Weather and Local Happenings Across the Panhandle
A July forecast notes a near ideal Fourth of July with cooler plains weather for wheat harvests. George Shannon backs Republican hopes while Carl Hinton predicts England’s collapse under Hitler. The piece also covers fishing reports at Buffalo Lake and City Take, tree care efforts, and local curiosities from Dumas to Washington correspondence.
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George Shannon
Philadelphia
Carl Hinton
Washington
Hitler
Mr. Hinton
Tower of London
Mr. Shannon
Buffalo Lake
Lloyd Smith
Lost Bowling Pin and Help Wanted Notes
A notice seeks a reward for a lost bowling pin on Polk or West Sixth streets. Several help wanted ads from local residents request farm work, driving a tractor, cooking, housekeeping, child care, and washing. Listings include A C Murray 305 Polk Street and Addie Bridges 1911 Harrison Street.
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Polk Street
West Sixth
A.C. Murray
First Load of Children to Canada From Britain Reported
The U S committee for the care of European children headed by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt as honorary chairman and Marshall Field as chairman announced the first boatload of children leaving the British Isles for Canada. The notice includes contact numbers and several small classified requests for work and services from readers.
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New York
U .S
Committee For the
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall Field
British Isles
Canada
Deason Rites Slated For Thursday In Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs D M Deason will be held Thursday at 4 PM from Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr C C Grimes officiating. The 82 year old Amarillo resident died yesterday morning at 1611 Fillmore Street after a brief illness. She had lived in Amarillo 31 years and was a member of Polk Street Methodist Church and Browning Sunday School Class. Burial is in Llano Cemetery beside her husband who died in 1934.
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Polk Street
C. C Grimes
Amarillo
Polk Street Methodist Church
Browning
Marina Ross
Macon County
Georgia
Texas
Daniel Marion Deason
Pineola
Fort Worth
Sam Johnson
Deason
Mr. Johnson
Santa Fe
Griggs and Sons
Llano
Middle East and Caucasus Command Split Urged
The text proposes leadership in the region during wartime by the British high command for the Middle East and by Turkish command in the Caucasus. It notes Turkish forces would coordinate with the air force and potentially include special contingents.
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Middle Orient
Caucasus
French War Losses Reported by Messagero Dispatch
A Berne dispatch cited by Messagero reports French war dead at 50,000 and 300,000 wounded with Germany said to have captured 600,000 French prisoners in June, citing official French sources.
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Rome
Messagero
Berne
Germany
Britain orders 112000 tons steel rails for quick repair
Great Britain has ordered 112000 tons of steel rails for rapid repair to every railroad in England and Scotland. The rails will be shipped promptly to replace damage from German bombing raids, the Iron Age Magazine reported.
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New York
U.P
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Iron Age Magazine
Nazis Can't Invade Britain Say Nazis Can't Invade Britain
United Press war expert J W T Mason outlines why Germany cannot invade Great Britain. He cites coastal defenses and fleet power, notes air raids would need mass, and weighs paratroop use, long range bombardment limits, and the challenges of maintaining supply lines.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
London
Germany
Great Britain
Gallipoli
Hitler
Holland
France
Weygand
Channel
Refugee Care Pledge Surges as War Ends Near
The committee reports about 10,000 American families have offered to care for young refugees until the end of the war, with arrivals expected in roughly three weeks.
Armistice Fights Persist in Maginot Line
Generalissimo Weygand reports 2000 French troops near the Maginot line fought for five days after the cease fire order, remaining surrounded in fortifications. Pershing backs compulsory military training as a factor to keep the U.S. out of war and endorses the Burke Wadsworth bill requiring male registration for defense training.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Maginot Line
Germany
Weygand
Washington
U.P
John J. Pershing
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Morris Sheppard
Pershing
New Defense Program Aims for 50 000 Planes
Washington July 3 A vast supplementary defense program costing over 5 billion dollars aims to build up the air forces to a 50 000 plane goal. The plan, drafted after a White House conference among President Roosevelt and defense officials, would start mass production of planes tanks and guns. Navy needs may delay submission to Congress until next week and a message to legislators is expected by Monday.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Navy
Addi
Camel Corps See Action on Italian Frontier in Somaliland
The British Somaliland Camel Corps, hailed as elite, clashed with Italian regulars at Bolantino on the Somaliland Ethiopian frontier. One Somali camel corpsman was killed, several Italians wounded, as the unit deployed with machine guns mortars and automatic rifles under British officers.
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Cairo
U.P
British Somaliland Camel Corps
King's African Rifles
Mullah
Middle East
Camel Corps
Bolantino
Hargeisha
Jugjiga
Diredawa
Harar
Berbera
Somaililand
Weygand Reported Arrived in Syria From Istanbul
Reports from Istanbul dated July 3 indicate General Maxime Weygand former Allied commander in chief in France has arrived in Syria. The notice notes the admission of the arrival and places Weygand in the region during the ongoing Middle East tensions.
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Istanbul
Maxime Weygand
France
Syria
Forecast Deadlock In London War Talks Rise
Key foreign diplomats in London see a possible war deadlock after Germanys failed invasion attempt. They report Britain shows no appetite for peace talks now and expect potential major Allied moves against Germany if invasion fails.
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London
Germany
Britain
Former Amarilloan Dies in California
Frank H. Roddy, former Amarillo resident, died Monday in Salinas California from accidental burns. Survived by daughter Betty Tom Roddy of Amarillo, father John Roddy, four sisters in Amarillo and Muskogee, two brothers in Amarillo and Bellflower California. Mother died here five months ago. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Frank H. Roday
A. C. Roddy
Amarillo
O. T. Roddy
Bellflower
Cal
P. H. Norman Receives Permit For Seven-Room Home
P. H. Norman has been granted a permit to build a seven room frame home valued at 5200 on 20 Crockett Street. Also approved this month is John Manning’s 3000 duplex remodeling at 1901 Jackson Street.
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P. H. Norman
Crockett Street
John Manning
Jackson Street
Knox Nomination Clears Senate Path for Navy Secretary
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee voted nine to five to approve Colonel Frank Knox of Chicago to be Secretary of the Navy. The move paves the way for Senate consideration probably early next week of Knox and of Henry L. Simson to be Secretary of War. Knox denied reports he favored sending U S troops to Europe. Simson’s nomination was approved by the Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Frank Knox
Chicago
Knox
Henry L. Simson
Naval Committee
United States
Europe
Stimson
Judge Nelson urges defense support at Amarillo Legion event
Judge E C Nelson urged working for the defense program before Amarillo Legionnaires. Hanson post members heard nominations for offices to be filled at the annual election on July 16. Nominations included John E Boyce and George Broome for commander and other officers. committee members were Bruce Autry Sam Page and S F Rose.
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E. C. Nelson
Amarillo Legionnaires
Hanson Post
John E. Boyce
George Broome
T. W
Bill) Gilstrap
Dave Peters
Erwin Ochsner
Chester Meetze
Charles Keffer
Harry Meyers
J. Howard Williams
Ray Mack
Homer Brandt
Allsabrock
H. EF. Boseman
Guy Miller
Bruce Autry
Sam Page
S. F. Rose
Lewis P. Fields Keeps Busy Day On Campaign Trail
Congressional candidate Lewis P. Fields spoke on KGNC this morning and traveled to Canadian for the rodeo. He plans to appear in Canadian tonight and Clarendon tomorrow, urging brevity in his first radio talk lasting ten minutes.
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Lewis P. Fields
KGNC
Canadian
Clarendon
Congress
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