Summer School Enrollment Opens in Amarillo
Registration starts at Amarillo High School and McKinley elementary with about 150 high school students and 50 elementary students enrolled. Band schools at Amarillo High and Sam Houston Junior High report large enrollments for a nine week term meeting six days weekly. Tuition ranges from 8 to 20 dollars by subject level plus a 50 cent music materials fee.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
McKinley
Sam Houston Junior High School
Queen Esther Club Picnic Thursday Evening
The annual Queen Esther Club picnic will be held at 6 30 o clock Thursday night at the home of Mrs Neill Singleton 3701 Van Buren Street New officers of Bonita Chapter will be guests.
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Neill Singleton
van Buren Street
Bonita
Nineteen Parashooters Train in Texas Drill
Nineteen parashooters volunteer marksmen trained at a Texas ranch for homeland defense. They achieved about a 60 percent accuracy rate firing at gas filled balloons blown by wind under the direction of retired U S Army Major R P Patterson. The group included three women, a 12 year old boy, and a 67 year old man and practiced target shooting in June near Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
United States
Here
R. P. Patterson
Patterson
Appeal for Calm at Church Session in Boston
Thousands of Christian Scientists gathered in Boston for the annual First Church meeting. Harry C. Browne read a message from the Christian Science Board of Directors urging trust in divine Mind. Margaret Murney Glenn Matters was elected president, with Ezra W. Palmer and Edward L. Ripley reelected treasurer and clerk respectively. The treasurer reported a sound financial year with no debt. The Publishing Society head noted broad recognition and over 100,000 annual visitors.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
Harry C. Browne
Christian Science Board of Directors
Christ Jesus
Margaret Murney Glenn Matters
New York
Edwin F. Glenn
United States Army
Mother Church
George Shaw Cook
Brookline
Edward L. Ripley
Ezra W. Palmer F
Marshfield
Treassurer
Ezra W. Palmer
A. Warren Norton
Christian Science Publishing Society
Man Shot and Killed By Galveston Officer
In Galveston on June 3 a gunfight at John Sealy Hospital left Mac L. Weathershee of Del Rio dead after wounding a woman friend and Police Sergeant Ed Formby. Weathersbee, who claimed German spies hunted him, fired on officers during a disturbance. Temple H. Lide reported his wife was shot in the groin and that he had tried to calm him.
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Galveston
UPR
Mac L. Weathershee
del Rio
John Sealy Hospital
Temple H. Lide
Weathersbee
Ed Formby
Valverde
Abo
Hundred and Fifty More Planes for Allies
One hundred fifty American bombers destined for France were loaded on three freighters at Staten Island. The planes weigh 10 to 16 tons and cost over 300000 dollars each, boxed for assembly in France. Shipping later today will raise total from this port to 250 planes in 48 hours. A Norwegian ship departed Saturday night with 100 planes.
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New York
France
Staten Island
Countess Haugwitz Reventlow Orders Ten Ambulances
Charles Graves of the Daily Mail reports from London that Countess Haugwitz Reventlow formerly Barbara Hutton cabled from Santa Monica for ten ambulances for an ambulance unit run by her friends.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Charles Graves
Countess Haugwitz Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Santa Monica
Calif
Mrs Burleson Tries Suicide While Facing Transfer
Mrs May Walker Burleson of Galveston attempted to take her own life as she was moved from Richland County jail toward the State Penitentiary to begin a 12 year sentence for the slaying of Col Richard C Burleson s second wife. She swallowed three tablets and was taken to Columbia Hospital where a stomach pump was used. She had been convicted of manslaughter in the March 8 hotel cafeteria shooting of Mrs Isabel Knowlton Burlesse after claiming temporary insanity.
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Columbia
8. C
May Walker Burleson
Galveston
State Penitentiary
John M. Glenn
Richland County
Richard C. Burleson
U. S. Army
Glenn
Columbia Hospital
Burleson
Isabel Knowlton Burelsse
Amarillo Plans Flag Day Services This Month
Amarillo to hold Flag Week events with Mayor Ross D. Rogers naming John K. Boyce as chair for the city. Boyce previously led the observance last year. Flag Week runs from next Saturday to June 14, Flag Day, with city officials set to discuss Amarillo's role in the national observance.
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Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
U. S. Flag Association
John K. Boyce
Boyce
Modification of Grain Program Is Ordered
Washington June 3 officials of the Agriculture Department ordered a modification of the 1940 wheat and barley grower loan program. Loans may now be made on a demand basis callable at any time, replacing previously fixed 10 month and eight month terms for farm stored and warehouse grain. Officials said the move is not intended as a price brake but could be used if a war caused sudden demand for large grain shipments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Comedian George Jessel suffers paralytic stroke
Los Angeles report states comedian George Jessel 42 has a paralytic stroke. Attorney Burnett Wolfson said Jessel’s face is partially paralyzed and he cannot leave his home for some time while seeking a continuance in a damage suit. He recently arrived with his 16 year old wife.
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Los Angeles
George Jessel
Jessel
Burnett Wolfson
Thundershowers Predicted by Mr Collman Tomorrow
Mr Collman forecasts scattered thundershowers for tomorrow after noon with a cooler trend expected. Today’s high near 90 degrees, slight rise from yesterday, and a gusty south southeast wind at 15 to 20 miles per hour.
Special VFW Meeting Called for Tonight
E. R. Bruce commander of John B. Golding Post No 1475 VFW calls a special meeting at 8 PM in Municipal Auditorium. The post will sponsor a Thursday one night performance by DeGraham Lyceum magician at Municipal Auditorium with part of proceeds aiding rehabilitation work.
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E. R. Bruce
John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Municipal Auditorium
John B. Golding Post
DeGraham Lyceum
Legion to Map Defense Against Fifth Columns
Legionnaires of Amarillo will discuss reports from national defense committees and actions against fifth column movements. A Legion meeting at 8 p m at Legion Home 1800 Harrison Street precedes a 9 p m joint Legion and Auxiliary program organized by Bruce Autry.
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Legionnaires
Amarillo
National Defense Committees
America
Legion Home
Harrison Street
Legion and Auxiliary
Bruce Autry
Italian Exposition Postponed Amid World War News
Allied fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean near the Suez Canal reports a postponement of the 1942 Italian World Exposition to be held in Rome. An official communique notes the delay and likens it to prior Nazi Party events before Poland invasion.
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Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Adolf Hitler
Nuremburg
Poland
Rome
Withdrawal of Allied Forces in Northern France Continues
An authoritative source reports more than 600000 men massed in the north threaten a drive toward the French capital. British and French forces withdraw from Northern France is ongoing with those evacuated by the French navy now in France making an exact count difficult.
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France
Congress considers emergency power for Roosevelt reserve troops
Lawmakers proposed giving the president power to call on reserve components including the national guard and retired regulars after adjournment. Roosevelt aims to cut general government spending by 10 percent to fund national defense, while defense estimates call for more than 1,600 tanks, bringing total to over 3,000 armored vehicles, far surpassing prior levels.
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House
Roosevelt
Army
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
National Guard
National Defense Fund
Harold Smith
Navy
Army High Command
Nazis Downed in Sweden by Anti Aircraft Guns
Swedish anti aircraft guns shot down two German planes as of today. One aircraft was destroyed and the seven crew members of the second were interned.
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Stockholm
Dunkerque retreat early reports from a British sergeant
A British sergeant returning from Dunkerque said few British troops remained in the town as he left after two days on the beaches. He described fires lighting the night, German bombers avoiding the town, and raids on troops and rescue ships. He recounted a German plane failing to sink a boat with 20 soldiers, instead bombing it with oil and gasoline ignited by tracer bullets. He added the withdrawal route through Armentieres showed widespread devastation.
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England
Flanders
Dunkerque
Evacuees Routed After Sudden Beach Evacuation
Descriptions recall thousands fleeing to the shoreline after a sudden alert, with hundreds lingering to salvage belongings before a steamer appears. Wartime scenes note ships rarely return without evidence of German attack such as splintered seats and bullet holes.
Border watch proposed to curb Fifth Columnists
WASHINGTON June 3 A 24 hour watch along the entire length of the Mexican border was proposed by Representative Snyder Democrat of Pennsylvania The bill would authorize the construction of observation stations to cover the border day and night with illuminating equipment. A second item from Southeastern English Port recalls Red Cross nurses remaining at posts as BEF wounded were withdrawn from Dunkirk.
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Washington
Snyder
Pennsylvania
House
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Red Cross
Dunkerque
BEF
Channel
Tommy
Britain orders shoot to kill pedestrians at airfields
London authorities warn pedestrians near airfields and war factories to identify themselves and enter only at authorized points. Two men have been killed for ignoring halt orders, one on a road and another near a Royal Air Force camp.
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London
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Cheltenham
Strength figures show Allied Army and air power and naval forces
Armed strength estimates place land forces in Italy between 1.8 and 2 million with 200 000 in Libya and smaller numbers in other theaters. Air force totals 4 500 to 6 000 planes with about 2 250 to 3 000 in frontline squadrons and roughly 10 000 pilots. Naval strength lists six battleships 21 cruisers 130 destroyers plus numerous submarines and torpedo boats. In a separate item Joe Beckett and his wife were detained by Southampton police under defense regulations.
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Libya
Italian East Africa
Albania
Dodecanese
Islands
London
Joe Beckett
Southampton
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