Italy II Duce Holds Secret of War in His Pocket
DeWitt MacKenzie reports Signor Mussolini has not revealed Italy’s wartime choice after a cabinet meeting. While preparations suggest possible hostilities, the world awaits clarity on whether Italy will join the Axis or the Allies, and how popular support will influence his decision.
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II Duce
Dewitt MacKenzie Signor
Mussolini
Europe
London
Whitehall
Dardanelles
Rome
Duce
Signor Mussolini
Il Duce
Fascism
TN Duce
Hitler
Churchill Vows Britain Will Fight On With New World Aid
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will continue the war alone if needed, counting on the new world to rescue and liberate the old. He cited 30,000 British dead in Flanders and 335,000 Allied rescued, and warned of potential German strikes on Paris or London. He praised Franco-British unity, noted Dunkirk, Calais, and the reconstitution of the BEF under Gen. Gort, and urged preparation for further blows while expanding munitions and policing fifth column activity.
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Associated Press
Canada
Germany
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Flanders
France
Dunkerque
Somme
Air Ministry
Issy-Les-Moulineaux
United States
William C. Bullitt
Paris
London
Hitler
British Isles
Calais
Dunkirk
Leopold
Viscount Gort
British Empire
French Republic
Ireland
Brit
Fifth Column
Thirteen Men Stand Fast in Congress Race
Thirteen candidates remain in the 18th district congressional race after Marvin Jones joined the U S Court of Claims. Three stayed in the race, including Gene Worley Dennis Zimmerman and James Cade who cited personal reasons and duty to finish the fight. Other candidates include Lewis Goodrich Dusty Miller and Henry Bishop with a few undecided or unreachable. The district also sees races for state legislature and judicial posts with filings extending to June 15.
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Lewis Nordyke
Marvin Jones
U. S. Court of Claims
Jones
United States Army
Jim Cade
King Leopold
Lewis Goodrich
Shamrock
Henry Bishop
Amarillo
Dusty Miller
Weather Update For Amarillo And Mountain Region
The bulletin notes scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy skies. West Texas shows partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered storms and cooler north areas. New Mexico expects high clouds and afternoon storms with cooler north portions tonight. Temperatures: high 95, low 64. noon reading 82. Historical note references June 4 1915 Zeppelin raid and eastern front movements.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Marshall urges power to call National Guard in national emergency
General George C. Marshall told the House military affairs committee that Congress should grant the president authority to mobilize the National Guard and reserves without delay in a regional or global emergency. He warned of indirect subversive methods threatening the Western Hemisphere and the Panama Canal as he outlined needs for expanded defense funding and 68 new vessels.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
National Guard
Marshall
House Military Affairs Committee
Panama Canal
Army
Navy
Rezoning Hearings Scheduled Tonight
The city commission will hold a public hearing on rezoning 2212 14 16 South Fillmore Street from B dwelling to D commercial. Two additional hearings consider 2804 to 2816 Northeast Eighth Avenue to Dp commercial and 1510 North East Eighth Avenue to retail.
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Fillmore Street
City Commission
Eighth Avenue
North East
An Elephant for You Roosevelts Desk Mystery
Washington reports a mysterious elephant symbol of the Republican party appeared on President Roosevelt's desk last week. The origin remains undisclosed after the national defense commission meeting drew attention to the unusual showroom treasure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Party
National Defense Commission
Unusual Occupation Query Reaches Amarillo Chamber
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce received a letter from Dick Diamond, head of Scientific Films Inc., Hollywood, requesting information about unusual occupations and hobbies in Amarillo. The firm makes colorful unusual occupation and popular science shorts and cameramen from the company plan to visit Amarillo soon.
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Amarillo
Crafty Warriors Ingenious Nazi Town Deception
German forces on the northern front deploy new reinforced concrete bombs that dig deep craters, while constructing fake illuminated towns to mislead French night bombers. The tactic aims to lure pilots into German territory by shifting light patterns and masking real targets.
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H. Taylor Henry
Henry C. Munn Elected New Lions President
Henry C. Munn an employee of the Santa Fe Railway engineering department was elected president of the Lions Club succeeding Roy Stockton by a bare two vote margin in a runoff over W. J. Freeman. H. A. Shaw was eliminated in the first ballot. E. W. Cain named second vice president R. C. Davis third vice president H. G. Wilson first vice president. Wayne W. Sawyers and L. R. Cloninger named directors W. N. Evans to attend Lions International convention in Havana Cuba next month with Munn.
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Henry C. Munn
Santa Fe Railway Engineering Department
Lions Club
Roy Stockton
W. J. Freeman
Florist
H. A. Shaw
H. G. Wilson
E. W. Cain
C. T. Davis
L. R. Cloning
Coyote Foster Pup Grows Bold On Farm
Bengt Nelson of McPherson Kansas says his mother cat adopted a pup coyote a month ago. The coyote has outgrown the cat and now bosses the farm cats. Nelson fears it may target chickens if it learns they are food as well as play.
Max Boyer to Open Senate Campaign on KGNC
Rep. Max Boyer of Perryton will begin his bid for the 31st district state Senate with a 15 minute talk on KGNC from 5 30 to 5 45 this afternoon. He said he will outline his full platform.
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A. J. Folley
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Curtis Douglas
Panhandle
Max Boyer
Perryton
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Clint C. Small
Hazlewood
Boyer
Mr. Douglas
KGNC
State Senate
Papen Meets Inonu in Ankara Dispatch
Berlin radio reports Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, was received yesterday by President Ismet Inonu in Ankara. The broadcast reflects ongoing diplomatic engagements between Germany and Turkey.
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Berlin
Berlin Radio
Ankara
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Hull Okays Move Against Transfer of European Isles
Secretary Cordell Hull endorsed a joint congressional resolution denying any transfer of sovereignty over European islands or colonies in the Western Hemisphere. The House Foreign Affairs Committee met in executive session and adjourned with Hull's letter read. he framed the measure as restating the Monroe Doctrine and commitments to equal trade, urging favorable consideration.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol Bloom
Democrat
New York
Hull
Opponent weighs 290 pounds in county weighing race
Oklahoma City on June 4 reports county weigher Jim Pickens facing a strong challenger in Harry V. Stokes who tips the scales at over 290 pounds. Stokes campaigns with the slogan The only man who can balance the scales.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Pickens
Harry V. Stokes
Stokes
Law Panel Hints Rising Emergency Defense Tax Bill
Chairman Robert L. Doughton of the House ways and means committee said after a conference with treasury officials that there is some suggestion the $656,000,000 emergency defense tax measure may be increased.
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Washington
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Sheriff Discovers Large Moonshine Still on Farm
Sparta North Carolina June 4 Sheriff Dewitt Bryan surprised by finding a large moonshine still operating on his own farm. He said he was never so surprised in his life.
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Sparta
N. C
Dewitt Bryan
Proof sewage carries infantile paralysis virus
New York report in the Journal of Experimental Medicine states definite proof that sewage contains the virus of infantile paralysis during even small outbreaks, marking a significant finding in understanding poliomyelitis transmission.
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New York
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Americans Exit Egypt Amid Tight Reentry Controls
In Alexandria on June 4, Americans are leaving Egypt at rising rates as the government eases exit visas for foreigners while denying permits for reentry, signaling tighter travel limits for those departing.
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Alexandria
Egypt
French Planes Bomb Airfields and Paris Raid Death Toll
French planes bombed air fields and industrial targets at Munich and Frankfurt on Main. Berlin said Paris raid victims reached 906 with 254 dead and 652 wounded, far larger than earlier figures. German radio urged listeners to stay tuned for a purported military announcement from Hitler’s western front headquarters.
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Dunkerque
Paris
Flanders
Mussolini
Italy
France
Berlin
U.P
Munich
Frankfurt-on-Main
War Ministry
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
Wight Woolsey Returns Home After Auto Crash
W W Woolsey of 1619 Hughes Street Amarillo, a sportsman who was badly hurt in a crash near Elk City, Oklahoma, has left an Oklahoma City sanitarium for four weeks and will return for knee cap surgery. His sister Juanita Eastwood and her niece Margaret remain in hospital, both in casts but recovering.
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W. W. Woolsey
Hughes Street
Amarillo
Elk City
Okla
Oklahoma City
Woolsey
Juanita Eastwood
Margaret
Highway 66
Oklahoma City Hospital
Miss Kilstoffe and Mrs Cooper Return From Conference
Miss Ingeborg Kilstoffe director of the Amarillo Social Center for Girls and Mrs Floyd Cooper ex executive secretary of the local Red Cross chapter have returned from Grand Rapids Michigan where they attended the National Conference for Social Welfare Neely Greenhill Agey for Insurance.
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Ingeborg Kilstoffe
Amarillo
Floyd Cooper
Red Cross
Grand Rapids, Mich
Telegraphs, Air Raids, and Broadcasts Reported
A June 4 bulletin states Italy France telephone links suspended. British radio recounts German bombers hitting Cherbourg with few details. German warplanes again raid the Rhone Valley in southern France.
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U.P
Italy
France
Bern
Switzerland
Rhone Valley
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