Allies mass reserve as German drive nears Paris
Across Egypt and Europe the war front shifts with Weygand forming a large Allied army to blunt a Meuse salient while German momentum threatens Paris. British raids strike Germany’s oil depots as Luftwaffe sustains pressure on French lines and Dunkirk remains in jeopardy amid heavy losses.
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Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Hannover
France
Belgium
Winston Churchill
Leuna
Ruhr
Royal Air Force
Amarillo Chamber Marshals Forces for Airport Plan
Amarillo's Chamber of Commerce moves to push an improved airport as part of the national defense program. Miles Bivins, president, calls a meeting of directors and the special aviation committee for 10 o clock tomorrow. Members include Paul Edquist R E Wertz Carl Makeig Roy Cullum and Juan Bivins with 25 business and professional directors.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Miles Bivins
Chamber of Commercee
Paul Edquist
R. E. Wertz
Carl Makeig
Roy Cullum
Charles Ware
Ju“an Bivins
Preliminary Census Trials Tomorrow in Amarillo
Preliminary totals of the 1940 census for Amarillo will be announced tomorrow. Census officials report excellent cooperation and aim for a 100 percent count, noting there were ample chances for everyone to be counted and any miss would be the fault of the individual.
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Cnsus
Amarillo
Methodist Bishop Calls for U.S. War Declaration
In Richmond on May 20 Bishop James Cannon Jr. urged Secretary Hull to press the president and Congress to declare war on Hitler and Germany. He argued repealing the neutrality act would end alien fear and shift world opinion, warning Mussolini could join the war.
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Richmond
U.R
Cordell Hull
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church
Hull
Congress
Hitler
United States
Old Tack No 1 Shuts Temporarily At Thompson
The wildcat test in Thompson ark was shut down this morning at a depth of 5 009 feet with a decision pending on procedure. Only two options remain drill deeper by underreaming or plug back and shoot. Crews have gone to the oil convention in Tulsa. R A Ford oversees operations for the Canadian River Gas Company drilling for Amarillo Oil Company.
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Thompson Ark
Neek
Tulsa
R. A. Ford
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight with Tuesday remaining fair. In the Panhandle, scattered thunderstorms possible this afternoon, clearing tonight with rising temperatures. New Mexico sees fair weather tonight and Tuesday with afternoon clouds and scattered storms in the southeast portion. Extreme temperatures report a low around 57 and a high near 74.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
Tuesay Fair
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Blitzkrieg or Krieg Nazi drive may slow within days
DeWitt MacKenzie notes French authorities forecast a 24 hour window to decide whether the main German offensive will press toward Paris or push west to cut off Anglo Belgian forces. He recalls a potential counterattack as supplies dwindle and stresses the crisis remains critical in the St Quentin Somme region and along routes to channel ports.
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French War Ministry
English
St. Quentin
Paris
Somme
Cambrai
Dunquerque
Dunkirk
Dover
England
English Channel
Rethel
Aisne
Montmedy
Luxembourg
Maginot Line
Dewitt MacKenzie
Channel
Army seeks ten thousand planes in urgent plan
Senate appropriations panel backs a 1.82 billion army bill as Gen Marshall asks Congress to permit the air corps to acquire 10 000 planes lifting the present 6 000 plane limit. Officials meet with Morgenthau Johnson and Compton to speed up production in wartime readiness effort.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.P
George C. Marshall
Congress
Air Corps
Marshall
House Military Affairs
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Louis Johnson
Ivy Lewis Compton
Conon
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Johnson An
Permit To Build 8Room House Granted
E. M. Eckhart has been granted a permit to build a $12,000 eight room brick house at 2409 Lipscomb Street.
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E. M. Eckhart
Lipscomb Street
City Officials Meet Here Tuesday
Officials from more than 50 Southwest cities and towns travel to the city for a Texas League of Municipalities meeting. Mayor Ross D. Rogers chairs as vice president with all official families and department heads invited. E. E. McAdams and C. C. Crutchfield will speak at the Herring Hotel.
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Ional
Xas League of Municipalities
Ross D. Rogers
Runicipal
Rogers Anvi
E. E. McAdams
League
Jands C. C. Crutchfield
H'rring
Admittance to Ball Game Is Just a Brick
Brick driven campaign at Canyon museum site and Malin Field charges admission in bricks. Women and children pay one brick, men pay usual fee. Fans bring extra bricks to donate and bricks are loaded onto trucks at the gate. Alamo Exposition reports 12 000 bricks donated Sunday afternoon.
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Musewn
Canyon
Malin Field
Gold Sox
Lamesa
Ball Park
Wheat loan program announced by Wallace in 1940
Secretary Henry Wallace announced a 1940 wheat loan program averaging about 64 cents a bushel to producers. The statement, issued in Washington on May 20, outlines the government's support for farmers during the harvest period.
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Chicago
Wallace
Washington
Safety Council To Meet Tonight
Amarillo Safety Council will hold its regular weekly meeting at 8 oclock tonight in radio station KGNC.
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Safety Council
Amarillo Safety Council
KGNC
New Plane Engine Could Boost Ship Speed Ten Percent
Harry Woodhead of Aviation Manufacturing Corp announces a submerged 1,200 horsepower liquid cooled engine to be installed in warplane wings. The design, developed with army air corps engineers, promises 10 percent speed gain and up to 15 percent longer cruising range.
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New York
Harry Woodhead
Aviation Manufacturing Corp
Army Air Corps
Woodhead
Hearing Tomorrow On Train Service Discontinuances
Austin reports two hearings set in Amarillo on Santa Fe and Rock Island train cuts. Santa Fe seeks to discontinue trains 94 and 95 linking Amarillo and Lubbock via Plainview Tulsa and Floydada, while Morse Etter Rock Island service faces removal. Postponement requests from Lubbock Plainview and Tulsa await decision. C F Petet to conduct hearings.
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Peter
Rock Island
Morse
Etter
Girl Sends Dollar for Navy Foresight
Juanita Graham a 13 year old from Houston sent a dollar to President Roosevelt to help fund a children's worship fund aimed at supporting a bigger navy. The White House confirmed the contribution, stating she sent it last month. She said fear of attack inspired her action after reading newspapers and discussing Europe in class.
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Houston
U.P
Juanita Graham
America
Roosevelt
White House
Juanita
Europe
Music Lovers Hear The Holy City At First Cristian Church
More than eight hundred music lovers filled the First Cristian Church auditorium for The Holy City by Alfred Gaul. Amarillo's leading singers, directed by Emil F. Myers, performed with Mrs Leta Crudgington accompanying on the new pipe organ amid audience praise.
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Cristian Church
Who's Who in Amarillo Business Directory Ad
Build Now John Maynard Lbr Co advertised in the Globe and News Wanted Pages. The listing promotes lawn mower sharpening services as part of a wider directory reaching 33,000 homes in Amarillo and the Panhandle. Contact and advert options are highlighted for local professionals.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Amarillo
Globe and News
Panhandle
Globe-News
German engineers provide ready bridges for river crossings
Louis P. Lochner reports from the western front that German army engineers have substitute bridges prepared for strategic crossings in Belgium and France. Reinforcement vehicles bring motorized equipment in the vanguard, enabling 80-ton tanks to cross rivers when necessary.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Belgium
France
Lochner
Britain bars aliens from firearms in wartime order
The Home Office in London announced a wartime measure depriving all aliens in the United Kingdom of the right to possess firearms ammunition or explosives without police permits. Air rifles and air pistols are exempt and aliens must surrender any such holdings immediately.
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London
Great Britain
Home Office
United Kingdom
Defends America By Aiding Allies
New York May 10 William Allenwhite editor announces the organization of a committee to defend America by aiding the Allies The committee will urge the United States to throw its economic and moral weight to the side of European nations struggling in a battle for a civilized way of life.
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New York
William Allenwhite
Emporia
Kan
America
United States
Governor seeks cash basis for Texas government operations
Mineral Wells report says Governor W Lee O Daniel told the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association convention he plans to urge the next legislature to submit a constitutional amendment. The measure would require the state government to operate on a cash basis.
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Mineral Wells
W. Lee O'Daniel
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Almazan Campaigns Against All Totalitarians
Nuevo Laredo Mexico May 20 Gen Juan Andreu Almazan candidate for president spoke to about 20 000 supporters urging a firm stand against all totalitarians whether red or black He said he would not tolerate Communist or other agitators if elected.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Juan Andreu Almazan
Airport lien decision awaited on Eng lish Field Amarillo
Washington May 20. Jesse Jones, RFC chairman, said a decision on releasing the lien against the property housing Eng lish Field Amarillo’s major airport was possible tomorrow but unlikely before Tuesday.
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Bascom M. Timmons
Washington, D. C
English Field
Amarillo
Jesse Jones
RSC
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Meuse
Switzerland
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Cairo
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Rome
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Miller
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Netherllands
Sweden
Stockholm
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C. C. Marshall Forces
U. S
Russell's
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Abbeville
Amiens
Dhunne
Marshal Foch
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