Fate of Fair To Be Decided At 5 P M
The Tri State Fair executive committee led by Ross Rogers will decide this evening whether the 1942 event will be held. The panel will base its recommendation on input from Wickard and Fastman with Rex Baxter missing for travel to Austin. The weather and transportation crisis drive cancellations at other fairs in Dallas and Chicago and Kansas City.
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Association
Ross Rogers
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Joseph B. Fastman
Office of Defense Transportation
John K. Boyce
Rex Baxter
8. B. Whittenburg
Ray Pinkner
Dallas
Chicago
Kansas City
Pinkney
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Fire Chief Cooper Relieved but Not Terminated
Amarillo's fire chief George B. Cooper was relieved but not discharged. Earl J. Curry succeeds Cooper, who may become an assistant to the new head. Cooper cites 23 years in the department with 12 as chief, while Curry has 30 years. City officials declined to comment. Tensions over pay and hours have simmered, with overtime back pay litigations.
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Amarillo
George B. Cooper
Earl J. Curry
Cooper
Capt
Ross
Inky” Dickerson
Dickerson
Allied Subs Sink Jap Transport and Ships in Raid
Allied submarines sank an armed 6000 ton transport with probable loss of all troops and sent two heavily loaded supply ships to the bottom, damaging a third. The total sunk reached 22,000 tons, with estimates of 12,000 Japanese troops lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
MacArthur
Nazi Attack At Kalinin Front May Signal Offensive
Moscow reports sharp clashes around Kalinin northwest of Moscow suggest German forces may have chosen the front for a new offensive. Soviet communique says the enemy was repulsed with 200 killed and three tanks destroyed, while Vienna reports say fierce fighting continued and Russians inflicted heavy casualties. The Kalinin front has been highly active since last winter, prompting observers to view it as a potential main thrust.
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Moscow
U.P
Kalinin
Kalinin Front
London
Dahlberg Discusses War Housing and Sugar Cane Byproducts
In Amarillo discussions with John G. Getz, Dahlberg outlines wartime housing material shortages and the need for an orderly distribution system. He notes Celotex from bagasse and a housing program push to Washington, stressing postwar reuse and avoidance of waste. Spain's 1941 42 orange crop totals 280,000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dahlberg
Louisiana
Dahlbergh
Celotex Corporation
Certain-Teed Products Corporation
War Department
Pantex
Dahlberg
H. J. Hartley
Amarillo
John G. Getz
Teed
Spain
Conservation Needs Drama in Tire War Effort
Sen. Josh Lee urges dramatic public appeals to conserve rubber noting steel replaced treads on tanks and urging reclamation programs. He expects the Senate military affairs group to delay action on a $5 billion private car requisition bill and parts draft to support essential war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Lee
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sheridan Downey
California
Office of Defense Transportation
Census Bureau Reports Big Share of Adults Have Eight Years Schooling
The census bureau on June 4 reported that over half of Americans 25 or older had completed at least eight years of schooling by April 1, 1940. Among 74,775,836 adults, 32.7 percent had less than one year of schooling while 46 percent had finished college. State figures include Kansas 1,047,818 residents with 11,975 not finishing a year of school, Oklahoma 1,213,129 with 29,814, Texas 3,413,739 with 179,426, New Mexico 247,295 with 26,488.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Census Bureau
United States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Allis Chalmers
Curtiss Wright
Derre & Co v. Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
Eee
Cen Foors
Gen Motors Va Ty Sit
Greyhound Ny
Houston
Int Harvester
Remington Rand
RCA
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oill
Socony
Southern Pacific
Wynn
Standard Brands
California
Stand Oil Indiana
Stand Oil
New Pieteey
Studebaker A
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Texas Gulf Sulphur 291, 29%4 Tide Water Or See Big Bly Tex Pac Coal & Oil
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
US Rubber
US Steel
U Tel
White Motor
Wilson & Co
Woolworth
American Troops in Britain Can Airgraph Letters
U S army headquarters announced troops in the British Isles may send airgraph letters home. The system uses specially prepared blanks photographed by microfilming and routed via bomber to Washington before delivery. not mandatory but would save hundreds of tons of air mail.
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London
United States Army
British Isles
India
Middle East
Washington
War Department
Kansas City Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep June Market Moves
Kansas City livestock slow to steady with hogs 2 000 salable in Kansas City and 9 000 in Chicago. Hogs top at 14.00 for 190 325 lb cattle salable 1 600 with feeders steady to 15 higher on good to choice steers. sheep 2 500 with spring lambs steady to weak and ewes down. Chicago trade strong to 10 cents higher on 270 lb hogs with top 14.35.
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Kansas City
AMA
Texas
Chicago
Luft war updates from Poole raid and air battles
German night raiders reportedly bombed the Poole naval base on the British south coast. During daylight over the channel, the German high command claimed British losses reached 24 planes in air combat. In the prior week, Germany cited British losses at 318 with 41 shot down by Nazi naval units, while German losses were 51.
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Poole
Channel
Rough flight from Dallas to San Antonio encounters darkness
Lieutenant Wood ward and the BT-15 pilot leave Hensley Field Dallas at 7:45 PM bound for Brooks Field San Antonio. By 9:00 PM darkness and rough weather reduce visibility. they descend to 2000 feet and fly by instruments. A town appears west of them, misidentified as Lamod head. Financial figures show varied cattle market prices and a liquidation offering of 1.731 funds at 1.29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Woodward
Hensley Field
Dallas
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Temple
Parachutist Stranded Lands Near Kerrville Ranch
A downed pilot and a parachutist who stayed overnight near Mountain Home ranch about 40 miles northeast of Kerrville were found after a night trek through rough terrain. Clarence Hyde and L T Wood, managers of Schreiner Ranch, assisted the seeker as authorities arranged transport back to Kerrville.
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Clarence Hyde
L. T. Wood
Y. O
Schreiner
Mountain Harn
Kerrville
New Braunfels
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Wood
Woodward
Brooks Field
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Myrtle
Walker
John Curtin
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Sydney Harbor
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Rabaul
New Britain
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Chicago Livestock
Sir Rye
RAF
Financial Industrial Fund
Aury
Gilbey’s
Low London
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York
Kirk Drug
Aras
Mountain Lake
Cool Mountain Lake
Virginia
Buccaneer
Hotel Galvez Romatic
Galveston
Jung Hotel
New Orleans
America
Hotel Falls
T Marlin
Carlsbad of America
Beck
Basda Io
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