France Opens Shooting War Over Syria and Africa in War Rift
Vichy France escalates hostilities with Britain over Syria skies as De Gaulle leads Free French in Africa. Reports say Amba Alaji falls to British while Italians retreat. UK raids on Damascus Palmyra and Rayak target German airfields as alliance strains threaten French Sudan and Somaliland.
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France
Vichy
Empire
Syria
Charles de Gaulle
Royal Air Force
Palmyra
Damascus
Rayak
Henri Dentz
Lebanon
Rome
Land of the Levant
CBS
Proration Threatened as Oil Court Ruling Challenged
Texas oil industry faced a potential proration crisis after Continental Oil Co won a permanent injunction to produce from the Conoco Driscoll field to meet orders. Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler warned that if upheld, proration would have failed.
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Austin
Texas
Jerry Sadler
Continental Oil Company
Conoco-Driscoll
Sadler
Nazi Agents in Dakar Footnotes of a Wider War
The report notes Nazi agents in Dakar alongside Syria Morocco Tunisia and Algeria with no strong proof of footholds. Air battles over the English Channel were fierce with five German fighters claimed down off the southern coast and four British planes lost in patrols, while Berlin claimed four British Spitfires were shot down with no German losses.
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Dakar
France
Atlantic
Syria
Morocco
Tunisia
Algeria
English Channel
English
Brown Trial Set for June 10 in Murphy Slaying
Orrin J. Brown pleaded not guilty in district court to murder with malice in the hammer slaying of Leota Frances Murphy on a lonely road near Spearman. Judge Jack Allen set June 10 as the trial date and appointed defense attorneys after Brown sought representation. The term opened with a postponement due to attorney absence and continued as Brown tried to secure counsel.
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Spearman
Orrin J. Brown
Leota Frances Murphy
Here
Jack Allen
Allen
Boyer and Archer
Perryton
J. O. Ward
Borger
Brown
Dist. Atty
W. L. DcConnell
Vichy Secures Nazi Favors
French anti-aircraft batteries reportedly fired on British warplanes over Syria as Darlan left for Paris amid Franco-German talks. The official line blamed De Gaulle rebels for efforts to sever Syria from Metropolitan France while Paris press attacked American diplomacy. Germany may press for France to regain its African empire, with De Gaulle followers controlling Gabon, Cameroon, Chad, and parts of French Equatorial Africa.
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Vichy
France
Syria
Empire
Jean Darlan
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French Information Office
Germany
Telemondial
Libya
Sudan
Dakar
de Gaulle
Nazi U Boat Sinks 33,000 Tons of British Tankers
Berlin reports a German submarine in the Atlantic has sunk British tanker tonnage totaling 33,000 tons. Authorized persons announced the early today bulletin.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Wanted Headquarters Ad Feeds Short Life of Goods
A Globe News want ad notes a brisk but brief life for profit producing ads selling furniture and rentals. It highlights a four day average ad life and earnings as low as 17 cents daily with examples like a four room furniture sale at 1710 Hayden and phone contact 6262-Wanted.
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Globe-News
Zamzam Case: 138 Americans aboard overdue liner
Reports from London and Berlin suggested the Zamzam, carrying 322 aboard including 138 Americans, was either safe or possibly lost while sailing Recife to Capetown. CBS London broadcasts cited uncertainty and officials dismissed official word yet. The ship left New York March 20 and last communicated April 9, with names of American passengers not released pending confirmation.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Zamzam
Africa
United States
Berlin
Pernambuco
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
Columbia Broadcasting System
Admiralty
Naval Affairs Division
Ministry of Information
BBC
Edward R. Murrow
CBS
Alexandria
Cape Town
Thomas Cook & Son
State Department
Washington
Cook Office
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast calls for Tuesday fair and cooler with considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers on Tuesday and Wednesday from the Southeast. North and west portions stay cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. New Mexico sees fair days with mountain showers and rising temperatures by Wednesday. Temperature readings include 7 A.M. at 59, highs around the low 90s, and overnight lows near 40 to 74.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Noor
Dn G. Faenge
Civilian Defense Agency Created Under Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt selected Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to head a new Office of Civilian Defense. LaGuardia would organize a nationwide air raid precaution system while remaining mayor of New York City. The move coincides with broader defense measures and calls for coordination of federal and local projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
White House
Little LaGuardia
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of Production Management
Office For Emergency Management
Capitol Hill
Congress
N National Guard
Voice
Philippine Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
Rep
Case
South Dakota
United States
Hull
Railway Unions Seek 30 Percent Pay Increase
Five large railroad unions announced a demand for a 30 percent rise in basic wages, citing rising living costs. From a 1939 payroll of 560 million dollars they estimate an extra 168 million annually, with a minimum raise of 1.80 dollars per day, to take effect under the Railway Labor Act, with formal notices to be served June 10.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors of America
The
Switchmen's Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Murder Case Shocks Dallas as Wife-Witness Marries Defendant
In Dallas on May 19, the murder case against Homer Edward Roberts faced a surprise when chief witness Miss Margaret Lindsley married the defendant. Judge Adams delayed rulings as Roberts’ attorney offered a guilty plea to killing painter Bill Pierce in exchange for a suspended sentence, noting state law bars a wife from testifying against her husband.
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Dallas
U.P
Homer Edward Roberts
Margaret Lindsley
Grover Adams
Roberts
Curtie McCutcheon
Bill Pierce
McCutcheon
Crude Price Increases Signal Wider Oil Market Move
Tulsa report notes three majors boosted crude prices in Oklahoma Kansas Illinois and the Texas Panhandle by 9 to 11 cents a barrel. The action follows a prior increase in April and precedes a planned governors meeting with purchasers. A detailed oil section report is on page 7.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Illinois
Texas Panhandle
Payne H. Ratner
Leon ©. Phillips
Panhandle
Japs Weigh Convoy Action in Axis Pact Talks
Tokyo reports say Jidipan and other Axis powers discuss whether aiding Britain by convoy shipments could be aggression under the tripartite pact. Foreign ministers and ambassadors debate if attacked wording applies, while Japanese press predicts U.S. entry is imminent and awaits Roosevelt moves.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Jidipan
United States
Britain
Japan
Germany
Italy
Yosuke Matsuoka
Eugen Ott
Mario Indelli
Matsuoka
Roosevelt
Indo-China Gets a Note
Yomiuri reports from Hanoi that the United States lodged a strong protest to Indo-China against any Axis alignment. The note mirrors Roosevelt's appeal to European France, and Indo-China plans a not favorable reply.
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Tokyo
Yomiuri
Hanoi
United States
Roosevelt
France
Southern Baptist Convention Sets Delegate Record in Birmingham
The five day meeting closed with 5,833 official delegates from 18 states, part of an estimated total attendance near 12,000. This topped the 1938 Richmond convention's 5,785 delegates as the largest official delegate count to date.
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Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Princess Stefie Released From Deportation Detention
Major Lemuel B. Schofield head of the U S Immigration Service announced that Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe of Hungary would be released immediately after weeks of detention on deportation charges in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Lemuel B. Schofield
U. S. Immigration Service
Stephanie Hohenlohe
Hungary
Governor Won't Resign Office For Campaign
Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel announced his bid for the U S Senate saying he would not resign as governor. He touted social security gains and state reforms while acknowledging other candidates in the race for the June 28 special election. He spoke from the Texas governor's mansion with his family and state officials present.
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People of
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Washington
O'Daniel
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Gold
Texas White House
OT Daniel
Pat
Mike
Molly
Bill Lawson
Claude Williams
Criminal Appeals Court
Tom R. Beauchamp
B. D. Battle
Highway Commission
Brady Gentry
Public Welfare Board
M. E. Sadler
Fred Felty
San Antonio
Jesse E. Martin
Fort Worth
E. Harold Beck
Texarkana
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Penrose B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
H. L. Winfield
Fort Stockton
Lawrence Bruh
Liano
Don Dove
Groesbeck
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Jimma
Aosta
North Africa
Salam
RAF
Cairo
Fort Capuzzo
Halfaya
Menastir
Birchleta
Bengasi
Derna
Tobruk
Rashid
Calato
Rhodes
Aziz el Masri Pasha
Somaliland
East Africa
Red Sea
Free French
Hayden
Dial 6262
Amarillo Daily News
Amarilo Globe Creer Ewes
Civilian Defense Agency
Via
Russell Stationery Company
Baptist Meeting
Princess Stefie
States Senate
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