Nazi Barter Deals in Argentine South America
Nazi agents push barter plans in Argentina and Uruguay to secure Argentine foods and raw products in exchange for German rail and hydro projects. U.S. and allied responses include a $20 million loan to Argentina and renewed South American naval activity. The move coincides with wartime constraints and potential Pacific production talks.
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Argentina
Germany
Uruguay
United States
Brazil
South America
Washington
Orient
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
International Rubber Regulating Committee
Jones
Phoenix
Lewis Compton
Pacific
Valparaiso
Chile
Wichita
Quincy
O'Brien
Montevideo
Sir John Hay
London
International Rubber Committee
Hay
East Indies
International Tin Committee
Netherlands East Indies
Europe
South
Central America
Hawaii
Panama
Canal
Atlantic
Panama City
Honolulu
Manila
Philippine Islands
Auto Injuries Prove Fatal Elmer Palmer Victim Of Crossroads Collision
Elmer Palmer a 34 year old assistant manager of the Ford agency in Clarendon died in a local hospital from injuries after a two vehicle crash about 20 miles southeast of Amarillo. Marvin Smith the truck driver sustained minor injuries. Palmer survived by his wife Hattie and son James West. Texas State Highway officers investigated the collision near the Armstrong Randall county line east of Amarillo.
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Elmer Palmer
Clarendon
Amarillo
Mr. Palmer
Marvin Smith
Armstrong-Randall County
J. Palmer
Smith
Ford Automobile Agency
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Hattie Palmer
James West Palmer
Texas State Highway Officers
Daladier Reported Under Arrest
A Cairo report said former French premier Edouard Daladier was ordered arrested in Casablanca after arriving to confer with General Nogues the French high commissioner of Morocco. The Casablanca claim remains unconfirmed.
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Gibraltar
Casablanca
Morocco
Edouard Daladier
France
Daladier
Nogues
French Fleet Stays by Guns in Casablanca Amid Armistice
Reports from Casablanca in French Morocco say warships and aircraft will continue to fight Britain and resist the armistice orders. Nogues, the French North Africa commander, states ships’ commanders pledged to resist and not surrender. Daladier is replaced by Paul Reynaud as premier.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Marshal Petain
Nogues
North Africa
Britain
Bordeaux
Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Madrid
Algeciras
Giers
French North Africa
Lubrication Firm Chartered in Amarillo
A Southwestern Lubrication Company Inc with $10,000 capital stock is incorporated in Amarillo. George W. Maguire is named as evaluator and Margaret Fields Dicksier Maguire listed among incorporators.
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Austin
Southwestern Lubrication Company, Inc
Amarillo
George W. Maguire
Margaret
Hitler Tours Fallen Paris As Germany Vows Thousandfold Counter Blow
Berlin reports Hitler toured Napoleon’s tomb in fallen Paris and visited Fittel Tower as Germany signals a massive retaliation plan against British raids. High command says British attacks on central England and northern Germany continued with no military targets hit, while three armed merchant ships were torpedoed southwest of Ireland and four people were killed.
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Britain
England
DNB
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Napoleon
Fuehrer
Fittel
High Command
Dienst Austat
Deutschland
Ireland
Bayonne
France
Stavanger
Norway
Mh OM
Rumanians Report Air Clash and British Peace Talk Hints
News from Bucharest and surrounding fronts describe a Romania Russia air clash with four Russians shot at Cernauti and reports of Russian planes intruding across the Dniester. London's and Berlin's short wave broadcasts claim Britain seeks Axis talks under discreet royal influence.
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Cernauti
Jassey
Cetata-Alba
Bessarabian
Lavreauieff
Bulgaria
Moscow
Dniester
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Bessarabia
Ten Sizzling Questions Fired At O'Daniel by Col. Thompson
Col Ernest O Thompson, candidate for governor, fires ten questions at Gov W Lee O Daniel during a Waco rally plan. He demands full accounting of Claude Teer death and probes wartime service taxes farm policy and pension plans while advocating a five cent oil tax to fund social security and farm aid. He also addresses the Texas American Federation of Labor convention in San Antonio.
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O’daniel
Col. Thompson
Waco
Thompson
Teer
O'Daniel
Claude Teer
Texas
American Federation of Labor
San Antonio
Nixon
Republican Platform Highlights
Philadelphia June 26 The Republican platform highlights call for Americanism preparedness and peace with no foreign war. It pledges strong defense, a free economy, support for oppressed peoples, federal grants for unemployment relief, protection of labor rights, fair treatment for farmers, a tariff policy to protect American industry, sound currency, prudent public credit, merit based government jobs, equality of opportunity, and no third term for the president.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
America
Congress
British Raid Nazi Coast Sparks Talk of Harassment Campaign
London reports a bold British coastal raid on German held shores with shock troops aided by fleet and air forces. The assault yielded usable information and observers credit surprise, while Berlin dismissed the action as a failed and ridiculous undertaking with no casualties on the German side.
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London
Britain
England
Fleet
Royal Air Force
Zeebrugge
Roger Keyes
Bruges
Ministry of Information
Berlin
English Channel
DNB
Texas Building Increases in May Permits
The University of Texas bureau of business research reports Texas building activity rose in May from April but fell slightly from May 1939. Permits in 38 cities totaled 7,403,362 dollars, up 22 percent over April yet 15 percent below last May.
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USTIN
New Texas
University of Texas Hau of Business Research
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Texas
Japs Tighten Grip as Hongkong Area Skirts War
June reports describe Japanese forces surrounding Hongkong with border damage and colonial warnings to women while rumors of blockades circulate. In Chungking a major air raid on June 26 killed and wounded hundreds, highlighting escalating wartime tensions across Asia.
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Hongkong
Japan
Shumehun River
Britain
Burma
China
China Mail
Haiphong
Lungchow
Kwangsi
Chungking
Yangtze River
Weather summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
The forecast calls for Thursday through Friday partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and surrounding West Texas with scattered thundershowers in south and central portions. Central New Mexico expected partly cloudy with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in the mountains. Temperatures remain warm with diurnal variation across regions.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Mountain Range
Amarillo Ye Frnday
Dam
Loas Mirvivsesss
Dbs
Yeet
Willkie Entered Race At Republican Convention
At Philadelphia Convention Hall Wendell Willkie emerged as a leading contender as the Republican nominating stage began. The crowd roared for Taft, Dewey, and Gannett while Willkie received a warm ovation and boos in a tense display of support and opposition. The parade of state banners and heated speeches continued as Dewey and Taft rose as front runners.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Frank E
Gannett
Robert A. Taft
Fach
Charles Halleck
House of Representatives
Indiana
Halleck
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Virginia
Naval
Maine
California
Maryland
West Virginia
Montana
New Jersey
Washington
Kennth Simpson
Dewey
Republican National
New York Standard
Rolland B. Marvin
Syracuse
Marvin
William F. Bleakley
John Lord O'Brian
New York
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Florida
Ilinois
Itaho
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Tennessee
Martin
Arizona
James E. Wadsworth
Rochester
Roosevelt
Weygand Instructs French to Hold Line Amid Sacrifices
Swiss radio reports General Weygand issued an order to the French army urging calm and unity. He says France's honor remains intact and sacrifices must continue, despite earlier failures, and urges soldiers to be faithful for the nation's fate. Also notes rental want ads in Globe News seeking housing by July 1.
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Maxime Weygand
France
Globe News
Globe
Globe-News
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