Farley Seeks Bankhead and Barkley For 1940 Democratic Roles
Democratic National Chairman James Farley proposed Speaker William Bankhead of Alabama as key noter and temporary chairman and Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky as permanent chairman for the Democratic National Convention opening July 15 in Chicago. Farley met with President Roosevelt and a committee on arrangements, noting no recommendation yet for the resolutions chair but expecting Senator Robert Wagner of New York to be considered.
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Chicago
U.P
James A. Farley
William Bankhead
Ala
Sen
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Farley
Roosevelt
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Wagner
Nazis Force Peace Terms As U S Sells War Boats To Britain
In a broad dispatch, Berlin and Rome warn of an Axis united line to press a final attack on France while the U S Navy allows Electric Boat Co to transfer 20 high speed torpedo boats to Britain. Washington says boats delayed to free production for future use.
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Lyon
Paris
Marseille
France
United States
Italy
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
State Department
Washington
Berlin
Rome
America
United States Navy
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Navy Department
Boat Company
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
White House
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Treasury Departments
Early
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Albert Lebrun
Rhine
Basel
Texas oil proration decision due soon after hearing
An emergency statewide proration hearing adjourned with Chairman Lon A. Smith indicating a Texas oil production reduction decision would come within days. Purchasers were split. many opposed a statewide shutdown, some urged a 100000 barrel daily slash, others sought no change. Loss of export markets due to the war drove the hearing as fields like La Rosa faced collapse in contracts.
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Austin
Lon A. Smith
Railroad Commission
Texas
France
Commission
Jerry Sadler
la Rosa
Bill Gilstrap Seriously Ill From Sudden Infection
T. W. Bill Gilstrap, public relations representative for Southwestern Public Service Company, is seriously ill at St. Anthony's Hospital. He contracted a streptococcic infection this morning after a minor finger scrape yesterday. High fever and chills prompted rapid hospital admission as doctors described the infection as vicious and fast spreading and started treatment.
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T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Southwestern Public Service Company Public Rations
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Visitor From Hawaii Sees Too Much Speed
Washington report quotes Sarah Todd Cunningham, visiting senator from Hawaii, describing the mainland as overcrowded with cars and people rushing in many directions toward nothing in particular.
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Hawaii
Washington
Sarah Todd Cunningham
Mainland
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and cooler. West Texas sees partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with showers or thunderstorms south and central, cooler Thursday. New Mexico reports partly cloudy nights and Thursdays with storms, cooler east portion. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ending 6 30 A.M. show a maximum 90 and minimum 57. noon temperature 82.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Thoughts After the Fall of Paris by Dorothy Thompson
The article argues that free democracies face their worst disaster yet and must confront internal weaknesses and flawed visions. It outlines four factors aiding Hitler: democratic decay, economy of money over goods, decentralization of power to producers, and a dangerous Nazi vision. It urges a bold, universal vision and planning for tomorrow amid crisis.
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Mr. Lippmann
Hitler
Britain
France
Soft U. S. Youths Fall Short of Military Fitness
An Amarillo opinion cites experts comparing German physical training to American laxity. It warns that 48 percent of WWI rookies were unfit and Newsweek notes recruits today are 20 percent less fit. The piece urges a hard, practical national program of fitness and disciplined living.
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Germany
U. S
Newsweek
Amarillo
America
Beaning Probe for Ducky Medwick Incident
Kings County District Attorney William O Dwyer to probe the injury to Brooklyn outfielder Ducky Medwick after a game with the St Louis Cardinals Bowmans beaning pitch led to Medwick's concussion. Dodgers President Larry MacPhail says witnesses will testify that Bowman threatened Medwick and will join an NL inquiry at Ford Fricks office.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Kings County
Ducky Medwick
Brooklyn
St. Louis Cardinals
Ford Frick
National League
Medwick
Bob Bowman
Larry MacPhail
Dodgers
Bowman
Caledonia Hospital
Ed Howe Named To Hall of Fame
Lawrence dispatch reports E W Howe former editor of the Atchison Globe has been chosen for the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. He is the nineteenth editor to have his portrait placed in the newsroom wall of the journalism building.
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Ed Howe
Hall of Fame
Lawrence
Kan
E. W. Howe
Atchison Globe
Kansas
Howe
Journalism
Bomb Found at German Plant in Philadelphia
A homemade bomb was found in the doorway of a German language newspaper plant in Philadelphia. Policeman Joseph McFadden said she severed the fuse just before it reached the explosion point.
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Philadelphia
Joseph McFadden
Italians Set Back Near Plava 25 Years Ago Today 1915
A brief note dated June 19 1915 recalls Italian forces suffering a setback near Plava amid the war's evolving fronts. The item also mentions service by the Russell Sta Co and Neely Greenhill Agey in providing expert repairs for office machines and related insurance services.
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Rome
Italy
East
Africa
Plava
Japan Threatens Military Action Over Indo China Crisis
Tokyo reports that Japan warned France and Indo China against aid to China, threatening force if aid continues. top officials and ambassadors were instructed to seek negotiations with Berlin and Rome to protect Japanese interests in Indo China.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
China
Germany
Italy
Yomiuri
Masayuki Tani
France
Hachiro Arita
Mitsumasa Yonai
Shunroku Hata
Zengo Yoshida
Navy
Saburo Kurusu
Eiji Amau
Berlin
Rome
Asahi
Nazi Plot Foiled By Uruguayans
In Montevideo on June 19 a government committee reported it proved a plan for Nazi occupation of Uruguay. It cited distribution of German officials to seize land and transform the nation into a peasant state and a suspected cadre of 150 Nazi motorcyclists. The panel also charged the German legation with propaganda efforts and importing injurious material and equipment.
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ST. Louis
Montevideo
Uruguay
U.P
Chamber of Deputies
Legation
Paign
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Contigent
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Soviet Russia
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
England
Anthony Eden
Hunique
Village Neuf
Rosenau
Baden
Belfort
Churchill
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Sadler
Bill Gilstrap
Dorothy Thompson
Thorstein Veblen
Henry George
Walter Rathenau
Mr. Ford
Gestapo
Planetary Co-Operative Commonwealth
Russell Sta. Co
Neely-Greenhill Agey
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