Texas Narcotics Peddler Slain
Chicago reports Gerald Siegel a 33 year old narcotics suspect linked to the Green Dragon Gang was shot dead outside a North Side hotel shortly after 2 AM. Authorities say he faced a Texas transfer on a federal case and had been a two to three month distributor in the ring with operations dropping drugs by boat from Mexico to multiple cities.
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Chicago
Gerald
Jerry) Siegel
Texas
Greendragon Gang
J. L. Biggins
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Siegel
Mexico
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
North Side
Biggins
Phil Chadwick
Edwin K. Walker
Chadwick
Michael Ahearn
Greendragon
Lieut. Ahearn
Mother-in-Law Rally Tonight At Amarillo Grounds
Amarillo hosts an old fashioned political rally and John Snider barbecue at 6 pm at the Tri-State Fair Grounds. Candidates from precinct to state levels will speak, with proceeds added to the club’s student loan fund and a large 500 member turnout anticipated.
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Amarillo
Tri-State
Paity Grounds
John Snider
W. Lee O'Daniel
T. H. Rodgers
Ernest O. Thompson
O'Daniel
Congress Begins Recess as Defense Bills Loom
Congress starts a weeklong recess amid already high spending of 14.54 billion with plans for a universal training program and a one billion dollar munitions plant drive. The agenda includes Stimson Knox nominations and a large war tax bill while vacations and conventions loom. Local panhandle rains and showers across Texas are noted with varied moisture readings.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Senate
Henry L. Stimson
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House
Capitol
Stimson
Knox
Amarillo
Panhandle
Pampa
Clarendon
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Canyon
Hereford
Woodward
Oklo
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Dalhart
Texline
Rock Island
Egyptian Premier Resigns Amid War Crisis
King Farouk accepts the resignations of Premier Ali Pasha Maher and his cabinet in Cairo. Government leaders had discussed forming a national unity government as Italian air attacks on Egypt prompted policy directions.
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Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
Ali Pasha Maher
National Union
Weather outlook for Texas New Mexico regions
The forecast covers West Texas and New Mexico with varied cloudiness and precipitation. Northern Texas north portion partly cloudy. southern areas mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. Cooler conditions in central and southwest Texas Monday into Tuesday. New Mexico shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies with showers along the central mountain range and continental divide and cooler Rio Grande valleys Monday.
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Texas
New Mexico
Central Mountain Range
Continental Divide
Mounain Range
Rio Grande Ad Jecos
Bee Keeper Says Oregon License Fees Sting Wallets
A Salem bee keeper complains to the Oregon Department of Agriculture that license costs over three years exceed value. He offers to surrender his apiaries if reimbursed for past payments.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
State Department of Agriculture
Amarillo Dentist Dr H H Ball Found Dead At Home
Dr H H Ball an Amarillo dentist 44 was found dead yesterday at his family home 1300 Fillmore Street after years of poor health. He returned recently from Albuquerque for treatment and funeral services were held at Boxwell Brothers chapel with Rev F A Foster officiating. He is survived by wife Mary Ball a son Harris Jr daughter Mary Taylor Ball a brother Dr Sam W Ball and a sister Mrs Arch Springer.
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H. H. Ball
Amarillo
Fillmore Street
Ball
Albuquerque
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
F. A. Foster
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Elliott Sanford
Bill Hogan
Lubbock
E. M. Roberts
Roy Rodefeld
Foy Shackleford
Buster Pool
Dr. Ball
Paris
Texas
Texas College of Dentistry
Houston
Fort Worth
Lockney
E. M. Roberts, Jr
Mary Ball
Harris, Jr
Mary Taylor Ball
Sam W. Ball
Texarkana
Arch Springer
Wilmington
Calif
FDR Leaves Hyde Park for Washington by Special Train
President Roosevelt departs his Hyde Park Hudson Valley home for Washington by special train after a weekend at his estate. The trip marks a return to the capital.
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FDR
Capital
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Hearing on Santa Fe Petition Is Today
The Texas Railroad Commission meets at 10 am at the Herring Hotel to decide whether Santa Fe Railroad may discontinue two daily trains between Amarillo and Lubbock. Trains 94 and 95 would be removed. protests from several cities on the line are anticipated.
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The
Texas Railroad Commission
Herring Hotel
Santa Fe Railroad
Amarillo
Lubbock
Santa Fe
British Heads Disown Bordeaux Government
British radio says the Bordeaux government is no longer regarded as the government of an independent country. The announcer says German armistice terms contravene Allied agreements and reduce Bordeaux to subjection, depriving free French citizens of liberty and representation.
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London
Bordeaux
Zone of Safety Set Up Near Bordeaux
A safety zone 10 miles north and east of the Bordeaux refugee crowd was set with white flag posts. General Weygand announced Hitler promised his armies will not pass. Weygand telegrammed the German high command with the line and location after Petain received Hitler's pledge.
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Bordeaux
Maxime Weygand
Adolf Hitler
Weygand
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Amarillo Leads Texas in May Employment and Payroll Gains
Amarillo remains the brightest spot in Texas for May as employment and payrolls rise. Manufacturing employs 133,988 workers, up 5.3 percent from May 1939. payrolls reach 2,657,342 dollars weekly, up 15 percent from April and 74 percent from May 1939.
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Amarillo
Texas
Texas Bureau of Business Research
Armistice Terms Seal France’s German Occupation
British report details complete demobilization of French forces and German occupation of most of France. It outlines steps for naval demobilization, surrender of equipment, prisoner handling, and control of communications as France becomes a passive ally in the war. The armistice takes effect after Paris signs with Italy and remains valid until final peace.
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AY Tne
London
France
Atlantic
Germany
Britain
Italy
Rome
Taly
Geneva
Switzerland
Mediterranean
Alps
Savoy
Nice
Dauphine
Alexandria
Paris
Compiegne
Tours
French Atlantic
French Committee to Continue War In Britain Named
London June 23 The formation of a French national committee in London to continue the fight against Germany was announced by General Charles de Gaulle over British radio. The committee would oversee all French citizens in Great Britain and act in agreement with the British government. De Gaulle condemned the Bordeaux armistice saying it enslaved France and left no independent government on French soil. Petain defended France and denounced Churchill while asserting French honor and the intact flag.
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Miladelphia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Dewey
Tafts
Illinois
Tllmnois
Texas
Raymond JI. Baldwin
Connecticut
Baldwin
Benjamin Franklin
Rive
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Vandenberg
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Adelphia Hotel
United States
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
France
Amarillo
Mussolini
Count Clano
Tr Duce
Germany
Geneva
Mediterranean
Nice
Savoy
Dauphine
Chambery
Grenoble
Lyon
Digne
Riviera
Alpine
Alsace Lorraine
Rhone
Valence
Switzerland
Bellegarde
ATCA
Ellegarde
London
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Great Britain
Paul Reynaud
Henri Philippe Petain
Churchill
Petain
Britain
Bordeaux
Loan ads promise quick funds with collateral options
The Globe-News Want Ads advertise quick loans on auto, signature, or furniture collateral with upfront interest rates. These Amarillo firms claim to have served thousands during temporary emergencies.
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Globe-News
Amarillo
Colonies pledge support after Armistice
London reports that the French colonial empire vows to continue the fight against Germany despite Compiegne Armistice. Syria Indo China Morocco Senegal Cameroons and Jihad pledge help as Britain offers to fund colonial participation and aims to restore France's metropolitan and overseas territories.
Warring Poilus Off for Africa
French units in the Alps move toward Toulon seeking transport to North Africa. German columns push to the east bank of the Rhone near Frakny as General de Gaulle calls Frenchmen to join him in continuing resistance.
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Chancy
Alps
Toulon
North Africa
Rhone
Bellegarde
Frakny
Switzerland
Savoy
de Gaulle
London
France
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Poilus
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