Hitler Works Feverishly To Launch European Crusade Against Communism
The Associated Press reports Hitler seeks to convert the Russo-German war into a continent wide anti-Communist crusade. Spain Hungary and Croatia pledge or prepare to fight Russia while Norway Sweden Denmark and Finland move to support or join the drive. Britain and Washington express skepticism about unifying Europe against Moscow, fearing risks to England and delaying American involvement.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Fuehrer
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Spain
Hitler
Falange
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Paris
Finland
Portugal
Scandinavia
Europe
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Helsinki
Holland
Belgium
Britain
Soviet Russia
London
England
Washington
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
United States
Young Desperadoes Captured Near Broadus, Montana
Two youths Walter Weston and Alvin Brumbaugh were captured 24 miles southeast of Broadus Montana without a struggle. Weston carried a shoulder wound from a prior gun battle with Sheriff Claude Anderson and his son. The capture ended a search by 60 armed men in Powder River country. Pilot Clem Spencer and Sheriff Eddie O'Donnell were killed in a plane crash while pursuing the youths.
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Broadus
Mont
N.p
Here
Claude Anderson
Walter Weston
Alvin Ralph Brumbaugh
Billings
Anderson
Powder River
Clem Spencer
Eddie O'Donnell
Stone County
Biddie
Mary Brian Seeks Divorce from Jon Whitcomb
Dallas born actress Mary Brian 33 has gone to Reno to pursue a divorce from illustrator Jon Whitcomb whom she wed last May 5. The couple lived in Darien Connecticut and she offered no details about the estrangement.
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Hollywood
Mary Brian
Reno
Jon Whitcomb
Dariene
Conn
You're In the Army Now Dixie Dice Show Draws Crowd
The fifth annual Dixie Dice musical comedy draws over 1,000 at Municipal Auditorium with two hours of song dance and acting by Amarillo talent. The show features Rob Watson as master of ceremonies and includes numbers by Rosemary Edwards Peggy Cleghorn Eileen Smith and many others with a Legion post co sponsor and plans to tour Camp Bowie Brownwood.
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Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Selective Service
Taps
Rosemary Edwards
Peggy Cleghorn
Frankie Lou Keehn
Eileen Smith
Nora Jeanne Lamb
Tabby Sue Walker
Jane Dice
Milda Fae McSwain
Lou Eila Hendrix
Janie Edwards
Bob “Pappy” Watson
Johnny
Paula Jean Smythe
Bonnie Lou Lesan
Anna Bell Boutell
Carolyn Dawn Bradley
Yolanda Dorman
Shirley Hanie
Mary Katherine James
Joann Goddard
Jean Gardner
Rex Baxter
Girls
Jean Basinger
Joyce Jean Woods
Betsy Pettijohn
Beverly Jean Groggan
Norma Jean Berg
Marilyn Fleeck
Georgia LaVerne Havins
Jacqueline Baker
Donna Reece
Sally Brooks
Thelma Mauldin
Joel Bettes
Barbara Joan Bettes
Richard Heffner
Wanda Lee McMurtry
Jimmy Moore
Betty Jo Watson
Frances Irvin
Joann Malin
Jerry Bush
Jeanne Watkins
Sonny Cornelius
Jerry Joan Lesan
Nancy Pendleton
George Raburn
Ross Bruner
Peggy Jane Lamb
Patty Malin
Jack Raburn
Beverly Jean Smith
George Mallett
Staley Hackley
Patsy Rhee Jones
Carl Hare
Clell Smith
Joan Bettes
Betty Jones
Natalie Rowley
Mary Ann Whisenant
Minnie
Trinidad
Lou Ella Hendrix
Verlen Coberly
Jean Farley
Marilyn Cornelius
Vesta O'Dell
Sahara Desert
Dixie Dice Girls
Haile Salassie
Latin-America
Sandra Jean Hartman
Paul Garth Wilson
Agnes McLain
James Murray Field
Ben Clegg
Polly Jo Johnson
Jon Wimberly
Jimmy Peddy
Norman Fleeck
Cynthia Rae Thompson
Ace Morgan Owens
Mary Ruth McSwain
Neal Dun
Leslie Smith
Johnny Jones
Doris Hess
Gladys Smith
Chunn
Mann rails against federal overreach in Texas campaign
Gerald C. Mann warned that democracy could perish if Texans fail to guard free elections as he campaigned for the U S Senate. He outlined defense, labor, pension, oil state rights, farm parity, rural electrification, and anti corruption stances during broadcasts from Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Fort Worth
Texas
America
Gerald C. Mann
United States
Mann
Texas Hotel
Dallas
Baker Hotel
Army
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
H. A. May
Houston
LeRoy Jeffers
San Antonio
Jack Pope
Corpus Christi
T. Rucker Stamford
Wes Jace
Riley Strickland
Amarillo
O. P. Stephens
Winnsboro
R. F. Bryant, Jr
Sarah T. Hughes
District Court
War Contracts Pool Planned in West Texas
Officials from the Office of Production Management met with West Texas manufacturers to form a central group handling large government contracts. Leaders from Wichita Falls Abilene and surrounding areas said the aim is service to the government with no profit, using sub contracting to manage big orders. An open meeting in Wichita Falls will follow in the week.
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Dallas
U.P
Office of Production Management
Houston Bolin
Wichita Falls
Wichita Engineering Co
Bolin
J. C. Boyd, Jr
Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce
Max Bentley
Abilene
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
OPM
Charles R. Moore
A. J. Langford
Larry Sisk
Amarillo English Field Upgrade Ceremony Planned
Mayor Joe Jenkins said the $234000 Amarillo English Field improvement will have a ceremony to turn the first dirt but a definite date is not set. Former City Commissioner H Ernest Smith would take part, and former Mayor Ross Rogers will turn the first shovel of dirt. officials may be away in Tucumcari Monday, so the ceremony likely Tuesday.
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Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
H. Ernest Smith
Ross Rogers
Jenkins
Tucumcari
Amarillo Police Cowboys Herd Stray Bovine Herd to Pasture
Ranch-O-Tel manager Rusty Gifford witnessed a strange scene as 65 to 70 Jersey and Holstein cows wandered toward the headquarters. Amarillo police cowboys in red Ford V eight units guided the dairy herd to pasture on the city’s southwestern edge with officers on Car 1 and Car 4 assisting.
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Amarillo
Rusty Gifford
Ranch-O-Tel
Gifford
Ranch- O-Tel
Murphy Hurd
Vaughan
Cherryhomes
Moore
Dow Chemical plant labor dispute threatens defense output
A wage discipline dispute at Dow Chemical in Midland Michigan prompted picket lines as 4500 workers faced suspensions while the plant operated. The United Mine Workers CIO union protests intensified amid broader government efforts to curb strikes in defense industries.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company
Washington
Sidney Hillman
Defense Production
Chemical Division
United Mine Workers (Cio
Nile King
Mavericks to perform in Palo Duro State Park
Amarillo's Mavericks present a double barrow show in Palo Duro State Park directed by Ralph Dykeman. A 40 minute athletic exhibition features boxing tumbling pyramid building rope skipping and more with sixteen boys participating. The act repeats Sunday at 5 pm with park admission at the gate.
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Amarillo
Mavericks
Palo Duro
Ralph Dykeman
Mr. Dykeman
Automobile Makers Called Into Conference
Washington reports that defense needs will require a further cut in auto and truck production beyond the 20 percent already ordered. John D. Biggers announced a July 2 meeting of manufacturers to minimize dislocations from the curtailment, affecting 1942 models as the 1941 year ends. The 20 percent cut implies about 1,065,820 fewer units.
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Washington
John D. Biggers
OPM
Biggers
Weed Out Unfit Officers Amid Merit Based Promotions
The War Department asked Congress for authority to weed out unfit generals and officers with minimal ceremony as part of a broad effort to invigorate the officer corps. A temporary merit based promotion system was also introduced to replace seniority. The plan targets about 89,500 current officers and those called to duty later.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Robert P. Patterson
Baxter To Take Office July 1
Rex B. Baxter new secretary manager of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will assume full duties July 1, one month earlier than the original contract. Col E A Simpson cites a more active manager on duty as boosting plans for Amarillo and the Panhandle. Baxter, 38, a UT and Northwestern CHO graduate, leaves the Farm Security Administration Region 12 post to begin the new job. He has lived in Amarillo six years and has earlier led the Jasper chamber and several Rio Grande towns.
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Rex B. Baxter
Amarillo
Panhandle
Baxter
Texas
Region 12
Farm Security Administration
Carl Hinton
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Will Rogers
University of Texas
Northwestern University
Jasper Chamber of Commerce
Union
Rio Grande Valley
Texas State Relief Administration
The
Resettlement Administration
Dallas News Court Decision Upheld by Fifth Circuit
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that firms paying wages at or above fair labor standards act levels comply regardless of pay method. The Wage Hour Division appealed against the Dallas News and A. H. Belo Corp, charged with violations from 1938 to 1939, a case seen as affecting Section 7 of the 40-hour week.
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New Orleans
Fifth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Labor
East Texas
Dallas News
Philip B. Fleming
Dallas
A. H. Belo Corporation
William H. Atwell
Aluminum Plant Plan Aims to Boost National Capacity
Officials recommended eight new aluminum plants to add 600 million pounds of annual output, boosting capacity to 1.4 billion pounds. Knudsen and Hillman sent the plan to Secretary Stimson for approval before Defense Plant Corporation funding. Regions include Arkansas Bonneville Grande Coulee Upper New York Alabama California and North Carolina. Chopin music ban announced in Poland.
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Washington
Defense
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Sidney Hillman
Associated
Bonneville-Grande Coulee
Upper New York State
Alabama
California
North Carolina
Johnson Reads FDR Telegram in Texas Senate Campaign
Lyndon Johnson closed his U S Senate campaign in Houston reading a telegram from President Roosevelt that attacked Governor O Daniel’s Texas army plan as preposterous and stressed national defense over local schemes. Johnson called for unity with Roosevelt and urged support for Mann Dies and other allies while denouncing showmanship and personal attacks. He arrived to a massive, jubilant Houston welcome with bands and a mile long car caravan.
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Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Marcos
Johnson
Mann
Dies
Roosevelt
Unity
Lyndon Johnson
Wendell Willkie
Frank Knox
Cordell Hull
Jesse Jones
Tom Connally
Carter Glass
Belden
Houston
Palava for Cub Scouts Opens at Ellwood Park
The Llano Estacado Council launches the Palava for Cub Scouts at Ellwood Park this afternoon at 3 with about 300 Cubs and leaders. Eleven field events across a two hour program include relays and races, with prizes ribbons at winding up ceremonies from 5. Cubs from nine Panhandle towns including Amarillo and Hereford compete under committee chair S. G. Stockton and council executive W. J. Hiatt supervising refreshments and lunches provided by the council.
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Llano Estacado
Ellwood Park
Panhandle
S. G
Roy) Stockton
al Hurlock
Clyde Williams
Ed Sc
Mann Supporters Claim Leading Edge in Senate Race
Local Mann supporters assert a poll based forecast shows Mann at about 40 percent with 200 000 votes, O Daniel 23 percent, Dies and Johnson 17 percent each, backed by 25 impartial and 61 independent polls. H A Nobles spoke for James Noel stating certified figures support a Mann majority.
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U. S. Senate
Belden
Mann
O’daniel
Dies
Johnson
Certified Public Accountant
H. A. Nobles
James Noel
Dies Attacks Polls and Lavish Campaign Spending
Rep. Martin Dies denounces polls and lavish spending in the senatorial race and says a published poll showing a dip in favorable sentiment aims to influence the wagon vote. He calls it an old political trick that deceives no thinking person. Brazil begins its first domestic steel production in a century.
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Orange
Martin Dies
Dies
RAF Cadets to Report at Love Field for Flight Instruction
Dallas aviation school head Maj. Bill Long announced a second class of Royal Air Force flying cadets will report to Love Field on July 10 for flight instruction. The initial 50 cadets are already at the field, housed there alongside the newcomers. When a new field near Terrell is completed, the entire British contingent will transfer.
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Dallas
U.P
Royal Air Force
Love Field
Bill Long
Long
Terrell
Roosevelt notes US lag in ammunition production
President Roosevelt said the nation is behind in ammunition output due to new plants and is partly satisfied with defense management. He mentioned considering letting Ireland obtain rifles but not ammunition, and cited varying timelines to reach peak production across categories. He did not rule out reorganizing the Office of Production Management.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Eiie
Office of Production Management
United States
Eire
Pearson Reaches Tennis Semi Finals in Wichita
Ed Pearson of Kansas City seeded No. 1 advanced to the mid continent tournament semi finals with a 17-5 6-3 win over Paul Darrough of Oklahoma City. Walter Moore of Oklahoma City reached the junior final with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Bill Dietrich.
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Wichita
Kan
Ed Pearson
Kansas City
Paul Darrough
Oklahoma City
Walter Moore
Bill Dietrich
Darrough
Gus Crago
Paris
Tex
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Associated Press
By Bill Freemon
CIO
San Francisco
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Lock Haven
AFI
Piper
Piper Company
APL
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Transit Workers Union
Maverick Show
Chopin
Poland
FDR
Brazil
U. S
J. F. Williams
Camp Hunter Liggett
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D. C
Butte
Tom J. Davis
Rotary International
Denver
Colo
Veryone
Tuxedo Hunt Club
Atlanta
Beverly Aronson
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