Canada Eyes Defense on Pacific
Ottawa reports the national defense department prioritizes the Pacific coast as Canada’s weak point amid fears of Japanese aggression. It outlines naval and air plans, with six destroyers, new forts, and bases at Aliford Bay, Patricia Bay, and Prince Rupert, plus rapid air force expansion to 203 aircraft units nationwide.
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Ight
Ottawa
Ont
National Defense Department
Japan
Canadian Defense Department
Great Britain
Vancouver
Victoria
British Columbia
Navy
General Staff
Pacific
Canada
Atlantic
Defense Department
Aliford Bay
Queen Charlotte Islands
Patricia Bay
Prince Rupert
Quebec
Ontario
New Brunswick
Nova Scotian
Halifax
Dominions
Air Force
trans-Canada Airways
War Office
London
These Little Pigs Went to Market Weaning Pigs Ad
A Globe-News want ad shows Pigs for sale at Beverly Gardens Parker price five dollars. The advertiser cancelled after three days as all pigs sold. ad cost seventy cents. Globe-News promotes livestock market reach to Amarillo and Panhandle subscribers.
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Parker
Beverly Gardens
Globe News
Globe-News
Amarillo
Panhandle
Officers Believe New York Youth Was Strangled
New Rochelle New York May 30 The possibility that strangulation caused the death of kidnapped Peter Levine was urged by Dr Amos Q O Squire but not established. Investigators weigh clues as bodies parts missing and a ransom saga shows a long, unanswered case.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Amos QO. Squire
Westchester County
Peter
Long Island Sound
Murray Tevine
New York City
Reifenberger
Dr. Squire
Crisis Shaping For Democrats
Washington May 30 The Democratic party moves toward an internal crisis in 1940 as the 1936 sweep fades into 1940 clashes on social and economic policy. President Roosevelt guides issues through administration intervention in state primaries as aides expect a party showdown over the New Deal and its hold on party machinery. Continued on Page 9 Col 6.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Kidnaped Lass Betty Jane Hobbs Returned Home
Betty Jane Hobbs a four year old girl was returned to her mother after being abducted ten days earlier. Her father Ellsworth Hobbs a WPA worker with two policemen drove to Coolville Ohio to recover her. Neighbor Mrs Anna Legare 45 is held on kidnaping charges and awaits hearing.
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North Tonawanda
N. Y
U.P
Betty Jane Hobbs
Coolville
Betty Jane
Ellsworth Hobbs
WPA
Ohio Village
Hobbs
Anna Legare
Springer Named Treasurer of State Baptist Organization
R A Springer, educational director of the First Baptist Church here, was named treasurer of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas to succeed George Mason. The announcement came from a Fort Worth board session. Springer will take office in Dallas on July 1. Mason served 18 years.
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R. A. Springer
First Baptist Church
George Mason
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Fort, Worth
Springer
Dallas
Mason
Texas
J. Howard Willians
Fort Worth
Williams
Baptist General Convention
Lubbock
The
Amarillo
Top of Texas Fiesta Boosters Arrive in Amarillo
A large Pampa delegation led by the Pampa Junior High Band will arrive in Amarillo at 10 45 AM with Amarillo boosters and a motorcycle escort. The visit supports the Top of Texas Fiesta planning and includes a parade on Polk Street and a reception at the Amarillo Hotel.
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Amarillo
Pampa
Pampans
R. 5S. Dietz
White Deer
Panhandle
Claude
Goodnight
Clarendon
Groom
Pueblo Cibola
Boosters
Lions Club
Jean Gros Advertising Company
Pittsburgh
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Oklahoma
New Mexico
D. L. Parker
Toy Johnson
Otis Pumphrey
C. E. Kennedy
W. B. Weatherred
Joe Gordon
Sid Patterson
Cardenas Claims Cedillo Rebellion Quelled in San Luis
President Lazaro Cardenas announced that the Cedillo peasant rebellion was stamped out by rapid federal action in San Luis Potosi. He said pacification was accomplished though Cedillo remained at large and any capture would be handled under Mexican law.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Saturnino Cedillo
San Juils Potosi
San Luis
Cedillo
Cardenas
Golden Anniversary Staff Puts Shoulder To Wheel
The News-Globe staff outlined the challenge of producing a 300 page historical edition to 70 staffers at the Herring Hotel. The August 14 publication will celebrate Potter County’s 50th anniversary and cover Panhandle Plains history. team roles, advertising strategy, and distribution plans were discussed, with 40 moving vans and 270000 pounds of newsprint needed.
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News-Globe
Southwest
Herring Hotel
McCormick Company
John McCarty
Gene Howe
Potter County
Panhandle-Plains
John Forkner
JaJs
L. McCormick
Wilbur Dittrich
Chester Park
John Kinsey
McCormick
Hugh Norman
Chas
Underwood
Zero Hour for Japs Nearing Hankow Front
Shanghai May 31 A Japanese army estimated at 400000 men stretched along a 250 mile crescent front awaiting the zero hour for a general offensive on Hankow China's temporary capital. Chinese defenders numbered over 1000000 and fought stubbornly from Lanfeng to the Lunghai railway. Japanese countered with air strikes on Lanfeng and Kaifeng sectors while claims of Chinese withdrawals and repulsed assaults circulated as both sides reported heavy fighting.
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Shanghai
Hankow
China
Anhwei
Lanfeng
Sunghai
Buchaw
Kenji Dobhara
Japan
Lawrence of
Manchuria
Yellow River
Lunghai
Kaifeng
Lowang
Doihara
Panhandle bankers elect Amarillo official as president
Arthur H. Ware of Amarillo National Bank was chosen president of the Panhandle Bankers Association at the annual convention held at the Herring Hotel. Officers named include H B Wilbur vice president and cashier in Canadian. John E. Crews president of Hale County State Bank. W D Smiley cashier of Amarillo First National. Elmer Stearns treasurer. About 400 attendees registered.
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Arthur H. Ware
Amarillo National Bank
Panhandle Bankers Association
Association
Herring Hotel
H. 8
Wilbur
Southwest National Bank of Canadian
John E. Crews
Hale County State Bank of
Plainview
W. D. Smiley
First National Bank of
Amarillo
Elmer Stearns
First State Bank
Matador
W. F. Norris
C. F. Childs & Co
Kansas City
America
United States
Rose Bowl ‘Tea Room
Arthur Ware
Earl Fuqua
Sharpe McCullough
Amarillo Banks
Amarillo Country Club
Jack Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Tornadic Winds Join in Storm In Panhandle
A Panhandle storm brought a cloudburst a tornado and sandstorms with six inches of rain near Adrian and Vega in under 30 minutes. A brief twister touched Amarillo, several structures were blown down in Pleasant Valley, lines and bridges damaged, and heavy rainfall reported across Spearman Perryton and Tucumcari amid washouts on highways.
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Adrian
Vega
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Oklahoma Panhandle
Rock Island Railroad
Tuccumcari
Pleasant Valley
Second Avenue
Jackson Street
G. H. Millican
New Mexico State Line
W. J. van London
North Central Union of the Panhandle
Tucumcari
Nara Visa
Roy
Gallegos
Tascosa
Channing
Magic City
Lefors
McLean
Oklahoma
Dalhart Dalhart
Waynoka
Okla
Clovis
Dumas
Highway 66
Shamrock
Borger
Lubbock
W. R. Sitchler
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Franklin Blackley
North Second
Jackson
Sitchler
Serum
Stirring Serial Starts June
This excerpt announces the serial debut of This Man, Joe Murray a novelette by William Corcoran in the News tomorrow. It highlights its selection from 1340 manuscripts for a Little, Brown contest and notes its portrayal of an American youth facing work, unemployment, love, and growing up.
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Joe Murray
William Corcoran
Little, Brown and Company
America
Joe
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