Freedom Is Up To GOP Hoover At Republican Convention
Herbert Hoover told the Republican Convention that freedom depends on a change in administration and criticized President Roosevelt for power politics. He warned against compromising with Hitler or Tojo, urged self reliance to rebuild freedom, and urged a hard task to secure a peaceful future. He said a new generation leads the party.
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Hoover
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Hitler
Tojo
America
Editor Recounts Early Emergency Calls and Pope’s Reactions
Justice of the Peace J D Cazzell recalls serving as embalmer at O M Eakle Funeral Home and coordinating with editor Joe Pope during pre automobile wreck days. He describes ambulance arrivals from the Stables and Pope’s growing discomfort with gruesome accident scenes.
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Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
O. M. Eakle
Sixth Avenue
Polk
Justice
Joe Pope
Old
Daily News
Fifth Avenue
Polk and
Tyler Streets
Joe
Pope
Harold Jack Brace Final Rites Today
The body was sent to Canada by N. S. Griggs and Sons. Harold Brace survived by his father and step-mother A F Brace and a brother Billy. He served in six major battles and four minor ones and died after diving into cold water during Navy leave. A middle aged man in custody for draft card identification. quick thinking servants sold him a $1000 item.
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N.S. Griggs and Sons
Jack
A. F. Brace
Near Goodnight
Billy
Bond Buyers Hear General Connell At Amarillo Show
General Carl W. Connell spoke at the Paramount Theater bond premiere urging War Bond support as B 29 production and manpower limits threaten Pacific operations. Eddie Cantor’s Show Business followed the interview with a film showcase starring Cantor and co stars.
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China
Philippines
Carl W. Connell
Amarillo Field
Paramount Theater
Col. E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Eddie Cantor
Connell
Australia
New Guinea
Pacific
Japan
Fifth War
Panhandle
Cantor
George Murphy
Joan Davis
Nancy Kelly
Constance Moore
Ziegfeld
Dinah
Allied Air Assault Surges Beyond Enthusiasts Expectations
London dispatch reports three weeks of western front air action exceeding optimistic forecasts. Allied air power achieved a major advance in the campaign against the German air force, though the Luftwaffe remains capable of counterblows if German factories endure. The Normandy D-day bombing and spring campaigns aided coastal defenses and reinforcements, while daylight and night attacks show limits due to weather, terrain, and interlocking forces.
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London
Allied
Air Power
Luftwaffe
Normandy
FDR Peace Plan Reaction Draws Favorable Mail
President Roosevelt said the postwar plan to unite peace loving nations under an international organization to prevent wars met generally favorable public reaction. He noted many favorable letters though did not mention Wendell Willkie in response to Republican foreign policy proposals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Platform Committee
Chicago
United States
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Canyon Signal Flares Spur Rescue Crews
Army and air field units pursue three missing fliers in the Grand Canyon after a B 24 crash last week. Crews plan to drop from the rim to reach the perch above the Colorado River while the missing men Lt Charles Goldblum Flight Officer Maurice Cruickshank Jr and Cpl Roy Eubanks are identified as the targeted survivors.
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Grand Cayon
Great Gorge
Kingman Army Air Field
Colorado Or
Charles Goldblum
Pittsburgh
Maurice J. Cruickshank, Jr
Lawrence
Mass
Cpl
Roy Eubanks
Kalispell
Mont
Whipping Jap Is Toughest Job Says Visiting Officer
Maj James F Schooling returned from two years in the Pacific with the Seventh Air Force SS officers noting the enemy cannot organize a defense against our fire power. He described aviators flying long distances over water to reach small targets and the strain on nerves from the vast ocean distances.
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Air Force
James F. Schooling
United States
Pacific
Midway
Guadalcanal
Seventh Air Force
Republicans Attack New Deal in Heated Labor Plank
In Chicago on June 27 the Republican labor plank assailed the New Deal as destroying collective bargaining. It praised the party as champion of free labor and charged the Roosevelt administration with Wagner Act perversion and political tricks. The plank calls for a labor secretary representing workers and fair administration of Wagner, wage and hour, and social security acts. William L. Hutcheson led the platform subcommittee with John L. Lewis assisting. Green’s preferred amendments and CIO proposals were omitted.
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Chicago
Republican Labor
New Deal Tonight
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Department of Labor
Labor
William L. Hutcheson
AFL
Carpenters’ Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Hutcheson
AFI
William Green
Green
Warner-Murray-Dingell
CIO
British Losses and Allied Casualties in Four Years of War
London reports total British casualties for the first four years of the war at 667159 with 158741 killed 78204 missing 159219 wounded and 270995 prisoners Civilian losses reach 109101 and merchant seamen losses total 11340 with 2268 killed 8572 wounded and 500 missing or prisoners. U S Army casualties total 178677 through June 16 and Navy 46705 through June 22. De Gaulle to visit the U S in July with possible dates between July 5 and July 9.
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London
Churchill
House of Today
Italy
Rome
Sicily
United States
U. S. Army
de Gaulle
U.S
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French
Committee of National Liberation
Romance rumors and a lost hat headline a curious day
A humorous riot of romance and misadventure unfolds as Clarence argues with his girlfriend and contemplates self accusation after a quarrel. Meanwhile County Treasurer L. D. Heyser misplaces a light straw hat with his name, pondering whether he left it at church or a store while remarking on daily life oddities.
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L. D. Heyser
Monroe Street
First Baptist Church
McCart
Nazi Flying Bombs Seen Redefining Warfare and Peace
London reports a German flying bomb with high potential but major civilian impact. An American radar pioneer calls it revolutionary with a political problem, urging international control of rocket and jet tech. Cost and fuel use noted. accuracy seen as the weapon's key weakness. The U S Chamber cautions on wartime ship totals.
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SA Veveio
Europe
Envoy is Ordered Home as U S Argentine Diplomacy Deteriorates
Washington reports Ambassador Norman Armour recalled from Argentina for consultation amid ongoing disputes over Argentine leadership since the February coup. The United States does not recognize the regime of General Edelmiro Farrell, and the move is seen as a downturn in relations. Also noted is the burial of Texas Masonic leader William Madden Fly, 87, who joined the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1885 and served as past grand master.
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Washington
Norman Armour
Argentina
State Department
Department
Armour
United States
Edelmiro Farrell
Gonzales
William Madden Fly
Texas
Fly
Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
Grand Lodge
Prayer Tonight at San Jacinto Methodist Church
Special prayer services for the servicemen will be held tonight from 8 to 8 30 at San Jacinto Methodist Church. Rev. Jim Sharp invites all relatives and others interested to attend.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
Jim Sharp
Rogers Present in A and M Panel on School Environment
Amarillo superintendent Charles M. Rogers joined a panel at Texas A and M College short course for school administrators. The discussion focused on Control of School Environment. The course began Monday and will end Thursday.
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Charles M. Rogers
Texas A. & M. College
Amarillo
Retail Sales Here Climb
May retail sales rose eight per cent from April and 15 per cent over May 1943 per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Dallas led gains at 33 per cent, with Fort Worth 22 per cent, Waco 21 per cent, Corpus Christi 17 per cent, and Houston San Antonio Amarillo each 14 per cent, Lubbock 12 per cent.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Corpus Christi
Houston
San Antonio
Amarillo
Lubbock
Garner and Farley Meet in Uvalde Confrontation
Former Vice President John N Garner and James A Farley, ex Democrat leader, conferred in Uvalde after San Antonio and Mexico trip. Both declined to discuss politics and Garner hosted Farley for lunch at the Garner home.
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Garner
Farley
Uvalde
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
National Democratic Committee
San Antonio
Garners
Mexico
New York
Infant Jack Michael Cooke Services Today
Funeral services for infant Jack Michael Cooke son of Mr and Mrs W P Cooke will be held at Griggs Funeral Chapel at 10 30 this morning with Clinton V Oldham officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. He is survived by his parents and one brother William.
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Jack Michael Cooke
W. P. Cooke
Louisiana Street
Griggs Funeral
Clinton V. Oldham
San Jacinto Church
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England
Germany
A. Os Oes
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Bull Tire CO
Globe-News
Gunn-Hinerman
Harrison
Sinal
Santa FE Railway
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service Railroad Retirement Board
Allied van Lines
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