Aluminum shortage may curb home power, defense report says
Senate special defense committee warned aluminum output must reach 1,600,000 pounds annually, with only about half ready. Some electric power could be diverted to aluminum production. The report urged new facilities and coordination to prevent shortages impacting airplanes and homes. Roosevelt seeks 300 million for defense housing. Nimitz asks authority to extend enlistments.
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Washington
Senate
Special Defense Investigating Committee
Special Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
C. W. Nimitz
Senate Naval Committee
Mead
New York
Brewster
Maine
War Department
Germany
Wodehouse Free After 49 Weeks in German Camp
British humorist P G Wodehouse reports his release from a German civilian internment camp after 49 weeks. He will broadcast weekly shorts on the lighter side of camp life from the Reich, with his first program likely tomorrow. He notes 1,200 inmates from diverse backgrounds and says the talks will include customs like washing clothes.
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Ernest G. Fischer
Berlin
P. G. Wodehouse
Foreign Office
Thiso
Germany
Wodehouse
France
British Should Sell On Higher Market
Secretary Morgenthau said Britain should sell American assets when market conditions improve. He favored an immediate loan to Britain to meet current obligations, with British holdings in the United States posted as security. Federal Loan Admin. Jesse Jones noted he was considering a loan, and Morgenthau aligned with that policy.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Jesse Jones
United States
Pope warns of paganism at Eucharists Congress
Pope Pius spoke by radio to the Eucharists Congress at St Pauls urging heroic men and women to resist a flood of black paganism he said is undermining Christian culture. He called for prayers of thanksgiving and unity among Catholics in the United States. The nearby census notes Philadelphia as the third largest U.S. city with population shifts from 1,950,911 in 1980 to 1,935,086 in 1940.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
St. Paul
Mississippi
Pope
United States
Philadelphia
Morgenthau approves RFC loan to Britain as temporary measure
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced approval of a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to Great Britain as a temporary step. He said it aims to help Britain access dollars by using British owned American investments as collateral while markets are difficult. He noted he expects Britain to eventually sell American securities and cited wartime contracts totaling about 1.3 to 1.4 billion dollars earlier this year.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
RFC
Great Britain
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
CIO machinists weigh AFL shipyard ceasefire in San Francisco
CIO machinists debated joining AFL in a ceasefire after AFL voted 5 to 1 to return to work and negotiate. The walkout began May 10 at 11 San Francisco yards holding defense orders worth about 500 million. The era saw multiple wage and overtime disputes across defense-related plants and unions nationwide.
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Associated Press
CIO
AFL
San Francisco
United States Gypsum Company
R. W. Hanson
Gypsum Workers Organizing Committee
Defense
Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Scientific Instrument Workers
Army
Navy
Curtiss- Wright Airplane Company
St. Louis
Curtiss-Wright
Columbus
Ohio
Subway
City Board of Transportation
Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Chicago
Executive Council
The
International Typographical Union
Daily News
Herald-American
Daily Times
ITU
Defense Mediation Board
Pittsburgh
Harry Shulman
Yale University
Marlin-Rockwell Corporation
Plainville
Conn
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Summer Concert Series Opened by Sam Houston Junior Band
The 50 piece Sam Houston Junior High School Band opened its summer concert series with a 12 part program to an enthusiastic audience at the school auditorium. Director S M Bagwell was pleased with the reception and announced more concerts in early July, possibly in the park. Soloists included Rush Robinett Louis Robinett and L B Thomas.
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Sam Houston
S. M. Bagwell
Mr. Bagwell
Rush Robinett
Louis Robinett
L. B. Thomas
Nine rescued crew of Robin Moor reach New Orleans
Nine survivors from the torpedoed American merchant ship Robin Moor arrived in New Orleans aboard the S S Deltargentino after 17 days at sea in a lifeboat. Included is N D Rice of Bowie Texas who said they would sail again for pay and held no grudge against the Germans.
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New Orleans
Robin Moor
N. D. Rice
Bowie
Tex
S. S. Deltargentino
Navy
Recife
Brazil
Ozorio
Atlantic
Rice
South Africa
Parity for 1941 Cotton Called Near 17 or 18 Cents
Congressman Fulmer of South Carolina urged the Agriculture Department to determine the actual parity price for the 1941 cotton loan program set at 85 percent of parity. He said parity should reflect the price that would align farmers' output with their costs of production taxes labor and investments.
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Washington
Fulmer
South Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Irishmen Attend Own Inquest In Belfast
Six grinning Irishmen attended their own inquest in Belfast as a coroner prepared to verdict presumed death. The group had been part of a twelve person party believed to be in a bomber house when the casualties allegedly walked in alive.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Rotary club starts new year with Davies as president
Amarillo Rotary welcomed Ivor H. Davies as incoming president at the annual gavel handoff from Charley Crowe. Crowe received a past president’s pin, while Cal Farley and Swede Tolzien were noted for roles in the transition and district leadership. George Waddill retired as secretary after four terms, and new member Richard Allen Young was introduced.
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Amarillo
Denver
Cal Farley
George Waddill
Carl Makeig
Swede Tolzien
Charley Crowe
Spain Debates Hitler Demand in Europe
Madrid reports Hitler seeking a token force from each country in the new Europe to fight Communism. The Falangist party opens volunteer offices to fight Russia, while the Spanish government opposes broader Axis alignment and notes many citizens offer to join the fight.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Falangist Party
Russia
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Felipe Ximenez de Sandoval
Ramon _ Serrano Suner
Alcazar
England
Gibraltar
Amarillo College may add second Aircraft Engines class
Amarillo College president J F Mead announced a second Aircraft Engines course at the Mechanical Trades School may be organized if there is sufficient demand. About 20 applicants took last night’s examinations and vacancies may exist in the first class. Applicants 17 to 24 must have studied mathematics physics and chemistry.
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Amarillo College Mechanical Trades School
J. F. Mead
Amarillo College
Mr. Mead
Texas State Employment Service
Washington
War Economy for Shipping Drives Navy Policy Shift
Senator Bailey of North Carolina urged placing the entire American merchant marine on a war economy to address severe ship shortages. The Senate Commerce Committee leader said the move could pass with the merchant ship priorities bill after House approval. Defense and maritime officials pressed for drastic shipping controls to quickly mobilize ships for 4,000,000 tons of defense material.
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Washington
Bailey
North Carolina
Senate Commerce Committee
America Must Decide Now Declares Ickes
Hartford June 26 Secretary Ickes urged the American people to choose between a craven truce or ongoing effort for liberty. He urged aiding Britain and the Allies, criticized Lindbergh, and warned that without full support to the English cause America risks defeat and national ruin.
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America
Hartford
Conn
Ickes
Quisling
Norway
Hitler
Laval
France
Lindbergh
Churchill
Britain
English Airport Construction Under Way Monday
Dirt moving for the English Airport improvement project begins Monday. Lee Moor Contracting Company of El Paso handles a 233 902 dollar scope for two asphalt and caliche runways 5000 and 4900 feet long with boundary lights and landscaping. John Rantilla of the District Army Engineer Corps will stake out the runways. Equipment has shipped to Amarillo. work expected to finish in 110 days.
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English Airport
M. R. Smith
el Paso
Lee Moor Contracting Company
Amarillo
Smith
Mr. Smith
John Rantilla
District Army Engineer Corps
Lee Moor
Washington
NYA Open House Marks Sixth Anniversary in Potter and Randall
The National Youth Administration observes its sixth anniversary with open houses in Potter and Randall Counties. Director Harold V. Hamilton notes a strong turnout at the 1201 Jackson Street woodworking shop and at West Texas State College Canyon campus. Visitors saw normal shop operations and NYA aims to assist youth through part time work while continuing education. NYA jobs via the Texas Employment Service span from farm labor to clerical work, paying from $6 weekly to $140 monthly.
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National Youth Administration
Potter
Randall County
Harold V. Hamilton
Jackson Street
Mr. Hamilton
Canyon
Nya
West Texas State College
J. A. Hill
Texas Employment Service
Panhandle
Flipped Cigarette Causes Grass Fire in San Jacinto
A lighted cigarette tossed onto dry weeds on a vacant lot near 606 Florida Street started a grass fire yesterday around 4 PM. Neighbors fought it but the San Jacinto Fire Department arrived quickly and contained the flames with no damage reported.
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Albert Randall
Florida Street
Randall
San Jacinto
May Get Kitchen Police Duty
Ed Hopkins markets editor for the Times-Union in Jacksonville worries a mix up in his selective service order signals kitchen police duty. The local board sent him to report at a downtown restaurant due to a clerical transposition. The restaurant was the assembly point for selectees bound for Camp Blanding.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ed Hopkins
Times-Union
Army
Camp Blanding
Severe quake rocks London with Moroccan damage feared
A strong earthquake shook London today, compared by experts to major recent quakes. Indirect reports indicated substantial damage in Morocco with few casualties. The tremor began at 2 PM and persisted for 46 minutes as the seismograph needle moved dramatically.
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London
Morocco
Soldiers Getting Fat On New Army's Diet
An average of 10 pounds per man in the first three weeks is the weight gain of America's million new soldiers. The total gain, 10,100,000 pounds, is equivalent to 66,666 more soldiers. Mary I Barber reports the 10 pound gain as a spectacular result of the new army diet. Meals reflect years of scientific nutrition study and include pie for the troops. Mothers are urged to send cookies and homemade candy with crumbs kept down to avoid inspection trouble.
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Durham
N. H
America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mary I. Barber
Quartermaster Corps
Johnson Urges Vote for Ideals in Texas Senate Race
Lyndon Johnson campaigned in San Antonio urging Texans to back his bid for the defense senator post. He framed the choice as liberty and democracy against a risky path, urging unity with Roosevelt and urging production to aid Britain. He warned against peace advocates and read a letter from the attorney general seeking Hopkins support, calling it a quirk of reasoning.
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San Antonio
The
Alamo
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
Senate
Morris Sheppard
Houston
Texas
Germany
England
America
Britain
Nyes
Vandenburgs
Attorney General
W. K. Hopkins
Hopkins
CIO
Michigan Men Hurt In Wreck Near Here
Raymond Grennay of Flint and William Brenske of Saginaw were injured when their Plymouth sedan crashed into an underpass embankment on Highway 66 west of Amarillo. Grennay remained in Northwest Texas Hospital with an eye injury. Brenske was released after treatment.
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Raymond Grennay
Flint
Mich
Northwest Texas
William Brenske
Saginaw
Grennay
Brenske
Highway 66
Amarillo
Griggs
Plans For Hanson Post 40 and 8 Election Meet
The Hanson Post venture of the 40 and 8 plans an annual election of officers during a party at the July meeting. Nominations committee reported last night. Sam Page and J. C. Holman oversee party plans. Regular meetings occur the last Thursday each month. Maynard Drake is chef de guerre of the local 40 and 8.
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Hanson Post Venture
Sam Page
J. C. Holman
Maynard Drake
Heavy Demand for US Flags Causes Shortages Abroad
London reports high demand for American flags after the lend-lease bill, leaving the new United States embassy unable to obtain a flag. Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr. to Poland and Belgium is also short of chairs carpets and a door plaque.
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London
United States
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Poland
Belgium
Death Comes to Senator Houston After Brief Brush With Fame
William T. Rives reports from LaPorte on June 26 that Andrew Jackson Houston son of Sam Houston died in a Baltimore hospital after 24 days serving as Texas senator. He had been urged to stay home but pressed on to Washington taking the seat his father held, dying five days after his 87th birthday and after a fleeting brush with national prominence.
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William T. Rives Laporte
Andrew Jackson Houston
Baltimore
General Houston
Texas
Bayshore
Sam Houston
Trinity Bay
Cedar Point
Ariadne
Marguerite
O'Daniel
Morris Sheppard
San Jacinto
Mexico
Washington
Congress
Army Lt Henry Hertner arrives in Honolulu for duty
Lt Henry E Hertner son of Mr and Mrs H A Hertner of 1602 Hughes Street arrives safely in Honolulu with the coast artillery assigned to Fort Kamehameha Hawaii He served as mess officer on a transport carrying 1100 officers and men from San Francisco and notes a pleasant voyage He is a Texas A M College graduate and previously worked as a Globe News carrier The News asks relatives to send news of other soldier boys for a special paper feature
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Henry E. Hertner
H. A. Hertner
Hughes Street
Honolulu
Young Hertner
Coast Artillery
Fort Kamehameha
Hawaii
San Francisco
Hertner
Globe News
Texas A. & M. College
Rey Pel
O Daniel Seeks Huge Victory in National Race
Gov W Lee O Daniel addressed a Palo Pinto audience urging a large Texas backed vote in the U S senatorial race He claimed 291000 Texans over 65 plus 49000 teachers and their kin would back him and pledged to press for a federal pension match of two dollars per Texas dollar He urged pension eligible seniors to write to Austin and invited supporters to Washington for in person lobbying.
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Mineral Wells
W. Lee O’daniel
Palo Pinto
U. S
Washington
Texas
O'Daniel
Austin
USO Drive Launched in San Jacinto Amarillo Campaign
Amarillo's USO campaign centers in San Jacinto starting tonight with Cedar Puckett as county chairman and George Kercher in charge of solicitations. Puckett reports strong support and very few rejections, with about $3,500 already counted. Funds go to USO to furnish recreational facilities at army training centers nationwide.
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Amarillo
USO
San Jacinto
Cedar Puckett
Potter County
George Kercher
Jacinto
Mr. Puckett
Puckett
United Service Organizations
Jaycees to Welcome E. B. Germany in Amarillo
Plans for an Amarillo welcome party for E. B. Germany Tri State United Service Organization official are tentative due to Mrs. Germany’s illness. Germany was to speak at Perryton Ochiltree County Wheat Festival and may be interviewed on KGNC before heading to Perryton to discuss the Texas Quality Network.
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Amarillo
E. B. Germany
United Service Organization
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Germany
DeGrassi
KGNC
Texas Quality Network
Approve US Men for Britain War Effort
Washington reports the United States is poised to grant formal approval within days for American enlistment in Britain or China. The move would legalize service either in combat roles or non combatant technical work behind the lines as national safety measures. Officials say a final decision is pending but expected after President Roosevelt supported voluntary enlistment.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
China
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