Hoover Weighs Strength Before Support for 1940 Nomination
At the Philadelphia convention Hoover aides weigh his influence while Willkie gains ground. Delegates rally for Willkie and taft, Vandenberg and Dewey loom, with balloting slated to begin after a late night pause. Hoover says he is not seeking office but may accept if offered.
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Hoover
Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Wendell Willkie
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Willkie
Nevada
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Arthur H. James
Arthur James
Davis
Taft
Sidelights at the Michigan convention campaign display
Delegates at the Michigan convention struggle to choose songs for the Vandenberg demonstration and study a University of Michigan song book. Taft supporters distribute red carnations to delegates, while Willkie literature fills seats. Marjorie Thompson of Baker Minnesota is highlighted as the prettiest delegate. Nolan promotes Lindbergh as a VP candidate, barred from the stage by the sergeant at arms.
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Philadelphia
U.R
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
University of Michigan
Marjorie Thompson
Baker, Minn
Miss Thompson
Marie
Baker
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
P. H. Nolan
New York
Nolan
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Political slogans spread in Philadelphia hotel lobbies
In Philadelphia on June 27 a flood of new slogans appears in downtown hotel lobbies and at the Republican convention hall. Highlights include If there's a Willkie there's a way and No glamor no sarong Just a man who won't go wrong Bob Taft. Dewey want Dewey We do.
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Philadelphia
Willkie
Bob Taft
Dewey
Party platform and raucous convention scenes described
Report details Willkie nomination boos and floor fights as the GOP debates a platform denouncing the New Deal. The document calls for a third term ban, defense buildup, Monroe Doctrine aid, relief restoration to states, expanded old age and unemployment benefits, and Wagner Act amendments.
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R. B. Creager
Texas National
Taft
Creager
Texan
National
John Hamilton
Martin
Willkie
Dewey
Frank Gannett
New York
Defense Suggestion in Take Over Rails
SWAMPSCOTT Mass June 27 William J Wilgus a noted American engineer urged federal government take over of the nations railroads for national defense He spoke at the joint summer meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Engineering Council stressing railways as essential to sustain civilization and support the army and navy in perilous times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swampscott
Mass
William J. Wilgus
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Engineering Council
Heat wave hits Amarillo with record highs
Mr. Collman notes the Panhandle reaches 101 degrees at the airport and 98 in town with a 67 degree low. He forecasts 98 to 100 again today and possible thundershowers tonight and tomorrow, mainly in the northwest and southwest, as a south southwest wind blows about 10 miles per hour.
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Panhandle
Mr. Collman
Amarillo
Mrs Brizendine's Verbena Bloom Mixed Colors
In Mrs. E A Brizendine's yard at 1307 A Herman Street a verbena shows a mixed bloom with four white petals and one deep red petal. The plant's first blossom hints at a color compromise between white and red.
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E. A. Brizendine
Herman Street
Christmas Party for African Missionaries Set Six Months Early
In Chicago on June 27 the Central Lutheran Church hosts a Christmas party for Mr and Mrs Arthur Anderson missionaries in Africa. Gifts will arrive to them six months ahead of the season. In Buenos Aires the chamber of deputies debates expropriation of oil refineries as a national defense measure.
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Chicago
Central Lutheran Church
Arthur Anderson
Africa
Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Rental ads urged for July first in Globe News
The Globe News Want Ads call for vacant houses apartments duplexes or rooms to rent by July 1st. List ads today until 6 00 PM to appear in Friday News and Globe. Dial 6262 John Maynard Lumber Co New Phone Time Service 2 5501.
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Globe News
Globe
Globe-News
Youngsters in Politics Rally for Eugene Worley in Pampa
In Pampa 300 high school and college students organize the Mr Worley Goes to Washington Club to back Eugene Worley for Congress. They sign on 22 sheets pledging support and urge youth involvement while elders handle wartime duties.
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Pampa
Mr. Worley
Washington Club
Eugene Worley
House
Marvin Jones
National Congress
Washington
Congress
Worley
Trucker Killed When Train Hits Dump Truck At Ady Crossing
Oscar Ray Lewis of Haskell Texas a Pub lic Construction Company driver was killed when his dump truck was struck by a Fort Worth and Denver train at Ady Crossing about 20 miles northwest of Amarillo. The collision damaged the engine and delayed the train over two hours. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Oscar Ray Lewis
Haskell
Texas
Public Construction Company
Fort Worth
Denver
Ady Crossing
Amarillo
Lewis
Bushland
Highway 66
Potter County
Rock Island
Ady
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Globe News Introduces Yesterday Today Tomorrow Column
The Globe announces a new feature on the editorial page titled Yesterday Today Tomorrow. The first installment appears today with subsequent condensations of the most interesting articles from current publications.
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Globe
Globe News
Myron C. Taylor Doing Well After Operation
Rome June 27 Myron C. Taylor president and Roosevelt personal representative at the Vatican is reported to be doing well after an operation yesterday announced today He underwent the procedure yesterday and is recovering.
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Rome
U.P
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Ten Die in British Raid on Haarlem and Den Helder Vicinities
Amsterdam cor respondents report ten killed and several wounded in a British air raid on Haarlem, 12 miles west of Amsterdam, and a village south of Den Helder, Dutch naval base, last night.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Haarlem
den Helder
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and warmer in the extreme south portion. New Mexico sees high and mid cloudiness with showers and storms this evening and afternoon. Temperatures: high 101, low 65, noon 92.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Ford Defends Allied Plants While Defying War Motors
Henry Ford reiterates that American plants will not produce war equipment except for U S defense and says his Canadian and British subsidiaries will continue to supply war materials for Britain's defense. The stance triggers debate in Canada and criticism from San Antonio officials and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau.
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Ford
Allied
Henry Ford
United States
Ford Company
Canada
England
Empire
Britain
House of Commons
Senate
R. B. Hanson
Commons
San Antonio
National Defense Council
Maury Maverick
Morgenthau
Treasury
Former Burger Man Dies in Accident
Syd S Franse, manager of the Woolcott-Lincoln Brokerage House in Dodge City Kansas, fell to his death last night after opening a door into a basement stairwell during a neighborhood picnic. A railroad telegrapher in youth, Franse worked with Phillips Petroleum in Borger Texas before moving to Dodge City.
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Dodge City
Kan
Franse
Woolcott-Lincoln
Missouri
Phillips Petroleum Company
Borger, Tex
Long Time Rodeo Leader Resigns
Redwood City June 27 Superior Judge Maxwell McNutt of San Mateo County resigns as president of the rodeo association of America after 11 years at the helm He says rodeos have become a racket and his further service would avail nothing due to his opposition to the cowboys turtle association a riders union he claims controls rodeos excluding amateurs or nonmembers
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Redwood City
U.P
Maxwell McNutt
San Mateo County
Rodeo Association of America
McNutt
Cowboys’ Turtle Association
FDR Signs Amendment for Red Cross Ships
President Roosevelt signed an amendment to the neutrality act granting authority to send American Red Cross vessels into war zones without belligerent safe conduct guarantees. Vessels must be unarmed and not under convoy. New books arriving daily at Russell's Book Nook.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Romania Accepts Soviet Demand for Bessarabia and More
Bucharest signs acceptance of Russia ultimatum demanding cession of Bessarabia northern Bukovina and other concessions. Romania concentrates forces in Transylvania near Hungary. Hungary claims Transylvania and Bulgaria seeks Dobruja. War news from Britain Italy Germany and Japan dominates the page with raids and diplomacy.
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Bucharest
Russia
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Transylvania
Hungary
Rumania
Romania
Soviet Union
Carol
World War II Era Radio Dispatches on Romania and Britain
Dispatches report Soviet pressure on Turkey and aid to Axis powers with an alleged deal. Soviet air raids hit Bessarabia while a plane was shot down. Rumors of Romanian Soviet clashes persisted. In Europe British raids hit Ruhr as Eden hints Britain may strike Germany rather than await invasion with French fleet units under British command.
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Berlin
London
England
Scotland
Air Ministry
DNB
Heller
Netherlands
Britain
Russia
Turkey
Rumania
Bessarabia
Germany
Ruhr
Anthony Eden
Hitler
Eden
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