Kaiser Wilhelm II Died at Doorn in Exile
Palmer Kaiser Wilhelm II, 82, last German emperor, died at Doorn House after a lung embolism. He had fled Germany in 1918 and spent over two decades in exile, fearing crowds and illness, with his death ending the Hohenzollern line's prominence.
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H. C. Buurman
Var
Orn
Holland
U.P
Palmer Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Doorn House
Netherlands
Hohenzollern
Hermine of
Wilhelm
Prince August Wilhelm
Duchess of
Braunschweig
Count Bentinck
Kaiser Wilhelm
Tank plant shows rapid assembly line capacity in Berwick
DAN ROGERS reports from Berwick Pennsylvania where the American Car and Foundry plant demonstrates its tank assembly line for a party of 11 correspondents. The facility employs 5699 workers building light tanks and armor plate with a 10 plus per day output and potential to double.
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Berwick
U.P
America
American Car and Foundry Company
United States
U. S
American
Egypt Cabinet Resigns Amid War Fears in Middle East
Cairo reports show the Egyptian cabinet quit over grave circumstances amid fears of a German push into the Nile valley. British air strikes hit Beirut oil depots as RAF raids increase, and British troops occupy Mosul amid mounting Middle East tension.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Nile
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
Middle East
RAF
Ria
London
Britain
Syria
Mosul
Iraq
East
Mediterranean
Scattered Showers Forecast Across District
Mr. Collman forecasts more scattered showers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow afternoon and night. Last night brought showers with a good rain. Clovis reports 1.5 inches, Dimmitt 0.37, Tucumcari 0.84, Des Moines 0.44, Clayton 0.05. Adrian unavailable due to wire trouble. Southeast wind. temperatures rise to around 80 and fall to about 60 tonight.
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Mr. Collman
Clovis
Dimmitt
Tucumcari
Des Moines
Clayton
Adrian
Oil Conservation Push Sways Private Sector and Industry
Washington reports Defense Oil Coordinator Harold Ickes urges oil users to conserve amid East Coast shortages. The Oil Burner Institute campaigns for efficiency, while talks of coal conversions, lower home temps, and gasoline-cut initiatives loom.
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Washington
U.A
Defense
Harold L. Ickes
Oil Burner Institute
Ray G. Whipple
Ickes
American Petroleum Institute
Congress
Atlantic
Colonel Dorenfield Heads to Fort Sill Assignment
Col Julius Dorenfield, en route to Fort Sill Oklahoma, will serve as executive officer at the field artillery post. Since January 1 he has logged over 15000 miles aiding Selective Service draft boards in Texas and hopes Amarillo may host an army camp.
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Julius Dorenfield
Amarillo
Fort Sil
Okla
Dorenfield
Texas
Connally vows to put skids under officials over defense pace
Washington June 4 Senator Connally charged the Senate defense investigating committee will “put the skids” under any official blocking faster armament program. Stacy May testified that many machine tools are unused and the government must nearly double defense spending to meet a 1941 42 production plan.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Stacy May
OPM
May
Army
Navy
Congress
Alfred Nimmo Wins Dollar for Idea on Underpasses
Alfred Nimmo of 900 Harrison Street wins the daily dollar for a good idea published in YOUR IDEAS on page 11. He proposes pedestrian underpasses under heavily traveled streets near public schools. The editor offers one dollar daily for three months to anyone sending in strong ideas.
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Alfred Nimmo
Harrison Street
Globe News
Trades School Gets First Defense Job
Amarillo College mechanical trades school outlined its first defense project last night a burglar proof door for the high school armory gymnasium storage room. Captain A Petersen said rifles of the Texas Home Defense Unit are due soon. The steel grill door will meet a war department requirement for burglar proof storage. Leather briefcases Russell Stationery Company. Ice cold Prager Beer is a prescription for summer heat.
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Mechanical Trades School
Amarillo College
Texas Home Defense Unit
A. Petersen
Defense School
War Department
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Scattered thunder showers this afternoon and evening with similar activity Thursday. Partly cloudy tonight with thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon and evening. Temperatures vary little with a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 77 in the past 24 hours. noon reading 72.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Blast damages 22 inch gas line east of Bivins station
A blast ruptured 280 feet of a 22 inch gathering gas line 10 miles east of the Bivins station of the Canadian River Gas Co. near Amarillo. The explosion occurred yesterday at 4 15 p m and scattered pipe joints over a wide area as a line crew had just left work nearby. Officials said the cause remains undetermined and not due to sabotage.
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Bivins
Canadian River Gas Company
Amarillo
R. A. Ford
Mr. Ford
Burglary Report at Panhandle Lumber Turns Out Misstep
A Panhandle Lumber employee misplaced a new cash cache valued around 300 dollars. The office staffer left without informing others and investigators, including the sheriff and police, found the safe door open but no money in the usual place, making the incident appear as a rifling at 1707 West Seventh Avenue.
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Panhandle Lumber Company
West Seventh Avenue
C. R. Farley
Auto Buying Boom In Potter County
Potter County shows a strong auto market with 252 new motor registrations in May, lifting the year total to 1,306. A 20 percent production cut and anticipated further declines help explain the buying surge tied to Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Potter County
New Service To Protect War Plants
The War Department creates the Plant Production Inspection Service to safeguard defense manufacturing. About 800 civilians and retired or reserve officers will join inspectors across 21 major districts to check plant security, fire and guard systems, and worker backgrounds while coordination rests with Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson. The FBI remains responsible for sabotage cases.
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Washington
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
Amarillo Considers Parking Meters Based on Texas Survey
Questionnaires sent to 18 Texas cities plus Shreveport and Oklahoma City may inform Amarillo’s meter plan. Mayor Joe A. Jenkins announced that city petitions trigger a full commission review. Houston’s Burch Downman and Fred L. Sharpe offered a trial installation while former mayor Ross Rogers spoke for a Oklahoma City firm.
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Texas
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Joe A. Jenkins
Burch Downman
Houston
Carpark Corporation
Fred L. Sharpe
Ross Rogers
Dual Parking Meter Company
Gulf Oil Firm Matches Humble Price Increase
The Gulf Oil Company purchasing division announced it has matched Humble’s crude oil price increase retroactive to May 21. The new top price is 112 dollars for crude of 40 gravity and above, aligning with industry levels.
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Gulf Oil Company
Humble
Navy takes over Boston elevators during strike
The U S navy assumed control of four elevators in a building after a day of picketing by the A F of L elevator operators. Navy personnel operated the lifts on the 12th and 13th floors, restoring service to naval offices.
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NAVY
Boston
U. S. Navy
A. F. of L
Naval Offices
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Adolf Hitler
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By Dan Rogers
Hamilton
Pratt and Whitney
Vichy
William D. Leahy
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
France
Dakar
Army of the Levant
Berlin
Tunisia
RAF Middle- East Command
Boulogne
Strait of Dover
English Channel
Channel
Knox
U. S. Atlantic
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management Today
Robert E. Wilson
OPM Petroleum Unit
Wilson
Joint Aeronautical Board
Army and Navy
Tmnan Wanna
Fort Sill
Trades School
Russell Stationery Company
Panhandle Lumber
John Mansville
Newby's
The
Civil Service Commission
Gulf
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Churchill
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