United States lays keel of 45000-ton dreadnought battleship
The United States laid down its first 45000 ton super dreadnought Iowa at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a four ship program. Government moves push for strategic rubber and tin while RFC funds aid Latin American material needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
South America
Export-Import Bank
Argentina
South Atlantic
South Pacific
National Defense Commission
Packard Motor Company
Henry Ford
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Jesse H. Jones
Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
Sir John Hay
International Rubber Committee
East Indies
Dean Moore says students refuse to panic over war news
ALBUQUERQUE June 27 Dean Victor I Moore of the University of Texas told a convention that college students have refused to become frantic about the war situation. He said Texas University with 10000 students is ready to mobilize its facilities for defense if needed.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Victor I. Moore
University of Texas
Dean Moore
National Association of Ens
Advisors
Texas University
Larger Planes Put On by Braniff Line
Braniff Airways will replace small Lockheed Electras on the Amarillo Dallas route with larger Douglas aircraft. Don Schumburg Braniff district manager said the DC-2s will boost passenger comfort on the Dallas night flight and Amarillo morning flight. If demand continues the summer, DC-3s may be needed later.
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Braniff Line
Braniff Airways
Amarillo
Dallas
Don Schumburg
Braniff
Candidates Haven't Listed Expenses
In Austin on June 27 reporters note no candidate for a state wide office had filed an initial campaign expense account with the secretary of state. Only four accounts arrived including one for a senatorial race and three for state representative races. The first expense report must be filed by candidates and their managers between June 27 and July 1 along with a list of contributions.
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Austin
U.P
Secretary of State
Belton Man Hurt By Airplane Propeller Near Electra
Herbert H. Kindred 48 of Belton was cut on the leg by an airplane propeller after a forced landing in a field yesterday. He and pilot D. A. Askew of Houston were in a convoy from Pampa to Houston.
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Electra
Herbert H. Kindred
Belton
Kindred
D. A. Askew
Houston
Pampa
Rock Island Line Reports Big May Income Rise
Rock Island income figures for May show a net railway operating income of 266039 dollars, up 196496 from May last year. For Jan 1 to May 31, the net railway operating income reached 1184420 dollars, up 804827 from the first five months of 1939. May 1940 operating expenses declined by 94427 dollars compared with May 1939.
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Rock Island Lines
Patriotism Not the Only Reason for Marine Enlistments
Sgt. F M Bell Amarillo Marine Corps recruiting officer says youths enlist for many reasons besides patriotism. He notes applicants cite economic factors and personal drive, with emphasis on physical and mental status during the enlistment process. About a dozen local applicants have applied at Amarillo station and will transfer to Oklahoma City for final exams and enlistment this weekend.
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U. S. Marine Corps Service
Marine Corps
F. M. Bell
Amarillo
United States Marines
Panhandle
Amarilo
Oklahoma City
United States Marine Corps
Sgt. Bell
Nippon Forces Not Intent on Invading French Indo China
Domei News Agency reports from Nanning that Japanese troops along the Indo China border have no invasion plans for French Indo China. Hongkong authorities, preparing for possible assault, move civilians inland as a French liner awaits to evacuate families.
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Tokyo
Domei
Nanning
China
Hongkong
Indo- China
Haiphong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
Indo-China
Local Labor Is Preferred Local Labor Is Preferred
State employment officials warned that unemployed men traveling to Corpus Christi seeking jobs on the 25 million naval air training base project may be disappointed. Labor hiring for the base is controlled by the project, with labor directed to local workers first. Bombers roared over Chungking in three waves during the seventeenth raid of the season.
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Corpus Christi
Corpus Christ
Naval Air Training Base
Chungking
China
Hankow
Mexico's Expanded Defense Forces Seek U S Training
Mexico plans to quadruple its army and asks the United States to send a mission. Officials say only Nueces County residents register locally while others must go to the nearest state employment service. The project aims to absorb all unemployed within 50 miles of Corpus Christi, with large numbers not needed before August 1.
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San Francisco
UP -Mexico
United States
State Service
Nueces County
F. L. Rawlins
The
Employment Service
State Employment Service
Corpus Christi
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Julio Jimenez Rueda
Mexican Civil Action Bureau
Mexico
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Dean
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Ilbey
Onze
Gedronken
Inkin
Grootvader
South Africa
Gilbey’s
Gilbey's
International
Gilbey
England
Australia
Canada
National Distillers Products Corp
Silvertowns
Goodrich Silvertowns
Goodrich Safety
Goodrich
Larwen
Cal Farley
America
Penney
Rayon
A. Ae Batiste
Oxfords
Penney's
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