Nazis Trend Softly
The armistice terms from Germany and Italy pledge no claims to seize the French fleet postwar. Hitler, aware of American sentiment, fosters a cautious naval strategy while Mussolini avoids direct North African occupation. The articles suggest a diplomatic counteroffensive shaping postwar naval power and western hemisphere nerves.
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J. W
United Press
United States
Germany
Italy
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Hitler
Hohenzollern
Mussolini
France
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Thoughts on Crisis and Faith From On the Record
Dorothy Thompson reflects during wartime chaos on personal and national resilience. She urges living with meaning, supporting orphans in France and Belgium, while warning against state overreach and the dangers of communism and Nazism. The piece contemplates trust, work, and a just peace for France.
Tension Grows In Far East
Reports from Hong Kong state Japanese forces occupy Mirs Bay area and encircle the Crown Colony. With Mirs Bay and Kowloon encircled, Tokyo could isolate Hong Kong if pursued, threatening British control of the island and adjacent territories.
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Hong Kong
Mirs Bay
Victoria Island
South China Coast
Kowloon
Miri Bay
Macao
Hainana
Amarillo Station Sets Peace Time Recruiting Record
Seventeen Amarillo and Panhandle men enlisted through the Amarillo Army recruiting station setting a peace time record. Six Amarilloans joined coast artillery at Fort MacArthur and Fort Bliss. others entered cavalry field artillery and infantry. Marines also enlisted ten local youths. final processing moves to Oklahoma and San Diego for training before assignment.
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Amarillo Army Station
Amarillo
Amarillo and Panhandle
United States Army
Coast Artillery
Fort MacArthur
Los Angeles
Cal
Max G. Wendell
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Ronald J. Nash
Memphis
James C. Zuspan
Elmer Weckesser
Miami
Noel E. Breedlove
Melrose, N. M
Infantry
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
Cavalry
United States Marine Corps
F. M. Bell
Marine
Marine Corps
Oklahoma
Marine Base
San Diego
Marine Corps Recruiting Station
Post Office
News Tip Prize Is Won By Mrs. E. W. Norton
Amarillo residents win weekly News Tip prizes from the News-Globe for small but newsworthy tips. Mrs. E W Norton receives $5 for noting misposed street signs at Seventh and Jackson, with others earning $3 and $2 for tips on a Highway 66 fire and a city lake catfish, respectively.
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E. W. Norton
News-Globe
Derson
Crockett
C. Y. Dowlen
Johnson
City Lake
Globe-News
Zelma Richey
Amarillo
R.H. Munn
Louisiana
Gem Beauty Shop
West Sixth
Co. A. Jinks
Tennessee
L. H. Baskin
Jackson
Merl Lewis
West Eleventh
Frank Brown
North Buchanan
W. C. Cantrell
Polk
Verlen Coberly
Buchanan
Bobby James
Fillmore
Paul Jones
Westerfield
Dorothy Stith
Jefferson
Florence Gocnauer
West Twentieth
J. L. Martin
North Jackson
Anne Howell
West Tenth
George Small
Travis
Hitler visits Napoleon’s tomb in Paris incognito
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler made an extended, unguarded stop in Paris visiting Napoleon’s tomb at the Invalides after removing sandbags from the memorial. he toured the Eiffel Tower and Madeleine Church and was escorted by German guards while French guards presented arms.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Napoleon
Hitler
Hotel Des Invalides
Eiffel Tower
Seine
Madeleine Church
France
Cour D'Honneur
Louvre
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Wilhelm Keitel
Weather roundup for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The bulletin notes scattered showers and cooler temperatures tonight with partly cloudy conditions Thursday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with showers and possible thunder. the Panhandle remains cooler. New Mexico faces partly cloudy to cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and Thursday. temperatures reach a high around 95 and a low near 66 with noon at 91.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
NYA Workshop Moves to New 60 by 60 Foot Shop
The National Youth Administration workshop in Amarillo moves tomorrow to a new 60 by 60 foot building at Twelfth Avenue and Jackson Street. Supervisor A J Gamblin says space and machinery will expand, with over 30 youths currently employed and plans to double. Wages range from 16.20 to 20 per month as youths advance to class A, and new machinery worth over 2500 will be put to use as operations widen to sheet metal, arc welding, acetylene welding and forging. The move begins July 1 with full setup by July 5, and local officials expect continued support from the city and Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce. An invitation is extended for Amarillans to visit and watch the boys work.
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A. J. Gamblin
Twelfth Avenue
Jackson Street
NYA
Mr. Gamblin
Gamblin
Amarillo
British Raid on French Coast Signals Coastline Guerrilla Campaign
British naval and military raiders, aided by the Royal Air Force, inflicted German casualties on the French coast yesterday and took prisoners with information. Analysts see the raids as reconnaissance for potential coastal disruption and diversion of German forces as tensions mount toward invasion of Britain.
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Royal Air Force
Britain
Reuters
Norway
Germany
North Sea
Channel
Atlantic
Ant
British Isles
Netherlands
British Press Association
Contiental
Cigarettes and Liquor Tax Inventory Due June 30
Ray Kenniston deputy collector for the internal revenue office Dallas says all cigarette and liquor dealers must take a year end inventory as of June 30 to comply with new tax laws. A later press release will provide procedures for dealers following the inventory.
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Ray Kenniston
Internal Revenue Office
Dallas
Kenningston
Pepper on Trail Keeps Bloodhounds at Bay
Prison escapee Andy Hewitt eluded bloodhounds after fleeing the state prison by sprinkling pepper behind him. Local officers captured him twelve hours later and uncovered his motive.
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Santa FE
N. M
Andy Hewitt
Willkie Gains Stassen Support in Keynomination Push
Philadelphia June 26 Wendell L Willkie won the support of Minnesota Governor Harold E Stassen for his presidential bid and campaigned for delegates amid a flurry of meetings with diverse state delegations. He claimed no deals or pledges and pressed his case to Dewey Taft NY and OK groups as the foreign affairs plank neared completion.
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Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Willkie
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Oklahoma
William Bleakley
Dewey
Col
R. B. Creager
Taft
Hugh Exum
Amarillo
Texas
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Dorothy Thompson
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Belgium
England
Democracy
Far East
R. A. Jackson
Neely Greenhill
Chungking
China
John Maynard Lbr. Co
French
Ermans
Dniester
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Creager
Charles Gates Dawes
George Wharton Pepper
Republican Party
Party of
Roosevelt
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