Allied retreat at Dunkirk as Flanders battle rages
Allied forces fight to reach the sea under heavy German pressure in Flanders. Dunkirk evacuees rise by sea with 60 ships aiding wounded as Prioux’s French army breaks from German trap near Lille. Luftwaffe bombs and U boat activity threaten rescue efforts. Rome and London report fierce air battles and strategic withdrawals across Belgium, France, and the Channel coast.
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Dunkerque
Flanders
Rene Prioux
English Channel
Prioux
Lille
Poperinghe
Cassel
Dunkirk
Air Ministry
B. E. FP
Ostend
Belgium
Berlin
Stubbon
France
Somme
Aisne
Leopold III
Adolf Hitler
Paris
England
Atlantic
Uruguay
Soviet
Stafford Cripps
Moson
Russia
Britain
London
Sir Stafford
Moscow
Williams Leeds
J. W. Little
New Labor Supply Board
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Brussels
Switzerland
Vicco von Bulow- Schwante
Boulogne
Potter County Population Figures From Census Release
Potter County shows a 9 816 rise since 1930 with total population around 55 896 and Greater Amarillo at 55 096 within Potter County. Randall County portion omitted. Agricultural census notes 306 farms a decrease from 1935 and 1930, with Dallam 462 farms and Swisher 1 036 farms.
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Potter County
Farr C. Cayton
Great Amarillo
Greater
Amarillo
Randall County
Dallam
Swisher County
Dallam County
Maverick Club to Distribute New Telephone Directories
Delivery starts Monday and will take about three days to distribute around 12 000 books to subscribers. The Maverick Club again handles the distribution and asks subscribers to have their old directories ready. The club earns two cents for each old book turned in while a new directory yields one cent.
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Maverick Club
4Lephone
Panhandle Bankers Open 36th Convention With Record Attendees
Bankers gathered at the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel for the Panhandle Bankers Association annual meeting with over 600 registrants. W. D. Smiley was elected president, with Elmer Stearns and S. E. Brown as vice presidents, and Jim Farwell and J. O. Gillham as secretary and treasurer. The group noted a healthy cash balance while addressing agricultural adjustment and growing loan diversification including personal loans and petroleum. Activities included a luncheon with six Kansas City banks, a Rose Bowl luncheon for women delegates, and an evening barbecue at the Tri-State Fair grounds.
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Bankers of the
Herring Hotel
W. D. Smiley
First National Bank
Amarillo
Association
H. S. Wilbur
Elmer Stearns
Matador
S. E. Brown
Dalhart
Jim Farwell
J. O. Gillham
Brownfield
Stearns
Brown
Morgan H. Rice
Federal Reserve Bank At
Dallas
Rice
John Q. McAdams
Winters State Bank
Winters
Texas Bankers’ Association
M. C. Ulmer
First National Bank of Midland
Kansas City
City National Bank & Trust Company
Commerce Trust Company
Inter-State National Bank
Stock Yards National Bank
Union National Bank
Rose Bowl
John Snider
Tri-State Fair Grounds
West Texas State Grants 128 Degrees in Commencement
West Texas State College awarded 128 degrees on May 30 including seven master of arts. President J A Hill spoke at the exercises as graduates prepared for future careers. The report notes fine printing and lithography services by Russell Stationery Co and weather updates from Canyon.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
J. A. Hill
British Troops Trapped Near Dunkirk Struggle For Survival
Allied forces in northern France endure encirclement with BEF units under Gen Gort besieged 30 miles from coast. Air and naval operations fight to rescue evacuees as German bombardment and counterattacks press hard. Hospital ships allegedly bombed. domestic security fears rise amid wartime censorship.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
London
U.P
France
Flanders
Channel
Dunkirk
Air Ministry
German Troops Move South Tyrol as Italians Fight
May 30 1915 marks German deployment to South Tyrol while Italian forces clash in mountain battles. The brief notes ongoing World War I actions in the Alpine front with troops drawn from German units and Italian mountain warfare.
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South Tyrol
Roosevelt to ask Congress for over 1 billion for defense
The White House said President Roosevelt will send a message requesting urgent additional appropriations exceeding 1 billion dollars for the army and navy. The defense plan rises to about 4.4 billion for the coming fiscal year with guns, tanks, airplanes and related needs. Senator Byrnes suggested diverting 25 to 50 million of relief funds to defense projects with project certification by war and navy secretaries.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Civilian Defense Commission
Naval Operations
Senate
Alben Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
Secretaries of War and Navy
Rapid Progress in Crop Adjustments in Potter County
Potter County AAA chairman John Detten announced quick progress in adjusting crop losses for farmers who insured 1940 wheat under the federal program. Adjustments were completed on six farms with four wheat growers receiving indemnity payments for damage from breath and cutworms. In total or substantially total losses, land may be used for other crops, and about 1500 acres of insured wheat land have been released for other uses.
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John Detten
Potter County
AAA Committee
Detton
Hundreds of Americans Stranded Overseas Over Travel Costs
Several hundred Americans in Great Britain and Ireland are stranded as they cannot pay the $300 required for passage home aboard the liner President Roosevelt, which sails from Galway, Ireland, next week.
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Hitler
London
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
President Roosevelt
Galway
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for slightly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers tonight and tomorrow in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas may see showers with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Soviet decree creates forbidden Estonian border zone
The Len ingrad Soviet issued a decree establishing a forbidden zone along the Estonian border after warning Lithuania over an alleged kidnapping of Soviet soldiers in the Baltic region. Lithuania and Estonia are Baltic states.
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Moscow
U.P
Leningrad
Lithuania
Estonia
Baltic States
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Iommme
Dover
British Air Ministry
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Yser
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Italy
Rome
Mussolini
Manhattan
Genoa
United States Lines
North American College
Harrison
Ralph Hayes
U. S
United Kingdom
Canada
Montreal
National Unity Party
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Mounted Police
Adrien Arcand
Noel Decarie
Defence of Canada
Bankers Convention
Russell Stationery Co
Neely-Greenhill Agey
American
Hell OW
Cyril Desmond Stephens
Stephens
BEF
Viscount Gort
National Defense
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