Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Without President for Weeks
Miles Bivins resigned as president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce discussing reduced time due to cattle duties. Directors have delayed action, hoping for reconsideration while officers including Clay Thornton John Boyce and Carl Hinton remain in posts as plans for a Washington trip unfold. The note mentions offering area facilities to the War Department and defense agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Miles Bivins
Bivins
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Bivins
George Ordway
Clay Thornton
John Boyce
Carl Hinton
Washington
War Department
National Income Near Peak Recovery Year
The commerce department reports six months of 1940 income within one percent of 1937. June payments rose due to higher industrial activity and seasonal dividend and interest disbursements to 6.202 billion dollars, up 551 million from May. First half 1940 income payments total 35.338 billion, up 1.657 billion or five percent from 1939.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Twelve Britons arrested in Japan for espionage link
Tokyo officials announce 12 British subjects including a Reuters manager were arrested for involvement in a espionage network spanning the country. The Reuters chief Melville Cox died by his own hand at the Tokyo police HQ after alleged coercion.
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Tokyo
U.P
Melville James Cox
Reuters
Far East
Ministries of War and Justice
Cox
Robert Craigie
Foreign Office
Yosuke Matsuoka
Shanghai
United Press Tokyo
Domei
Cowley
HKG
London
Six Cars Involved in Wreck One Person Hurt
Houston dispatch reports six cars were involved in a Sunday afternoon crash extending along the avenue. Cecil Barr, 25, caused the chain reaction by rear ending another vehicle. A third auto swerved to dodge Barr, colliding with two more cars, one of which struck a parked car. Six cars involved, more than a dozen people affected. The lone injury was Miss Fannie Mae Fuller, 16, with a broken jaw and a cut hand.
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Houston
Cecil Barr
Barr
Fannie Mae Fuller
Willkie supporters launch chain letters for donations
U P reports supporters of Wendell L. Willkie have begun chain letters asking for 1 dollar contributions to his campaign chest. Enclosed printed envelopes show Wendell Willkie Elwood Indiana and urge recipients to pass on the envelopes to friends to form a wider fund. The aim is to surprise Willkie with a substantial sum at his August 17 acceptance speech in Elwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Wendell L. Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Elwood
Indiana
Willkie
Popolo D’Italia Warns France No Pity From Italy
Mussolini's paper accuses France of enduring hatred toward Italy and vows there will be no pity when accounts are settled between the two nations on that day.
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Rome
U.P
Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia Today
France
Italy
Popolo D'Italia
Scheduled Death Came After 25 Years on Borrowed Time
Carson C. Surles of Dunn North Carolina predicted July 1940 would end his life after 25 years of claims. He prepared a funeral lot hired an undertaker and told relatives goodbye. He died suddenly at 2 20 P M last Thursday after saying he would die that day though his doctor found no confirmed cause.
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Surles
God
J. R. Johnson
O'Daniel Leads Potter Vote in Texas Runoff Fandango
In Dallas July 29 W Lee O Daniel leads the Texas Democratic primary with 53 5 percent of unofficial returns from 245 of 254 counties and 89 complete. He tops Ernest O Thompson and others as runoffs set for August 24 Potters County results show tight races for sheriff county judge and precinct offices with write in campaigns noted and O Daniel carrying Potter County voters in Amarillo area.
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Dallas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Election Bureau
O'Daniel
Ernest O. Thompson
Harry Hines
Miriam A. Ferguson
Jerry Sadler
Cyclone Davis
R. P. Condron
Potter County
O’daniel
Ernest Thompson
Amarillo
Legislature Races Three To Go In Panhandle Primaries
Panhandle primaries leave three races to decide in August runoffs as two incumbents win. Jack Little defeats Bill Brian in the 123rd district with 89 40 to 7 033. Ennis Favors wins the 122nd district over Gribble and Puryear. Richard Craig leads in the 124th district with Mullins close behind. Floyd County contenders Mathews and Dean head to runoff in the 120th district. Eubank and Walker lead in the 121st district with Stawell Clement third. No incumbents seeking renomination in these districts. Congress and state senate contenders noted. A B Tarwater does not seek renomination. District judge and district attorney results listed.
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Panhandle
Jack Little
Panhandle Plains
Bill Brian
Carson, Armstrong, Randall, Potter
Deaf Smith
Oldham
Gray, Wheeler, Donley
Collingsworth
Ennis Favors
Pampa
Luther Gribble
John Puryear
Favors
Gribble
Puryear
Richard Craig
Miami
Forrest B. Mullins
Stratford
Craig
Mullins
Reynolds
Floyd County
L. G. Mathews
Tom Dean
L. D. Rochelle
Lamp County
Paul Eubank
Motley County
E. E. “Red” Walker
Hall County
Eubank
Walker
Stawell Clement
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Allen Harp
Congress
Max Boyer
Ochiltree
Milton Tatum
John Honts
Dallam County
Tatum
Honts
J. D. Thomas
Farwell
Clifford Braley
31St Judicial District
Bud Martin
John Deaver
Memphis
Elgar Robertson
Childress
Amarillo Breaks Water Record for Third Time
City records another high water mark as Amarillo uses 12,300,000 gallons on Friday, averaging 237 gallons per person. Officials report the supply returned to normal by Saturday morning with 16 feet of water in the reservoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Construction Worker Killed Near Stinnett
A. E. Henegar, a construction company employee living near Waco, was run over by a gravel truck several miles south of Stinnett and died. He had previously reported the accident that killed Roberts Weems of Corsicana. Henegar leaves a wife and a five year old daughter.
Westbrook Pegler Debuts as Globe Front Page Columnist
News predicts Westbrook Pegler, a leading U S columnist, will publish his first Globe column tomorrow on the front page. The announcement notes Pegler’s rise and draws attention to his upcoming countrywide readership.
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Westbrook Pegler
United States
The
Globe
Roosevelt proposes draft legislation for guard mobilization
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a draft bill to authorize calling National Guard and Officers Reserve Corps into active training in stages. He argues current power is insufficient and plans four infantry divisions plus anti aircraft and coast artillery units for intensive training with return to civilian life once efficiency is reached.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Guard
Senate
Officers Reserve Corps
Police Get Uniforms Through Grateful Dog
Zeeland's two man police force receives annual uniforms funded by proceeds from selling puppies gifted by a stray dog named Zippy. Chief Fred Bosma adopted the dog four years ago and uses its litter proceeds to pay for new outfits.
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Zeeland, Mich
Fred Bosma
Bosma
Zippy
Same Man Nominated Defeated on Same Day in Texas Primary
Sam Rogers was nominated for sheriff of Travis County but lost by 180 votes in the Democratic primary while being nominated for justice of the peace. He withdrew from the peace race to run for sheriff after former Sheriff Lee Allen died, with write-in ballots used for both offices.
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Bob Baker
Senate
Wilbourne B. Collie
Eastland
Albert Stone
Brenham
Doss Hardin
Waco
Collie
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Omar Burleson
Anson
Stone
J. Alton York
Bryan
Hardin
Kyle Vick
McLennan County
E. Harold Beck
Texarkana
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
A. M. Aikin, Jr
Paris
H. L. Winfield
Fort Stockton
Aikin
Winfield
Houghton Brownlee
Homer de Wolfe
Gordon Burns
Huntsville
Clem Fain
Livingston
Texas
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
State Senate
Max Boyer
Perryton
Clint Small
Texas Senate
Potter County
Bill Adams
Virgil Oglesby
Ernest O. Northcutt
J. Newt Riggs
Lewis Merritt
Lon Conners
Constable
Lon Sellars
Morris Browning
Mark Parker
Jack Swan
Dan Pavillard
George Killian
Jess L. Adams
W. D. Howren
Howren
Bob Stone
Roy Chase
Chase
Austin
Sam Rogers
Travis County
Justice of the Peace
Rogers
Lee Allen
It Was Hotter on Coney Island Beach
A New York July 29 report notes 1.4 million visitors fled heat to Coney Island. At 2 50 P M the sand reached 110 degrees while city readings peaked at 93.4 degrees.
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Coney Island Beach
New York
Coney Island
Mussolini Celebrates 57th Birthday With Party Leaders
Premier Mussolini marked his 57th birthday in Rome with greetings from Adolf Hitler and other Fascist leaders. The same page notes 25 years ago today, July 29, 1915, a heavy trench battle near Soissons with German advances threatening Warsaw.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Soissons
Warsaw
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Scattered showers and cooler temperatures expected tonight through Tuesday across Amarillo and West Texas. Panhandle and southwest portions show showers and thunderstorms with increasing cloudiness and cooler conditions. New Mexico regions will see thunderstorms with higher elevations cooling tonight and Tuesday. highs near 91 at noon and a low around 67.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Southwest
New Mexico
German Planes By Hundreds Over Britain
Royal Air Force raids hit seventeen Nazi air bases and oil depots across Germany and neighboring countries. Britain reports heavy Luftwaffe action with many German planes shot down. the Wren destroyer sunk and 77 German airmen captured. Eyewitness accounts describe intense southeast coast battles as Spitfires and Hurricanes engage large formations. A northeast England raid kills three.
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London
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Britain
Wren
Admiralty
England
RAF Fighter Command
Junkers
Messerschmitt
Romania Reports Willing to Surrender Border Strip
Bucharest reports from official quarters that Romania would cede a narrow border strip in Transylvania to Hungary. The offer aims to limit exchanges to Satu Mare Oradea and Arad with population swaps in other areas. The move follows a meeting of King Carol II with premier Ion Gigurtu and foreign minister Mihail Manoilescu after talks with Axis leaders.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Hungary
Satu Mare
Oradea
Arad
Carol II
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Salsburg
Rome
Budapest
Germany
Romania
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Potter
Worley
Pierce Brooks
Olin Culberson
Railroad Commission
Hal Lattimore
James P. Alexander
John Bell
Cuero
B. J. Leyendecker
Laredo
J. Isaacks
el Paso
Weldon Burney
Evant
E. D. Cockrell
Lampasas
Leighton Cornett
Clarksville
Maurice Dowell
Luling
W. J. Galbreath
Wharton
Margaret Harris Gordon
E. B. Hamilton
Hillsboro
Courtney Hunt
Haskell
Gene Worley
Deskins Wells
Wellington
E. T
Dusty) Miller
Gray
Hutchinson County
Randall County
Ady
Allison
Bushland
Long Sand
Pleasant Valley
Thompson
Baker Saulsbury
Saulsbury
E. T. Miller
Lew Fields
Henry Bishop
Jim Cade
Br. L. A. Woods
Coke Stevenson
Jewell Davidson
Hubert Cole
Tom Seay
Ben Smith
Bod Underwood
W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
L. D. Heyser
John Winters
Legislature
Stinnett
National Tuberculosis Association
Neely-Greenhill Agey
Messerschmitts
John Maynard
Lbr
Rumania
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