Cherbourg Raided as Italian Ships Ordered Off Seas
Allied air and naval actions stall German advances near Paris as Weygand lines hold. Italy orders merchant fleet to neutral ports amid signals of possible escalation. Roosevelt seeks authority to turn in old guns and planes to speed weapons to Britain and France.
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Weygand
Berlin
Holland
Belgium
Somme- Aisne Battlefront
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France
Cherbourg
Italy
Germany
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Associated Press
Italo Verrando
New York
Jline
Rome
Gaetano Vecchetti
Washington
Verrando
Britain
Roosevelt
Navy
Haile Selassie May Lead Ethiopian Troops at Frontier
Italian sources claim Haile Selassie may command 8000 Ethiopian forces along the Kenya Ethiopia frontier as Italy and Britain mass troops in East Africa. Reports say if not in person he may lead via a former lieutenant and concentrate near Moyale Fort Harrington.
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U.P
Haile Salassie
Ethiopia
Italy
Britain
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Fort Harrington
Moyale
Kenya
England
Jobs for June Graduates From Top Executives
Twelve leading business executives and government labor officials share practical advice for graduates seeking jobs. The series explains how employers hire, common pet peeves, do and don'ts, and the industries with opportunities. Eleven follow-up columns will appear daily, aiding parents and teachers as well.
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The
Globe News
Ent Arl
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Scattered showers tonight with Saturday fair. West Texas mostly fair west of the mountains, scattered thundershowers in the south, cooler in central and south portions tonight and Saturday. New Mexico fair tonight and Saturday with scattered storms in Pecos Valley and Sangre De Christo Mountains eastward. Temperatures ranged from 57 to 93 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Fair
Mountains
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Sangre de Christo
Signs and Prophecy War Hysteria Develops Our Superstition
In 1918 Amarillo residents clung to prophecies and signs about the war. Reports of a baby predicting outcomes, fears of Kaiser Bill’s lame arm, and tales of daylight saving time spread amid wartime hysteria. Religious preachers and itinerants fed anxieties as nation neared uncertain times.
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Lewis Nordyke
Amarillo
Kaiser Bill
United States
Kaiser
Herbert Hoover
Judge Rutherford
Jehovah's Witnesses
Panhandle
Veteran actor E. E. Clive dies at home
Hollywood reports the death of Edward E. Clive aged 56 at his home from heart disease. The veteran British stage and screen actor was known for English roles such as butlers cockney characters judges and men about town. John Maynard Lbr Co
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Hollywood
Edward E. Clive
Death by own action rumor on underpass kiss trio
A reader reports a dramatic incident on East Third Street where a young couple on a motorcycle reportedly kissed three times while passing under an underpass. The observer notes the man kissed the girl three times and nearly hit the wall, remarking they might have died happy if they were harmed.
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R. F. Smith
East Fifth Avenue
Mr. Smith
East Third Street
IBM Chief Returns German Peace Medal to Hitler
June 7 in New York Thomas J. Watson president of IBM returned to Adolf Hitler a German peace decoration awarded in 1938 for efforts toward world peace.
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New York
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Adolf Hitler
Mayors joint plea for Red Cross aid on local radio
Mayor Ross Rogers will urge Potter County residents to donate to the 20 million dollar Red Cross relief fund during a 30 minute joint broadcast with KGNC and KFDA from 9 15 to 9 45. The county quota is 6760 with 2500 raised to date the only Panhandle county not yet meeting its goal. Rogers will declare Red Cross Week in Amarillo and a series of broadcasts will run daily with speakers including Mrs Floyd Cooper Howard Anderson Fancher Upshaw and E F Finch.
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Ross Rogers
Red Cross
Europe
KGNC
KFDA
Potter County
Panhandle
Floyd Cooper
Howard Anderson
Fancher Upshaw
E. F. Finch
U S Delegation to Canada Named for Ottawa Conference
Rogers will represent the United States at the Canadian Conference of Mayors in Ottawa June 11 and 12. Mayor Ross Rogers of Amarillo Mayor Cornelius Scully of Pittsburgh Mayor B F Dickman of St Louis and Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia of New York comprise the delegation. The chief executive of the city and a US Conference trustee will depart tomorrow morning via Washington and New York for Canada.
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Ross Rogers
Amarillo
Cornelius Scully
Pittsburgh
B. F. Dickman
St. Louis
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York
United States
Conference of Mayors
Ottawa
U. S
Washington
LaGuardia
Canada
Safety Council Program Focuses on Three Es Tonight
Amarillo Safety Council plans an open forum at 6 30 tonight broadcast by KGNC. Members Guy Mc Swain Vernon Hancock Clyde Holtzclaw and council president Maynard Drake will discuss education enforcement and engineering and general council work.
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KGNC
Amarillo Safety Council
Guy McSwain
Vernon Hancock
Clyde Holtzclaw
Maynard Drake
Mr. Drake
Mexican tortillas vanish in nationwide strike
Mexico City reports a June 7 shortage as mills grinding baked corn halt operations. The shortage deprives Mexicans of their favorite staple, tortillas, due to a strike impacting all grain mills.
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Mexico City
Federal District
Religious Sect Folders Pass Out Pamphlets at County Courthouse
Members of a religious sect linked to nationwide publicity due to mob action distributed pamphlets in the county courthouse. Officials questioned an elderly woman and a young man about the material, which has stirred protests in Texas towns and across the country for years. The sect refuses to salute the flag on religious grounds, with flag cases debated in courts nationwide including an appeal in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Thompson To Start Broadcast Series On Gubernatorial Bid
Col. Ernest O. Thompson of Amarillo opens a 14 part radio series in Austin discussing his platform planks. Tonight's Texas State Network program runs 6:45 to 7 PM and covers opposition to any sales tax and advocacy of natural resource taxes.
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Austin
U.P
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Colonel Thompson
Texas State Network
Thompson
Canadian aviator Warnefeld destroys a Zeppelin
June 7, 1915 reports pilot R A J Warnefeld destroys a German Zeppelin. Italian forces break Austrian lines in mountain fighting, signaling shifting fronts in World War I.
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R. A. J. Warnefeld
Jones withdraws from Amarillo congressional race leaving 12 candidates
Congressman Marvin Jones pulled out of the Amarillo district contest citing fairness to rivals. Twelve candidates remain including Lew Fieldis Judge Henry Bishop and Deskins Wells with the Democratic primary set for July 27 across 28 Panhandle counties. Wells praised Jones and urged steady leadership in emergencies.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Marvin Jones
Jones
Lewis Goodrich
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Jim Cade
Dusty Miller
Lew Fieldis
Henry Bishop
R. V. Converse
Spearman
Tom Ellzey
Perryton
Allen Harp
Childress
Dennis Zimmerman
Tulsa
Lee McConnell
Pampa
Deskins Wells
Wellington
Wells
Pan
Dutch pilots flee to France join French air force
A group of Dutch student pilots flew to France in training planes to evade German control. They escaped capture as Nazi checkpoints scanned the Netherlands. The Netherlands legation announced the pilots will be incorporated into the French air force.
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London
Somme-Aisne
Berlin
Germany
Noe
England
Paris
France
Netherlands
Signs Stir Traffic Diverted From Sixth Avenue
Private property signs at east and west entrances to Amarillo direct drivers to Tenth Avenue rather than Sixth Avenue. Highway headquarters confirm complaints and urge bigger and better signs as the remedy. One sign near the Y east of the VA facility is brightly lit at night claiming the route is straight ahead, which is Tenth Avenue.
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Tenth Avenue
Division Highway
Highway Department
Division
Amarillo
Will Rogers
Veterans’ Administration
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