Plant Seizure Bill Revised
Washington June 28 Under secretary of war Robert P Patterson proposed a narrowed property seizure bill specifying items the President could requisition to promote national defense and overcome shortages. The substitute would empower taking military equipment machines tools manufacturing gear patents and plans, with emphasis on speedy passage. Jones Urges Waterway Land promised faster ships if enacted, while Downey warned of business dislocations. Kellogg resigns as chief electrical power consultant amid new OPM rules on trade association officials. Henderson announced close scrutiny of unregulated commodity markets to curb speculation in metals and other goods.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Downey
California
Jones
C. W. Kellogg
Edison Electric Institute
Office of Production Management
Kelloggs
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Trade Association
Trade Association of Utility Counics
Kellogg
Buffalo
Leon Henderson
Securities Commission
Government eyeing strict limits on dairy and tomatoes
Washington reports farm officials warn that rigid consumption controls may be needed to meet Britain’s minimum needs. Despite a department appeal to boost milk production, supply gaps persist for 250 million pounds of cheese, 15 million cases of evaporated milk, and 25 million pounds of dry skim milk over the coming year.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Agriculture Department
Britain
Liquor Sales Allowed On Saturday Despite Election
Liquor and beer retailers will not be required to close Saturday as the election does not meet the definition of a general election. Liquor Administrator Bert Ford announced the decision and noted the policy applies to Austin and surrounding centers.
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Austin
Bert Ford
Hquor Centre
Blackout in Portales Draws Farmers Downtown All Night
Portales staged New Mexico's first blackout amid wartime alarm. Sirens cried, lights went out, and a simulated air strike with exploding rockets and a spotlight plane followed by a local theater manager directing the display. Farmers stayed in town to see the show and milk afterward.
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Portales
New Mexico
Arely
Germany
Russia
Jack Baldock
Herman Speede
Clovis
Roswell
New Mexico City
Navy Honors 0 9 Crew After Submarine O 9 Loss
Navy pays tribute to 33 men aboard submarine O 9 sunk during a test dive 440 feet beneath the sea. Two divers risked their lives but recovery was abandoned to protect other sailors. A court of civil appeals motions and cases from Texas reach June 21 and 23, 1941 with multiple rulings noted.
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Portsmouth
U. H
Navy
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Washington
Naval
Naval Board of Inquiry
New London
Conn
Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas
Amarillo
F. E. Church
Panhandle State Bank
P. FE
J. M. Radford Grocery Company
Guy Speck
Ross Terry
John W. Elliott
Swisher County
Farmers Royalty Holding Co
J. A. Turrentine
Hockley County
Texas Independence Life Insurance Co
E. N. Pickens
Lubbock County
Dana R. Simpson
Williams Rural High School District
Hardeman County
W. H. Honsinger
Eula Moore Honsinger
Clenon C. Hemsell
Florence O. Summers
Moore County
Belgians Vent Their Feelings And Wind Up in Prison
Belgians in occupied Belgium face prison after wartime outbursts. The German war council at Antwerp sentenced a 65 year old worker to three months for abusing officials and tossing debris from his flat. A man accused of cursing Hitler and possessing a caricature faced 15 months, and another fined 3750 francs for anti German acts and pro English sentiment.
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Brussels
Belgium
German War Council
Antwerp
Hitler
Puehrer
Cardinal Dougherty Arrives as Papal Legate for Eucharistic Congress
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, in his ceremonial robes, arrived in St Paul to present credentials as papal legate to the ninth National Eucharistic Congress. The congress opens there tomorrow.
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ST. Paul
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Christ
Telephone growth pushes U.S. total to 20.8 million
American Telephones reports a jump of 846000 telephones over 1938, raising the national total to a new air time high of 20800000 devices. The gain reflects continued expansion of telephone service across the United States.
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United States
Four Trans Atlantic Airlines May Run From Britain
Aviation circles forecast four separate trans Atlantic services operating Britain to North America by summer's end. One service will use United States Army bombers converted for priority passenger and mail flights. Rumors say three planes will be flown by U S Army pilots in uniform with civilian markings, with two or three flights weekly.
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London
Britain
North American
Britain-Lisbon
United States Army
Car Ad Highlights 1934 Ford for Sale by Owner
A salesman boasts he found a buyer for a 1934 Ford V-8 in Amarillo, advertising the car to Globe-News readers. The owner-run ad promises a fast sale with the vehicle described as Tudorno good and runs well, priced at $100 and reachable by phone 6262.
Amarillo Bids For 66 Convention With Special Train
Amarillo boosters plan to bid for next year’s Highway 66 Association convention with a special Rock Island train to Tucumcari. A 150 passenger minimum was set, round trip 2.30 dollars, train leaves 8 am Monday and returns about 6 pm. Reservations start today through Sam Elkins and the chamber office.
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Amarillo
Tucumcari
Amarillo Champer of Commerce
Rock Island
Sam Elkins
Mene
Chamber
Herman Clutter
Mr. Elkins
Estate and gift tax hikes proposed by House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively proposed higher estate and gift taxes to raise about 1.13e8 more than current rates as part of a plan to garner 3.5 billion annually. The plan would set a 40 thousand dollar exemption and raise rates up to 6 percent on mid range estates, with large estates taxed more modestly. Affected examples show a 50 thousand dollar net estate rising from 220 to 495 dollars and a one million dollar estate from 228,780 to 282,405 dollars.
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Washington
Houseways and Means Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Doughton
North Carolina
Traffic Code Is Revised By City Committee
Mayor Joe Jenkins appoints a three man panel aimed at modernizing Amarillo’s traffic rules. Members Bruce Autry Bob Wilson and Gene Chapman were named after an emergency council officers city commission and police meeting. The code awaits city commission review and approval before taking effect.
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Joe Jenkins
Maynard Drake
Amarillo
Fort Eustis cashier treated for muscle soreness after punch
Mrs. Pearl Barr, cafeteria cashier at the Fort Eustis service club, was placed under medical care after suffering muscle soreness believed to result from punching the cash register during a prosperous weekend.
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Newport News
Fort Eustis
Pearl Barr
Reds Meet To Consider War
New York reports that the Communist Party of the United States called a meeting of its national committee for Saturday to discuss and consider the war.
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New York
Communist Party of the United States Today
National Committee
Sheriff May Open Jail Windows After 35 Years
In Vincennes Knox County Indiana the sheriff may open east side jail doors and windows for the first time since 1906 when James Pritchett living next door obtained an injunction against noise from drunks. Pritchett has since died and county bought his house for a welfare board office, ending the injunction.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
James Pritchett
Pritchett
Welfare Board
Amarillo Safety Council to discuss traffic enforcement
The Amarillo Safety Council executive committee will meet at 8 p.m. in Coca-Cola Bottling Co. offices with President Maynard Drake presiding. Attendees include Bob Wilson Vernon Hancock Dave Mead Gifford Branson Tom Trouth Byron Ellis and Drake. They will also renew a recommendation to eliminate visual hazards at intersections by strictly enforcing parking within 10 feet of the property line to curb violations of Traffic Ordinance No. 432.
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Amarillo Safety Council
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Maynard Drake
Bob Wilson
Vernon Hancock
Dave Mead
Gifford Branson
Tom Trouth
Byron Ellis
Mr. Drake
Council
Drake
Auto Workers See Ford Pact as Benchmark for Industry
UAW CIO President R J Thomas said workers will not accept less than the Ford contract. He spoke at the American Newspaper Guild convention praising Ford’s union shop check-off and union label terms as setting a standard others must meet. He urged manufacturers to catch up, calling Ford a front-runner and a rebuke to anti labor legislation.
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Detroit
U.P
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford Motor Co
American Newspaper Guild
Ford
Uaw-Cio
CIO
E P Webb Dies At Home In Amarillo
Edwin Printess Webb 82 retired farmer died at 12 30 yesterday at his home 318 East Twenty second Avenue He was a member of Tenth Avenue Methodist Church and had lived in Amarillo 22 years Survivors include his wife four sons all of Amarillo four daughters all of Amarillo and one daughter in Meeker Colorado The body is at N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Edwin Printess Webb
East Twenty-second Avenue
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
Webb
Amarillo
Nancy Webb
R. W. Webb
H. B. Webb
O. W. Webb
E. P. Webb
R. L. Harmon
H. H. Owens
Jimmy Gibbons
R. R. Sullivan
Meeker
Colo
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
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Palo Duro
A. F
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W. J Williams
Panhandle
Roy D. Harwell
Fred Lyon
Key Farr
Johnny Sullivan
White Deer
Floydada
Oklahoma
Lodge
Dawson
Tex
Rochester
N. Y
Sam Lori
National Eucharistic Congress
American Telephones
Trans-Atlantic Airlines
Northern
Africa
DIAL
Want Ad Headquarters
South Seas
Flo Court
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
F.D.R
Supreme Court
James McReynolds
Albert N. Williams
Western Union Company
Florham Park
Associated Picture News
Pike’s Peak
Mary Haynes
Kay Crane
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Athens College
Athens
Ala
E. R. Naylor
CCC
C. D. McKin
Standard Parts Association
W. J. Piper
Piper Aircraft
Lock Haven
Pat A. T. Colwell
Thompson Products
Cleveland
James J. McEntee
Socrates
B.C
Greece
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