Sun Sets For Summer Tour And Southern Journey
The article playfully tracks the sun as it prepares to journey south for summer ending and notes an equatorial stop on Sept 22. It mentions London lights, Joshua time, and a forecast of partly cloudy skies with possible showers. Highs around 90 in the shade and a south wind near 10 mph are reported.
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Equator
Europe
London
Joshua
France
England
Plainview
Lubock
Muleshoe
Bill Gilstrap Improves After Critical Illness
Bill Gilstrap commercial manager of Southwestern Public Service Company was critically ill yesterday with a streptococcic infection from a finger scratch. Attendants report he is some better today and not in critical condition.
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T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Southwestern Public Service Company
Mr. Gilstrap
Texas Railroad Commission orders oil shutins in June July August
The Texas railroad commission ordered shutdowns of all Texas oil fields on June 23 and 30 with five general shutdown days in July and August. The plan cuts 17 110 barrels daily from Southwest Texas and raises East Texas daily output to 425 000 barrels during July and August, with Panhandle wells boosted by about 20 000 barrels daily. Statewide average production is targeted at 1 300 000 barrels in July and August.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission Today
Texas
Southwest
Jerry Sadler
Ernest O. Thompson
Sadler
U. S. Bureau of Mines
East Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Panhandle
Thompson
Colonel Thompson Heads to Rio Grande Valley Campaign
Col. Ernest O. Thompson, candidate for governor, left Austin at noon for a two day swing in the Rio Grande Valley. He will stop in San Antonio to deliver a radio address over the Texas Quality Network from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m. tonight focusing on the governor's record.
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Austin
U.P
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Rio Grande Valley
Thompson
San Antonio
Texas Quality Network
W. Lee O’daniel
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Region
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers. West Texas cloudy with showers and thundershowers. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Friday with showers and thunderstorms, east portion tonight and Friday. 24 hour extremes: max 85, min 60. Noon temperature 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Tamnaratiura
New Mexico
Bride Forgets License Sparks Quick City Hall Trip
In New Orleans on June 20 Emile J. Morano Jr retrieved a duplicate license from city hall while his bride Mildred Claasen waited at the church. The couple then married, after the license mix up caused a brief delay for relatives and friends.
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New Orleans
Emile J. Morano, Jr
Mildred Claasen
Miss Claasen
Morano
Women are Alike When Death Comes in War Time London
British life continues amid air raids as women flock to beauty parlors for facials anddress up despite bombs. The piece compares English and German women’s wartime appearances and notes Joe Louis versus Arturo Godoy boxing coverage and busy high street stores and markets in wartime London.
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London
U.P
England
Britain
Joe Louis
Arturo Godoy
New York
Exchange Telegraph
United Press
Upkeep Drives Campaign Costs for Oak Cliff Justice Candidates
In Dallas on June 20 two justice of the peace candidates in Oak Cliff faced rising expenses from lawn sign upkeep. Incumbent Joe B. Brown reports 750 signs with 100 replacements, challenger Bob Wideman says 80 replacements, noting damage likely by neighborhood youth.
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Dallas
Justice of the Peace
Oak Cliff
Joe B. Brown
Bob Wideman
Brown
Wideman
Navy Wins Battle of Recruit Twins
In Houston on June 20 the Navy defeated the Army recruiting office by a 4 to 2 score. The Navy announced two sets of twins applying for enlistment: Howard F. and Harold L. Cook of Burnet, and Marvin F. and Marvin T. Sluder of Temple, while the Army noted Paul and Bennie Cramer of Clodine.
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Houston
Navy
Army Recruiting Office
Paul and
Bennie Cramer
Clodine
Navy Office
Howard F
Harold L. Cook
Burnet
Marvin F
Marvin T. Sluder
Temple
Theft of Four Ton Road Roller Reported
Cincinnati patrols investigated a missing four ton road roller valued at 1800 dollars. Contractor William J. McNamara suspects three men loaded it onto a tractor and hauled it away from a construction site last night.
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Cincinnati
U.P
William J. McNamara
Kiwanis Names 1940 41 President at Convention
Mark A. Smith of Thomaston Georgia was announced as Kiwanis International president for 1940 41 at the annual convention in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Mark A. Smith
Thomaston
Kiwanis International
Frugal Farmers Want Ad Classifications Summary
Globe-News Want Ads list items for farmers including tractor parts and service, combines for sale in 43-D, poultry and livestock in 50, used trucks and pickups in 68, and wheat trailers for sale or rent in 68-A with Want Ad Headquarters dialing 6262.
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Globe-News
Nominations set to form coalition cabinet Knox and Stimson
President Roosevelt named Colonel Frank Knox for secretary of the navy and Henry L. Stimson for secretary of war. Knox, Chicago Daily News publisher and 1936 GOP VP candidate, would replace Charles Edison, who steps down June 24 to seek New Jersey governor on Democratic slate. Woodring resigns cabinet post effective on Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Stimson
Taft
White House
Woodring
Charles Edison
Edison
New Jersey
Petain Accepts Defeat and Talks on Armistice
Marshal Petain resigns as premier and designates Pierre Laval as successor as plenipotentiaries meet Germany for armistice terms. Paris government eyes surrender while Bordeaux moves toward Biarritz. Berlin and Rome broadcast claims of France’s defeat and German terms. Bordeaux bombarded amid cabinet emergency.
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Henri Philippe Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Germany
Petain
Bordeaux
Biarritz
Berlin
Nachtausgabe
Europe
Radio
Rome
Bern
Switzerland
Stefani
Adolf Hitler
Maxime Weygand
Aisne
Weygand
Co intelligence notes flood patent office with wartime ideas
Washington reports a flood of impractical inventions aimed at national defense. Inventors propose bear trap tanks whales with sub marine armor map detectors air current anti dive bombers and nail mines for roads. Patent office says most ideas are rejected as impractical.
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Washington
Patent Office
Mixed Up Street Signs Delight Amarillo Shoppers
In Amarillo the northeast curb on Jackson Street read Seventh while the Seventh Avenue curb bore Jackson due to a painting mix up. Residents and visitors alike found the swapped labels humorously confusing as they navigated the intersection.
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Jackson
Amarillo
Seventh Avenue
Jackson Street
Showman Owns Four Dogs Who Need Glasses
NORTH HOLLYWOOD Calif June 20 Ed Flapjack Bradburn a rancher and veteran show man reports four dogs need glasses. The mother Goofie is cross eyed with pupils nearly hidden beside her nose. She has three pups one cross eyed two wall eyed all four are said to be brighter than most.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Bradburn
Goofie
Cow Wins Reprieve From Butcher's Ax
A red cow in Kansas City has been granted reprieve from slaughter after giving birth to triplet heifer calves. Veterinarians note that triplets are very rare, marking a notable agricultural event amid the city’s packing-house context. The second item reports Myron C. Taylor, Ford Roosevelt's Vatican representative, described as seriously ill at his Florence villa, with illness linked to overwork.
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Kansas City
Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Florence
Navy Planes Expansion Raises Air Arm To Fifteen Thousand
The House naval affairs committee amended the naval expansion bill to raise authorized planes from 10,000 to 15,000 and allow the president to lift the ceiling if necessary. Rear Admiral Towers said eight carriers require more aircraft and hinted at plans beyond 15,000. The administration mirrors a large army program, with defense allocations rising toward a broader Western Hemisphere shield. Senate inquiries into naval aid to Allies and shipbuilder profits sparked sharp condemnations by Walsh and McCarran amid talks of drastic action.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Air Force
John H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Towers
Navy Department
Navy
War Department
National Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Senate
Great Britain
Army
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
David TI. Walsh
Walsh
Congress
Pat McCarran
Nevada
She Wanted Hubby Jailed
In Dallas on June 20 policemen R. T. Whittle and C. W. Cole refused to arrest a drunken husband on his premises. The wife dragged him to the sidewalk and after moving him to public property the officers finally arrested him and took him to jail.
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Dallas
R. T. Whittle
C. W. Cole
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