ended in darkness tied 10 to 10 between the Amarillo Black Sox second string and a Clovis nine. Three arrests or injuries occurred including Charles Jacques who was hospitalized after a hand injury following a street altercation and another unidentified suspect sought by police.
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Charles Jacques
Northwest Texas Hospital
Charles
Port Arthur
Amarillo
Pampa
Borger
Fairgrounds
Mexicans Hunt Plotter Siqueiros in Trotsky Attempt
Police across Mexico call on newspapers and radio to help locate David Alfaro Siqueiros, the noted artist alleged to be a conspirator in the May 24 machine gun attack on Leon Trotsky.
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Mexico City
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Leon Trotsky
Siqueiros Linked to Plot, Federal Police Say
Gen. J Manuel Nunez says Siqueiros and three others are implicated by confessed participants as part of a plot directed by foreigners. Thirty people detained. Nunez claims Russians among suspected operatives, with Trotsky blaming the life attempt on them. Siqueiros a Communist who led a Madrid unit in the Spanish civil war.
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Siqueiros
J. Manuel Nunez
Federal District Police
Nunez
Trotsky
Madrid
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