Germany to reshuffle Western diplomat staff amid Nazi concern
Washington reports forecast a shakeup of German diplomatic and consular staffs in the western hemisphere after Havana measures and Nazi official conduct. Possible withdrawals and replacements by non party affiliated diplomats are discussed, with FBI investigations, wire tapping approved, and a State Department inquiry into Baron Spiegel’s remark on U S aid to Germany’s enemies.
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Western Hemisphere
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United States
Gerhard Westrick
New York
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
Germany
State Department
Probe of Campaign Practices Urged
U.S. senators Miller and Tobey urged immediate legislation to bar corporation officials from pressuring employees to contribute to political campaigns. The move follows a complaint by Byrnes about "corporation friends" of Wendell Willkie. Tobey warned both parties engage in the practice and it should end.
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Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Miller
Arkansas
Tobey
New Hampshire
Byrnes
South Carolina
Senate
Corporation Friends
Wendell L. Willkie
Public Budget Hearing Set for Amarillo 1940 41
Notice to taxpayers in Amarillo Texas announces a public hearing on the proposed budget for the 1940 1941 fiscal year. The hearing will be held in the Commission Chamber at City Hall on Thursday August 8 1940 at 10:00 AM under Texas law and city directions.
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Amarillo
Texas
Commission Chamber
State of Texas
H. R. Smith
Mussolini's Egyptian Drive Seen as Major World War Threat
The piece argues Mussolini aims a two front assault to force Britain to fight Egypt and Suez while threatening India and the Persian Gulf. It notes the Libya Egypt push as vital, Kenya and Somaliland risks, and praises Graziani as a top desert warfare commander.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Marqpal Rodolfo Graziani
Von Cramm Recalled For Nazi Anti Aircraft Duty
Baron Gottfried von Cramm German Davis Cup star is drafted into an anti aircraft unit in the Berlin area the CBS Berlin broadcast said. The move follows his prominence in German tennis and national service duties during the war period.
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New York
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Berlin
Columbia Broadcasting Company
City Commission Hears Six Petitions on Lighting paving and Transit
The city commission reviewed six petitions from street light improvements to paving and a bus route extension. Overhead lights were approved at two intersections, paving for Thirtieth Avenue may be funded in a future WPA project, and a fire plug at North Third Avenue is pending cost estimates. A replat for Wheatley’s five acre tract west of Hughes Street was approved. An extension of the San Jacinto bus route to bypass mud holes was authorized for discussion with operators.
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H. R. Smith
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San Jacinto
McMasters Street
Western
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Texas State Employment Service Holds Four Day Training Conference
The Texas State Employment Service conducts a four day training conference at the Capitol Hotel to train staff in using a new job dictionary listing over 17 000 job titles and 11 000 alternate titles. Ross S Shearer supervises the program in Austin with about 25 employees from Lubbock Plainview Childress Pampa Borger and Amarillo offices attending.
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Borger
Amarillo
Chick Hatches in Heat Wave Surprise in North Carolina
In Goldsboro North Carolina on August 7 a farmer named John Tart found a baby chick hatched by the heat wave from eggs stored in a cabinet. The peeping animal surprised him as he opened the door finding the chick emerging.
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N. C
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Chinese Warn French Not To Yield to Japs
Reuters dispatch from Shanghai reports Chinese authorities warning France they will take military action if Japan gains bases in French Indochina.
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London
Reuters
Shanghai
Wallace Hopkins Visit Links Roosevelts To Campaign
President Roosevelt’s Hudson Valley stay takes a political turn as Wallace and Hopkins plan visits. Hopkins, Chicago convention manager, expected today. Wallace to spend tomorrow with the President during a tea at Walkill cottage. Invitations sent to 850 Democratic women across five New York counties.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
White House
Wallace
Hopkins
Chicago
First 100 Border Patrol Recruits Complete Training
The first 100 of 800 recruits under the emergency border patrol plan graduated from the Camp Chigas service school and left for posts along the U S Mexico frontier. They join efforts to tighten security against illegal entry and subversive elements, marking a new phase in border protection at El Paso.
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U.P
U. S. Border Patrol
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Uncle Sam
TEETHINA Offered as Mild Laxative for Baby Ailments
Parents urged to monitor infants for fretfulness belching and spitting up caused by temporary constipation. TEETHINA advertised as a mild laxative, priced 80 cents a box of twelve powders, with directions on the package.
Excess Profits Tax Proposal Aims to Reform War-Era Revenue
A House subcommittee proposed an excess profits tax to raise 300 to 500 million dollars yearly from corporate earnings under the defense program. The levy would be 25 to 40 percent on parts of industrial profits, with defense related plant expansion costs deductible at 20 percent annually for five years. If the emergency ends sooner, deductions rise proportionally. Joint hearings by House and Senate committees will follow.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Parachutist Captured After Eleven Days in England
A German aviator who parachuted from a disabled plane was taken by a Bristol area woman driver who noticed his appearance and turned him to authorities. Reports say he had been in England for eleven days since the drop while under guard by local police. A separate article discusses proposed bases for the excess profits tax using 1940 profits or invested capital compared to 1936-39 averages.
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