President Roosevelt holds emergency defense meetings in Washington
President Roosevelt conducts two more emergency meetings in Washington to draft large defense measures as Europe’s war accelerates. White House says costs may exceed 500 million over current 2 billion defense funds, with Congress to decide financing through taxes or debt limit increases. Mexico anticipates U S entry and pledges benevolent neutrality, while Western Hemisphere nations consider similar stances.
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Urote
U.S
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Ashington
Roosevelt
White House
New World
Stephen E. Early
Congress
Early
War and Navy Departments
Europe
America
Mexico
United States
World War Administration
Woodrow Wilson
Stock Crash Hits Wall Street Amid War Anxiety
Wall Street experienced its heaviest selling of the year as war stocks and other securities fell. Du Pont plunged to a $15 loss at one point while Bethlehem Steel General Motors American Telephone Union Carbide Sears Roebuck United States Steel Douglas Aircraft and Chrysler slid about eight to nine dollars in late trading.
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New York
Wall Street
du Pont
Bethlehem
General Motors
American Telephone
Union Carbide
Sears Roebuck
United States Steel
Douglas Aircraft
Chrysler
German Blitzkrieg Sweeps Across Western Europe
German forces push through Belgium and Luxembourg breaching the border and reaching Liege and Namur while advancing toward Rotterdam and the Dutch coast. Paris reports Sedan captured and Meuse front becoming a major battleline as Allied resistance strains under heavy air and ground assault.
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Associated Press
Gette
Louvain
Belgium
Wavre
Dnb
Dyle
Brussels
Liege
Low Countries
Meuse
Fof
Sedan
Namur
France
Charleville-Mezieres
Montmedy
Verdun
French War Office
Paris
L'Intransigeant
Hubert Pierlot
Ardennes
National Defense Ministry
Rotterdam
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hague
Dutch
Holland
Blitzkrieg
Rozendaal
Antwerp
Utrecht
Zuider Zee
Ijsselmeer
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hitler
Wilhelm
Doorn
London
Wilhelmina
Community Pie Suppers Boost Politics in Local Row
In Amarillo a pie supper plan ties fundraising to campaign activity as candidates mingle with voters. Miss Pauline Lakey promotes May 23 Highland Park School event to fund Sunnyside Home Demonstration Club ties and Texas A&M course travel. No new statements on Congress or Marvin Jones as of 10:01 AM.
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Pauline Lakey
County Home
Highland Park School
Highland Park
St. Francis
Allison and Masterson
Sunnyside Home Demonstration Club
Texas A. & M. Colege
Amarillo
Congress
Marvin Jones
Grain Drops on Wheat Board as Prices Slide
Chicago May 14 Wheat on the board of trade tumbled 10 cents a bushel the limit amid liquidation from allied reverses abroad. Dollar wheat dropped with July at 95 and May at 95 also hit the limit. September wheat at Kansas City fell 10 cents to 91.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Bricks for Museum Drive Engages Panhandle Students
Amarillo schoolchildren pledge about 10 000 bricks for the Panhandle Plains Historical Society Museum project. Amarillo College plans to supply 1 000 old bricks, with principals to finalize details. broader drives across the Panhandle expected next week.
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Amarillo
Panhandle- Plains
Swedish Trade Group Flies to Moscow
A Swedish trade delegation arrived in Moscow today by airplane from Stockholm. The visit is led by local business representatives and aims to discuss potential commerce and investment opportunities with Soviet partners.
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Moscow
Stockholm
Amarillo Receives Strictly Local Shower After Watering Night
Amarillo logs a .63 inch shower at the water department hour as a 10 mph north wind dries the ground. The event marks the first strictly Amarillo shower since Roosevelt's visit two years ago with scattered showers in Panhandle towns and other local readings. Temperatures rise to around 70 daytime and fall to near 45 at night with chances for more moisture noted.
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Amarillo
Water Department
Roosevelt
Panhandle
Pampa
Shamrock
Dumas
Spearman
Claude
Collman
City Commission to Purchase Police Cars and Fire Pumper
Tonight the city commission may approve motor equipment buys for the police and fire departments. Bids open for four police cars and a 750 gallon per minute fire department pumper. A deferred hearing will review re zoning for 801 North Taylor Street. An ordinance to ban soliciting of tourists by cottage camp attendants is slated for first reading. Build Now John Maynard Lumber Co. Headquarters for bridge supplies and prizes. Russell Stationery Co.
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North Taylor Street
Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Tonight And Warmer Wednesday
Amarillo and vicinity forecast fair and cooler tonight, then fair and warmer Wednesday. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair conditions with cooler spell tonight. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ended 6:30 A M show a max of 85 and min of 51 with noon reading at 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Two Arrested Charge Cattle Thefts in Border Regions
State Police said two men arrested in connection with cattle thefts in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. W R Russell, 39, of Friona, faces charges filed in Tucumcari and Hereford, with his brother J M, 24, held in Texas. About 200 cattle were sought, 15 head recovered, traces found across six states. Russell to be arraigned here Thursday.
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Clovis
N. M
New Mexico
West Texas
Roy Vermillion
W. R. Russell
Friona
Tucumcari
Hereford
Texas
Vermillion
Bussell
J. M
Bill Speight
Kansas
Oklahoma
California
Towa
Russell
Amarillo Building Nears Million Dollar Mark This Week
Amarillo's building fund inches toward one million with 23,962 to go as two new permits are issued. L. G. Roberts gets 4000 for a five room frame home at 1912 Madison Street and W. L. Oakes receives 3000 for a five room frame home at 4213 West Ninth Avenue. A planned home costing over 15000 from Mr and Mrs P W Alexander is submitted for approval to the building inspector for a Hayden Street site.
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Amarillo
L. G. Roberts
Madison Street
W. L. Oakes
West
Ninth Avenue
P. W. Alexander
Hayden Street
Luise Rainer Granted Default Divorce From Clifford Odets
Film star Luise Rainer was granted a default divorce from playwright Clifford Odets on May 14 in Hollywood. She cited mental cruelty as the grounds and the case names Insurance and Neely Greenhill Agey appear in the damaged text.
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Hollywood
Luise Rainer
Clifford Odets
Great Battle at Sedan May Be Key to Victory
The Germans push a massive advance toward Sedan threatening Paris as the Maginot line holds. Allied forces race to defend the Sedan front amid tanks and air support while Holland poised on the coast risks isolation from aid.
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Sedan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Paris
Marne
Marshal MacMahon
Namur
Dinant
Hitler
Maginot Line
England
Holland
Pretty Brenda Burnham Starts Career With Quarrel Chapter One
Brenda arrives on the Shortest Street seeking Aunt Anne’s promises but finds a shabby, unwelcoming block. She debates staying in a hotel while trunks wait and the door remains unanswered as a male voice complains from above. The block’s charm grows with time.
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Brenda Burnham
Quarrel
Renda
Aunt Anne
Perdica
Brenda
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Grebbe
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Lew
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Mussolini
Philip Hardwicke
Viscount Royston
Bruno Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Greece
Italy
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State Department
Britain
Welles
Norway
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russell Stationery Co
Neely Greenhill Agey
Herr Hitler
Anne
Nya
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