Sinking of Robin Moor Sparks U boat dispute over sea laws
U S officials seek direct survivor testimony after reports the American freighter Robin Moor was torpedoed by a German submarine. Surviving crewmen aboard the Osorio will land at Recife where Brazilian authorities will question them. Phillips Williams from the U S embassy flies to Recife to take statements from rescued Americans aboard Osorio.
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Washington
State Department
Robin Mor
Brazil
Recife
Osorio
Robin Moor
New York
South Africa
Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Waldemar Lucio Pereira
Phillip Williams
United States
Jefferson Caffery
Preventorium To Get Needed New Addition N Addit
An Amarillo couple funds and builds a new Cuban style two story home for the Preventorium in Thompson Park costing about 25000. The facility will include a pneumothorax clinic X ray lab and isolation ward with six rooms plus a solarium and library on the ground floor and four bedrooms on the second floor. Architect Jim D Vowell and contractor Frank W Jesse oversee completion within 120 days. Lady Joy the famous jumping mare will retire in a special paddock adjacent to the tract that hosts Sun set Riding Academy and private stables.
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Amarillo
A. R. Andersons
Thompson Park
Fifteenth Avenue
Georgia Street
Anderson
Florida
Frank W. Jesse
Jim D. Vowell
George W. Short
Anderson Home
Lady Joy
Kansas City
Court separation suit cites Hitler parody by husband
Stella Peters charges her husband Herbert Peters imitated Adolf Hitler at parties and woke her to listen to German short wave broadcasts. The case notes her French descent and his German birth while awaiting a court decision. In a separate item, Cairo reports IAF strikes destroy about 30 Axis water trucks in a convoy between Barce and Derna Libya.
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New York
Hitler
Stella Peters
Germany
Herbert
Cairo
Egypt
IAF
Middle East
Manes
Barce
Derna
Libya
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The forecast covers Amarillo and surrounding regions with fair skies tonight and Thursday. West Texas shows partly cloudy northern and western areas with considerable cloudiness in the southeast this afternoon tonight and Thursday. New Mexico expects partly cloudy conditions this afternoon clearing tonight then fair morning Thursday with increasing afternoon cloudiness. A high around 79 and a low near 52 are indicated with noon temperature near 69.
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Amarillo
Viciniy
West Texas
Fternoon
New Mexico
Death by 85 rattlesnakes shocks Colfax Calif
Colfax California June 11 the gruesome death of John L Ottman a 47 year old German born chef occurred after he walked into a 20 by 25 foot pit filled with 85 rattlesnakes behind a highway restaurant near the S E Evans rattlesnake farm coroner Francis E West ordered an autopsy amid conflicting stories Sheriff Charles Silva said Ottmans legs bore numerous bites Deputy Sheriff John Shannon found the body after Mrs Evans reported a loud disturbance Ottman smashed furniture then removed his clothing and leaped into the pit footprints show he walked the pit multiple times before dying.
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Colfax
Calif
John L. Ottman
Francis E. West
Ottman
Charles Silva
S. E. Evans
John Shannon
U S Military Aircraft Output For May Totaled 1334
The Office of Production Management said U S military aircraft manufacturers delivered 1334 airplanes in May. The release did not specify aircraft types or how many went to the U S Army and Navy versus Great Britain.
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Washington
June
Office of Production Management
United States Army
Navy
Great Britain
Connally says defense committee sent striking West Coast shipyard machinists list
Senator Connally announced the Senate defense investigating committee has turned over the names of striking West Coast shipyard machinists to Selective Service Headquarters. He said Brig. Gen. Hershey would check if any strikers obtained deferments under the Selective Service Act while the committee also seeks information from the Work Projects Administration and reviews federal relief claims.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Selective Service Headquarters
Lewis B. Hershey
Work Projects Administration
Imagine Making Hole-in-One That Does Not Count
Portland golf tale describes Mrs. Thorne hitting a ball into a cup only to have a groundskeeper cut a new hole and remove the flag, making the original ace count meaningless as the ball arrived.
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Portland
Orc
Hollywood Vacancy Rented Fast in Northwest San Francisco
Globe News Want Ad shows a 3 room and bath apartment with Frigidaire rented quickly. Northwest corner 1601 Buchanan Street, bills paid. Advertisement was placed for a week and was killed on the second day. Dial 6262 for Want Ad Headquarters.
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Globenews
Hollywood
Buchanan Street
Want Ad
Roosevelt reports 75 million in war aid to Britain and allies
President Roosevelt told Congress that 75,000,000 in war materials have been sent to Great Britain and other democracies since the lend lease act. He outlined a total $7,000,000,000 program with 4,277,412,879 allocated and detailed shipments by category.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Congress
America
Britain
War
Navy, Agriculture and Treasury Departments
Maritime Commission
China
France
Hemisphere
Roosevelt outlines lend-lease aid to Allies
President Roosevelt tells Congress that shipments totaling 75 million dollars were made under the lend-lease act and emphasizes that these figures reflect early allocations. He warns that the oncoming flow will be far larger and stresses he is sharing only non sensitive details to avoid aiding the Axis.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Defense Board Calls Aluminum Strike Serious
The defense mediation board called the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Detroit plant strike a serious threat to the country and urged immediate resumption of production. John Vonner, U.S. conciliation commissioner, would seek to mediate after union and company negotiators signal readiness. The board noted possible retroactive settlement to June 9 and warned that in defense disputes, strikes violate Roosevelt's emergency orders and could invite army intervention. attention also pointed to San Francisco shipyards.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Mediation Board
Bohn
Aluminum and Brass Corporation
Detroit
William H. Davis
D. de Nylen
Leola Motte
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Davis
John Vonner
U. S
San Francisco
North American Aviation Co
Roosevelt
North
Wheeler says incompetent officials hinder labor disputes
Sen Burton Wheeler of Montana charges in the Senate that incompetence among officials caused delays in settling labor disputes. He cites a Los Angeles strike where the federal mediator was intoxicated during his assignment.
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Washington
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Los Angeles
Board policy prompts back to work in labor dispute
The board seeks immediate return to work as it negotiates issues, applying its policy that back to work agreements precede bargaining. This approach was used in the Aluminum Company strike at Build Now, John Maynard Lbr. Co. Cleveland, where the board acted under the policy before addressing the core disputes.
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Aluminum Company
Ninth Juror Chosen Ninth Juror Chosen
Hansford County farmer L. Williams, 74, was selected as the ninth juror in the murder trial of Orrin J. Brown of Chicago. The court pressed to complete the 125 member venire with the remaining 75 questioned, as defense uses 15 challenges and the state two. Brown is charged with the March 20 murder of Lota Murphy on a Hansford County road near Grover. her body was found after a hammer bludgeoning.
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Spearman
O. L. Williams
Hansford County
Orrin J. Brown
Chicago
L. A. Morrison
D. B. Bayless
Erless Pittman
Ward Spivey
G. W. Stewart
A. J. Womble
Lane Sanders
Dick Riker
Veniremen
Brown
Lota Murphy
Hansford
Grover
Indiana
Hix Wilbanks
Weather Outlook From Mr Collman Predicts Fair Skies
Mr Collman forecasts generally fair weather with a chance of scattered showers to the east. Amarillo should stay thunder-free as temperatures rise to about 80 today and fall to 57 tonight. North winds ease tomorrow, shifting toward drouth corners. recent showers touched several towns including English Field and Dalhart to Follett Miami Pampa Stratford and Gage Oklahoma reported 1.21 inches.
Aerial traffic jam at San Diego State gym roof
Fifty co ed sunbathers on the roof of the San Diego State Women's College gymnasium caused an aerial traffic jam as air cadets from an air school practiced overhead. The college asked for a closed flying area, but no action followed. the issue will be addressed as the semester ends today.
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San Diego
Romance Blossoms in Air Raid Shelter Marriage
London reports Mrs. Rosina Mills, 67, will wed James Thomas King, 63, after meeting in an air raid shelter. Mills recalls sharing a sandwich in shelter time sparked the union and eight months of acquaintance prior.
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London
Rosina Mills
James Thomas King
Building Permits Issued Daily in City Hall
Building permits continue at over one per day with Plains Creamery getting a parapet wall and flag pole offices estimated $1,000, J. W. Lee awarded a $3,600 five room frame house at 1207 West Twentieth Avenue, and Herbert Dodson a $5,000 six room brick home at 2112 Lipscomb Street.
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Plains Creamery
J. W. Lee
West Twentieth Avenue
Herbert Dodson
Lipscomb Street
Do Few Have All the Ideas Daily Cash Contest
A call to readers to submit ideas for a daily cash prize. The YOUR IDEAS EDITOR offers a dollar a day for the best idea published, encouraging broad participation and fairness, urging all readers to share ideas to avoid a few winners hogging the money.
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Globe News
Judy Garland to Celebrate Birthday Sunday
Hollywood reports Judy Garland will not celebrate her 19th birthday until Sunday. She plans to announce her engagement to songwriter Dave Rose at a party, following an informal disclosure by her mother several days earlier. Garland spent her birthday yesterday working on a film.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Missing bomber located in Panama jungle crash site
A United States Army bomber with seven aboard was found today in the El Valle region of Panama after crashing into the jungle about 150 miles from the Canal Zone. The location confirms the missing aircraft has been recovered and occupants accounted for.
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Panama
el Valle
Canal Zone
Townsend Confirmation Sought for Liquor Board
Governor W Lee O Daniel asked the Senate to confirm W J Townsend of Lufkin as a member of the State Liquor Control Board in Austin on June 11.
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Austin
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
W. J. Townsend
Lufkin
State Liquor Control Board
German Air Attack Targets Haifa Fuel and Port Facilities
Berlin reports an effective German air attack on British fuel depots and Haifa port facilities from new bases. High command says strikes hit strategic targets in Haifa and port facilities, aiming to disrupt Allied logistics.
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Berlin
Palestine
Haifa
Luftwaffe Joins Syrian Battle Amid Beirut Drive
British and Free French forces push toward Damascus and Beirut as German air power enters the Syria front. Vichy troops, aided by unknown air units, counter while RAF bombs hit Beirut and other targets.
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Associated Press
Litani
Beirut
Adolf Hitler
Syria
Damascus
Germany
Gulf of Suez
Vichy
RAF
Lebanon
France
Middle East
Syria-Lebanon
Kiswe
London
Charles de Gaulle
Tyre
Merdjayoun
Palestine
Litani River
Euphrates River
Iraq
Abou Ke
Three Feared Lost From Draft Board
Three registrants Wallace Andrews Sanders Lee Humphrey Marshall and Bert J Dean are feared lost from Draft Board No 1. The board has exhausted efforts to locate them as questionnaires circulate. one fourth of the final batch was returned unclaimed. Registrants missing should report to the board office or be declared delinquent.
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Wallace Andrews Sanders
Lee Humphrey Marshall
Bert J. Dean
Exactly Same Number of Girls and Boys in School
POPLAR BLUFF Mo officials checked and found the total enrollment of grade school children equal with 1679 boys and 1679 girls Ice cold Prayer Beer is a prescription for summer heat.
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Poplar Bluff
Churchill Wages A One Man War
A lone protest appears to center on Churchill and a dispute involving Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance and Newby’s, with references to a page story. The readable text hints at personal or business conflict. Further details or context are not available in the fragment.
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
John Arose
Newby
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