Ranger and Professor Help Stranded Fliers Escape Canyon
A National Park Service ranger Ed Laws and Eastern professor Dr. A A MacRae guided three Army fliers marooned in a Grand Canyon plateau after parachuting from a B 24 at 2 AM June 21. The group, uninjured and optimistic, aimed to reach 9000 feet tomorrow as they climb out with shoes for traction.
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Grand Canyon
Canyon Country
Eastern College
Gorse
Charles Goldblum
Pittsburgh
Maurice J. Cruickshank, Jr
Lawrence
Mass
Roy W. Embanks
Kalispell
Mont
Aleutians
Ed Laws
National Park Service
Meat Rationing May Return if Supplies Lag
Price Administrator Chester Bowles said meat rationing could be extended to more cuts if nationwide distribution does not improve next month. He warned the situation would be closely watched and that restored rationing would be accepted by consumers and retailers in areas with weak distribution.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Blue Network
Bowles
Cafe Freeze Is Extended To July 31 Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration extended the restaurant price freeze to July 31, bringing most eateries under the rule. A five cent ceiling applies to coffee, with posted base period ceilings for 40 basic menu items. The measure covers educational institutions and certain non profits, and prohibits higher prices for quantity or quality increases.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Shooting of Henriot Shakes Vichy Regime
Telegram reports Henriot killed shocking Vichy officials. The fallen figure ranked second to Joseph Darnand in Nazi favor. The assassination triggers resignations and transfers as authorities report disappearing superiors.
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Henriot
Vichy
Germany
Joseph Darnand
Himmier
Tele-Gram
Laoragga
Reckless Flier Faces Fine After Court Martial
A court martial finds the Kansas county guilty of flying low over a base. Lt. Max L. Garrison of Hutchinson is sentenced to pay $75 from each monthly paycheck for the next year. The incident occurred in San Antonio on June 2.
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San Antonio
Max L. Garrison
Hutchinson
Kan
Sacred Heart Cathedral Holiday Benefit Barbecue
Sacred Heart Cathedral to host a Fourth of July summer festival at Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington Street. A come and go event from 12 to 2 PM and 5 to 6 PM features barbecue prepared by Jack Kaether plus ham sandwiches hamburgers hot dogs ice cream cakes lemonade and cold drinks. Proceeds fund cathedral interior decorating with booths selling handmade items. admission 75 cents per person.
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Cathedral Hall
Washington Street
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Jack Kaether
Guy Te Tere
Miss Gladys Seewald Rites This Morning
Miss Gladys Seewald dies after long charity work with Crippled Children's Clinic Junior Welfare League and air group 12. Burial planned at Liano Cemetery. she was daughter of the late P. H. Seewald.
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Gladys Seewald
Charles Ware
Liano
Miss Seewald
P. H. Seewald
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Junior Welfare League
Treachery in Pacific Fight Kills US Marines
Brown reports Japanese soldiers hidden in sugar cane fields fired on U S Marines after U S forces held their fire. Marines were killed in the ensuing battle amid a sudden Japanese assault.
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Brown
U. S
French Partisans Engage Nazis in Pitched Battle
A pitched battle occurred today in eastern France between French partisans and German units. The clash marks continued resistance as Allied reporting highlights active partisan operations against German forces. Captain Otha Draper, recently returned from China, visited Globe-News offices amid ongoing war coverage.
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London
France
Captain Draper
China
Capt
Otha Draper
Allied Chieftains Plan Next Phase
Allied Supreme Headquarters reports planning at least 90 days ahead for liberation efforts involving Winston Churchill. Eisenhower leads discussions with western front commanders and advisers in England to map grand strategy and postwar control policies while delegating detailed plans to his staff.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Western Front
England
Germany
Dewey Faces Nationalist Critique Over Speech
Gerald L. K. Smith, leader of the America First party, accused Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of delivering a weasel worded speech that failed to satisfy nationalists. He cited a New York City speech on April 4 in which Dewey allegedly called his people rodents and demanded an apology or amends to prevent a future presidency.
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Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Dewey
United States
Thief Steals Baby Diapers From Car in Broad Daylight
A thief broke into H. W. Stan ford's car in front of Walgreen's yesterday afternoon and stole Mrs. Stanford's last six baby diapers and her glasses. The note provides a return address at 705 Forest Street if the thief wishes to mail the items back.
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H. W. Stanford
Walgreen
GOP Chairman Choice Delayed
The article notes the delay in selecting a GOP chairman with state chairmen in Chicago to choose a campaign director. Friends of Iowa’s Harrison E. Spangler express he may be retained while Cedar Rapids attorney was named chairman in December. Col. R. B. Creager of Texas presided and announced Dewey's schedule too heavy, with a six member committee headed by Creager as ex-officio chairman.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Col
R. B. Creager
Texas
Dewey
Creager
Dewey Goes to Canada Too Reported in Chicago News
Chicago front page note mentions P Gov Thomas E Dewey and a man named Thomas in London Ontario. It states a woman is now 81 and that her father was a London banker.
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Dewey
Canada
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Man Thomas
London
Ontario
Pvt Harold Jones Visits Parents in Denmark
Pvt Harold Jones, son of Vv Storks, spends the summer in Denmark and winters on the Nile, visiting his parents during leave.
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Pvt
Harold Jones
Denmark
Nile
Texas State Bar adopts sharp denunciation of Supreme Court
At the Texas State Bar meeting in Port Worth on June 29, delegates adopted a resolution criticizing the U S Supreme Court and Justice Felix Frankfurter. The substitute measure, approved 53 to 22, called the court’s status into question and sparked heated debate among leaders including Lloyd Price and Dallas Scarborough. Jury for ABA delegates announced with Leo Brewer and Chief Justice James P Alexander named.
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Port Worth
United States Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
State Bar of Texas
Mees
J. W. Hassell
Dallas
Lloyd Price
Fort Worth
Dallas Scarborough
Abilene
Bar
Angus Wynne
Longview
Price
Washington
Hassell
American Bar Association
House of Delegates
Leo Brewer
San Antonio
Frank Hartgraves
Menard
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court
Austin
D. A. Simmons
Houston
ABA
Texas Bar
Rook Dies Suddenly in Littlefield Hotel
Eugene M. Rook 48, Amarillo traveling salesman for H. A. Marr Grocery, found dead in his hotel room in Littlefield. Survived by wife Mary Prances, sons Robert and Donald, daughter Dorothy, sister Lenora Bell, brother Rodney. Funeral arrangements by N. S. Griggs & Sons.
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Eugene M. Rook
Amarillo
H. A. Marr Grocery Company
Littlefield
Mr. Rook
Sayre
First Presbyterian Church
Polk Street
Mary Prances Rook
Robert Rook
U. S. Navy
Donald Rook
News-Globe
Dorothy Rook
Lenora Bell Rook
Rodney Rook
Hollis
Oklo
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Nazis May Use Gas To Combat Invasion
Madrid dispatch reports German propaganda suggesting poison gas could be used to fight the Allied invasion of France. Pamphlets in neutral countries liken beetle destruction to wartime gas, urging chemical means to save European potatoes.
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Madrid
France
Allied Forces Liberate Over One Thousand Square Miles in France
Allied armies have freed about 1,100 square miles of France as of today, with British advances boosting the total. This area represents slightly more than one half of one percent of France's 212,659 square mile territory.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Holy Communion Today Observed in Military Service Zone
Rev Poster announced a celebration of Holy Communion in the military service for those worried about loved ones. A Geneva Tribune dispatch reports Nazi envoy von Papen met Laval in Paris and discussed peace sounding during a Paris stop after Spain visit.
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Bern
Switzerland
Geneva Tribune
Vichy
Prenz von Papen
Turkey
Paris
Pierre Laval
von Papen
Spain
Seven Stars On Fillmore Boosts War Bonds
The 2100 block Fillmore Street Playhouse presents Seven Stars to raise funds for war stamps and bonds. Curtain at 8 pm in Carroll Wray and Don Gay Dickerson’s backyard. Cast includes Nancy Buckner, Jerry Buckner, Annita Bush, Delores Bush, Marion Gibson, Robert Gibson, and Jimmy Stitt. Admission six cents. The show features wartime scenes including a Hitler imitation and the unknown soldier grave.
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Big Brother
Big Sister
Little Brother
Little Sis
Fillmore Street Playhouse
Carroll Wray
Don Gay Dickerson
Fillmore Street
Nancy
Jerry Buckner
Annita
Delores Bush
Marion
Robert Gibson
Jimmy Stitt
Hitler
Jimmy Fidler
Governor Talks To Hannegan In Dallas Meeting
Austin June 29 Governor Coke R Stevenson said he received a telephone call last night from Robert E Hannegan Democratic national chairman but declined to discuss the conversation. He noted no plans to leave Texas this summer or attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago starting July 19.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
White House
Roosevelt
Stevenson
Chicago
Arthur H. Lomen Found Dead At McKinley School
Arthur H. Lomen a 55 year old maintenance man and painter for the public schools since 1929 died of a heart attack last night at McKinley School. He was found by his son in law and a coworker, and death is believed to have occurred between 4 30 and 5 p m. He leaves a wife a daughter a son a sister and a brother. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Arthur Henry Lomen
McKinley School
Lomen
North
Williams Street
John Price
Hayes Street
E. L. Cox
West Seventh Avenue
Mr. Lomen
Boxwell Brothers Home
Samuel Lusk Dies at 57 in Texas Farm Home
Samuel Lee Lusk 57 died last night at 6 o clock at a farm home north of Amarillo where he lived for 18 months He previously resided 40 years in Winfield Kansas in the gasoline business Survived by a sister Mrs G C Price Como Texas and seven brothers J W Lusk Lawton J E Lusk Steamboat Springs Roy Lusk Oklahoma City Paul Lusk Texarkana M F Lusk Riverside Cal Harvey Lusk Panhandle and Lawrence Lusk Lubbock The body lies in state in the Black-
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Samuel Lee Lusk
Amarillo
Mr. Lusk
Winfield
Kan
G. C. Price
Como
Texas
J. W. Lusk
Lawton
Okla
John E. Lusk
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Roy Lusk
Oklahoma City
Paul Lusk
Texarkana
M. F. Lusk
Riverside
Cal
Harvey Lusk
Panhandle
Lawrence Lusk
Lubbock
Razor used by Henley family spans four generations
Keen Old Blade in Cheney Kansas traces to G. R. Henley and is over a century old, having been passed down through four generations of the Henley family.
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Cheney
Kan
G. R. Henley
Henleys
Meddling Denied By Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones denied involvement in plans or proceedings of the Texas State Democratic convention. In a Washington Post letter he said he had no foreknowledge of resolutions to be offered or adopted in Austin on May 23. The Post editorial welcomed his disavowal and noted Clayton had not been active in Texas politics.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Texas
Washington Post
Texan
Austin
Jones
William L. Clayton
Post
Clayton
Organization of Texas Politics
Marines shy kiss plan ends with cheek greeting
Pvt Harold Leeland Jones 17 greets his girlfriend Mary Katherine Thompson on furlough with a planned bold kiss. He frets about the proper moment and method before surprising her at the door and kissing her on the cheek. Alaska has a coastline of 26000 miles.
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Pvt
Harold Leeland Jones
U. S. Marines
L. E. Kingman
Mary Katherine Thompson
Norman
Okla
Amarillo
Mary
Marine Jones
Jones
Counties urged to prep post war road program
Dewitt Greer state highway engineer told County Judges and Commissioners Association of South Texas to ready postwar highway plans. A three year program would spend about 157 million dollars with federal and state funds if Congress approves. The convention opened with Hidalgo and Lee County officials presiding. New officers were elected. A Brazzaville radio report quoted Laval seeking protection after Henriot assassination.
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San Antonio
Dewitt Greer
County Judges and Commissioners Association
South Texas
Congress
House
Texas
Greer
J. Clooney
Hidalgo County
Bexar County
Charles W. Anderson
Lee County
John S. Simmang
George J. Sheppard
John 8. Simmang
J. C. Looney
Com
Otto Braunder
Fayette County
Sid J. Caillavet
Orange County
Hoover Praises GOP Unity And Campaign Outlook
Former President Herbert Hoover praised the Republican convention calling the ticket united and strong. He favored supporting the ticket but avoided being a campaign agitator. Hoover suggested a cross party campaign and discussed possible years ahead for ending the European war.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Al Rogers Attends Rites for Father in Roby
Al Rogers travels to Roby for funeral services of his father Jim Rogers who died yesterday. A brother and two Amarillo sisters travel to attend. Burial is planned in Roby.
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al Rogers
Roby
Jim Rogers
Rogers
Charles W. Rogers
Eula White
Ada Whitehead
Amarillo
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