Amarillo air school to start ground training at 8:30
Amarillo’s air fledglings will begin ground school at 8 30 tonight at Amarillo College. Dr Arthur Coffinberry, recently certified by the Civil Aeronautics Authority as a ground instructor, will lead the class arriving Braniff flight from Fort Worth. Thirty students in Amarillo and Canyon will study meteorology navigation and regulations as part of a potential advanced school in Amarillo.
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Canyon
CAA
Grand Prairie
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Mrs Willkie Described as One of The Nation’s Fair First Ladies
The article portrays Mrs. Wendell Willkie as an attractive First Lady candidate at about five feet four with chestnut hair and a youthful look despite her age. It contrasts her retiring style with the active posture of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Funds to Combat Undercover Enemies Approved
President Roosevelt signed the 85.9 million second deficiency appropriations bill to bolster defenses against undercover enemies. The measure includes 2.2 million to add 769 immigration boundary patrol staff, nearly doubling current numbers, plus 500 thousand for alien registration and fingerprinting for about 3.5 million aliens. It also assigns 259 thousand to the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to tighten crew checks on U S vessels.
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Roosevelt
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Braniff to Offer Breakfast Aloft on Morning Flight
Braniff Airways will start serving breakfasts aloft on the Amarillo to Fort Worth morning flight starting Monday. DC-2 airplanes are now in use on all routes through Amarillo, replacing some Electra service. The menu is expected to include ham and eggs, according to Traffic Agent Don Schomberg.
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War extends Italian work week to 48 hours
Rome rushes to wartime economy as 48 hour work weeks replace the standard 40 hours. The usual day off remains in effect, authorities announced today.
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Willkie’s Philadelphia Rally Signals Campaign Resolve
Texas delegates pledge to back any Willkie choice for vice president. Willkie outlines campaign plan, endorses Hatch Act limits on contributions, calls for a restrained fundraising approach. He expects a broad, aggressive campaign and prefers bipartisan unity while planning to depart for New York by yacht.
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Willkie Address Sees Press, Party Leaders at Warwick
The conference moved to the Warwick ballroom where press credentials were checked before admission. Republican leaders including Townsend Vandenberg Hamilton Sprague Stassen and others congratulated Willkie at his apartment and discussed the vice presidential pick. Hoover urged unity with Roosevelt but Willkie affirmed meeting him and endorsed the Hatch Act while deferring budget comments.
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Miriam Ferguson First Governor Candidate Files Expense
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson filed a campaign expense report with the secretary of state detailing 5033 dollars 08 cents in expenses and 4882 dollars 64 cents in contributions. James F Ferguson contributed 4327 dollars 64 cents the largest donation. Olan R Van Zandt listed 1076 dollars 72 cents in expenses as the only other item over 1000. Candidates have until July 1 to complete initial filings.
Cessation of Hostilities In Syria Reported By Allied Commands
The Allied near east commander announced an end to hostilities in Syria with the French flag to continue flying there. British and French offices in London doubted the Jerusalem dispatch claiming formal cessation without official confirmation.
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Cannons Speak for Germany in Peace Overture Rebuff
Berlin reports Germany will not heed British peace feelers while Churchill government vows continued war. High command says cannons speak as French coast seized and detachments push toward Bayonne. British raids on Germany and coast target armament plants and ports. Russia-Romania tensions noted as not altering southeastern Europe interests.
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Willkie Lists Major National Goals
He names building additional national defenses and rehabilitation of the national economy as the two major goals. He cites others but emphasizes these as the core priorities. He dismisses the brain trust idea as a myth, saying brains and trust are both needed and America has only trust.
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America
Sheppard Amazed By Barlow Talk On Washington March
Senate Military Affairs Committee Chairman Morris Sheppard says he is amazed by Lester Barlow’s remarks proposing a march on Washington with clubs. He disputes the Baltimore inventor’s quoted stance and doubts he meant such sentiments. Barlow had spoken in Baltimore urging a mass march and government unseating while awaiting Rep. J Thorkelson’s address.
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Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lester P. Barlow
Baltimore
Barlow
Sheppard
Rep. J. Thorkelson, Jr
Montana
War Necklace Brings £24 400 to Aid War Effort
London auctioneers Christies sold a 42 diamond necklace donated anonymously to the government for the British war effort. The piece brought £24,400, about $100,000, at the sale.
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London
Christies
Japanese Airplanes Raid Chungking Dropping 1000 Incendiaries
Japanese planes struck Chungking today, June 2, dropping more than 1,000 incendiary bombs. Fires started in multiple districts inside and outside the city walls, in the nationalist Chinese capital.
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China
Income Up Washington Railroads in Early 1940
United States class one railroads reported net operating income of 196,006,801 in the first five months of 1940, up from 126,456,434 in 1939 and 301,732,780 in 1930 for the same period.
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