What It Means Chamberlain At Parting Of Ways
Paris dispatch analyses Prime Minister Chamberlains dilemma as Britain weighs accepting Italys conditional peace terms tied to Franco Spanish outcomes. It discusses potential moves to formalize the April 16 Anglo Italian treaty and implications for Franco British relations and French security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Italy
Mussolini
Barcelona
Spain
Chamberlain
Rome
Committee For
London
Earl of Plymouth
France
Qchamberlain
Mediterranean
Ciano
Thompson Emphasizes Teachers' Needs in Campaign Speech
WESLACO June 21 Ernest Thompson pledged to pay past due teacher salaries and unpaid pupil transportation costs as a first aim of his governorship. He called on the legislature to provide funding to meet these obligations.
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Weslaco
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperatures
For Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy conditions on Wednesday with a general temperature range from a cool morning to near 90s by late morning. West Texas shows similar partly cloudy to unsettled weather while New Mexico remains generally fair with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Hague Denies Free Speech Suppression in Jersey City Case
In Newark on June 21 Mayor Frank Hague faced federal charges over alleged suppression of free speech and assembly as CIO counsel Morris L. Ernest pressed an injunction. Hague, blocked from public remarks at the witness stand, argued against strikebreakers and said disruptions should be settled at the table rather than with violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Frank Hague
Jersey City
CIO
Morris L. Ernest
Hague
Ernst
United States
Clark
John A. Matthews
Spaulding Frazer
Matthews
FDR Approves Large Relief Bill and PWA Start
President Roosevelt signed a $3.75 billion lending and spending bill and announced that major Public Works Administration projects will begin within 60 days. He noted improved 1938 business prospects from revised national income projections and said 350 million dollars of PWA work has been authorized with the rest to follow in two weeks.
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Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Department of Commerce
Public Works Administration
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
National Foundation For
On Department
United States
PWA
U. S. Aerial Engineer to Survey Amarillo Airport Site
A U S aerial engineer will survey Municipal and English Fields for a potential Amarillo airport as Maj E M Haight in town discusses site adequacy. City officials, chamber plans, and WPA funding prospects frame renewed airport activity with a possible five man federal aviation authority.
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Maj. E. M. Haight
Bureau of Air Commerce
Amarillo
New Orleans
Cotten
Aviation Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Cotten
San Antonio
Federal Aviation Authority
Department of Air Commerce
Washington
Harley Branch
Big Spring
Lubbock
San Angelo
Post Office
Branch
Post Office Department
Ross Rogers
Rogers Optim
Gillies To Take Topeka Place In Western Lines Move
John A. Gillies, former Amarillo official now assistant general manager at La Junta since 1937, will transfer to Topeka as assistant general manager under F. A. Lehman on July 1. G. C. Jefferis will replace him at La Junta as Oklahoma division superintendent in Arkansas City. Farley will retire July 1, opening Gillies position. Gillies is well known in the area and has lived here years.
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John A. Gillies
Kan
Jefferis
Slaton
Western Lines
Texas
Gillies
F. S. Farley
F D R Plans Fireside Radio Chat Friday Night
President Roosevelt announced from Hyde Park that he would speak to the nation from Washington at 8 30 P M Friday June 24. He said the fireside chat would be general and broadcast on all major networks and could cover the $3 75 billion lending and spending bill and other enacted program aspects.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Where and Who Of ABC To Be Decided Today
Today American Business Clubs in Washington and Dayton will decide the next national leadership and whether Atlanta will bid. Nomination reports will name district governors and multiple candidates for each office. The seven district governors include Joe Dekle, Jim Lovelace, Prent Hughes, Bob Musgrave, Fred Graff, Durward Carnett, and Andy Volz.
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Joe Dekle
Atlanta
Jim Lovelace
High Point
N. C
Prent Hughes
Detroit
Bob Musgrave
Dayton
Wimberly Ranch
Amarillo
ABC
Roseland
Jerry Crowley
Enid
Okla
Crowley
William L. White
Birmingham
Ala
New Jersey
Newark
Fast Orange
Trenton
Elizabeth
Paterson
Prospects Rise for Ending Spain Civil War
London reports a breakthrough as nine powers agree to nonintervention steps to remove foreign fighters from Spain. Evacuation commissions will operate, with Britain seeking Franco backers and Mussolini shaping terms. France closes arms border as observers to monitor ports are set.
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Aalumu WU Uiy
Sheuve
Britain
France
Italy
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Franco
Musolini
Duce
Il Duce
Mussolini
Spain
Russia
Pageant Contract Awarded For Will Rogers Memorial
The Jerome H. Cargill Company of New York was awarded the contract for a giant pageant tied to the Will Rogers Memorial Highway dedication in Amarillo set for August 15 to 17. The bid totals 9,500 dollars and promotion will be run through the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. Details are pending as officials work out the pageant plan. The campaign for memorial funds reports only 200 dollars remain to reach the 5,660 dollar pledge goal, with further contributions welcome.
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Amarillo
Jerome H. Cargill Company of
New York
Benson Extends Lead in Minnesota Primary Race
Gov. Elmer A. Benson gains a growing edge on Hjalmar Petersen in the Farmer Labor primary as 3,058 of 3,739 precincts report. Benson leads 183,775 to 174,573 with Republicans George Leach and Harold Stassen also leading in their races. Petersen’s challenge against Benson marks a historic intra party contest.
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Minneapolis
Elmer A. Benson
Hjalmar Petersen
Farmer-Labor
Benson
Petersen
George Leach
Martin Nelson
Harson Northrup
Harold Stassen
Joel Anderson
Victor Anderson
Thomas Gallagher
Charles Lethert
Michael Murray
Fred Schilplin
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Spies target future jetless warplanes in June probe
Foreign agents probing U.S. warplane plans seek data on jet propulsion and catapult launches for future aircraft. Indictments of 18 spies reveal a wider drive by multiple agencies to guard national defense tech, including engines and bomb sights, amid renewed secrecy.
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New York
Army
Navy
Justice, Treasury
Washington
Steward on liner indicted for poisoning passenger
Harry Karn a 52 year old steward on the President Cleveland was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of assaulting a vessel by placing poison in a cereal of Mrs. D De Muth of Dallas Texas U S Commissioner E E Williams said Karn confessed he put caustic soda in the music May 25 because he was mad at her The act was observed and Mrs De Muth was warned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Karn
Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
D. de Muth
Dallas
Texas
U. S
E. E. Williams
Karn
Bid Taken on Span Over Red River Southwest of Davidson
Apparent low bid of 588,303.27 dollars for constructing a bridge over the Red River southwest of Davidson Oklahoma was submitted to the state highway commission today by Massman Construction Company of Kansas City Missouri. The interstate span will connect Oklahoma State Highway 14 and Texas State Highway 28.
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Oklahoma City
Red River
Davidson
Okla
State Highway Commission
Massman Construction Company
Kansas City
Hatchs Head To Baltimore For Johns Hopkins Visit
Senator and Mrs. Hatch of New Mexico departed Washington for Baltimore where Mrs. Hatch will undergo a general examination at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Washington
Hatch
New Mexico
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
First Amarillo Wheat Arrives at Kearns Grain
EB L Barnett delivered the season’s first Amarillo wheat to the Kearns Grain and Seed Company, earning a $10 bonus. The 59 pound per bushel grain sold for 61 cents a bushel, with Durrett place yields around 10 bushels per acre.
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Amarillo
EB. L. Barnett
Kearns Grain and Seed Company
Johnson Street
Barnett
Mr. Barnett
J. R. Durrett Place
Durrett Place
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Galeazzo Ciano
Lord Perth
FDR
Gray
Gray Processes Corporation
Danciger Oil and Refining Company
Danciger Company
Gray Corporation
Danciger Oil and Retuning Company
Gray Cole
Cole
Washington, D. C
Dayton, D
Robt. Jones
Wichita Falls
A. N. Gingrich
Lancaster
J. Abbie Miller
Danville
P. E
Pete” Neumann
Danvie
Ill
Gordon
Rogers Pageant
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