Red Planes Eye Rich Oil Area Amid Border Tensions
Reports from Bucharest indicate Soviet Russian troop concentrations along the Dniester frontier amid rumors of clashes with Romanian forces. A separate decree strips Romania’s Jews of public office rights and bars them from joining the royal party as the government tightens controls after a Nazi-inspired party formation.
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Bessarabia
Russia
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Red Army
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Scutari
Hesian
Bucharest
Budapest
Dniester
Carol
Willkie Gains Momentum Amid Stop Willkie Drive
The 1940 Republican race quickened as Wendell Willkie supporters push for first ballot gains while eight anti Willkie House members issue a statement urging the convention to nominate a candidate in line with GOP positions. Dewey predicts a strong first ballot lead and a second or third ballot nominating chance. Governor Stassen headlines the convention with a keynote address as Willkie swells delegations from multiple states.
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Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Willkie
Pennsylvania
New York
South
New England
Sun
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Wilkie
Dewey
Woodruff
Michigan
Knutson
Keefe
Wisconsin
Mundt
South Dakota
Clevenger
Ohio
Boles
Lewis
Gillie
Indiana
Congress
Roosevelt
Potter County Opens Poison Bait Station To Combat Grasshoppers
Potter County agents open a poison bait station at the Amarillo fair grounds to distribute deadly bran to residents. County Agent Frank Stubbs oversees the program funded in part by the Works Progress Administration as grasshopper infestations persist in several spots.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Fair Grounds
Frank Stubbs
Works Progress
You Cant Sell Our Boats Neutrality Law Halted Sale
President Roosevelt invoked a 1917 neutrality act to stop the planned sale of 20 torpedo boats to Britain, following an Attorney General opinion that the deal violated law. Edison said no British destroyer sales occurred and that the Navy would keep combatant vessels. Congress moved on defense bills and canal projects as Holt and Wheeler welcomed cancellation of the mosquito boat sale.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Navy
Jackson
United States
Edison
Navy Department
New Jersey
Hyde Park
N. Y
George Marshall
Army
Harold R. Stark
Sumner Welles
Senate
House
Holt
West Virginia
London
Wheeler
Montana
Anvil Park Rodeo Boosters Parade Draws Canadians
The Northwest Panhandle hosts a July 3 4 parade from Amarillo with 100 Canadian boosters, a police escort, and radio broadcasts on KGNC and KFDA. Beutler Brothers pledge top stock for Anvil Park rodeo fielding large crowds, three performances, three dances, and a pioneer parade.
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Mclean
Alanreed
Groom
Conway
Panhandle
Borger
Pampa
Miami
Amarillo
Southwest
Beutler Brothers
Angil Park
Seguin Sisters Die In Lake Drowning
Two Seguin sisters Nelle Moltz 20 and Irene Moltz 17 drowned after swimming into deep water at a lake yesterday. The incident occurred around Seguin and authorities investigated cause and safety conditions. Responsible guardians and local officials prepared for funeral arrangements.
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Seguin
Nelle Moltz
Irene Moltz
France Armistice Ends War in Europe in Rome Signing
France capitulated after weeks of battle as armistice terms were signed near Rome by General Huntziger and Italian Chief Badoglio. Germany declared cease fire and turned all forces toward England as De Gaulle urged continued resistance from London. Paris, Berlin and Rome broadcast the historic news while French leadership sought to continue the fight with the empire and fleet.
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France
Germany
England
Henri Philippe Petain
Amarillo
Charles de Gaulle
London
de Gaulle
Adolf Hitler
Charles Pomaret
Bordeaux
Berlin
Hitad
Italy
English Channel
Britain
Marshal Petain
London Committee
Petain
Paul Reyraud
Yvon Delbos
Cesar Campinchi
Leon Blum
Edouard Herriott
Chamber of Deputies
Puehrer
Hitler
Reich
Fuehrer
Belgium
Netherlands
Arctic
Norway
Belis
Paris
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Copenhagen
Prague
Oslo
Brussels
Horst Wessel
Rudolf Hess
Low Countries
Compiegne
Villa Indiesa
Rome
Mussolini
Munich
Charles Huntziger
Pietro Badoglio
Badogno
Huntziger
Count Ciano
Largest crowd attends Amarillo rally for many candidates
A sea of supporters filled the Amarillo fair grounds for the season’s biggest rally and barbecue hosted by the Amarillo Mother-in-Law Club. Eight of twelve hopefuls for the 18th District congressional seat spoke, including Allen Harp, Deskins Wells, Gene Worley, Dusty Miller, Tom Ellzey, Lewis Fields, Jim Cade, and others. State Senate hopefuls Grady Hazlewood and Curtis Douglass, and local officials also addressed the crowd. H. A. Shaw led songs and Lewis Nordyke of the News-Globe served as MC.
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Fairgrounds
Amarillo
John Snider
Allen Harp
Kirkland
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Dusty Miller
Tom Ellzey
Perryton
Lewis Fields
Jim Cade
Amarilla
Wells
Senate
Grady Hazlewood
Curtis Douglass
Panhandle
W. H
Bill) Brian
G. H
Jack) Little
Baker Saulsbury
Texas Railroad Commission
Miss Jewell Davidson
L. D. Heyser
Ben Smith
Morris Browning
J. N. Riggs
Bill Adams
W. E. Gee
Ernest O. Northcutt
John Winters
Hubert Cole
Seth Underwood
Jim Vernon
Ora Riggins
Lon Conners
Tom Seay
Lon Sellars
Mark Parker
M. J. Huddleton
Shaw
T. H. Rodgers
H. A. Shaw
Lewis Nordyke
News-Globe
Conspirators Freed By New York Jury
In New York on June 24 a federal court jury acquitted nine of fourteen men charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government or steal government ammunition. The remaining five were freed by jury disagreement or dismissal. Acquitted defendants include John F. Cassidy John A. Graf John F. Cook Larry Keegan Michael Will Michael J. Beirne Andrew Buckley Francis M. J. Malone and Alfred J. Quinlan. Quinlan was tried only for conspiracy to steal government ammunition.
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New York
John F. Cassidy
John A. Graf
John F. Cook
Larry Keegan
Michael Will
Michael J. Beirne
Andrew Buckley
Francis M. J. Malone
Alfred J. Quinlan
Quinlan
Japan Hints At Protectorate Over French Dutch Territories
Tokyo sources say Japan may move to declare a protectorate over French and Netherlands colonies in the Orient after talks with Germany and Italy. Officials fear European victors could seize these territories, a development seen as unfavorable to Japan.
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Tokyo
Orient
Germany
Italy
France
Netherlands
Japan
Weather Outlook Amarillo Region Tue Warmer with Clouds
The Amarillo area expects a Tuesday warm up with partial afternoon cloudiness and a mostly clear Wednesday with slightly higher temperatures. New Mexico forecast shows fair conditions Tue and Wed with increasing high clouds midweek, while local hourly readings in Amarillo yesterday peaked around 80 and dipped to the upper 50s, with 0.03 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amari‘lo
Grover B. Hill Addresses AAA Delegates in Midland
Grover B. Hill assistant secretary of agriculture spoke to 180 delegates from 17 states at a barbecue after a day inspecting contour furrowing on Midland pasture lands. The four day conference includes tours of the Plains Davis Mountain and Edwards Plateau regions with宿 visits planned to Marfa Del Rio and San Angelo. Delegates from Nebraska North and South Dakota Arizona California Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming Oklahoma and Texas attended alongside AAA officials.
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Midland
Grover B. Hill
Hill
Plains
Davis Mountain
Edwards Plateau
Marfa
del Rio
San Angelo
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas
AAA
R.M. Evans
I. W. Duggan
B. Youngblood
Office of Experiment Stations
Fred Merrifield
Harry Schooler
Flying High Opens Here In Matinee At Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo presents Dixie Dice's 1940 musical comedy Flying High in two matinee and evening shows at the Municipal Auditorium. Proceeds from the 3 pm matinee go to the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum building fund. The show features new songs by Miss Dice and Carlton Scales with the Southwestern band. Tickets for the 8:30 pm performance are 40 cents at Bert Levy's City Drug.
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Amarillo
Dixie Dice
Municipal Auditorium
Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum Building Fund
Nixie Dice
Miss Dice
Carlton Scales
Merle Barrows
Lillian Russell
Bert Levy
of the City Drug
Tourist Youth Injured in Highway Accident Near Amarillo
Raal Edwin Little, 10, of Madill Oklahoma, a tourist aboard a two car caravan on a westbound vacation, fell from a sedan door on Highway 66 between Groom and Amarillo. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital with possible critical head injuries. The trailing car driver did not stop to report the incident. The accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
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Raal Edwin Little
Madill
Okla
St. Anthony’s Hospital
R. W . Little
Highway 66
Groom
Amarillo
CCC Enrollment Plan Changed
Washington June 24 CCC will enroll sons of parents not on relief if the boys are unemployed and need jobs. Better employment conditions reduced applications, so the previous requirement that enrollees come from relief families is dropped.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
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Dnieister
Red Russia
Hungary
Romania
King Carol
Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Stassen
Mr. Willkie
Anvil Park
Helen Ackenhauser
H. EF. Exum
Mose Blumrosen
Corsicana
B. J. Peasley
Tyler
C. O. Harris
Russell's Pty
Dept
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