Defenders Reach Border Of Palestine In Syrian Front
British forces along the Southern Syrian front face French infantry assaults supported by air power as they push toward Damascus. The Palestine border was reportedly reached south of Merdjayoun with Vichy positions under pressure. A German broadcast claimed air reinforcements and clashes with the RAF while Merdjayoun and Kuneitra saw renewed activity.
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Associated Press
Syria
Palestine
Merdjayoun
Damascus
Daiweué
Deru
Sidon
New York
Tunisia
RAF
MerdjJayoun
Amateur golfers invited to Texas PGA pro-amateur event
The Texas PGA hosts a pro-amateur day at the Country Club inviting any amateur in the region to form a four with Beth pro. Handicaps up to 14 allowed, scoring best ball against other foursomes. Entry is 2 dollars with proceeds split between the Preventorium and prize pot.
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Texas Pga
Texas
Beth
L. G. Wilson
News Tip Prize Winners Mention River Road Fire Story
First prize goes to Mrs. Joe Shannon for reporting the fire that destroyed the shanty home of Uncle John Smith in the River Road district. Second prize honors Mrs. J C Moore for reporting a cow being roped by a car after breaking loose. Third prize awarded to Ray Richardson for tipping about a local adoption story. Numerous tipsters named.
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Joe Shannon
Route 3
John” Smith
River Road
Shannon
J. C. Moore
Jackson Street
Amarillo
Moon Batted Judy Canova On the Brow
Hollywood reports Judy Canova eloped in Honolulu with Army Corporal James H. Ripley after a moonlit moment. MP detained Ripley but Canova will resume work on Slap Happy while Ripley serves a jail term. Canova, 25, scales career from Florida hillbilly persona to film star amid personal disclosures.
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Moon
Judy Canova On the Brow
Frederick C.othman
Hollywood
Honolulu
James H. Ripley
Judy Canova
Ripley
Judy
Miss Canova
San Francisco
Pete Canova
Hawaii
Mr. Ripley
Pardon
Corporal Ripley
Florida
William Burns
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
South Seas
House Kills Air College Plan Near Sherman
A June report from Austin states the House appropriations committee killed a bill previously passed by the Senate to create a four year aeronautical and engineering college near Sherman with federal aid.
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Austin
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Aeronautical and Engineering
Sherman
Amarillo Forecast Quiet With Scattered Showers Elsewhere
Weather update shows fair conditions for Amarillo tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. West Texas remains fair this afternoon through Thursday, while New Mexico may see scattered showers and thunderstorms over higher elevations east of the Rio Grande. Temperatures range from 61 to 79. Noon reading 78. For record transfer supplies contact Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Mann Red Arrow to Speak in Amarillo Tonight
Former SMU star Jerry Mann known as the Red Arrow headlines a campaign rally in Amarillo with a 7:30 band start and an 8:00 talk after the Louis Conn fight radio broadcast. Mann, once an All-America athlete and Texas attorney general candidate, promotes his Senate bid amid polls showing him in the lead.
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Mann
SMU
Walter Woodul
O'Daniel
Woodal
The
Red Arrow
the Arrow
U. S
Senate
Martin
Lyndon Johnson
Amarillo
Jerry
Louis Ho
Panhandle Oldtimers Organization
Nazis Warn of action if U S relations worsen
Berlin dispatch reports that some German quarters warn the Reich may take steps beyond parallel retaliation if German United States relations deteriorate further.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
United States
Reich
Germany protests U S closure of consular offices and propaganda agencies
German charge d affaires Hans Thomsen delivered a note accusing the United States of violating the 1923 treaty on consular rights. State Department officials said the protest centers on expulsion orders and that safe conduct may be sought for expelled officials to return home. The deadline to expel consuls is July 10 and the note touches on rights under the treaty with Germany.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Germany
United States
State Department
Hans Thomsen
Berlin
Thomsen
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Welles
Thomson
U. S
South America
German Library of Information
Navy orders stand by reservists as drive seeks sailors
The Navy announced a full call up and a major recruiting push to boost sea forces. About 6,564 officers and 14,313 enlisted reservists remain inactive while merchant marine reserve officers may now be drafted without consent. Secretary Knox had shifted prior to June 11 to compulsory orders for some, and the new campaign targets 264,798 officers and men as ships and crews expand. Captain Abel T. Bidwell said the Navy can obtain the needed personnel without invoking selective service.
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Knox
Merchant Marine Reserve
Abel T. Bidwell
Bureau of Navigation
Selective Service
200 British Planes Pound Nazi Industry
British air force bombed the Rhine Ruhr industrial area centering on Cologne and Duesseldorf and attacked the French invasion coast for the seventh straight night. The raid involved 200 planes or more, targeting factories, rail yards, depots, docks and airfields. The operation extended across the Kentish coast where civilians watched the shelling, and officials urged volunteers for radio detector stations to counter German raids.
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London
UPI
Britain
Channel
Kentish
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Germany
Lord Beaverbrook
Winston Churchill
Philip Joubert de la Ferte
Coastal Command
Beaverbrook
Joubert de la Ferte
Fighter Command
Empire
Robert de la Ferte
Newspaper and Press Association
Observer Corps
Frank Smith
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
R. A. Watson Watt
Air Ministry
Great Daventry
Tighten Safety Drive Tighten Traffic Enforcement in Amarillo
Amarillo safety officials led by Mayor Joe Jenkins and Police Chief Sid Harper announce a hard push to enforce all traffic laws. Additional officers will patrol, motorists will be warned by ads and mailings, ending the educational period. Attendees included Maynard Drake Ted Lakey Bruce Autry Guy McSwain and Robert Ricks.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Safety Council
Joe Jenkins
Sid" Harper
Safety Council
Maynard Drake
Ted Lakey
Bruce Autry
Guy McSwain
Robert Ricks
Harper
End of Strike at Shipyards in Sight as Mediation Recommends Pact
San Francisco June 18 Prospects for ending the machinists strike that halted work on 500 million dollars in shipyard orders were described as very much brighter after the national defense mediation board recommended Bethlehem Steel sign a master stabilization contract Bethlehem officials said they received word from New York but there was no indication of the action to be taken yet.
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San Francisco
National Defense Mediation Board
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
New York
Turks Near Pact With Germany Reported
United Press reports Turkey and Germany prepared a non aggression pact not yet signed Ankara said reliable sources indicated a concluded agreement likely to be announced later The pact reportedly includes an escape clause keeping Turkey in the Anglo Turkish alliance while Germany seeks to press Soviet and regional aims through Turkish alignment
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United Press
Ankara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Germany
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