McNary Accepts VP Bid Urging Senate Campaign
Oregon senator Charles McNary, nominated for vice president, says he will stay in the Senate to campaign. He notes he has never met Wendell Willkie but praises his ticket and platform, and predicts a November victory.
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Washington
Charles L. McNary
Senate
Oregon
Willkie McNary
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Congress
Ares
Jack Garner
Jack
Charles McNary
Willamette Valley
Filbert Sancher
Aloc
Bombardment and warfare updates from multiple fronts
News briefs report violent explosions near Calais and British concerns over civilian evacuation. French authorities detaining 800 enemy aliens in Syria. Deumenc appointed to demobilize nearly 5 million troops with new food restrictions. Incendiaries hit Chungking hospital, and Italy claims aerial victories in Africa. Germany justifies invasion in a white book. Japan seeks assurances on commodities from the Netherlands Indies.
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Bordeaux
Joseph Edouard Deumenc
France
Deumenc
Rome
Italy
Africa
Asmara
Eritrea
East Africa
Agssab
French Somaliland
Palo Duro Park Opens Horseboard Access for Tourists
Palo Duro Park adds horse rental at the park gate with delivery along the eight mile canyon road. Park concessionaire W. T. Tayloe says visitors can ride the 30 miles of idle paths in Texas Most Cotton Canyon and explore features like The Lighthouse Cathedral Peak Camel's Back with new side roads and graded auto roads.
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Palo Duro Park
Southwest
Eight Mile Canyon
W. T. Tayloe
Texas
Colten Canyon
Austrian Charged with Smuggling Films into United States
Ernst Weise, an Austrian, was convicted in federal court in Laredo for smuggling films into the United States. Judge McMillan sentenced him to time already served after being held since his May arrest at the Laredo International Bridge. The films were claimed to be German and Polish military scenes and were intended for lecture use, with immigration officials continuing investigation.
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Laredo
Ernest Heinrich Weise
United States
R. J. McMillan
Weise
Laredo International Bridge
Los Angeles
Mexico
Immigration Department
Mann Rules Against Warrants for Livestock Exposition Building
Atty. Gen. Gerald C. Mann notified El Paso County that time warrants cannot be used to fund a livestock exposition building and that the state would not approve funding such warrants by bonds.
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Austin
U.P
Gerald C. Mann
Ernest Guinn
el Paso
Ford and Lindbergh Discuss Aviation Plans at Ford
At the Detroit Ford offices on June 28 Henry Ford and Col Charles A Lindbergh toured the engineering dept. Work toward mass production of Rolls Royce aviation engines was under way. Neither man spoke after the visit. Ford affirmed no change in plans to pursue aviation motors and war material production for the U S government.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ford
Ford Engineering Department
Lindbergh
Aviation
United States
Sunray Lions Install Officers July 7 Banquet
Sunray Lions Club will install officers Tuesday night July 7 with F. W. Wallace Lions International District 2-T governor elect presiding. Wallace, previously Sunray secretary and Dumas club president, will lead the ceremony. New Sunray officers include Curtis Lomax as president and a slate of vice presidents, secretary-treasurer, tail twister, and lion tamer.
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Sunray
Sunray Lions Club
F. W. Wallace
Dumas
District 2-T
Lions International
Sunray Club
Dumas Club
Curtis Lomax
J. B. Hilton
Pat Hill
Harold Roberts
Jess Scarborough
L 'F. Noe
Chas, Oliver
Tulia Baptist Brotherhood Elects Officers
Will Jennings was elected president of the Tulia Baptist Brotherhood. I. H. Turney was chosen as vice president and program chairman, while Jack Stamper was reelected secretary-treasurer and reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Will Jennings
Tulia Baptist Brotherhood
I. H. Turney
Jack Stamper
Kerensky Admitted to England as Refugee After France Trip
The Daily Mail reports Alexander Kerensky has been admitted to England on condition he depart for the United States soon. Kerensky, former head of the first Russian government after the czarist regime fell, arrived Thursday as a refugee arriving from France.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Alexander Kerensky
England
United States
Kerensky
France
Criminal Court In Adjournment
The court of criminal appeals adjourns for the summer, as required by the constitution, and will begin its 1940-41 term on October 7. The Texas Supreme Court also recesses until October. The term just ended saw 653 filed cases and 656 original opinions with 236 motions. The court ordered a new trial for Bob White, whose rape conviction and death sentence were reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Supreme Court
Criminal Appeals Court
Bob White
Montgomery County
U. S. Supreme Court
Attorney General Rules Communist Ballot Access Upholds Rights
Texas Attorney General Gerald Mann ruled that the secretary of state lacks authority to bar Communist Party nominees from the general election ballot. He noted constitutional protections of speech press and assembly and urged obedience to mandatory ballot statutes. In 1938 Communist candidate Homer Brooks won 424 votes.
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Austin
Secretary of State
Communist Party
Gerald
Mann
M. O. Flowers
Travis County
American Legion
Homer Brooks
Former Amarilloan Buried at Eden Texas
Mrs. Ray C Coffee of Lubbock and formerly of Amarillo was buried in Eden Texas after funeral services held there. She died in Dallas earlier in the week. Attending mourners from Amarillo included Edgar Coble and family Eileen Coble Ward Willis Oran Coffee Jack Coffee Ann Bess Stanley and Miss Stephens. Other attendees were Ida Rice Claude Roy Coffee Jr Evelyn Coffee from Silverton. She survived by her parents A H Bagwell Menard four sisters and two brothers. Her husband Roy C Coffee son of W Coffee of 1603 Madison Street has two sisters and two brothers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Coffee
Lubbock
Amarillo
Eden
Texas
Coffee
Dallas
Former Dalhart Lumberman Dies
R. W. Bob Jenkins 67 died in Houston after serving as vice president of the H. D. Taylor Lumber Co. He was a pioneer lumber man in Dalhart who helped build early brick business structures and some of the first residences. He left Dalhart around 1915 after serving as manager of the Dalhart Lumber Co.
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Dalhart
R. W
Bob) Jenkins
Houston
H. D. Taylor Lumber Co
Jenkins
Dalhart Lumber Co
FDR Signs Deficiency Bill Expands Immigration Checks
President Roosevelt signed a catch-all deficiency appropriation bill providing 85.9 million dollars for various government activities. The measure includes doubling the immigration bureau border patrol and adding staff for the bureau of navigation and steamboat inspection to monitor alien seamen and fifth column threats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Immigration Bureau
Border Patrol
Bureau of Navigation
Balkans Show 3.8 Million Under Arms Amid Rising Tension
Associated Press estimates 3.8 million Balkan and Soviet armed personnel, with Romania housing over half. Figures outline Russia's potential trained manpower at about 14 million alongside other regional totals.
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Associated Press
Balkans
Romania
Common Policy for U S Japs Urged by Tokyo Ambassador
New York June 28 Ken suke Hormnouchi Japanese ambassador to the United States urged a common policy to keep the Pacific peaceful and free from Europe war effects. He spoke at a dinner for Japan’s 26 centuries of national life to about 1400 guests. He warned that regional groups would form an international coordination system as the war reshapes alliances.
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New York
Kensuke Hormnouchi
United States
Pacific
Europe
Japan
Commodore Perry
Cotton Men Urge Federal Aid From AAA in Cotton States
At Waco on June 28 cotton experts in the first cotton research congress passed a resolution urging the government to create an administrative division of the AAA in Washington to handle Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas cotton problems. The resolution cites urgent needs due to unique Southwest conditions including fertilizer application delays and uncertain weather. The morning session focused on planning production through proper land use to cut costs.
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AAA
Congress
Coolidge
McNary
Senate
Harry Tane
United States
Department of Sgriculture
World War Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Salem
Oregon
Oregon Trail
Waco
Cotton Research Congress
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Roosevelt declines to reveal fleet operations location
President Roosevelt refused to identify the U S battle fleet’s exact locale saying he may not know its precise latitude and longitude yet stressed operations proceed under White House guidance. The fleet four days from Lahaina Roads Hawaii travels under secret orders toward an unrevealed destination with speculation about Panama Canal or the Atlantic Ocean.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U.S
Lahaina Roads
Hawaii
Panama Canal
Atlantic Ocean
White House
Rowland Rites Set This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. J. W Rowland a 69 year old pioneer Don ley County woman will be held Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev Claude C Smith will conduct at the First Church of Christ She had lived here since 1909 and died early Friday morning Surviving are her husband J W Rowland and five daughters Mrs R E Darnell Hedley Mrs Blanch Tomlinson Dallas Mrs Edwin Andrews Vernon Mrs Bob Kennedy Kilgore and Mrs Beulah Malson California
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Clarendon
J. W Rowland
Donley County
Claude C. Smith
First Church of Christ
Rowland
R. E. Darnell
Hedley
Blanch Tomlinson
Dallas
Fossil Rhinoceros Skull Presented to Judge Mead
A large rhinoceros skull from Aphelops, dating to the middle Pliocene about two million years ago, is donated to Judge J. A. Mead for his collection in the Miami courthouse. The 36 by 18 inch skull has intact teeth except three missing, with restoration help from Dr. S W Corbin.
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Miami
J. A. Mead
S. W. Corbin
Box Tranch
Higgins
W. D. Mateer
Geological Department
University of Texas
Austin
Judge Mead
Green Dragon Narco Trial Opens in Fort Worth Court
In Fort Worth on June 28 judges overruled defense motions at a preliminary hearing for the Green Dragon narcotic case tied to a 43 count indictment. Twenty one defendants named including Phil Chadwick, accused head of a nationwide narcotic syndicate with alleged annual sales near $3 million. Most defendants hail from Chicago and New York.
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Fort Worth
T. Whitfield Davidson
Phil Chadwick
Arlington
Chadwick
Chicago
New York
Union Students Granted Reentry At Michigan Campus
University of Michigan may readmit seven American Student Union members now on summer break if they pledge to follow campus rules. President Ruthven had warned they would not be readmitted, while the student group pressed for reinstatement arguing their punishment arose from antiwar and civil liberties viewpoints.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
American Student Union
University of Michigan
Alexander G. Ruthven
Student Union
Irony and risk as Balkan moves test Axis aims
The piece argues Soviet tank advances in the Balkans complicate Axis victory gains from France. It notes German and Italian diplomats misreading Moscow Bucharest dynamics, potential eastern shifts, and the danger of Balkan turmoil delaying Nazi plans against Britain while Britain gains precious time to prepare defenses.
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Balkans
France
Germany
West
Italy
England
Rusmania
Berlin
Rome
Russia
Romania
Carol
Hitler
Bucharest
Moscow
London
Paris
Rumania
Britain
Balkan
Churchill
Turkey
Bulgaria
Hungary
British See Russia Readying for Nazis
British commentators argued Russia was strengthening its defenses on the western border as Germany grows stronger. The Times military correspondent called for strong outworks to deter a future Russo-German clash, while Vernon Bartlett of News Chronicle echoed the view in Parliament.
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London
Rumania
Russia
Germany
Europe
Times
Vernon Bartlett
News Chronicle
Bartlett
House of Commons
Churchill
Bessarabia
Romania
High Command
Naz
England
DNB
den Helder
Versailles
White's Auto Stores opens new Texas Oklahoma location
Thousands attend the opening at 905 Polk Street celebrating ten years of White's Auto Stores in Texas and Oklahoma with music, flowers, cigars, and guided traffic. The Amarillo store marks the third anniversary of the Panhandle operation, part of a network of 17 stores with two more planned by July 1 in Paris and Bonham, Texas.
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White's
White
Polk Street
Carlton Scales
George Méhsur
Atlié
Texas
Oklahoma
Amarillo
White's Auto
Clinton
Okla
Paris
Bonham
Tex
el Paso
Pampa
Borger, Childress
Electra
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Greenville
Sherman
Tyler
Vernon
Clinton, Cordell, Altus
Hobart
Elk City
Tom White
George Adams
Panhandle
Mr. White
Karl White
W. A. White
Pete Yeargan
Alexander Smith Rug Company
Yonkers
N. Y
Lloyd Brown
Oklahoma Furniture Manufacturing Co
Oklahoma City
J. W. King
G. W. Gilbert
Long-King Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Herbert Hughes
Plainview Mattress Co
Fort Griffin Days Revival Returns To Albany Stage
Albany hosts the Fort Griffin Fandangle a pageant play honoring the Shackelford County frontier era. The outdoor event revisits 19th century Fort Griffin history once centered 14 miles north of Albany.
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Albany
Fort Griffin
Frontier Town
Shackelford County
Abany
John Shackelford
Goliad
Texas
CAA Students Start Ground Class At Amarillo College
Thirty CAA flying students at Amarillo College began their first Civil Air Regulations ground school led by Dr. Arthur Coffinberry. The course runs six nights weekly except Saturday, about two hours from 8 p.m., covering the C A R, navigation and meteorology.
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CAA
Amarillo College
Arthur Coffinberry
Dallas
Civil Aeronautica Authority
Canadian air officers deny Texas winter training school plan
Ottawa officials said they have no knowledge of a proposal to set up a winter air training school for Canadian recruits at Fort Worth Texas. They also denied knowledge of Homer Smith allegedly representing Canada in negotiations for a Texas school.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fort Worth
Tex
Homer Smith
Peace talk fails to impress Nazis in Berlin and Capetown
Berlin reports say Nazi officials dismiss peace overtures from London while British leaders pledge to fight to victory. In Capetown thousands rally for an honorable peace with Germany and Italy, urging disobedience to military orders amid wartime strain.
Willkie Clubs for Texas Planned
A Dallas meeting on July 6 aims to form a statewide Willkie club network uniting Republicans and Democrats to back Wendell Willkie. Fort Worth hosts a July 5 session, with plans for San Antonio Houston and other cities next week as Willkie is predicted to win Texas by a larger margin than Hoover in 1928.
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Dallas
Wendell Willkie
L. A
Pat) Casey
Rowen Hudson
Fort Worth
Casey
Willkie
Texas
Hoover
San Antonio
Houston
Gold Shirts plan anti Communist march in Mexico City
The Gold Shirts, described as a native fascist movement, announced a march to converge on Mexico City after the July 7 election. They aim to press the President for guarantees of free citizens, respect for the national flag, and the Mexican hymn.
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Mexico City
Mexico
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