Allies Sell Territory to Back War Financing Proposal
The Scripps-Howard papers urge the United States or Latin American republics to jointly buy British, French and Dutch Caribbean and Central American holdings to finance Allied war needs. The plan would use ceded colonies as Pan American outposts, with Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and other islands framed as defense keys and potential reinvestment targets for war goods.
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New York
U.P
Scripps-Howard
United States
Caribbean
Central
South America
Bermudas
North Carolina
Bahamas
Florida
Jamaica
Cuba
Windward
Lesser Antilles
Britain
France
Panama Canal
Curacao
Aruba
British Honduras
Americas
Gamelin Is Allies Wan of the Hour
The piece names Maurice Gamelin as the Allied focus amid the Meuse offensive near Sedan as German forces press along the river. It notes Dutch Zeeland's defense, risk to Antwerp, and Britain's vulnerable east ports, praising Gamelin's steadiness and past decisive action under Joffre.
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Gamelin
Wan of the Hour
Dewitt MacKenzie
Meuse River
Belgium
Batttlefield
Sedan
Maginot Line
Hitler
Paris
Liege
Meuse
Namur
Iant
Channel
Maginot
Zeeland
Netherlands
Antwerp
Maurice Gamelin
Joffre
Potter County Officials Taken Oath For Tax Equalization Board
Potter County Judge J. N. Riggs and Commissioners Lon Sellars Mark Parker John Winters and Dan Pavillard swore the 1940 oath as members of the county tax equalization board. They pledged to value property at true market or real value and to raise undersold assessments, acknowledging the coming challenges as taxpayers seek lower valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Riggs
Lon Sellars
Mark Parker
John Winters
Dan Pavillard
Board of Equalization of
Potter County
Tex
Two Amarillo Scientists Find Cause of Gas Pipeline Clogging
Two Amarillo scientists W M Deaton and E M Frost of the U S Bureau of Mines at the U S Helium Plant reveal water vapor as the main cause of gas pipeline clogging. They built a dew point instrument to measure moisture and prevent hydrate formation, showing how dehydration keeps lines clear. The machine will be exhibited at the International Oil Exposition in Tulsa.
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Amarillo
W. M. Deaton
Petroleum and Natural Gas Division
Bureau of Mines
E. M. Frost
U. S
West Lof Amarillo
Tulsa
Paul Mullins
Panhandle
Manhandle
Deaton
Frost
Honor Society Initiates 41 Members at Amarillo High
Amarillo High School plans an initiation ceremony for 41 new National Honor Society members at 7 30 tomorrow night in the high school auditorium. Kenneth Wheatley will introduce inductees, with R A Selby and R B Norman delivering major remarks. The program includes speeches, emblem explanations by Mrs Gervis Taylor, and solos by Pat Devine and Sharlene Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
National Honor Society
Kenneth Wheatley
R. A. Selby
Amarillo Public Schools
R. B. Norman
Gervis Taylor
Joe Wright
Eutonne Davis
Katherine Manning
T. L. Roach
Pat Devine
Sharlene Barker
Margaret Farwell
Bible Teacher Will Speak Here Tonight
Dr. Carl Armerding renowned Bible teacher will address the public tonight at 8 o clock at the Church of the Open Bible Fifteenth Avenue and Ong Street announced today Rev H A Somerville pastor. Armerding formerly Bible professor at Dallas Theological Seminary has led Bible schools across the United States Canada England and New Zealand.
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Carl Armerding
Church of the Open Bible
Fifteenth Avenue
Ong Street
H. A. Somlerville
Armerding
Dallas Theological Seminary
United States
Canada
England
New Zealand
Fish horn siren malfunctions delaying 8 AM alarm
Santa Cruz fire department tested its new fish horn siren for signaling fires and waking residents at 8. The false alarm originated from box 125, which requires eight toots repeated four times or 32 blasts. The siren took so long to start that the 8 o'clock signal arrived ten minutes late, demoralizing the city’s business district.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
U.P
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