French Halt German Drive While Berlin Inches South
Paris reports claim 41 German tanks were captured or destroyed along the Weygand line as French forces hold firm. Germans gain five to six miles south of Peronne while near Amiens and Abbeville the advance continues. Dunkerque prisoners rise to 58,000 as Hamburg bombing is reported. London says Duke of Windsor resigns liaison post. Washington notes Allied arms requests and $1 billion plane program discussions.
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Somme
Amiens
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Abbeville
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France
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Belgium
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Edward
Edward Spears
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Defense Commission
Stephen Early
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
Morgenthau
Anglo-French Purchasing Commission
Senate Republicans
Congress
House
Pie suppers and politics weave small town romance
In Texas pie suppers and box suppers mingle with politics as candidates and crowds share food and light chatter. The piece recounts a judge purchasing a box at a county event, a couple forming from the moment, and several upcoming political rallies and fundraisers across towns like Amarillo Bushland Dalhart and Carson Potter counties. Also notes a missing actor Wallace Douglas while public posters face penalties under city ordinance.
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Texas
Gee
Amarillo
Judge Gee
Townsend
Townsend Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Johnson School Parent Teacher Association
Wallace Leads Farm Testimonial Dinner For Marvin Jones
Secretary Wallace heads a June 5 dinner honoring Rep Marvin Jones for farming policy work as chair of the House Agriculture Committee. About 70 Agriculture Department officials attend including Grover Hill and Claude Wickard. a gold watch is given to Jones for service to American agriculture. The Washington Star editorial lauds his decision to decline a claims court seat to stay in Congress.
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B. N. Timmons
Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Marvin Jones
Department
Jones
Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Congress
Grover Hill
Secr. of Agriculture
Wallace and
Hill
Rudolph M. Evans
AAA
Claude Wickard
J. B. Hutson
Howard R. Tolley
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Carl B. Roth
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington Star
Claims Court
Texas
Court of Claims
Senate
Hee
Knox urges aid to Allies without sending troops
Chicago publisher Col Frank Knox former 1936 Republican VP nominee urged the United States to supply France and Britain with aid short of soldiers. He said neutrality was a sham and that aiding the Allies would boost American security. He cited a civilian aviation plan to train 15 000 pilots this summer and 30 000 men next school year.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
United States
France
Great Britain
Chicago Daily News
Roosevelt
Army
Col
Knox
Aviation
Plattsburgs
Grain markets stagger as war slows exports in Chicago
Grain trade machinery faces partial paralysis as Western Front blitzkrieg chills prices and trading. Experts fear the coming heavy market season, though Board of Trade President John G. McCarthy vows government-sanctioned action if needed. See Page 6 for details.
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Chicago
Blitzkrieg
John G. McCarthy
Board of Trade
Pioneer Passes I M Hill 80 Cowman Dies In Amarillo
Francis Marion Hill lifelong Panhandle cattleman dies at 80 in Amarillo west ranch. He helped organize Polk Street Methodist Church, served Potter County as commissioner, and worked in cattle, hardware, and lumber. Survived by five sons, 18 grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Burial Llano Cemetery. Funeral Saturday at Polk Street Church.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Potter County
Francis Marion Hill
Gainesville
Texas
John Hill
Mary Alice Boyd
W. Jess
Grover B
Carl
Francis Marion, Jr
Denver
Colo
Cecil
Jess
Grover
Hill
Polk Street Methodist Church
C. C. Grimes
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
W. M. Gouldy
Lewis P. Fields
W. J. Hill, Jr
Richard Dean Hill
Iti
Carl Hill, Jr
Llano Cemetery
N.S Griggs and Sons
Amarillo Area Weather Update With Showers and Cooler Blast
Local thundershowers and cooler tonight with Friday seeing fair weather in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas reports scattered showers and thunderstorms becoming mostly fair Friday, cooler tonight and Friday southeast portion. New Mexico notes mostly fair tonight and Friday with evening storms in extreme east, cooler east tonight. Maximum 89 and minimum 59 in 24 hours, noon today 85.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Army to Station 100 Air Service Men Here
Uncle Sam plans a permanent group of buildings at English Field Amarillo airport to house nearly 100 air service men. A hangar and an administration building are planned with a large scale flying school to be added at Municipal airport under a national defense program.
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Air Service
Uncle Sam
English Field
Amarillo
Army Air Service
Ofice
Lish Field
Albert Randall
Randall Construction Company
Fred Smith
Amarillo Air Service, Inc
Municipal
Charley Boyd
Boyd
Municipal Airport
Thornton
First Wheat Reaches Amarillo Terminal From Seymour Texas
The first 1940 wheat car arrived this morning at the Amarillo terminal market from Seymour Baylor County. It tested 62.5 pounds test weight 1190 moisture 3-10 dockage and 16.35 protein according to Producers Grain Corporation. Prospects indicate a mixed regional crop with Sey mour area yields about 12 bushels per acre and harvest not starting in earnest until July 1.
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Amarillo Terminal
Seymour
Baylor County
Producers Grain Corporation
Amarillo
E. P. Hutchens
Seymour Producers and Consumers, Inc
Medicine Mound
Quanah
Chillicothe
Goodlett
Kirkland
Perryton
Spearman
Waka
Wildorado
Hereford
Hale
Crosby
Nelson
Digest of Want Ads Heads and Hype
A fragment from a newspaper page notes the idea of a digest listing Want Ad headings. It mocks excess ad copy with lines like Save on Flies and Grasshopper Poison, then argues the sensible choice is to read the full Want Ad Headquarters notice from John Maynard Lumber Co.
Examine Teeth As Defense Measure
A national defense survey on dental health began in Chicago with the American Dental Association sending 55 000 questionnaires to 11 000 dentists in 33 states. The effort aims to reveal dental deficiencies, the second highest cause of military rejections in World War I, informing industrial and military planning.
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Chicago
United States
American Dental Association
Lon W. Morrey
Army seeks bigger forces as Marshall backs expansion
General Marshall urges Congress to boost the armed forces. The army’s authorized strength could rise from 280,000 to 375,000, with 40,000 more for the air corps. Chairman May of the House military affairs committee is drafting the bill to raise the cap in line with Marshall’s recommendation.
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Army
George C. Marshall
Congress
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Air Corps
General Marshall
Navy Bill to FDR Speeds Ship Production and Bases
The Senate sent to the White House a 1.4925 billion naval appropriations bill. It provides emergency funds to accelerate ship and aircraft production, munitions and armament, and the construction of new air bases.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Italy sows mines to guard ports in 12 mile zones
A reliable informant said Italy has sown minefields in 12 mile danger zones to protect ports and deter hostile warships as a potential ally for Germany. Virginio Gayda, seen as voicing the government, warned the United States to stay out of the war and warned of European intervention if it aids Britain or France. The report notes mines may also cover sea areas along the empire extending into the Mediterranean.
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Italy
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United States
Virginio Gayda
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