Summer School Opens in Amarillo Schools
Registration begins at Amarillo High and McKinley Elementary for a nine week summer term. High school enrollment reaches about 150, elementary about 50, with band programs starting tomorrow at Amarillo High and Sam Houston Junior High. Tuition ranges from 8 to 20 dollars by subject level, plus a 50 cent music supplies fee.
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Amarillo
Amarillo High School
McKinley
Sam Houston Junior High School
Queen Esther Club Picnic Set For Thursday Evening
The annual Queen Esther Club picnic will be held at 6 30 p m Thursday at Mrs ill Singleton 3701 Van Buren Street. New officers of Bonita Chapter will be guests.
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Queen Esther Club
Ill Singleton
van Bureneet
Bonita Chapr
Nineteen Parashooters Drill in Texas
Nineteen volunteer marksmen termed parashooters practiced at a Texas ranch under Major R P Patterson. They achieved 60 percent accuracy firing at gas balloons in high wind, including three women a 12 year old boy and a 67 year old man.
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Fort Worth
United States
Here
R. P. Patterson
Patterson
Appeal for Calm At Church Session
Boston June 3 thousands of Christian Scientists gathered for The First Church of Christ Scientist annual meeting in Boston Mass. Harry C Browne urged trust in Gods omnipotence and freedom of thought as Christ Jesus demonstration unfolds. Mrs Margaret Murney Glenn Matters C S B of New York elected president succeeding George Shaw Cook. Ezra W Palmer reelected clerk and Edward L Ripley treasurer. The treasurer reported a sound fiscal year with no debt and a growing membership. The Publishing Society head A Warren Norton noted wide recognition and over 100000 annual visitors.
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Edwin F. Glenn
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Mother Church
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Marshfield
A. Warren Norton
Christian Science Publishing Society
Man Shot and Killed By Galveston Officer
In Galveston on June 3, Mac L. Weathersbee of Del Rio wounded a woman friend and a policeman during a midnight gunfight at John Sealy Hospital. Temple H. Side, whose wife was shot, said he had tried to assure Weathersbee he was not pursued. Police Sergeant Ed Formby was wounded while questioning the suspect.
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Mac L. Weathersbee
del Rio
John Sealy Hospital
Temple H. Side
Weathersbee
Ed Formby
Weathersb
Hundred and Fifty More Planes for Allies
One hundred fifty American bombing planes destined for France were loaded today on three freighters at Staten Island. The planes weigh 10 to 16 tons and cost over $300,000 each, boxed for assembly in France. Freighters sail this afternoon, raising total to 250 planes shipped from this port in 48 hours. A Norwegian ship carried 100 planes last Saturday night.
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New York
France
Staten Island
Ten Cent Store Heiress Orders Ten Ambulances
London dispatch reports Countess Haugwitat Reventlow once Barbara Hutton, famed for a 5 and 10 million fortune, cabled from Santa Monica for ten ambulances for an ambulance unit run by her friends.
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London
The
Daily Mail
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Barbara Hutton
Santa Monica
Calif
Burleson Woman Tries Suicide Before Prison Transfer
Mrs May Walker Burleson of Galveston attempted to kill herself as she was to be moved from Richland County jail to the state penitentiary to serve a 12 year manslaughter sentence for shooting her former sister in law in a Columbia hotel cafe. She swallowed three tablets and was treated with a stomach pump at Columbia Hospital.
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May Walker Burleson
Galveston
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John M. Glenn
Richland County
Richard C. Burleson
U.S. Army
Glenn
Columbia Hospital
Burleson
Isabel Knowlton Burels
Amarillo Plans Flag Day Service With City Leaders
Amarillo schedules Flag Week events led by Mayor Ross D. Rogers and John K. Boyce who serves as chair for a second year. Flag Week runs from next Saturday through June 14 as Amarillo joins national observance efforts.
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U. S. Flag Association
John K. Boyce
Amarillo
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Modification of Grain Program Is Ordered
Washington June 3 Officials said a modification of the 1940 wheat and barley grower loan program was ordered to allow loans on a demand basis callable at any time. Previously farm-stored grain loans ran 10 months and warehouse-held grain eight months. The move is a precaution against potential wartime grain shortages and possible need to ship large quantities immediately.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Comedian George Jessel Suffer Paralytic Stroke
Los Angeles report states comedian George Jessel 42 has had a paralytic stroke. His attorney Burnett Wolfson said one side of his face is paralyzed and he will be unable to leave home for some time as he seeks a continuance of a damage suit. He recently arrived with his 16 year old bride.
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Los Angeles
George Jessel
Jessel
Burnett Wolfson
Mr Collman Predicts Thundershowers Tomorrow
Weather forecast by Mr Collman predicts scattered thundershowers for tomorrow after noon. Cooler weather is in prospect and today’s high is about 90 degrees. Winds from the south southeast remain gusty 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 tonight in Municipal Auditorium. Post also plans a one night DeGraham Lyceum magician show Thursday at Municipal Auditorium with proceeds aiding rehabilitation work.
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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 counter actions against fifth column movements in America. The meeting is set for 8 o clock in Legion Home 180 Harrison Street with a joint Legion and Auxiliary program at 9 o clock led by Bruce Autry.
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Amarillo
National Defense Committees
America
Legion Home
Harrison Street
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Bruce Autry
Italian Exposition Postponed Amid Allied Fleet Moves
An official communique announced the postponement of the 1942 Italian World Exposition to be held in Rome. The notice came as Allied ships gathered in the Eastern Mediterranean near the Suez Canal, echoing Hitler’s prewar postponement of the Nuremburg rally before Poland.
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Suez Canal
Adolf Hitler
Nuremburg
Poland
Rome
Allied withdrawal from Northern France speeds up
An authoritative source says British and French forces are still withdrawing from Northern France. More than 600000 men are involved as the French navy evacuates troops to France, making it difficult to estimate the total pulled out in the dual withdrawal.
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Roosevelt gets emergency powers to use reserve army units
Legislation introduced in the House aims to empower President Roosevelt to deploy reserve components including the national guard and retired regular army personnel after Congress adjourns. Roosevelt also works to trim government spending by 10 percent to fund national defense.
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House
Roosevelt
Army
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
National Guard
National Defense Fund
Harold Smith
Surviving British Troops Leave Dunkerque After Raid
A British sergeant returning from Dunkerque described few troops remaining on the beaches and night fires lighting the town. He recalled German bombers avoiding the town while raiding rescue ships and soldiers, and told of a German pilot’s oil attack on a small boat. He and others then traveled via Armentieres amid widespread devastation.
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England
Flanders
Dunkerque
Survivor stories amid German air and sea attacks at sea
In the chaotic scene hundreds of people fled and returned to the shore after believing no steamer would come. Ships returning show evidence of German attack with ice for splinter scars and bullet holes.
Border watch proposed to deter Fifth Columnists
Representative Snyder introduces a House bill to authorize building observation stations along the entire U S Mexican border to ensure day and night visibility with lighting. The plan aims to guard the border against unauthorized entry and potential Fifth Columnist activity.
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Washington
Snyder
Pennsylvania
House
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
British shoot to kill order at airfields in wartime alert
London authorities warn the public to stay clear of airfields and wartime factories. two pedestrians killed for ignoring halt orders. A Cheltenham grammar teacher injured when live rounds were used in a local defense corps drill. Mussolini's paper attacks US regular army as Italian troops voyage home aboard the Manhattan.
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London
Ministry of Information
Royal Air Force
Cheltenham
Unclear OCR fragment on medical notice
Fragmentary text appears to mix medical terms and unrelated fragments possibly from a health notice. Readable entities are minimal, with no clear event, date, or involved organizations to summarize.
Military strength estimates and detention of boxing champion Joe Beckett
The report lists land forces in Italy Libya and beyond with 1.8 to 2 million mobilized in Italy and 80 000 in Libya along with air power of 4500 to 6000 planes and 100 plus patrol craft. In London on June 3 Joe Beckett former British heavyweight champion and his wife were detained by Southampton police under defense regulations with no details released.
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Libya
Italian East Africa
Albania
Dodecanese Islands
London
Joe Beckett
Southampton
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