Roosevelt moves to speed up defense fund in 1930s wartime buildup
President Roosevelt proposes an extraordinary defense fund likely exceeding 500 million dollars, with support from House leaders May and Vinson. Allies buy 350 million dollars in American airplanes and motors, while funds for seacoast defenses and critical materials are requested. Aiming to close Johnson Act loopholes, lawmakers debate credits to Allies and the need to supply arms or risk sending troops.
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Roosevelt
America
Congress
Europe
House
Senate
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Group
Army
Navy
England
France
United States
Puerto Rico
Treasury
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Reserve Corps
Belgium
Jeep
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Derat
Rep. Fish
New York
New Yorker
Tye
Morgenthau
Barkley
Blitzrain Hits Amarillo Area Weather Strikes Hard
A blitzrain swept Amarillo and nearby areas with a north wind turning strong and a heavy rain. Curbs flooded and phones reported rapid pooling while broader Panhandle parts saw little rain. Texline Dalhart Channing and Tascosa had light showers before Amarillo, Canyon followed with heavy rain. English Airport recorded 24 to 28 mph winds as the storm expanded south and east from Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Texline
Dalhart
Channing
Tascosa
Canyon
Santa
Grainmen Await Annual Wheat Crop Report
Grainmen gather for the Panhandle Plains convention in Amarillo to hear the crop prospects charts. The 9:30 session in the Crystal Ballroom will review storage plans, hear crop reports from H L Kearns and A W Erickson, and elect officers. The group, over 200 strong, will discuss government loan terms and the ever normal granary concept amid a mixed outlook for wheat production.
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Panhandle Plains
Panhandle
Texas Grain and Feed Dealers’ Association
Fort Worth
High Plains
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
H. L. Kearns
Amarillo
AAA
Harry L. Kearns
William McArthur
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
McArthur
O. D. Dinwiddie
Hart
Association
J.J. Fite
Amarillo Grainman
Gene Barks
Tulsa
R. Thom‘sen
Central Presbyterian Church
Joe Morris
L. L. Stirland
Wilmington
Del
Amarillo Country Club
Veteran's Hospital
Country Club
Aronson Tea Room
Harrison Street
John A. Pitman
Hereford
Jim Fite
N. P. Nelson
H. C. Adams
Entertainment Committee
C. M. Henderson
J. E. Davis
W. E. Colley
Brickkrieg Day to Gather Old Bricks for Museum
Panhandle wide Brickkrieg opens Friday to collect 250000 old bricks for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society museum in Canyon. All Panhandle schools urged to participate with students bringing one brick each as teachers and administrators lead the drive. Amarillo School Board endorses the plan citing the museum as an educational asset used by local schools.
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Brickrieg
Panhandle-Plains
Amarillo
Canyon
Supt
C. M. Rogers
Common
John McCarty
The
Globe News
Museum
John E. Miles
Santa Fe
N. M
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
Grady Hazlewood
John McCarty Family
Ford Fronabarger
Clyde Warwick
C. R. Burrow
Dr. L. FP. Sheffy
Allies Confront German Push Across Belgium Holland
Allied forces grapple with rapid German advances in Belgium and Holland as Basel Basel area bank relocations and Swiss mobilization signal broader strategies. Observers fear a possible Rhine corridor strike aimed at forcing Italy’s entry and splitting Allied defenses.
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Associated Press
Switzerland
Rhone
France
Italy
Hitler
Belgium
Holland
Liege
Bank For International Settlements
Basel
Chateau d'Oex
Bernese Alps
Zurich
Germany
The Big Push in Belgium Ramps Up Across Front
German mechanized units push westward through Belgium as Allied withdrawals continue toward a stand near Liege. NBC cites a French communique that the main Brussels Liege railroad line is penetrated, signaling a southward advance. French, British, Dutch and Belgian forces fall back under brutal air and ground assaults.
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Drente
Overijsel
Gelderland
North Brabant
North Sea
Zuider Zee
Friesland
Amsterdam
Moerdijk Bridge
Peel
Maas
Tilburg
Hertogenbosch
DNB
Netherlands
Grebbe
Holland
Hague
Rotterdam
Brabant
Waalhaven
Belgium
Liege
NBC
London
Brussels
St. Trond
French War Ministry
Adolf Hitler
Ardennes Forest
Utrecht
Ardennes Battle Rages as German Forces Press Toward Belgium
Dispatches describe heavy fighting in the Ardennes and along the Belgian front as German infantry and tanks push toward Liege and the Meuse. Belgian and French units counterattack with tanks while air forces harass advancing columns and fortifications along the Luxembourg and Belgian borders.
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France
Meuse
Maas
Liege
Namur
Dinant
Givet
Luxembourg
Longwy
War Ministry
Eben Emae
Albert Canal
Hancock not linked to Lorenzo Bank robbery case
LUBBOCK May 13 Authorities said Ray Hancock, arrested at Houston, was not connected with the April 29 robbery of the Lorenzo State Bank and the shooting death of cashier Irvin Bownds. District Attorney Burton S. Burks said Hancock would be released. he was brought to Lubbock today after arrest in Houston yesterday.
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UR Cosaicidee
Grady Hazlewood
West Texas State College
Amarillo
Bey
Armory
Gold Brick Committee
Brickrieg
Old Brick
Girl Scouts
Britain
Commons
Churchill
Lubbock
U.P
Ray Hancock
Houston
Lorenzo State Bank
Irvin Bownds
Burton S. Burks
Hancock
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Weather figures show Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with a cooler trend in the north. West Texas reports partly cloudy conditions with rain in the extreme southeast portion and cooler air moving in. New Mexico observes Tuesday fair skies with high cloudiness. Temperature by hours at Amarillo for yesterday lists a 7 AM low of 57 and a 7 AM high of 39.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Parachutist Tearful After Dutch Landing
Rotterdam report recounts a German parachutist aged 17 who cried upon landing in Holland and claimed he had never heard of any war between Germany and the Netherlands. The witness notes Germans seek young, eager adventurers. Moroccan troops and sentries hunted parachutists between Paris and Rheims.
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Grebbe
Amersfoort
Rhenen
Amsterdam
Holland
Rotterdam
Hillesgersberg
Germany
Paris
Rheims
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Constance
Ardennes Mountains
Ardennes
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Ourthe
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Gium
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Maastricht
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Moselle
Saar
Zweinbrucken
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Low Countries
Edouard Moaladier
Maurice Gustav Gamelin
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